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1 cowardice
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2 act
[ækt] 1. verb1) (to do something: It's time the government acted to lower taxes.) a acţiona2) (to behave: He acted foolishly at the meeting.) a se comporta3) (to perform (a part) in a play: He has acted (the part of Romeo) in many theatres; I thought he was dying, but he was only acting (= pretending).) a juca/a interpreta (un rol); a juca (teatru)2. noun1) (something done: Running away is an act of cowardice; He committed many cruel acts.) act2) ((often with capital) a law: Acts of Parliament.) lege3) (a section of a play: `Hamlet' has five acts.) act al unei piese de teatru4) (an entertainment: an act called `The Smith Family'.) spectacol•- acting- actor
- act as
- act on
- act on behalf of / act for
- in the act of
- in the act
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3 chicken out
(to avoid doing something because of cowardice: He chickened out at the last minute.) a da înapoi -
4 coward
(a person who shows fear easily or is easily frightened: I am such a coward - I hate going to the dentist.) laş, fricos- cowardly- cowardice
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5 shame
[ʃeim] 1. noun1) ((often with at) an unpleasant feeling caused by awareness of guilt, fault, foolishness or failure: I was full of shame at my rudeness; He felt no shame at his behaviour.) ruşine2) (dishonour or disgrace: The news that he had accepted bribes brought shame on his whole family.) ruşine3) ((with a) a cause of disgrace or a matter for blame: It's a shame to treat a child so cruelly.) păcat4) ((with a) a pity: What a shame that he didn't get the job!) păcat2. verb1) ((often with into) to force or persuade to do something by making ashamed: He was shamed into paying his share.) a umili (pe cineva)2) (to cause to have a feeling of shame: His cowardice shamed his parents.) a ruşina•- shameful- shamefully
- shamefulness
- shameless
- shamelessly
- shamelessness
- shamefaced
- put to shame
- to my
- his shame
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cowardice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shrinking from pain or danger Nouns 1. cowardice, cowardliness, pusillanimity, poltroonery, baseness; dastardliness; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear, white feather, faint heart, timidity. Informal … English dictionary for students
