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1 a ajusta o piesă
to file / to grind / to make a piece true. -
2 a avea (un) interes
to have a stake in the gameto have an axe to grind. -
3 a căuta să tragă spuza pe turta lui
to grind one's own axe.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a căuta să tragă spuza pe turta lui
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4 a face haz de necaz
to smile in the face of adversityto grind and bear it. -
5 a scrâşni din dinţi
to gnash / to grate / to grind / to grit one's teeth. -
6 a toci la / pentru un examen
to cram / to swot (up) for an examto grind for an examto mug (at) a subjectto mug up a subject.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a toci la / pentru un examen
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7 a-şi face treaba
to do one's (own) business / jobto grind one's grist. -
8 a-şi vedea de treabă / treburi(le sale)
1. to mind one's own business / affairsto attend to one's businessto go about one's businessto stick to one's last.2. fig. to grind one's gristto toe the scratchamer. To hoe one's own roeto saw wood.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a-şi vedea de treabă / treburi(le sale)
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9 ce-a fost a fost
let bygones be bygonesthe mill cannot grind with water that is past. -
10 morţii cu morţii şi viii cu viii
let the dead bury the dead and (let) the living lead a gay lifeaprox. the mill cannot grind with water that is past.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > morţii cu morţii şi viii cu viii
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