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1 to catch a thief
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2 catch red-handed
(to find (a person) in the act of doing wrong: The police caught the thief red-handed.) pieķert nozieguma vietā -
3 get
[ɡet]past tense - got; verb1) (to receive or obtain: I got a letter this morning.) saņemt; dabūt2) (to bring or buy: Please get me some food.) dabūt; iegādāties3) (to (manage to) move, go, take, put etc: He couldn't get across the river; I got the book down from the shelf.) tikt; aizkļūt; sasniegt (kādu vietu)4) (to cause to be in a certain condition etc: You'll get me into trouble.) nokļūt (kādā stāvoklī)5) (to become: You're getting old.) kļūt; tapt6) (to persuade: I'll try to get him to go.) piespiest; likt (darīt kaut ko)7) (to arrive: When did they get home?) nokļūt8) (to succeed (in doing) or to happen (to do) something: I'll soon get to know the neighbours; I got the book read last night.) paveikties (kaut ko izdarīt)9) (to catch (a disease etc): She got measles last week.) saslimt; saķert (slimību)10) (to catch (someone): The police will soon get the thief.) notvert (kādu)11) (to understand: I didn't get the point of his story.) saprast; aptvert•- getaway- get-together
- get-up
- be getting on for
- get about
- get across
- get after
- get ahead
- get along
- get around
- get around to
- get at
- get away
- get away with
- get back
- get by
- get down
- get down to
- get in
- get into
- get nowhere
- get off
- get on
- get on at
- get out
- get out of
- get over
- get round
- get around to
- get round to
- get there
- get through
- get together
- get up
- get up to* * *dabūt, saņemt; dabūt, iegūt; pelnīt, saņemt; saķert, notvert; saprast, aptvert; aplipt, saķert; nodibināt sakarus, sazināties; aizkļūt, tikt, sasniegt; nogādāt, pavadīt; iekļūt; likt, piespiest; nokļūt; kļūt -
4 nab
[næb]past tense, past participle - nabbed; verb(to take, catch or get hold of: The police nabbed the thief.) notvert; pieķert* * *pieķert, notvert; paķert, pagrābt -
5 pursue
[pə'sju:]1) (to follow especially in order to catch or capture; to chase: They pursued the thief through the town.) []sekot2) (to occupy oneself with (studies, enquiries etc); to continue: He is pursuing his studies at the University.) nodarboties; nodoties•- pursuer- pursuit* * *dzīties pakaļ, vajāt; nodarboties, nodoties; rīkoties pēc; celt apsūdzību, iesūdzēt
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