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1 crack
[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) a (se) crăpa2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) a sparge3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) a pocni4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) a spune (glume)5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) a sparge6) (to solve (a code).) a descifra7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) a ceda2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) crăpătură2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) deschizătură îngustă3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) pocnet4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) lovitură (tare)5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) banc6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) de calitatea întâi, de elită- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
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2 mitten
['mitn](also mitt [mit])1) (a kind of glove with two sections, one for the thumb and the other for the fingers: a pair of mittens.) mitenă, mănuşă cu un singur deget2) (a type of glove with separate sections for each finger, reaching only to halfway down the fingers.) mitenă -
3 nip
[nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) a ciupi; a muşca2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) a tăia3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) a înţepa4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) a da o fugă (până la)5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) a distruge2. noun1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) ciupitură; muşcătură2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) frig înţepător3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) păhărel•- nippy- nip something in the bud
- nip in the bud
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