resort

  • 21resort — RESÓRT1, resoarte, s.n. Sector, domeniu de activitate; p. ext. persoanele care îl reprezintă. ♢ Autoritate de resort = autoritate sub a cărei jurisdicţie intră o problemă şi care are competenţa de a o rezolva. ♢ expr. A fi de resortul cuiva = a… …

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  • 22resort — 01. I m afraid that if you don t give the robbers what they want, they may [resort] to violence. 02. The police claimed they had no choice but to [resort] to using pepper spray to stop the rioters. 03. The U.S. may have to [resort] to recruiting… …

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  • 23resort — [[t]rɪzɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ♦♦♦ resorts, resorting, resorted 1) VERB If you resort to a course of action that you do not really approve of, you adopt it because you cannot see any other way of achieving what you want. [V to n/ ing] His punishing work… …

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  • 24resort */ — I UK [rɪˈzɔː(r)t] / US [rɪˈzɔrt] noun [countable] Word forms resort : singular resort plural resorts a place that many people go to for a holiday a ski/seaside/mountain resort a resort island/town • (as) a last resort used for saying that you… …

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  • 25resort — /rəˈzɔt / (say ruh zawt) noun 1. a place frequented, especially by the public generally: a summer resort. 2. a large hotel with special facilities offered, as sporting activities, health and fitness equipment, gambling, etc. 3. a habitual or… …

  • 26resort — re|sort1 [ rı zɔrt ] noun count * a place that many people go to for a vacation: a ski/seaside/mountain resort a resort island/town (as) a last resort used to say that you will do something only after trying everything else to solve a problem:… …

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  • 27resort to — HAVE RECOURSE TO, fall back on, turn to, make use of, use, employ, avail oneself of; stoop to, descend to, sink to. → resort * * * re ˈsort to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they resort to he/she/it resorts to …

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  • 28Resort — Außenschwimmbecken im Town and Country resort in San Diego …

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  • 29Resort — Re|sort 〈[rizɔ:t] n. 15〉 Urlaubsort, der den Bedürfnissen von Feriengästen entspricht ● WintersportResort [engl.] * * * Re|sọrt [auch: rɪ zɔ:t], das; s, s [engl. resort, eigtl. = Ausweg, Rettung < mengl. resort = Hilfe, Hilfsmittel; Zuflucht …

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  • 30resort — n. & v. n. 1 a place frequented esp. for holidays or for a specified purpose or quality (seaside resort; health resort). 2 a a thing to which one has recourse; an expedient or measure (a taxi was our best resort). b (foll. by to) recourse to; use …

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