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1 baby-sit
verb (to remain in a house to look after a child while its parents are out: She baby-sits for her friends every Saturday.) -
2 home
[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) casă; locuinţă2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) patrie3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) cămin4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) cămin5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) casă2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) de acasă2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) din ţară3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) care joacă acasă3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) acasă2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) unde trebuie; din plin•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about -
3 keep an eye on
1) (to watch closely: Keep an eye on the patient's temperature.) a urmări îndeaproape2) (to look after: Keep an eye on the baby while I am out!) a fi cu ochii pe, a avea grijă de -
4 stall
I [sto:l] noun1) (a compartment in a cowshed etc: cattle stalls.) boxă de grajd2) (a small shop or a counter or table on which goods are displayed for sale: He bought a newspaper at the bookstall on the station; traders' stalls.) tarabă; stand•- stallsII 1. [sto:l] verb1) ((of a car etc or its engine) to stop suddenly through lack of power, braking too quickly etc: The car stalled when I was halfway up the hill.) a (se) cala2) ((of an aircraft) to lose speed while flying and so go out of control: The plane stalled just after take-off and crashed on to the runway.) a pierde controlul3) (to cause (a car etc, or aircraft) to do this: Use the brake gently or you'll stall the engine.) a (se) cala2. noun(a dangerous loss of flying speed in an aircraft, causing it to drop: The plane went into a stall.) pierdere a vitezeiIII [sto:l] verb(to avoid making a definite decision in order to give oneself more time.) a amâna -
5 straight
[streit] 1. adjective1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) drept; întins2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) cinstit, sincer3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) drept4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) în ordine; clar5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) fără apă; sec6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) imposibil7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) dramatic2. adverb1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) (drept) înainte; direct2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) imediat3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) cinstit3. noun(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) linie dreaptă- straightness
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight talking
- go straight
- straight away
- straighten out/up
- a straight fight
- straight off -
6 tack
[tæk] 1. noun1) (a short nail with a broad flat head: a carpet-tack.) cuişor; ţintă2) (in sewing, a large, temporary stitch used to hold material together while it is being sewn together properly.) însăilare3) (in sailing, a movement diagonally against the wind: We sailed on an easterly tack.) schimbare de direcţie4) (a direction or course: After they moved, their lives took a different tack.) curs, direcţie2. verb1) ((with down, on etc) to fasten (with tacks): I tacked the carpet down; She tacked the material together.) a bate/a fixa în cuie2) ((of sailing-boats) to move diagonally (backwards and forwards) against the wind: The boat tacked into harbour.) a-şi schimba direcţia
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