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| Engleză | Română |
| bend n | (knot) | nod marinăresc Carrick |
| The Carrick bend allows you to attach two anchor cables to one another. |
| bowline n | (nautical: sail rope) (în navigație) | nod de scaun s.n. |
cloverleaf intersection,
cloverleaf n | US (junction: looped ramps) | nod rutier de tip treflă s.n. |
| intersecție tip trifoi s.f. |
| The number of cars that travel though that cloverleaf intersection every day is considerable. |
| entrepôt n | chiefly UK (port, city: trading hub) | nod comercial s.n. |
faultfinding (US),
fault-finding (UK) n | (criticism, nitpicking) | critică gratuită s.f. |
| găsire de nod în papură s.f. |
| chițibușărie s.f. |
| get at sb vtr phrasal insep | slang (target for criticism) | a se lua de vb.reflex. |
| a găsi nod în papură loc.vb. |
| I hate him; he's always getting at me. |
hairsplitting,
hair-splitting adj | figurative (faultfinding) | găsire de nod în papură s.f. |
| meticulozitate s.f. |
| despicarea firului în patru s.f. |
| hub n | figurative (airport) | nod aerian s.n. |
| Kate had a layover at the hub in Paris on her trip to get home. |
| hypercritical adj | (always finding fault) | cusurgiu adj. |
| care găsește nod în papură loc.adj. |
| knot sth vtr | (tie a knot in) | a înnoda vb.tranz. |
| a face nod loc.vb. |
| Erin knotted the rope. |
| nitpick vi | figurative, informal (find faults) | a căuta nod în papură loc.vb. |
| My boss wastes his time nitpicking instead of addressing major problems. |
reef knot,
flat knot,
square knot n | (nautical: way of tying rope) (nod marinăresc) | nod plat s.n. |
| Right over left and under, then left over right and under is how you tie a square knot. |
slipknot,
slip-knot,
slip knot n | (running knot) | nod culisant s.n. |
| The scouts learned how to tie slipknots and square knots. |
| tie sth in sth vtr | (make a knot in) | a face un nod loc.vb. |
| He tied a knot in his scarf. |
| A făcut un nod la eșarfă. |
