Bible
noun
1) ((with the) the sacred writings of the Christian Church, consisting of the Old and New Testaments.) Biblie
2) (the Jewish Scriptures (the Old Testament).)
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- biblical
bi-annual
adjective
(happening twice a year: a bi-annual event; The dinner is bi-annual, not annual.)
- bi-annually
bi-annually
adverb bianual, semestrial
bi-monthly
adjective, adverb
1) ((happening) once in every two months.)
2) ((happening) twice a month.)
bi-weekly
adjective, adverb
1) ((happening etc) once every two weeks.)
2) ((happening etc) twice each week.)
bias
1. noun
1) (favouring of one or other (side in an argument etc) rather than remaining neutral: a bias against people of other religions.) înclinaţie, direcţie
2) (a weight on or in an object (eg a bowl for playing bowls) making it move in a particular direction.) greutate
2. verb
(to influence (usually unfairly): He was biased by the report in the newspapers.) a influenţa
- biassed
- biased
bias(s)ed
adjective ((negative unbias(s)ed) favouring one side rather than another: a biased judgement.) părtinitor
bib
[bib]
noun
1) (a cloth etc tied under a child's chin to catch spilt food etc.) bavetă
2) (the top part of an apron or overalls, covering the chest.) bavetă
biblical
['biblikəl]
adjective ((often with capital) of or like the Bible: biblical references.) biblic
bibliographies
plural; see bibliography
bibliography
[bibli'oɡrəfi]
plural - bibliographies; noun
(a list of books.) bibliografie
bicentenary
noun
(a two-hundredth anniversary: the bicentenary of American independence.) bi­cen­te­nar
biceps
noun plural
(the large muscles in the front of the upper arm: The boxer has enormous biceps.) biceps
bicycle
1. noun
((often abbreviated to bike , cycle ) a pedal-driven vehicle with two wheels and a seat.) bicicletă
2. verb
((usually abbreviated to cycle) to ride a bicycle: He bicycled slowly up the hill.) a mer­ge cu bicicleta
bid
[bid]
1. verb
1) (- past tense, past participle bid - to offer (an amount of money) at an auction: John bid ($1,000) for the painting.) a oferi (la o licitaţie)
2) ((with for) - past tense, past participle bid - to state a price (for a contract): My firm is bidding for the contract for the new road.) a face o ofertă (pentru)
3) (- past tense bade [bæd], past participle bidden - to tell (someone) to (do something): He bade me enter.) a spune
4) (- past tense bade [bæd], past participle bidden - to express a greeting etc (to someone): He bade me farewell.) a spune
2. noun
1) (an offer of a price: a bid of $20.) ofertă
2) (an attempt (to obtain): a bid for freedom.) încercare, tentativă
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- bidder
- bidding
- biddable
biddable
adjective (obedient: a biddable child.) ascultător
bidder
noun ofertant
bidding
noun ofertă
bide
- bide one's time
bide one's time
(to wait for a good opportunity: I'm just biding my time until he makes a mistake.) a aştepta (momentul potri­vit)
biennial
adjective
((of plants etc) lasting for two years: Wallflowers are biennial; a biennial plant.) bienal
bifocal
adjective
((of lenses) having two points of focus, which help people to see things close at hand and things far away.) bifo­cal
big
[biɡ]
adjective
1) (large in size: a big car.) mare
2) (important: a big event.) important
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- big game
big game
(large animals (usually lions, tigers etc) that are hunted: He hunts big game in Africa; a big game hunter.) vânat mare
bigamist
noun bigam
bigamous
adjective bigam
bigamy
['biɡəmi]
noun
(marriage to two wives or two husbands at once (a crime in some countries): He's been charged with committing bigamy.) bigamie
- bigamist
- bigamous
biggest
(the one immediately after the best, biggest, oldest etc: I can't go to Paris so London is the next best place.) cel mai (...) după
bigot
['biɡət]
noun
(a person who constantly and stubbornly holds a particular point of view etc: a religious bigot.) bigot
- bigoted
- bigotry
bigoted
adjective bigot
bigotry
noun (bigoted attitude or behaviour.) bigotism
bike
see bicycle
bikini
[bi'ki:ni]
noun
(a brief two-piece swimming costume for women.) bikini
bilateral
adjective
(affecting, signed, or agreed, by two sides, countries etc: a bilateral agreement.) bilateral
bilberries
plural; see bilberry
bilberry
['bilbəri]
plural - bilberries; noun
(a dark-blue berry; the bush it grows on.)
bile
noun
1) (a yellowish thick bitter fluid in the liver.) bilă
2) (anger or irritability.) irascibilitate
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- bilious
- biliousness
bilingual
adjective
1) (written or spoken in two languages: a bilingual dictionary.) bilingv
2) (speaking two languages equally well: a bilingual waiter.) care vorbeşte două limbi
bilious
['biljəs]
adjective (of, or affected by, too much bile: a bilious attack.) biliar
biliousness
noun temperament coleric
bill
[bil]
I noun
(a bird's beak: a bird with a yellow bill.) cioc
II
1. noun
1) (an account of money owed for goods etc: an electricity bill.) factură
2) ((American) a banknote: a five-dollar bill.) bancnotă
3) (a poster used for advertising.) afiş
2. verb
(to send an account (to someone): We'll bill you next month for your purchases.) a tri­mite factura
- billboard
- billfold
- fill the bill
billboard
noun (a large board on which advertising posters are displayed: He stuck posters on the billboard.) panou de afişaj
billet
['bilit]
1. noun
(a private house etc where soldiers are given food and lodging.) (loc de) cantonament
2. verb
(to give lodging to (eg soldiers): The men are billeted in the church hall.) a încartirui
billfold
noun ((American) a wallet: a billfold full of dollars.) portofel
billiards
['biljə‹]
noun singular
(a game played with long thin sticks (cues) and balls, on a table.) biliard
billion
['biljən]
1. plurals billion (1, 3), billions (2, 3) - noun
1) (often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000: a billion; several billion.) miliard
2) (often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000.) miliard
3) (a billion pounds or dollars: The sum involved amounts to several billion(s).) miliard(e)
2. adjective
(often in the United Kingdom, 1,000,000,000,000 in number; in the United States and often in the United Kingdom, 1,000,000,000 in number: a few billion stars.) miliard(e) (de)
- billionaire
- billionth
billionaire
[,biljə'neə(r)]
noun (a very rich person who has more than a billion dollars, pounds etc: He's not just a millionaire - he's a billionaire!)
billionth
noun (one of a billion equal parts.) miliardime
billow
['biləu]
noun
(a large wave.) talaz
- billowy
- billow out
billow out
(to move in a way similar to large waves: The sails billowed out in the strong wind; Her skirt billowed out in the breeze.) a se ridica, a se umfla
billowy
adjective agitat
billy-goat
['biliɡəut]
noun
(a male (usually adult) goat.) ţap
bin
[bin]
noun
(a container (usually metal or plastic, often large) in which corn etc is stored or rubbish is collected: a waste-paper bin; a dustbin.) coş/ladă/pubelă de gunoi
binary
- the binary system
bind
past tense, past participle - bound; verb
1) (to tie up: The doctor bound up the patient's leg with a bandage; The robbers bound up the bank manager with rope.) a lega
2) (to fasten together and put a cover on the pages of (a book): Bind this book in leather.) a lega
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- binding
- -bound
binding
noun (the covering in which the leaves of a book are fixed: leather binding.) copertă
bingo
['biŋɡəu]
noun
(a gambling game using cards with numbered squares.) bingo
binoculars
[bi'nokjuləz]
noun plural
(an instrument for making distant objects look nearer, with separate eyepieces for each eye: He looked at the ship on the horizon through his binoculars.) binoclu
biochemical
[-mikəl]
adjective biochimic
biochemist
noun biochimist
biochemistry
noun
(the chemistry of living things: He is studying the biochemistry of the blood; (also adjective) a biochemistry lecture.) biochimie
- biochemical
- biochemist
biodegradable
adjective
(able to be separated into individual parts by bacteria: All vegetable matter is biodegradable.) biodegradabil
biographer
noun biograf
biographic(al)
[-'ɡræ-]
adjective biografic
biographies
plural; see biography
biography
plural - biographies; noun
(a written account by someone of another person's life: a biography of Nelson.) biografie
- biographer
- biographical
- biographic
biological
[-'lo-]
adjective biologic
biological warfare
(the use of germs as a weapon.) război biologic
biologically
[-'lo-]
adverb biologic
biologist
noun biolog
biology
noun
(the science of living things: human biology; (also adjective) a biology lesson.) (de) biologie
- biological
- biologically
- biologist
- biological warfare
bionic
adjective (of or using bionics.) bionic
bionics
noun singular
(the use of biological principles in the design of computers etc.) bionic
- bionic
biped
noun
(an animal with two feet (eg man).) biped
birch
[bə: ]
noun
1) ((also birch tree) a kind of small tree with pointed leaves valued for its wood: That tree is a birch; (also adjective) birch leaves.) (de) mesteacăn
2) (its wood: a desk made of birch; (also adjective) a birch desk.) (lemn de) mesteacăn
bird
[bə:d]
noun
(a two-legged feathered creature, with a beak and two wings, with which most can fly: Kiwis and ostriches are birds which cannot fly.) pasăre
- bird's-eye view
bird's-eye view
(a general view from above: a bird's-eye view of the town from an aeroplane.) privire de ansamblu
birth
[bə:Ɵ]
noun
1) ((an) act of coming into the world, being born: the birth of her son; deaf since birth.) naştere
2) (the beginning: the birth of civilization.) înce­put
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- birth control
- birthday
- birthmark
- birthplace
- birthrate
- give birth to
- give birth
birth control
(prevention of the conception of children.) metode/mijloace anticoncepţio­nale
birthday
noun (the anniversary of the day on which a person was born: Today is his birthday; (also adjective) a birthday party.) zi de naştere
birthmark
noun (a permanent mark on the skin at or from birth: She has a red birthmark on her face.) semn din naştere
birthplace
noun (the place where a person etc was born: Shakespeare's birthplace.) locul naşterii
birthrate
noun (the number of births per head of population over a given period.) natalitate
biscuit
['biskit]
noun
1) ((American cookie) a crisp, sweet piece of dough baked in small flat cakes.) biscuit
2) (a similar savoury flat cake.)
3) ((American) a small soft round cake.)
bisect
verb
(to cut into two equal parts: A diagonal line across a square bisects it.) a tăia în două (jumătăţi)
bishop
['biʃəp]
noun
1) (a Christian clergyman in charge of a group of churches, usually in a large city or area: the Bishop of Lincoln; He was made a bishop two years ago.) episcop
2) (one of the pieces in chess.) nebun
bison
plurals - bison; noun
1) (the American buffalo: a herd of bison.) bizon
2) (the large European wild ox.) bizon, bour
bit
[bit]
past tense; = bite
bit by bit
(gradually: Move the pile of rocks bit by bit.) puţin câte puţin
bitch
[bi ]
noun
1) (the female of the dog, wolf or fox.) căţea; lupoaică; vulpe
2) (a (bad-tempered or unpleasant) woman.) ticăloasă
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- son of a bitch
- bitchy
bitchy
adjective ((usually of women) fond of making unpleasant comments about people: She is sometimes very bitchy about her colleagues.) răutăcioasă
bite
1. past tense - bit; verb
(to seize, grasp or tear (something) with the teeth or jaws: The dog bit his leg; He was bitten by a mosquito.) a muş­ca; a înţepa
2. noun
1) (an act of biting or the piece or place bitten: a bite from the apple; a mosquito bite.) muşcătură; înţepătură
2) (the nibble of a fish on the end of one's line: I've been fishing for hours without a bite.) muşcătură (din momeală)
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- biting
- bite the dust
bite the dust
(to fail; to be unsuccessful: That's another scheme that's bitten the dust.) a eşua
biting
adjective
1) (very cold and causing discomfort: a biting wind.) muşcător
2) (wounding or hurtful: a biting remark.) muş­că­tor
bitter
['bitə]
adjective
1) (having a sharp, acid taste like lemons etc, and sometimes unpleasant: a bitter orange.) amar; acid
2) (full of pain or sorrow: She learned from bitter experience; bitter disappointment.) dureros
3) (hostile: full of hatred or opposition: bitter enemies.) înverşunat
4) (very cold: a bitter wind.) rece ca gheaţa
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- bitterness
- bitterly
- bitumen
- bituminous
bitterly
adverb bitterly disappointed; bitterly cold.) crunt; ca gheaţa
bitterness
noun amărăciune
bitty
(informal) adjective (made up of small, unrelated pieces: We had a very bitty conversation; His essay was rather bitty.)
bitumen
['bitjumin]
noun (a black, sticky substance obtained from petroleum.) bitum, asfalt
bituminous
[-'tju:mi-]
adjective bituminos
bizarre
adjective
(odd or very strange: a bizarre turn of events.) bizar