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1 brush
1. noun1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.) suka2) (an act of brushing.) sukāšana; tīrīšana (ar suku)3) (a bushy tail of a fox.) (lapsas) aste4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.) sadursme2. verb1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.) tīrīt (ar suku)2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.) slaucīt (ar slotu)3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!) sukāt (matus)4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.) aizskart (garāmejot)•- brush away
- brush up
- give
- get the brush-off* * *suka; ota; aste; tīrīšana; nobrāzums, skramba; sadursme; zems krūmājs, biezoknis; staru kūlis; tīrīt; sukāt; aizskart; apstādīt ar krūmāju -
2 sweep
[swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) slaucīt (ar slotu)2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) noslaucīt; aizslaucīt3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) traukties; spēji brāzties4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) joņot; drāzties2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) slaucīšana2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) vēziens; mājiens3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) skursteņslauķis4) (a sweepstake.) totalizators•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep up* * *slaucīšana; atvēziens; vēziens; ritums, plūdums; skursteņslauķis; izplatījums; pagrieziens, līkums; kritums; redzesloks; vinda; garš airis; spārns; atkritumi; totalizators; nelietis; slaucīt; izslaucīt; traukties; aiztraukt, aiznest; viegli pieskarties; pieskarties; sniegties, stiepties; pārlaist; pārmeklēt; cēli soļot; aizraut, sajūsmināt; gūt pilnīgu uzvaru; apšaudīt -
3 groom
[ɡru:m] 1. noun1) (a person who looks after horses: a groom at the stables.) zirgu puisis2) (a bridegroom, male partner of the bride.) līgavainis2. verb1) (to clean, brush etc a horse's coat: The horses were groomed for the horse show.) kopt/sukāt (zirgu)2) (to prepare for some task, purpose etc: She's being groomed as a possible successor to our head of department.) gatavot (karjerai)* * *zirgu puisis; līgavainis; kopt; rūpīgi kopt; gatavot -
4 nail
[neil] 1. noun1) (a piece of horn-like substance which grows over the ends of the fingers and toes to protect them: I've broken my nail; toe-nails; Don't bite your finger-nails.) nags2) (a thin pointed piece of metal used to fasten pieces of wood etc together: He hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture on it.) nagla2. verb(to fasten with nails: He nailed the picture to the wall.) pienaglot- nail-file
- nail-polish
- nail-varnish
- nail-scissors
- hit the nail on the head* * *nags; nagla; iesist naglu, pienaglot; saņemt ciet; pieķert -
5 paint
[peint] 1. noun(a colouring substance in the form of liquid or paste: The artist's clothes were covered in paint; ( also adjective) a paint pot.) krāsa2. verb1) (to spread paint carefully on (wood, walls etc): He is painting the kitchen.) krāsot2) (to make a picture (of something or someone) using paint: She painted her mother and father.) gleznot•- painter- painting
- paint-box
- paint-brush* * *krāsa, krāsojums; krāsa; kosmētika; krāsot; nokrāsot; gleznot; aprakstīt, attēlot; krāsoties, lietot kosmētiku -
6 scrub
1. past tense, past participle - scrubbed; verb1) (to rub hard in order to clean: She's scrubbing the floor.) berzt (ar suku u.tml.)2) (to remove by scrubbing: She scrubbed the mess off the carpet.) noberzt; nospodrināt3) (to cancel: We planned to go but had to scrub the idea.) atteikties no; atcelt2. noun(an act of scrubbing.) beršana* * *brikšņi, krūmājs; beršana; cieta suka; punduraugs; dienas strādnieks, kas veic smagu, netīru darbu; nenozīmīgs cilvēks; vāja komanda; berzt, mazgāt; mazgāt rokas; anulēt, atcelt; darīt smagu, dienas strādnieks, kas veic smagu, netīru darbu; aizmirst; atlaist; attīrīt
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