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1 shadow
['ʃædəu] 1. noun1) ((a patch of) shade on the ground etc caused by an object blocking the light: We are in the shadow of that building.) umbră2) ((in plural with the) darkness or partial darkness caused by lack of (direct) light: The child was afraid that wild animals were lurking in the shadows at the corner of his bedroom.) obscuritate3) (a dark patch or area: You look tired - there are shadows under your eyes.) cearcăne4) (a very slight amount: There's not a shadow of doubt that he stole the money.) urmă (de)2. verb1) (to hide or darken with shadow: A broad hat shadowed her face.) a umbri2) (to follow closely, especially as a detective, spy etc: We shadowed him for a week.) a fila•- shadowy- shadowiness
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2 pierce
[piəs]1) ((of pointed objects) to go into or through (something): The arrow pierced his arm; A sudden light pierced the darkness.) a străpunge2) (to make a hole in or through (something) with a pointed object: Pierce the lid before removing it from the jar.) a găuri•- piercing- piercingly
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3 prism
['prizm]1) (a solid figure whose sides are parallel and whose two ends are the same in shape and size.) prismă2) (a glass object of this shape, usually with triangular ends, which breaks up a beam of white light into the colours of the rainbow.) prismă• -
4 quasar
(a star-like object which gives out light and radio waves.) cuasar -
5 star
1. noun1) (the fixed bodies in the sky, which are really distant suns: The Sun is a star, and the Earth is one of its planets.) astru2) (any of the bodies in the sky appearing as points of light: The sky was full of stars.) stea3) (an object, shape or figure with a number of pointed rays, usually five or six, often used as a means of marking quality etc: The teacher stuck a gold star on the child's neat exercise book; a four-star hotel.) stea4) (a leading actor or actress or other well-known performer eg in sport etc: a film/television star; a football star; ( also adjective) She has had many star rôles in films.) star, vedetă2. verb1) (to play a leading role in a play, film etc: She has starred in two recent films.) a fi vedeta2) ((of a film etc) to have (a certain actor etc) as its leading performer: The film starred Elvis Presley.) a avea ca vedetă•- stardom- starry
- starfish
- starlight
- starlit
- star turn
- see stars
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6 X-rays
[eks'reiz] 1. noun plural(rays which can pass through many substances impossible for light to pass through, and which produce a picture of the object through which they have passed.) raze X- X-ray2. verb(to take a photograph of using X-rays: They X-rayed my arm to see if it was broken.) a face o radiografie
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