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1 privilege
['privəli‹]((a) favour or right available, or granted, to only one person, or to a small number of people: Senior students are usually allowed certain privileges.) privilēģija; priekšrocība* * *priekšrocība, privilēģija; konfidencialitāte; dot priekšrocības, privileģēt -
2 recital
1) (a public performance (of music or songs) usually by one person or a small number of people: a recital of Schubert's songs.) solokoncerts2) (the act of reciting.) deklamācija; uzstāšanās* * *izklāsts; uzskaitīšana; solokoncerts; vienam komponistam veltīts koncerts; deklamācija -
3 large
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4 few
[fju:]adjective, pronoun(not many; a very small number of: Few people visit me nowadays; every few minutes (= very frequently); Such opportunities are few.) bieži- a few- few and far between* * *nedaudzi, neliels skaits; maz, nedaudz -
5 handful
1) (as much as can be held in one hand: a handful of sweets.) riekšava; sauja2) (a small number: Only a handful of people came to the meeting.) neliels skaits; saujiņa3) (a person etc difficult to control: Her three children are a (bit of a) handful.) [] sodība* * *riekšava, sauja; nedaudz, saujiņa, neliels skaits; sodība -
6 minority
[mi'no-, mæi'no-]noun (a small number; less than half: Only a minority of people live in the countryside; a racial/political minority.) mazākums* * *mazākums; nepilngadība -
7 picket
['pikit] 1. noun1) ((any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc: The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; ( also adjective) a picket line.) pikets2) (a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy: The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; ( also adjective) picket duty.) sardze; postenis2. verb1) (to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket: The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp.) piketēt; izlikt sardzi/posteņus2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.)* * *miets; pikets; patruļa, postenis, sardze; iežogot ar mietiem; piesiet pie mieta; piketēt; izvietot sardzi, patrulēt -
8 some
1. pronoun, adjective1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.) nedaudz; mazliet2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) nedaudz; daži3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) [] kāds; [] kaut cik4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) zināms; atsevišķs2. adjective1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) pamatīgs; ievērojams2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) kaut kāds3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) apmēram; aptuveni3. adverb((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) nedaudz; zināmā mērā- somebody- someday
- somehow
- someone
- something
- sometime
- sometimes
- somewhat
- somewhere
- mean something
- or something
- something like
- something tells me* * *kāds; kaut kāds; mazliet, nedaudz; krietni daudz; lielisks; mazliet; apmēram; dažs, kāds -
9 swarm
[swo:m] 1. noun1) (a great number (of insects or other small creatures) moving together: a swarm of ants.) spiets; pūznis2) ((often in plural) a great number or crowd: swarms of people.) bars; pūlis2. verb1) ((of bees) to follow a queen bee in a swarm.) spietot2) (to move in great numbers: The children swarmed out of the school.) drūzmēties; pūlī doties3) (to be full of moving crowds: The Tower of London was swarming with tourists.) mudžēt* * *spiets; pūlis, bars; rāpties; spietot; drūzmēties; mudžēt
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