World Wide Web

noun (see WWW.)

wobble

['wobl]

1. verb

(to rock unsteadily from side to side: The bicycle wobbled and the child fell off.) a se clătina

2. noun

(a slight rocking, unsteady movement: This wheel has a bit of a wobble.) tremur

- wobbly

- wobbliness

wobbliness

noun instabilitate

wobbly

adjective instabil; şubred

woe

[wəu]

noun

((a cause of) grief or misery: He has many woes; He told a tale of woe.) nenorocire

woebegone

adjective (sad-looking: a woebegone face.) mâhnit; nenorocit

woeful

adjective (miserable; unhappy: a woeful expression.) nefericit

woefully

adverb cu un aer nefericit

woefulness

noun nenorocire

woke

past tense; see wake I

woken

see wake I

wolf

[wulf]

1. plural - wolves; noun

(a type of wild animal of the dog family, usually found hunting in packs.) lup

2. verb

(to eat greedily: He wolfed (down) his breakfast and hurried out.) a înfuleca

- wolf-cub

- wolf-whistle

- keep the wolf from the door

wolf-cub

noun

1) (a young wolf.)

2) (an old name for a Cub Scout.)

wolf-whistle

noun (a whistle impolitely made by a man to express his admiration of a woman's appearance.)

wolves

[wulvz]

plural; = wolf

woman

['wumən]

plural - women; noun

1) (an adult human female: His sisters are both grown women now; (also adjective) a woman doctor; women doctors.) (de) femeie

2) (a female domestic daily helper: We have a woman who comes in to do the cleaning.) menajeră; femeie de serviciu

- womanly

womanhood

noun (the state of being a woman: She will reach womanhood in a few years' time.) feminitate

womankind

['wimin-]

nouns (women generally.) femeile

womanliness

noun feminitate

womanly

adjective ((showing qualities) natural or suitable to a woman: a womanly figure; womanly charm.) feminin

womb

[wu:m]

noun

(the part of the body of a female mammal in which the young are developed and kept until birth.) uter

women

['wimin]

plural; = woman

womenfolk

['wimin-]

noun plural (female people, especially female relatives.) femeile

womenkind

['wimin-]

nouns (women generally.) femeile

won

see win

won't

see will

wonder

1. noun

1) (the state of mind produced by something unexpected or extraordinary: He was full of wonder at the amazing sight.) mirare

2) (something strange, unexpected or extraordinary: the Seven Wonders of the World; You work late so often that it's a wonder you don't take a bed to the office!) minune

3) (the quality of being strange or unexpected: The wonder of the discovery is that it was only made ten years ago.) revelaţie

2. verb

1) (to be surprised: Caroline is very fond of John - I shouldn't wonder if she married him.) a (se) mira

2) (to feel curiosity or doubt: Have you ever wondered about his reasons for wanting this money?) a se întreba (dacă)

3) (to feel a desire to know: I wonder what the news is.) a se întreba

wonderful

adjective (arousing wonder; extraordinary, especially in excellence: a wonderful opportunity; a wonderful present; She's a wonderful person.) minunat, extraordinar

wonderfully

adverb minunat

wonderingly

adverb (with great curiosity and amazement: The children gazed wonderingly at the puppets.) cu mirare

wonderland

[-lænd]

noun (a land or place full of wonderful things.) ţara minunilor

wondrous

adjective (wonderful.) minunat

woo

[wu:]

3rd person singular present tense - woos; verb

((of a man) to seek as a wife: He wooed the daughter of the king.) a curta

- wooer

wood

[wud]

noun

1) ((also adjective) (of) the material of which the trunk and branches of trees are composed: My desk is (made of) wood; She gathered some wood for the fire; I like the smell of a wood fire.) (de) lemn

2) ((often in plural) a group of growing trees: They went for a walk in the woods.) pădure

3) (a golf-club whose head is made of wood.) crosă de golf

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- wooded

- wooden

- woody

- woodcut

wood carving

noun (the art of carving wood.)

wood pulp

noun (pulp from wood that can be used for making paper.)

woodcut

noun (a print made by pressing a block of wood with design cut on it onto paper.)

woodcutter

noun (a person whose job is felling trees.) tăietor de lemne

wooded

adjective ((of land) covered with trees: a wooded hillside.) împădurit

wooden

adjective (made of wood: three wooden chairs.) de/din lemn

woodland

noun (land covered with woods: a stretch of woodland.) regiune împădurită

woodlice

plural; see woodlouse

woodlouse

plural - woodlice; noun (a tiny creature with a jointed shell, found under stones etc.) aselul-de-ziduri, crustaceu terestru care trăieşte sub pietre şi în locuri umede

woodpecker

noun (a type of bird which pecks holes in the bark of trees, searching for insects.) ciocănitoare

woodwind

[-wind]

noun ((in an orchestra, the group of people who play) wind instruments made of wood.) suflători

woodwork

noun

1) (the art of making things from wood; carpentry: He did woodwork at school.) dulgherie, tâmplărie

2) (the wooden part of any structure: The woodwork in the house is rotting.) piese de lemn

woodworm

plurals - woodworm, woodworms; noun (the larva of a certain type of beetle, which bores into wood and destroys it.) carie de lemn

woodworms

plurals; see woodworm

woody

adjective

1) (covered with trees: woody countryside.) împădurit

2) ((of a smell etc) of or like wood.) de lemn; lemnos

wooer

noun pretendent

wool

[wul]

1. noun, adjective

((of) the soft hair of sheep and some other animals, often made into yarn etc for knitting or into fabric for making clothes etc: I wear wool in winter; knitting-wool; a wool blanket.) (de/din) lână

- woollen

- woollens

- woolly

2. noun

(a knitted garment.) tricotaje

- woolliness

- pull the wool over someone's eyes

woollen

adjective (made of wool: a woollen hat.) de/din lână

woollens

noun plural (clothes (especially jumpers etc) made of wool: Woollens should be washed by hand.) haine de lână

woolliness

noun caracter confuz

woolly

adjective

1) (made of, or like, wool: a woolly jumper/rug.) de/din lână

2) ((also woolly-headed) (of a person) vague or hazy: She's too woolly(-headed) to be in charge of a department.)

woos

3rd person singular present tense; see woo

word

[wə:d]

1. noun

1) (the smallest unit of language (whether written, spoken or read).) cuvânt

2) (a (brief) conversation: I'd like a (quick) word with you in my office.) cuvânt

3) (news: When you get there, send word that you've arrived safely.) vorbă

4) (a solemn promise: He gave her his word that it would never happen again.) promisiune

2. verb

(to express in written or spoken language: How are you going to word the letter so that it doesn't seem rude?) a formula

- get a word in edgeways

- in a word

- keep

- break one's word

- take someone at his word

- take at his word

- take someone's word for it

- word for word

word for word

(in the exact, original words: That's precisely what he told me, word for word.) cuvânt cu cuvânt

word of honour

(a promise which cannot be broken without loss of honour: I give you my word of honour that I'll do it.) cuvânt de onoare

word processing

noun

word processor

noun (a program for writing or editing texts, letters etc and storing them in the computer's memory; a computer used for doing this.)

word-perfect

adjective (repeated, or able to repeat something, precisely in the original words: a word-perfect performance; He wants to be word-perfect by next week's rehearsal.) pe de rost

wording

noun (the manner of expressing something, the choice of words etc.) formulare

wore

see wear

work

[wə:k]

1. noun

1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) loc de muncă, serviciu

2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) muncă

3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) material de lucru

4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) operă

5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) muncă

6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) loc de muncă

2. verb

1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) a munci

2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) a lucra

3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) a face să funcţioneze

4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) a merge, a funcţiona

5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) a progresa (încet)

6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) a deveni încet-încet

7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) a lucra de mână

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- -work

- workable

- worker

- works

3. noun plural

1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mecanism

2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) opere

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- workman

- workout

- at work

- have one's work cut out

- work up

work of art

(a painting, sculpture etc.) operă de artă

work off

(to get rid of (something unwanted or unpleasant) by taking physical exercise etc: He worked off his anger by running round the garden six times.) a scăpa de

work out

1) (to solve or calculate correctly: I can't work out how many should be left.) a calcula; a rezolva

2) (to come to a satisfactory end: Don't worry - it will all work out (in the end).) a (se) aranja

3) (to perform physical exercises.) a se antrena

work up

1) (to excite or rouse gradually: She worked herself up into a fury. (adjective worked-up: Don't get so worked-up!).) a se strădui

2) (to raise or create: I just can't work up any energy/appetite/enthusiasm today.) a ajunge să aibă

work up to

(to progress towards and prepare for: Work up to the difficult exercises gradually.) a progresa treptat

work wonders

(to produce marvellous results: These pills have worked wonders on my rheumatism.) a face minuni

work-basket

(etc nouns a basket, box etc for holding thread, needlework etc.)

work-box

(etc nouns a basket, box etc for holding thread, needlework etc.)

work-day

nouns

1) (a day on which one goes to work, and is not on holiday.) zi lucrătoare

2) (the period of actual labour in a normal day at work: My working day is eight hours long.) zi de lucru

work-party

nouns (a group of people gathered together (usually voluntarily) to perform a particular physical task: They organized a work-party to clear the canal of weeds.)

workable

adjective ((of a plan) able to be carried out.) realizabil

workbook

noun (a book of exercises usually with spaces for answers.) caiet de exerciţii

worker

noun

1) (a person who works or who is employed in an office, a factory etc: office-workers; car-workers.) angajat; muncitor

2) (a manual worker rather than an office-worker etc.) muncitor

3) (a person who works (hard etc): He's a slow/hard worker.) muncitor

workforce

noun (the number of workers (available for work) in a particular industry, factory etc.) mână de lucru

working class

(the section of society who work with their hands, doing manual labour.) clasă muncitoare

working day

nouns

1) (a day on which one goes to work, and is not on holiday.) zi lucrătoare

2) (the period of actual labour in a normal day at work: My working day is eight hours long.) zi de lucru

working hours

(the times of day between which one is at work: Normal working hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) orar/program de lucru/de birou

working week

(the five days from Monday to Friday inclusive when people go to work.) săptămână lucrătoare

working-party

nouns (a group of people gathered together (usually voluntarily) to perform a particular physical task: They organized a work-party to clear the canal of weeds.)

workman

noun (a man who does manual work: the workmen on a building site.)

workmanlike

adjective

1) (suitable to a good workman: a workmanlike attitude.) profesionist

2) (well performed: a workmanlike job.) bine făcut

workmanship

noun (the skill of a qualified workman; skill in making things.) abilitate

workmate

noun (one of the people who work in the same place of employment as oneself: Her workmates teased her about being the boss's favourite.)

workout

noun (a period of hard physical exercise for the purpose of keeping fit etc.) şedinţă de antrenament

works

noun singular or noun plural (a factory etc: The steelworks is/are closed for the holidays.) uzină

workshop

noun

1) (a room or building, especially in a factory etc where construction and repairs are carried out.) atelier

2) (a course of experimental work for a group of people on a particular project.) workshop, atelier

world

[wə:ld]

noun

1) (the planet Earth: every country of the world.) lume, pământ

2) (the people who live on the planet Earth: The whole world is waiting for a cure for cancer.) planetă

3) (any planet etc: people from other worlds.) univers

4) (a state of existence: Many people believe that after death the soul enters the next world; Do concentrate! You seem to be living in another world.) lume, planetă

5) (an area of life or activity: the insect world; the world of the international businessman.) lume

6) (a great deal: The holiday did him a/the world of good.) un mare bine

7) (the lives and ways of ordinary people: He's been a monk for so long that he knows nothing of the (outside) world.) lume

- the best of both worlds

worldliness

noun deşertăciune lumească

worldly

adjective (of or belonging to this world; not spiritual: worldly pleasures.) lumesc; pământesc

worldwide

adjective, adverb ((extending over or found) everywhere in the world: a worldwide sales network; Their products are sold worldwide.) mondial; în lumea întreagă

worm

[wə:m]

1. noun

(a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) vierme

2. verb

1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) a (se) târî

2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) a smulge/a obţine (un secret, o informaţie)

worn

see wear

worn to a shadow

(made thin and weary through eg hard work: She was worn to a shadow after months of nursing her sick husband.) care nu mai e decât o umbră

worried

adjective ((negative unworried): a worried look.) îngrijorat

worried sick

(very worried: I'm worried sick about it.) foarte/extrem de îngrijorat

worry

1. verb

1) (to (cause to) feel anxious: His dangerous driving worries me; His mother is worried about his education; There's no need to worry just because he's late.) a (se) nelinişti

2) (to annoy; to distract: Don't worry me just now - I'm busy!) a supăra, a deranja

3) (to shake or tear with the teeth etc as a dog does its prey etc.) a sfâşia

2. noun

((a cause of) anxiety: That boy is a constant (source of) worry to his mother!; Try to forget your worries.) grijă; nelinişte; supărare

- worried

worse

((of things or people) to become better or worse: His fortunes have taken a turn for the better; Her health has taken a turn for the worse.) a se îmbunătăţi; a se înrăutăţi

worse luck!

(most unfortunately!: He's allowing me to go, but he's coming too, worse luck!) din păcate!

worsen

verb (to (cause to) grow worse: The situation has worsened.) a înrăutăţi

worship

['wə:ʃip]

1. past tense, past participle - worshipped; verb

1) (to pay great honour to: to worship God.) a adora

2) (to love or admire very greatly: She worships her older brother.) a diviniza

2. noun

(the act of worshipping: A church is a place of worship; the worship of God / of money.) cult

- worshipper

worshipped

past tense, past participle; see worship

worshipper

noun admirator

worst

[wə:st]

1. adjective

(bad to the greatest extent: That is the worst book I have ever read.) cel mai rău

2. adverb

(in the worst way or manner: This group performed worst (of all) in the test.) cel mai rău

3. pronoun

(the thing, person etc which is bad to the greatest extent: the worst of the three; His behaviour is at its worst when he's with strangers; At the worst they can only fine you.) cel mai rău, cea mai rea

- do one's worst

- get the worst of

- if the worst comes to the worst

- the worst of it is that

- the worst of it is

worth

[wə:Ɵ]

1. noun

(value: These books are of little or no worth; She sold fifty dollars' worth of tickets.) valoare

2. adjective

1) (equal in value to: Each of these stamps is worth a cent.) în valoare de

2) (good enough for: His suggestion is worth considering: The exhibition is well worth a visit.) care merită să

- worthy

3. noun

(a highly respected person.) personalitate, somitate

- worthily

- worthiness

- -worthy

- worthwhile

- for all one is worth

worth one's while

(worth one's time and trouble: It's not worth your while reading this book, because it isn't accurate.) care merită efortul

worthily

adverb cu demnitate

worthiness

noun demnitate

worthless

adjective (of no value: worthless old coins.) fără valoare

worthlessly

adverb care nu face nici două parale

worthlessness

noun lipsă (totală) de valoare

worthwhile

adjective (deserving attention, time and effort etc: a worthwhile cause; It isn't worthwhile to ask him - he'll only refuse.) care merită efortul (să)

worthy

[-ði]

adjective

1) (good and deserving: I willingly give money to a worthy cause.) corespunzător

2) ((with of) deserving: She was not worthy of the honour given to her.) demn (de)

3) ((with of) typical of, suited to, or in keeping with: a performance worthy of a champion.) demn (de)

4) (of great enough importance etc: She was not thought worthy to be presented to the king.) demn (de)

would

[wud]

short forms - I'd; verb

1) (past tense of will: He said he would be leaving at nine o'clock the next morning; I asked if he'd come and mend my television set; I asked him to do it, but he wouldn't; I thought you would have finished by now.) voi, vei, va, vom, veţi, vor; aş, ai, ar, am, aţi, ar

2) (used in speaking of something that will, may or might happen (eg if a certain condition is met): If I asked her to the party, would she come?; I would have come to the party if you'd asked me; I'd be happy to help you.) aş, ai, ar, am, aţi, ar

3) (used to express a preference, opinion etc politely: I would do it this way; It'd be a shame to lose the opportunity; I'd prefer to go tomorrow rather than today.) aş, ai, ar, am, aţi, ar

4) (used, said with emphasis, to express annoyance: I've lost my car-keys - that would happen!) trebuia (ca asta) să se întâmple

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- would-be

- would you

would not hear of

(I, he etc will or would not allow: They would not hear of her going home alone, and insisted on going with her.) a nu vrea să audă de/despre

would you

(used to introduce a polite request to someone to do something: (Please) would you close the door?) ai/aţi vrea să...

would-be

adjective (trying, hoping, or merely pretending, to be: a would-be poet.) care se vrea, aşa-zis

wouldn't

see would

wound

past tense, past participle; = wind II

wounded

adjective (having been injured, especially in war etc: the wounded man.) rănit

wove

[wouv]

past tense; = weave

woven

see weave