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41 booster
1) (a person or thing that boosts: That was a real morale booster for me (= That made me feel more cheerful and optimistic).) susţinător2) (a device for increasing power, force etc: I've fixed a booster on the TV aerial to improve the signal.) amplificator3) (the first stage of a rocket that works by several stages.) rachetă de lansare -
42 brake
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43 burner
noun (any device producing a flame: I'll have to use a burner to get this paint off.) arzător; aprinzător -
44 catch
[kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) a prinde2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) a ajunge la timp (pentru a prinde)3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) a (sur)prinde4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) a se îmbolnăvi (de)5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) a(-şi) prinde6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) a lovi7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) a înţelege8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) a lua (foc)2. noun1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) prindere2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) cârlig, zăvor, încuietoare3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) captură4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) schepsis, capcană•- catching- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
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45 clock
[klok] 1. noun1) (an instrument for measuring time, but not worn on the wrist like a watch: We have five clocks in our house; an alarm clock (= a clock with a ringing device for waking one up in the morning).) ceas(ornic)2) (an instrument for measuring speed of a vehicle or distance travelled by a vehicle: My car has 120,000 miles on the clock.) vitezometru2. verb(to register (a time) on a stopwatch etc.) a cronometra- clockwork
- clock in
- out/on
- off
- clock up
- like clockwork
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46 clutch
1. verb1) ((with at) to try to take hold of: I clutched at a floating piece of wood to save myself from drowning.) a apuca2) (to hold tightly (in the hands): She was clutching a 50-cent piece.) a ţine strâns2. noun1) (control or power: He fell into the clutches of the enemy.) (în) gheare(le)2) ((the pedal operating) a device by means of which two moving parts of an engine may be connected or disconnected: He released the clutch and the car started to move.) ambreiaj• -
47 cunning
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48 cut out
1) (to stop working, sometimes because of a safety device: The engines cut out (noun cut-out).) a (se) opri2) (to stop: I've cut out smoking.) a înceta (să) -
49 detonate
['detəneit](to (cause to) explode violently: This device detonates the bomb.) a detona- detonator -
50 filter
['filtə] 1. noun1) (a strainer or other device through which liquid, gas, smoke etc can pass, but not solid material: A filter is used to make sure that the oil is clean and does not contain any dirt; ( also adjective) filter paper.) filtru2) (a kind of screening plate used to change or correct certain colours: If you are taking photographs in sun and snow, you should use a blue filter.) filtru2. verb1) ((of liquids) to (become) clean by passing through a filter: The rain-water filtered into a tank.) a (se) filtra2) (to come bit by bit or gradually: The news filtered out.) a (se) strecura; a transpira• -
51 firework
noun (a small exploding device giving off a colourful display of lights: Rockets are my favourite fireworks; ( also adjective) a firework display; If your sister finds out, there'll be fireworks (= a display of anger)!) (foc de) artificii -
52 flush
1. noun1) (a flow of blood to the face, making it red: A slow flush covered her face.) roşeaţă2) ((the device that works) a rush of water which cleans a toilet: a flush toilet.) jet de apă2. verb1) (to become red in the face: She flushed with embarrassment.) a se înroşi2) (to clean by a rush of water: to flush a toilet.) a trage apa3) ((usually with out) to cause (an animal etc) to leave a hiding place: The police flushed out the criminal.) a scoate din ascunziş•- flushed- in the first flush of
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53 fuse
I 1. [fju:z] verb1) (to melt (together) as a result of great heat: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.) a (se) topi2) ((of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.) a arde2. noun(a piece of easily-melted wire included in an electric circuit so that a dangerously high electric current will break the circuit and switch itself off: She mended the fuse.) siguranţă- fusionII [fju:z] noun(a piece of material, a mechanical device etc which makes a bomb etc explode at a particular time: He lit the fuse and waited for the explosion.) fitil -
54 harddisk
noun (a device that is fixed inside a computer and is used for storing information.) -
55 hour-glass
noun (a device that measures time in hours by passing sand from one glass container through a narrow tube into a lower container.) -
56 implant
1) (to put (ideas etc) into a person's mind.) a implanta, a inculca2) (to put (eg human tissue, a device etc) permanently into a part of the body.) a implanta• -
57 IUD
(intrauterine device; a plastic or metal contraceptive used by women.) -
58 liquidiser
noun (an electrical device used in cookery to grind up food.) -
59 liquidizer
noun (an electrical device used in cookery to grind up food.) -
60 loop
[lu:p] 1. noun1) (a doubled-over part of a piece of rope, chain etc: She made a loop in the string.) buclă; nod2) (a U-shaped bend in a river etc.) meandră3) (IUD; a contraceptive device used by women.)2. verb(to fasten with, or form into, a loop or loops: He looped the rope round a post.) a prinde cu un nod
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