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  • 1 hamper

    ['hæmpə] 1. verb
    (to make it difficult for (someone) to do something: I tried to run away but I was hampered by my long dress.) kavēt; apgrūtināt (kustības)
    2. noun
    (a large basket with a lid: a picnic hamper.)
    * * *
    pīts ceļa grozs; grozs ar ēdamo; veļas grozs; traucēt, kavēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > hamper

  • 2 handicap

    ['hændikæp] 1. noun
    1) (something that makes doing something more difficult: The loss of a finger would be a handicap for a pianist.) trūkums; kavēklis
    2) ((in a race, competition etc) a disadvantage of some sort (eg having to run a greater distance in a race) given to the best competitors so that others have a better chance of winning.) handikaps
    3) (a race, competition etc in which this happens.) sacensības ar handikapu
    4) ((a form of) physical or mental disability: children with physical handicaps.) (fizisks) trūkums; (garīga) atpalicība; nepilnvērtība
    2. verb
    (to make something (more) difficult for: He wanted to be a pianist, but was handicapped by his deafness.) kavēt
    * * *
    fizisks trūkums; traucējums, kavēklis; handikaps; būt par kavēkli; līdzsvarot spēkus

    English-Latvian dictionary > handicap

  • 3 block

    [blok] 1. noun
    1) (a flat-sided mass of wood or stone etc: blocks of stone.) klucis; bluķis
    2) (a piece of wood used for certain purposes: a chopping-block.) bluķis
    3) (a connected group of houses, offices etc: a block of flats; an office block.) daudzstāvu dzīvojamais nams
    4) (a barrier: a road block.) aizsprostojums
    5) ((especially American) a group of buildings bounded by four streets: a walk round the block.) kvartāls
    2. verb
    (to make (progress) difficult or impossible: The crashed cars blocked the road.) aizsprostot; bloķēt; aizkavēt
    3. verb
    The ships blockaded the town.) bloķēt
    - blocked
    - block capital/letter
    - blockhead
    * * *
    bluķis, klucis; blāķis, bloks; dzīvojamais masīvs, kvartāls; liels daudzums; bendes bluķis, ešafots; veidnis; bloknots; klucīši, kubiciņi; aizsprostojums, sastrēgums; galva; bloķēšana; trīsis, bloks; bloķēt, aizsprostot; likt šķēršļus, aizkavēt; tikt piesārņotam, piesārņot; aizturēt, kavēt; iesaldēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > block

  • 4 process

    ['prəuses, ]( American[) 'pro-] 1. noun
    1) (a method or way of manufacturing things: We are using a new process to make glass.) (tehnoloģiskais) process; metode
    2) (a series of events that produce change or development: The process of growing up can be difficult for a child; the digestive processes.) process
    3) (a course of action undertaken: Carrying him down the mountain was a slow process.) process; norise
    2. verb
    (to deal with (something) by the appropriate process: Have your photographs been processed?; The information is being processed by computer.) apstrādāt; sagatavot
    - in the process of
    * * *
    process, norise; ritums, plūsma; tehnoloģisks process; piedēklis; atzars; fotomehāniskais paņēmiens; piedalīties procesijā; apstrādāt, sagatavot; noformēt, sagatavot; ierosināt lietu; iespiest ar fotomehānisko paņēmienu

    English-Latvian dictionary > process

  • 5 way

    [wei] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) ceļš; eja
    2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) dzelzceļš
    3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) svētku iela; ceļš
    4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) ceļš; attālums
    5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) metode; veids; paņēmiens
    6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) savā ziņā
    7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) ieradums
    8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) tikt galā ar ēdienu
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) tālu priekšā/pāri/virs
    - wayside
    - be/get on one's way
    - by the way
    - fall by the wayside
    - get/have one's own way
    - get into / out of the way of doing something
    - get into / out of the way of something
    - go out of one's way
    - have a way with
    - have it one's own way
    - in a bad way
    - in
    - out of the/someone's way
    - lose one's way
    - make one's way
    - make way for
    - make way
    - under way
    - way of life
    - ways and means
    * * *
    ceļš; puse, virziens; atstatums, attālums; metode, veids; ieraža, paradums; dzīvesveids; darba lauks, arods; stāvoklis

    English-Latvian dictionary > way

  • 6 most

    [məust] 1. superlative of many, much (often with the) - adjective
    1) ((the) greatest number or quantity of: Which of the students has read the most books?; Reading is what gives me most enjoyment.) visvairāk
    2) (the majority or greater part of: Most children like playing games; Most modern music is difficult to understand.) vairums
    2. adverb
    1) (used to form the superlative of many adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than two syllables: Of all the women I know, she's the most beautiful; the most delicious cake I've ever tasted; We see her mother or father sometimes, but we see her grandmother most frequently.)
    2) (to the greatest degree or extent: They like sweets and biscuits but they like ice-cream most of all.) vis-; visvairāk; vislabāk
    3) (very or extremely: I'm most grateful to you for everything you've done; a most annoying child.) ļoti
    4) ((American) almost: Most everyone I know has read that book.) gandrīz; turpat vai
    3. pronoun
    1) (the greatest number or quantity: I ate two cakes, but Mary ate more, and John ate (the) most.) visvairāk
    2) (the greatest part; the majority: He'll be at home for most of the day; Most of these students speak English; Everyone is leaving - most have gone already.) vairums; lielākā daļa
    •
    - at the most
    - at most
    - for the most part
    - make the most of something
    - make the most of
    * * *
    vairums, vislielākais skaits; visvairāk; pa lielākai daļai, visbiežāk, visvairāk; ļoti

    English-Latvian dictionary > most

  • 7 heavy

    ['hevi]
    1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) smags
    2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) smags
    3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) stiprs; spēcīgs; (par cenu, nodokļiem) augsts
    4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) (par smēķētāju, dzērāju) kaislīgs; liels
    5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) drūms; apmācies
    6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) grūti saprotams
    7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) (par ēdienu) grūti gremojams
    8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) (par kustībām) smags; neveikls
    •
    - heaviness
    - heavy-duty
    - heavy industry
    - heavyweight
    - heavy going
    - a heavy heart
    - make heavy weather of
    * * *
    biezs, trekns krējums; resnule; liels vilnis, banga; liels vīrs; smags; liels, smags; intensīvs, stiprs, spēcīgs; grūts, smags; kupls, biezs; bagātīgs; smags, neveikls; nomācošs, drūms; bargs, stingrs; nelikumīgs, netīrs; nopietns, svarīgs

    English-Latvian dictionary > heavy

  • 8 level

    ['levl] 1. noun
    1) (height, position, strength, rank etc: The level of the river rose; a high level of intelligence.) līmenis
    2) (a horizontal division or floor: the third level of the multi-storey car park.) līmenis; stāvs
    3) (a kind of instrument for showing whether a surface is level: a spirit level.) līmeņrādis
    4) (a flat, smooth surface or piece of land: It was difficult running uphill but he could run fast on the level.) līdzena virsma; līdzenums
    2. adjective
    1) (flat, even, smooth or horizontal: a level surface; a level spoonful (= an amount which just fills the spoon to the top of the sides).) līdzens
    2) (of the same height, standard etc: The top of the kitchen sink is level with the window-sill; The scores of the two teams are level.) vienāds; vienādlīmeņa-
    3) (steady, even and not rising or falling much: a calm, level voice.) mierīgs; nosvērts
    3. verb
    1) (to make flat, smooth or horizontal: He levelled the soil.) nolīdzināt; nogludināt
    2) (to make equal: His goal levelled the scores of the two teams.) izlīdzināt
    3) ((usually with at) to aim (a gun etc): He levelled his pistol at the target.) tēmēt; mērķēt
    4) (to pull down: The bulldozer levelled the block of flats.) nolīdzināt līdz zemei; nopostīt
    •
    - level crossing
    - level-headed
    - do one's level best
    - level off
    - level out
    - on a level with
    - on the level
    * * *
    līmenis; līdzena virsma, līdzenums; līmeņrādis; nolīdzināt; nivelēt, noteikt augstumu; mērķēt, tēmēt; līdzens, horizontāls; vienādlīmeņa, vienāds; nosvērts, mierīgs; izturēts, nemainīgs; vienādā līmenī

    English-Latvian dictionary > level

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