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1 meals on wheels
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2 board
[bo:d] 1. noun1) (a strip of timber: The floorboards of the old house were rotten.) scândură2) (a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose: notice-board; chessboard.) tablă3) (meals: board and lodging.) mâncare4) (an official group of persons administering an organization etc: the board of directors.) consiliu2. verb1) (to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc): This is where we board the bus.) a intra în2) (to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house): He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week.) a sta în pensiune la•- boarder- boarding-house
- boarding-school
- across the board
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3 meal
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4 au pair
[,ou 'pə(r)](a young person from abroad employed by a family to look after the children and help with the housework in return for room, meals, pocket money and an opportunity to learn the language: a French au pair; an au pair girl.) -
5 between
[bi'twi:n]1) (in, to, through or across the space dividing two people, places, times etc: between the car and the pavement; between 2 o'clock and 2.30; between meals.) între2) (concerning the relationship of two things or people: the difference between right and wrong.) dintre3) (by the combined action of; working together: They managed it between them.) împreună4) (part to one (person or thing), part to (the other): Divide the chocolate between you.) între• -
6 boarder
noun (a person who temporarily lives, and takes his meals, in someone else's house.) persoană care stă într-o pensiune -
7 boarding-house
noun (a house where people live and take meals as paying guests.) pensiune -
8 café
['kæfei, ]( American[) kæ'fei](a (usually small) shop where meals and (non-alcoholic) drinks are served.) cafenea -
9 canteen
[kæn'ti:n]1) (a place where meals are sold in a factory, barracks etc.) cantină2) (a case for, or of, cutlery.) bufet3) (a small container used by soldiers for holding water etc.) bidon -
10 gobble
['ɡobl]1) (to swallow food etc quickly: You'll be sick if you keep gobbling your meals like that.) a înfuleca2) ((of turkeys) to make a noise in the throat: We could hear the turkeys gobbling in the farmyard.) a bolborosi -
11 heartburn
noun (a burning feeling in the chest caused by indigestion: She suffers from heartburn after meals.) arsuri (la stomac) -
12 hearty
1) (very friendly: a hearty welcome.) călduros2) (enthusiastic: a hearty cheer.) entuziast3) (very cheerful; too cheerful: a hearty person/laugh.) vesel, deschis4) ((of meals) large: He ate a hearty breakfast.) copios5) ((of a person's appetite) large.) sănătos -
13 keep back
1) (not to (allow to) move forward: She kept the child back on the edge of the crowd; Every body keep back from the door!) a nu lăsa să se apropie2) (not to tell or make known: I feel he's keeping the real story back for some reason.) a ascunde3) (not to give or pay out: Part of my allowance is kept back to pay for my meals; Will they keep it back every week?) a reţine -
14 marvel
1. noun(something or someone astonishing or wonderful: the marvels of the circus; She's a marvel at producing delicious meals.) minunăţie, miracol2. verb((often with at) to feel astonishment or wonder (at): They marvelled at the fantastic sight.) a se minuna- marvellously -
15 napkin
['næpkin]1) ((also table napkin) a small piece of cloth or paper for protecting the clothes from drips etc and for wiping the lips at meals.) şerveţel (de masă)2) (full form of nappy.) -
16 on demand
(when asked for: I'm expected to supply meals on demand.) la cerere -
17 restaurant
['restront, ]( American[) -tərənt](a place where meals may be bought and eaten.) restaurant -
18 restaurant-car
noun (a carriage on a train in which meals are served to travellers.) -
19 skimp
[skimp]1) ((with on) to take, spend, use, give etc too little or only just enough: She skimped on meals in order to send her son to college.) a economisi; a se zgârci (la)2) (to do (a job) imperfectly: He's inclined to skimp his work.) a da rasol•- skimpy- skimpily
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20 stodgy
1) ((of meals etc) consisting of stodge: stodgy food.) greu de digerat2) ((of people, books etc) dull; not lively.) fără imaginaţie
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