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1 globe
[ɡləub]1) ((usually with the) the Earth: I've travelled to all parts of the globe.) glob, pământ2) (a ball with a map of the Earth on it.) glob (pământesc)3) (an object shaped like a globe: The chemicals were crushed in a large metal globe.) sferă•- global- global village
- globally
- globular
- globe-trotter
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2 hook
[huk] 1. noun1) (a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc: a fish-hook.) cârlig2) (a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it: Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door; hooks and eyes.) cârlig, copcă3) (in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent: a left hook.) croşeu2. verb1) (to catch (a fish etc) with a hook: He hooked a large salmon.) a prinde2) (to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks: He hooked the ladder on (to the branch); This bit hooks on to that bit; Could you hook my dress up down the back?) a (se) prinde; a încheia3) (in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed).) a lovi cu efect•- hooked- by hook or by crook
- off the hook
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