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1 a lăsa în jos
1. to slide / to slip / to turn downto drop.to uncock. -
2 a da înapoi
1. to fall backto recoilto step back.2. fig. to give away / into yieldto climb down -
3 în sus şi în jos
high and lowup and downto and froback arid forthbackward and forward(going) up and (coming) down( pe scări) up and down the stairsupstairs and downstairs. -
4 a nu avea după ce bea apă
to have nothing to eatto be starvingto be as poor as a church-mousenot to have a shirt to one's backto be (down) on one's uppers.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a nu avea după ce bea apă
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5 a nu şti lega două în tei
to be reduced to the lowest ebbto be on one's backto be down (on one's luck).Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a nu şti lega două în tei
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6 a umbla în lung şi-n lat
to walk up and downto scour aboutamer. to walk back and forth.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a umbla în lung şi-n lat
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7 a-l trece un fior rece
to feel a cold shiver (go) down one's back / spine. -
8 încoace şi încolo
to and froback and forthup and downînv. hither and thitherwigwag.
См. также в других словарях:
back\ down — • back down • back off v informal To give up a claim; not follow up a threat. Bill said he could beat Ted, but when Ted put up his fists Bill backed down. Harry claimed Joe had taken his book, but backed down when the teacher talked with him. Syn … Словарь американских идиом
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back down — index abandon (withdraw), accede (concede), disavow, surrender (yield), yield (submit) … Law dictionary
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back down — v. (D; intr.) to back down from (they had to back down from their demands) … Combinatory dictionary
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