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61 think twice
( often with about) (to hesitate before doing (something); to decide not to do (something one was intending to do): I would think twice about going, if I were you.) (vēlreiz) rūpīgi apdomāt -
62 actually
1) (really: She actually saw the accident happen.) īstenībā; patiesībā2) (in fact: Actually, I'm doing something else this evening.) faktiski* * *patiesībā, faktiski, īstenībā; pašreiz -
63 after all
1) ((used when giving a reason for doing something etc) taking everything into consideration: I won't invite him. After all, I don't really know him.) galu galā2) (in spite of everything that has/had happened, been said etc: It turns out he went by plane after all.) galu galā* * *galu galā -
64 art
1) (painting and sculpture: I'm studying art at school; Do you like modern art?; ( also adjective) an art gallery, an art college.) māksla; mākslas-2) (any of various creative forms of expression: painting, music, dancing, writing and the other arts.) māksla3) (an ability or skill; the (best) way of doing something: the art of conversation/war.) māksla; prasme•- artful- artfully
- artfulness
- arts* * *māksla; izveicība, veiklība, prasme; viltība; amats -
65 cajole
[kə'‹əul](to coax (someone into doing something), often by flattery: The little girl cajoled her father into buying her a new dress.) pieglaimoties; lišķēt* * *lišķēt, pieglaimoties -
66 coerce
[kəu'ə:s](to force (a person into doing something).) piespiest- coercion* * *piespiest; turēt paklausībā -
67 dissuade
[di'sweid](to stop (from doing something) by advice or persuasion: I tried to dissuade him from his foolish intention.) atrunāt* * *atrunāt -
68 fashion
['fæʃən]1) (the style and design of clothes: Are you interested in fashion?; ( also adjective) a fashion magazine.) mode; modes-2) (the way of behaving, dressing etc which is popular at a certain time: Fashions in music and art are always changing.) mode; stils3) (a way of doing something: She spoke in a very strange fashion.) veids; maniere•- fashionably
- after a fashion
- all the fashion
- in fashion
- out of fashion* * *maniere, veids; fasons, piegriezums; piešķirt veidu, veidot -
69 flair
[fleə](a natural ability or cleverness for (doing) something: She has flair for (learning) languages.) spējas; dotības* * *izjūta, nojauta; dotības, spējas -
70 fluff
1. noun(small pieces of soft, wool-like material from blankets etc: My coat is covered with fluff.) pūka2. verb1) ((often with out or up) to make full and soft like fluff: The bird fluffed out its feathers; Fluff up the pillows and make the invalid more comfortable.) uzbužināt; sabozt (spalvas)2) (to make a mistake in doing (something): The actress fluffed her lines; The golfer fluffed his stroke.) pieļaut kļūmi; (par aktieri) sajaukt tekstu•- fluffy* * *dūna, pūka; kļūme; slikti iestudēta loma; sabozt, uzbužināt; pieļaut kļūmi; slikti zināt lomu -
71 guidance
noun (advice towards doing something: a project prepared under the guidance of the professor.) vadība* * *vadība; padoms, ieteikums -
72 heavy
['hevi]1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) smags2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) smags3) (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) augsts4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) (par smēķētāju, dzērāju) kaislīgs; liels5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) drūms; apmācies6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) grūti saprotams7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) (par ēdienu) grūti gremojams8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) (par kustībām) smags; neveikls•- heavily- 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 -
73 inhibit
[in'hibit](to stop or hinder (eg someone from doing something).) apvaldīt; nomākt; kavēt- inhibition* * *apvaldīt, nomākt; kavēt -
74 mode
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75 opportunity
[opə'tju:nəti]plural - opportunities; noun(a chance to do or a time for doing (something): an opportunity to go to Rome; You've had several opportunities to ask him.) izdevība* * *izdevība, izdevīgs gadījums -
76 participate
(to be one of a group of people actively doing something: Did you participate in the discussion?) piedalīties- participant
- participator* * *piedalīties; dalīties -
77 pause
[po:z] 1. noun1) (a short stop, break or interval (while doing something): There was a pause in the conversation.) pauze, pārtraukums2) (the act of making a musical note or rest slightly longer than normal, or a mark showing that this is to be done.) fermāta2. verb(to stop talking, working etc for a short time: They paused for a cup of tea.) pārtraukt uz brīdi; taisīt pauzi* * *pauze, pārtraukums; cezūra; fermāta, pauzes zīme; apstāties, taisīt pauzi; pauzēt -
78 penalize
1) (to punish (someone) for doing something wrong (eg breaking a rule in a game), eg by the loss of points etc or by the giving of some advantage to an opponent: The child was penalized for her untidy handwriting.) sodīt; noteikt sodu2) (to punish (some wrong action etc) in this way: Any attempt at cheating will be heavily penalized.) sodīt* * *sodīt -
79 personally
1) (in one's own opinion: Personally, I prefer the other.) personīgi2) (doing something oneself, not having or letting someone else do it on one's behalf: He thanked me personally.) personīgi; pats* * *personiski; personīgi -
80 procedure
[prə'si:‹ə](the order or method of doing something: They followed the usual procedure(s).) procedūra; process; norise* * *procedūra; rīcība; operācija, process
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