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1 period
['piəriəd] 1. noun1) (any length of time: a period of three days; a period of waiting.) perioadă2) (a stage in the Earth's development, an artist's development, in history etc: the Pleistocene period; the modern period.) eră, epocă3) (the punctuation mark (.), put at the end of a sentence; a full stop.) punct2. adjective(of furniture, costumes etc) of or from the same or appropriate time in history; antique or very old: period costumes; His house is full of period furniture (=antique furniture). de epocă- periodic- periodically
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2 shift
[ʃift] 1. verb1) (to change (the) position or direction (of): We spent the whole evening shifting furniture around; The wind shifted to the west overnight.) a deplasa2) (to transfer: She shifted the blame on to me.) a transfera, a da (vina pe)3) (to get rid of: This detergent shifts stains.) a scoate2. noun1) (a change (of position etc): a shift of emphasis.) schimbare2) (a group of people who begin work on a job when another group stop work: The night shift does the heavy work.) schimb3) (the period during which such a group works: an eight-hour shift; ( also adjective) shift work.) schimb•- shiftlessness
- shifty
- shiftily
- shiftiness
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period — [pir′ē əd] n. [ME paryode < MFr periode < L periodus < Gr periodos, a going around, cycle < peri , around + hodos, way < IE base * sed , to go > Sans ā sad , go toward] 1. the interval between recurrent astronomical events, as… … English World dictionary
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furniture — furnitureless, adj. /ferr ni cheuhr/, n. 1. the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like. 2. fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something. 3. equipment for … Universalium
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furniture — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ antique, period ▪ an 18th century town house, complete with period furniture ▪ contemporary, modern ▪ fine, quality … Collocations dictionary
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period — n. & adj. n. 1 a length or portion of time (showers and bright periods). 2 a distinct portion of history, a person s life, etc. (the Georgian period; Picasso s Blue Period). 3 Geol. a time forming part of a geological era (the Quaternary period) … Useful english dictionary
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period piece — n 1.) an old piece of furniture or work of art ▪ a house furnished with period pieces 2.) a film, play, book etc whose story takes place during a particular period in history ▪ a period piece based on a book by E.M. Forster … Dictionary of contemporary English
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