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  • 1 to sit on the fence

    ieņemt nogaidošu pozīciju; izturēties nogaidoši

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  • 2 fence

    I 1. [fens] noun
    (a line of wooden or metal posts joined by wood, wire etc to stop people, animals etc moving on to or off a piece of land: The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence.) žogs
    2. verb
    (to enclose (an area of land) with a fence eg to prevent people, animals etc from getting in: We fenced off the field.) iežogot
    II [fens] verb
    1) (to fight with (blunted) swords as a sport.) paukoties
    2) (to avoid answering questions: He fenced with me for half an hour before I got the truth.) izvairīties no atbildes
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    * * *
    žogs; zagtu mantu slēpējs; zagtu mantu slēptuve; iežogot; paukot; izvairīties no atbildes; pārvarēt šķērsli; slēpt zagtas mantas; iepriekš apstrādāt vēlētājus

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  • 3 to come down on the right side of fence

    pieslieties stiprākajai pusei

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  • 4 vault

    [vo:lt] I noun
    1) ((a room, especially a cellar, with) an arched roof or ceiling: the castle vaults.) velve; velvju telpa
    2) (an underground room, especially for storing valuables: The thieves broke into the bank vaults.) velve; pagrabs
    3) (a burial chamber, often for all the members of a family: He was buried in the family vault.) kapenes
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    II 1. noun
    (a leap aided by the hands or by a pole: With a vault he was over the fence and away.) lēciens (ar balstu)
    2. verb
    (to leap (over): He vaulted (over) the fence.) pārlēkt
    * * *
    lēciens; velvēta telpa, velve; velvēt; lēkt; voltižēt

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  • 5 hop

    I 1. [hop] past tense, past participle - hopped; verb
    1) ((of people) to jump on one leg: The children had a competition to see who could hop the farthest; He hopped about in pain when the hammer fell on his foot.) lēkāt
    2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) to jump on both or all legs: The sparrow/frog hopped across the lawn.) lēkāt
    3) (to jump: He hopped (over) the fence and ran away; He hopped out of bed.) []lēkt; []lēkt
    4) ((with in(to), out (of)) to get into or out of a car etc: The car stopped and the driver told the hikers to hop in; I'll hop out of the car at the next crossroads.) ielēkt; izlēkt (no automašīnas)
    2. noun
    1) (a short jump on one leg.) lēciens
    2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) a short jump on both or all legs: The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops.) lēciens; lēkāšana
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    - catch someone on the hop
    - catch on the hop
    - keep someone on the hop
    - keep on the hop     II [hop] noun
    (a climbing plant, the bitter fruits of which (hops) are used in brewing beer.) apinis
    * * *
    lēciens; danči; īss lidojums; lēkāt; pārlēkt; dancot

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  • 6 hole

    [həul] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) caurums
    2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) caurums; bedre; ala
    3) ((in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.)
    2. verb
    1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) izsist caurumu; izrakt bedri
    2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.) iedzīt bedrītē (golfa bumbu)
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    * * *
    robs, plaisa, caurums; ala; bedre, bedrīte; būda, caurums; ķeza; izsist caurumu; izrakt bedri; iedzīt bedrītē

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  • 7 opening

    1) (a hole; a clear or open space: an opening in the fence/forest.) caurums; sprauga; izcirtums
    2) (a beginning: the opening of the film; ( also adjective) the chairman's opening remarks.) sākums; ievads
    3) (the act of becoming or making open, the ceremony of making open: the opening of a flower/shop/door; the opening of the new theatre.) atklāšana
    4) (an opportunity for work: There are good openings in the automobile industry.) iespējas; izredzes
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    caurums, sprauga, atvere; sākums; atklāšana; izdevība, izredzes; brīva vieta, vakance; cirsma, izcirtums; atklātne; sākuma, pirmais; atklāšanas, ievada

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  • 8 string

    1. [striŋ] noun
    1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) aukla; saite
    2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) šķiedra
    3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; ( also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) stīga
    4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) virkne; virtene
    2. verb
    1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) uzvērt; savirknēt
    2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) uzvilkt stīgu/stiegru
    3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) attīrīt pākšu pupiņas
    4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) savērt; veidot virteni; piekārt (ar aukliņu)
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    - stringy
    - stringiness
    - string bean
    - stringed instruments
    - have someone on a string
    - have on a string
    - pull strings
    - pull the strings
    - string out
    - strung up
    - stringent
    - stringently
    - stringency
    * * *
    aukla, saite; stiegra; stīga; stīgu instrumenti; virtene, virkne; rinda, virkne; nosacījums; dzīsliņa, šķiedra; sasiet; savirknēt; uzvilkt stīgu; sasprindzināt; uzkārt, pakārt; apvest ap stūri, piekrāpt

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  • 9 perch

    [pə: ] 1. noun
    1) (a branch etc on which a bird sits or stands: The pigeon would not fly down from its perch.) lakta
    2) (any high seat or position: He looked down from his perch on the roof.) augsta atrašanās vieta
    2. verb
    1) ((of birds) to go to (a perch); to sit or stand on (a perch): The bird flew up and perched on the highest branch of the tree.) tupēt (laktā, uz zara)
    2) (to put, or be, in a high seat or position: He perched the child on his shoulder; They perched on the fence.) uzsēdināt; uztupties
    * * *
    asaris; lakta; augsts stāvoklis; uzlaisties uz laktas; uzrausties, uzrāpties

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  • 10 ditch

    [di ] 1. noun
    (a long narrow hollow dug in the ground especially one to drain water from a field, road etc: He climbed over the fence and fell into a ditch.) grāvis
    2. verb
    (to get rid of: The stolen car had been ditched by the thieves several miles away.) pamest; atstāt
    * * *
    grāvis; tranšeja; rakt grāvi; tīrīt grāvi; atstāt, pamest; piespiedu kārtā nolaisties uz jūras

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  • 11 upright

    1. adjective
    1) (( also adverb) standing straight up; erect or vertical: He placed the books upright in the bookcase; She stood upright; a row of upright posts.) vertikāls; statenisks; taisns
    2) ((of a person) just and honest: an upright, honourable man.) godīgs; taisnīgs
    2. noun
    (an upright post etc supporting a construction: When building the fence, place the uprights two metres apart.) balsts
    * * *
    kolonna, statnis, balsts; pianīns; džins ar alu; statenisks, taisns; taisnīgs, godīgs; stateniski, stāvus, taisni

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  • 12 alight

    I past tense, past participle - alighted; verb
    1) (to get down from or out of: to alight from a bus.) izkāpt; nokāpt
    2) ((with on) to settle or land on: The bird alighted on the fence.) nolaisties
    II adjective
    (burning; very bright: The bonfire was still alight; His eyes were alight with joy.) degošs; gaišs; līksms
    * * *
    izkāpt, nokāpt; nolaisties; aizdedzināts, degošs; apgaismots, gaišs; līksms

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  • 13 hitch

    [hi ] 1. verb
    1) (to fasten to something: He hitched his horse to the fence-post; He hitched his car to his caravan.) piesiet; aizāķēt
    2) (to hitch-hike: I can't afford the train-fare to London - I'll have to hitch.) braukt ar autostopu
    2. noun
    1) (an unexpected problem or delay: The job was completed without a hitch.) aizķeršanās; kavēklis
    2) (a kind of knot.) mezgls; cilpa
    3) (a sudden, short pull upwards: She gave her skirt a hitch.) rāviens; grūdiens
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    - hitch-hiker
    - hitch a lift/ride
    - hitch up
    * * *
    rāviens, grūdiens; aizķeršanās, kavēklis; mezgls; pagrūst, paraut; aizāķēt; aizķerties; piesiet; braukt ar autostopu

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  • 14 spike

    1) (a hard, thin, pointed object (of wood, metal etc): The fence had long spikes on top.) smaile; (jumta) dzegulis
    2) (a pointed piece of metal attached to the sole of a shoe etc to prevent slipping.) (sporta apava) nagla; radze; tapa
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    - spiky
    - spikiness
    * * *
    smaile; nagla; vārpa; kaba; ķīlis; uzlikt smailes; iedzīt naglas; sadurt, caurdurt; sabojāt; pievienot alkoholu

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  • 15 pot-shot

    noun (an easy or casual shot that doesn't need careful aim: He took a pot-shot at a bird on the fence.) šāviens uz labu laimi

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  • 16 jump

    1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) []lēkt; ielēkt; nolēkt; lēkāt
    2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) pielēkt (kājās)
    3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) salēkties; satrūkties
    4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) pārlēkt
    2. noun
    1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) lēciens
    2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) barjera; šķērslis
    3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) lēkšana (sporta veids)
    4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) satrūkšanās
    5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) (cenu u.tml.) straujš kāpums
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    - jump at
    - jump for joy
    - jump on
    - jump the gun
    - jump the queue
    - jump to conclusions / jump to the conclusion that
    - jump to it
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    lēciens; satrūkšanās; straujš kāpums; barjera, šķērslis; lēkt, lēkāt; strauji kāpt, satrūkties; pietrūkties; pietrūkties kājās; pārlēkt; izlaist; izlēkt, noiet; ucināt; likt lēkt; kratīt; piesavināties, sagrābt; aizmukt, aizlaisties; braukt par zaķi; mesties virsū, uzbrukt

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  • 17 wire

    1. noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) metal drawn out into a long strand, as thick as string or as thin as thread: We need some wire to connect the battery to the rest of the circuit; a wire fence.) stieple; vads
    2) (a single strand of this: There must be a loose wire in my radio somewhere.) vads
    3) (the metal cable used in telegraphy: The message came over the wire this morning.) telegrāfa vads; telegrāfs
    4) (a telegram: Send me a wire if I'm needed urgently.) telegramma
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten, connect etc with wire: The house has been wired (up), but the electricity hasn't been connected yet.) ievilkt vadus
    2) (to send a telegram to: Wire me if anything important happens.) telegrafēt
    3) (to send (a message) by telegram: You can wire the details to my brother in New York.) sūtīt telegrammu
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    - wiring
    - high wire
    - wire-netting
    * * *
    stieple; vads; telegramma; stiprināt ar stiepli; sastiprināt ar stiepli; ievilkt vadu; ievilkt vadus; telegrafēt; ierīkot dzeloņstiepļu aizžogojumu

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  • 18 fold

    I 1. [fould] verb
    1) (to double over (material, paper etc): She folded the paper in half.) salocīt
    2) (to lay one on top of another: She folded her hands in her lap.) sakrustot
    3) (to bring in (wings) close to the body: The bird folded its wings.) saglaust (par spārniem)
    2. noun
    1) (a doubling of one layer of material, paper etc over another: Her dress hung in folds.) ieloce
    2) (a mark made especially on paper etc by doing this; a crease: There was a fold in the page.) locījums
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    - folder
    - folding     II [fould] noun
    (a place surrounded by a fence or wall, in which sheep are kept: a sheep fold.) aploks
    * * *
    ieloce, kroka; laidars, aploks; aitu bars; ritulis; ieloce, grope; draudze; baznīcas klēpis, baznīca; fleksūra, kroka; pulks; iedzīt aplokā; saliekt, salocīt; iesaiņot, ietīt; apskaut, apkampt; slēgt; iecilāt, iemaisīt

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  • 19 fencing

    I noun
    ((the material used for) a fence: a hundred metres of fencing.) žogu materiāls
    II noun
    (the sport of fighting with (blunted) swords: I used to be very good at fencing.) paukošana
    * * *
    iežogojums, zagtu mantu slēpšana, nožogojums; paukošana

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  • 20 gate

    [ɡeit]
    (a metal, wooden etc doorlike object which closes) the opening in a wall, fence etc through which people etc pass: I'll meet you at the park gate(s). vārti
    - gate-crasher
    - gate-post
    - gateway
    * * *
    vārtiņi, vārti; aizsargbarjera; kalnu pāreja; slūžas; skatītāji; ieejas maksa; stunda, kad koledžas vārti tiek slēgti uz nakti; aizvars, aizbīdnis; nelaist studentus laukā no koledžas teritorijas

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