adverb alene

noun lipsă de energie

noun plural (trousers, usually loose-fitting, worn informally by men or women: a pair of slacks.) pantaloni

[slæm]

1. past tense, past participle - slammed; verb

1) (to shut with violence usually making a loud noise: The door suddenly slammed (shut); He slammed the door in my face.) a trânti

2) (to strike against something violently especially with a loud noise: The car slammed into the wall.) a (se) izbi

2. noun

((the noise made by) an act of closing violently and noisily: The door closed with a slam.) izbitură, trântitură

[slæŋ]

1. noun

(words and phrases (often in use for only a short time) used very informally, eg words used mainly by, and typical of, a particular group: army slang; teenage slang; `stiff' is slang for `a corpse'.) slang, argou

2. verb

(to speak rudely and angrily to or about (someone); to abuse: I got furious when he started slanging my mother.) a înjura

adjective (careless and hurried: He does everything in such a slapdash manner.) neglijent

noun (a kind of humour which depends for its effect on very simple practical jokes etc: Throwing custard pies turns a play into slapstick; (also adjective) slapstick comedy.) comedie ief­tină

[slæʃ]

1. verb

1) (to make long cuts in (cloth etc): He slashed his victim's face with a razor.) a cresta

2) ((with at) to strike out violently at (something): He slashed at the bush angrily with a stick.) a plesni

3) (to reduce greatly: A notice in the shop window read `Prices slashed!') a reduce

2. noun

1) (a long cut or slit.) tăietură

2) (a sweeping blow.) crestătură

adjective (having, or made with, slats: a slatted door.) din şipci

[slei]

(to kill: Cain slew his brother Abel.) a ucide

['sli:zi]

(dirty and neglected: This area is rather sleazy.) murdar, soios

[sle‹]

1. noun

((also, especially American, sled [sled]) a vehicle, usually with runners, made for sliding upon snow.)

2. verb

(to ride on a sledge: The children were sledging all afternoon.)

(a large heavy hammer.)

noun luciu

(to recover from (something) by sleeping: She's in bed sleeping off the effects of the party.) a dormi până îşi revine din beţie etc.

(to put off making a decision about (something) overnight: I'll sleep on it and let you know tomorrow.) a lăsa pe mâine

1) (a person who sleeps: Nothing occurred to disturb the sleepers.) adormit

2) (a berth or compartment for sleeping, on a railway train: I'd like to book a sleeper on the London train.) cuşetă

adverb cu un aer adormit

noun somnolenţă

noun (a kind of large warm bag for sleeping in, used by campers etc.)

nouns (a kind of pill that can be taken to make one sleep: She tried to commit suicide by swallowing an overdose of sleeping-pills.)

adjective (without sleep: He spent a sleepless night worrying about the situation.) fără somn

verb (to walk about while asleep: She was sleepwalking again last night.) a fi som­nambul

noun somnambul

1) (inclined to sleep; drowsy: I feel very sleepy after that long walk.) som­no­­ros, cu/în stare de somnolenţă

2) (not (seeming to be) alert: She always has a sleepy expression.) adormit, somnoros

3) ((of places etc) very quiet; lacking entertainment and excitement: a sleepy town.) adormit, som­nolent

[sli:t]

1. noun

(rain mixed with snow or hail: That isn't snow - it's just sleet.) lapoviţă

2. verb

(to hail or snow, with a mixture of rain: It seems to be sleeting outside.) a cădea lapo­viţă

[slei]

(a usually large sledge pulled by a horse etc.) sanie (cu cai)

['slendə]

1) (thin, slim or narrow.) subţire, zvelt

2) (slight or small: His chances of winning are extremely slender.) slab

noun cheese slicer.)

noun ingeniozitate

(a type of door that slides across an opening rather than swinging on a hinge.) uşă glisantă

adjective (insulting; disrespectful: He made rather a slighting remark about her parents.) nepoliticos

adverb (într-un mod) ne­po­li­ticos

1) (to a small extent: I'm still slightly worried about it.) uşor, puţin

2) (slenderly: slightly built.) mic

noun (the process or practice of trying to become slimmer: Slimming should be done carefully.) cură (de slăbire)

noun subţirime

adjective (covered with, consisting of, or like, slime: a slimy mess on the floor.) noro­ios; murdar

[sliŋk]

(to move as if wanting to avoid attention: He slunk into the kitchen and stole a cake.) a pleca pe furiş

1) (to take (clothes) off quickly: Slip off your shoe.) a scoate, a arunca

2) (to move away noiselessly or hurriedly: We'll slip off when no-one's looking.) a o şterge

(to put on (clothes) quickly.) a îmbrăca repede, a-şi pune în grabă (o haină etc.)

(a road for joining or leaving a motorway.)

to make a mistake; to fail to do something: They certainly slipped up badly over the new appointment (noun slip-up) gafă)

noun caracter alunecos

1) (so smooth as to cause slipping: The path is slippery - watch out!) alu­ne­cos

2) (not trustworthy: He's rather a slippery character.) alunecos

adjective ((of work etc) untidy; careless: The teacher told him his work was slipshod.) neglijent

[slit]

1. present participle - slitting; verb

(to make a long cut in: She slit the envelope open with a knife.) a des­pica; a tăia

2. noun

(a long cut; a narrow opening: a slit in the material.) fantă, crăpătură

['sliðə]

(to slide or slip while trying to walk (eg on mud): The dog was slithering about on the mud.) a aluneca

['sləuɡən]

(an easily-remembered and frequently repeated phrase which is used in advertising etc.) slogan

noun sentimentalism

1) (semi-liquid; tending to slop: sloppy food.) semilichid

2) (careless and untidy; messy: His work is sloppy.) neglijent

3) (very sentimental: That film is rather sloppy.) siropos

(to sit, move or walk with shoulders rounded and head hanging: He slouched sulkily out of the room; He was slouching in an armchair.) a se pleoşti; a se moleşi

(movement which is slower than normal or actual movement especially as a special effect in films: Let's watch it, in slow motion.) la ralanti

(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.)

adverb He slowly opened his eyes; He drove home slowly.) încet

noun lentoare, încetineală

(soft, slimy mud, grease or other matter which settles at the bottom of a liquid: The river-bed is covered with thick sludge.) noroi

adverb încet, lent; cu apatie

noun lene; apatie

[slu:s]

1) ((often sluice-gate) a sliding gate for controlling a flow of water in an artificial channel: We shall have to open the sluice.) ecluză

2) (the channel or the water which flows through it.) canal

1. verb

1) (to fall or sink suddenly and heavily: He slumped wearily into a chair.) a se prăbuşi, a cădea brusc

2) ((of prices, stocks, trade etc) to become less; to lose value suddenly: Business has slumped.) a se prăbuşi

2. noun

1) (a sudden fall in value, trade etc: a slump in prices.) prăbuşire, cădere bruscă (a preţu­rilor etc.)

2) (a time of very bad economic conditions, with serious unemployment etc; a depression: There was a serious slump in the 1930s.) criză (eco­nomică)

adjective noroios; siropos

noun viclenie