foul
/faʊl/ sustantivo C2En español: falta, faul, foul, fao
- A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
- A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
- A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines. · Jones hit a foul up over the screen.
- A tangle or entanglement.
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Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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‘Foul deeds will rise,
Now, Moran undoubtedly played foul—of that I have long been aware.
He therefore murdered Adair, who at the time was endeavouring to work out how much money he should himself return, since he could not profit by his partner’s foul play.
Often it was only the smallest trace, Watson, the faintest indication, and yet it was enough to tell me that the great malignant brain was there, as the gentlest tremors of the edges of the web remind one of the foul spider which lurks in the centre.
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