[snæɡ]

1) (a difficulty or drawback: We did not realize at first how many snags there were in our plan.) obstacol

2) (a place on a garment where a thread has been torn or pulled out of place.) ruptură, gaură

noun (a person who can handle snakes and make them perform rhythmical movements.)

(to grab eagerly: I saw this bargain in the shop and snapped it up straight away; The bargains were snapped up.) a pune mâna (pe), a sări asupra cuiva

noun arţag

1) (irritable; inclined to snap: He is always rather snappy on a Monday morning.) arţăgos

2) (quick; prompt: You'll have to be snappy if you're catching that bus!) prompt

3) (smart: He's certainly a snappy dresser.) şic

noun (a photograph taken quickly and without a lot of equipment: That's a good snapshot of the children playing in the garden.) foto­grafie (de amator)

[sneə]

1. noun

(a trap for catching an animal.) capcană

2. verb

(to catch with a snare: He snared a couple of rabbits.) a prinde în capcană

1. verb

((of a dog etc) to growl angrily, showing the teeth: The dog snarled at the burglar.) a-şi arăta colţii, a mârâi (arătân­du-şi colţii)

2. noun

(an angry sound of this kind.) mârâit

[snæ ]

1. verb

1) (to (try to) seize or grab suddenly: The monkey snatched the biscuit out of my hand.) a apuca, a înşfăca

2) (to take quickly, when one has time or the opportunity: She managed to snatch an hour's sleep.) a prinde ocazia să

2. noun

1) (an attempt to seize: The thief made a snatch at her handbag.) smulgere

2) (a short piece or extract eg from music, conversation etc: a snatch of conversation.) frag­ment

noun viclenie

adjective ((of a feeling) slight but not easy to suppress: She knew he was wicked but she had a sneaking admiration for his courage.) tainic, nemărturisit

adjective It was a bit sneaky of him to tell the teacher about me.) viclean

[sniə]

1. verb

1) (to raise the top lip at one side in a kind of smile that expresses scorn: What are you sneering for?) a surâde dis­pre­ţuitor

2) ((with at) to show contempt for (something) by such an expression or by scornful words etc: He sneered at our attempts to improve the situation.) a-şi arăta dispreţul (prin limbaj)

3) (to say with contempt: `You haven't a chance of getting that job,' he sneered.) a vorbi pe un ton dispreţuitor

2. noun

(a scornful expression, words etc that express contempt.) sarcasm

[sni:z]

1. verb

(to blow out air suddenly, violently and involuntarily through the nose: The pepper made him sneeze.) strănut

2. noun

(an act of sneezing.) a strănuta

(sneering or critical in a sly, not open, manner: He made a snide remark about her relationship with the boss.) sar­castic

['sniɡə]

1. verb

(to laugh quietly in an unpleasant manner eg at someone else's misfortune: When he fell off his chair we all sniggered.) a rânji

2. noun

(an act of sniggering.) rânjet

noun The soldier was shot by a sniper.) lunetist

adjective She always had a snobbish desire to live in an area of expensive housing.) snob

adverb într-un mod snob; ca un snob

noun snobism

['snu:kə]

(a kind of game played on a billiard-table with fifteen red balls and seven balls of other colours: Do you play snooker?; Let's have a game of snooker; (also adjective) a snooker match.) snooker, joc de biliard

[snu:p]

((often with around or into) to make secretive investigations into things that do not concern oneself: She's always snooping into other people's business.) a-şi băga nasul peste tot

[snu:z]

1. verb

(to doze or sleep lightly: His grandfather was snoozing in his armchair.) a dormita, a moţăi; a trage un pui de somn

2. noun

(a short period of light sleep.) pui de somn; moţăială

[sno:]

1. verb

(to make a noise like a snort while sleeping, when one is breathing in: He was obviously asleep because he was snoring loudly.) a sforăi

2. noun

(an act of snoring.) sforăit

['sno:kəl]

(a tube with the end(s) above water for allowing an underwater swimmer to breathe or a submarine to take in air.) tub de oxigen

[sno:t]

1. verb

1) ((usually of animals) to force air noisily through the nostrils, breathing either in or out: The horses snorted impatiently.) a (s)forăi

2) ((of people) to make a similar noise, showing disapproval, anger, contempt, amusement etc: She snorted at the very suggestion that she was tired.) a pufni

2. noun

(an act of snorting: a snort of impatience; She gave a snort of laughter.) pufnitură

(the projecting mouth and nose part of certain animals, especially of a pig.) rât, bot

adjective (white like snow.) alb ca zăpada

noun (a ball of snow pressed hard together, especially made by children for throwing, as a game.) bulgăre de zăpadă

noun (a board on which a person can stand and glide over snow for sport.)

noun (a bank of snow blown together by the wind: There were deep snowdrifts at the side of the road.) troian de zăpadă

(overwhelmed eg with a great deal of work: Last week I was absolutely snowed under with work.) absorbit (de)

1) (a fall or shower of snow that settles on the ground: There was a heavy snowfall last night.) ninsoare

2) (the amount of snow that falls in a certain place: The snowfall last year was much higher than average.) cantitate de zăpadă

noun (one of the soft, light flakes composed of groups of crystals, in which snow falls: A few large snowflakes began to fall from the sky.) fulg de zăpadă

noun (a heavy fall of snow especially accompanied by a strong wind.) furtună de zăpadă

1) (full of, or producing a lot of, snow: The weather has been very snowy recently.) cu zăpadă

2) (white like snow: the old man's snowy (white) hair.) nins

1. past tense, past participle - snubbed; verb

(to treat, or speak to, in a cold, scornful way; to insult: He snubbed me by not replying to my question.) a umili

2. noun

(an act of snubbing; an insult.) mus­trare

3. adjective

((of the nose) short and slightly turned up at the end: a snub nose.) cârn

(to make sniffing noises, or breathe noisily: He's snuffling because he has a cold.) a fornăi, a vorbi pe nas

1) (tightly and neatly: The gun fitted snugly into my pocket.) bine

2) (comfortably or warmly: The girl had a scarf wrapped snugly round her neck.) confortabil

noun confort