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1 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) a trage, a târî2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) a târî3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) a târî4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) a draga5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) a se scurge încet2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) piedică, frână2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) fum (de ţigară)3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) corvoadă4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) travesti -
2 haul
[ho:l] 1. verb1) (to pull with great effort or difficulty: Horses are used to haul barges along canals.) a trage2) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) a transporta2. noun1) (a strong pull: He gave the rope a haul.) smucitură2) (the amount of anything, especially fish, that is got at one time: The fishermen had a good haul; The thieves got away from the jeweller's with a good haul.) pradă, captură•- haulage- haulier
- a long haul -
3 string
1. [striŋ] noun1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) sfoară2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) fibră3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; ( also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) coardă; cu/de coarde4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) şirag2. verb1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) a înşira2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) a încorda3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) a scoate fibrele din4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) a suspenda•- strings- stringy
- stringiness
- string bean
- stringed instruments
- have someone on a string
- have on a string
- pull strings
- pull the strings
- string out
- strung up
- stringent
- stringently
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4 extract
1. [ik'strækt] verb1) (to pull out, or draw out, especially by force or with effort: I have to have a tooth extracted; Did you manage to extract the information from her?) a scoate2) (to select (passages from a book etc).) a extrage3) (to take out (a substance forming part of something else) by crushing or by chemical means: Vanilla essence is extracted from vanilla beans.) a extrage2. ['ekstrækt] noun1) (a passage selected from a book etc: a short extract from his novel.) extras2) (a substance obtained by an extracting process: beef/yeast extract; extract of malt.) extract• -
5 suck
1. verb1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) a suge; a bea2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) a suge3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) a aspira; a absorbi4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.)2. noun(an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) supt- sucker- suck up to -
6 strain
I 1. [strein] verb1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) a (se) întinde puternic2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) a întinde3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) a pune la grea încercare4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) a cerne; a strecura2. noun1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) tracţiune, tensiune2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) tensiune (nervoasă)3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) entorsă, luxaţie4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) solicitare•- strained- strainer
- strain off II [strein] noun1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) rasă2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) predispoziţie la3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) acorduri, accente -
7 gather
['ɡæðə] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) come together in one place: A crowd of people gathered near the accident.) a se strânge, a se aduna2) (to learn (from what has been seen, heard etc): I gather you are leaving tomorrow.) a trage concluzia3) (to collect or get: He gathered strawberries from the garden; to gather information.) a strânge, a culege4) (to pull (material) into small folds and stitch together: She gathered the skirt at the waist.) a plisa2. noun(a fold in material, a piece of clothing etc.) pliseu- gather round
- gather together -
8 horse
[ho:s]1) (a large four-footed animal which is used to pull carts etc or to carry people etc.) cal2) (a piece of apparatus used for jumping, vaulting etc in a gymnasium.) capră pentru sărituri•- horsefly
- horsehair
- horseman
- horsemanship
- horseplay
- horsepower
- horseshoe
- on horseback
- straight from the horse's mouth
- from the horse's mouth -
9 shell
[ʃel] 1. noun1) (the hard outer covering of a shellfish, egg, nut etc: an eggshell; A tortoise can pull its head and legs under its shell.) scoică; cochilie; coajă; carapace2) (an outer covering or framework: After the fire, all that was left was the burned-out shell of the building.) carcasă3) (a metal case filled with explosives and fired from a gun etc: A shell exploded right beside him.) obuz2. verb1) (to remove from its shell or pod: You have to shell peas before eating them.) a desface, a descoji2) (to fire explosive shells at: The army shelled the enemy mercilessly.) a bombarda•- come out of one's shell
- shell out -
10 face
[feis] 1. noun1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) figură2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) (supra)faţă3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) front de abataj2. verb1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) a fi orientat spre2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) a se întoarce/a sta cu faţa spre3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) a accepta; a înfrunta•- - faced- facial
- facing
- facecloth
- facelift
- face-powder
- face-saving
- face value
- at face value
- face the music
- face to face
- face up to
- in the face of
- lose face
- make/pull a face
- on the face of it
- put a good face on it
- save one's face
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