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  • 1 the few

    mazākums

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  • 2 the long and the short of it

    (the whole story in a few words.) vārdu sakot
    * * *
    vārdu sakot; vārdu sakot

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  • 3 the off season

    the period, at a hotel, holiday resort etc, when there are few visitors: It's very quiet here in the off season; (also adjective) (off-season rates.) klusā sezona

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  • 4 get the hang of

    (to learn or begin to understand how to do (something): It may seem difficult at first, but you'll get the hang of it after a few weeks.) apjēgt (kaut ko)

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  • 5 a few necessaries for the journey

    šis tas, kas nepieciešams ceļojumam

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  • 6 following the speech, there will be a few minutes for questions

    pēc lekcijas būs dažas minūtes jautājumiem

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  • 7 scattered

    adjective (occasional; not close together: Scattered showers are forecast for this morning; The few houses in the valley are very scattered.) izmētāts; attāls; atsevišķs
    * * *
    izsvaidīts

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  • 8 billion

    ['biljən] 1. plurals billion (1, 3), billions (2, 3) - noun
    1) (often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000: a billion; several billion.) miljards: 109; Lielbritānijā arī: 1012
    2) (often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000.) miljards: 109; Lielbritānijā arī: 1012
    3) (a billion pounds or dollars: The sum involved amounts to several billion(s).) miljards (sterliņu mārciņu/dolāru)
    2. adjective
    (often in the United Kingdom, 1,000,000,000,000 in number; in the United States and often in the United Kingdom, 1,000,000,000 in number: a few billion stars.) miljarda-; miljardu-
    - billionth
    * * *
    biljons; miljards

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  • 9 home

    [həum] 1. noun
    1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) mājas; (auga, dzīvnieka) dzimtene
    2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) dzimtene; dzimtā vieta
    3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) patversme; mītne
    4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) māja
    5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) māja
    2. adjective
    1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) mājas-; ģimenes-
    2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) iekšējs; iekšzemes-
    3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) (sportā) laukuma saimnieku-
    3. adverb
    1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) mājās; mājup; uz mājām
    2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) iestāstīt kādam kaut ko; pārliecināt
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    - homely
    - homeliness
    - homing
    - home-coming
    - home-grown
    - homeland
    - home-made
    - home rule
    - homesick
    - homesickness
    - homestead
    - home truth
    - homeward
    - homewards
    - homeward
    - homework
    - at home
    - be/feel at home
    - home in on
    - leave home
    - make oneself at home
    - nothing to write home about
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    māja; mājas; dzimtā vieta, dzimtene; izplatības vieta, dzimtene; patversme, mītne; atgriezties mājās; mājas; iekšzemes, iekšējs; uz mājām, mājup

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  • 10 stand

    [stænd] 1. past tense, past participle - stood; verb
    1) (to be in an upright position, not sitting or lying: His leg was so painful that he could hardly stand; After the storm, few trees were left standing.) stāvēt
    2) ((often with up) to rise to the feet: He pushed back his chair and stood up; Some people like to stand (up) when the National Anthem is played.) piecelties []
    3) (to remain motionless: The train stood for an hour outside Newcastle.) stāvēt
    4) (to remain unchanged: This law still stands.) pastāvēt; būt spēkā
    5) (to be in or have a particular place: There is now a factory where our house once stood.) atrasties; būt novietotam
    6) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) Kāds ir jūsu finansiālais stāvoklis?
    7) (to accept or offer oneself for a particular position etc: He is standing as Parliamentary candidate for our district.) kandidēt; balotēties
    8) (to put in a particular position, especially upright: He picked up the fallen chair and stood it beside the table.) nolikt; nostādīt
    9) (to undergo or endure: He will stand (his) trial for murder; I can't stand her rudeness any longer.) izturēt; paciest
    10) (to pay for (a meal etc) for (a person): Let me stand you a drink!) izmaksāt
    2. noun
    1) (a position or place in which to stand ready to fight etc, or an act of fighting etc: The guard took up his stand at the gate; I shall make a stand for what I believe is right.) postenis; pozīcija; vieta
    2) (an object, especially a piece of furniture, for holding or supporting something: a coat-stand; The sculpture had been removed from its stand for cleaning.) statīvs; statnis; pjedestāls
    3) (a stall where goods are displayed for sale or advertisement.) stends
    4) (a large structure beside a football pitch, race course etc with rows of seats for spectators: The stand was crowded.) tribīne
    5) ((American) a witness box in a law court.) liecinieka vieta (tiesā)
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    - standing 3. noun
    1) (time of lasting: an agreement of long standing.) ilgums
    2) (rank or reputation: a diplomat of high standing.) rangs; stāvoklis
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    4. adjective
    ((of an airline passenger or ticket) costing or paying less than the usual fare, as the passenger does not book a seat for a particular flight, but waits for the first available seat.) bez biļetes rezervēšanas
    5. adverb
    (travelling in this way: It costs a lot less to travel stand-by.) nerezervējot biļeti
    - standing-room
    - make someone's hair stand on end
    - stand aside
    - stand back
    - stand by
    - stand down
    - stand fast/firm
    - stand for
    - stand in
    - stand on one's own two feet
    - stand on one's own feet
    - stand out
    - stand over
    - stand up for
    - stand up to
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    apstāšanās; pozīcija, vieta; pretošanās; stāvvieta; stends, novietne; viedoklis; tribīne; liecinieka vieta; tribīne, platforma; statīvs, statnis; ierašanās uz viesizrādēm; labība; stāja; statne; stāvēt; nostāvēties; piecelties; apstāties; atrasties, būt; izturēt; panest, paciest; nostādīt, novietot; būt spēkā; ieturēt kursu; izmaksāt

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  • 11 touch

    1. verb
    1) (to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else: Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot.) saskarties; pieskarties
    2) (to feel (lightly) with the hand: He touched her cheek.) pieskarties
    3) (to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc: I was touched by her generosity.) saviļņot; aizkustināt; aizskart
    4) (to be concerned with; to have anything to do with: I wouldn't touch a job like that.) būt saskarsmē; nodarboties
    2. noun
    1) (an act or sensation of touching: I felt a touch on my shoulder.) pieskāriens
    2) ((often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things: the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch.) tauste; saskare
    3) (a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something: The painting still needs a few finishing touches.) apdare; pēdējie labojumi
    4) (skill or style: He hasn't lost his touch as a writer.) prasme; maniere; (stila) īpatnība
    5) ((in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with touchlines): He kicked the ball into touch.) laukums ārpus sānu līnijām
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    - touchingly
    - touchy
    - touchily
    - touchiness
    - touch screen
    - in touch with
    - in touch
    - lose touch with
    - lose touch
    - out of touch with
    - out of touch
    - a touch
    - touch down
    - touch off
    - touch up
    - touch wood
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    pieskaršanās; tauste; saskare, kontakts; neliela lēkme; maniere, paņēmiens; apdare; pieeja; īpatnība; piegarša, pieskaņa; pārbaude; sevišķs fasons; piesitiens; piedurties, pieskarties; attiekties; saviļņot; aizvainot, aizskart; būt līdzvērtīgam, līdzināties; iekrāsot, ietonēt; iedarboties; saņemt; aizņemties; tikt galā; aptīrīt kabatas, apzagt

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  • 12 common

    ['komən] 1. adjective
    1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) parasts; vienkāršs; izplatīts
    2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) kopīgs; kopējs
    3) (publicly owned: common property.) sabiedrisks; publisks
    4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) vulgārs
    5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) vienkāršs
    6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) sugas []
    2. noun
    ((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) laukums sabiedriskiem pasākumiem
    - common knowledge
    - common law
    - common-law
    - commonplace
    - common-room
    - common sense
    - the Common Market
    - the House of Commons
    - the Commons
    - in common
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    kopienas zeme; vispārējs, kopīgs, kopējs; publisks, sabiedrisks; parasts, vienkāršs; vispārīgs, izplatīts, parasts; vulgārs; kop

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  • 13 hack

    [hæk] 1. verb
    1) (to cut or chop up roughly: The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces.) sacirst; sakapāt
    2) (to cut (a path etc) roughly: He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle.) izcirst (ceļu)
    2. noun
    1) (a rough cut made in something: He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk.) iecirtums; robs
    2) (a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire.) zirgs; taksometrs
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    - hacking
    - hacksaw
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    nodzīts zirgs, kleperis; iecirtums, ierobījums; cērte, kaplis; jājamzirgs; rakstnieķelis, skribents; cirsta brūce; spēriens pa kājas lielu; taksometrs; taksists; sauss klepus; cirtnis; reportieris; iecirst, ierobīt; jāt; braukt ar taksometru; sacirst, sakapāt; iecirst; nolīgt rakstnieķeļa darbam, samierināties; ciest; paciest; uzkaplēt, uzirdināt; iespert pa kājas lielu; sausi klepot

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  • 14 progress

    1. ['prəuɡres, ]( American[) 'pro-] noun
    1) (movement forward; advance: the progress of civilization.) progress; attīstība
    2) (improvement: The students are making (good) progress.) panākumi; sekmes
    2. [prə'ɡres] verb
    1) (to go forward: We had progressed only a few miles when the car broke down.) virzīties uz priekšu
    2) (to improve: Your French is progressing.) progresēt; gūt panākumus
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    3. noun
    (the progressive (tense) (also the continuous tense): The sentence `They were watching TV'. is in the progressive.) ilgstošais laiks
    - progressiveness
    - in progress
    * * *
    virzīties uz priekšu; progresēt, attīstīties; gūt panākumus; progress, attīstība; sekmes, panākumi; norise, gaita

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  • 15 some

    1. pronoun, adjective
    1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.) nedaudz; mazliet
    2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) nedaudz; daži
    3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) [] kāds; [] kaut cik
    4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) zināms; atsevišķs
    2. adjective
    1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) pamatīgs; ievērojams
    2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) kaut kāds
    3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) apmēram; aptuveni
    3. adverb
    ((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) nedaudz; zināmā mērā
    - someday
    - somehow
    - someone
    - something
    - sometime
    - sometimes
    - somewhat
    - somewhere
    - mean something
    - or something
    - something like
    - something tells me
    * * *
    kāds; kaut kāds; mazliet, nedaudz; krietni daudz; lielisks; mazliet; apmēram; dažs, kāds

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  • 16 squeeze

    [skwi:z] 1. verb
    1) (to press (something) together or from all sides tightly: He squeezed her hand affectionately; He squeezed the clay into a ball.) []spiest; paspiest
    2) (to force (eg oneself) eg into or through a narrow space: The dog squeezed himself / his body into the hole; We were all squeezed into the back seat of the car.) iespiest; saspiest; iespiesties; saspiesties
    3) (to force something, eg liquid, out of something by pressing: She squeezed the oranges (into a jug); We might be able to squeeze some more money/information out of him.) izspiest
    2. noun
    1) (an act of squeezing: He gave his sister an affectionate squeeze.) spiediens
    2) (a condition of being squeezed: We all got into the car, but it was a squeeze.) saspiešanās; drūzmēšanās
    3) (a few drops produced by squeezing.) izspiestais šķidrums
    4) (a time of financial restriction: an economic squeeze.) grūtības
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    - squeeze up
    * * *
    spiešana; saspiešana; drūzmēšanās, spiešanās; piespiešana; šantāža, izspiešana; grūtības; nospiedums; spiest; saspiest; izspiest; iespiest; izspraukties; taisīt nospiedumu; radīt naudas grūtības

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  • 17 such

    1. adjective
    1) (of the same kind as that already mentioned or being mentioned: Animals that gnaw, such as mice, rats, rabbits and weasels are called rodents; He came from Bradford or some such place; She asked to see Mr Johnson but was told there was no such person there; I've seen several such buildings; I've never done such a thing before; doctors, dentists and such people.) tāds
    2) (of the great degree already mentioned or being mentioned: If you had telephoned her, she wouldn't have got into such a state of anxiety; She never used to get such bad headaches (as she does now).) tāds (kā)
    3) (of the great degree, or the kind, to have a particular result: He shut the window with such force that the glass broke; She's such a good teacher that the headmaster asked her not to leave; Their problems are such as to make it impossible for them to live together any more.) tāds
    4) (used for emphasis: This is such a shock! They have been such good friends to me!) tāds
    2. pronoun
    (such a person or thing, or such persons or things: I have only a few photographs, but can show you such as I have; This isn't a good book as such (= as a book) but it has interesting pictures.) [] tāds
    - such-and-such
    - such as it is
    * * *
    tāds

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  • 18 supply

    1. verb
    (to give or provide: Who is supplying the rebels with guns and ammunition?; Extra paper will be supplied by the teacher if it is needed; The town is supplied with water from a reservoir in the hills; The shop was unable to supply what she wanted.) apgādāt; piegādāt
    2. noun
    1) (the act or process of supplying.) apgāde; piegāde
    2) ((often in plural) an amount or quantity that is supplied; a stock or store: She left a supply of food for her husband when she went away for a few days; Who will be responsible for the expedition's supplies?; Fresh supplies will be arriving soon.) krājumi; rezerve
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    * * *
    piegāde, apgāde; krājums; krājumi; asignējums; aizstājējs; piedāvājums; pieplūde, pievadīšana, padeve; piegādāt, apgādāt; apmierināt; aizstāt; pievadīt; lokani; iztapīgi, lišķīgi

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  • 19 chamber

    [' eimbə]
    1) (a room.) istaba
    2) (the place where an assembly (eg Parliament) meets: There were few members left in the chamber.) zāle
    3) (such an assembly: the Upper and Lower Chambers.) palāta
    4) (an enclosed space or cavity eg the part of a gun which holds the bullets: Many pistols have chambers for six bullets.) aptvere
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    - chamber music
    * * *
    kambaris, istaba; mēbelētas istabas; kantoris; palāta; kamera

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  • 20 couple

    1. noun
    1) (two; a few: Can I borrow a couple of chairs?; I knew a couple of people at the party, but not many.) pāris; daži
    2) (a man and wife, or a boyfriend and girlfriend: a married couple; The young couple have a child.) pāris (vīrs un sieva)
    2. verb
    (to join together: The coaches were coupled (together), and the train set off.) savienot pāros; sakabināt
    - coupling
    * * *
    divi, daži, pāris; partneri, pāris; elements; termopāris; savienot pāros; sakabināt; savest, saprecināt; asociēt, saistīt

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