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21 familiarity
[-li'æ-]1) (the state of being familiar: I was surprised by her familiarity with our way of life.)2) (an act of (too) friendly behaviour: You must not allow such familiarities.) -
22 give and take
(willingness to allow someone something in return for being allowed something oneself.) concesii reciproce -
23 give away
1) (to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it): I'm going to give all my money away.) a dona2) (to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally: He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).) a destăinui -
24 give way
1) (to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass: Give way to traffic coming from the right.) a ceda trecerea2) (to break, collapse etc under pressure: The bridge will give way any day now.) a se prăbuşi3) (to agree against one's will: I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.) a ceda (la) -
25 global village
noun (the world thought of as a small place, because modern communication allow fast and efficient contact even to its remote parts.) -
26 grow
[ɡrəu]past tense - grew; verb1) ((of plants) to develop: Carrots grow well in this soil.) a creşte2) (to become bigger, longer etc: My hair has grown too long; Our friendship grew as time went on.) a se mări3) (to cause or allow to grow: He has grown a beard.) a lăsa să crească4) ((with into) to change into, in becoming mature: Your daughter has grown into a beautiful woman.) a deveni5) (to become: It's growing dark.) a se face•- grower- grown
- growth
- grown-up
- grown-up
- grow on
- grow up -
27 he etc will
(I, he etc will or would not allow: They would not hear of her going home alone, and insisted on going with her.) a nu vrea să audă de/despre -
28 hit
[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) a lovi, a răni2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) a trimite3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) a afecta4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) a ajunge la, a atinge2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) lovitură2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) lovitură reuşită3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) hit, melodie de succes•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with -
29 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 -
30 keep down
1) (not to (allow to) rise up: Keep down - they're shooting at us!) a continua să stea culcat, a nu se mişca2) (to control or put a limit on: They are taking steps to keep down the rabbit population.) a ţine sub control3) (to digest without vomiting: He has eaten some food but he won't be able to keep it down.) a se abţine să vomite -
31 keep in
1) (not to allow to go or come out or outside: The teacher kept him in till he had finished the work.) a rămâne acasă2) (to stay close to the side of a road etc.) a sta aproape de marginea şoselei -
32 keep out
(not to (allow to) enter: The notice at the building site said `Keep out!'; This coat keeps out the wind.) a nu lăsa să intre -
33 leeway
1) (the drifting of a ship etc away from its true course, or the amount of this.) derivă2) (lost time: He has a lot of leeway to make up at school after being away ill.) întârziere3) (extra space, time etc allowed: Book the later flight so as to allow yourself some leeway in case you're delayed.) marjă (de siguranţă) -
34 let
I [let] present participle - letting; verb1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) a lăsa2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) a pune în situaţia de a3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!) (hai) să•- let someone or something alone/be
- let alone/be
- let down
- let fall
- let go of
- let go
- let in
- out
- let in for
- let in on
- let off
- let up
- let well alone II [let] present participle - letting; verb(to give the use of (a house etc) in return for payment: He lets his house to visitors in the summer.) a închiria- to let -
35 let in
(to allow to come in, go out: Let me in!; I let the dog out.) a lăsa înăuntru/afară -
36 let in on
(to allow to share (a secret etc): We'll let her in on our plans.) a destăinui -
37 let off
1) (to fire (a gun) or cause (a firework etc) to explode: He let the gun off accidentally.) a descărca2) (to allow to go without punishment etc: The policeman let him off (with a warning).) a da drumul -
38 let well alone
(to allow things to remain as they are, in order not to make them worse.) a lăsa lucrurile aşa cum sunt -
39 out
(to allow to come in, go out: Let me in!; I let the dog out.) a lăsa înăuntru/afară -
40 pension off
(to allow to retire, or to dismiss, with a pension: They pensioned him off when they found a younger man for the job.) a scoate la pensie
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