Old Testament
(the two main parts of the Bible.) Vechiul Testament; Noul Testament
Olympic
[ə'limpik]
= the Olympic Games (also the Olympics)
(a sports competition held once every four years for amateur competitors from all parts of the world.) Jocurile Olimpice
old
[əuld]
adjective
1) (advanced in age: an old man; He is too old to live alone.) bătrân
2) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) în vârstă de
3) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) vechi
4) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) învechit
5) (belonging to times long ago: old civilizations like that of Greece.) străvechi
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- old age
- old boy/girl
- old-fashioned
- old hand
- old maid
- the old
old age
(the later part of a person's life: He wrote most of his poems in his old age.) bătrâ­neţe
old boy/girl
(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.)
old hand
(a person who is very experienced: He's an old hand at this sort of job.) om expe­rimentat
old maid
(an unmarried woman who is past the usual age of marriage.) fată bătrână
old wives' tale
(a superstitious and misleading story.) poveşti de adormit copiii
old-fashioned
adjective (in a style common some time ago: old-fashioned clothes; Her hairstyle is very old-fashioned.) demodat
oldest{ [com][i]etc[/i][/com]}
(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
olive
['oliv]
noun
1) (a type of edible fruit which is used as a garnish etc and which gives oil used for cooking: He put an olive in her cocktail; (also adjective) an olive tree; olive oil.) (de) măsline
2) (the tree on which it grows: a grove of olives.) măslin
3) ((also olive-green) the brownish-green or yellowish-green colour of the fruit: They painted the room olive; (also adjective) She wore an olive-green hat.) oliv
4) ((also olive-wood) the wood of the tree.) lemn de măslin
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- olive branch
olive branch
(a sign of a wish for peace: The government held out the olive branch to its opponents.) ramură de măslin