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1 jungle
(a thick growth of trees and plants in tropical areas: the Amazon jungle; Tigers are found in the jungles of Asia; ( also adjective) soldiers trained in jungle warfare.) junglă -
2 inhabitant
noun (a person or animal that lives permanently in a place: the inhabitants of the village; tigers, leopards and other inhabitants of the jungle.) locuitor -
3 hack
[hæk] 1. verb1) (to cut or chop up roughly: The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces.) a tăia; a ciopârţi2) (to cut (a path etc) roughly: He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle.) a(-şi) croi (un drum/o cale)2. noun1) (a rough cut made in something: He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk.) crestătură2) (a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire.) cal de călărie; taxi•- hacker- hacking
- hacksaw -
4 camouflage
1. noun(something, eg protective colouring, that makes an animal, person, building etc difficult for enemies to see against the background: The tiger's stripes are an effective camouflage in the jungle; The soldiers wound leaves and twigs round their helmets as camouflage.) camuflaj2. verb(to conceal with camouflage.) a camufla -
5 labour
['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) muncă2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) mână de lucru3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) travaliu4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) laburist2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) a munci2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) a merge greu•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
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6 lord
[lo:d]1) (a master; a man or animal that has power over others or over an area: The lion is lord of the jungle.) stăpân, conducător2) ((with capital when used in titles) in the United Kingdom etc a nobleman or man of rank.) lord3) ((with capital) in the United Kingdom, used as part of several official titles: the Lord Mayor.) Lord•- lordly- lordliness
- Lordship
- the Lord
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7 porter
['po:tə]1) (a person whose job is to carry luggage in a railway station etc: The old lady could not find a porter to carry her suitcase from the train.) hamal2) (a person whose job is to carry things eg in rough country where there is no other form of transport: He set off into the jungle with three porters.) hamal3) (a doorman or attendant in a hotel etc: a hospital porter.) portar
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