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| age-old | adj | (ancient) | vechi, străvechi adj. |
| Hiram Bingham was the first outsider to view the age-old buildings of Machu Pichu. |
| age-old | adj | (long-standing) | traducere nedisponibilă |
| I'll give you some age-old advice: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be". |
| an old hand at | n | informal (experienced in: an activity) | a avea mână la (ceva) expr. |
| You'll do well to follow his advice; he's an old hand at this business. |
| The grandmother is an old hand at comforting a crying baby. |
| chip off the old block | n | informal (sb who behaves like his or her parent) | traducere nedisponibilă |
| He'll be a womanizer just like his father; he's a chip off the old block. |
| days of old | npl | literary (ancient times) | timpurile străvechi s.n.pl. |
| Knights would fight dragons in days of old. |
| dirty old man | | | boşorog vulgar |
| fifty year old | | | cincizeci de ani |
| get old | vi | informal (age, grow elderly) | a îmbătrâni vb.intranz. |
| You catch colds a lot easier when you get old. |
| good old days | | | vremurile bune de altădată s.f.pl. |
| good old times | npl | informal (nostalgic term for the past) | vremurile bune de altădată s.f.pl. |
| My grandparents often talk about the good old times when they were young. |
| grow old | | | a îmbătrâni vb.intranz. |
| he is still his same old self | | | a rămas neschimbat |
| in the good old days | | | pe vremuri, pe vremurile bune |
| of old | adj | (belonging to the ancient past) | din vechime loc.adj. |
| In days of old, people believed that spirits inhabited plants and animals. |
| old | adj | (not new) obiecte | vechi adj. |
| | | uzat adj. |
| You can borrow my camera, but it's rather old. |
| Poţi să împrumuţi camera mea, dar e cam veche. |
| Poţi să împrumuţi camera mea, dar e cam uzată. |
| old | adj | (elderly) persoane | bătrân adj. |
| | | în vârstă loc.adj. |
| She's getting very old. |
| Părea din ce în ce mai bătrână. |
| * Te aşteaptă un domn în vârstă, cred că e bunicul tău. |
| old | adj | (of age) precedat de prep. "la" | vârstă s.f. |
| How old do you have to be to drive? |
| La ce vârstă poţi să conduci maşina? |
| old | adj | (of a given age) urmat de prep. "de" | vârstă s.f. |
| I'll be twenty-two years old tomorrow. |
| * A plecat din ţară când avea vârsta de zece ani. |
| old age | n | (latter stages of adulthood) | vârstă înaintată s.f. |
| People often become forgetful in their old age. |
| old as the hills | adj | informal (very old, ancient) | vechi de când lumea expr. |
| That legend is as old as the hills. |
| old as time | adj | (very ancient) | vechi de când lumea adj. |
| The natives claimed that the spirits there were as old as time. |
| old bag | n | slang, pejorative (ugly or unappealing woman) | hoaşcă s.f. |
| Shut up, you old bag! |
| old cast-offs | | | vechituri s.f.pl. |
| old chap | | | tip s.m. |
| old days | npl | (a past era) | vremurile de demult s.f.pl. |
| Nursing home patients like to reminisce about the old days. |
| In the old days, there were no colour televisions. |
| old enough | adj | (of sufficient age) | destul de matur adj. |
| You're only 15, you're not old enough to have your own credit card! |
| old fashioned, old-fashioned | adj | (outmoded) | demodat adj. |
| | | de modă veche adj. |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| old fogey | n | slang, pejorative (old-fashioned person) | zaharisit s.m. |
| You look like such an old fogey when you wear that bow tie. |
| old geezer | | | moş s.m. |
| old hand | | | veteran s.m. |
| old lady | n | (elderly woman) | femeie bătrână s.f. |
| Jim helped the old lady carry her heavy shopping bags home. |
| old lady | n | slang, dated (girlfriend, wife) | cucoană s.f. |
| My old lady will get upset if I go to the pub again tonight. |
| old maid | | | fată bătrână loc.subst. |
| old man | n | (elderly male) | om în vârstă s.m. |
| The old man was slow to cross the street. |
| old man | n | slang, dated (boyfriend, husband) soț, iubit | om s.m. |
| My old man is still at work. |
| old master | | | mare maestru s.m. |
| old people | npl | (the elderly) | bătrâni s.m.pl. |
| old person | n | (senior citizen, elderly individual) | persoană în vârstă s.f. |
| She was rather spry for an old person. |
| old salt | n | slang (sailor) | marinar s.m. |
| The old salt staggered from the inn back to his ship. |
| old school | | | învechit adj. |
| old style, old-style | n | (old-fashioned design) | stil vechi s.n. |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| Suspenders and bowties are so old style. |
| old times | npl | (a past era) | vremurile de demult s.f.pl. |
| In old times, doctors bled their patients in the belief that they were curing them. |
| old times | npl | (shared past) | vremurile de demult s.f.pl. |
| Do you remember the good old times when we were young and full of life? |
| old wives' tale | | | poveşti, superstiţii s.f.pl. |
| old woman | n | (elderly lady) | femeie în vârstă s.f. |
| Every day I see the same little old woman sitting on that park bench feeding pigeons. |
| ripe old age | | | vârstă avansată s.f. |
| | | vârstă înaintată s.f. |
| too old | adj | (not young enough) | prea bătrân adj. |
| Most people in their 40's are too old to play rough sports. |
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