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1 sheep
[ʃi:p]plural - sheep; noun(a kind of animal related to the goat, whose flesh is used as food and from whose wool clothing is made: a flock of sheep.) aita- sheepish- sheepishly
- sheepdog* * *aita; aitāda -
2 sheep-dip
aitu mazgāšanas līdzeklis; kandža -
3 sheep-faced
kaunīgs, kautrīgs -
4 sheep-run
aitu ganības -
5 black sheep
(a member of a family or group who is unsatisfactory in some way: My brother is the black sheep of the family.) ģimenes kauna traips* * *itāliešu fašists; kraupaina aita -
6 fine-fleece-fine-fleece sheep
smalkvilnas aitas -
7 tender of sheep
aitu gans -
8 to cast sheep's eyes
raidīt maigus skatienus -
9 to separate the sheep from the goats
atšķirt labo no sliktāEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to separate the sheep from the goats
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10 wolf in sheep's clothing
vilks avju drānās -
11 fleece
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12 fold
I 1. [fould] verb1) (to double over (material, paper etc): She folded the paper in half.) salocīt2) (to lay one on top of another: She folded her hands in her lap.) sakrustot3) (to bring in (wings) close to the body: The bird folded its wings.) saglaust (par spārniem)2. noun1) (a doubling of one layer of material, paper etc over another: Her dress hung in folds.) ieloce2) (a mark made especially on paper etc by doing this; a crease: There was a fold in the page.) locījums•- folded- 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 -
13 shepherd
['ʃepəd] 1. feminine - shepherdess; noun(a person who looks after sheep: The shepherd and his dog gathered in the sheep.) aitu gans2. verb((often with around, in, out etc) to guide or lead carefully: He shepherded me through a maze of corridors.) vest; vadīt* * *gans; draudzes gans, mācītājs; ganīt; pieskatīt; vest, vadīt; uzmanīt -
14 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 -
15 bleat
[bli:t](to make the noise of a sheep, lamb or goat: The lamb bleated for its mother.) blēt* * *blēšana, blējiens; blēt -
16 catgut
noun (a kind of cord made from the intestines of sheep etc, used for violin strings etc.) ketguts(a small, thick piece of glass fixed in the surface of a road to reflect light and guide drivers at night.)* * *katarse, ketguts -
17 cattle
['kætl](grass-eating animals, especially cows, bulls and oxen: That farmer does not keep sheep but he keeps several breeds of cattle.) liellopi* * *liellopi -
18 clip
I 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb1) (to cut (foliage, an animal's hair etc) with scissors or shears: The shepherd clipped the sheep; The hedge was clipped.)2) (to strike sharply: She clipped him over the ear.)2. noun1) (an act of clipping.) cirpšana2) (a sharp blow: a clip on the ear.) belziens3) (a short piece of film: a video clip.) klips•- clipper- clipping II 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb(to fasten with a clip: Clip these papers together.)2. noun(something for holding things together or in position: a paper-clip; a hair-clip; bicycle-clips (= round pieces of metal etc for holding the bottom of trouser legs close to the leg).) saspraude* * *spraude, saspraude; cirpšana; spaile; cirpums, nocirptā vilna; aptvere; belziens; liels ātrums; blēdis; cirpt; saspraust; aizspiest; apgriezt; izgriezt; norīt galotnes; kompostrēt; iebelzt; ierobežot; blēdīties -
19 cloven hoof
(a hoof, like those of cows, sheep etc, which has a split up the centre.) šķelts nags (pārnadžiem)* * *šķelts nags -
20 crop
[krop] 1. noun1) (a plant which is farmed and harvested: a fine crop of rice; We grow a variety of crops, including cabbages, wheat and barley.) raža; (lauks.) kultūra2) (a short whip used when horse-riding.) pātaga3) (a (short) haircut: a crop of red hair.) īsi apcirpti mati4) ((of certain birds) the first stomach, which hangs like a bag from the neck.) guza2. verb(to cut or nibble short: The sheep crop the grass.) novākt ražu; apcirpt; nograuzt (zāli)- crop up* * *augoša labība; raža, birums; kultūra; īsi apcirpti mati; guza; daudzums; liels daudzums; kāts; dot ražu; novākt ražu; apdēstīt, apsēt; nograuzt, noganīt; apcirpt
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