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  • 1 stream

    [stri:m] 1. noun
    1) (a small river or brook: He managed to jump across the stream.) pârâu
    2) (a flow of eg water, air etc: A stream of water was pouring down the gutter; A stream of people was coming out of the cinema; He got into the wrong stream of traffic and uttered a stream of curses.) aflux
    3) (the current of a river etc: He was swimming against the stream.) curent
    4) (in schools, one of the classes into which children of the same age are divided according to ability.) an de studiu
    2. verb
    1) (to flow: Tears streamed down her face; Workers streamed out of the factory gates; Her hair streamed out in the wind.) a curge şi­roaie; a se revărsa; a flutura în vânt
    2) (to divide schoolchildren into classes according to ability: Many people disapprove of streaming (children) in schools.) a repartiza pe ani de studiu
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    - streamlined

    English-Romanian dictionary > stream

  • 2 wash

    [woʃ] 1. verb
    1) (to clean (a thing or person, especially oneself) with (soap and) water or other liquid: How often do you wash your hair?; You wash (the dishes) and I'll dry; We can wash in the stream.) a (se) spăla
    2) (to be able to be washed without being damaged: This fabric doesn't wash very well.) a putea fi spălat
    3) (to flow (against, over etc): The waves washed (against) the ship.) a lovi (de)
    4) (to sweep (away etc) by means of water: The floods have washed away hundreds of houses.) a fi luat de apă
    2. noun
    1) (an act of washing: He's just gone to have a wash.) spălare
    2) (things to be washed or being washed: Your sweater is in the wash.) rufe date la spălat
    3) (the flowing or lapping (of waves etc): the wash of waves against the rocks.) ciocnire
    4) (a liquid with which something is washed: a mouthwash.) apă (de spălat)
    5) (a thin coat (of water-colour paint etc), especially in a painting: The background of the picture was a pale blue wash.) laviu; fond de acua­relă
    6) (the waves caused by a moving boat etc: The rowing-boat was tossing about in the wash from the ship's propellers.) curent făcut de elice; siaj
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    - washer
    - washing
    - washed-out
    - washerwoman
    - washerman
    - washcloth
    - wash-basin
    - washing-machine
    - washing-powder
    - washing-up
    - washout
    - washroom
    - wash up

    English-Romanian dictionary > wash

  • 3 eddy

    ['edi] 1. plural - eddies; noun
    (a current of water or air running back against the main stream or current.) vârtej
    2. verb
    (to move round and round: The water eddied round the pier; The crowds eddied to and fro in the square.) a se învolbura, a se agita

    English-Romanian dictionary > eddy

См. также в других словарях:

  • against the stream — against (or with) the stream against (or with) the prevailing view or tendency a world in which the demand for quality does not run against the stream …   Useful english dictionary

  • against\ the\ stream — • (swim) against the current • (swim) against the stream v. phr. To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • against the stream — ► against (or with) the stream against (or with) the prevailing view or tendency. Main Entry: ↑stream …   English terms dictionary

  • swim\ against\ the\ stream — • (swim) against the current • (swim) against the stream v. phr. To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • swim against the stream — phrasal : to move counter to or work against the prevailing or popular current (as in religion or politics) …   Useful english dictionary

  • against (or with) the stream — against (or with) the prevailing view or tendency. → stream …   English new terms dictionary

  • against\ the\ current — • (swim) against the current • (swim) against the stream v. phr. To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • against the current — or[against the stream] See: SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • against the current — or[against the stream] See: SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • swim against the current — or[swim against the stream] {v. phr.} To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. * /The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • swim against the current — or[swim against the stream] {v. phr.} To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. * /The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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