A.

Translate into Romanian by using both monolingual and bilingual dictionaries:

a. He tossed her a few dollars. “Here”, he said, “go buy yourself some finery. You look like the
bottle of an old teakettle.
b. A young and impressionable moth once set his heart on a certain star. He told his mother about
this and she counseled him to set his heart on a bridge lamp instead.
c. There was a glint in his eye now. He was determined to get the thing into high on his next
attempt; we had come about half a mile in the lower gears.
d. News of his miracles got around by word of mouth among the poorer classes of town.
e. But he would not let her interfere with his designs, so she flew into a rage and left him.
f. Then he came out for a breath of air before beginning work on a new design.
g. Since he did not possess a streamlined mind, he did not perceive that his little joke had gone
far enough.
h. The Browns had arrived in fairly good spirits to find themselves in a buzzing group of young
students.

“Always in our house one of life’s principal sensual pleasures has been to smell at fresh coffee. I
would go to Sheffield with my mother, to Davey’s provision store; there take a morning coffee at
a low table, and then accompany her round the various counters for brawn, pressed-ham, crisp
golden tubes of sugar fried in fat, and the fresh-ground coffee which came in crackling green bags
tied with thin string. When we got home it was always my job to empty the coffee into our coffee
tin, squeezing the bag until not a grain was left. Then came the savouring as we passed the tin
around, sniffing carefully so as
not to inhale the powder.” (from I Said the Sparrow by Paul West)

B. Translate into English by using both monolingual and bilingual dictionaries:

a. Nu-l mai vazuse atat de dezamagit de multa vreme.

b. Copiii se joaca in gradina in fiecare dupa-amiaza.
c. Uite! Rasare luna!
d. De indata ce am intrat in Predeal, a inceput sa ninga.
e. L-am intalnit acum cateva zile pe cand ma plimbam pe strada.
f. Voi pleca la munte saptamana viitoare.
g. Am terminat deja primul capitol din carte.
h. Ai vazut vreodata nuferi?

„Judecata era de o nedreptate scandaloasa si se vedea ca nu vine decat din rautate. Pascalopol
incerca sa imblanzeasca situatia.
- Cocoana Aglae, azi esti rau dispusa. Domnisoara Otilia canta minunat, e o artista.
Aurica lasa capul in jos, strangandu-si buzele intre dinti.
- Asa esti dumneata, galant, mai arunca Aglae o intepatura. Mai bine mi-ai spune ce sa fac cu Titi,
ca sunt foarte suparata. L-a lasat corigent iar il persecuta fiindca el e timid, nu e indraznet ca altii
a fost si bolnav.
Poate cunosti pe cineva, sa puna o vorba buna la toamna.
- Punem, punem, cum sa nu, se oferi Pascalopol, intotdeauna indatoritor, dar eu zic ca pana
atuncea sa-l prepare cineva, ca sa fim mai siguri.”(George Calinescu, Enigma Otiliei)