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41 cutting
1) (a piece of plant cut off and replanted to form another plant.) butaş2) (an article cut out from a newspaper etc: She collects cuttings about the Royal Family.) tăietură/ extras (dintr-un ziar)3) (a trench dug through a hillside etc, in which a railway, road etc is built.) tranşee -
42 dice with death
(to do something very risky (and dangerous): He diced with death every time he took a short cut across the main railway line.) a-şi risca viaţa -
43 electrify
1) (to convert (a railway etc) to the use of electricity as the moving power.) a electrifica2) (to excite or astonish: The news electrified us.) a entuziasma, a electriza -
44 embankment
[im'bæŋkmənt](a bank or ridge made eg to keep back water or to carry a railway over low-lying places etc.) dig -
45 engine
['en‹in] 1. noun1) (a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion: The car has a new engine.) motor2) (a railway engine: He likes to sit in a seat facing the engine.) locomotivă•- engineer 2. verb(to arrange by skill or by cunning means: He engineered my promotion.) a aranja -
46 engine-driver
noun (a person who drives a railway engine.) -
47 escalator
(a moving staircase in a shop, underground railway etc.) scară rulantă -
48 explain
[ik'splein]1) (to make (something) clear or easy to understand: Can you explain the railway timetable to me?; Did she explain why she was late?) a explica, a lămuri2) (to give, or be, a reason for: I cannot explain his failure; That explains his silence.) a explica, a justifica•- explanatory
- explain away -
49 funicular
[fju'nikjulə]- funicular railway- funicular -
50 gang
[ɡæŋ]1) (a number (of workmen etc) working together: a gang of men working on the railway.) echipă2) (a group (of people), usually formed for a bad purpose: a gang of jewel thieves.) bandă, ceată•- gangster- gang up on
- gang up with -
51 gantry
['ɡæntri]plural - gantries; noun(a bridge-like structure which supports a crane, railway signals etc.) pod rulant -
52 gauge
[ɡei‹] 1. verb1) (to measure (something) very accurately: They gauged the hours of sunshine.) a măsura2) (to estimate, judge: Can you gauge her willingness to help?) a evalua2. noun1) (an instrument for measuring amount, size, speed etc: a petrol gauge.) jojă2) (a standard size (of wire, bullets etc): gauge wire.) calibru3) (the distance between the rails of a railway line.) ecartament -
53 grade
[ɡreid] 1. noun1) (one level in a scale of qualities, sizes etc: several grades of sandpaper; a high-grade ore.) categorie2) ((American) (the pupils in) a class or year at school: We're in the fifth grade now.) clasă3) (a mark for, or level in, an examination etc: He always got good grades at school.) notă4) ((especially American) the slope of a railway etc; gradient.) pantă2. verb1) (to sort into grades: to grade eggs.) a sorta2) (to move through different stages: Red grades into purple as blue is added.) a grada•- grader
- grade school
- make the grade -
54 gradient
['ɡreidiənt]1) (the amount of slope (eg of a road, a railway): a gradient of 1 in 4.) gradient2) (a slope.) pantă -
55 halt
[ho:lt] 1. verb(to (cause to) stop walking, marching, running etc: The driver halted the train; The train halted at the signals.) a (se) opri2. noun1) (a complete stop: the train came to a halt.) oprire2) (a short stop (on a march etc).) popas3) (a small railway station.) haltă•- call a halt to- call a halt -
56 level crossing
(a place where a road crosses a railway without a bridge.) trecere la nivel -
57 locomotive
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58 northbound
adjective (travelling northwards: the northbound railway-line.) înspre nord -
59 overpass
(a bridge-like part of a road etc which passes over another road, a railway etc.) pasarelă -
60 platform
['plætfo:m]1) (a raised part of a floor eg in a hall, for speakers, entertainers etc: The orchestra arranged themselves on the platform.) estradă, podium2) (the raised area between or beside the lines in a railway station: They waited on the platform for their train to arrive; The London train will leave from platform 6.) peron
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