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| free adj | (not literal) | liber adj. |
| | The newspaper gave a free interpretation of events. |
| | Ziarul a publicat o interpretare liberă a evenimentului. |
| free adj | (politically independent) | independent adj. |
| | The former colony became free last year. |
| | Fosta colonie a devenit independentă anul trecut. |
| free adj | (view: unobstructed) | direct adj. |
| | | neobstrucționat adj. |
| | We have a free view of the stage from here. |
| | Avem vedere directă la scenă de aici. |
| | De aici, vederea e neobstrucționată. |
| free adj | (unfettered) | nerestricționat adj. |
| | After the divorce, he was given free access to his children. |
| | După divorț, a primit acces nerestricționat la copii. |
| free adj | (chemistry: uncombined) | liber adj. |
| | Substances conduct because of free electrons. |
| | Unele materiale sunt conductoare datorită electronilor liberi. |
| free adj | (loose) | lejer adj. |
| | I prefer clothes that are free and light. |
| | Prefer hainele lejere și ușoare. |
| free adj | (unrestrained) | liber adj. |
| | | nestingherit adj. |
| | You are free to ask questions. |
| | Sunteți liberi să puneți întrebări. |
| | Puteți pune întrebări nestingheriți. |
| free adj | (frank) | sincer adj. |
| | | direct adj. |
| | If I can be free with you, I'll tell you what's wrong. |
| | Dacă pot fi sincer cu tine, o să-ți spun ce s-a întâmplat. |
| free adj | somewhat pejorative (lavish) | generos adj. |
| | He was very free with his advice. |
| | Era generos când era vorba de dat sfaturi. |
free,
-free adj | (without: [sth] undesirable) | fără prep. |
| | | lipsit de loc.prep. |
| Notă: Used in combination |
| | This tube station has step-free access. |
free of [sth],
free from [sth] adj + prep | (without) | scutit adj. |
| | | lipsit adj. |
| | Your life will be free from stress. |
| | I try to use personal care products that are free of artificial scents. |
| | Viața ta va fi scutită de stres. |
| | Viața ta va fi lipsită de stres. |
| free adv | (freely) | nestingherit adj. |
| | I love to run free along the beach. |
| | Ador să alerg nestingherit de-a lungul plajei. |
| free adv | (gratis) | gratuit adj. |
| | I got this book free. |
| | Cartea asta a fost gratuită. |
| free [sb] from [sth] vtr + prep | (exempt) | a scuti vb.tranz. |
| | His hearing problem freed him from military service. |
| | Problema lui cu auzul l-a scutit de armată. |
| free [sb] of [sth] vtr + prep | (relieve of) | a scuti vb.tranz. |
| | Buying online will free you of the need to go to the shops. |
| | Cumpărăturile pe internet te scutesc de a mai merge prin magazine. |
| free [sb/sth] from [sth] vtr + prep | (disengage) | a descâlci vb.tranz. |
| | | a elibera vb.tranz. |
| | He couldn't free the fishing line from the weeds. |
| | Nu a putut descâlci undița dintre alge. |
Forme compuse:
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| break free v | (escape) | a scăpa vb.intranz. |
| | The two convicts were finally able to break free from the chain gang. |
| break free from [sb] vi + adj | (escape) | a se elibera vb.pron. |
| break free from [sth] v expr | (escape) | a evada vb.intranz. |
| | The two convicts were finally able to break free from the chain gang. |
duty free,
duty-free adj | (law: exempt from customs tax) | scutit de taxe vamale adj. |
| Notă: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | Airports are a great place to do some duty-free shopping. |
| duty-free goods npl | (merchandise free of customs tax) | produse neimpozitate s.n.pl. |
| | | duty-free |
| | Duty-free goods can be purchased only by those who are over 18 years of age. |
| duty-free shop n | UK (airport: untaxed goods store) (magazin cu produse scutite de taxe) | duty-free s.n. |
| | You must show your boarding pass at the checkout counter of the duty-free shop. |
fat-free,
fat free adj | (food: containing no fats) (alimente) | fără grăsimi loc.adj. |
| Notă: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | I bought some fat-free yogurt, but it doesn't taste as good as the real thing! It is a mistake to think that because a food is fat-free, it's also free of calories. |
| feel free interj | informal (please do, go ahead) | te rog, îndrăznește interj. |
| | If you ever want to borrow a book, feel free. |
| for free adv | informal (free of charge, without paying) | gratis adv. |
| | | pe degeaba |
| | Joe somehow managed to get hold of some concert tickets for free. |
foul line,
free throw line n | (on basketball court) | linie de aruncări libere s.f. |
| | The crowd fell silent as the player stepped up to the foul line. |
| free admission n | (no cost to enter) | intrare liberă s.f. |
| | Tickets cost $20, except on Tuesdays when the museum offers free admission. |
| free agent n | ([sb] independent) | agent independent s.m. |
| free agent n | (sports: non-contract player) | jucător fără contract, jucător liber de contract s.m. |
| | His contract with the Yankees has expired so now he's a free agent. |
| free as a bird adj | informal (really free) | liber ca pasărea cerului adj. |
| | When this school year is over, I'll be free as a bird. |
| free association n | (spontaneous response to words) | asociere liberă s.f. |
| | Let's do free association: I'll say a word and you say the first word that comes to mind. |
| free association n | (right to associate with anyone) | asociere liberă s.f. |
| | We have the right to free association in this country. |
| free choice n | (unrestricted options) | alegere liberă s.f. |
| | You can only control your own life by exercising your own free choice. |
| free choice n | ([sth] chosen freely) | alegere liberă s.f. |
| free citizen n | (has unrestricted freedoms) | cetățean liber s.m. |
| free clinic n | (offers free medical care) | clinică medicală gratuită s.f. |
| | This free clinic has been providing health care to the uninsured since the '60s. |
| free competition n | (business: no trading restrictions) | concurență deschisă s.f. |
| | Free competition cannot exist where the government is controlling the market. |
| free enterprise n | (liberal economics) | liberă inițiativă s.f. |
| | The G8 is a group of nations who share a belief in free enterprise as the best route to growth. |
| free fall n | (fall: subject to gravity) | cădere liberă s.f. |
| | The plane went into free fall when both engines stalled. |
| free fall n | figurative (sharp decline) | cădere liberă s.f. |
| | The global economy went into free fall in the fall of 2008. |
free flowing,
free-flowing adj | (fluid, moving easily) | fluid adj. |
| Notă: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | A little work with this plunger and we'll have this drain free flowing again. |
| | The Yellowstone River is free flowing: it has no dams anywhere on its course. |
free flowing,
free-flowing adj | figurative (without constraints) | cursiv adj. |
| | | fluid, curgător adj. |
| | Their free-flowing discussion touched on everything from their jobs to their relationships. |
free form,
freeform n | (improvised style) | formă liberă s.f. |
| | | improvizație s.f. |
| | | stil liber s.n. |
| | Free form is a type of jazz introduced in the 1950s. |
| free from adj | (not containing) | liber de adj. |
| | The river was free from pollution before the factory was built nearby. |
| free gift n | ([sth] offered free with a purchase) | cadou s.n. |
| | | bonus s.n. |
| free hand n | (unrestricted freedom) | mână liberă s.f. |
| free house n | UK (independently-owned pub) (privat) | bar, birt s.m. |
| | | tavernă s.f. |
| free kick n | (sport: kick awarded after a foul) | lovitură liberă s.f. |
| free love n | dated (extra-marital or promiscuous sex) | amor liber s.n. |
| free man n | ([sb] who is not in prison) | om liber s.m. |
| | He'll be on probation for the rest of his life, so he isn't really a free man. After ten years of a bad marriage, I am once again a free man. |
| free market n | (economic system with price competition) | piață liberă s.f. |
| free-market n as adj | (relating to free market) | de piață liberă loc.adj. |
free of [sth],
free from [sth] expr | (not containing) | care nu conține adj. |
| | | fără prep. |
| | I try to use personal care products that are free of artificial scents. |
| free of charge adj | (having no cost) | gratuit adj. |
| | The film was rubbish but it's okay because the seats were free of charge. |
| | Filmul a fost o porcărie, dar e ok pentru că locurile au fost gratuite. |
| free of charge adv | (at no cost) | gratis adv. |
| | Breakfast is provided free of charge. |
| | Micul dejun este asigurat gratis. |
| free of cost adj | (not requiring payment) | gratuit adj. |
| | Anti-pollution measures are never free of cost. |
| free pass n | (access to [sth] at no cost) | intrare gratuită s.f. |
| | The package includes free passes to all the park attractions. |
| free port n | (port open to commercial vessels) (port fără formalități fiscale) | porto-franco s.n. |
| free press | (uncensored press) | presă necenzurată s.f. |
free range,
free-range adj | (farm animal: roaming freely) | crescut în aer liber loc.adj. |
| | | de fermă loc.adj. |
| | Free-range chickens are not kept in small cages. |
free range,
free-range adj | (produce: from free-range animals) | de la animale crescute în aer liber expr. |
| | Eggs generally cost more if they're free range. |
| free ride n | slang (get without working for it) | blat s.n. |
| | | pleașcă s.f. |
| Notă: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | There are no free rides here: if you don't work, you don't eat. |
| free rider n | slang (person: freeloader) | blatist s.m. |
| | | a-i pica pleașca loc.vb. |
| free speech n | (speech unrestrained by censorship) | exprimarea liberă a opiniei s.f. |
| | | liberă exprimare s.f. |
| | Seventy percent of Americans agreed that people should have the right to free speech. |
| free spirit n | (non-conformist) | non-conformist s.m. |
| | She's a free spirit: she wears what she likes, does what she likes, and doesn't care what anybody thinks. |
| free state n | US, historical (US state prohibiting slavery) | stat antisclavagist s.n. |
| | Not all of the Union states were free states; four were slave states. |
| free throw n | (basketball throw) | aruncare liberă s.f. |
| free ticket n | literal (entitlement to [sth] at no cost) | bilet gratuit s.n. |
| | You can work at a festival to get a free ticket. |
| free time n | (leisure hours) | timp liber s.n. |
| | She often reads in her free time. |
| free trade n | (unrestricted commerce) | liber schimb s.n. |
| | The USA has a free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada. |
free trade area,
free trade zone n | (country: unrestricted commerce) | zonă liber-schimb s.f. |
| | The purpose of NAFTA is to make North America a free trade area. |
| free up vtr | informal (release, make available) | a elibera vb.tranz. |
| | Hertz said all their cars were reserved, but they might be able to free up a sedan in the afternoon. |
| free verse n | (poetry format) | vers alb s.n. |
| | Walt Whitman wrote free verse in the 19th century. |
| free will n | (choice, freedom to choose) | liber arbitru s.m. |
| | Are all things preordained by God or does the individual have free will? |
| free world n | (democratic nations) | lume liberă s.f. |
| | The Cold war divided the world into two halves: the free world and the communist world. |
| free yourself vi | (unburden yourself of [sth]) | a se elibera vb.reflex. |
| | No one else can cure your addiction; you must free yourself. |
| free yourself from [sth/sb] vtr | (reject, throw off) | a se elibera de vb.reflex. |
| | | a scăpa de vb.intranz. |
| | | a se dezbăra de vb.reflex. |
| free yourself from a promise v expr | (undo a promise) | a se spăla pe mâini de loc.vb. |
| | | a se eschiva de la vb.reflex. |
| free yourself from an obligation v expr | (avoid having to fulfil a duty) | a scăpa de o obligație loc.vb. |
| free-for-all n | informal (fight, argument open to everyone) | ceartă generală s.f. |
free-form,
freeform n as adj | (improvised or unplanned) | improvizat adj. |
| | | liber adj. |
| | | spontan adj. |
freediving,
free diving,
free-diving n | (sport: skin diving) | apnee liberă s.f. |
| | The resort offers a number of activities for guests, including scuba diving and freediving. |
freelance,
free-lance adj | (working for self) | pe cont propriu loc.adj. |
| | | independent adj. |
| | | liber profesionist loc.subst. |
| | Mike worked as a freelance journalist. |
| | Mike lucra ca jurnalist pe cont propriu. |
freelance,
free-lance adj | (work: independent) (activitate, muncă) | independent adj. |
| | | pe cont propriu loc.adj. |
| | The teacher did some freelance tutoring in the evenings to make extra money. |
| | ⓘAceastă propoziţie nu este o traducere a propoziţiei englezeşti. Pe lângă salariul de la primărie, câștiga destul de bine și din activități independente. |
freelance,
free-lance,
free lance n | informal (self-employed or contract worker) | free-lancer, liber profesionist s.m. |
| | | a lucra pe cont propriu expr. |
| | I used to work for a big corporation but now I'm a freelance. |
| | Am lucrat pentru o mare corporație, însă acum sunt free-lancer (or: liber profesionist). |
freelance,
free-lance adv | (as a freelance) | pe cont propriu loc.adv. |
| | After the company closed, she began to work freelance. |
| | După ce compania s-a închis, a început să lucreze pe cont propriu. |
freelance,
free lance n | historical (medieval mercenary soldier) (istorie) | mercenar s.m. |
| | The king hired free lances to bolster his troops in the Crusades. |
freelance,
free-lance,
free lance n | informal (independent in political causes) (politică) | independent s.m. |
freelance writer,
free-lance writer n | (writer: self-employed) | scriitor independent s.m. |
| | Roger hired a freelance writer to write some articles for him. |
freeman,
free man n | (citizen with liberty and rights) | om liber s.m. |
| | He'll be on probation for the rest of his life, so he isn't really a free man. |
freestanding,
free-standing adj | (not supported) (structură) | autonom adj. |
| | | nesusținut adj. |
| | We don't live in a duplex or apartment; our home is freestanding. |
freestanding,
free-standing adj | figurative (independent) | independent adj. |
| | The novel isn't part of a series; it's a freestanding story. |
freethinker,
free-thinker,
free thinker n | ([sb] with independent opinions) | liber-cugetător s.m. |
gluten free,
gluten-free adj | (not containing cereal protein) | fără gluten subst. ca adj. |
| Notă: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | Many people follow a gluten-free diet because they are allergic to wheat. |
| home free adj | informal (sure of safety, success) | scăpat de grijă adj. |
| it's a free country expr | informal (can do what we want) | este o țară liberă |
| | I can eat with my fingers if I want to; it's a free country! |
| lead-free adj | (without lead) | fără plumb loc.adj. |
| Notă: With a hyphen before a noun. |
nonalcoholic,
also UK: non-alcoholic,
alcohol-free adj | (not containing alcohol) | nealcoolic adj. |
| | The recovering alcoholic asked for a non-alcoholic beer at the wedding. |
| of your own free will expr | (out of choice) | de bună voie și nesilit de nimeni expr. |
| | Do you marry this man of your own free will? I retired of my own free will; I was not fired. |
| own free will n | (personal choice) | propria sa voință |
| | | propriul liber arbitru |
| | It was my own free will to start this project so I can't blame anyone else when things get tough. |
| set free v expr | (liberate from captivity) | a elibera vb.tranz. |
| | | a da drumul loc.vb. |
| | Can you remember what year Nelson Mandela was set free? |
| set free v expr | (emancipate) | a emancipa vb.tranz. |
squirm out of [sth],
squirm free of [sth] v expr | (get free by wriggling) (din îmbrățișare) | a se desprinde vb.reflex. |
| | The little girl squirmed out of her mother's embrace and ran off to play with her friends. |
sugarless (US),
sugar-free (UK) adj | (gum, soda: artificially sweetened) | fără zahăr loc.adj. |
| | | îndulcit artificial loc.adj. |
| There is no such thing as a free lunch expr | (Everything has a cost) | Totul se plătește. expr. |
| | | Nimic nu e gratis pe lumea asta. expr. |
| | I had to pay taxes on the free gift. Well, there's no such thing as a free lunch. |
toll free,
toll-free adj | US (phone number: free of charge) (număr de telefon) | fără taxe, gratuit adj. |
| | The TV commercial gave a toll-free number we can call to buy the product. |
toll free,
toll-free adj | (road: for which toll is not charged) (autostradă) | fără taxe, gratuit adj. |
| toll-free number n | US (phone number that can be called without charge) | număr gratuit |
| | The area code for toll-free numbers is 800 or 888. The agency has a toll-free number so you can call without charge. |
unleaded,
lead-free,
lead free adj | (vehicle fuel: without lead) (benzină) | fără plumb loc.adj. |
| | This car only runs on unleaded gasoline. |
unleaded,
lead-free,
lead free n | informal (lead-free vehicle fuel) | benzină fără plumb s.f. |
| | Fill it with unleaded, please. |