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21 liquidiser
noun (an electrical device used in cookery to grind up food.) sulu spiede -
22 pacemaker
1) (an electronic device to make the heart beats regular or stronger.) sirds stimulators2) (a person who sets the speed of a race.) tempa noteicējs -
23 scrambler
noun (a device for scrambling telephone messages.) (telefona ziņas) šifrētājs -
24 shock-absorber
noun (a device (in a motor car etc) for reducing the effect of bumps.) amortizators -
25 speed trap
noun (a device used by the police to catch drivers exceeding the speed limit.) radarierīce ātruma noteikšanai -
26 tap
I 1. [tæp] noun(a quick touch or light knock or blow: I heard a tap at the door.) viegls klauvējiens/piesitiens2. verb((often with at, on or with) to give a light knock (on or with something): He tapped at/on the window.) viegli pieklauvēt/uzsist- tap-dancer II 1. [tæp] noun((American faucet) any of several types of device (usually with a handle and valve that can be shut or opened) for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe, barrel etc: Turn the tap off/on!) krāns2. verb1) (to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.) sākt izmantot2) (to attach a device to (someone's telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.) ierīkot noklausīšanās aparātu* * *krāns; uzsitiens, klauvējiens; pasitnis; spunde, tapa; šķirne; signāls gaismas nodzēšanai; vakarblāzma; bārs, bufete; naudas izspiešana; ķeza; vītņurbis; atzarojums; noklausīšanās ierīce; pieklauvēt, uzsist; ielikt tapu; ieliet; piesist papēžus; iedzīt, iesist; izņemt tapu; pārdurt; tecināt sulu; uztvert; noklausīties; izvilināt, izspiest; iegriezt iekšējo vītni; izlaist kausētu metālu -
27 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) apstāties; apturēt2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) aizkavēt; atturēt3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) pārstāt4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) bloķēt; nosprostot; aizbāzt5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) nospiest (vārstuli); piespiest (stīgu)6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) apmesties; uzturēties2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) apstāšanās; beigas2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) pietura; pieturvieta3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) punkts4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) vārstulis; reģistrs5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) ķīlis; atturis; aizturis•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up* * *apstāšanās; apturēšana; pietura; pauze, pārtraukums; pieturzīme; runas veids; vārstulis; reģistrs; eksplozīvais līdzskanis; aizturis; diafragma; apstādināt; apstāties; ciemoties; atturēt, aizturēt -
28 fuse
I 1. [fju:z] verb1) (to melt (together) as a result of great heat: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.) []kausēt (metālu)2) ((of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.) (par drošinātāju) izdegt2. noun(a piece of easily-melted wire included in an electric circuit so that a dangerously high electric current will break the circuit and switch itself off: She mended the fuse.) drošinātājs- fusionII [fju:z] noun(a piece of material, a mechanical device etc which makes a bomb etc explode at a particular time: He lit the fuse and waited for the explosion.) deglis* * *kausēšana; deglis; detonators; drošinātājs; īssavienojums; ielikt detonatoru; kausēt; sakausēt; izdegt; saplūst, apvienoties -
29 brake
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30 catch
[kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) saistīt kāda uzmanību2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) pagūt; paspēt3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) pieķert4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) saslimt5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) iespiest; ievērt6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) trāpīt7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) uztvert8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) aizdegties2. noun1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) ķeršana; ķēriens2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) aizbīdnis3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) loms4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) viltība; lamatas•- catching- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up* * *ķeršana; loms; izdevīgs guvums, ķēriens; lamatas, viltība; aizbīdnis; atturis, atduris; ķert; noķert; saķert, pieķert, notvert; aizķerties, iespiest; trāpīt; aizturēt; aplipt, saslimt; uztvert; pagūt; sākt darboties -
31 clock
[klok] 1. noun1) (an instrument for measuring time, but not worn on the wrist like a watch: We have five clocks in our house; an alarm clock (= a clock with a ringing device for waking one up in the morning).) modinātājpulkstenis2) (an instrument for measuring speed of a vehicle or distance travelled by a vehicle: My car has 120,000 miles on the clock.) spidometrs2. verb(to register (a time) on a stopwatch etc.) hronometrēt; atzīmēt laiku- clockwork
- clock in
- out/on
- off
- clock up
- like clockwork
- round the clock* * *pulkstenis; spidometrs; tarifa rādītājs; ģīmis; atzīmēt ierašanos darbā un aiziešanu no darba; uzrādīt laiku; hronometrēt; iebelzt -
32 clutch
1. verb1) ((with at) to try to take hold of: I clutched at a floating piece of wood to save myself from drowning.) sagrābt; satvert2) (to hold tightly (in the hands): She was clutching a 50-cent piece.) turēt cieši satvertu2. noun1) (control or power: He fell into the clutches of the enemy.) tvēriens; grābiens2) ((the pedal operating) a device by means of which two moving parts of an engine may be connected or disconnected: He released the clutch and the car started to move.) sajūgs•* * *perējums; grābiens, tvēriens; bariņš; sajūgs, uzmava; izšķirošs spēles moments; sagrābt -
33 cunning
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34 filter
['filtə] 1. noun1) (a strainer or other device through which liquid, gas, smoke etc can pass, but not solid material: A filter is used to make sure that the oil is clean and does not contain any dirt; ( also adjective) filter paper.) filtrs; filtr-2) (a kind of screening plate used to change or correct certain colours: If you are taking photographs in sun and snow, you should use a blue filter.) filtrs2. verb1) ((of liquids) to (become) clean by passing through a filter: The rain-water filtered into a tank.) filtrēt2) (to come bit by bit or gradually: The news filtered out.) kļūt zināmam; nākt gaismā•* * *filtrs; filtrēt, kāst; filtrēties; atkļūt; novirzīt pa kreisi -
35 flush
1. noun1) (a flow of blood to the face, making it red: A slow flush covered her face.) pietvīkums2) ((the device that works) a rush of water which cleans a toilet: a flush toilet.) ūdens klozets2. verb1) (to become red in the face: She flushed with embarrassment.) pietvīkt2) (to clean by a rush of water: to flush a toilet.) nolaist ūdeni tualetē3) ((usually with out) to cause (an animal etc) to leave a hiding place: The police flushed out the criminal.) izdzīt (no paslēptuves)•- flushed- in the first flush of
- the first flush of* * *iztramdīts putnu bars; viena masta spēļu kārtis; pēkšņs pieplūdums; pietvīkums; uzplūds; lēkme; uzzaļošana, uzplaukšana; plaukums; dzinums; uzspurgt; izplūst, izšļākties; pietvīkt; iztramdīt; applūdināt, pārplūdināt; skalot; apskurbināt, iekvēlināt; vairīties; izgāzties; līdz malām pilns, uzplūdis; bagāts, pārpilns; vienlīmeņa -
36 loop
[lu:p] 1. noun1) (a doubled-over part of a piece of rope, chain etc: She made a loop in the string.) cilpa2) (a U-shaped bend in a river etc.) (upes) līkums, cilpa3) (IUD; a contraceptive device used by women.) intravagināls pretapaugļošanās līdzeklis2. verb(to fasten with, or form into, a loop or loops: He looped the rope round a post.) nostiprināt ar cilpu; mest cilpu* * *cilpa; nāves cilpa; skava, āķis; gredzens; apvedceļš; intrauterīnais kontraceptīvs; mest cilpu; nostiprināt ar cilpu -
37 megaphone
['meɡəfoun](a funnel-shaped device for speaking through, that causes sounds to be made louder and/or sent in a given direction: He shouted instructions to the crowd through a megaphone.) megafons* * *megafons -
38 motor
['məutə] 1. noun(a machine, usually a petrol engine or an electrical device, that gives motion or power: a washing-machine has an electric motor; ( also adjective) a motor boat/vehicle.) motors; dzinējs2. verb(to travel by car: We motored down to my mother's house at the weekend.) braukt ar automobili- motorist- motorize
- motorise
- motorcade
- motorway
- motorbike
- motorcycle
- motor car
- motorcyclist* * *dzinējs, motors; automobilis; braukt ar automobili; vest ar automobili; motorisks, kustības; dzinēja, motora -
39 mouse
plural - mice; noun1) (any of several types of small furry gnawing animal with a long tail, found in houses and in fields.) pele2) ((computers) a device that is used to move the cursor on a computer screen and to give instructions to a computer.) datora pele•- mousy- mousehole
- mousetrap* * *pele; bikls cilvēks; uzdauzīta acs; ķert peles; izsekot -
40 nucleus
['nju:kliəs]plural - nuclei; noun1) (the central part of an atom.) kodols2) (the part of a plant or animal cell that controls its development.) kodols•- nuclear- nuclear device
- nuclear disarmament
- nuclear energy
- nuclear reactor* * *kodols, centrs; atoma kodols; kodols, kauliņš; nervu centrs
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