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1 run its course
(to develop or happen in the usual way: The fever ran its course.) a-şi urma cursul -
2 nose
[nəuz] 1. noun1) (the part of the face by which people and animals smell and usually breathe: She held the flower to her nose; He punched the man on the nose.) nas2) (the sense of smell: Police dogs have good noses and can follow criminals' trails.) miros3) (the part of anything which is like a nose in shape or position: the nose of an aeroplane.) bot2. verb1) (to make a way by pushing carefully forward: The ship nosed (its way) through the ice.) a-şi croi drum cu grijă2) (to look or search as if by smelling: He nosed about (in) the cupboard.) a adulmeca•- - nosed- nosey
- nosy
- nosily
- nosiness
- nose-bag
- nosedive
- nose job 3. verb(to make such a dive: Suddenly the plane nosedived.)- lead by the nose
- nose out
- pay through the nose
- turn up one's nose at
- under a person's very nose
- under very nose
- under a person's nose
- under nose -
3 career
[kə'riə] 1. noun1) (a way of making a living (usually professional): a career in publishing.) carieră2) (course; progress (through life): The present government is nearly at the end of its career.) mandat, carieră2. verb(to move rapidly and dangerously: The brakes failed and the car careered down the hill.) a goni -
4 civil disobedience
noun (a refusal by a large number of people to pay taxes or obey certain laws in a nonviolent way in order to protest against the government, its policies etc.) -
5 class
1. plural - classes; noun1) (a group of people or things that are alike in some way: The dog won first prize in its class in the dog show.)2) ((the system according to which people belong to) one of a number of economic/social groups: the upper class; the middle class; the working class; ( also adjective) the class system.)3) (a grade or rank (of merit): musicians of a high class.)4) (a number of students or scholars taught together: John and I are in the same class.)5) (a school lesson or college lecture etc: a French class.)6) ((American) a course or series of lectures, often leading to an examination.)2. verb(to regard as being of a certain type: He classes all women as stupid.) a categorisi- class-room -
6 family
['fæməli]plural - families; noun1) ((singular or plural) a man, his wife and their children: These houses were built for families; The (members of the) Smith family are all very athletic; ( also adjective) a family holiday.) familie2) (a group of people related to each other, including cousins, grandchildren etc: He comes from a wealthy family; ( also adjective) the family home.) familie3) (the children of a man and his wife: When I get married I should like a large family.) familie4) (a group of plants, animals, languages etc that are connected in some way: In spite of its name, a koala bear is not a member of the bear family.) familie•- family tree -
7 fawn
I [fo:n] noun1) (a young deer.) cerb tânăr2) (( also adjective) (of) its colour, a light yellowish brown: a fawn sweater.) cafeniuII [fo:n] verb1) ((of dogs) to show affection (by wagging the tail, rolling over etc).) a se gudura2) ((with upon) to be too humble or to flatter (someone) in a servile way: The courtiers fawned upon the queen.) a se da pe lângă, a linguşi -
8 fizz
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9 homing
1) ((of pigeons etc) which (can) fly home when set free a long way from home.) (porumbel) voiajor2) (able to take a missile etc to its target: These torpedoes have homing devices in their noses.) cu (dispozitiv de) teleghidare -
10 relief
[rə'li:f]1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) uşurare; calmare2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) (de) ajutor; asistenţă3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) (de) schimb4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) eliberare5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relief•- relieve- relieved -
11 revolution
[revə'lu:ʃən] 1. noun1) ((the act of making) a successful, violent attempt to change or remove a government etc: the American Revolution.) revoluţie2) (a complete change in ideas, methods etc: There's been a complete revolution in the way things are done in this office.) revoluţie3) (a complete circle or turn round a central point, axis etc (eg as made by a record turning on a record-player, or the Earth moving on its axis or round the Sun).) mişcare de revoluţie•2. noun(a person who takes part in, or is in favour of, (a) revolution.) revoluţionar- revolutionise -
12 rub
1. past tense, past participle - rubbed; verb(to move against the surface of something else, pressing at the same time: He rubbed his eyes; The horse rubbed its head against my shoulder; The back of the shoe is rubbing against my heel.) a (se) freca2. noun(an act of rubbing: He gave the teapot a rub with a polishing cloth.) frecare- rub down- rub it in
- rub out
- rub shoulders with
- rub up
- rub up the wrong way -
13 worst
[wə:st] 1. adjective(bad to the greatest extent: That is the worst book I have ever read.) cel mai rău2. adverb(in the worst way or manner: This group performed worst (of all) in the test.) cel mai rău3. pronoun(the thing, person etc which is bad to the greatest extent: the worst of the three; His behaviour is at its worst when he's with strangers; At the worst they can only fine you.) cel mai rău, cea mai rea- get the worst of
- if the worst comes to the worst
- the worst of it is that
- the worst of it is
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