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1 figure out
(to understand: I can't figure out why he said that.) a înţelege, a pricepe -
2 figure out
(mat) a calcula -
3 figure
['fiɡə, ]( American[) 'fiɡjər] 1. noun1) (the form or shape of a person: A mysterious figure came towards me; That girl has got a good figure.) siluetă2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) figură3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) cifră4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) figură2. verb1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) a-şi imagina2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) a crede, a considera•- figuratively
- figurehead
- figure of speech
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4 mould
I [mould] noun1) ((soil which is full of) rotted leaves etc.) pământ afânat; humus2) (a growth on stale food etc: This bread is covered with mould.) mucegai•- mouldy- mouldiness II 1. [məuld] noun1) (a shape into which a substance in liquid form is poured so that it may take on that shape when it cools and hardens: a jelly mould.) formă, tipar2) (something, especially a food, formed in a mould.) prăjitură; ceva (mai ales mâncare) turnat într-o formă2. verb1) (to form in a mould: The metal is moulded into long bars.) a turna2) (to work into a shape: He moulded the clay into a ball.) a modela3) (to make the shape of (something): She moulded the figure out of/in clay.) a modela -
5 carve
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6 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) tăietură; întrerupere; reducere2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) tăietură3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) bucată•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) jignitor, ofensator; muşcător- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.)- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
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7 distinguish
[di'stiŋɡwiʃ]1) ((often with from) to mark as different: What distinguishes this café from all the others?) a distinge (de)2) (to identify or make out: He could just distinguish the figure of a man running away.) a distinge3) ((sometimes with between) to recognize a difference: I can't distinguish (between) the two types - they both look the same to me.) a face deosebirea (între)4) (to make (oneself) noticed through one's achievements: He distinguished himself at school by winning a prize in every subject.) a se distinge•- distinguished -
8 jack-in-the-box
['‹ækinðəboks](a toy consisting of a figure, fixed to a spring inside a box, which comes out suddenly when the lid is opened.)
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