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1 pick
I 1. [pik] verb1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) a alege2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) a culege3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) a ridica; a lua4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) a deschide/a sparge (o broască)2. noun1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) alegere2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) cel mai bun•- pick-up
- pick and choose
- pick at
- pick someone's brains
- pick holes in
- pick off
- pick on
- pick out
- pick someone's pocket
- pick a quarrel/fight with someone
- pick a quarrel/fight with
- pick up
- pick up speed
- pick one's way II [pik] noun((also (British) pickaxe, (American) pickax - plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc.) târnăcop -
2 pick up
1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) a prinde (din zbor)2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) a lua în3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) a găsi (din întâmplare)4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) a se ridica5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) a trece să ia6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.) a recepţiona7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) a regăsi; a prinde -
3 pick at
(to eat very little of (something): He was not very hungry, and just picked at the food on his plate.) a ciuguli (din) -
4 pick one's way
(to walk carefully (around or between something one wishes to avoid touching etc): She picked her way between the puddles.) a înainta cu grijă -
5 pick someone's pocket
(to steal something from a person's pocket: My wallet has gone - someone has picked my pocket!) a fura din buzunarele cuiva -
6 have a bone to pick with (someone)
(to have something to argue about with (a person).) a avea un motiv de ceartă cu cinevaEnglish-Romanian dictionary > have a bone to pick with (someone)
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7 have a bone to pick with (someone)
(to have something to argue about with (a person).) a avea un motiv de ceartă cu cinevaEnglish-Romanian dictionary > have a bone to pick with (someone)
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8 answer
1. noun1) (something said, written or done that is caused by a question etc from another person: She refused to give an answer to his questions.) răspuns2) (the solution to a problem: The answer to your transport difficulties is to buy a car.) soluţie2. verb1) (to make an answer to a question, problem, action etc: Answer my questions, please; Why don't you answer the letter?) a răspunde (la)2) (to open (the door), pick up (the telephone) etc in reponse to a knock, ring etc: He answered the telephone as soon as it rang; Could you answer the door, please?) a răspunde (la); a deschide3) (to be suitable or all that is necessary (for): This will answer my requirements.) a satisface4) ((often with to) to be the same as or correspond to (a description etc): The police have found a man answering (to) that description.) a corespunde la•- answering machine
- answer for
- answerphone
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