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1 cable
['keibl] 1. noun1) ((a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, especially a ship.) cablu, parâmă2) ((a set of) wires for carrying electric current or signals: They are laying (a) new cable.) cablu3) ((a rope made of) strands of metal wound together for supporting a bridge etc.) cablu4) ((also cablegram) a telegram sent by cable.) telegramă5) (cable television.)2. verb(to telegraph by cable: I cabled news of my mother's death to our relations in Canada.) a telegrafia- cable television
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2 plug
1. noun1) (a device for putting into a mains socket in order to allow an electric current to flow through the appliance to which it is attached by cable: She changed the plug on the electric kettle.) ştecăr2) (an object shaped for fitting into the hole in a bath or sink to prevent the water from running away, or a piece of material for blocking any hole.) dop2. verb(to block (a hole) by putting a plug in it: He plugged the hole in the window with a piece of newspaper.) a astupa- plug in -
3 capstan
['kæpstən](a drum-shaped machine, used for winding eg a ship's anchor-cable.) cabestan -
4 contract
1. [kən'trækt] verb1) (to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc: Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.) a (se) contracta; a (se) contrage2) ( to promise legally in writing: They contracted to supply us with cable.) a se angaja (prin contract) (să)3) (to become infected with (a disease): He contracted malaria.) a contracta4) (to promise (in marriage).) a promite2. ['kontrækt] noun(a legal written agreement: He has a four-year contract (of employment) with us; The firm won a contract for three new aircraft.) contract- contractor -
5 hawser
['ho:zə](a thick rope or a steel cable for towing ships or tying them to a dock etc.) cablu -
6 ski lift
noun (a cable system with chairs for carrying skiers up a slope.) teleschi -
7 ski tow
noun (a ski lift; a cable system for pulling skiers up a slope.)
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