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1 pick a quarrel/fight with (someone)
(to start a quarrel, argument or fight with (someone) on purpose: He was angry because I beat him in the race, and he tried to pick a fight with me afterwards.) meklēt strīdu/kautiņu (ar kādu)English-Latvian dictionary > pick a quarrel/fight with (someone)
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2 pick a quarrel/fight with (someone)
(to start a quarrel, argument or fight with (someone) on purpose: He was angry because I beat him in the race, and he tried to pick a fight with me afterwards.) meklēt strīdu/kautiņu (ar kādu)English-Latvian dictionary > pick a quarrel/fight with (someone)
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3 give (someone) a hammering
(to hammer (= beat) (a person): His father gave him a hammering for stealing.) sadot pamatīgu sutu; piekaut -
4 give (someone) a hammering
(to hammer (= beat) (a person): His father gave him a hammering for stealing.) sadot pamatīgu sutu; piekaut -
5 drum
1. noun1) (a musical instrument constructed of skin etc stretched on a round frame and beaten with a stick: He plays the drums.) bungas2) (something shaped like a drum, especially a container: an oil-drum.) tvertne3) (an eardrum.) bungādiņa2. verb1) (to beat a drum.) sist bungas2) (to tap continuously especially with the fingers: Stop drumming (your fingers) on the table!) bungot (ar pirkstiem)3) (to make a sound like someone beating a drum: The rain drummed on the metal roof.) bungot•- drummer- drumstick
- drum in/into* * *bungas; bungu rīboņa; bungādiņa; korpuss, tvertne; cilindrs; sist bungas; bungot, dauzīt; dauzīties -
6 hammer
['hæmə] 1. noun1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) āmurs2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) (mehānisma daļa) āmuriņš3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) (sportā) veseris2. verb1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) sist; dauzīt (ar āmuru)2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) iedzīt galvā•- give someone a hammering- give a hammering
- hammer home
- hammer out* * *āmurs; gailis; āmuriņš; veseris; dauzīt, sist; kaldināt, kalt; noņemties, nopūlēties; sakaut, uzvarēt; pasludināt par maksātnespējīgu -
7 heart
1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) sirds; sirds-2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) lietas būtība3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) sirds; dvēsele4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) drosme; drošsirdība5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) sirsniņa6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) ercens•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) atklāta un sirsnīga saruna- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
- with all one's heart* * *sirds; sirds, dvēsele; drošsirdība, drosme; kodols, būtība; centrālā daļa, vidiene; auglība; serdenis, serde
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