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81 make heavy weather of
(to find surprising difficulty in doing: He said he'd finish the job in half an hour, but he's making rather heavy weather of it.) a se chinui mai mult decât se aştepta -
82 matronly
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83 middle
['midl] 1. noun1) (the central point or part: the middle of a circle.) centru2) (the central area of the body; the waist: You're getting rather fat round your middle.) talie2. adjective(equally distant from both ends: the middle seat in a row.) din/de la mijloc- middling- middle age
- middle-aged
- Middle Ages
- Middle East
- middleman
- be in the middle of doing something
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84 mild
1) ((of a person or his personality) gentle in temper or behaviour: such a mild man.) blând2) ((of punishment etc) not severe: a mild sentence.) uşor3) ((of weather especially if not in summer) not cold; rather warm: a mild spring day.) călduţ4) ((of spices, spiced foods etc) not hot: a mild curry.) care nu ustură, care nu e iute•- mildly- mildness -
85 mime
1. noun1) (the art of using movement to perform the function of speech, especially in drama: She is studying mime.) pantomimă2) (a play in which no words are spoken and the actions tell the story: The children performed a mime.) mimă3) (an actor in such a play; someone who practises this art: Marcel Marceau is a famous mime.) mim2. verb(to act, eg in such a play, using movements rather than words: He mimed his love for her by holding his hands over his heart.) a mima -
86 mostly
adverb (to the greatest degree or extent, or for most of the time; mainly: The air we breathe is mostly nitrogen and oxygen; Mostly I go to the library rather than buy books.) în cea mai mare parte; cel mai adesea -
87 moth
[moƟ]plural - moths; noun1) (any of a large number of insects, rather like butterflies but with wider bodies, seen mostly at night and attracted by light.) fluture de noapte2) (a clothes moth: The moths have been at my evening dress.) molie•- mothball
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88 nationalise
['næ-]verb (to make (especially an industry) the property of the nation as a whole rather than the property of an individual.) a naţionaliza -
89 nationalize
['næ-]verb (to make (especially an industry) the property of the nation as a whole rather than the property of an individual.) a naţionaliza -
90 nervous
1) (of the nerves: the nervous system.) nervos2) (rather afraid: She was nervous about travelling by air; a nervous old lady.) emoţionat, fricos -
91 nervy
adjective (excitable: The horse is rather nervy.) nervos, agitat -
92 ordinary
['o:dənəri]1) (usual; normal: She was behaving in a perfectly ordinary manner.) obişnuit, normal2) (not unusually good etc: Some people like his poetry but I think it's rather ordinary.) comun, mediocru•- out of the ordinary -
93 out of shape
(not in the proper shape: I sat on my hat and it's rather out of shape.) deformat -
94 overdo
[əuvə'du:]past tense - overdid; verb1) (to do, say (something) in an exaggerated way etc: They overdid the sympathy.) a exagera2) (to cook for too long: The meat was rather overdone.) a prăji/a coace prea mult -
95 peanut
((also groundnut or monkey nut) a type of nut that looks rather like a pea.) arahidă -
96 peckish
adjective (rather hungry: I feel a bit peckish.) flămând -
97 pedestrian
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98 physician
[fi'ziʃən](a doctor who specializes in medical rather than surgical treatment of patients: My doctor sent me to a physician at the hospital.) medic -
99 piece
[pi:s] 1. noun1) (a part of anything: a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).) bucată2) (a single thing or example of something: a piece of paper; a piece of news.) bucată; fragment3) (a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc: He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.) piesă; articol4) (a coin of a particular value: a five-pence piece.) monedă5) (in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game.) piesă•2. adjective(done etc in this way: He has a rather piecemeal way of working.) împrăştiat, fără metodă- go all to pieces- go to pieces
- in pieces
- piece together
- to pieces -
100 plain
[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) simplu2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) clar3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) sincer4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) evident, clar5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) oarecare2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) câmpie2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) ochi (de împletitură)•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain English
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