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1 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) tăietură; întrerupere; reducere2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) tăietură3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) bucată•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) jignitor, ofensator; muşcător- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.)- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short -
2 cut down
1) (to cause to fall by cutting: He has cut down the apple tree.) a doborî2) (to reduce (an amount taken etc): I haven't given up smoking but I'm cutting down.) a reduce -
3 cut glass
(glass with ornamental patterns cut on the surface, used for drinking glasses etc.) sticlă şlefuită -
4 cut one's losses
(to decide to spend no more money, effort etc on something which is proving unprofitable.) a face mai puţine cheltuieli/eforturi etc. -
5 cut both ways
(to affect both parts of a question, both people involved, good and bad points etc: That argument cuts both ways!) a fi cu dus şi întors -
6 cut corners
(to use less money, effort, time etc when doing something than was thought necessary, often giving a poorer result.) a face (ceva) de mântuială -
7 cut it fine
(to allow barely enough time, money etc for something that must be done.) a-şi lăsa (prea) puţin timp/puţini bani (pentru ceva) -
8 nasty
1) (unpleasant to the senses: a nasty smell.) neplăcut2) (unfriendly or unpleasant in manner: The man was very nasty to me.) nepoliticos3) (wicked; evil: He has a nasty temper.) răutăcios4) ((of weather) very poor, cold, rainy etc.) urât5) ((of a wound, cut etc) serious: That dog gave her a nasty bite.) serios6) (awkward or very difficult: a nasty situation.) neplăcut, penibil•- nastily- nastiness -
9 cutting
1) (a piece of plant cut off and replanted to form another plant.) butaş2) (an article cut out from a newspaper etc: She collects cuttings about the Royal Family.) tăietură/ extras (dintr-un ziar)3) (a trench dug through a hillside etc, in which a railway, road etc is built.) tranşee -
10 stencil
['stensl] 1. noun1) (a thin piece of metal or card in which a design etc has been cut which can be reproduced on another surface, eg paper, by printing or inking over the metal etc.) şablon2) (a piece of waxed paper into which words have been cut by a typewriter, to be reproduced by a similar process.) matriţă2. verb(to produce (a design, pattern etc) by using a stencil.) a executa după un şablon -
11 style
1. noun1) (a manner or way of doing something, eg writing, speaking, painting, building etc: different styles of architecture; What kind of style are you going to have your hair cut in?; a new hairstyle.) stil2) (a fashion in clothes etc: the latest Paris styles; I don't like the new style of shoe.) modă3) (elegance in dress, behaviour etc: She certainly has style.) şic2. verb1) (to arrange (hair) in a certain way: I'm going to have my hair cut and styled.) a coafa2) (to design in a certain style: These chairs/clothes are styled for comfort.) a crea•- stylish- stylishly
- stylishness
- stylist
- in style -
12 snip
[snip] 1. past tense, past participle - snipped; verb(to cut sharply, especially with a single quick action, with scissors etc: I snipped off two inches of thread.) a tăia (cu foarfecele)2. noun1) (a cut with scissors: With a snip of her scissors she cut a hole in the cloth.) tăietură de foarfece2) (a small piece cut off: The floor was covered in snips of paper.) bucăţică tăiată3) (a bargain: It's a snip at $3!)•- snippet -
13 hew
[hju:]past tense - hewed; verb1) (to cut with an axe, sword etc: He hewed down the tree.) a tăia, a reteza2) (to cut out or shape with an axe, sword etc: He hewed a path through the forest.) a croi -
14 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) sfert2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) douăzeci şi cinci de cenţi3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) cartier4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) direcţie5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) milă6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) ciozvârtă7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) pătrar8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) sfert9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) trimestru2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) a tăia în patru2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) a micşora de patru ori3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) a încartirui•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) trimestrial4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) publicaţie trimestrială- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters -
15 stump
1. noun1) (the part of a tree left in the ground after the trunk has been cut down: He sat on a (tree-)stump and ate his sandwiches.) buştean2) (the part of a limb, tooth, pencil etc remaining after the main part has been cut or broken off, worn away etc.) ciot; colţ; capăt3) (in cricket, one of the three upright sticks forming the wicket.) una dintre cele trei şipci (la jocul de crichet)2. verb1) (to walk with heavy, stamping steps: He stumped angrily out of the room.) a merge cu paşi grei2) (to puzzle or baffle completely: I'm stumped!) a lăsa perplex•- stumpy- stump up -
16 clear
[kliə] 1. adjective1) (easy to see through; transparent: clear glass.) transparent2) (free from mist or cloud: Isn't the sky clear!) senin3) (easy to see, hear or understand: a clear explanation; The details on that photograph are very clear.) clar4) (free from difficulty or obstacles: a clear road ahead.) liber5) (free from guilt etc: a clear conscience.) curat6) (free from doubt etc: Are you quite clear about what I mean?) lămurit7) ((often with of) without (risk of) being touched, caught etc: Is the ship clear of the rocks? clear of danger.) departe de8) ((often with of) free: clear of debt; clear of all infection.) liber2. verb1) (to make or become free from obstacles etc: He cleared the table; I cleared my throat; He cleared the path of debris.) a curăţa2) ((often with of) to prove the innocence of; to declare to be innocent: He was cleared of all charges.) a achita3) ((of the sky etc) to become bright, free from cloud etc.) a se însenina4) (to get over or past something without touching it: He cleared the jump easily.) a trece peste•- clearing
- clearly
- clearness
- clear-cut
- clearway
- clear off
- clear out
- clear up
- in the clear -
17 hack
[hæk] 1. verb1) (to cut or chop up roughly: The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces.) a tăia; a ciopârţi2) (to cut (a path etc) roughly: He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle.) a(-şi) croi (un drum/o cale)2. noun1) (a rough cut made in something: He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk.) crestătură2) (a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire.) cal de călărie; taxi•- hacker- hacking
- hacksaw -
18 file
I 1. noun(a line of soldiers etc walking one behind the other.) şir2. verb(to walk in a file: They filed across the road.) a merge în şir (indian)II 1. noun1) (a folder, loose-leaf book etc to hold papers.) dosar2) (a collection of papers on a particular subject (kept in such a folder).) dosar3) (in computing, a collection of data stored eg on a disc.) fişier2. verb1) (to put (papers etc) in a file: He filed the letter under P.) a pune la dosar2) (to bring (a suit) before a law court: to file (a suit) for divorce.) a intenta un proces•- filename- filing cabinet III 1. noun(a steel tool with a rough surface for smoothing or rubbing away wood, metal etc.) pilă2. verb(to cut or smooth with a file: She filed her nails.) a pili- filings -
19 regular
['reɡjulə] 1. adjective1) (usual: Saturday is his regular day for shopping; That isn't our regular postman, is it?) obişnuit2) ((American) normal: He's too handicapped to attend a regular school.) obişnuit3) (occurring, acting etc with equal amounts of space, time etc between: They placed guards at regular intervals round the camp; Is his pulse regular?) regulat, egal4) (involving doing the same things at the same time each day etc: a man of regular habits.) făcut cu regularitate5) (frequent: He's a regular visitor; He's one of our regular customers.) obişnuit6) (permanent; lasting: He's looking for a regular job.) permanent7) ((of a noun, verb etc) following one of the usual grammatical patterns of the language: `Walk' is a regular verb, but `go' is an irregular verb.) regulat8) (the same on both or all sides or parts; neat; symmetrical: a girl with regular features; A square is a regular figure.) regulat9) (of ordinary size: I don't want the large size of packet - just give me the regular one.) de dimensiuni obişnuite10) ((of a soldier) employed full-time, professional; (of an army) composed of regular soldiers.) obişnuit2. noun1) (a soldier in the regular army.) soldat de carieră2) (a regular customer (eg at a bar).) client obişnuit•- regularly
- regulate
- regulation
- regulator -
20 square
[skweə] 1. noun1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) pătrat2) (something in the shape of this.) pătrat3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) piaţă4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) pătrat2. adjective1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) pătrat2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) chit; la egalitate3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) pătrat4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) de modă veche3. adverb1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) în unghi drept (cu)2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) în plin4. verb1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) a da o formă pătrată2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) a regla (conturile cu)3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) a se potrivi (cu)4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) a ridica la pătrat•- squared- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
- go back to square one
- a square deal
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