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  • 1 ripping good story

    lielisks stāsts

    English-Latvian dictionary > ripping good story

  • 2 story

    I ['sto:ri] plural - stories; noun
    1) (an account of an event, or series of events, real or imaginary: the story of the disaster; the story of his life; He went to the police with his story; What sort of stories do boys aged 10 like?; adventure/murder/love stories; a story-book; He's a good story-teller.) stāsts; stāstījums
    2) ((used especially to children) a lie: Don't tell stories!) blēņas; pasakas; nieki
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    - a tall story II see storey
    * * *
    stāsts; stāstījums; fabula, sižets; meli; laikraksta materiāls

    English-Latvian dictionary > story

  • 3 good for

    1) (certain to last: These houses are good for another hundred years at least.) noteikti []
    2) (certain to pay (a sum of money): He's good for $50.) noteikti []
    3) (certain to cause: That story is always good for a laugh.) noteikti []

    English-Latvian dictionary > good for

  • 4 tell

    [tel]
    1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) []stāstīt; []teikt
    2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) likt; teikt
    3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) stāstīt; teikt
    4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) atšķirt; noteikt
    5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) atklāt noslēpumu; izpļāpāt
    6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) izpausties; atklāties
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    - telling
    - tellingly
    - telltale
    - I told you so
    - tell off
    - tell on
    - tell tales
    - tell the time
    - there's no telling
    - you never can tell
    * * *
    stāstīt; sacīt, teikt; likt, pavēlēt; izšķirt, atšķirt; izcelties; norādīt; atsaukties, ietekmēt; nosūdzēt; saskaitīt; skaitīt

    English-Latvian dictionary > tell

  • 5 figure

    ['fiɡə, ]( American[) 'fiɡjər] 1. noun
    1) (the form or shape of a person: A mysterious figure came towards me; That girl has got a good figure.) figūra; augums
    2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) (ģeometriska) figūra
    3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) cipars
    4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) zīmējums; diagramma
    2. verb
    1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) figurēt, parādīties
    2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) aprēķināt; iedomāties
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    - figuratively
    - figurehead
    - figure of speech
    - figure out
    * * *
    augums, figūra; personība; statuja, portrets, attēls; ilustrācija, zīmējums, diagramma; cipars; aritmētika; figūra, ķermenis; retoriska figūra, trops; figūra, solis; raksts; cena; attēlot; iztēloties, iedomāties; figurēt; apzīmēt ar cipariem; aprēķināt; izrotāt ar rakstiem

    English-Latvian dictionary > figure

  • 6 moral

    ['morəl] 1. adjective
    (of, or relating to, character or behaviour especially right behaviour: high moral standards; He leads a very moral (= good) life.) morāls; ētisks
    2. noun
    (the lesson to be learned from something that happens, or from a story: The moral of this story is that crime doesn't pay.) morāle; pamācība
    - morality
    - morals
    * * *
    morāle, pamācība; tikumība, tikumi; morāls; tikumisks, ētisks

    English-Latvian dictionary > moral

  • 7 discredit

    [dis'kredit] 1. noun
    ((something that causes) loss of good reputation.) neslava; negods
    2. verb
    1) (to show (a story etc) to be false.) apšaubīt
    2) (to disgrace.) diskreditēt, celt neslavu
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    - discreditably
    * * *
    neslava, negods; neticība, šaubas; kredīta atņemšana; diskreditēt, celt neslavu; apšaubīt

    English-Latvian dictionary > discredit

  • 8 fantastic

    [fæn'tæstik]
    1) (unbelievable and like a fantasy: She told me some fantastic story about her father being a Grand Duke!) fantastisks
    2) (wonderful; very good: You look fantastic!) lielisks; brīnišķīgs
    * * *
    fantastisks; brīnišķīgs, lielisks

    English-Latvian dictionary > fantastic

  • 9 like

    I 1. adjective
    (the same or similar: They're as like as two peas.) līdzīgs
    2. preposition
    (the same as or similar to; in the same or a similar way as: He climbs like a cat; She is like her mother.) līdzīgs; kā
    3. noun
    (someone or something which is the same or as good etc as another: You won't see his like / their like again.) kaut kas līdzīgs
    4. conjunction
    ((especially American) in the same or a similar way as: No-one does it like he does.) tāpat; līdzīgi
    - likelihood
    - liken
    - likeness
    - likewise
    - like-minded
    - a likely story!
    - as likely as not
    - be like someone
    - feel like
    - he is likely to
    - look like
    - not likely!     II verb
    1) (to be pleased with; to find pleasant or agreeable: I like him very much; I like the way you've decorated this room.) patikt
    2) (to enjoy: I like gardening.) patikt
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    - likable
    - liking
    - should/would like
    - take a liking to
    * * *
    kaut kas līdzīgs; patikt; vēlēties, gribēt; līdzīgs; līdzīgi, tāpat

    English-Latvian dictionary > like

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