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| line n | (song) | vers s.n. |
| | The verse has four lines and the chorus has two. |
| | Strofa are patru versuri iar refrenul are două. |
| line n | (limit, frontier) | graniță, frontieră s.f. |
| | The line between North and South Korea is heavily militarized. |
| line n | (thick cord) | sfoară, frânghie s.f. |
| | I need a thick line to tie up this box. |
| line n | (telephone) (telefon) | linie s.f. |
| | The line got disconnected and I called her back. |
| | Linia s-a deconectat și am sunat-o înapoi. |
| line n | (fishing cord) (undiță) | fir s.n. |
| | He tossed the line to the deepest part of the river, trying to catch a fish. |
| line n | (clothesline) | frânghie (de rufe) s.f. |
| | She hung the clothes on the line to dry. |
| | Și-a pus hainele la uscat pe frânghia de rufe. |
| line n | (pipes) | țeavă, conductă s.f. |
| | The sewage line got blocked and overflowed. |
| line n | informal (short message) | mesaj, rând s.n. |
| | Drop me a line on Tuesday and we can talk about it then. |
| line of [sth] n | (thought, policy) | gândire s.f. |
| | His line of thought is consistent with that of the religious authorities. |
| line n | (route, direction) | direcție, rută s.f. |
| | Follow the line of the mountains and you will get to the town. |
| line n | (beings with common ancestry) | descendență, filiație s.f. |
| | This line of kings dates back to the fourteenth century. |
| line n | slang (prepared excuse) | replică s.f. |
| | He tried to pick her up with the old line: "Have we met before?" |
| line n | often plural (contour, design) | linie s.f. |
| | | contur s.n. |
| | The new car was admired for its beautiful curved lines. |
| line n | (military: fortifications) | fortificație s.f. |
| | The three lines of defence against the enemy didn't stop them. |
| line n | often plural (military: formation) | linie, poziție s.f. |
| | The soldiers moved forward in lines. |
| line n | (business: operations managers) | produs s.n. |
| | I will ask my line manager for her advice before talking to the boss. |
| line n | (business: assembly line) | linie de producție s.f. |
| | | bandă rulantă s.f. |
| | The assembly line runs twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. |
| line n | informal (lie) | minciună s.f. |
| | She fed me some line about the dog eating her homework. |
| line n | (American football) | linie s.f. |
| | He plays on the offensive line, and protects the quarterback. |
| line n | (actor: text to speak) | replică s.f. |
| | She kept forgetting the line she was supposed to say before her exit. |
| line n | (railway: track) | șină s.f. |
| | A fallen tree on the line has delayed trains running between London and Manchester. |
| lines npl | (actor's words) | replici s.f.pl. |
| | The actor lost his job because he couldn't remember his lines in the movie. |
| line vi | (take position) | a sta la coadă, a se așeza la rând expr. |
| | Please line up here and we will see you one at a time. |
| line [sth]⇒ vtr | (baseball: hit a line drive) (baseball) | a lovi pe linie expr.vb. |
| | He lined the ball to center field and got to first base. |
| line [sth] vtr | (mark with lines) | a linia vb.tranz. |
| | The teacher told the pupils to line their blank sheets of paper before writing on them. |
| | Profesoara le-a spus elevilor să-și linieze foile goale înainte de a scrie pe ele. |
| line [sth] vtr | (be lining) | a căptuși, a dubla vb.tranz. |
| | The paper lined the sides of the box. |
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| assembly line n | (factory system, production line) (în fabrică) | bandă de montaj, linie de asamblare s.f. |
| | He had worked on the assembly line all his life. |
baseline,
base line n | (standard, guideline) | linie de bază s.f. |
| | | nivel de referință s.n. |
| | | reper s.n. |
| | These sales figures will be used as the baseline for the company's success in future years. |
baseline,
base line n | (baseball: line between bases) | baseline s.f. |
| | (baseball) | linie care unește două baze adiacente s.f. |
baseline,
base line n | (tennis court marking) | linie de fund s.f. |
| | The player serves from just behind the baseline. |
borderline,
border line n | (line marking a boundary) | frontieră s.f. |
| | They crossed the borderline into Canada around sunset. |
borderline,
border line n | figurative (line dividing two things) (figurativ) | limită, graniță s.f. |
| | The borderline between optimism and idealism is a hard one to draw. |
| the bottom line n | figurative, informal (crucial fact) | factor decisiv s.m. |
| | | idee de bază s.f. |
| | The bottom line is you cannot be late for work anymore. |
| bottom line n | informal, figurative (business: profit or loss) | prag de rentabilitate expr. |
| | | punct critic, punct de echilibru expr. |
| | We will go bankrupt if we have another year with these bottom line results. |
| boundary line n | (border) | graniță / frontieră s.f. |
| | The boundary line between Delaware and Pennsylvania is an arc 12 miles from the Newcastle County Courthouse. |
| boundary line n | (line that indicates a border) | linie de demarcare s.f. |
| | | hotar s.n. |
| | | delimitare s.f. |
| | My sister and I used tape on the floor to mark the boundary line between her side and my side of the room we shared. |
breadline,
bread line n | (queue for charity handouts) (în expresia: to be on the breadline) | a trăi de pe o zi pe alta |
| | Dozens of hungry people, many of them homeless, were waiting in the breadline. |
| bus line n | (company that runs buses) | companie de autobuze s.f. |
| | The bus line operates 15 buses and employs 18 drivers. |
bus line (US),
bus route (UK) n | (itinerary of a city bus) | linie de autobuz s.f. |
| | | traseu s.n. |
| | This bus line goes past the hospital and the railway station. The bus route was changed due to road construction. |
byline,
by-line n | (journalism: line with author's name) (în presa scrisă) | legendă s.f. |
| | | semnătură s.f. |
| | The news site has spelt this journalist's name wrong in the byline. |
color line (US),
colour line (UK),
color bar (US),
colour bar (UK) n | (separation by skin color) | discriminare rasială s.f. |
| | | segregare rasială s.f. |
| | | barieră de culoare s.f. |
cut in line (US),
jump the queue (UK) v expr | informal (go in front of others waiting) | a se băga în față, a sări peste rând expr. |
| | I get annoyed when people cut in line in front of me. |
| dateline n | (news: line telling date and place of origin) | data și locul de origine expr. |
| direct line n | (immediate access by phone) | linie directă s.f. |
| | The vice president has a direct line to the president. |
| dividing line n | figurative (distinction) | linie despărțitoare |
| | The dividing line between genius and madness is thin indeed. |
| dotted line n | (line of dots on a document) | linie punctată s.f. |
| | My name is too long to fit on the dotted line. |
down the line,
further down the line expr | figurative, informal (in the future) | pe viitor loc.adv. |
| down the line expr | (to the next person or people) (coadă) | la următorul, la următorii loc.adv. |
draw the line at [sth],
draw the line at doing [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (set a limit or restriction) | a trage linie |
| | I went out for a few beers, but I drew the line at doing shots. |
| drop a line vi | informal (send a message, make contact) | a trimite un mesaj loc.vb. |
| | I should drop a line to my brother because I haven't written him in a long time. |
| end line n | (American football: field marking) | linie de fund a terenului s.f. |
| | | marcaj de terminare a terenului s.n. |
| | The end line is located at the back of each end zone. |
| fault line n | (geology: crack in the earth) | crăpătură s.f. |
| | Built on a fault line, the city of Ephesus was destroyed by earthquakes. |
| fine line n | figurative (little distinction) | diferență subtilă s.f. |
| | Sometimes there's a fine line between ironic wit and plain nastiness. |
finish line,
finishing line n | (race: end point) | linia de sosire s.f. |
| | Only twelve runners crossed the finishing line. |
firebreak,
fire line n | US (prevents spread of fire) | zonă care împiedică extinderea incendiului s.f. |
| firing line n | (military: positions for firing) | linie de tragere s.f. |
| | The soldier stepped up to the firing line, took aim and fired. |
| firing line n | figurative (most vulnerable positions) | prima linie s.f. |
| | (figurativ) | cal de bătaie s.m. |
| | When things went wrong, Fred's secretary was always in the firing line. |
| fishing line n | (cord used to catch fish) (pentru undiță) | gută s.f. |
| | The bass was so huge it broke my fishing line and got away. |
| form into line v expr | (military: line up) | a se alinia vb.reflex. |
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. |
| foul line n | (on baseball field) | margine a terenului s.f. |
front line,
frontline n | sometimes plural (battlefront in a war) | linia întâi s.f. |
| | The soldiers' legs trembled when they heard they would be sent to the front line. |
| | For many years, female soldiers were not allowed on the front lines. |
front line,
frontline n | figurative (forefront of a field of endeavor) | linia întâi s.f. |
| | | avangardă s.f. |
| | | vârf s.n. |
| | The researchers at this university are on the frontline of medical research. |
front-line,
frontline n as adj | (at the battlefront) (pe front) | linia întâi s.f. |
front-line,
frontline n as adj | figurative (leading) | linia întâi s.f. |
get in line,
get into line v expr | (join a queue) | a sta la coadă, a sta la rând loc.vb. |
| | We all got in line for the roller-coaster. |
| get in line v expr | figurative (wait your turn) | a aștepta să-i vină rândul loc.vb. |
| | | a sta la coadă loc.vb. |
| | You want to take your revenge on him? You'll have to get in line! |
go online,
go on-line vi + adv | (connect to internet) | a se conecta la internet expr.vb. |
| | (informal) | a fi online expr.vb. |
| goal line n | (sport: front boundary of a goal) | linia porții s.f. |
| | The referee stood close to the goal line. |
hardline,
hard-line n as adj | (staunch, uncompromising) | inflexibil adj. |
| | | ferm adj. |
| | | de neclintit loc.adj. |
helpline,
help-line n | (phone service offering support) | linie telefonică de asistență s.f. |
| | If you are unsatisfied with this product, please call our helpline, open 24 hours a day. |
| hold the line v expr | (on phone: wait) (la telefon) | a aștepta vb.tranz. |
| | | a rămâne pe linie expr.vb. |
| | Please hold the line while we try to connect you. |
| hold the line v expr | figurative (keep things as they are) | a menține lucrurile așa cum sunt expr.vb. |
hook,
line and sinker expr | figurative, informal (completely) | Fără să clipească expr. |
| | | Ca popa expr. |
| | "Did your mother fall for your excuse?" "Yes! Hook, line and sinker!" |
| horizontal line n | (line: across) | linie orizontală s.f. |
| | He drew a horizontal line from left to right across the paper. |
hotline,
hot line,
hot-line n | (direct phone connection) | linie telefonică directă s.f. |
| | The company runs a free hotline for customers to call at any time, day or night. |
hotline,
hot line,
hot-line n | (phone service: personal problems) | linie telefonică de asistență s.f. |
| | My neighbor answers calls on a suicide hotline. |
hotline,
hot line,
hot-line n | (between government heads) | linie telefonică directă s.f. |
| | | telefon roșu expr. |
| | The president got on the hotline to Moscow to discuss several emergency measures. |
| in a direct line adv | (straight) | în linie dreaptă loc.adv. |
| in a straight line adv | (directly) | în linie dreaptă loc.adv. |
| | I walked home in a straight line, avoiding all the pubs I usually stop at. |
| in line adv | figurative (under control) | sub control loc.adv. |
| Notă: A hyphen or single-word form is used when the term is a noun or a modifier. |
| | It's hard work keeping a class of 5-year olds in line. |
| | The team members were unruly, but the new coach soon got them in line. |
inline,
in-line adj | (skates) | liniar adj. |
| | | în linie loc.adj |
| | Inline roller skates are good for skating outdoors. |
| in line with [sth] expr | figurative (corresponding to) | a corespunde vb.intranz. |
| | (standardelor etc.) | a se alinia vb.reflex. |
| | Our operating procedures are in line with state requirements. |
| | Make sure the system is set up in line with safety guidelines. |
| be in line for [sth] v expr | (be expected successor) (succesor) | pe linie expr. |
| be in line to do [sth] v expr | (be expected to be next) | a fi următorul expr. |
landline,
land line n | (wire-connected phone line) | telefonie fixă s.f. |
| | If I don't answer my mobile, call my landline. |
| lay it on the line v expr | figurative, informal (speak frankly) | a spune fără menajamente expr.vb. |
| | | a vorbi pe șleau, a spune verde în față expr.vb. |
| | The CEO laid it on the line: "The business needs to reform or it will face dire consequences." |
ledger line,
leger line n | (music: line above or below staff) (extensie a portativului) | linie suplimentară s.f. |
| lifeline n | (rope used in sea rescues) | frânghie de salvare s.f. |
| | The ship's captain threw a lifeline to the passenger who had fallen overboard. |
| lifeline n | figurative (means or source of support) | ancoră de salvare s.f. |
| | This road is the town's lifeline and must be kept open despite the snow. |
| life line n | (palmistry: line on hand) | linia vieții s.f. |
| | The life line is the most important line on your hand. |
| line drawing n | (unshaded drawing done with linear marks) | crochiu s.n. |
| | | desen din linii s.n. |
| | Now that you've mastered line drawing you need to start using shade. |
| | When doing a painting it's a good idea to do a quick line drawing first. |
| line manager n | (immediate supervisor) | superior ierarhic s.m. |
| | | șef direct s.m. |
| | Chris will be your line manager on this project. |
| line of business n | (profession, trade: field) | sector de activitate, domeniu de activitate s.n. |
| | In his line of business it is customary to pay in cash only. |
| | The company is going to eliminate the two lines of business that are not performing well. |
| line of credit n | (customer's maximum credit) | linie de credit s.f. |
| | I have a thousand dollar line of credit with that store, so I will buy a new sofa today. |
| | I opened a line of credit at the bank to use in case of emergencies. |
| line of fire n | (path of a bullet) | bătaia puștii s.f. |
| | They are sending that soldier forward in the battle, where he will be in the direct line of fire. |
| line of fire n | figurative (vulnerable position) | bătaia puștii s.f. |
| | | poziție vulnerabilă s.f. |
| | The president of the company is in the line of fire of shareholders' crticisms. |
| line of sight n | (straight line of view) | câmp vizual s.n. |
| | He bent over to stay out of his pursuer's line of sight. |
| line of succession n | (order in which people succeed to vacated office) | succesiune s.f. |
| | Generally, the oldest prince is first in the line of succession for the throne. |
| | The vice-president is highest in the line of succession for the office of president. |
| line of vision n | (line from eye to focal point) | linia privirii s.f. |
| | The car came from outside my line of vision and crashed into the side of our car. |
| line of work n | (profession, trade: field) | profesie, meserie s.f. |
| | | domeniu s.n. |
| | Police officers regularly have to deal with danger in their line of work. |
| line up vtr | (align) | a alinia vb.tranz. |
| | Please line up the pictures on the wall so they are all straight. |
line [sth] up with [sth],
line up [sth] with [sth] v expr | (align) | a alinia vb.tranz. |
| | When using the cutter, line your paper up with the guideline. |
| line up vtr | (book or engage beforehand) | a rezerva vb.tranz. |
| | I lined up all our reservations before departing. |
| liner n | colloquial (baseball hit) (lovitură la baseball) | liner s.n. |
| | The batter hit a liner in the second inning. |
lineup,
line-up n | (suspects: identity parade) | aliniere s.f. |
| | The store owner identified his assailant in a police lineup. |
lineup,
line-up n | (acts billed for a show) (concert) | nume pe afiș s.n.pl. |
| | (festival etc.) | program s.n. |
| | There is a great line-up for this year's festival, including many famous stars. |
lineup,
line-up n | (schedule of events) | program s.n. |
| | The festival's lineup will be published this week. |
lineup,
line-up n | (sport: participants) | aliniere s.f. |
| | The fans objected to the team's lineup; it was missing the best player! |
log line,
log-line,
logline n | (nautical: rope) | frânghie s.f. |
| | | parâmă s.f. |
| | | odgon s.n. |
| Maginot line n | historical (French fortifications against Germany) | linia Maginot s.f. |
| | The Fortress Schoenenbourg is the largest fortification of the Maginot Line open to the public in Alsace. |
| Mason-Dixon Line n | historical (US north-south division) | granița Mason-Dixon s.f. |
| | Escaped slaves from the southern US frequently fled north over the Mason-Dixon Line in their quest for freedom. |
| next in line n | (person: front of queue) | persoana următoare s.f. |
| | The immigration officer called for the next in line to step forward. |
| next in line n | figurative (expected successor: to [sth]) | succesor, urmaș s.m. |
| | | moștenitor s.m. |
| | Prince Charles is next in line to the throne. |
offline,
off-line adv | (computing: while not connected) | offline adv. |
| | | neconectat la internet loc.adv. |
| | I was chatting to Harry when he suddenly went offline. |
offline,
off-line adj | (computing: not connected) | offline adj. |
| | | care nu este conectat la internet loc.adj. |
| | When I work, I have no use for an offline computer. |
offline processing,
off-line processing n | (computing: not done on internet) | procesare offline s.f. |
| | We have to do some off-line processing before we can publish the answer online. |
| be on the line v expr | figurative, informal (be at risk) | a fi în joc expr.vb. |
| | Steven is anxious because if the company makes a loss this year, his job is on the line. |
online,
on-line adv | (connected to internet) | conectat adv. |
| Notă: 'on-line' is dated |
| | More and more people are starting to shop online. |
online,
on-line adj | (connected to internet) | conectat adj. |
| | | online adj. |
| | Sharon downloaded the album so that she wouldn't have to be online to listen to it. |
online,
on-line adj | (found on the internet) | de pe internet loc.adv. |
| | | online adj. |
| | You can try the online support. |
| out of line adj | figurative, informal (comment: unacceptable) | inacceptabil adj. |