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1 figure of speech
(one of several devices (eg metaphor, simile) for using words not with their ordinary meanings but to make a striking effect.) figură de stil -
2 eight
[eit] 1. noun1) (the number or figure 8: Four and four are/is/make eight.) opt2) (the age of 8: children of eight and over.) opt ani3) (the crew of an eight-oared racing boat: Did the Cambridge eight win?) echipă de opt persoane2. adjective1) (8 in number: eight people; He is eight years old.) opt2) (aged 8: He is eight today.) (în vârstă de) opt ani•- eight-- eighth
- eight-year-old 3. adjectivean eight-year-old child.) de opt ani -
3 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) tăietură; întrerupere; reducere2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) tăietură3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) bucată•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) jignitor, ofensator; muşcător- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.)- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short -
4 distinguish
[di'stiŋɡwiʃ]1) ((often with from) to mark as different: What distinguishes this café from all the others?) a distinge (de)2) (to identify or make out: He could just distinguish the figure of a man running away.) a distinge3) ((sometimes with between) to recognize a difference: I can't distinguish (between) the two types - they both look the same to me.) a face deosebirea (între)4) (to make (oneself) noticed through one's achievements: He distinguished himself at school by winning a prize in every subject.) a se distinge•- distinguished -
5 carve
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6 mould
I [mould] noun1) ((soil which is full of) rotted leaves etc.) pământ afânat; humus2) (a growth on stale food etc: This bread is covered with mould.) mucegai•- mouldy- mouldiness II 1. [məuld] noun1) (a shape into which a substance in liquid form is poured so that it may take on that shape when it cools and hardens: a jelly mould.) formă, tipar2) (something, especially a food, formed in a mould.) prăjitură; ceva (mai ales mâncare) turnat într-o formă2. verb1) (to form in a mould: The metal is moulded into long bars.) a turna2) (to work into a shape: He moulded the clay into a ball.) a modela3) (to make the shape of (something): She moulded the figure out of/in clay.) a modela -
7 record
1. ['reko:d, -kəd, ]( American[) -kərd] noun1) (a written report of facts, events etc: historical records; I wish to keep a record of everything that is said at this meeting.) mărturie; proces-verbal2) (a round flat piece of (usually black) plastic on which music etc is recorded: a record of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony.) disc3) ((in races, games, or almost any activity) the best performance so far; something which has never yet been beaten: He holds the record for the 1,000 metres; The record for the high jump was broken/beaten this afternoon; He claimed to have eaten fifty sausages in a minute and asked if this was a record; ( also adjective) a record score.) record4) (the collected facts from the past of a person, institution etc: This school has a very poor record of success in exams; He has a criminal record.) dosar2. [rə'ko:d] verb1) (to write a description of (an event, facts etc) so that they can be read in the future: The decisions will be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.) a consemna2) (to put (the sound of music, speech etc) on a record or tape so that it can be listened to in the future: I've recorded the whole concert; Don't make any noise when I'm recording.) a înregistra3) ((of a dial, instrument etc) to show (a figure etc) as a reading: The thermometer recorded 30°C yesterday.) a indica4) (to give or show, especially in writing: to record one's vote in an election.) a da•- recorder- recording
- record-player
- in record time
- off the record
- on record -
8 square
[skweə] 1. noun1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) pătrat2) (something in the shape of this.) pătrat3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) piaţă4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) pătrat2. adjective1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) pătrat2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) chit; la egalitate3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) pătrat4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) de modă veche3. adverb1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) în unghi drept (cu)2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) în plin4. verb1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) a da o formă pătrată2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) a regla (conturile cu)3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) a se potrivi (cu)4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) a ridica la pătrat•- squared- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
- go back to square one
- a square deal
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