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  • 1 turn

    [tə:n] 1. verb
    1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) sukti(s)
    2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) apsigręžti, atsigręžti
    3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) sukti
    4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) nukreipti
    5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) pasukti už
    6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) paversti, pavirsti
    7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) pasidaryti (kitos spalvos), pakeisti spalvą
    2. noun
    1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) (pa)sukimas
    2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) vija
    3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) posūkis
    4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) eilė
    5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) numeris
    - turnover
    - turnstile
    - turntable
    - turn-up
    - by turns
    - do someone a good turn
    - do a good turn
    - in turn
    - by turns
    - out of turn
    - speak out of turn
    - take a turn for the better
    - worse
    - take turns
    - turn a blind eye
    - turn against
    - turn away
    - turn back
    - turn down
    - turn in
    - turn loose
    - turn off
    - turn on
    - turn out
    - turn over
    - turn up

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > turn

  • 2 which

    [wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun
    (used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) kuris
    2. relative pronoun
    ((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) kuris
    3. relative adjective, relative pronoun
    (used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) kuris, tai
    - which is which? - which is which

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > which

  • 3 break

    [breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
    1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) laužyti, daužyti
    2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) nudaužti, nulaužti
    3) (to make or become unusable.) sugadinti, sugesti
    4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) (su)laužyti, nusižengti
    5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) įveikti, viršyti, pagerinti
    6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) pertraukti
    7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) nutraukti, pabaigti
    8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) pranešti
    9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) užlūžti, mutuoti
    10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) sušvelninti
    11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) prasidėti
    2. noun
    1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) pertrauka
    2) (a change: a break in the weather.) pasikeitimas
    3) (an opening.) spraga, plyšys
    4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) proga, galimybė
    3. noun
    ((usually in plural) something likely to break.) dūžtantys daiktai
    - breaker
    - breakdown
    - break-in
    - breakneck
    - breakout
    - breakthrough
    - breakwater
    - break away
    - break down
    - break into
    - break in
    - break loose
    - break off
    - break out
    - break out in
    - break the ice
    - break up
    - make a break for it

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > break

  • 4 shade

    [ʃeid] 1. noun
    1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) paunksnė, šešėlis
    2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) šešėlis
    3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) gaubtas, uždanga
    4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) atspalvis
    5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) truputis
    2. verb
    1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) apsaugoti nuo šviesos
    2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) užtamsinti
    3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) pereiti
    - shades
    - shading
    - shady
    - shadiness
    - put in the shade

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > shade

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