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Medicine:
To scan- to get an image of an object, a part of somebody’s body, etc. on a computer by passing X-rays,
ultrasound waves or electromagnetic waves over it in a special machine/ a scana
Scan - a medical test in which a machine produces a picture of the inside of a person’s body, or a baby
inside its mother's body, on a computer screen/ scanare
Faint, adj- feeling weak and tired and likely to become unconscious/ slabit/lesinat
To faint- to become unconscious when not enough blood is going to your brain, usually because of the
heat, a shock, etc./ a-si pierde cunostinta / a-si pierde curajul
Hurt- a feeling of unhappiness because somebody has been unkind or unfair to you/ durere
Pale, adj- having skin that is very light in colour; having skin that has less colour than usual because of
illness, a strong emotion, etc./ palid
To relapse- to go back into a previous condition or into a worse state after making an improvement/ a
recadea, a recidiva
To shiver- to shake slightly because you are cold, frightened, excited, etc./ a tremura, a se infiora
Shiver,n- a sudden shaking movement of your body because you are cold, frightened, excited, etc/ fior,
frison
Sore,adj- if a part of your body is sore, it is painful, and often red, especially because of infection or
because a muscle has been used too much/ inflamat
Sore,n- a painful, often red, place on your body where there is a wound or an infection/rană, inflamație
Upset,n- an illness in the stomach that makes you feel sick (= want to vomit) or have diarrhoea
Upset,adj- an upset stomach an illness in the stomach that makes you feel sick (= want to vomit) or have
diarrhea/usor bolnav, deranjat
Bid,n- an offer by a person or a company to pay a particular amount of money for something/ oferta
To bid- to offer to pay a particular price for something, especially at an auction/ a oferi un pret
To order- to ask for goods to be made or supplied; to ask for a service to be provided/ a face o comanda
Bargain,n- a thing bought for less than the usual price/ profit
To bargain- to discuss prices, conditions, etc. with somebody in order to reach an agreement that is
acceptable/ a negocia
Discount,n- an amount of money that is taken off the usual cost of something/ reducere
To discount- to take an amount of money off the usual cost of something; to sell something at a
discount/ a reduce
To queue- to wait in a line of people, vehicles, etc. in order to do something, get something or go
somewhere/ a sta la coada
Shop,n- a building or part of a building where you can buy goods or services/magazin
Store,n- a large shop that sells many different types of goods/ deposit, magazin
To store- to put something somewhere and keep it there to use later,a stoca, a depozita
Company- a business organization that makes money by producing or selling goods or services
business
a group of people who work or perform together- theatre,dance
Depression- a medical condition in which a person feels very sad and anxious and often has physical
symptoms such as being unable to sleep, etc.
a period when there is little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs- money, social
issues
a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing rain- weather
Deposit- a sum of money that is given as the first part of a larger payment
a sum of money that is paid by somebody when they rent something and that is returned to them if they
do not lose or damage the thing they are renting- houses and homes
a layer of a substance that has been left somewhere, especially by a river, flood, etc., or is found at the
bottom of a liquid-geography
the people who work or are available for work in a country or company
Junk food- food that is quick and easy to prepare and eat but that is thought to be bad for your health
Bird flu- a serious illness that affects birds, especially chickens, that can be spread from birds to humans
and that can cause death
Hiv-positive-
Baby blues- a depressed feeling that some women get after the birth of a baby
Clean-living- living a healthy life, by not drinking alcohol, not having sex with a lot of different people,
etc.
-army
Mustard gas- a poisonous gas that burns the skin, used in chemical weapons, for example during the
First World War
Nerve gas- a poisonous gas used in war that attacks your central nervous system
Olive branch- a symbol of peace; something you say or do to show that you wish to make peace with
somebody
A dress uniform- a uniform that army, navy, etc. officers wear for formal occasions and ceremonies
Arms race- a situation in which countries compete to get the most and best weapons
An ammunition dump-
-other
Global village- the whole world, looked at as a single community that is connected by electronic
communication systems
Green card- a document that legally allows somebody from another country to live and work in the US
Colour-blind- treating people with different coloured skin in exactly the same way
Flash memory- computer memory that does not lose data when the power supply is lost
Spreadsheet - a computer program that is used, for example, when doing financial or project planning.
You enter data in rows and columns and the program calculates costs, etc. from it. The individual
documents are also called spreadsheets.
Hotline- a special phone line that people can use in order to get information or to talk about something