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1 height
[hæit]1) (the distance from the bottom to the top of something: What is the height of this building?; He is 1.75 metres in height.) înălţime2) (the highest, greatest, strongest etc point: He is at the height of his career; The storm was at its height.) punct culminant, apogeu3) (the peak or extreme: dressed in the height of fashion; His actions were the height of folly.) culme4) (a high place: We looked down from the heights at the valley beneath us.) culme, înălţime•- heighten -
2 reconcile
1) (to cause (people) to become friendly again, eg after they have quarrelled: Why won't you be reconciled (with him)?) a (se) împăca (cu)2) (to bring (two or more different aims, points of view etc) into agreement: The unions want high wages and the bosses want high profits - it's almost impossible to reconcile these two aims.) a împăca3) (to (make someone) accept (a situation, fact etc) patiently: Her mother didn't want the marriage to take place but she is reconciled to it now.) a se resemna, a se împăca (cu situaţia)• -
3 black market
((a place for) the illegal buying and selling, at high prices, of goods that are scarce, rationed etc: coffee on the black market.) la negru -
4 court
[ko:t] 1. noun1) (a place where legal cases are heard: a magistrates' court; the High Court.) curte, tribunal2) (the judges and officials of a legal court: The accused is to appear before the court on Friday.) tribunal3) (a marked-out space for certain games: a tennis-court; a squash court.) teren4) (the officials, councillors etc of a king or queen: the court of King James.) curte5) (the palace of a king or queen: Hampton Court.) palat6) (an open space surrounded by houses or by the parts of one house.) curte2. verb1) (to try to win the love of; to woo.) a curta, a face curte2) (to try to gain (admiration etc).) a căuta să atragă (simpatia)3) (to seem to be deliberately risking (disaster etc).) a o căuta (cu lumânarea)•- courtier- courtly
- courtliness
- courtship
- courthouse
- court-martial
- courtyard
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High place — High Place, in the English version of the Old Testament, the literal translation of the Hebrew bamot .This rendering is etymologically correct, as appears from the poetical use of the plural in such expressions as to ride, or stalk, or stand on… … Wikipedia
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High place — High High, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he[ a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw. h[ o]g, Dan. h[ o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. h[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
high-place — highˈ place noun (Bible) An area of high ground on which idolatrous rites were performed by the Jews, hence the idols, etc themselves • • • Main Entry: ↑high … Useful english dictionary
high place — high′ place n. (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usu. a temple or altar on a hilltop … From formal English to slang
high place — n. in early Semitic religions, a place of usually pagan worship, located on a hill or other elevation … English World dictionary
high place — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop. * * * Hebrew bama. In ancient Israel or Canaan, a shrine built on an elevated site. For Canaanites the shrines were devoted to fertility deities, to the… … Universalium
high place — noun Etymology: Middle English : a temple or altar used by the ancient Semites and built usually on a hill or elevation * * * (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop. * * * high place, (in the… … Useful english dictionary
high place — {n. phr.} A position of responsibility, honor, and power. * /Jones had reached a high place in the government at Washington./ … Dictionary of American idioms
high place — {n. phr.} A position of responsibility, honor, and power. * /Jones had reached a high place in the government at Washington./ … Dictionary of American idioms
high\ place — n. phr. A position of responsibility, honor, and power. Jones had reached a high place in the government at Washington … Словарь американских идиом
