[welƟ]

1) (riches: He is a man of great wealth.) bogăţie, avere

2) (a great quantity (of): a wealth of information.) avalanşă, abundenţă

['wiəri]

1. adjective

(tired; with strength or patience exhausted: a weary sigh; He looks weary; I am weary of his jokes.) obosit

2. verb

(to (cause to) become tired: The patient wearies easily; Don't weary the patient.) a (se) obosi

['weƟə]

1. noun

(conditions in the atmosphere, especially as regards heat or cold, wind, rain, snow etc: The weather is too hot for me; stormy weather; (also adjective) a weather chart/report, the weather forecast.) vreme; meteo, starea vremii

2. verb

1) (to affect or be affected by exposure to the air, resulting in drying, change of colour, shape etc: The wind and sea have weathered the rocks quite smooth.) a eroda

2) (to survive safely: The ship weathered the storm although she was badly damaged.) a scăpa cu bine

[wi:v]

1) (to make by crossing strands in a pattern: to weave cloth.) a ţese

2) (to tell (an interesting story).) a inventa, a ţese

3) ((past tense, past participle weaved) to move backwards and forwards or from side to side: The cyclist weaved in and out of the traffic.) a se strecura

[web]

1) (a type of trap for flies etc made of fine silk threads, spun by a spider etc: a spider's web.) ţesătură

2) (the skin between the toes of a waterfowl.) membrană palmară (la animalele şi păsă­rile acvatice)

[wed]

(to marry.) a (se) căsă­tori (cu)

[wi:d]

1. noun

(any wild plant, especially when growing among cultivated plants or where it is not wanted: The garden is full of weeds.) buru­­iană

2. verb

(to remove weeds (from): to weed the garden.) a smulge buruienile

[wi:k]

1. noun

1) (any sequence of seven days, especially from Sunday to Saturday: It's three weeks since I saw her.) săptămână

2) (the five days from Monday to Friday inclusive: He can't go during the week, but he'll go on Saturday or Sunday.) săptămână

3) (the amount of time spent working during a period of seven days: He works a forty-eight-hour week.) săptămână (de)

[wiəd]

(odd or very strange: a weird story; She wears weird clothes.) ciu­dat, bizar

['welkəm]

1. adjective

(received with gladness and happiness: She will make you welcome; He is a welcome visitor at our house; The extra money was very welcome; The holiday made a welcome change.) binevenit

2. noun

(reception; hospitality: We were given a warm welcome.) ospitalitate

3. verb

(to receive or greet with pleasure and gladness: We were welcomed by our hosts; She will welcome the chance to see you again.) a întâmpina cu bucurie

4. interjection

(used to express gladness at someone's arrival: Welcome to Britain!) bun venit!

[weld]

1. verb

(to join (pieces of metal) by pressure, often using heat, electricity etc.) a suda

2. noun

(a joint made by welding.) sudură

['welfeə]

1) (mental and physical health; living conditions: Who is looking after the child's welfare?) stare bună a sănătăţii; bunăstare

2) (money or aid given by government to people in need: He is on welfare; She lives on welfare; to get welfare.)

[wet]

1. adjective

1) (containing, soaked in, or covered with, water or another liquid: We got soaking wet when it began to rain; His shirt was wet through with sweat; wet hair; The car skidded on the wet road.) umed

2) (rainy: a wet day; wet weather; It was wet yesterday.) ploios

2. verb

(to make wet: She wet her hair and put shampoo on it; The baby has wet himself / his nappy / the bed.) a uda

3. noun

1) (moisture: a patch of wet.) umidi­tate

2) (rain: Don't go out in the wet.) ploaie