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1 hurry
1. verb1) (to (cause to) move or act quickly, often too quickly: You'd better hurry if you want to catch that bus; If you hurry me, I'll make mistakes.) a se grăbi2) (to convey quickly: After the accident, the injured man was hurried to the hospital.) a transporta de urgenţă2. noun1) (the act of doing something quickly, often too quickly: In his hurry to leave, he fell and broke his arm.) grabă2) (the need to do something quickly: Is there any hurry for this job?) (motiv de) grabă•- hurried- hurriedly
- in a hurry
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2 rush
I 1. verb(to (make someone or something) hurry or go quickly: He rushed into the room; She rushed him to the doctor.) a (se) grăbi; a trimite de urgenţă2. noun1) (a sudden quick movement: They made a rush for the door.) goană2) (a hurry: I'm in a dreadful rush.) grabă•II noun(a tall grass-like plant growing in or near water: They hid their boat in the rushes.) papură -
3 scuttle
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4 bustle
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5 dally
['dæli](to go etc slowly: Don't dally - do hurry up!) a-şi pierde vremea -
6 dawdle
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7 detain
[di'tein]1) (to hold back and delay: I won't detain you - I can see you're in a hurry.) a reţine2) ((of the police etc) to keep under guard: Three suspects were detained at the police station.) a reţine•- detainee -
8 dress
[dres] 1. verb1) (to put clothes or a covering on: We dressed in a hurry and my wife dressed the children.) a (se) îmbrăca2) (to prepare (food etc) to be eaten: She dressed a salad.) a pregăti3) (to treat and bandage (wounds): He was sent home from hospital after his burns had been dressed.) a pansa2. noun1) (what one is wearing or dressed in: He has strange tastes in dress.) îmbrăcăminte2) (a piece of women's clothing with a top and skirt in one piece: Shall I wear a dress or a blouse and skirt?) rochie•- dressed- dresser
- dressing
- dressing-gown
- dressing-room
- dressing-table
- dressmaker
- dress rehearsal
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9 fluster
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10 press
[pres] 1. verb1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) a apăsa; a (se) strânge2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) a stoarce3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) a presa4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) a insista pe/cu5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) a călca2. noun1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) strângere; călcat2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) tipar3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) (de) presă4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) presă5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) presă•- pressing- press conference
- press-cutting
- be hard pressed
- be pressed for
- press for
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11 saunter
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12 speed
[spi:d] 1. noun1) (rate of moving: a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed.) viteză2) (quickness of moving.) viteză2. verb1) ((past tense, past participles sped [sped] speeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry: The car sped/speeded along the motorway.) a merge cu toată viteza2) ((past tense, past participle speeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law: The policeman said that I had been speeding.) a face exces de viteză•- speeding- speedy
- speedily
- speediness
- speed bump
- speed trap
- speedometer
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13 stroll
См. также в других словарях:
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hurry — I UK [ˈhʌrɪ] / US verb Word forms hurry : present tense I/you/we/they hurry he/she/it hurries present participle hurrying past tense hurried past participle hurried ** [intransitive] to do something or to move somewhere very quickly We must hurry … English dictionary
hurry*/ — [ˈhʌri] verb [I/T] I to do something or to move somewhere very quickly, or to make someone do this We must hurry or we ll be late.[/ex] Alex had to hurry home, but I decided to stay.[/ex] She hurried along the corridor towards his office.[/ex]… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
hurry — [c]/ˈhʌri / (say huree) verb (hurried, hurrying) –verb (i) Also, hurry up. 1. to move, proceed, or act with haste, often undue haste. –verb (t) 2. to drive or move (someone or something) with speed, often with confused haste. 3. Also, hurry up.… …
