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1 only
['əunli] 1. adjective(without any others of the same type: He has no brothers or sisters - he's an only child; the only book of its kind.) singur; unic2. adverb1) (not more than: We have only two cups left; He lives only a mile away.) doar2) (alone: Only you can do it.) numai, doar3) (showing the one action done, in contrast to other possibilities: I only scolded the child - I did not smack him.) doar4) (not longer ago than: I saw him only yesterday.) nu mai demult de5) (showing the one possible result of an action: If you do that, you'll only make him angry.) numai3. conjunction(except that, but: I'd like to go, only I have to work.) doar că- only too -
2 little
['litl] 1. adjective1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) mic2) (small in amount; not much: He has little knowledge of the difficulties involved.) puţin3) (not important: I did not expect her to make a fuss about such a little thing.) lipsit de importanţă2. pronoun((only) a small amount: He knows little of the real world.) puţine lucruri3. adverb1) (not much: I go out little nowadays.) puţin2) (only to a small degree: a little-known fact.) puţin3) (not at all: He little knows how ill he is.) nici pe departe (nu...)•- a little- little by little
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3 orphan
['o:fən](a child who has lost both parents (rarely only one parent): That little girl is an orphan; ( also adjective) an orphan child.) orfan -
4 at the eleventh hour
(at the last possible moment; only just in time: The child was saved from the kidnappers at the eleventh hour.) în ultimul moment -
5 kid
I [kid] noun1) (a popular word for a child or teenager: They've got three kids now, two boys and a girl; More than a hundred kids went to the disco last night; ( also adjective) his kid brother (= younger brother).)2) (a young goat.)3) (( also adjective) (of) the leather made from its skin: slippers made of kid; kid gloves.)II [kid] past tense, past participle - kidded; verb(to deceive or tease, especially harmlessly: We were kidding him about the girl who keeps ringing him up; He kidded his wife into thinking he'd forgotten her birthday; He didn't mean that - he was only kidding!) -
6 with bated breath
(breathing only slightly, due to anxiety, excitement etc: The crowd watched the rescue of the child with bated breath.) cu răsuflarea tăiată -
7 yolk
[jouk]((also egg-yolk) the yellow part of an egg: The child will only eat the yolk of an egg - she won't eat the white.) gălbenuş (de ou)
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