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  • 81 after a fashion

    (in a way, but not very well: She can speak French after a fashion.) zināmā mērā; ne sevišķi labi
    * * *
    zināmā mērā; ne visai labi

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  • 82 angry

    1) (feeling or showing anger: He was so angry that he was unable to speak; angry words; She is angry with him; The sky looks angry - it is going to rain.) dusmīgs; nikns; draudošs
    2) (red and sore-looking: He has an angry cut over his left eye.) iekaisis
    * * *
    dusmīgs, nikns; iekaisis; bangains; draudošs, nikns

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  • 83 articulate

    1. verb
    (to speak or pronounce: The teacher articulated (his words) very carefully.) artikulēt; skaidri izrunāt
    2. [-lət] adjective
    (able to express one's thoughts clearly: He's unusually articulate for a three-year-old child.) skaidri runājošs; skaidri formulējošs
    - articulateness
    - articulation
    * * *
    artikulēt, skaidri izrunāt; skaidri formulēt; savienot pa posmiem, savienot, saistīt; artikulēts; skaidri formulēts; posmains; šarnīra, šarnīrveida

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  • 84 attack

    [ə'tæk] 1. verb
    1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) uzbrukt
    2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) uzbrukt; kritizēt
    3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) uzbrukt
    4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) ķerties pie (kāda darba, uzdevuma)
    2. noun
    1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) uzbrukums
    2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) lēkme
    * * *
    uzbrukums; lēkme; uzbrucējs; uzbrukt; enerģiski ķerties, radīt koroziju, saēst; ķerties

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  • 85 call

    [ko:l] 1. verb
    1) (to give a name to: My name is Alexander but I'm called Sandy by my friends) saukt
    2) (to regard (something) as: I saw you turn that card over - I call that cheating.) uzskatīt
    3) (to speak loudly (to someone) to attract attention etc: Call everyone over here; She called louder so as to get his attention.) []saukt; kliegt
    4) (to summon; to ask (someone) to come (by letter, telephone etc): They called him for an interview for the job; He called a doctor.) izsaukt; ataicināt
    5) (to make a visit: I shall call at your house this evening; You were out when I called.) apciemot
    6) (to telephone: I'll call you at 6 p.m.) []zvanīt (pa telefonu)
    7) ((in card games) to bid.) nosaukt likmi
    2. noun
    1) (an exclamation or shout: a call for help.) sauciens
    2) (the song of a bird: the call of a blackbird.) svilpošana
    3) (a (usually short) visit: The teacher made a call on the boy's parents.) (īss) apciemojums
    4) (the act of calling on the telephone: I've just had a call from the police.) telefona saruna
    5) ((usually with the) attraction: the call of the sea.) aicinājums; vilinājums
    6) (a demand: There's less call for coachmen nowadays.) pieprasījums
    7) (a need or reason: You've no call to say such things!) vajadzība
    - calling
    - call-box
    - call for
    - call off
    - call on
    - call up
    - give someone a call
    - give a call
    - on call
    * * *
    sauciens, kliedziens; signāls, svilpiens; izsaukums, pieprasījums; apciemojums; īss apciemojums; telefona saruna; prasība; vajadzība; aicinājums; saukt; pasaukt; nosaukt; izsaukt; izziņot, kliegt; apciemot; iegriezties; piezvanīt; modināt; uzskatīt

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  • 86 converse

    I [kən'və:s] verb
    (to talk: It is difficult to converse with people who do not speak your language.) sarunāties
    II ['konvə:s] noun
    (the opposite; the contrary.) pretstats; pretējais
    * * *
    pretējs apgalvojums; apgriezta teorēma; sarunāties; apgriezts, pretējs

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  • 87 copy

    ['kopi] 1. plural - copies; noun
    1) (an imitation or reproduction: That dress is a copy of one I saw at a Paris fashion show; He made eight copies of the pamphlet on the photocopier.)
    2) (a single book, newspaper etc: Can I have six copies of this dictionary, please?)
    3) (written or typed material for publishing: He writes copy for advertisements.)
    2. verb
    (to make an imitation or reproduction of (something): Copy the way I speak; Copy this passage into your notebook.) kopēt; atdarināt; pārrakstīt
    - copyright
    * * *
    kopija; reprodukcija, kopija; noraksts; eksemplārs; manuskripts; modelis, paraugs; norakstīt, pārrakstīt; nokopēt, kopēt; atdarināt; norakstīt

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  • 88 cue

    I [kju:] noun
    (the last words of another actor's speech etc, serving as a sign to an actor to speak etc: Your cue is `- whatever the vicar says!') (aktiera teksta) galavārds
    II [kju:] noun
    (a stick which gets thinner towards one end and the point of which is used to strike the ball in playing billiards.) (biljarda) kija
    * * *
    replika; pīne; kija; norādījums, mājiens; rinda

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  • 89 drawl

    [dro:l] 1. verb
    (to speak or say in a slow, lazy manner: He drawled his words in an irritating manner.) stiept vārdus (runājot)
    2. noun
    (a slow, lazy manner of speaking: She spoke in a drawl.) vārdu stiepšana (runājot)
    * * *
    vārdu stiepšana; stiept vārdus

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  • 90 drone

    [drəun] 1. noun
    1) (the male of the bee.) trans
    2) (a person who is lazy and idle.) liekēdis
    3) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) dūkšana; dūkoņa
    2. verb
    1) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) dūkt
    2) (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

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  • 91 evil

    ['i:vl] 1. adjective
    (very bad; wicked; sinful: evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue.) ļauns; slikts
    2. noun
    1) (wrong-doing, harm or wickedness: He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone.) ļaunums; sliktums
    2) (anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc: London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils.) ļaunums; nelaime
    - evilly
    - evilness
    - evil-doer
    * * *
    ļaunums; nelaime; ļauns; kaitīgs; netikls, izlaidīgs

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  • 92 extempore

    [ik'stempəri]
    (without previous thought or preparation: to speak extempore.) bez sagatavošanās
    * * *
    nesagatavots, improvizēts; bez sagatavošanās

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  • 93 falter

    ['fo:ltə]
    1) (to stumble or hesitate: She walked without faltering.) grīļoties
    2) (to speak with hesitation: Her voice faltered.) stomīties; minstināties
    - falteringly
    * * *
    grīļoties, klupt; stomīties, drebēt; minstināties, vilcināties

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  • 94 flatter

    ['flætə]
    1) (to praise too much or insincerely: Flatter him by complimenting him on his singing.) glaimot
    2) (to show, describe etc someone or something as being better than someone etc really is: The photograph flatters him.) Fotogrāfijā viņš izskatās skaistāks nekā dzīvē.
    3) (to be pleased to say about (oneself) (that one can do something): I flatter myself that I can speak French perfectly.) būt apmierinātam ar sevi
    - flattery
    * * *
    glaimot; iepriecināt; izskaistināt

    English-Latvian dictionary > flatter

  • 95 freely

    1) (in a free manner: to give freely to charity; to speak freely.) brīvi; nepiespiesti
    2) (willingly; readily: I freely admit it was my fault.) labprātīgi((also freephone; American toll-free number) a telephone number of a business or an organization that can be used free of charge by their customers etc; the system giving this service.) bezmaksas telefons
    * * *
    brīvi; vaļsirdīgi, atklāti; devīgi

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  • 96 funereal

    [fju'niəriəl]
    (mournful; suitable for a funeral: to speak in funereal tones.) bēru-; sēru-; sērīgs
    * * *
    sēru, bēru; sērīgs, drūms

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  • 97 hear

    [hiə]
    past tense, past participle - heard; verb
    1) (to (be able to) receive (sounds) by ear: I don't hear very well; Speak louder - I can't hear you; I didn't hear you come in.) dzirdēt
    2) (to listen to for some purpose: A judge hears court cases; Part of a manager's job is to hear workers' complaints.) uzklausīt; (tiesā) noklausīties
    3) (to receive information, news etc, not only by ear: I've heard that story before; I hear that you're leaving; `Have you heard from your sister?' `Yes, I got a letter from her today'; I've never heard of him - who is he? This is the first I've heard of the plan.) uzzināt; dzirdēt; saņemt ziņas
    - hearing-aid
    - hearsay
    - hear! hear!
    - I
    - he will
    - would not hear of
    * * *
    dzirdēt; dabūt dzirdēt, uzzināt; klausīties; saņemt ziņas; iztiesāt

    English-Latvian dictionary > hear

  • 98 imitation

    1) (the act of imitating: Children learn how to speak by imitation.) imitēšana, atdarināšana
    2) (a copy: an imitation of an ancient statue.) imitācija, atdarinājums
    * * *
    imitēšana, atdarināšana; atdarinājums, imitācija

    English-Latvian dictionary > imitation

  • 99 invite

    1) (to ask (a person) politely to come (eg to one's house, to a party etc): They have invited us to dinner tomorrow.) ielūgt; uzaicināt
    2) (to ask (a person) politely to do something: He was invited to speak at the meeting.) lūgt; aicināt
    3) (to ask for (another person's suggestions etc): He invited proposals from members of the society.) lūgt
    - inviting
    * * *
    ielūgt, uzaicināt; aicināt, lūgt; raisīt, modināt; pievilkt, saistīt

    English-Latvian dictionary > invite

  • 100 jeer

    [‹iə] 1. verb
    1) (to shout at or laugh at rudely or mockingly: He was jeered as he tried to speak to the crowds.) izsvilpt
    2) ((with at) to make fun of (someone) rudely: He's always jeering at her stupidity.) ņirgāties
    2. noun
    (a rude or mocking shout: the jeers and boos of the audience.) izsmiekls; ņirdzīga piezīme
    - jeeringly
    * * *
    dzēlība, ņirdzīga piezīme; ņirgāties; izsvilpt; trice

    English-Latvian dictionary > jeer

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