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| Engleză | Română |
backstreet,
back-street n as adj | figurative (clandestine or illegal) | clandestin adj. |
| ilegal adj. |
| dead-end street n | US (cul-de-sac, road with no exit) | fundătură s.f. |
| Don't turn there, it's a dead-end street. |
| Downing Street n | UK, figurative (British prime minister) (poreclă) | primul ministru britanic s.m. |
| He expects the proposal to be supported by Downing Street. |
| Downing Street n | literal (British prime minister's address) (reședința primului ministru britanic) | strada Downing s.f. |
| The British Prime Minister traditionally lives at 10 Downing Street. |
high street,
High Street n | UK (town's main street) | strada mare s.f. |
| strada principală s.f. |
| Roadworks are delaying traffic in the high street. |
high street,
the high street,
the High Street n | UK, figurative, often capitalized (retail sector) (în UK, stradă cu magazine) | High Street s.propriu |
| Discount supermarkets offer the lowest prices on the High Street. |
| high-street n as adj | UK, figurative (shops, fashion: retail) (modă) | de stradă loc.adj. |
| Models paraded the latest high-street fashions. |
| just across the street adv | (on the opposite side of the road) | peste stradă |
| My in-laws moved in just across the street, which is handy for babysitting. |
| main street n | mainly US (principal road) | stradă principală s.f. |
| The town's main street has been pedestrianized. |
man in the street,
man on the street n | figurative (common man, average person) | omul de pe stradă s.m. |
| Can you explain your theory so that the man in the street can understand it? |
on Easy Street,
on easy street adv | figurative, slang (leading easy life) (a trăi) | pe picior mare |
| la adăpost (din punct de vedere financiar) |
| After we paid all of our debts, we were living on easy street. |
| side street n | (small road leading off larger street) | stradă laterală s.f. |
| I drive down side streets to avoid the traffic. |
| street acrobat n | (physical performer who works outdoors) | acrobat ambulant s.m. |
| street address n | (location: building number) | strada și numărul s.f. |
| We need a street address, not a post office box. |
| street art n | (art in public location) | artă stradală, artă de stradă s.f. |
| street artist n | (creates art in public) | artist al străzii s.m. |
| artist ambulant s.m. |
| The street artist painted my portrait in 20 minutes. |
| street artist n | (performs in public) | artist al străzii s.m. |
| Mimes are popular street artists in the French Quarter. |
| street cred n | slang, abbr (urban subculture: authenticity) | adevărăciune s.f. |
| If I'm seen out with my mother, it'll damage my street cred! |
| street cred adj | slang, abbr (authentically urban) | orășenesc get beget adj. |
| street food n | (food sold by outdoor vendors) | mâncare vândută pe stradă expr. |
| The markets of Hong Kong offer a dizzying range of street food. |
| street market n | (outdoor stalls) | târg s.n. |
| The weekly street market's a good place to find bargains. |
| street name n | (name of a road) | numele străzii s.n. |
| The street names in my area are all named after famous English poets. |
| street name n | (drug: common name) | denumire frecventă s.f. |
| Pot, weed and grass are commonly used street names for marijuana. |
street person,
plural: street people n | (homeless individual) | om al străzii s.m. |
| om fără adăpost s.m. |
| They didn't choose to be street people: they just don't have a home to go to. |
street-smart,
streetwise adj | informal (able to cope in an urban setting) | cu școala vieții loc.adj. |
| descurcăreț adj. |
| Joe grew up in the East End of London, so he was street-smart from a young age. |
| street smarts npl | informal (experience with an urban setting) | școala vieții s.f. |
| She still has the street smarts she learned by growing up in a rough neighborhood. |
| street sweeper n | (person who cleans roads) | măturător de stradă s.m. |
| My father used to say : "If you don't work hard at school, you'll end up a street sweeper". |
| street sweeper n | (vehicle that cleans roads) | mașină de măturat străzile s.f. |
| After the parade the street sweeper cleared all the rubbish off the road. |
streetlamp,
also UK: street lamp,
street-lamp n | (light mounted on a post in street) | felinar s.n. |
| A car crashed into a streetlamp during the snowstorm. |
streetlight,
also UK: street light n | (lamp illuminating a road) | felinar s.n. |
| The streetlights come on at 6:30 p.m. |
up your alley,
right up your alley (US),
up your street,
right up your street (UK) expr | slang (the sort of thing you like) | a i se potrivi cuiva vb.reflex. |
| a fi specialitatea cuiva vb.intranz. |
| That new film looks as though it'll be up your alley. You're going to love this new club: it's right up your alley! |
| Wall Street n | (New York financial district) (district financiar în New York) | Wall Street n.propriu |
| He works on Wall Street in New York. |
| Wall Street n | figurative (New York stock exchange) | bursa newyorkeză s.f. |
| Wall Street greeted the news as evidence that inflation is under control. |
