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1 descent
[-t]1) (the act of descending: The descent of the hill was quickly completed.) nokāpšana; nolaišanās2) (a slope: That is a steep descent.) nogāze3) (family; ancestry: She is of royal descent.) izcelsme* * *nokāpšana, nolaišanās; nogāze; pazemināšanās; pagrimums; paaudze; samazināšanās; mantojums; pēkšņs uzbrukums; cilme, izcelsme -
2 blood
1) (the red fluid pumped through the body by the heart: Blood poured from the wound in his side.) asinis2) (descent or ancestors: He is of royal blood.) izcelsme•- bloody
- bloodcurdling
- blood donor
- blood group/type
- blood-poisoning
- blood pressure
- bloodshed
- bloodshot
- bloodstained
- bloodstream
- blood test
- bloodthirsty
- bloodthirstiness
- blood transfusion
- blood-vessel
- in cold blood* * *asinis; temperaments; izcelsme; sula; nolaist asinis; pieradināt pie asinīm; pieradināt medību suni pie asinīm; iezīmēt ar asinīm -
3 generation
1) (one stage in the descent of a family: All three generations - children, parents and grandparents - lived together quite happily.) paaudze2) (people born at about the same time: People of my generation all think the same way about this.) paaudze* * *paaudze; laikposms, paaudze; dzimta, pēcnācēji; ģenerācija; paaudze, pakāpe -
4 black
[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) melns2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) tumšs3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) netīrs4) (without milk: black coffee.) (par kafiju) melna; bez piena5) (evil: black magic.) ļauns6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) melnādains7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) krāsains2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) melnā krāsa2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) melna krāsa; melnums3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) melnādainais; krāsainais3. verb(to make black.) krāsot melnu; nomelnot- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) ierakstīt melnajā sarakstā5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) šantāža- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white* * *melna krāsa, melnums; melns tērps; melnādainais, nēģeris; melns traips; krāsot melnu; spodrināt; nomelnot; melns; melnādains, nēģeru; tumšs; bezcerīgs, drūms; dusmīgs, ļauns; netīrs -
5 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) piliens2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) pilīte3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) pazemināšanās; krišanās4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) stāvs kritums2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) (nejauši) nomest2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) []krist3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) atmest (paradumu, nodomu); pamest (draugu)4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) izlaist; izsēdināt (no transporta līdzekļa)5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) uzrakstīt zīmīti•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out* * *piliens; malks; auskars, kareklis; dražeja; krišanās, pazemināšanās; nomestais; sprauga; kukulis; pamests bērns; pilēt; krist; nokrist; pazemināties, kristies; nomest; iemest, izmest; izbeigt; atmest; pazemināt nodurt; izsēdināt; izlaist; nogāzt gar zemi, notriekt; nolaist valdziņu; priekšlaicīgi atnesties; izslēgt no; paspēlēt; atlaist -
6 parachute
['pærəʃu:t] 1. noun(an umbrella-shaped piece of light, strong cloth etc beneath which a person etc is tied with ropes so that he etc can come slowly down to the ground from a great height: They made the descent from the plane by parachute; ( also adjective) a parachute-jump.) izpletnis2. verb(to come down to the ground using a parachute: The troops parachuted into France.) nolaisties ar izpletni* * *izpletnis; lēkt ar izpletni; nolaisties ar izpletni; nomest ar izpletni -
7 pedigree
['pediɡri:] 1. noun1) (a list of the ancestors from whom a person or animal is descended: a dog's pedigree.) ģenealoģija, raduraksti2) (distinguished descent or ancestry: a man of pedigree.) augsta izcelšanās2. adjective((of an animal) pure-bred; from a long line of ancestors of the same breed: a herd of pedigree cattle.) šķirnes-; sugas-* * *ģenealoģija, raduraksti; sugas, šķirnes; izcelšanās -
8 white
1. adjective1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) balts2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) baltais; baltādains3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) bāls; nobālis4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) (par tēju, kafiju) ar pienu2. noun1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) balts; balta krāsa2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) baltais; baltādainais3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) (olas) baltums4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) (acs) baltums•- whiten- whiteness
- whitening
- whitish
- white-collar
- white elephant
- white horse
- white-hot
- white lie
- whitewash 3. verb(to cover with whitewash.) balsināt- white wine* * *balta krāsa; baltums; balta drāna, balts tērps; baltais; balts; bāls; sirms; bezkrāsains, caurspīdīgs; nevainīgs, godīgs
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