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| Angel of Death n | (death personified) | Îngerul Morții s.m. |
| | Some say that the devil is the Angel of Death. |
| at death's door adv | figurative (very ill, about to die) | cu un picior în groapă loc.adv. |
Black Death,
black plague n | (plague epidemic: 14th century) | Ciuma Neagră s.propriu |
| | The Black Death spread across Europe in the mid-14th century. |
| bored to death adj | figurative, informal (be weary from lack of stimulation) | plictisit de moarte loc.adj. |
| | | sătul până-n gât loc.adj. |
| | Sitting in class, he was bored to death with the teacher's lecture. You looked bored to death during that play! |
be burned to death,
also UK: be burnt to death v expr | (be killed by fire) | ars pe rug loc.adj. |
| | Joan of Arc was burned to death. |
| cheat death v expr | (escape [sth] life-threatening) | a păcăli destinul |
| | The dog cheated death in running across the busy street. |
crib death (US),
cot death (UK) n | colloquial (sudden infant death syndrome) | moarte subită a bebelușului s.f. |
| death certificate n | (official record of [sb]'s death) | certificat de deces |
| | I received my father's death certificate in the mail about a month after he passed. |
| death chamber n | (gas chamber) | cameră de gazare s.f. |
| death knell n | figurative (sign of imminent demise) | clopot de final s.n. |
| | | cântec de lebădă s.n. |
| | The CD format sounded the death knell for cassettes. |
| Death Knight n | (game character) (Cavalerul morții) | Death Knight n.propriu |
| death penalty n | (capital punishment) | pedeapsă cu moartea |
| | His sentence was the death penalty. |
| death rate n | (number of people dying) | rata mortalității s.f. |
| | A country's population increases if the birth rate is higher than the death rate. |
| death row n | (prison cell block) | condamnați la moarte |
| | Some of the most violent criminals of our time are sitting on death row. |
| death sentence n | (law: punishment of execution) | pedeapsă capitală, pedeapsă cu moartea s.f. |
| | | sentință la moarte, condamnare la moarte s.f. |
| death tax n | often plural (law: payable after death) | taxă pe moștenire s.f. |
| | | drepturi de succesiune s.n.pl. |
| | After Lou's heirs paid death tax, there was virtually nothing left of his inheritance. |
| death throes npl | (final pangs, convulsions) | agonie s.f. |
| | | chinurile morții s.n.pl. |
| | The animal's death throes gradually weakened. |
| death throes npl | figurative (business: before dissolution) | agonie s.f. |
| | The troubled company is in its final death throes. |
| death toll n | (total number of deaths) | numărul morților s.n. |
| | The death toll from the earthquake is rising rapidly as more and more bodies are found. |
| death wish n | (psychiatry: desire to die) | ultima dorință |
| | Alex's behaviour is symptomatic of a death wish. |
| deathbed n | (bed of a dying person) | pat de moarte s.n. |
| | All of the children were called to their father's deathbed. |
| die a natural death v expr | (die of natural causes) | a muri de moarte naturală |
| | | a muri de moarte bună |
| | According to the coroner's report, Brown died a natural death. |
| do [sth] to death v expr | informal, figurative, often passive (overdo [sth], do [sth] too often) | a exagera cu vb.intranz. |
| | | a face ceva până la disperare expr.vb. |
| | | a nu mai înceta cu vb.intranz. |
| | Hollywood has done vampire movies to death. |
| early death n | (death before reaching old age) | moarte prematură s.f. |
| | His smoking habit led to an early death. |
freeze,
freeze to death vi | figurative (person: get very cold) (figurat) | a îngheța vb.intranz. |
| | (figurat) | a muri de frig loc.vb. |
| | Kate's friend was taking ages to open the door. "Hurry up," Kate shouted. "Let me in before I freeze!" |
| | ⓘAceastă propoziţie nu este o traducere a propoziţiei englezeşti. S-a oprit căldura în bloc și toți au înghețat până dimineața. |
| freeze to death v expr | (die of extreme cold) | a muri de frig loc.vb. |
| | It's so cold out here I think I'm going to freeze to death. |
| have a death wish v expr | figurative, informal (behave in a reckless way) | a și-o căuta cu lumânarea expr. |
| | | a dori să moară expr. |
| | He drives that car as though he has a death wish. |
| have a death wish v expr | (psychiatry: wish for death) | a-și dori moartea, a-și dori să moară expr. |
| | A psychiatrist diagnosed James as having a death wish. |
| in the face of death adv | (when confronted with the possibility of death) | în fața morții adv. |
| | A bullfighter stands in the face of death every time he goes into the ring. |
| kiss of death n | figurative ([sth] with a destructive effect) | lovitură fatală s.f. |
| | This timeslot has proved to be the kiss of death for many previous programs. |
| living death n | (joyless existence or experience) | viață fără sens expr. |
| | Sitting in history class was living death. |
a matter of life and death,
a matter of life or death,
a life-or-death matter n | (issue of vital importance) | chestiune de viață și de moarte expr. |
| | Getting out of a burning house fast is a matter of life and death. |
| natural death n | (death resulting from natural causes) | moarte naturală s.f. |
| | My grandfather was killed in an accident, but my grandmother died a natural death. |
out of the jaws of death,
from the jaws of death adv | figurative (out of mortal danger) | din ghearele morții loc.adv. |
| | In the last scene, the hero snatches the heroine from the jaws of death just in time. |
| put [sb] to death v expr | often passive (execute) | a executa vb.tranz. |
| | In the past, criminals were often put to death in the most brutal manner. |
| scared to death adj | figurative, informal (terrified) | speriat de moarte adj. |
| | When I was a child I was scared to death of werewolves. |
| sentence of death n | (being condemned to execution) | pedeapsa cu moartea s.f. |
| | The judge passed a sentence of death on the convicted murderer. |
| sudden infant death syndrome n | (death of a baby during sleep) | sindromul morții infantile subite s.n. |
tickled pink,
tickled to death adj | informal, figurative (delighted) | bucuros peste măsură loc.adj. |
| | | în al nouălea cer loc.adv. |
| | When I heard you two were getting married, I was tickled pink. |
| violent death n | (loss of life due to accident or attack) | moarte violentă s.f. |
| | He suffered a violent death at the hands of an unknown attacker. |