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press corps
air force
force
cattle (=vite)
police force
poultry/fowl (=psri de curte)
labour/work force
vermin (=peste, duntori)
Most collective nouns are countables and they usually collocate with certain
words.
My family gather very often at my grandparents.
Many families live on meagre food.
1. Human groups.
group = grup, grup, categorie
age group = categorie de vrst
drama group = cerc de teatru
discussion group
therapy group
crowd = mulime
The crowd were cheering and applauding heartily.
mob = gloat, mulime dezorganizat i violent
the Mob (AmE) = Mafia
mass = mas, grup compact
class = clas (social, de elevi, categorie)
a class of people/students
party = grup; partid
Our party left early.
The party have unanimously decided on the new leader.
company = companie; cei de fa
set = grup, gac
body = grup compact
assembly = adunare
The General Assembly have voted against the merger.
council = consiliu (al unei localiti)
board = consiliu de administraie
a board of directors
community = comunitate
commission = comisie, comitet
committee = comitet
panel = comisie special
a panel of experts
jury = 1. juriu (la un concurs)
2. cei 12 jurai (la un proces, n sistemul juridic american)
crew = echipaj
a crew of sailors/airmen
staff = personal, angajai
teaching staff
medical staff
general staff
personnel = personal, angajai
management = conducere (executiv)
leadership = conducere (a statului/a unui partid/ a unei organizaii)
(trade) union = sindicat
guild = ghild, breasl
government = guvern
cabinet = cabinet, guvern
senate = senat
house = camer (legislativ)
the House of Representatives (US)
the House of Commons (GB)
electoral body/electorate = electorat
tribe = trib
clan = clan
audience = public, auditoriu
breed = ras
family = familie
household = ai casei
order = ordin (monahal)
an order of monks/friars/nuns
sect = sect
congregation = totalitatea credincioilor adunai la slujba religioas
la un moment dat
parish = parohie
circle = cerc (de persoane)
inner circle = cerc de iniai
clique = clic
team = echip (de muncitori), brigad; echip (sportiv)
a team of workers/players
brotherhood/fraternity = frie, fraternitate
sisterhood/sorority = sororitate (asociaie de femei/fete)
troupe = trup
a troupe of ballet dancers/actors
cast [k a: s t] = distribuie, actorii dintr-o pies/film
a cast of actors
an anthology of poems/poetry/verse/stories
a sum/amount of money
a hoard/pile/pot/stack/heap of money = o grmad de bani
a bundle of clothes/sticks/newspapers/books = o legtur de
a bale of hay/straw = un ballot de fn/paie
a sheaf of cornstalks/papers = un mnunchi de
a series/chain/succession/sequence of events
a range/chain of mountains = un lan de muni
a chain of circumstances/supermarkets/stores/ideas/disasters
a series of good//bad harvests/programmes/episodes/stamps/coins/
accidents
a range of tools/dresses/foods/colours/interests/hobbies = o
gam/varietate de
a succession of bad//wet days/defeats/wins/victories
a train/chain of thoughts = un ir de gnduri
a suite of furniture/rooms
a variety of .....
a multitude of .....
a diversity of .....
an amalgam of .....
a scale of values
a grove/clump of trees = un crng/ plc de copaci
a row of books/houses/desks/seats
a group of houses/languages/objects
a family of languages
a set of china/crockery/pottery/cutlery/glasses/knives
a fleet/convoy of ships
a pack of cards
a string of beads/pearls = un irag de mrgele/perle
a string of lakes/wins/defeats/curses = un ir de
Some of these nouns are used figuratively:
a pack of lies = o grmad de minciuni
a host of reasons = un numr de motive
a bundle of nerves = un pachet de nervi