HIV

(abbreviation) (human immunodeficiency virus; a virus that causes AIDS.)

Highway Code

(in Britain, (a booklet containing) a set of official rules for road users.) cod rutier

Hindu

[hin'du:]

noun, adjective

((of) a person who believes in, and lives according to the rules of, the religion of Hinduism.) hindus

[hæi]

interjection

(a word of greeting: Hi! How are you?) salut!

hi-fi

1. (short for high fidelity) noun

((a record-player etc producing) high quality and great accuracy in the reproduction of sound.) hi-fi, înaltă fidelitate

2. adjective

hi-fi equipment.) de înaltă fidelitate

hi-tech

noun, adjective see

(high-tech.)

hibernate

verb

((of certain animals, eg hedgehogs) to pass the winter in a condition like sleep.) a hiberna

- hibernation

hibernation

noun hibernare

hibiscus

[hi'biskəs]

noun

(a tropical plant with brightly-coloured flowers.) hibiscus

hiccough

1. noun

1) ((the sound caused by) a sudden brief stopping of the breath caused by eg eating or drinking too much, too quickly.) sughiţ

2) ((in plural) the frequent repetition of this, at intervals of a few seconds: an attack of hiccoughs; I've got the hiccups.) sughiţuri

2. verb

(to make a hiccup or hiccups.) a sughiţa

hiccup

1. noun

1) ((the sound caused by) a sudden brief stopping of the breath caused by eg eating or drinking too much, too quickly.) sughiţ

2) ((in plural) the frequent repetition of this, at intervals of a few seconds: an attack of hiccoughs; I've got the hiccups.) sughiţuri

2. verb

(to make a hiccup or hiccups.) a sughiţa

hid

[hid]

past tense; = hide I

hidden

adjective ((made in such a way as to be) difficult to see or find: a hidden door; a hidden meaning.) ascuns

hide

past tense - hid; verb

(to put (a person, thing etc) in a place where it cannot be seen or easily found: I'll hide the children's presents; You hide, and I'll come and look for you; She hid from her father; He tries to hide his feelings.) a (se) ascunde

2. noun

(a small concealed hut etc from which birds etc can be watched, photographed etc.)

- hiding

noun

(the skin of an animal: He makes coats out of animal hides; cow-hide.) piele (de animal)

- hiding

hide-and-seek

noun (a children's game in which one person searches for other people who have hidden themselves.) de-a v-aţi ascunselea

hide-out

noun (a place where one can hide or is hiding: The police searched for the bandits' hide-out.)

hideous

['hidiəs]

adjective

(extremely ugly: a hideous vase.) hidos

- hideously

- hideousness

hideously

adverb urât

hideousness

noun hidoşenie, urâţenie

hiding

I noun

He has gone into hiding because he knows the police are looking for him; Is he still in hiding?; The burglar came out of hiding when the police car drove off.) ascunzătoare

II noun

(a beating on the buttocks (usually of a child as punishment): He got a good hiding.) bătaie

hiding-place

noun (a place where a person or thing can be or is hidden: We'll have to find a safe hiding-place for our jewels.)

hierarchical

adjective ierarhic

hierarchy

noun

((an) arrangement (of usually people in a group, also things etc) in order of rank, importance etc.) ierarhie

- hierarchical

hieroglyphics

noun plural

(a form of writing used eg in ancient Egypt, in which pictures represent words and sounds.) hieroglife

high

1. adjective

1) (at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board.) înalt, de la înălţime

2) (having a particular height: This building is about 20 metres high; My horse is fifteen hands high.) înalt (de)

3) (great; large; considerable: The car was travelling at high speed; He has a high opinion of her work; They charge high prices; high hopes; The child has a high fever/temperature.) mare; bun

4) (most important; very important: the high altar in a church; Important criminal trials are held at the High Court; a high official.) înalt

5) (noble; good: high ideals.) nobil, înalt

6) ((of a wind) strong: The wind is high tonight.) tare, puternic

7) ((of sounds) at or towards the top of a (musical) range: a high note.) înalt

8) ((of voices) like a child's voice (rather than like a man's): He still speaks in a high voice.) ascuţit, strident

9) ((of food, especially meat) beginning to go bad.) fezandat

10) (having great value: Aces and kings are high cards.) mare

2. adverb

(at, or to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: The plane was flying high in the sky; He'll rise high in his profession.) la înălţime

3. verb

(to draw particular attention to (a person, thing etc).) a scoate în evidenţă

4. adjective

((also hi-tech): high-tech industries.)

- highway

high and dry

1) ((of boats) on the shore; out of the water: The boat was left high and dry of the beach.) pe mal; eşuat

2) (in difficulties: Her husband has left her high and dry without any money.) de izbelişte

high and low

(everywhere: I've searched high and low for that book.) peste tot

high and mighty

(behaving as if one thinks one is very important: Don't be so high and mighty - you're just like any one of us.) ţanţoş

high fidelity

înaltă fidelitate

high jump

(a sports contest in which people jump over a bar which is raised until no-one can jump over it.) săritură în înălţime

high school

(a secondary school: She goes to high school next year.) liceu, şcoală pregătitoare

high spirits

(enthusiasm, cheerfulness and energy: He's in high spirits today.) entuziasm, bună dispoziţie

high street

((with capital when used as a name) the main street of a town etc, usually with shops etc.)

high tide

(the time when the tide is farthest up the shore: High tide today is at 15.46; They set sail at high tide.) cotă maximă a fluxului

high treason

see treason.

high water

(the time at which the tide or other water (eg a river) is at its highest point.) cotă maximă a apei

high wire

see wire.

high-chair

noun (a chair with long legs, used by a baby or young child at mealtimes.)

high-class

adjective (of high quality: This is a high-class hotel.) de clasa întâi

high-handed

adjective (done, acting, without consultation of, or consideration for, other people: a high-handed decision; A new headmaster should try not to be too high-handed.) arogant

high-handedly

adverb (în mod) arogant

high-handedness

noun aroganţă

high-level

adjective (involving important people: high-level talks.) la nivel înalt

high-minded

adjective (having or showing good or noble ideals, principles etc.) cu principii

high-mindedness

noun principialitate

high-pitched

adjective ((of sounds, voices etc) high, sharp: a high-pitched, childish voice.) ascuţit; strident

high-powered

adjective ((with an engine which is) very powerful: a high-powered motorboat/engine.) de mare putere

high-rise

adjective (with many storeys: She does not like living in a high-rise flat as the children cannot get out to play easily.) cu multe etaje

high-spirited

adjective (showing high spirits: a high-spirited horse.) plin de energie

high-tech

noun ((also hi-tech, high technology) the use of advanced machines and equipment in industry.)

higher education

(education beyond the level of secondary school education, eg at a university.) învăţământ superior

highlands

noun plural (a mountainous part of certain countries, especially (with capital) of Scotland.) regiune muntoasă

highlight

noun (the best or most memorable event, experience, part of something etc: The highlight of our holiday was a trip to a brewery.) marea atracţie

highly

adverb

1) (very; very much: highly delighted; highly paid; I value the book highly.) foarte (mult)

2) (with approval: He thinks/speaks very highly of you.) frumos

highly-strung

adjective (very nervous; very easily upset or excited.) încordat

highness

noun

1) (the state or quality of being high.) înălţime

2) (a title of a prince, princess etc: Your Highness; Her Highness.) Alteţă

highroad

noun (a main road.)

highway

noun (a road, especially a large or main road.) autostradă

highwayman

plural - highwaymen; noun (in earlier times, a man usually on horseback, who attacked and robbed people travelling in coaches etc on public roads.) hoţ la drumul mare

highwaymen

plural; see highwayman

hijack

1. verb

1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) a deturna

2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) a prăda

3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) a fura

2. noun

(the act of hijacking.) deturnare

- hijacker

hijacker

noun persoană/terorist care deturnează un avion

hike

1. noun

(a long walk, usually in the country: twenty-mile hike.) plimbare, călătorie, excursie

2. verb

(to go on a hike or hikes: He has hiked all over Britain.) a face o călătorie/excursie

hiker

hilarious

(very funny: a hilarious comedy.) ilar

hilariously

hilarity

noun (amusement; laughter.) ilaritate

hill

[hil]

1) (noun a piece of high land, smaller than a mountain: We went for a walk in the hills yesterday.) deal

2) (a slope on a road: This car has difficulty going up steep hills.) pantă

- hilly

hillock

noun (a small hill.) deal mic

hillside

noun (the side or slope of a hill: The hillside was covered with new housing.) coastă de deal

hilly

adjective (having many hills: hilly country.) deluros

hilt

[hilt]

noun

(the handle, especially of a sword.) mâner (al spadei)

- up to the hilt

- to the hilt

himself

pronoun

1) (used as the object of a verb or preposition when a male person or animal is the object of an action he performs: He kicked himself; He looked at himself in the mirror.) el însuşi, sine

2) (used to emphasize he, him or the name of a male person or animal: John himself played no part in this.) (el) însuşi

3) (without help etc: He did it himself.) singur

him{ [com][i]etc[/i][/com]}

(an expression of approval: You've passed your exam - good for you!) Bravo!

hind

noun

(a female deer, especially of the red deer.) căprioară

adjective

(at the back (usually of an animal): a hind leg.) din spate

hinder

['hində]

verb

(to delay or prevent; to make difficult: All these interruptions hinder my work; All the interruptions hinder me from working.) a stânjeni

- hindrance

hindquarters

noun plural

((of an animal) the back legs and the part of the body above them: I think our dog has injured its hindquarters - it is limping.) picioarele din spate

hindrance

[-drəns]

noun (a person, thing etc that hinders: I know you are trying to help but you're just being a hindrance.) obstacol, piedică

hindsight

noun

(wisdom or knowledge got only after something (usually bad) has happened: In hindsight, we should have acted differently.) înţelegere ulterioară (a unui eveniment)

hinge

[hin‹]

noun

(the joint by means of which a door is fastened to a door-frame, a lid is fastened to a box etc and on which the door, lid etc turns when it opens or closes: I must oil the hinges.) balama

- hinge on

hinge on

(to depend on: The result of the whole competition hinges on the last match.) a depinde de

hint

[hint]

1. noun

1) (a statement that passes on information without giving it openly or directly: He didn't actually say he wanted more money, but he dropped a hint.) aluzie

2) (a helpful suggestion: I can give you some useful gardening hints.) sugestie; indiciu

3) (a very small amount; a slight impression: There was a hint of fear in his voice.) urmă

2. verb

(to (try to) pass on information without stating it openly or directly: He hinted that he would like more money; He hinted at possible changes.) a lăsa să se înţeleagă (că)

- take a/the hint

hinterland

['hintəlænd]

noun

(the district lying inland from the coast.) hinterland

hip

I [hip]

noun

1) ((the bones in) either of the two sides of the body just below the waist: She fell and broke her left hip.)

2) ((the measurement round) the body at the level of the widest part of the upper leg and buttocks: This exercise is good for the hips; What hip size are you?)

II [hip]

adjective

((slang) (of people) up-to-date; following the latest fashion in music, clothes etc.)

hippie

['hipi]

plural - hippies; noun, adjective

((of) a usually young person who does not wish to live by the normal rules of society and who shows his rejection of these rules by his unusual clothes, habits etc: The farm cottage was bought by a group of young hippies; (also adjective) hippy clothes.) hippy

hippies

plural; see hippie, hippy

hippopotamus

[hipə'potəməs]

noun

(a large African animal with very thick skin living in or near rivers.) hipopotam

hippy

['hipi]

plural - hippies; noun, adjective

hire

1. verb

1) ((often with from) to get the use of by paying money: He's hiring a car (from us) for the week.) a angaja

2) ((often with out) to give (someone) the use of in exchange for money: Will you hire me your boat for the week-end?; Does this firm hire out cars?) a închiria

3) ((especially American) to employ (a workman etc): They have hired a team of labourers to dig the road.)

2. noun

((money paid for) hiring: Is this hall for hire?; How much is the hire of the hall?; We don't own this crane - it's on hire.) închiriere

- hirer

- hire-purchase

hire-purchase

noun ((also abbreviated to HP [ei 'pi:]) a way of buying an article by paying the price in several weekly or monthly parts: I got this television on hire-purchase; (also adjective) a hire-purchase agreement.)

hirer

noun persoană care închiriază cuiva

his

(he, she etc looked suddenly disappointed.) a face o faţă lungă

his {[com][i]etc[/i][/com] }days are numbered

(he etc won't last much longer.)

his {[com][i]etc[/i][/com] }shame

(it is a cause of shame to me, him etc that: To my shame, my daughter always beats me at chess.) spre marea (mea etc.) ruşine

hiss

[his]

1. verb

((of snakes, geese, people etc) to make a sound like that of the letter s [s], eg to show anger or displeasure: The children hissed (at) the witch when she came on stage; The geese hissed at the dog.) a sâsâi

2. noun

(such a sound: The speaker ignored the hisses of the angry crowd.) fluierătură

historian

[-'sto:-]

noun (a person who studies (and writes about) history.) istoric

historic

[-'sto-]

adjective (famous or important in history: a historic battle.) istoric

historical

[-'sto-]

adjective

1) (of or about history; of or about people or events from history: historical research; historical novels.) istoric

2) (that actually happened or existed, not legendary or mythical: Was Shakespeare's character Macbeth a historical person?) istoric

historically

[-'sto-]

adverb istoric

histories

plural; see history

history

['histəri]

plural - histories; noun

1) (the study of events etc that happened in the past: She is studying British history; (also adjective) a history lesson/book.) (de) istorie

2) (a description usually in writing of past events, ways of life etc: I'm writing a history of Scotland.) istorie

3) ((the description of) the usually interesting events etc associated with (something): This desk/word has a very interesting history.) poveste

hit

1. present participle - hitting; verb

1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) a lovi, a răni

2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) a trimite

3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) a afecta

4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) a ajunge la, a atinge

2. noun

1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) lovitură

2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) lovitură reuşită

3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; (also adjective) a hit song.) hit, melodie de succes

- hit on

- hit out

- make a hit with

hit back

(to hit (someone by whom one has been hit): He hit me, so I hit him back.) a riposta

hit below the belt

(to hit in an unfair way.) a lovi sub centură

hit it off

(to become friendly: We hit it off as soon as we met; I hit it off with him.) a fi prietenos

hit on

(to find (an answer etc): We've hit on the solution at last.) a găsi

hit out

(often with against or at) (to attempt to hit: The injured man hit out blindly at his attackers.) a încerca să lovească

hit the jackpot

(to win or obtain a lot of money or success: She must have hit the jackpot with the sales of her last album.) a da lovitura

hit the nail on the head

(to be absolutely accurate (in one's description of something or someone, in an estimate of something etc).) a pune punctul pe i

hit-and-run

adjective

1) ((of a driver) causing injury to a person and driving away without stopping or reporting the accident.) care fuge de la locul faptei

2) ((of an accident) caused by such a driver.)

hit-or-miss

adjective (without any system or planning; careless: hit-or-miss methods.) la întâmplare

hitch

[hi ]

1. verb

1) (to fasten to something: He hitched his horse to the fence-post; He hitched his car to his caravan.) a lega de; a fixa, a prinde

2) (to hitch-hike: I can't afford the train-fare to London - I'll have to hitch.) a face autostopul

2. noun

1) (an unexpected problem or delay: The job was completed without a hitch.) problemă

2) (a kind of knot.) nod

3) (a sudden, short pull upwards: She gave her skirt a hitch.) smucitură

hitch a lift/ride

(to get a free ride in someone else's car.) a fi luat cu autostopul

hitch up

(to pull up or raise with a sudden short pull: He hitched up his trousers.) a trage în sus

hitch-hike

verb (to travel by means of free rides in other people's cars: He has hitch-hiked all over Britain.)

hitch-hiker

noun

hither

['hiðə]

adverb

(to this place.) aici

- hitherto

- hither and thither

hither and thither

(in various directions: People were running hither and thither.) încolo şi încoace

hitherto

adverb (up to this time: Hitherto, this information has been kept secret.) până acum

hitting

present participle; see hit

hive

noun

1) (a box etc where bees live and store up honey: He's building a hive so that he can keep bees.) stup

2) (the bees that live in such a place: The whole hive flew after the queen bee.) roi