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a straight fight

  • 1 straight fight

    godīga cīņa; priekšvēlēšanu kampaņa, kurā piedalās tikai divi kandidāti

    English-Latvian dictionary > straight fight

  • 2 a straight fight

    (an election contest involving only two candidates.) vēlēšanu kandidātu divcīņa

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  • 3 straight

    [streit] 1. adjective
    1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) taisns
    2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) godīgs; tiešs; atklāts
    3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) pareizs; taisns
    4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) tīrs; sakārtots; precīzs
    5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) tīrs; neatšķaidīts
    6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) nopietns
    7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) (par aktieri, lugu) parasts; klasisks
    2. adverb
    1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) taisni
    2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) taisni; tieši; nekavējoties
    3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) godīgi; atklāti
    3. noun
    (the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) taisne
    - straightness
    - straightforward
    - straightforwardly
    - straightforwardness
    - straight talking
    - go straight
    - straight away
    - straighten out/up
    - a straight fight
    - straight off
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    taisns stāvoklis; taisna līnija; finiša taisne; taisns; kārtīgs; godīgs; normāls, pareizs; ticams, drošs; neatšķaidīts; gabal; nopietns; uzticīgs; noteikta žanra; taisni; tieši; godīgi

    English-Latvian dictionary > straight

  • 4 line

    I 1. noun
    1) ((a piece of) thread, cord, rope etc: She hung the washing on the line; a fishing-rod and line.) aukla; virve
    2) (a long, narrow mark, streak or stripe: She drew straight lines across the page; a dotted/wavy line.) līnija; svītra
    3) (outline or shape especially relating to length or direction: The ship had very graceful lines; A dancer uses a mirror to improve his line.) kontūra; aprise
    4) (a groove on the skin; a wrinkle.) grumba; rieva
    5) (a row or group of objects or persons arranged side by side or one behind the other: The children stood in a line; a line of trees.) rinda; virkne
    6) (a short letter: I'll drop him a line.) (teksta) rinda; īsa vēstulīte
    7) (a series or group of persons which come one after the other especially in the same family: a line of kings.) izcelšanās; raduraksti
    8) (a track or direction: He pointed out the line of the new road; a new line of research.) līnija; virziens; kurss
    9) (the railway or a single track of the railway: Passengers must cross the line by the bridge only.) (dzelzceļa) līnija
    10) (a continuous system (especially of pipes, electrical or telephone cables etc) connecting one place with another: a pipeline; a line of communication; All (telephone) lines are engaged.) (telefona, telegrāfa u.tml.) līnija
    11) (a row of written or printed words: The letter contained only three lines; a poem of sixteen lines.) (teksta) rinda
    12) (a regular service of ships, aircraft etc: a shipping line.) maršruts
    13) (a group or class (of goods for sale) or a field of activity, interest etc: This has been a very popular new line; Computers are not really my line.) nodarbošanās; darbības lauks
    14) (an arrangement of troops, especially when ready to fight: fighting in the front line.) frontes līnija; pozīcijas
    2. verb
    1) (to form lines along: Crowds lined the pavement to see the Queen.) nostādīt/sastāties rindā
    2) (to mark with lines.) vilkt līniju
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    - linear - linesman
    - hard lines!
    - in line for
    - in
    - out of line with
    - line up
    - read between the lines     II verb
    1) (to cover on the inside: She lined the box with newspaper.) []klāt
    2) (to put a lining in: She lined the dress with silk.) []oderēt
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    līnija, svītra; virve, aukla; grumba, rieva; robežlīnija, robeža; aprises, kontūras; līnija; pozīcijas, frontes līnija; aktīvais kājnieku karaspēks, visas aktīvā karaspēka daļas; ierinda; rinda, virkne; ekvators; rinda; kurss, virziens; nostāja, rīcība; darbības lauks, nodarbošanās; raduraksti, izcelšanās; partija; konveijers; vilkt līniju; izoderēt; izklāt; nostādīt rindā; sastāties rindā; piebāzt, piepildīt

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