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1 this country has thrown up quite a number of great writers
šī zeme devusi daudzus lielus rakstniekusEnglish-Latvian dictionary > this country has thrown up quite a number of great writers
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2 many
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3 swarm
[swo:m] 1. noun1) (a great number (of insects or other small creatures) moving together: a swarm of ants.) spiets; pūznis2) ((often in plural) a great number or crowd: swarms of people.) bars; pūlis2. verb1) ((of bees) to follow a queen bee in a swarm.) spietot2) (to move in great numbers: The children swarmed out of the school.) drūzmēties; pūlī doties3) (to be full of moving crowds: The Tower of London was swarming with tourists.) mudžēt* * *spiets; pūlis, bars; rāpties; spietot; drūzmēties; mudžēt -
4 cloud
1.1) (a mass of tiny drops of water floating in the sky: white clouds in a blue sky; The hills were hidden in cloud.) mākonis2) (a great number or quantity of anything small moving together: a cloud of flies.) mākonis; bars3) (something causing fear, depression etc: a cloud of sadness.) ēna; aptumšojums2. verb1) ((often with over) to become cloudy: The sky clouded over and it began to rain.) apmākties2) (to (cause to) become blurred or not clear: Her eyes were clouded with tears.) apēnot; aizmiglot3) (to (cause to) become gloomy or troubled: His face clouded at the unhappy news.) sadrūmt•- cloudy
- cloudburst
- under a cloud* * *mākonis; aizsegs; ēna; duļķes; duļķojums; apmākties; apēnot; sadrūmt; saduļķot; aptumšot -
5 multitude
(a great number or crowd: a multitude of reasons; multitudes of people.) daudzums* * *liels skaits, liels daudzums; pūlis -
6 rain
[rein] 1. noun1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) lietus2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) lietus; krusa2. verb1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) līt2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) birt•- rainy- raininess
- rainbow
- rain check: take a rain check
- raincoat
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain forest
- rain-gauge
- keep
- save for a rainy day
- rain cats and dogs
- the rains
- as right as rain
- right as rain* * *lietus; birums; plūdi; krusa; līt; birt; apbērt -
7 shoal
I [ʃəul] noun(a great number of fish swimming together in one place: The fishing-boats were searching for large shoals of fish.) barsII [ʃəul] noun(a shallow place in the sea etc; a sandbank: The boat grounded on a shoal.) sēklis* * *sēklis; bars; apslēptas briesmas, kļūt seklam, sekls; milzums; pulcēties baros -
8 many a
(a great number of: I've told him many a time to be more polite.) daudz -
9 many-
(having a great number of (something): many-coloured; many-sided.) daudz- -
10 power
1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) spēja2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) spēks; enerģija3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) vara4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) tiesības5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) autoritāte; ietekmīgs cilvēks6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) lielvalsts, lielvara7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) pakāpe•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
- be in power* * *spēja; jauda, enerģija; vara, spēks; lielvalsts; valsts; pilnvara; liels daudzums; pakāpe; palielināšanas spēja, stiprums; apgādāt ar dzinējspēku -
11 considerable
adjective (great: considerable wealth; a considerable number of people.) ievērojams; vērā ņemams; krietni liels* * *vērā ņemams, ievērojams; krietni liels -
12 infinity
[-'fi-]1) (space, time or quantity that is without limit, or is immeasurably great or small.) bezgalība2) (in mathematics, an indefinitely large number, quantity or distance: Parallel lines meet at infinity.) bezgalība* * *bazgalīgums, bezgalība -
13 large
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14 legion
['li:‹ən]1) (in ancient Rome, a body of from three to six thousand soldiers.) leģions2) (a great many or a very large number.) milzums* * *leģions; milzums -
15 massacre
['mæsəkə] 1. noun1) (the killing of a large number of usually people, especially with great cruelty.) masveida slepkavība2) (a very bad defeat: That last game was a complete massacre.) sakāve2. verb(to kill (large numbers) cruelly.) slepkavot* * *masveida slepkavošana, slaktiņš; sakāve; slepkavot; ciest sakāvi -
16 megaton
((usually with a number) (of a bomb) giving an explosion as great as that of a million tons of TNT: a five-megaton bomb.) megatonnas-, megatonnu-* * *megatonna
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