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1 to drop to one's knees
noslīgt ceļos -
2 to go down on one's knees
nomesties ceļos; pazemīgi lūgties; pazemīgi lūgt -
3 to go on one's knees
pazemīgi lūgties; nomesties ceļos; pazemīgi lūgt -
4 knee-deep
adjective (reaching up to, or covered up to, one's knees: knee-deep water; He is knee-deep in water.) līdz ceļiem* * *līdz ceļiem; iegrimis, pārņemts -
5 lap
I [læp] past tense, past participle - lapped; verb1) (to drink by licking with the tongue: The cat lapped milk from a saucer.) lakt2) ((of a liquid) to wash or flow (against): Water lapped the side of the boat.) (par ūdeni) šļakstīties•- lap upII [læp] noun1) (the part from waist to knees of a person who is sitting: The baby was lying in its mother's lap.) klēpis2) (one round of a racecourse or other competition track: The runners have completed five laps, with three still to run.) distance; aplis•- lap dog- the lap of luxury* * *slīpripa; klēpis; šķidrs ēdiens; vājš alkoholisks dzēriens; apakšmala; ieplaka, aiza; šļaksts; ļipiņa; pārkare, nojume; distance, aplis; slīpēt, pulēt; kāri dzert, lakt; ielocīt, salocīt; ieskaut, apņemt; kāri tvert; šļakstīties; pārkārt; nokārties, pārkārties
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