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be up someone's street

  • 1 be up someone's street

    (to be exactly suitable for someone: That job is just up your street.) būt tieši kā radīts (kādam)

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  • 2 street

    [stri:t]
    1) (a road with houses, shops etc on one or both sides, in a town or village: the main shopping street; I met her in the street.) iela
    2) ((abbreviated to St when written) used in the names of certain roads: Her address is 4 Shakespeare St.) iela
    - street directory
    - be streets ahead of / better than
    - be up someone's street
    - not to be in the same street as
    * * *
    iela

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  • 3 beg

    [beɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - begged; verb
    1) (to ask (someone) for (money, food etc): The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.) ubagot
    2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) lūgt; lūgties
    2. verb
    (to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) izputināt
    - beg to differ
    * * *
    lūgt, lūgties; ubagot; atļauties

    English-Latvian dictionary > beg

  • 4 fight

    1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb
    1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) kauties; karot
    2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) cīnīties; aizstāvēt (cīņā)
    3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) strīdēties
    2. noun
    1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) kautiņš
    2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) cīņa
    3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) cīņas gars
    4) (a boxing-match.) boksa mačs
    - fight back
    - fight it out
    - fight off
    - fight one's way
    - fight shy of
    - put up a good fight
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    cīņa, kauja; kautiņš; cīņas gars; karot, kauties, cīnīties; izcīnīt; aizstāvēt, atbalstīt; uzrīdīt citu citam

    English-Latvian dictionary > fight

  • 5 man

    [mæn] 1. plural - men; noun
    1) (an adult male human being: Hundreds of men, women and children; a four-man team.) vīrietis
    2) (human beings taken as a whole; the human race: the development of man.) cilvēks
    3) (obviously masculine male person: He's independent, tough, strong, brave - a real man!) vīrs
    4) (a word sometimes used in speaking informally or giving commands to someone: Get on with your work, man, and stop complaining!) cilvēk!
    5) (an ordinary soldier, who is not an officer: officers and men.) kareivis; ierindnieks
    6) (a piece used in playing chess or draughts: I took three of his men in one move.) (šaha) figūra; (dambretes) kauliņš
    2. verb
    (to supply with men (especially soldiers): The colonel manned the guns with soldiers from our regiment.) komplektēt sastāvu
    - - man
    - manhood
    - mankind
    - manly
    - manliness
    - manned
    - man-eating
    - man-eater
    - manhandle
    - manhole
    - man-made
    - manpower
    - manservant
    - mansized
    - mansize
    - manslaughter
    - menfolk
    - menswear
    - as one man
    - the man in the street
    - man of letters
    - man of the world
    - man to man
    - to a man
    * * *
    vīrietis, vīrs; cilvēks; cilvēku dzimums, cilvēce; vīrs; kalps; darbinieks; augstskolas absolvents, students; kareivji, matroži; cilvēks, draugs; figūra, kauliņš; vasalis; komplektēt sastāvu; pieradināt

    English-Latvian dictionary > man

  • 6 way

    [wei] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) ceļš; eja
    2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) dzelzceļš
    3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) svētku iela; ceļš
    4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) ceļš; attālums
    5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) metode; veids; paņēmiens
    6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) savā ziņā
    7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) ieradums
    8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) tikt galā ar ēdienu
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) tālu priekšā/pāri/virs
    - wayside
    - be/get on one's way
    - by the way
    - fall by the wayside
    - get/have one's own way
    - get into / out of the way of doing something
    - get into / out of the way of something
    - go out of one's way
    - have a way with
    - have it one's own way
    - in a bad way
    - in
    - out of the/someone's way
    - lose one's way
    - make one's way
    - make way for
    - make way
    - under way
    - way of life
    - ways and means
    * * *
    ceļš; puse, virziens; atstatums, attālums; metode, veids; ieraža, paradums; dzīvesveids; darba lauks, arods; stāvoklis

    English-Latvian dictionary > way

  • 7 without

    1) (in the absence of; not having: They went without you; I could not live without him; We cannot survive without water.) bez
    2) (not: He drove away without saying goodbye; You can't walk along this street without meeting someone you know.) ne-
    * * *
    ārpusē, ārā; vai ja ne; bez; ārpus, ārpusē

    English-Latvian dictionary > without

  • 8 bump into

    (to meet (someone) by accident: I bumped into him in the street.) nejauši satikt

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