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1 find
1. past tense, past participle - found; verb1) (to come upon or meet with accidentally or after searching: Look what I've found!) rasti2) (to discover: I found that I couldn't do the work.) įsitikinti, suprasti3) (to consider; to think (something) to be: I found the British weather very cold.) manyti, pasirodyti2. noun(something found, especially something of value or interest: That old book is quite a find!) radinys, atradimas- find out -
2 find one's feet
(to become able to cope with a new situation: She found the new job difficult at first but she soon found her feet.) atsistoti ant kojų, prisitaikyti -
3 find out
1) (to discover: I found out what was troubling her.) sužinoti2) (to discover the truth (about someone), usually that he has done wrong: He had been stealing for years, but eventually they found him out.) išaiškinti -
4 found
past tense, past participle; = find -
5 measurement
1) (size, amount etc found by measuring: What are the measurements of this room?) matmuo2) (the sizes of various parts of the body, usually the distance round the chest, waist and hips: What are your measurements, madam?) matmuo3) (the act of measuring: We can find the size of something by means of measurement.) matavimas -
6 strike oil
(to find oil under the ground: After drilling for several months, they finally struck oil; We've struck oil (= found what we have been looking for) in our search for a suitable house.) rasti naftos telkinį, (kam) pasisekti -
7 switch
[swi ] 1. noun1) (a small lever, handle or other device eg for putting or turning an electric current on or off: The switch is down when the power is on and up when it's off; He couldn't find the light-switch.) jungiklis2) (an act of turning or changing: After several switches of direction they found themselves on the right road.) pasukimas, pakeitimas3) (a thin stick.) rykštė, virbas2. verb(to change, turn: He switched the lever to the `off' position; Let's switch over to another programme; Having considered that problem, they switched their attention to other matters.) pasukti, nukreipti, pakeisti, perjungti- switchboard
- switch on/off
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