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21 exchange
[iks' ein‹] 1. verb1) (to give, or give up, in return for something else: Can you exchange a dollar note for two 50-cent pieces?) a schimba2) (to give and receive in return: They exchanged amused glances.) a schimba2. noun1) (the giving and taking of one thing for another: He gave me a pencil in exchange for the marble; An exchange of opinions is helpful.) schimb2) (a conversation or dispute: An angry exchange took place between the two brothers when their father's will was read.) diferend3) (the act of exchanging the money of one country for that of another.) schimb4) (the difference between the value of money in different countries: What is the rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and the yen?) schimb5) (a place where business shares are bought and sold or international financial dealings carried on.) bursă6) ((also telephone exchange) a central telephone system where lines are connected.) centrală (telefonică)• -
22 pass
1. verb1) (to move towards and then beyond (something, by going past, through, by, over etc): I pass the shops on my way to work; The procession passed along the corridor.) a trece (de)2) (to move, give etc from one person, state etc to another: They passed the photographs around; The tradition is passed (on/down) from father to son.) a transmite3) (to go or be beyond: This passes my understanding.) a întrece4) ((of vehicles etc on a road) to overtake: The sports car passed me at a dangerous bend in the road.) a depăşi5) (to spend (time): They passed several weeks in the country.) a petrece6) ((of an official group, government etc) to accept or approve: The government has passed a resolution.) a vota, a aproba7) (to give or announce (a judgement or sentence): The magistrate passed judgement on the prisoner.) a pronunţa8) (to end or go away: His sickness soon passed.) a trece9) (to (judge to) be successful in (an examination etc): I passed my driving test.) a trece/a lua (un examen)2. noun1) (a narrow path between mountains: a mountain pass.) trecătoare2) (a ticket or card allowing a person to do something, eg to travel free or to get in to a building: You must show your pass before entering.) permis3) (a successful result in an examination, especially when below a distinction, honours etc: There were ten passes and no fails.) notă de trecere4) ((in ball games) a throw, kick, hit etc of the ball from one player to another: The centre-forward made a pass towards the goal.) pasă•- passable- passing
- passer-by
- password
- in passing
- let something pass
- let pass
- pass as/for
- pass away
- pass the buck
- pass by
- pass off
- pass something or someone off as
- pass off as
- pass on
- pass out
- pass over
- pass up -
23 support
[sə'po:t] 1. verb1) (to bear the weight of, or hold upright, in place etc: That chair won't support him / his weight; He limped home, supported by a friend on either side of him.) a susţine, a sprijini2) (to give help, or approval to: He has always supported our cause; His family supported him in his decision.) a susţine3) (to provide evidence for the truth of: New discoveries have been made that support his theory; The second witness supported the statement of the first one.) a corobora, a confirma4) (to supply with the means of living: He has a wife and four children to support.) a creşte2. noun1) (the act of supporting or state of being supported: That type of shoe doesn't give the foot much support; The plan was cancelled because of lack of support; Her job is the family's only means of support; I would like to say a word or two in support of his proposal.) sprijin, susţinere2) (something that supports: One of the supports of the bridge collapsed.) suport•- supporting -
24 tell
[tel]1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) a povesti; a spune2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) a cere; a sugera3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) a spune4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) a-şi da seama (de); a distinge5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) a vorbi, a ciripi6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) a se simţi, a avea efect•- teller- telling
- tellingly
- telltale
- I told you so
- tell off
- tell on
- tell tales
- tell the time
- there's no telling
- you never can tell -
25 way
[wei] 1. noun1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) cale; drum2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) direcţie; drum; rută3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) Calea...4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) la o distanţă/depărtare de5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) manieră; mijloc6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) fel7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) manieră8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) a-şi face/a-şi croi drum2. adverb((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) (de) departe- wayfarer- wayside
- be/get on one's way
- by the way
- fall by the wayside
- get/have one's own way
- get into / out of the way of doing something
- get into / out of the way of something
- go out of one's way
- have a way with
- have it one's own way
- in a bad way
- in
- out of the/someone's way
- lose one's way
- make one's way
- make way for
- make way
- under way
- way of life
- ways and means -
26 feature
['fi: ə] 1. noun1) (a mark by which anything is known; a quality: The use of bright colours is one of the features of her painting.) caracteristică2) (one of the parts of one's face (eyes, nose etc): She has very regular features.) trăsătură3) (a special article in a newspaper: `The Times' is doing a feature on holidays.) articol (de ziar)4) (the main film in a cinema programme etc: The feature begins at 7.30; ( also adjective) a feature film.) film (de lung metraj)2. verb(to give or have a part (especially an important one): That film features the best of the British actresses.) a prezenta/a avea în rolul principal -
27 cold
[kəuld] 1. adjective1) (low in temperature: cold water; cold meat and salad.) rece2) (lower in temperature than is comfortable: I feel cold.) frig3) (unfriendly: His manner was cold.) rece, neprietenos2. noun1) (the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings: She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.) frig2) (an illness with running nose, coughing etc: He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.) răceală•- coldly- coldness
- cold-blooded
- cold war
- get cold feet
- give someone the cold shoulder
- give the cold shoulder
- in cold blood -
28 concentrate
['konsəntreit]1) (to give all one's energies, attention etc to one thing: I wish you'd concentrate (on what I'm saying).) a se concentra2) (to bring together in one place: He concentrated his soldiers at the gateway.) a strânge la un loc3) (to make (a liquid) stronger by boiling to reduce its volume.) a concentra•- concentration -
29 due
[dju:] 1. adjective1) (owed: I think I'm still due some pay; Our thanks are due to the doctor.) cuvenit2) (expected according to timetable, promise etc: The bus is due in three minutes.) aşteptat3) (proper: Take due care.) cuvenit2. adverb(directly South: sailing due east.) drept (către)3. noun1) (what is owed, especially what one has a right to: I'm only taking what is my due.) drept (al cuiva)2) ((in plural) charge, fee or toll: He paid the dues on the cargo.) taxe•- duly- due to
- give someone his due
- give his due -
30 pay
[pei] 1. past tense, past participle - paid; verb1) (to give (money) to (someone) in exchange for goods, services etc: He paid $5 for the book.) a plăti2) (to return (money that is owed): It's time you paid your debts.) a plăti, a achita3) (to suffer punishment (for): You'll pay for that remark!) a plăti (pentru)4) (to be useful or profitable (to): Crime doesn't pay.) a servi la; a fi profitabil5) (to give (attention, homage, respect etc): Pay attention!; to pay one's respects.) a da; a prezenta; a acorda2. noun(money given or received for work etc; wages: How much pay do you get?) salariu- payable- payee
- payment
- pay-packet
- pay-roll
- pay back
- pay off
- pay up
- put paid to -
31 produce
1. [prə'dju:s] verb1) (to bring out: She produced a letter from her pocket.) a scoate (din)2) (to give birth to: A cow produces one or two calves a year.) a da naştere la3) (to cause: His joke produced a shriek of laughter from the children.) a provoca4) (to make or manufacture: The factory produces furniture.) a produce5) (to give or yield: The country produces enough food for the population.) a produce6) (to arrange and prepare (a theatre performance, film, television programme etc): The play was produced by Henry Dobson.) a regiza; a produce; a realiza2. ['prodju:s] noun(something that is produced, especially crops, eggs, milk etc from farms: agricultural/farm produce.) produse (alimentare/agricole)- producer- product
- production
- productive
- productivity -
32 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 -
33 report
[rə'po:t] 1. noun1) (a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: a child's school report; a police report on the accident.) raport (despre)2) (rumour; general talk: According to report, the manager is going to resign.) zvon3) (a loud noise, especially of a gun being fired.) detunătură2. verb1) (to give a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: A serious accident has just been reported; He reported on the results of the conference; Our spies report that troops are being moved to the border; His speech was reported in the newspaper.) a relata, a anunţa; a raporta2) (to make a complaint about; to give information about the misbehaviour etc of: The boy was reported to the headmaster for being rude to a teacher.) a denunţa3) (to tell someone in authority about: He reported the theft to the police.) a denunţa4) (to go (to a place or a person) and announce that one is there, ready for work etc: The boys were ordered to report to the police-station every Saturday afternoon; Report to me when you return; How many policemen reported for duty?) a denunţa•- reporter- reported speech
- report back -
34 return
[rə'tə:n] 1. verb1) (to come or go back: He returns home tomorrow; He returned to London from Paris yesterday; The pain has returned.) a reveni, a se întoarce2) (to give, send, put etc (something) back where it came from: He returned the book to its shelf; Don't forget to return the books you borrowed.) a înapoia; a pune la loc3) (I'll return to this topic in a minute.) a se întoarce4) (to do (something) which has been done to oneself: She hit him and he returned the blow; He said how nice it was to see her again, and she returned the compliment.) a întoarce5) ((of voters) to elect (someone) to Parliament.) a alege, a vota6) ((of a jury) to give (a verdict): The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.) a da7) ((in tennis etc) to hit (a ball) back to one's opponent: She returned his serve.) a întoarce2. noun1) (the act of returning: On our return, we found the house had been burgled; ( also adjective) a return journey.) (de) întoarcere2) (especially in United Kingdom, a round-trip ticket, a return ticket: Do you want a single or a return?) bilet dus-întors•- return match
- return ticket
- by return of post
- by return
- in return for
- in return
- many happy returns of the day
- many happy returns -
35 sign
1. noun1) (a mark used to mean something; a symbol: is the sign for addition.) simbol2) (a notice set up to give information (a shopkeeper's name, the direction of a town etc) to the public: road-sign.) panou; indicator3) (a movement (eg a nod, wave of the hand) used to mean or represent something: He made a sign to me to keep still.) semn4) (a piece of evidence suggesting that something is present or about to come: There were no signs of life at the house and he was afraid they were away; Clouds are often a sign of rain.) semn2. verb1) (to write one's name (on): Sign at the bottom, please.) a iscăli2) (to write (one's name) on a letter, document etc: He signed his name on the document.) a semna3) (to make a movement of the head, hand etc in order to show one's meaning: She signed to me to say nothing.) a face semn•- signpost
- sign in/out
- sign up -
36 slip
I 1. [slip] past tense, past participle - slipped; verb1) (to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing: I slipped and fell on the path.) a aluneca2) (to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control: The plate slipped out of my grasp.) a-i scăpa printre degete3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) a fi în declin, a coborî4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) a se furişa5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) a se elibera (din)6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) a aluneca2. noun1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) eroare2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) gafă3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) combinezon, jupon4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) cală•- slipper- slippery
- slipperiness
- slip road
- slipshod
- give someone the slip
- give the slip
- let slip
- slip into
- slip off
- slip on
- slip up II [slip] noun(a strip or narrow piece of paper: She wrote down his telephone number on a slip of paper.) bucăţică -
37 wide
1. adjective1) (great in extent, especially from side to side: wide streets; Her eyes were wide with surprise.) larg2) (being a certain distance from one side to the other: This material is three metres wide; How wide is it?) larg3) (great or large: He won by a wide margin.) considerabil4) (covering a large and varied range of subjects etc: a wide experience of teaching.) mare2. adverb(with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side: He opened his eyes wide.) mare; larg- widely- widen
- wideness
- width
- wide-ranging
- widespread
- give a wide berth to
- give a wide berth
- wide apart
- wide awake
- wide open -
38 accord
[ə'ko:d] 1. verb1) ((with with) to agree with: His story accords with what I saw happen.) a coincide (cu), a concorda (cu)2) (to grant or give to (a person): They accorded the president great respect.) a acorda2. noun(agreement: That is not in accord with your original statement.) acord, înţelegere- accordingly
- according to
- of one's own accord
- with one accord -
39 difference
['difrəns]1) (what makes one thing unlike another: I can't see any difference between these two pictures; It doesn't make any difference to me whether you go or stay; There's not much difference between them.) diferenţă2) (an act of differing, especially a disagreement: We had a difference of opinion; Have they settled their differences? (= Have they stopped arguing?).) dezacord; neînţelegere3) (the amount by which one quantity or number is greater than another: If you buy it for me I'll give you $6 now and make up the difference later.) diferenţă•- differentiate
- differentiation -
40 do
[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) a face6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) a face, a termina7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) a se ocupa de8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) a merge, a se potrivi9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) a face, a studia10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) a face11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) a aranja12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) a se purta, a face13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) a arăta14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) a face15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) a vizita, a străbate2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) festivitate, serbare- doer- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
- to do with
- what are you doing with
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