[‹oɡ]

1) (to push, shake or knock gently: He jogged my arm and I spilt my coffee; I have forgotten, but something may jog my memory later on.) a împinge uşor

2) (to travel slowly: The cart jogged along the rough track.) a merge agale

3) (to run at a gentle pace, especially for the sake of exercise: She jogs / goes jogging round the park for half an hour every morning.) a alerga uşor

[‹oin]

1. verb

1) ((often with up, on etc) to put together or connect: The electrician joined the wires (up) wrongly; You must join this piece (on) to that piece; He joined the two stories together to make a play; The island is joined to the mainland by a sandbank at low tide.) a uni (cu); a îmbina (cu)

2) (to connect (two points) eg by a line, as in geometry: Join point A to point B.) a uni

3) (to become a member of (a group): Join our club!) a se afilia la; a deveni membru

4) ((sometimes with up) to meet and come together (with): This lane joins the main road; Do you know where the two rivers join?; They joined up with us for the remainder of the holiday.) a (se) îmbina, a (se) uni cu

5) (to come into the company of: I'll join you later in the restaurant.) a se alătura cuiva

2. noun

(a place where two things are joined: You can hardly see the joins in the material.) îm­binare

['‹oinə]

(a skilled worker in wood who puts doors, stairs etc into buildings.)

[‹oint]

1. noun

1) (the place where two or more things join: The plumber tightened up all the joints in the pipes.) încheietură, racord; racordare

2) (a part of the body where two bones meet but are able to move in the manner of eg a hinge: The shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles are joints.) articulaţie

3) (a piece of meat for cooking containing a bone: A leg of mutton is a fairly large joint.) pulpă de carne

2. adjective

1) (united; done together: the joint efforts of the whole team.) unit; îmbinat

2) (shared by, or belonging to, two or more: She and her husband have a joint bank account.) comun

3. verb

(to divide (an animal etc for cooking) at the, or into, joints: Joint the chicken before cooking it.) a tranşa

[‹əuk]

1. noun

1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) glumă

2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) renghi

2. verb

1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) a glumi; a râde de

2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) a glumi

['‹oli]

1. adjective

(merry and cheerful: He's in quite a jolly mood today.) vesel; jovial

2. adverb

(very: Taste this - it's jolly good!) foarte

[‹ot]

1. noun

(a small amount: I haven't a jot of sympathy for him.) cantitate mică

2. verb

((usually with down) to write briefly or quickly: He jotted (down) the telephone number in his notebook.) a nota

['‹ə:nl]

1) (a magazine or other regularly published paper (eg of a society): the British Medical Journal.) revistă

2) (a diary giving an account of each day's activities.) ziar, cotidian

['‹ouviəl]

(full of good humour: He seems to be in a very jovial mood this morning.) jo­vial

[‹oi]

1) (great happiness: The children jumped for joy when they saw the new toys.) bucurie

2) (a cause of great happiness: Our son is a great joy to us.) bucurie