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(amusement)

  • 21 smile

    1. verb
    (to show pleasure, amusement etc by turning up the corners of the mouth: He smiled warmly at her as he shook hands; They all smiled politely at the joke; He asked her what she was smiling at.) smaidīt
    2. noun
    (an act of smiling, or the resulting facial expression: `How do you do?' he said with a smile; the happy smiles of the children.) smaids
    - be all smiles
    * * *
    smaids; labvēlība; smaidīt

    English-Latvian dictionary > smile

  • 22 snort

    [sno:t] 1. verb
    1) ((usually of animals) to force air noisily through the nostrils, breathing either in or out: The horses snorted impatiently.) sprauslāt
    2) ((of people) to make a similar noise, showing disapproval, anger, contempt, amusement etc: She snorted at the very suggestion that she was tired.) nosprauslāties; iespurgties
    2. noun
    (an act of snorting: a snort of impatience; She gave a snort of laughter.) sprauslāšana; spurdziens; spurgšana
    * * *
    sprauslāšana; sprauslāt; iešņaukt

    English-Latvian dictionary > snort

  • 23 social

    ['səuʃəl] 1. adjective
    1) (concerning or belonging to the way of life and welfare of people in a community: social problems.) sociāls; sabiedrisks
    2) (concerning the system by which such a community is organized: social class.) sabiedrības-; sabiedrisks
    3) (living in communities: Ants are social insects.) sabiedrisks
    4) (concerning the gathering together of people for the purposes of recreation or amusement: a social club; His reasons for calling were purely social.) saviesīgs; draudzīgs
    - socialist 2. adjective
    (of or concerning socialism: socialist policies/governments.) sociālistisks
    - socialise
    - socially
    - social work
    * * *
    sanāksme, sapulce; sarīkojums; sociāls; saviesīgs, sabiedrisks; draudzīgs; sabiedrības

    English-Latvian dictionary > social

  • 24 lucky dip

    (a form of amusement at a fair etc in which prizes are drawn from a container without the taker seeing what he is getting.) laimes aka (loterijā)

    English-Latvian dictionary > lucky dip

  • 25 switchback

    noun (a railway eg in an amusement park, or a road that has many ups and downs (and sudden turns): Let's go along the switchback.) atrakcija ‘jautrie kalniņi'

    English-Latvian dictionary > switchback

См. также в других словарях:

  • amusement — [ amyzmɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1500; de amuser 1 ♦ Vx Perte de temps; manière d amuser, de tromper. ⇒ diversion, leurre, tromperie. L espérance « n est qu un amusement inutile » (Bossuet). 2 ♦ (XVIIe) Action de distraire, ou de se distraire agréablement. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Amusement — is the state of experiencing humorous and usually entertaining events or situations, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure. Amusement may also be experienced through the recollection of events which have given rise to …   Wikipedia

  • amusement — AMUSEMENT. s. m. Ce qui amuse, ou qui sert à amuser. Doux amusement. Amusement innocent. Son luth fait son amusement. C est son amusement. Agréable amusement.Amusement, signifie aussi Tromperie, promesses trompeuses. Tout ce que vous me dites là …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • amusement — Amusement. s. m. v. Ce qui amuse, ou qui sert à amuser. Vain amusement. sot amusement. son chien luy sert d amusement. c est mon amusement. agreable amusement …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • amusement — (n.) c.1600, diversion of attention, especially in military actions, from Fr. amusement, noun of action from amuser (see AMUSE (Cf. amuse)). And because all bold and irreverent Speeches touching matters of high nature, and all malicious and false …   Etymology dictionary

  • Amusement — A*muse ment, n. [Cf. F. amusement.] 1. Deep thought; muse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Here I . . . fell into a strong and deep amusement, revolving in my mind, with great perplexity, the amazing change of our affairs. Fleetwood. [1913 Webster] 2. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Amüsement — Amüsement,das:⇨Belustigung(1) Amüsement→Kurzweil …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • amusement — [n1] entertaining, making someone laugh action, ball*, beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, field day*, fun, fun and games*, gladdening, gratification, grins*, high time*, hilarity, hoopla*, laughs*, laughter,… …   New thesaurus

  • amusement — index enjoyment (pleasure), treat Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • amusement — diversion, entertainment, recreation (see under AMUSE vb) Analogous words: engrossment, absorption (see corresponding verbs at MONOPOLIZE): play, sport, *fun, jest: disporting, frolicking, rollicking, romping (see PLAY vb): jollity, *mirth… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • amusement — Amusement, neut. acut. Animi occupatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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