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1 borrow
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2 borrow
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3 certain
['sə:tn] 1. adjective1) (true or without doubt: It's certain that the world is round.) sigur2) (sure: I'm certain he'll come; He is certain to forget; Being late is a certain way of losing one's job.) sigur3) (one or some, not definitely named: certain doctors; a certain Mrs Smith; (also pronoun) certain of his friends.) anumit4) (slight; some: a certain hostility in his manner; a certain amount.) anumit•2. interjection(of course: `May I borrow your typewriter?' `Certainly!'; `Certainly not!') bineînţeles- for certain
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4 couple
1. noun1) (two; a few: Can I borrow a couple of chairs?; I knew a couple of people at the party, but not many.) câţiva2) (a man and wife, or a boyfriend and girlfriend: a married couple; The young couple have a child.) cuplu2. verb(to join together: The coaches were coupled (together), and the train set off.) a cupla- couplet- coupling -
5 either
1. pronoun(the one or the other of two: You may borrow either of these books; I offered him coffee or tea, but he didn't want either.) oricare (dintre); nici unul2. adjective1) (the one or the other (of two things, people etc): He can write with either hand.) oricare; amândoi2) (the one and the other (of two things, people etc); both: at either side of the garden.) fiecare3. adverb1) (used for emphasis: If you don't go, I won't either.) nici2) (moreover; besides: I used to sing, and I hadn't a bad voice, either.) de altfel•- either way -
6 entitle
1) (to give (a person) a right (to, or to do, something): You are not entitled to free school lunches; He was not entitled to borrow money from the cash box.) a îndreptăţi; a avea dreptul (să)2) (to give to (a book etc) as a title or name: a story entitled `The White Horse'.) a intitula• -
7 on principle
(because of one's principles: I never borrow money, on principle.) din principiu -
8 principles
noun plural (one's own personal rules or standards of behaviour: It is against my principles to borrow money.) principii -
9 semicolon
[semi'kəulən, ]( American[) 'semikoulən](the punctuation mark (;) used especially to separate parts of a sentence which have more independence than clauses separated by a comma: He wondered what to do. He couldn't go back; he couldn't borrow money.) punct şi virgulă -
10 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) a trimite la plimbareEnglish-Romanian dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
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11 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) a trimite la plimbareEnglish-Romanian dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
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12 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) a trimite la plimbareEnglish-Romanian dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
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13 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) a trimite la plimbareEnglish-Romanian dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
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14 steps
noun plural (a stepladder: May I borrow your steps?) scară pliantă -
15 strike
1. past tense - struck; verb1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) a lovi2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) a ataca3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) a scăpăra4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) a face grevă5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) a descoperi6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) a suna7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) a izbi8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) a bate9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) a apuca; a merge10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) a demonta; a coborî2. noun1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) grevă2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) descoperire•- striker- striking
- strikingly
- be out on strike
- be on strike
- call a strike
- come out on strike
- come
- be within striking distance of
- strike at
- strike an attitude/pose
- strike a balance
- strike a bargain/agreement
- strike a blow for
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strike fear/terror into
- strike home
- strike it rich
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16 such as it is
(though it scarcely deserves the name: You can borrow our lawn mower, such as it is.) aşa cum e -
17 sweeper
noun (a person or thing that sweeps: a road-sweeper; May I borrow your carpet-sweeper?) măturător
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Borrow — or borrowing can mean: to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. *In finance, monetary debt *In language, the use of loanwords *In arithmetic, when a digit become smaller than limit and the deficiency is taken from … Wikipedia
Borrow — Bor row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Borrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Borrowing}.] [OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS. beorgan to protect. ?95. See 1st {Borough}.] 1. To receive from another as a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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borrow — bor·row vt: to take or receive temporarily; specif: to receive (money) with the intention of returning the same plus interest bor·row·er n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. borrow … Law dictionary
borrow — O.E. borgian to lend, be surety for, from P.Gmc. *borg pledge, from PIE *bhergh to hide, protect (see BURY (Cf. bury)). Sense shifted in O.E. to borrow, apparently on the notion of collateral deposited as security for something borrowed. Cf. O.E … Etymology dictionary
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Borrow — Borrow, Georg, geb. um 1805 in Norfolk, durchreiste als Agent der englischen Bibelgesellschaft den größten Theil Europas u. NAfrikas. Einen Hauptgegenstand seines Studiums bildeten die Zigeuner, unter denen er in seiner Jugend eine Zeit lang… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Borrow — (spr bórro), George, engl. Schriftsteller, geb. 17. Juli 1803 zu East Dereham in Norfolk, gest. 29. Juli 1881 in Oulton bei Lowestoft, war der Sohn eines Offiziers, führte in der Jugend ein Wanderleben ohne Unterricht, sogar eine Zeitlang unter… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Borrow — (Barre), Georg, geb. 1805 in Norfolk, soll als Kind unter den Zigeunern gelebt haben, durchreiste später als Agent der engl. Bibelgesellschaft Europa und einen Theil Afrikas, beschrieb das Zigeunerleben und seine eigenen Erlebnisse, viel Dichtung … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
borrow — ► VERB 1) take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it. 2) take and use (money) from a person or bank under agreement to pay it back later. ● be (living) on borrowed time Cf. ↑be on borrowed time… … English terms dictionary