1) (a round (usually wooden) container for keeping water, washing clothes etc: a huge tub of water.) cuvă

2) (a bath: He was sitting in the tub.) cadă

3) (a small round container for ice-cream etc.) cutie

[tju:b]

1) (a long, low cylinder-shaped object through which liquid can pass; a pipe: The water flowed through a rubber tube; a glass tube.) tub, ţeavă

2) (an organ of this kind in animals or plants.) tub

3) (an underground railway (especially in London): I go to work on the tube / by tube; (also adjective) a tube train/station.) (de) metrou

4) (a container for a semi-liquid substance which is got out by squeezing: I must buy a tube of toothpaste.) tub

1. noun

1) (a fold sewn into a piece of material: Her dress had tucks in the sleeves.) cută

2) (sweets, cakes etc: Schoolboys used to spend their money on tuck; (also adjective) a tuck shop.) (de) dulciuri

2. verb

(to push, stuff etc: He tucked his shirt into his trousers.) a băga, a vârî

(a small bunch or clump (of grass, hair, feathers etc): She sat down on a tuft of grass.) smoc

1. past tense, past participle - tugged; verb

(to pull (something) sharply and strongly: He tugged (at) the door but it wouldn't open.) a smuci

2. noun

1) (a strong, sharp pull: He gave the rope a tug.) smucitură

2) (a tug-boat.) remorcher

1. verb

1) (to (cause to) fall, especially in a helpless or confused way: She tumbled down the stairs; The box suddenly tumbled off the top of the wardrobe.)

2) (to do tumbling.)

2. noun

(a fall: She took a tumble on the stairs.) cădere

(a great noise (usually made by a crowd): He could hear a great tumult in the street.) zarvă

[tju:n]

1. noun

(musical notes put together in a particular (melodic and pleasing) order; a melody: He played a tune on the violin.) melodie

2. verb

1) (to adjust (a musical instrument, or its strings etc) to the correct pitch: The orchestra tuned their instruments.) a acorda

2) (to adjust a radio so that it receives a particular station: The radio was tuned to a German station.) a regla/a selecta un post de radio/de tele­viziune

3) (to adjust (an engine etc) so that it runs well.) a ajusta, a face mici schimbări în structura unui mecanism pentru a funcţiona optim

['tə:bjulənt]

(violently disturbed or confused: The seas are turbulent; the turbulent years of war.) agitat; furtunos

[-fs]

[tə:n]

1. verb

1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.)

2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) a se întorce

3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) a o lua (la)

4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) a-şi îndrepta

5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) a se întoarce

6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) a (se) transfor­ma (în)

7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) a (se) face

2. noun

1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) învârtire

2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) spiră

3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) coti­tură; intersecţie

4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) rând

5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) număr

(a kind of large tortoise, especially one living in water.) broască ţes­toasă

['tju:tə]

1. noun

1) (a teacher of a group of students in a college or university.) profesor

2) (a privately-employed teacher: His parents employed a tutor to teach him Greek.) pro­fesor particular

3) (a book which teaches a subject, especially music: I bought a violin tutor.) ghid

2. verb

(to teach: He tutored the child in mathematics.) a da lecţii particulare/meditaţii