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[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) picătură2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) strop3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) cădere; scădere4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) povârniş2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) a scăpa2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) a cădea3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) a abandona, a renunţa4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) a lăsa5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) a lăsa/a scrie un bilet•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out
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