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1 oneself
1) (used as the object of a verb, the subject of which is one: One should wash oneself every morning.) sev; sevi2) (used in emphasis: One always has to do these things oneself.) pats* * *sev, sevi; pats -
2 help oneself
1) ((with to) to give oneself or take (food etc): Help yourself to another piece of cake; `Can I have a pencil?' `Certainly - help yourself; He helped himself to (= stole) my jewellery.) pasniegt; piedāvāt; paņemt2) ((with cannot, could not) to be able to stop (oneself): I burst out laughing when he told me - I just couldn't help myself.) noturēties -
3 keep oneself to oneself
(to tell others very little about oneself, and not to be very friendly or sociable.) turēties savrup -
4 fend for oneself
(to look after oneself: He is old enough to fend for himself.) gādāt/rūpēties par sevi -
5 lose oneself in
(to have all one's attention taken up by: to lose oneself in a book.) aizrauties ar kaut ko -
6 make oneself at home
(to make oneself as comfortable and relaxed as one would at home: Make yourself at home!) justies kā mājās -
7 pull oneself together
(to control oneself; to regain one's self-control: At first she was terrified, then she pulled herself together.) saņemties -
8 to amuse oneself with something, to amuse oneself by doing something
nodarboties ar kaut koEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to amuse oneself with something, to amuse oneself by doing something
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9 to keep oneself to oneself
turēties savrup; vairīties no sabiedrības -
10 above oneself
pacilātā garastāvoklī; iereibis; iedomīgs -
11 beside oneself
ārkārtīgi satraukts -
12 by oneself
1) (alone: He was standing by himself at the bus-stop.) viens2) (without anyone else's help: He did the job (all) by himself.) viens pats* * *viens pats -
13 confidence in oneself
pašpaļāvība -
14 for oneself
pats sev -
15 quite by oneself
viens pats; pilnīgi patstāvīgi -
16 sure of oneself
pašpārliecināts -
17 to abandon oneself to despair
ļauties izmisumam; krist izmisumā -
18 to abase oneself
pazemoties -
19 to absent oneself from something
neierasties kaut kur; izvairīties no kaut kāEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to absent oneself from something
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20 to acclimatize oneself
aklimatizēties
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oneself — 1540s, one s self. Hyphenated 18c.; written as one word from c.1827, on model of himself, itself, etc … Etymology dictionary
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oneself — [[t]wʌnse̱lf[/t]] (Oneself is a third person singular reflexive pronoun.) 1) PRON REFL A speaker or writer uses oneself as the object of a verb or preposition in a clause where oneself meaning me or any person in general refers to the same person … English dictionary
oneself */ — UK [wʌnˈself] / US pronoun formal Summary: Oneself is a reflexive pronoun, which can be used in the following ways: as an object that refers back to the pronoun one when it is the subject of the sentence: One should be careful not to hurt oneself … English dictionary
oneself — one|self [ wʌn self ] pronoun MAINLY BRITISH FORMAL Oneself is a reflexive pronoun, which can be used in the following ways: as an object that refers back to the pronoun one when it is the subject of the sentence: One should be careful not to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
oneself — /wun self , wunz /, pron. 1. a person s self (used for emphasis or reflexively): One often hurts oneself accidentally. 2. be oneself, a. to be in one s normal state of mind or physical condition. b. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more… … Universalium
oneself, one's self — These expressions may be spelled and pronounced as oneself or one s self (wuhn SELF, wunz SELF). Oneself is generally preferred because it is shorter and easier to spell and pronounce: On this firing range, it is easy to hurt oneself. It s… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions