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1 enough
1. adjective(in the number or quantity etc needed: Have you enough money to pay for the books?; food enough for everyone.) pietiekošs; pietiekams2. pronoun(the amount needed: He has had enough to eat; I've had enough of her rudeness.) pietiekami3. adverb1) (to the degree needed: Is it hot enough?; He swam well enough to pass the test.) pietiekoši; diezgan2) (one must admit; you must agree: She's pretty enough, but not beautiful; Oddly enough, it isn't raining.) pietiekoši; pietiekami* * *pietiekams daudzums; pietiekams, pietiekošs; diezgan, pietiekami -
2 stretch
[stre ] 1. verb1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) []stiept; stiepties2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) stiepties; plesties2. noun1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) []staipīšanās; []stiepšana2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) nogabals; posms; periods•- stretchy
- at a stretch
- be at full stretch
- stretch one's legs
- stretch out* * *izstiepšanās; izstiepšana; saspīlējums, spriegums; elastīgums; pārspīlējums; laika sprīdis; izplatījums; ieslodzījuma laiks; distance; izstiept; izstiepties; stiepties, plesties; ilgt; pieļaut; izklāt; atšķaidīt; pakārt; elastīgs
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a pretty pass — {n. phr.} An unfortunate condition; a critical state. * /While the boss was away, things at the company had come to a pretty pass./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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things have come to a pretty pass — things have come to/reached a pretty pass something that you say which means a situation is very bad. Things have come to a pretty pass when old people are dying of hypothermia because they can t afford to heat their homes. (often + when) … New idioms dictionary
things have come reached a pretty pass — things have come to/reached a pretty pass something that you say which means a situation is very bad. Things have come to a pretty pass when old people are dying of hypothermia because they can t afford to heat their homes. (often + when) … New idioms dictionary
come to a pretty pass — If something has come to a pretty pass, then it is in a difficult, unfavourable or negative situation … The small dictionary of idiomes
come to a pretty pass — ► come to a pretty pass reach a regrettable state of affairs. Main Entry: ↑pass … English terms dictionary
things have come to a pretty pass — old fashioned phrase used for saying that a situation has become very unpleasant, difficult, or unacceptable Thesaurus: words used to describe difficult situationssynonym Main entry: pass … Useful english dictionary
pretty pass — mess, nasty business, predicament … English contemporary dictionary
