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1 Adam's apple
noun (the pointed part at the front of the neck that moves up and down when one talks or swallows.) -
2 break down
1) (to use force on (a door etc) to cause it to open.) a dărâma, a forţa2) (to stop working properly: My car has broken down.) a face o pană3) (to fail: The talks have broken down.) a eşua4) (to be overcome with emotion: She broke down and wept.) a fi copleşit de emoţie -
3 collapse
[kə'læps]1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) a se prăbuşi2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) a cădea3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) a eşua4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) a se plia• -
4 deadlock
noun (a situation in which no further progress towards an agreement is possible: Talks between the two sides ended in deadlock.) impas -
5 end
[end] 1. noun1) (the last or farthest part of the length of something: the house at the end of the road; both ends of the room; Put the tables end to end (= with the end of one touching the end of another); ( also adjective) We live in the end house.) sfârşit; (de la) capăt2) (the finish or conclusion: the end of the week; The talks have come to an end; The affair is at an end; He is at the end of his strength; They fought bravely to the end; If she wins the prize we'll never hear the end of it (= she will often talk about it).) sfârşit, concluzie3) (death: The soldiers met their end bravely.) moarte4) (an aim: What end have you in view?) scop5) (a small piece left over: cigarette ends.) rămăşiţă, muc (de ţigară)2. verb(to bring or come to an end: The scheme ended in disaster; How does the play end?; How should I end (off) this letter?) a (se) termina- ending- endless
- at a loose end
- end up
- in the end
- make both ends meet
- make ends meet
- no end of
- no end
- on end
- put an end to
- the end -
6 high-level
adjective (involving important people: high-level talks.) la nivel înalt -
7 initiative
[-ʃətiv]1) (a first step or move that leads the way: He took the initiative in organizing a search party to look for the girl; A move to start peace talks is sometimes called a peace initiative.) iniţiativă2) (the ability to lead or make decisions for oneself: He is quite good at his job, but lacks initiative; My son actually went to the hairdresser's on his own initiative!) iniţiativă -
8 mannerism
noun (an odd and obvious habit in a person's behaviour, speech etc: He scratches his ear when he talks and has other mannerisms.) tic, manie -
9 preparatory
[-'pærə-]adjective (acting as an introduction or in order to prepare for something: Political leaders have agreed to meet for preparatory talks about an end to the war.) pregătitor; preliminar -
10 talk
[to:k] 1. verb1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) a vorbi2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) a bârfi3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) a discuta2. noun1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) discuţie2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) prelegere3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) bârfă4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) vorbe-n vânt•- talking book
- talking head
- talking-point
- talk show
- talking-to
- talk back
- talk big
- talk down to
- talk someone into / out of doing
- talk into / out of doing
- talk someone into / out of
- talk into / out of
- talk over
- talk round
- talk sense/nonsense
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11 trouble
1. noun1) ((something which causes) worry, difficulty, work, anxiety etc: He never talks about his troubles; We've had a lot of trouble with our children; I had a lot of trouble finding the book you wanted.) necaz, problemă2) (disturbances; rebellion, fighting etc: It occurred during the time of the troubles in Cyprus.) tulburări3) (illness or weakness (in a particular part of the body): He has heart trouble.) boală2. verb1) (to cause worry, anger or sadness to: She was troubled by the news of her sister's illness.) a tulbura2) (used as part of a very polite and formal request: May I trouble you to close the window?) a deranja3) (to make any effort: He didn't even trouble to tell me what had happened.) a-şi da osteneala•- troubled- troublesome
- troublemaker
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