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  • 1 cut

    1. present participle - cutting; verb
    1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)
    2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)
    3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)
    4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)
    5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)
    6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)
    7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)
    8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)
    9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')
    10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)
    11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)
    12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)
    13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)
    2. noun
    1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) cenu samazinājums
    2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) piegriezums; fasons
    3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) (gaļas) šķēle; atgriezums
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    - cutting 3. adjective
    (insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) dzēlīgs; aizvainojošs
    - cut-price
    - cut-throat     4. adjective
    (fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) nežēlīgs; uz dzīvību un nāvi
    - cut and dried
    - cut back
    - cut both ways
    - cut a dash
    - cut down
    - cut in
    - cut it fine
    - cut no ice
    - cut off
    - cut one's losses
    - cut one's teeth
    - cut out
    - cut short
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    grieziens; cirtiens; ievainojums, iegriezums; šķēle; nocirtums, cirpums; fasons, griezums, piegriezums; pazeminājums; samazinājums; pārtraukums; saīsinājums, izgriezums; pārtraukšana; apvainojums; ieskaņojums; profils, šķēlums; spēcīgs atsitiens; pārgriezt, sagriezt, griezt; ievainot; cirpt, pļaut, cirst; slīpēt, kalt; piegriezt; pazemināt; samazināt; krustoties; apvainot, aizskart; pārtraukt; saīsināt; pārtraukt; pārtraukt; neierasties, kavēt; šķilties, nākt; kastrēt; aizvākties; atšķaidīt; griezts; saīsināts; ar izgriezumiem; piedzēris

    English-Latvian dictionary > cut

  • 2 extract

    1. [ik'strækt] verb
    1) (to pull out, or draw out, especially by force or with effort: I have to have a tooth extracted; Did you manage to extract the information from her?) izraut; izdabūt; izdibināt
    2) (to select (passages from a book etc).) izdalīt (fragmentu)
    3) (to take out (a substance forming part of something else) by crushing or by chemical means: Vanilla essence is extracted from vanilla beans.) ekstrahēt; izspiest
    2. ['ekstrækt] noun
    1) (a passage selected from a book etc: a short extract from his novel.) izvilkums (no grāmatas)
    2) (a substance obtained by an extracting process: beef/yeast extract; extract of malt.) ekstrakts
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    * * *
    ekstrakts; izvilkums, īss izklāsts; izraut; izdabūt, izdibināt; iegūt; izspiest; izvēlēties; izvilkt; ekstrahēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > extract

  • 3 hack

    [hæk] 1. verb
    1) (to cut or chop up roughly: The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces.) sacirst; sakapāt
    2) (to cut (a path etc) roughly: He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle.) izcirst (ceļu)
    2. noun
    1) (a rough cut made in something: He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk.) iecirtums; robs
    2) (a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire.) zirgs; taksometrs
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    - hacking
    - hacksaw
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    nodzīts zirgs, kleperis; iecirtums, ierobījums; cērte, kaplis; jājamzirgs; rakstnieķelis, skribents; cirsta brūce; spēriens pa kājas lielu; taksometrs; taksists; sauss klepus; cirtnis; reportieris; iecirst, ierobīt; jāt; braukt ar taksometru; sacirst, sakapāt; iecirst; nolīgt rakstnieķeļa darbam, samierināties; ciest; paciest; uzkaplēt, uzirdināt; iespert pa kājas lielu; sausi klepot

    English-Latvian dictionary > hack

  • 4 quarter

    ['kwo:tə] 1. noun
    1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) ceturtdaļa
    2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) divdesmit pieci centi
    3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) kvartāls
    4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) puse; mala; virziens
    5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) žēlastība
    6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) (kautķermeņa) ceturtdaļa; gurns
    7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) augošs/dilstošs mēness
    8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) (spēles) ceturtdaļa/periods
    9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) ceturksnis
    2. verb
    1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) sadalīt četrās daļās
    2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) dalīt ar četri
    3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) izvietot; izmitināt
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    3. adverb
    (once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) reizi ceturksnī/trijos mēnešos
    4. noun
    (a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) ceturkšņa žurnāls
    - quarter-deck
    - quarter-final
    - quarter-finalist
    - quartermaster
    - at close quarters
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    ceturtdaļa; ceturksnis; kvartāls, ceturksnis; divdesmit piecu centu monēta; ceturtdaļa; puse, vieta; kvartāls; dzīvoklis, mājoklis; kazarmas; aprindas; labvēlība, iecietība; ceturtdaļjūdze; ceturtdaļjūdzes skrējiens; kvarterklājs; sadalīt četrās daļās; izvietot pa dzīvokļiem; mitināties, dzīvot; meklēt; ieiet jaunā fāzē; sacirst gabalos

    English-Latvian dictionary > quarter

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  • beef something up — give something more substance or strength. → beef …   English new terms dictionary

  • beef something up — tv. to add strength or substance to something. □ Let’s beef this up with a little more on the drums. CD They beefed up the offer with another thousand dollars …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • beef (something) up — Vrb phrs. To increase in size or volume; basically to make stronger. E.g. Once he d beefed up his engine, his car was unbeatable on the track …   English slang and colloquialisms

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  • beef up — verb make strong or stronger (Freq. 1) This exercise will strengthen your upper body strengthen the relations between the two countries • Syn: ↑strengthen, ↑fortify • Ant: ↑weaken ( …   Useful english dictionary

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