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1 -proof
(able to withstand or avoid something: waterproof covering.) rezistent la -
2 dodge
[do‹] 1. verb(to avoid (something) by a sudden and/or clever movement: She dodged the blow; He dodged round the corner out of sight; Politicians are very good at dodging difficult questions.) a evita, a ocoli2. noun1) (an act of dodging.) ocolire, evitare2) (a trick: You'll never catch him - he knows every dodge there is.) truc•- dodgy -
3 shrink
I [ʃriŋk] verb1) (to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller: My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?)2) (to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.)3) (to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.)•- shrunken II [ʃriŋk] noun((slang) a psychiatrist.) -
4 spare
[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) a se lipsi de2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) a rezerva3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) a cruţa4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) a cruţa5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) a menaja6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) a scuti2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) disponibil2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) liber3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) piesă de schimb2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) roată de rezervă•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare -
5 scandal
['skændl]1) (something that is considered shocking or disgraceful: The price of such food is a scandal.) scandal2) (an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful: Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.) scandal3) (gossip: all the latest scandal.) bârfă•- scandalise
- scandalous
- scandalously -
6 chicken out
(to avoid doing something because of cowardice: He chickened out at the last minute.) a da înapoi -
7 do
[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) a face6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) a face, a termina7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) a se ocupa de8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) a merge, a se potrivi9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) a face, a studia10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) a face11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) a aranja12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) a se purta, a face13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) a arăta14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) a face15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) a vizita, a străbate2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) festivitate, serbare- doer- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
- to do with
- what are you doing with -
8 draft
1. noun1) (a rough sketch or outline of something, especially written: a rough draft of my speech.) schiţă2) (a group (of soldiers etc) taken from a larger group.) detaşament3) (an order (to a bank etc) for the payment of money: a draft for $80.) curent de aer4) ((American) conscription: He emigrated to avoid the draft.) ordin de plată2. verb1) (to make in the form of a rough plan: Could you draft a report on this?) a schiţa2) ((American) to conscript into the army etc: He was drafted into the Navy.) a înrola•- draft dodger
- draft evasion
- draftsman -
9 have nothing to do with
1) (to avoid completely: After he came out of prison, many of his friends would have nothing to do with him.) a evita, a nu avea de-a face cu2) ((also be nothing to do with) to be something that a person ought not to be interested in: This letter has/is nothing to do with you.) a nu avea nimic de-a face cu -
10 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 -
11 shirk
[ʃə:k](to avoid doing, accepting responsibility for etc (something one ought to): She shirked telling him the bad news that night.) a evita, a se eschiva de la- shirker -
12 take lying down
(to accept or suffer (something) without arguing, complaining or trying to avoid it.) a accepta fără împotrivire -
13 touch wood
((used as an interjection) to touch something made of wood superstitiously, in order to avoid bad luck: None of the children has ever had a serious illness, touch wood!) a bate în lemn
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