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1 down-and-out
noun, adjective ((a person) having no money and no means of earning a living: a hostel for down-and-outs.) bezpajumtnieks; bezpajumtnieka- -
2 down and out
nokautēts; bezizejas stāvoklī -
3 down-and-outer
bezpajumtnieks -
4 knock-down and drag-out
mežonīgs kautiņš -
5 to be down and out
būt izputinātam -
6 down
I 1. adverb1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) apakšā; lejā2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) zemē3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) laikā; no... līdz4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) lejup5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)2. preposition1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) lejup2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) pa3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) pa3. verb(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) ātri izdzert- downward- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjectiveHe is a downright nuisance!) pilnīgs; galīgs- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) dūna; pūka- downie®- downy* * *dūna, pūka; augstiene; pazemināšanās, pasliktināšanās; nepatika; kāpa; nomierinošs līdzeklis; noliekt; nogāzt; pieveikt; ātri izdzert; padot uz priekšu; lejupejošs; skumīgs; lejā, apakšā; uz leju, lejup; guļus, zemē; līdz galam, līdz pat; laikā no līdz; lejup pa; pa -
7 down the drain
(wasted: We had to scrap everything and start again - six months' work down the drain!) pazušanā* * *tukšā; pazušanā -
8 down-to-earth
adjective (practical and not concerned with theories, ideals etc: She is a sensible, down-to-earth person.) praktisks; reāli domājošs* * *praktisks, reāli noskaņots -
9 down tools
(to stop working: When the man was sacked his fellow workers downed tools and walked out.) pārtraukt darbu -
10 down-at-heel
adjective (shabby, untidy and not well looked after or well-dressed.) noskrandis -
11 break down
1) (to use force on (a door etc) to cause it to open.) uzlauzt2) (to stop working properly: My car has broken down.) salūzt3) (to fail: The talks have broken down.) ciest neveiksmi4) (to be overcome with emotion: She broke down and wept.) zaudēt savaldīšanos -
12 put one's foot down
(to be firm about something: I put my foot down and refused.) ieņemt stingru nostāju -
13 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) nomierināt; apklusināt; nomierināties; apklust2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) iekārtoties; ierīkoties3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) pievērsties -
14 bear down on
1) (to approach quickly and often threateningly: The angry teacher bore down on the child.) draudoši tuvoties2) (to exert pressure on: The weight is bearing down on my chest.) spiest -
15 boil down to
(to amount to; to indicate as a final analysis or judgement: It all boils down to money; What it boils down to is that you have to make a choice between family and career.) nonākt pie/līdz -
16 touch down
1) ((of aircraft) to land: The plane should touch down at 2 o'clock.) nolaisties2) (in rugby and American football, to put the ball on the ground behind the opposite team's goal line (noun touch-down).) iesist golu -
17 dust down
(to remove the dust from with a brushing action: She picked herself up and dusted herself down.) notīrīt; nobraucīt putekļus -
18 get down to brass tacks
(to deal with basic principles or matters: Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks.) nonākt līdz lietas būtībai -
19 set down
((of a bus etc) to stop and let (passengers) out: The bus set us down outside the post-office.) izlaist (no satiksmes līdzekļa); izsēdināt -
20 take down
(to make a note or record of: He took down her name and address.) pierakstīt; atzīmēt
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