| Locuțiuni verbale |
| Engleză | Română |
| back down vi phrasal | (give in, yield) | a ceda vb.intranz. |
| a da înapoi loc.vb. |
| a bate în retragere expr.vb. |
| Despite the evidence, he refused to back down. |
| bear down vi phrasal | (labor: push baby out) (la naștere) | a împinge v.tranz. |
| The midwife told the woman to bear down during her contractions. |
| bear down on [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (push, press on) | a apăsa pe vb.intranz. |
| Bear down on the pen to make clear carbon copies. |
| bear down on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (weigh heavily upon) | a apăsa, a copleși vb.tranz. |
| Emma felt the full weight of her financial worries bearing down on her. |
| bear down on [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK (rush towards) (a da peste) | a intra în vb.intranz. |
| a se năpusti asupra, a se repezi la vb.reflex. |
| The truck came bearing down on the brothers as they were crossing the street. |
| bear down on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (approach threateningly) | a se apropia amenințător de expr. |
| The man was bearing down on Jim along the path. |
| beat down vi phrasal | (rain: pour heavily) (ploaie) | a turna cu găleata expr.vb. |
| The rain beat down so hard on the apple tree that in the morning half of the apples were on the ground. |
| beat [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (price: negotiate lower) (un preț mic) | a negocia vb.tranz. |
| We beat the price down to $45. |
| beat [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (demoralize) | a demoraliza, a descuraja vb.tranz. |
| Doris admitted that life was beating her down. |
beat [sth] down,
beat down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (suppress) | a suprima vb.tranz. |
| (teama, emoția, furia) | a-și înfrânge, a-și învinge vb.reflex. |
| Deborah beat down her fear of flying and got on the plane to visit her daughter in Australia. |
| bed down vi phrasal | (go to bed) | a se culca vb.reflex. |
| a se duce la culcare expr. |
| I usually bed down at about eleven o'clock. |
| bed [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | (provide bed for) | a pune la culcare expr. |
| a culca vb.tranz. |
| Emily fed, bathed, and bedded down the children. |
| bend down vi phrasal | (lean over) | a se apleca vb.reflex. |
| The mother bent down to tie the child's shoe laces. |
bog [sth] down,
bog down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | usually passive, informal (vehicle: mire) | a împotmoli vb.tranz. |
| The jeep got bogged down in a huge mud puddle. |
| bog [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | figurative, usually passive, informal (person: hinder, burden) (figurat) | a pune bețe în roate cuiva loc.vb. |
| a ține pe loc loc.vb. |
| a împiedica pe cineva să facă ceva vb.tranz. |
| Work is really bogging me down lately. |
boil [sth] down,
boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (liquid: reduce) | a scădea prin fierbere vb.tranz. |
| The cook boiled the drippings down to a rich gravy. |
| boil down vi phrasal | (liquid: be reduced) | a scădea prin fierbere vb.intranz. |
| a se reduce la vb.reflex. |
| Heat the water until it boils down to a volume of about 10ml. |
| boil down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (be essentially) | a se reduce la vb.reflex. |
| a se traduce prin vb.reflex. |
| What it all boils down to is a failure to plan. |
boil [sth] down,
boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (information, argument: reduce) (la esență) | a reduce vb.tranz. |
| a prezenta în esență, a prezenta în linii mari expr. |
| If you boil down Machiavelli's philosophy, he is saying that the end justifies the means. |
| bolt [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (fasten, secure [sth]) | a fixa vb.tranz. |
| a înșuruba bine vb.tranz. |
| Bolt down that metal plate so that it doesn't vibrate. |
| bolt [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (eat [sth] quickly) | a înfuleca vb.tranz. |
| a hali vb.tranz. |
| Jerry was late for class, so he bolted down his breakfast. |
| bow down vi phrasal | (bend, kneel in respect) | a se pleca vb.reflex. |
| a face o plecăciune loc.vb. |
| She was asked to bow down in front of a statue of their god. |
| break down vi phrasal | (machine: stop working) | a se strica vb.reflex. |
| a se defecta vb.reflex. |
| Notă: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| The car broke down on the way home. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (person: cry) | a-și pierde controlul, a se pierde cu firea expr. |
| a izbucni în plâns expr. |
| Stella broke down when the police told her about her husband's accident. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (collapse, become weak) (figurat) | a ajunge într-un punct mort expr. |
| a-și pierde din intensitate, a-și pierde din avânt expr. |
| a se dilua vb.reflex. |
| The union called a strike after talks broke down over retirement benefits. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (door, wall: knock down) | a dărâma vb.tranz. |
| a pune la pământ loc.vb. |
| The police broke down the door when they raided the house. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (substance: disintegrate) | a dezintegra, descompune vb.tranz. |
| Stomach acid breaks down food during digestion. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (analyze) | a analiza vb.tranz. |
| We can break down the process into a number of separate stages. |
| bring [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | US, figurative, slang (make sad) | a demoraliza vb.tranz. |
| a descuraja vb.tranz. |
| a întrista vb.tranz. |
| If you keep criticizing Michael, you'll just bring him down. |
| buckle down vi phrasal | informal, figurative (set to work) | a se pregăti vb.reflex. |
| a se înarma cu curaj loc.vb. |
| I've got to buckle down and finish planting the vegetable seeds. |
| buckle down vi phrasal | informal, figurative (work diligently) | a-și da silința loc.vb. |
| I have to buckle down and finish this term paper. |
| call [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | US, informal (reprimand [sb], tell [sb] off) | a mustra, a dojeni vb.tranz. |
| a face observații cuiva expr.vb. |
cast off,
cast down vi phrasal | (country dancing) (dans country) | a dansa în afara liniei expr.vb. |
| The dancers cast off and moved to the end of the line. |
| clamp down on [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (be strict, enforce rules) | a combate vb.tranz. |
| (figurat) | a înăbuși vb.tranz. |
| a anihila vb.tranz. |
| The city is clamping down on gang violence. |
| climb down vi phrasal | UK, figurative (accept defeat) | a-și accepta înfrângerea expr. |
| a da înapoi loc.vb. |
| There was a public outcry at the proposals and the government was forced to climb down. |
| come down vi phrasal | (descend) | a coborî vb.intranz. |
| Go upstairs and tell your sister to come down for dinner. |
| come down vi phrasal | (structure: collapse) | a se prăbuși vb.reflex. |
| After the wrecking ball hit the side of the building it came down quickly. |
| come down vi phrasal | slang, figurative (cease to be high on drugs) | a nu mai simți efectele drogurilor vb.tranz. |
| That weed was so good that it took me 3 hours to finally come down. |
| come down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (be essentially) | a se reduce la vb.reflex. |
| a se ajunge la vb.reflex. |
| What this strike comes down to is a failure to communicate with your staff. |
| cool down vi phrasal | (become less hot) | a se răci vb.reflex. |
| Give the cookies ten minutes to cool down. |
| cool down vi phrasal | figurative, informal (become less angry) | a se calma vb.reflex. |
| a se liniști vb.reflex. |
| It took Andy a while to cool down after the argument with his brother. |
| cool down vi phrasal | (slow pace to end exercise) (ritm) | a încetini vb.tranz. |
| It is important to spend five minutes cooling down after a vigorous exercise session. |
| cool [sth/sb] down vtr phrasal sep | (make less hot) | a se răcori vb.reflex. |
| Ben took a cold shower to cool himself down after the race. |
| count down vi phrasal | (count back to zero) | a număra invers loc.vb. |
| The anaesthetist told the patient to count down from 100. |
| count [sth] down vtr phrasal insep | (count backwards to event) | a număra invers loc.vb. |
| (figurat) | a aștepta cu nerăbdare loc.vb. |
| a anticipa vb.tranz. |
| It was almost midnight on New Year's Eve; the crowd in Times Square was counting down the seconds. |
| crack down on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (not tolerate) (figurat: atitudine) | a se înăspri vb.reflex. |
| a lua măsuri împotriva loc.vb. |
| a nu tolera vb.tranz. |
| The principal is starting to crack down on unexcused absences. |
| crack down on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | informal (punish) (un comportament) | a pedepsi vb.tranz. |
| a sancționa vb.tranz. |
| Every holiday, police set up checkpoints to crack down on drunk drivers. |
| crouch down vi phrasal | (squat, hunker) | a se ghemui vb.reflex. |
| I crouched down to hide behind the low wall. |
| cut down vi phrasal | (reduce consumption) | a reduce vb.tranz. |
| If you can't give up smoking altogether, you should at least try to cut down. |
