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1 boring
adjective a boring job; This book is boring.) garlaikojošs* * *urbšana; urbums; urbuma skaidas; apnicīgs, garlaicīgs -
2 to sit through a boring play
noskatīties garlaicīgu lugu līdz beigām -
3 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) vilkt2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) vilkt3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) vilkties4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) pārmeklēt (ūdens baseina dibenu)5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) (par laiku) lēni vilkties2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) bremze; kavēklis; šķērslis2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) dūmu ievilkšana (smēķējot)3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) garlaicīgs pasākums4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) sieviešu drēbes; pretējā dzimuma apģērbs* * *draga, bagars; bremze; smagās ecēšas; šķērslis, kavēklis; garlaicīgs pasākums; garš vilciena sastāvs; garš preču vilciena sastāvs; dūmu ievilkšana; vazāt, vilkt; vilkties; bagarēt; ecēt -
4 address
1. [ə'dres] verb1) (to put a name and address on (an envelope etc): Address the parcel clearly.) adresēt2) (to speak or write to: I shall address my remarks to you only.) uzrunāt2. ( American[) 'ædres] noun1) (the name of the house, street, town etc where a person lives: His address is 30 Main St, Edinburgh.) adrese2) (a speech: He made a long and boring address.) uzruna•* * *uzruna; adrese; izveicība, atjautība; uzmanības parādīšana; uzrunāt; adresēt; ķerties pie, uzsākt -
5 chestnut
1.1) (a reddish-brown nut (one type being edible).)2) (a reddish-brown horse.)3) (a boring old joke or story.)2. adjective(of the colour of ripe chestnuts: chestnut hair.) kastaņbrūns* * *kastanis; kastaņa, kastaņkoks; kastaņbrūna krāsa; bērs zirgs; nodrāzta anekdote, nodrāzts joks -
6 drone
[drəun] 1. noun1) (the male of the bee.) trans2) (a person who is lazy and idle.) liekēdis3) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) dūkšana; dūkoņa2. verb1) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) dūkt2) (to speak in a dull, boring voice: The lecturer droned on and on.) monotoni runāt* * *trans; liekēdis; dūkšana; bezpilota lidmašīna, vadāmais šāviņš; dzīvot kā liekēdim; dūkt; bubināt -
7 fag
[fæɡ]1) (hard or boring work: It was a real fag to clean the whole house.) nogurdinošs/apnicīgs darbs2) (a slang word for a cigarette: I'm dying for a fag.) cigarete•- fag-end- fagged out* * *nogurdinošs darbs; cigarete; pederasts; strādāt nogurdinošu darbu; nogurdināt -
8 grind
1. past tense, past participle - ground; verb1) (to crush into powder or small pieces: This machine grinds coffee.)2) (to rub together, usually producing an unpleasant noise: He grinds his teeth.)3) (to rub into or against something else: He ground his heel into the earth.)2. noun(boring hard work: Learning vocabulary is a bit of a grind.) smags/vienmuļš darbs- grinder- grinding
- grindstone
- grind down
- grind up
- keep someone's nose to the grindstone
- keep one's nose to the grindstone* * *malums; vienmuļš darbs, smags; zubrītājs; mīlēšanās; dibena grozīšana; malt; samalt; saberzt, trīt, asināt; slīpēt; griezt leijerkasti, griezt rokturi; cītīgi strādāt; zubrīt; mīlēties; grozīt dibenu -
9 introduce
[intrə'dju:s]1) ((often with to) to make (people) known by name to each other: He introduced the guests (to each other); Let me introduce you to my mother; May I introduce myself? I'm John Brown.) iepazīstināt; stādīt priekšā2) ((often with into) to bring in (something new): Grey squirrels were introduced into Britain from Canada; Why did you introduce such a boring subject (into the conversation)?) ieviest3) (to propose or put forward: He introduced a bill in Parliament for the abolition of income tax.) iesniegt (likumprojektu u.tml.)4) ((with to) to cause (a person) to get to know (a subject etc): Children are introduced to algebra at about the age of eleven.) ievadīt•- introductory* * *ieviest; iepazīstināt, stādīt priekšā; ievadīt; iesniegt; pieteikt -
10 lecture
['lek ə] 1. noun1) (a formal talk given to students or other audiences: a history lecture.) lekcija2) (a long and boring or irritating speech, warning or scolding: The teacher gave the children a lecture for running in the corridor.) pamācība; moralizēšana2. verb(to give a lecture: He lectures on Roman Art; She lectured him on good behaviour.) lasīt lekciju; lasīt morāli; pamācīt- lecturer* * *lekcija; lasīt lekciju; lasīt morāli, pamācīt -
11 pall
I [po:l] noun(the (usually dark-coloured) cloth which covers a coffin at a funeral: a pall of purple-velvet; A pall of smoke hung over the town.) zārka pārklājs; tumšs aizsegsII [po:l] verb(to become boring or uninteresting: Loud music soon palls.) apnikt* * *zārka pārklājs; aizsegs; zārks ar līķi; kļūt neinteresantam; apnikt -
12 pedestrian
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13 relish
['reliʃ] 1. verb(to enjoy greatly: He relishes his food; I relished the thought of telling my husband about my promotion.) []baudīt; izgaršot2. noun1) (pleasure; enjoyment: He ate the food with great relish; I have no relish for such a boring task.) bauda; patika2) (a strong flavour, or a sauce etc for adding flavour.) piedeva; garša* * *garša; piedeva; bauda, patika; rast baudu, baudīt -
14 saving grace
(a good quality that makes up for a fault: His speeches are boring but they have the saving grace of being short.) laba īpašība* * *pozitīva īpašība -
15 suck
1. verb1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) zīst; sūkt2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) sūkāt3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) iesūkt; uzsūkt4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.) riebties; būt pretīgam2. noun(an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) zīšana; sūkšana; sūkāšana- sucker- suck up to* * *zīšana; iesūkšana; neliels malks; izkrišana, izgāšanās; saldumi; zīst; sūkt; sūkāt -
16 tedious
['ti:diəs](boring and continuing for a long time: a tedious speech/speaker.) garlaicīgs; apnicīgs- tediousness
- tedium* * *garlaicīgs -
17 vegetate
['ve‹iteit]verb (to live an idle, boring and pointless life: I would like to get a job - I don't want to vegetate.) veģetēt* * *augt, veģetēt; vilkt dzīvību, veģetēt -
18 wade
[weid]1) (to go or walk (through water, mud etc) with some difficulty: He waded across the river towards me; I've finally managed to wade through that boring book I had to read.) brist; cīnīties (cauri)2) (to cross (a river etc) by wading: We'll wade the stream at its shallowest point.) pārbrist•- wader* * *brišana; brist; pārbrist -
19 borehole
noun (a hole made by boring, especially to find oil etc.) urbums -
20 soul-destroying
adjective ((of a task etc) very dull, boring, repetitive etc.) apnicīgs; nomācošs
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