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1 draught
1) (a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn: We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!)2) (a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping: He took a long draught of beer.) malks3) (the amount of water a ship requires to float it: a draught of half a metre.) (kuģa) iegrime•- draughts- draughty* * *vilkšana; caurvējš; loms; malks; iegrime; mikstūra -
2 hit-and-run
1) ((of a driver) causing injury to a person and driving away without stopping or reporting the accident.) [] avārijas izraisītāju, kas aizbēg no notikuma vietas2) ((of an accident) caused by such a driver.) [] avāriju, kuras izraisītājs aizbēg* * *zibeņātrs -
3 incessant
[in'sesnt](going on without stopping: incessant noise.) nepārtraukts; nemitīgs* * *nemitīgs, nepārtraukts -
4 keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
(to (force someone to) work hard, without stopping.) izdzīt/nostrādināt kāduEnglish-Latvian dictionary > keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
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5 keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
(to (force someone to) work hard, without stopping.) izdzīt/nostrādināt kāduEnglish-Latvian dictionary > keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
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6 at random
(without any particular plan or system: The police were stopping cars at random and checking their brakes; Choose a number at random.) uz labu laimi; brīvi izvēloties; gadījuma pēc* * *uz labu laimi
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without a second thought — acting immediately, without stopping to think Without a second thought, she ran after the thief … English dictionary
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