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1 query, can we find the funds?
jājautā, vai mēs varam atrast līdzekļus? -
2 to find the length of somebody's foot
uzzināt kāda vājās pusesEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to find the length of somebody's foot
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3 to find the right niche for oneself
atrast sev īsto vietu dzīvēEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to find the right niche for oneself
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4 find
1. past tense, past participle - found; verb1) (to come upon or meet with accidentally or after searching: Look what I've found!) atrast2) (to discover: I found that I couldn't do the work.) pārliecināties; atklāt3) (to consider; to think (something) to be: I found the British weather very cold.) uzskatīt2. noun(something found, especially something of value or interest: That old book is quite a find!) atradums; atklājums- find out* * *atklājums, atradums; atrast, atklāt; sastapt, atrast; iegūt; gūt; aizsniegt, trāpīt; uzskatīt; nākt pie atziņas, pārliecināties; nodrošināt, apgādāt; atzīt -
5 find fault with
(to criticize or complain of: She is always finding fault with the way he eats.) kritizēt; pelt -
6 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.) nostāties uz kājām; kļūt patstāvīgam -
7 find out
1) (to discover: I found out what was troubling her.) atklāt; izdibināt2) (to discover the truth (about someone), usually that he has done wrong: He had been stealing for years, but eventually they found him out.) uzzināt (patiesību) -
8 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) maldināt; uzvest uz nepareiza ceļaEnglish-Latvian dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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9 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) maldināt; uzvest uz nepareiza ceļaEnglish-Latvian dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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10 on the quiet
(secretly; without letting anyone find out: He went out of the office to enjoy a cigarette on the quiet.) slepenībā; []slepus* * *klusībā; slepeni; slepus -
11 have one's back to the wall
(to be in a very difficult or desperate situation: He certainly has his back to the wall as he has lost his job and cannot find another one.) būt ļoti grūtos apstākļos / situācijā -
12 make the best of it
(to do all one can to turn a failure etc into something successful: She is disappointed at not getting into university but she'll just have to make the best of it and find a job.) samierināties (ar kaut ko); izmantot pēc iespējas labāk -
13 to find oneself in the wrong boat
iekļūt ķezā; nonākt sprukāsEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to find oneself in the wrong boat
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14 to find out the truth
uzzināt patiesību -
15 experiment
[ik'sperimənt] 1. noun(a test done in order to find out something, eg if an idea is correct: He performs chemical experiments; experiments in traffic control; We shall find out by experiment.) eksperiments2. verb((with on or with) to try to find out something by making tests: He experimented with various medicines to find the safest cure; The doctor experiments on animals.) eksperimentēt- experimentally
- experimentation* * *veikt eksperimentu, eksperimentēt -
16 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) vilkt2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) vilkt3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) vilkties4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) pārmeklēt (ūdens baseina dibenu)5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) (par laiku) lēni vilkties2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) bremze; kavēklis; šķērslis2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) dūmu ievilkšana (smēķējot)3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) garlaicīgs pasākums4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) sieviešu drēbes; pretējā dzimuma apģērbs* * *draga, bagars; bremze; smagās ecēšas; šķērslis, kavēklis; garlaicīgs pasākums; garš vilciena sastāvs; garš preču vilciena sastāvs; dūmu ievilkšana; vazāt, vilkt; vilkties; bagarēt; ecēt -
17 measure
['meʒə] 1. noun1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) mērs; mērinstruments2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) mērs; mērvienība3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) mērs4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) pasākums5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) zināms daudzums/daļa6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.) takts2. verb1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.) []mērīt2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.) mērīt3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.) novērtēt; samērot4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.) būt (zināma) lieluma•- beyond measure
- for good measure
- full measure
- made to measure
- measure out
- measure up* * *mērs; pakāpe, robeža; mēraukla, mērogs; pasākums, līdzeklis; dalītājs; pantmērs, pēda; takts; slejas platums; slāņi; mērīt; noņemt mēru; novērtēt -
18 measurement
1) (size, amount etc found by measuring: What are the measurements of this room?) lielums, apjoms2) (the sizes of various parts of the body, usually the distance round the chest, waist and hips: What are your measurements, madam?) izmērs, lielums3) (the act of measuring: We can find the size of something by means of measurement.) mērījums; mērīšana* * *mērīšana; izmērs, lielums; mēru sistēma -
19 other
1.1) (adjective, pronoun the second of two: I have lost my other glove; I've got one of my gloves but I can't find the other (one).) otrs2) (adjective, pronoun those people, things etc not mentioned, present etc; additional: Some of them have arrived - where are the others?; The baby is here and the other children are at school.) citi3) ( adjective (with day, week etc) recently past: I saw him just the other day/morning.) kādudien, nesen•2. conjunction(or else; if not: Take a taxi - otherwise you'll be late.) vai arī- other than
- somehow or other
- someone/something or other
- somewhere or other* * *cits, vēl viens, citāds; citādi; cits -
20 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.) slēdzis2) (an act of turning or changing: After several switches of direction they found themselves on the right road.) pārmaiņa; nogriešanās3) (a thin stick.) rīkste2. 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.) pagriezt; pārslēgt; pievērsties- switchboard
- switch on/off* * *rīkste; lieka bize; pārslēgšanās; slēdzis; pārmija; putotājs; sist; pārslēgties; novirzīt; putot; pārslēgt
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