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| borer n | (insect, mollusk: bores into wood) | car s.m. |
| | | insectă sau moluscă care roade lemnul s.f. |
| chafe sb/sth vtr | (fabric, etc.: rub painfully) | a freca, a roade vb.tranz. |
| | These socks chafe my ankles. |
| chew sth vtr | (bite) | a roade, a ronțăi vb.reflex. |
| | Full of anxiety, Sarah chewed her nails while she waited. |
| | Fiind anxioasă, Sarah și-a ros unghiile, în timp ce aștepta. |
| corrode vtr | literal (eat away, destroy) | a coroda vb.tranz. |
| | | a roade vb.tranz. |
| | | a măcina vb.tranz. |
| eat away vtr | (gnaw at, erode) | a roade vb.tranz. |
| | The chalk cliffs are being eaten away slowly by the action of the sea. |
| eat away at sb/sth vtr phrasal insep | informal, figurative (worry) | a măcina, a frământa vb.tranz. |
| | | a roade, a devora vb.tranz. |
| | Raskolnikov's crime ate away at his peace of mind and, ultimately, his soul. |
| eat into sth vtr phrasal insep | figurative (use or consume part of) | a roade vb.tranz. |
| | Increasing costs are eating into the company's profits. |
eat sth up,
eat up sth vtr phrasal sep | figurative (consume in great quantities) | a devora vb.tranz. |
| | | a roade de tot vb.tranz. |
| | | a epuiza vb.tranz. |
| | That new printer eats up our paper supplies at an alarming rate. |
| erode vtr | (wear away slowly) | a eroda vb.tranz. |
| | | a roade vb.tranz. |
| erode vi | (be worn away slowly) | a se eroda vb.reflex. |
| | | a se roade vb.reflex. |
| | The gravestone had eroded and could not longer be read. |
| erosive adj | (that erodes) | eroziv adj. |
| | | care roade / mănâncă loc.adj. |
| fester vi | figurative (emotion: cause resentment) | a măcina vb.tranz. |
| | | a roade vb.tranz. |
| | | a chinui vb.tranz. |
| | Jane's resentment of her brother festered for so long that she no longer speaks to him. |
| gall vtr | (bother, irritate) | a roade vb.tranz. |
| | | a irita vb.tranz. |
| get sth vtr | informal (ruin, destroy) | a distruge, a strica vb.tranz. |
| | (rugină) | a roade vb.tranz. |
| | Rust got my car. |
| | Rugina mi-a distrus mașina. |
| | Rugina mi-a ros mașina. |
| gnaw vi | (chew) | a roade vb.tranz. |
| | | a mușca din vb.intranz. |
| | The dogs, satisfied with their bones, gnawed contentedly in the corner. |
| gnaw on sth vi + prep | (chew) | a roade vb.tranz. |
| | The dog gnawed on a bone. |
| gnaw vi | figurative (worry, trouble) | a frământa vb.intranz. |
| | | a chinui vb.intranz. |
| | | a roade vb.intranz. |
| mouth sth vtr | (chew) | a roade, a ronțăi vb.tranz. |
| | | a molfăi vb.tranz. |
| | The dog mouthed the ball. |
| | Câinele rodea mingea. |
| pay off vi phrasal | informal (have good consequences) | a da roade loc.vb. |
| | | a merita vb.intranz. |
| | Hard work and careful planning always pay off. |