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1 catch
[kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) pagauti2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) suspėti į3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) užtikti, užklupti4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) užsikrėsti5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) pri(si)verti6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) trenkti7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) išgirsti8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) užsidegti2. noun1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) pagavimas2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) skląstis3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) laimikis4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) suktybė•- catching- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up -
2 catch red-handed
(to find (a person) in the act of doing wrong: The police caught the thief red-handed.) sučiupti nusikaltimo vietoje -
3 release
[rə'li:s] 1. verb1) (to set free; to allow to leave: He was released from prison yesterday; I am willing to release him from his promise to me.) išleisti, atleisti2) (to stop holding etc; to allow to move, fall etc: He released (his hold on) the rope.) paleisti3) (to move (a catch, brake etc) which prevents something else from moving, operating etc: He released the handbrake and drove off.) atleisti4) (to allow (news etc) to be made known publicly: The list of winners has just been released.) paskelbti5) (to offer (a film, record etc) to the general public: Their latest record will be released next week.) išleisti2. noun1) (the act of releasing or being released: After his release, the prisoner returned to his home town; the release of a new film; ( also adjective) the release catch.) išleidimas, paleidimas2) (something that is released: This record is their latest release; The Government issued a press release (= a statement giving information about something, sent or given to newspapers, reporters etc).) leidinys, pranešimas -
4 death
[deƟ]1) (the act of dying: There have been several deaths in the town recently; Most people fear death.) mirtis2) (something which causes one to die: Smoking too much was the death of him.) mirties priežastis3) (the state of being dead: eyes closed in death.) mirtis•- deathly- death-bed
- death certificate
- at death's door
- catch one's death of cold
- catch one's death
- put to death
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5 hurry
1. verb1) (to (cause to) move or act quickly, often too quickly: You'd better hurry if you want to catch that bus; If you hurry me, I'll make mistakes.) skubinti, skubėti2) (to convey quickly: After the accident, the injured man was hurried to the hospital.) skubiai nugabenti/pasiųsti2. noun1) (the act of doing something quickly, often too quickly: In his hurry to leave, he fell and broke his arm.) skubėjimas2) (the need to do something quickly: Is there any hurry for this job?) skuba, skubotumas•- hurried- hurriedly
- in a hurry
- hurry up -
6 sight
1. noun1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) regėjimas2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) matymo laukas3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) įžymybė, įdomybė4) (a view or glimpse.) reginys5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) vaizdelis, reginys6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) taikiklis2. verb1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) išvysti2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) pamatyti•- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of -
7 chase
[ eis] 1. verb1) (to run after; to pursue: He chased after them but did not catch them; We chased them by car.) vytis, persekioti2) ((with away, off etc) to cause to run away: I often have to chase the boys away from my fruit trees.) vyti (šalin)2. noun1) (an act of chasing: We caught him after a 120 kph chase.) vijimasis, persekiojimas2) (hunting (of animals): the pleasures of the chase.) medžioklė• -
8 dodge
[do‹] 1. verb(to avoid (something) by a sudden and/or clever movement: She dodged the blow; He dodged round the corner out of sight; Politicians are very good at dodging difficult questions.) išsisukti, vengti, šmurkštelėti2. noun1) (an act of dodging.) išsisukimas, vengimas2) (a trick: You'll never catch him - he knows every dodge there is.) gudrybė•- dodgy
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