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1 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) a (se) calma2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) a se instala (confortabil), a se face confortabil3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) a se pune (serios) pe -
2 decide
1) (to (cause to) make up one's mind: I have decided to retire; What decided you against going?) a (se) hotărî2) (to settle or make the result (of something) etc certain: The last goal decided the match.) a decide -
3 set
[set] 1. present participle - setting; verb1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) a aşeza2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) a pune3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) a fixa4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) a da5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) a declanşa6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) a apune7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) a (se) întări8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) a regla9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) a încreţi10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) a fixa11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) a pune la loc2. adjective1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) stabilit2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) pregătit3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) bine determinat4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) împietrit5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) (bine) fixat6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) încrustat (cu)3. noun1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) set; colecţie2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) post3) (a group of people: the musical set.) grup4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) încreţire5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) decor6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set•- setting- setback
- set phrase
- set-square
- setting-lotion
- set-to
- set-up
- all set
- set about
- set someone against someone
- set against someone
- set someone against
- set against
- set aside
- set back
- set down
- set in
- set off
- set something or someone on someone
- set on someone
- set something or someone on
- set on
- set out
- set to
- set up
- set up camp
- set up house
- set up shop
- set upon -
4 square
[skweə] 1. noun1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) pătrat2) (something in the shape of this.) pătrat3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) piaţă4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) pătrat2. adjective1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) pătrat2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) chit; la egalitate3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) pătrat4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) de modă veche3. adverb1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) în unghi drept (cu)2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) în plin4. verb1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) a da o formă pătrată2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) a regla (conturile cu)3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) a se potrivi (cu)4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) a ridica la pătrat•- squared- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
- go back to square one
- a square deal
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