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1 to amount to very little
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2 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 -
3 heavy
['hevi]1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) smags2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) smags3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) stiprs; spēcīgs; (par cenu, nodokļiem) augsts4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) (par smēķētāju, dzērāju) kaislīgs; liels5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) drūms; apmācies6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) grūti saprotams7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) (par ēdienu) grūti gremojams8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) (par kustībām) smags; neveikls•- heavily- heaviness
- heavy-duty
- heavy industry
- heavyweight
- heavy going
- a heavy heart
- make heavy weather of* * *biezs, trekns krējums; resnule; liels vilnis, banga; liels vīrs; smags; liels, smags; intensīvs, stiprs, spēcīgs; grūts, smags; kupls, biezs; bagātīgs; smags, neveikls; nomācošs, drūms; bargs, stingrs; nelikumīgs, netīrs; nopietns, svarīgs
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