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1 pet
[pet] 1. noun1) (a tame animal etc, usually kept in the home: She keeps a rabbit as a pet; ( also adjective) a pet rabbit/goldfish.) animal favorit2) ((especially of children) a delightful or lovely person (used also as a term of affection): Isn't that baby a pet?; Would you like some ice-cream, pet?) puişor2. adjective(favourite; greatest: What is your pet ambition/hate?) preferat3. verbpast tense, past participle petted)1) (to stroke or caress (an animal) in a loving way: The old lady sat by the fire petting her dog.) a mângâia2) ((slang) to kiss, hug and caress: They were petting (each other) in the back seat.)•- pet name -
2 goldfish
plural - goldfish; noun (a small golden-yellow fish often kept as a pet: The child kept a goldfish in a bowl.) caras auriu -
3 budgerigar
(abbreviation budgie ['bа8i]) noun(a type of small (originally Australian) brightly-coloured bird, often kept as a pet.) papagal -
4 canary
[kə'neəri]plural - canaries; noun(a type of small, yellow, singing bird, kept as a pet.) canar -
5 cat
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6 guinea-pig
['ɡinipiɡ]1) (a small animal, like a rabbit, with short ears and often kept as a pet.)2) (a person used as the subject of an experiment: He was used as a guinea-pig for the new drug.) -
7 hamster
['hæmstə](a small animal, rather like a fat rat without a tail, often kept as a pet.) hamster -
8 rabbit
['ræbit](a type of small long-eared burrowing animal, found living wild in fields or sometimes kept as a pet.) iepure (de casă) -
9 tame
[teim] 1. adjective1) ((of animals) used to living with people; not wild or dangerous: He kept a tame bear as a pet.) domesticit2) (dull; not exciting: My job is very tame.) plictisitor; monoton2. verb(to make tame: It is impossible to tame some animals.) a domestici- tamely- tameness
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