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1 initial
[i'niʃəl] 1. adjective(of, or at, the beginning: There were difficulties during the initial stages of building the house.) iniţial2. noun(the letter that begins a word, especially a name: The picture was signed with the initials JJB, standing for John James Brown.) iniţială3. verb(to mark or sign with initials of one's name: Any alteration on a cheque should be initialled.) a parafa[-ʃieit]
1) (to start (eg a plan, scheme, changes, reforms etc): He initiated a scheme for helping old people with their shopping.) a lansa
2) (to take (a person) into a society etc, especially with secret ceremonies: No-one who had been initiated into the society ever revealed the details of the ceremony.) a iniţia
[-ʃiət]
- initiation(a person who has been initiated (into a society etc).)
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2 taker
noun (a person who takes (something) especially one who accepts an offer or takes a bet: I offered my friends my car, but there were no takers.) doritor; consumator -
3 entrant
noun (one who enters (eg a competition): There were sixty entrants for the musical competition.) candidat -
4 unravel
past tense - unravelled; verb1) (to take (eg string, thread etc) out of its tangled condition; to disentangle: She could not unravel the tangled thread.)2) ((especially of a knitted fabric) to undo or become undone: My knitting (got) unravelled when it fell off the needles.)3) (to solve (a problem, mystery etc): Is there no-one who can unravel this mystery?) -
5 picket
['pikit] 1. noun1) ((any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc: The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; ( also adjective) a picket line.) pichet2) (a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy: The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; ( also adjective) picket duty.) (soldat de) pază2. verb1) (to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket: The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp.) a picheta, a înconjura2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) a se organiza în pichete -
6 turn
[tə:n] 1. verb1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.)2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) a se întorce3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) a o lua (la)4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) a-şi îndrepta5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) a se întoarce6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) a (se) transforma (în)7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) a (se) face2. noun1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) învârtire2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) spiră3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) cotitură; intersecţie4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) rând5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) număr•- turnover
- turnstile
- turntable
- turn-up
- by turns
- do someone a good turn
- do a good turn
- in turn
- by turns
- out of turn
- speak out of turn
- take a turn for the better
- worse
- take turns
- turn a blind eye
- turn against
- turn away
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn loose
- turn off
- turn on
- turn out
- turn over
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7 pioneer
1. noun1) (a person who goes to a new, often uninhabited or uncivilized (part of a) country to live and work there: The American pioneers; ( also adjective) a pioneer family.) pionier2) (a person who is the first to study some new subject, or use or develop a new technique etc: Joseph Lister was one of the pioneers of modern medicine; The Wright brothers were the pioneers of aeroplane flight.) pionier, precursor2. verb(to be the first to do or make: Who pioneered the use of vaccine for preventing polio?) a face/a folosi pentru prima oară -
8 opposition
[opə'ziʃən]1) (the act of resisting or fighting against by force or argument: There is a lot of opposition to his ideas.) opoziţie2) (the people who are fighting or competing against: In war and business, one should always get to know one's opposition.) adversar -
9 backup
1) (additional people who provide help when it is needed: The police officer requested some backup when the shooting began.)2) (a copy of a computer file that can be used in case the original is destroyed.)3) (( also adjective) a piece of equipment, a system etc that can be used when there is a problem with the original one: a backup plan; We have a backup generator in case the power fails.) -
10 instrumentalist
[-'men-]noun (a person who plays a musical instrument: There are three instrumentalists and one singer in the group.) instrumentist -
11 lag
[læɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - lagged; verb((often with behind) to move too slowly and become left behind: We waited for the smaller children, who were lagging behind the rest.) a rămâne în urmă2. noun(an act of lagging or the amount by which one thing is later than another: There is sometimes a time-lag of several seconds between our seeing the lightning and our hearing the thunder.) decalaj -
12 place
[pleis] 1. noun1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) loc2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) spaţiu (gol)3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) piaţă4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) loc5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) loc, poziţie6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) loc; rang7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) pagină; rând8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) treabă9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) post10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) casă11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) piaţă12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) zecimală2. verb1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) a pune2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) a nu şti de unde să-l ia•- go places
- in the first
- second place
- in place
- in place of
- out of place
- put oneself in someone else's place
- put someone in his place
- put in his place
- take place
- take the place of
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