1. [li:d]

1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!)

2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) a duce

3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) a duce (la)

4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.) a conduce

5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) a duce, a trăi

2. noun

1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.) conducere; primul loc

2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.) întâietate

3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.) exemplu

4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).)

5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.) lesă; căpăs­tru

6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.) pistă

7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?) rol principal

[li:f]

1) (a part of a plant growing from the side of a stem, usually green, flat and thin, but of various shapes depending on the plant: Many trees lose their leaves in autumn.) frunză

2) (something thin like a leaf, especially the page of a book: Several leaves had been torn out of the book.) foaie

3) (an extra part of a table, either attached to one side with a hinge or added to the centre when the two ends are apart.) planşetă cu care se poate mări suprafaţa unei mese

I [li:ɡ]

1) (a union of persons, nations etc for the benefit of each other: the League for the Protection of Shopkeepers.) ligă

2) (a grouping of sports clubs for games.) divi­zie

I [li:n]

1) (to slope over to one side; not to be upright: The lamp-post had slipped and was leaning across the road.) a (se) apleca

2) (to rest (against, on): She leaned the ladder against the wall; Don't lean your elbows on the table; He leant on the gate.) a (se) sprijini (pe/de)

[li:st]

1. adjective, pronoun

((something) which is the smallest or the smallest amount that exists, is possible etc: I think the least you can do is apologize!; She wanted to know how to do it with the least amount of bother.) cel mai mic; ultimul

2. adverb

((somethimes with the) to the smallest or lowest degree: I like her (the) least of all the girls; That is the least important of our problems.) cel mai puţin

I [li:v]

1) (to go away or depart from, often without intending to return: He left the room for a moment; They left at about six o'clock; I have left that job.) a părăsi; a pleca

2) (to go without taking: She left her gloves in the car; He left his children behind when he went to France.) a (-şi) lăsa

3) (to allow to remain in a particular state or condition: She left the job half-finished.) a lăsa

4) (to let (a person or a thing) do something without being helped or attended to: I'll leave the meat to cook for a while.) a lăsa

5) (to allow to remain for someone to do, make etc: Leave that job to the experts!) a lăsa

6) (to make a gift of in one's will: She left all her property to her son.) a lăsa

[li:vz]

['lek ə]

1. noun

1) (a formal talk given to students or other audiences: a history lecture.) conferinţă, curs

2) (a long and boring or irritating speech, warning or scolding: The teacher gave the children a lecture for running in the corridor.) morală

2. verb

(to give a lecture: He lectures on Roman Art; She lectured him on good behaviour.) a ţine un curs (de); a da o lecţie (despre)

[li:]

(the sheltered side, away from the wind: We sat in the lee of the rock.) ferit de vânt

[left]

[leɡ]

1) (one of the limbs by which animals and man walk: The horse injured a front leg; She stood on one leg.) picior

2) (the part of an article of clothing that covers one of these limbs closely: He has torn the leg of his trousers.) crac (de pantaloni)

3) (a long, narrow support of a table etc: One of the legs of the chair was broken.) picior

4) (one stage in a journey, competition etc: the last leg of the trip; the second leg of the contest.) etapă

['li:ɡəl]

1) (lawful; allowed by the law: Is it legal to bring gold watches into the country?; a legal contract.) legal

2) (concerned with or used in the law: the legal profession.) legal, juridic

['le‹ənd]

(a myth or traditional story, handed down from one generation to another: the legend of St George.) legendă

['le‹əbl]

(clear enough to be read: The writing was faded but still legible.) li­zibil

['le‹isleit]

(to make laws: The government plan to legislate against the import of foreign cars.) a legifera

[li'‹itimət]

1) (lawful: Is this procedure perfectly legitimate?) legal

2) ((of a child) born to parents who are married to each other.) legitim

['leʒə, ](American[) 'li:ʒər]

(time which one can spend as one likes, especially when one does not have to work: I seldom have leisure to watch television.) timp liber

['lemən]

1) ((of) a type of oval, juicy, citrus fruit with pale yellow skin and very sour juice: She added the juice of a lemon to the pudding; a lemon drink.)

2) ((of) the colour of this fruit: a pale lemon dress.)

[lend]

1) (to give (someone) the use of for a time: She had forgotten her umbrella so I lent her mine to go home with.) a da cu împrumut

2) (to give or add (a quality) to: Desperation lent him strength.) a da

[leŋƟ]

1) (the distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time etc: What is the length of your car?; Please note down the length of time it takes you to do this.) lungime; durată

2) (a piece of something, especially cloth: I bought a (3-metre) length of silk.) bucată, cupon

3) (in racing, the measurement from end to end of a horse, boat etc: He won by a length; The other boat is several lengths in front.) lungi­me

['li:niənt]

(merciful or punishing only lightly: You are much too lenient with wrongdoers.) indulgent, îngăduitor

['lepə]

(a person who has leprosy.) le­pros

[les]

1. adjective

((often with than) not as much (as): Think of a number less than forty; He drank his tea and wished he had put less sugar in it; The salary for that job will be not less than $30,000.) mai mic decât; mai puţin

2. adverb

(not as much or to a smaller extent: I like her less every time I see her; You should smoke less if you want to remain healthy.) mai puţin

3. pronoun

(a smaller part or amount: He has less than I have.) mai puţin (decât)

4. preposition

(minus: He earns $280 a week less $90 income tax.) fără; mai puţin

I [let]

1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) a lăsa

2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) a pune în situaţia de a

3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!) (hai) să

['leƟə‹i]

(lack of interest or energy.) letargie

['levl]

1. noun

1) (height, position, strength, rank etc: The level of the river rose; a high level of intelligence.) nivel

2) (a horizontal division or floor: the third level of the multi-storey car park.) nivel, etaj

3) (a kind of instrument for showing whether a surface is level: a spirit level.) poloboc

4) (a flat, smooth surface or piece of land: It was difficult running uphill but he could run fast on the level.) platou; şes

2. adjective

1) (flat, even, smooth or horizontal: a level surface; a level spoonful (= an amount which just fills the spoon to the top of the sides).) plan; ras

2) (of the same height, standard etc: The top of the kitchen sink is level with the window-sill; The scores of the two teams are level.) la acelaşi nivel; la egalitate (cu)

3) (steady, even and not rising or falling much: a calm, level voice.) imperturbabil

3. verb

1) (to make flat, smooth or horizontal: He levelled the soil.) a nivela

2) (to make equal: His goal levelled the scores of the two teams.) a egala

3) ((usually with at) to aim (a gun etc): He levelled his pistol at the target.) a îndrepta (spre)

4) (to pull down: The bulldozer levelled the block of flats.) a face una cu pământul