[piænəu'fo:ti]

noun (a piano.) pian

(to select or choose very carefully: When I'm buying apples, I like to pick and choose (the ones I want).) a alege cu grijă

(to eat very little of (something): He was not very hungry, and just picked at the food on his plate.) a ciuguli (din)

(to criticize or find faults in (an argument, theory etc): He sounded very convincing, but I'm sure one could pick holes in what he said.) a critica; a găsi cusururi

(to shoot (especially people in a group) one by one: He picked off the enemy soldiers.) a împuşca unul după altul/pe rând

1) (to choose (someone) to do a usually difficult or unpleasant job: Why do they always pick on me to do the washing-up?) a alege

2) (to speak to or treat (a person) angrily or critically: Don't pick on me - it wasn't my fault.) a se lua de

(to walk carefully (around or between something one wishes to avoid touching etc): She picked her way between the puddles.) a înainta cu grijă

1) (to choose or select: She picked out one dress that she particularly liked.) a alege

2) (to see or recognize (a person, thing etc): He must be among those people getting off the train, but I can't pick him out.) a recunoaşte

3) (to play (a piece of music), especially slowly and with difficulty, especially by ear, without music in front of one: I don't really play the piano, but I can pick out a tune on one with one finger.) a cânta (după ureche)

(to ask (a person) questions in order to get ideas, information etc from him which one can use oneself: You might be able to help me with this problem - can I come and pick your brains for a minute!) a fura ideile cuiva

(to steal something from a person's pocket: My wallet has gone - someone has picked my pocket!) a fura din buzunarele cuiva

1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) a prinde (din zbor)

2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) a lua în

3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) a găsi (din întâmplare)

4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) a se ridica

5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) a trece să ia

6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.) a re­cep­ţiona

7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) a regăsi; a prinde

(to go faster; to accelerate: The car picked up speed as it ran down the hill.) a prinde viteză

1) (a type of small lorry or van.)

2) (the part of a record-player that holds the stylus.)

['pikəbæk]

1. adverb

((of a child) carried on the back: He carried the boy pickaback.)

2. noun

(a ride on someone's back: Give me a pickaback, Daddy.)

['pikl]

1. noun

1) (a vegetable or vegetables preserved in vinegar, salt water etc: Do you want some pickle(s) on your hamburger?) murături

2) (trouble; an unpleasant situation: She got herself into a real pickle.) bucluc

2. verb

(to preserve in vinegar, salt water etc: I think I will pickle these cucumbers.) a pune la murat

noun (a person who steals from people's pockets: He kept his wallet in his hand because he knew there would be pickpockets in the crowd.) hoţ de buzunare

['piknik]

1. noun

(a very informal meal eaten in the open air, usually as part of a trip, outing etc: We'll go to the seaside and take a picnic; Let's go for a picnic!; (also adjective) a picnic lunch.) picnic

2. verb

(to have a picnic: We picnicked on the beach.) a participa la un picnic

noun pitoresc

['pi‹ən]

(any of a number of languages which consist of a mixture of English, French, Portuguese etc and some non-European (especially African) language: Beach-la-mar is a pidgin spoken in parts of the southern Pacific Ocean; (also adjective) pidgin English.) pidgin, limbă mixtă folosită în relaţiile comerciale

((usually of horses) black and white in patches.) bălţat

adverb (a little bit at a time; not as a whole: He did the work piecemeal.) treptat

[piə]

(a platform of stone, wood etc stretching from the shore into the sea, a lake etc, used as a landing-place for boats or as a place of entertainment: The passengers stepped down on to the pier.) chei, doc

adverb cu voce ascuţită

noun caracter penetrant

adjective ((of a person or his manner of walking) with toes turned inwards: a pigeon-toed person/walk.) cu degetele de la pi­cioare întoarse înăuntru

noun încăpăţânare

[-lit]

noun (a baby pig.) purceluş

noun, adjective ((of) a kind of leather made from the skin of a pig: Her purse was (made of) pigskin.) piele de porc

noun (a machine for driving piles into the ground.)

noun (an accident or crash involving usually several vehicles: There has been a serious pile-up on the motorway, involving three cars and a lorry.)

noun hoţ

[pil]

(a small ball or tablet of medicine, to be swallowed: She took a pill; sleeping-pills.) pilulă

['piljən]

(a passenger seat on a motorcycle: He drove the motorbike and she sat on the pillion; (also adjective) a pillion passenger/seat.) loc din spate; din spate

1) (a picture of an attractive girl (or man), often pinned on a wall: He has dozens of pin-ups in his room; (also adjective) a pin-up girl.) poză prinsă cu o piuneză pe un perete

2) (the girl (or man): She's the favourite pin-up of the soldiers.) fată frumoasă

['pinəfo:]

1) (a kind of apron covering the clothes above and below the waist: The children wore pinafores at nursery school.) şor­­ţuleţ

2) ((also pinafore dress: American jumper) a kind of dress with no sleeves, designed to be worn over a blouse, sweater etc.)

['pinsəz]

1) (a tool for gripping things tightly: She used (a pair of) pincers to grasp the head of the nail.) cleşte

2) (the claws of lobsters, crabs etc.) cleşte

noun (a small cushion or similar object into which pins are pushed for keeping.) perniţă de ace

1) (any of several kinds of evergreen trees with cones (pine-cones) and needlelike leaves (pine-needles).) pin

2) (its wood: The table is made of pine; (also adjective) a pine table.) (de/din) pin

1) ((often with away) to lose strength, become weak (with pain, grief etc): Since his death she has been pining (away).) a se stinge (încet)

2) ((usually with for) to want (something) very much; to long (for someone or something, or to do something): He knew that his wife was pining for home.) a tânji (după)

(a type of large tropical fruit shaped like a large pine-cone, or the plant which produces it.) ananas

[piŋ]

1. noun

(a sharp, ringing sound such as that of a glass being lightly struck, or a stretched wire, thread etc being pulled and released: His knife struck the wine-glass with a loud ping.) zăngănit

2. verb

(to make such a sound: The glass pinged.) a zăngăni

['piŋpoŋ]

1) (the game of table tennis: Do you play ping-pong?) ping-pong

2) ( in the United States, the equipment used in table tennis.) ping-pong

noun (a hole made by a pin: A pinhole camera does not need a lens.) gaură mică (de ac)

noun (culoare) roz

['pinəkl]

1) (a tall thin spire built on the roof of a church, castle etc.) turn cu vârf ascuţit

2) (a high pointed rock or mountain: It was a dangerous pinnacle to climb.) stâncă (ascu­ţită)

3) (a high point (of achievement, success etc): He has reached the pinnacle of his career.) apogeu

verb (to place or show very exactly: He pinpointed the position on the map.) a ară­ta cu precizie

(a tingling feeling in one's hands, arms, feet or legs: I've got pins and needles in my arm.) furnicături

(a unit for measuring liquids, one-eighth of a gallon (in Britain, 0.57 litre; in the United States, 0.47 litre): a pint of milk/beer.) pintă

1. noun

1) (a person who goes to a new, often uninhabited or uncivilized (part of a) country to live and work there: The American pioneers; (also adjective) a pioneer family.) pio­nier

2) (a person who is the first to study some new subject, or use or develop a new technique etc: Joseph Lister was one of the pioneers of modern medicine; The Wright brothers were the pioneers of aeroplane flight.) pionier, precursor

2. verb

(to be the first to do or make: Who pioneered the use of vaccine for preventing polio?) a face/a folosi pentru prima oară

I [pip]

(a seed of a fruit: an orange/apple pip.)

II [pip]

(a short sharp sound on radio, a telephone etc, used eg to show the exact time: He put his watch right by the pips.)

noun (a long line of pipes used for conveying oil, gas, water etc: an oil pipeline across the desert.) conductă

noun (a person who plays a pipe or pipes, especially the bagpipes.) persoană care cântă la fluier, flautist

noun plural (bagpipes or some similar instrument: He plays the pipes.) cimpoi

1) (the act of playing a musical pipe or pipes.) cântat la fluier/cimpoi

2) ((the act or process of conveying water, gas etc by means of) a length of pipe or number of pipes: lead piping; Piping the oil ashore will not be easy.) conductă; canalizare

(very hot: piping hot soup.) foarte fierbinte

noun gust picant

[pi:k]

(anger caused by one's pride being hurt: She walked out of the room in a fit of pique.) ciudă

noun (the act(s) of a pirate: He was accused of piracy on the high seas; Publishing that book under his own name was piracy.) piraterie; plagiat

(a greenish nut used as flavouring for food.) fistic

['pistən]

((in engines, pumps etc) a round piece usually of metal that fits inside a cylinder and moves up and down or backwards and forwards inside it.) piston

adjective (as black, or dark, as pitch; completely black or dark: Outside the house it was pitch-black; It's a pitch-dark night.) negru ca smoala

(a battle between armies that have been prepared and arranged for fighting beforehand: They fought a pitched battle.) bă­tă­lie cu o strategie

noun (a person who pitches especially (in baseball) the player who throws the ball.) aruncător

noun (a large long-handled fork for lifting and moving hay.) furcă

noun stare jalnică

noun (a possible danger: She has managed to avoid most of the pitfalls of life.) cap­cană

[piƟ]

1) (the white substance between the peel of an orange, lemon etc and the fruit itself.) coajă (albă)

2) (the soft substance in the centre of the stems of plants.) măduvă

3) (the most important part of anything: the pith of the argument.) esenţă

noun milă, compătimire

noun neîndurare, cruzime

[pitə'pætə]

1. noun

(a light, tapping sound: the pitter-patter of rain on a window.) răpăit

2. verb

(to make such a sound.) a răpăi

3. adverb

(while making this sound: The mouse ran pitter-patter across the floor.) bocănind

['pivət]

1. noun

(the pin or centre on which anything balances and turns.) pivot

2. verb

((with on) to turn (on): The door pivoted on a central hinge.) a pivota

['piksi]

(a kind of fairy.) zână

['pi: ə]

(a flat piece of dough spread with tomato, cheese etc and baked.) pizza

(played by plucking the strings of a musical instrument, not using the bow.) pizzicato