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1 like hot cakes
(very quickly: These books are selling like hot cakes.) ca pâinea caldă -
2 bakery
plural - bakeries; noun (a place where baking is done and / or where bread, cakes etc are sold: I bought some cakes at the bakery.) brutărie -
3 all at once
1) (all at the same time: Don't eat those cakes all at once!) dintr-o dată2) (suddenly: All at once the light went out.) deodată -
4 baking
noun (the act or art of cooking bread, cakes etc.) coacere -
5 baking powder
(a powder used to make cakes etc rise: This sponge cake is very flat - you can't have used enough baking powder.) praf de copt -
6 biscuit
['biskit]1) ((American cookie) a crisp, sweet piece of dough baked in small flat cakes.) biscuit2) (a similar savoury flat cake.)3) ((American) a small soft round cake.) -
7 cake
[keik] 1. noun1) (a food made by baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar etc: a piece of cake; a plate of cream cakes; a Christmas cake.) prăjitură2) (a piece of other food pressed into shape: fishcakes; oatcakes.) crochetă; turtă3) (a flattened hard mass: a cake of soap.) bucată; calup2. verb(to cover in the form of a dried mass: His shoes were caked with mud.) a prinde o crustă -
8 confectioner
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9 do a roaring trade
(to have a very successful business; to sell a lot of something: She's doing a roaring trade in/selling home-made cakes.) a avea succes în afaceri -
10 eat
[i:t] 1. past tense - ate; verb(to (chew and) swallow; to take food: They are forbidden to eat meat; They ate up all the cakes; We must eat to live.) a mânca- eatable2. noun((in plural) food: Cover all eatables to keep mice away.) mâncăruri- eat into- eat one's words -
11 greed
[ɡri:d](a (too) great desire for food, money etc: Eating five cakes is just sheer greed.) lăcomie, aviditate- greedy- greedily
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12 hot
[hot]1) (having or causing a great deal of heat: a hot oven; That water is hot.) fierbinte2) (very warm: a hot day; Running makes me feel hot.) foarte cald3) ((of food) having a sharp, burning taste: a hot curry.) iute4) (easily made angry: a hot temper.) iute (la mânie), impulsiv5) (recent; fresh: hot news.) proaspăt, fierbinte•- hotly- hot air
- hot-blooded
- hot dog
- hotfoot
- hothead
- hotheaded
- hothouse
- hot-plate
- be in
- get into hot water
- hot up
- in hot pursuit
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13 icing
noun (a mixture of sugar, white of egg, water etc used to cover or decorate cakes.) glazură -
14 longing
noun (a great desire or wish for something: She looked at the cakes with longing.) dor, poftă -
15 marzipan
noun, adjective((of) a sweet paste made of crushed almonds and sugar, used in decorating cakes, making sweets etc.) marţipan -
16 most
[məust] 1. superlative of many, much (often with the) - adjective1) ((the) greatest number or quantity of: Which of the students has read the most books?; Reading is what gives me most enjoyment.) cel mai mult2) (the majority or greater part of: Most children like playing games; Most modern music is difficult to understand.) cea mai mare parte din(tre)2. adverb1) (used to form the superlative of many adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than two syllables: Of all the women I know, she's the most beautiful; the most delicious cake I've ever tasted; We see her mother or father sometimes, but we see her grandmother most frequently.) cel mai2) (to the greatest degree or extent: They like sweets and biscuits but they like ice-cream most of all.) cel mai mult3) (very or extremely: I'm most grateful to you for everything you've done; a most annoying child.) foarte4) ((American) almost: Most everyone I know has read that book.) aproape3. pronoun1) (the greatest number or quantity: I ate two cakes, but Mary ate more, and John ate (the) most.) cel mai mult2) (the greatest part; the majority: He'll be at home for most of the day; Most of these students speak English; Everyone is leaving - most have gone already.) cea mai mare parte (dintre), majoritatea•- mostly- at the most
- at most
- for the most part
- make the most of something
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17 over
['əuvə] 1. preposition1) (higher than; above in position, number, authority etc: Hang that picture over the fireplace; He's over 90 years old.) peste; deasupra2) (from one side to another, on or above the top of; on the other side of: He jumped over the gate; She fell over the cat; My friend lives over the street.) peste, pe3) (covering: He put his handkerchief over his face.) acoperind4) (across: You find people like him all over the world.) peste tot5) (about: a quarrel over money.) despre, asupra6) (by means of: He spoke to her over the telephone.) la7) (during: Over the years, she grew to hate her husband.) în cursul8) (while having etc: He fell asleep over his dinner.) în timpul2. adverb1) (higher, moving etc above: The plane flew over about an hour ago.)2) (used to show movement, change of position: He rolled over on his back; He turned over the page.)3) (across: He went over and spoke to them.)4) (downwards: He fell over.)5) (higher in number etc: for people aged twenty and over.)6) (remaining: There are two cakes for each of us, and two over.)7) (through from beginning to end, carefully: Read it over; Talk it over between you.)3. adjective(finished: The affair is over now.) deasupra4. noun((in cricket) a certain number of balls bowled from one end of the wicket: He bowled thirty overs in the match.) serie de... mingi5. as part of a word1) (too (much), as in overdo.)2) (in a higher position, as in overhead.)3) (covering, as in overcoat.)4) (down from an upright position, as in overturn.)5) (completely, as in overcome.)•- over all
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18 self-raising
[self'reiziŋ]((of flour) already containing an ingredient to make cakes etc rise.) (făină) în amestec cu praf de copt -
19 slim
[slim] 1. adjective1) (not thick or fat; thin: She has a slim, graceful figure; Taking exercise is one way of keeping slim.) slab, zvelt2) (not good; slight: There's still a slim chance that we'll find the child alive.) slab2. verb(to use means (such as eating less) in order to become slimmer: I mustn't eat cakes - I'm trying to slim.) a slăbi, a ţine cură de slăbire- slimming- slimness -
20 tearoom
noun (a restaurant where tea, coffee, cakes etc are served.) cafenea; cofetărie
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См. также в других словарях:
Cakes — (engl., spr. keks), s. Biskuit … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Cakes — (spr. kehks), engl. Biskuits … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Cakes — This is a metonymic occupational name for a maker of a particular type of cake. The name derives from the medieval English kake or cake meaning a small oval shaped flattened bread usually baked hard on both sides by being turned in the process.… … Surnames reference
cakes — the buttocks. (Like buns.) □ You behave yourself or I’ll blister your cakes. □ She fell down and bruised her cakes … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
cakes and ale — cakes′ and ale′ n. pl. worldly or material pleasures … From formal English to slang
cakes and ale — n. the good things of life; worldly pleasures … English World dictionary
Cakes and Ale — infobox Book | name = Cakes and Ale: or The Skeleton in the Cupboard title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of the first UK edition author = W. Somerset Maugham illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English… … Wikipedia
cakes and ale — noun : the good things of life : pleasure, enjoyment dost thou think because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale Shakespeare * * * the good things of life; material pleasures: Their thoughts were only of cakes and ale. * * *… … Useful english dictionary
cakes and ale — the good things of life; material pleasures: Their thoughts were only of cakes and ale. * * * … Universalium
Cakes — Cake (gâteau) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cake (homonymie). Un cake … Wikipédia en Français
cakes — keɪk n. sweet baked food; shaped compact mass (i.e. cake of soap) v. congeal; coat (as with a layer of mud); become coated; shape into a compact mass; be shaped into a compact mass … English contemporary dictionary
