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121 make heavy weather of
(to find surprising difficulty in doing: He said he'd finish the job in half an hour, but he's making rather heavy weather of it.) a se chinui mai mult decât se aştepta -
122 mean
[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) avar, zgârcit2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) rău, urât3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) răutăcios4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) mizerabil•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) mediu2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) medie2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) medie; mijlocIII 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) a însemna; a se referi (la)2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) a intenţiona; a-şi pune în gând•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) elocvent- meaningless
- be meant to
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123 method
['meƟəd]1) (the way in which one does something: I don't like his methods of training workers.) metodă2) (an orderly or fixed series of actions for doing something: Follow the method set down in the instruction book.) metodă3) (good sense and a definite plan: Her work seems to lack method.) metodă•- methodically -
124 middle
['midl] 1. noun1) (the central point or part: the middle of a circle.) centru2) (the central area of the body; the waist: You're getting rather fat round your middle.) talie2. adjective(equally distant from both ends: the middle seat in a row.) din/de la mijloc- middling- middle age
- middle-aged
- Middle Ages
- Middle East
- middleman
- be in the middle of doing something
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125 might
I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) a (se) putea să2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) a (se) putea să3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) a putea cel puţin•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) forţă, putere- mighty- mightily
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126 might as well
(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) a putea la fel de bine -
127 mix
[miks] 1. verb1) (to put or blend together to form one mass: She mixed the butter and sugar together; He mixed the blue paint with the yellow paint to make green paint.) a amesteca; a combina2) (to prepare or make by doing this: She mixed the cement in a bucket.) a pregăti3) (to go together or blend successfully to form one mass: Oil and water don't mix.) a amesteca4) (to go together socially: People of different races were mixing together happily.) a avea relaţii (sociale)2. noun1) (the result of mixing things or people together: London has an interesting racial mix.) amestec2) (a collection of ingredients used to make something: (a) cake-mix.) amestec de mai multe ingrediente•- mixed- mixer
- mixture
- mix-up
- be mixed up
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128 mode
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