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1 lash
[læʃ] 1. noun1) (an eyelash: She looked at him through her thick lashes.) geană2) (a stroke with a whip etc: The sailor was given twenty lashes as a punishment.) lovitură (de bici)3) (a thin piece of rope or cord, especially of a whip: a whip with a long, thin lash.) curea (de bici)2. verb1) (to strike with a lash: He lashed the horse with his whip.) a (se) agita2) (to fasten with a rope or cord: All the equipment had to be lashed to the deck of the ship.) a lega3) (to make a sudden or restless movement (with) (a tail): The tiger crouched in the tall grass, its tail lashing from side to side.) a (se) agita4) ((of rain) to come down very heavily.) a răpăi•- lash out -
2 pencil
['pensl] 1. noun(a long, thin instrument (usually of wood) containing a thin stick of graphite or some similar solid substance for writing or drawing: This pencil needs sharpening / to be sharpened; He wrote in pencil; ( also adjective) a pencil sharpener.) creion2. verb(to write or draw with a pencil: He pencilled an outline of the house.) a desena; a schiţa -
3 strand
I [strænd] II [strænd] noun(a thin thread, eg one of those twisted together to form rope, string, knitting-wool etc, or a long thin lock of hair: She pushed the strands of hair back from her face.) fir; meşă -
4 stick
I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!)2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.)3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.)4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.)•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II [stik] noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) rămurică2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) baston; baghetă3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) tulpină•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick -
5 billiards
['biljə‹](a game played with long thin sticks (cues) and balls, on a table.) biliard -
6 damselfly
noun (an insect with a long thin body found near water.) libelulă -
7 fishing-rod
noun (a long thin flexible rod used with a fishing-line and hooks etc for catching fish.) -
8 golf-club
noun (the long thin stick used to hit the ball in golf: He bought a new set of golf-clubs.) -
9 pole
I [pəul] noun1) (the north or south end of the Earth's axis: the North/South Pole.) pol2) (the points in the heavens opposite the Earth's North and South Poles, around which stars seem to turn.) pol3) (either of the opposite ends of a magnet: The opposite poles of magnets attract each other.) pol4) (either of the opposite terminals of an electric battery: the positive/negative pole.) pol•- polar- polar bear
- the pole star
- be poles apart II [pəul](a long, thin, rounded piece of wood, metal etc: a telegraph pole; a tent pole.) stâlp; par -
10 probe
[prəub] 1. noun1) (a long thin instrument used by doctors to examine a wound etc.) sondă2) (an investigation: a police probe into illegal activities.) anchetă, investigaţie2. verb1) (to investigate: He probed into her private life.) a cerceta, a investiga2) (to examine (as if) with a probe: The doctor probed the wound; He probed about in the hole with a stick.) a sonda -
11 rapier
['reipiə](a type of long thin sword.) sabie lungă -
12 rod
[rod](a long thin stick or piece of wood, metal etc: an iron rod; a fishing-rod; a measuring-rod.) vergea; tijă; undiţă; riglă -
13 taper
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14 tentacle
['tentəkl](a long, thin, flexible arm-like or horn-like part of an animal, used to feel, grasp etc: An octopus has eight tentacles.) tentacul -
15 envelope
['envələup](a thin, flat wrapper or cover, especially for a letter: The letter arrived in a long envelope.) plic -
16 flex
[fleks] 1. verb(to bend, especially in order to test: to flex one's muscles.) a îndoi2. noun((a piece of) thin insulated wire for carrying electricity: That lamp has a long flex.) liţă- flexible- flexibility
- flexitime -
17 needle
['ni:dl]1) (a small, sharp piece of steel with a hole (called an eye) at one end for thread, used in sewing etc: a sewing needle.)2) (any of various instruments of a long narrow pointed shape: a knitting needle; a hypodermic needle.) ac3) ((in a compass etc) a moving pointer.) ac4) (the thin, sharp-pointed leaf of a pine, fir etc.) ac•- needlework -
18 skinny
['skini](very thin: Most fat girls long to be skinny.) (foarte) slab- skinny-dipping -
19 spike
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20 spindly
adjective (very long and thin.) subţire
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