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| Engleză | Română |
| be like talking to a brick wall v expr | figurative, informal (not be listened to) | a vorbi cu pereții, a vorbi la pereți expr.vb. |
| a-și bate gura de pomană expr.vb. |
| Talking to Esther is like talking to a brick wall; neither one will listen! |
| brick wall n | (wall made of bricks) | zid de cărămidă s.n. |
| Winston Churchill, who laid bricks as a hobby, built a tall brick wall around his house. |
cash machine,
cash dispenser,
hole in the wall n | UK (money dispenser) | bancomat s.n. |
| I'll have to get some money out of the cash machine before I can go shopping. |
| cell wall | (biology) | perete celular s.m. |
| dividing wall n | (partition) | perete despărțitor s.m. |
| The neighbours are in dispute over the dividing wall between their properties. |
| The huge bookcase served as a dividing wall between the living room and the dining room. |
| drive [sb] up the wall v expr | informal, figurative (irritate [sb]) | a scoate din pepeni, a scoate din minți expr.vb. |
| a enerva la culme expr.vb. |
| a face pe cineva să-și iasă din fire expr.vb. |
drywall,
dry-stone wall,
drystone wall n | (stone wall built without mortar) | pereu s.n. |
drywall,
dry-wall n as adj | US (for use with drywall) | rigips s.n. |
drywall,
dry wall n | US (plasterboard) | perete de rigips s.m. |
drywall,
dry-wall n as adj | UK (built without mortar) | din pereu loc.adj. |
| The North of England boasts some splendid examples of drywall construction. |
drywall [sth],
dry-wall [sth],
dry wall [sth]⇒ vtr | US (construct using drywall) | a construi folosind rigips vb.tranz. |
| Today we are going to drywall the kitchen. |
drywall,
dry-wall,
dry wall vi | US (construct or install drywall) | a construi sau instala plăci de rigips vb. |
| The workers have been drywalling for weeks now. |
firewall,
fire wall,
fire-wall n | (fireproof wall) | zid de protecție ignifugat s.n. |
| There's a firewall between every other room in the hotel. |
the Great Wall of China,
the Great Wall n | (defensive structure in China) | Marele Zid Chinezesc s.propriu |
| A lot of people go to China just to see the Great Wall. |
hit a brick wall,
hit a wall v expr | figurative, informal (meet an obstacle) | a se împotmoli vb.reflex. |
| a da de greu expr.vb. |
| a avea un blocaj expr.vb. |
| If I hit a brick wall while writing, I find a thirty-minute run helps me to refocus. |
off the wall,
off-the-wall adj | figurative, informal (unusual, bizarre) | neobișnuit, bizar adj. |
| ieșit din comun loc.adj. |
| Notă: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| retaining wall n | (wall preventing landslide) | zid de susținere s.n. |
screw anchor (US),
wall plug (UK),
Rawlplug ® (UK) n | (small reinforcing rod) | diblu s.n. |
seawall,
sea wall,
sea-wall n | (groyne: wave barrier) | dig marin s.n. |
| perete de chei s.m. |
| stone wall n | (barrier made from stone slabs or blocks) | zid de piatră s.n. |
| Throughout the ages, people have made stone walls to protect themselves from enemies. |
the Wailing Wall,
the Western Wall n | (Judaism: sacred wall in Jerusalem) (la Ierusalim) | Zidul plângerii s.propriu |
| The Wailing Wall is a very holy place for observant Jews. |
| wall bracket n | (support fitted to a wall) | consolă s.f. |
| poliță, policioară s.f. |
| During the earthquake the wall brackets failed, dumping a shelf of books on my head. |
| wall clock n | (timepiece mounted on a wall) | ceas de perete s.n. |
| This classroom needs a wall clock so that the teacher can stay on schedule. |
| wall hanging n | (decorative fabric piece hung on a wall) | carpetă s.f. |
| We bought several beautiful wall hangings on our trip to Peru. |
| wall in vtr | (enclose) | a închide, a îngrădi vb.tranz. |
| He used bricks to wall in the garden. |
| wall lamp n | (wall-mounted light) | lampă de perete s.f. |
| The Victorian home has beautiful wall lamps made of bronze. |
| wall painting n | (mural) | pictură murală s.f. |
| The CEO commissioned a wall painting for the reception area. |
| wall socket n | (electrical power outlet) | priză în perete s.f. |
| If you have an infant or toddler, it's a good idea to put covers on all the wall sockets. |
| 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. |
| wall-to-wall carpet n | (fitted woven floor covering) | mochetă s.f. |
| Every day she vacuumed the wall-to-wall carpet in the foyer. |
whitewall,
white-wall adj | (tyre: having white sidewalls) (cauciuc) | cu lateralele albe loc.adj. |
