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1 cheerful
adjective (full of, or causing, happiness: a cheerful smile; cheerful news.) līksms; priecīgs* * *priecīgs, mundrs; gaišs, jauks -
2 to speak in cheerful strain
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3 hearty
1) (very friendly: a hearty welcome.) sirsnīgs2) (enthusiastic: a hearty cheer.) sirsnīgs; draudzīgs3) (very cheerful; too cheerful: a hearty person/laugh.) veselīgs; sirsnīgs4) ((of meals) large: He ate a hearty breakfast.) (par maltīti) bagātīgs5) ((of a person's appetite) large.) (par apetīti) veselīgs; pamatīgs* * *sirsnīgs, draudzīgs; veselīgs, spēcīgs; spēcinošs, bagātīgs -
4 alacrity
[ə'lækrəti](quick and cheerful willingness: He obeyed with alacrity.) ātrums; gatavība* * *degsme, gatavība -
5 altogether
[o:ltə'ɡeðə]1) (completely: I'm not altogether satisfied.) pilnīgi2) (on the whole and considering everything: I'm wet, I'm tired and I'm cold. Altogether I'm not feeling very cheerful.) kopumā; visumā* * *viss, kopums; kopā, pavisam; gluži, pilnīgi; visumā -
6 booster
1) (a person or thing that boosts: That was a real morale booster for me (= That made me feel more cheerful and optimistic).) atbalstītājs; piekritējs2) (a device for increasing power, force etc: I've fixed a booster on the TV aerial to improve the signal.) pastiprinātājs3) (the first stage of a rocket that works by several stages.) nesējraķete* * *dedzīgs piekritējs, atbalstītājs -
7 bright
1) (shining with much light: bright sunshine.) spožs2) ((of a colour) strong and bold: a bright red car.) spilgts3) (cheerful: a bright smile.) līksms4) (clever: bright children.) prātīgs; atjautīgs•- brightly- brightness
- brighten* * *spilgts; spīdīgs, spožs; caurspīdīgs, dzidrs, skanīgs; prātīgs; saprātīgs; jautrs, dzīvs; spilgti, spoži -
8 cheer
[ iə] 1. noun1) (a shout of approval, encouragement or welcome: Three cheers for the Queen!) piekrišanas/urā sauciens; lai dzīvo!'2) (mood: Be of good cheer.) labs garastāvoklis2. verb(to give a shout of approval etc (to): The crowd cheered the new champion.) sveikt- cheerful- cheerfully
- cheerfulness
- cheerless
- cheers!
- cheery
- cheerily
- cheeriness
- cheer up* * *labs garastāvoklis, pacilātība; ovācija, piekrišanas sauciens; uzmundrināt; izrādīt piekrišanu, sveikt ar gavilēm -
9 dark
1. adjective1) (without light: a dark room; It's getting dark; the dark (= not cheerful) side.) tumšs2) (blackish or closer to black than white: a dark red colour; a dark (= not very white or fair) complexion; Her hair is dark.) tumšs; patumšs3) (evil and usually secret: dark deeds; a dark secret.) (par nodomu u.tml.) ļauns; slepens2. noun(absence of light: in the dark; afraid of the dark; He never goes out after dark; We are in the dark (= we have no knowledge) about what is happening.) tumsa; neziņa- darken- darkness
- keep it dark* * *tumsa; neziņa, neskaidrība; slepenība; tumša krāsa, ēna; tumšs; tumšmatains; netīrs, ļauns; slepens, neskaidrs; neizglītots; bezcerīgs, drūms; slēgts -
10 gay
[ɡei] 1. adjective1) (happy or making people happy: The children were gay and cheerful; gay music.) priecīgs; jautrs2) (bright: gay colours.) spilgts; košs3) (homosexual: gay liberation; gay rights.) homoseksuāls, geju-2. noun(homosexual.) homoseksuālists, gejs- gaily- gaiety* * *līksms, jautrs; košs, spilgts; izlaidīgs, vieglprātīgs; homoseksuāls; piedzēries -
11 grim
[ɡrim]1) (horrible; very unpleasant: The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses.) drūms; briesmīgs2) (angry; fierce-looking; not cheerful: The boss looks a bit grim this morning.) bargs; nežēlīgs3) (stubborn, unyielding: grim determination.) nelokāms•- grimness- grimly
- like grim death* * *kvēpi, netīrumi; notašķīt, notraipīt; bargs, nežēlīgs; nelokāms; drūms -
12 happy-go-lucky
adjective (not worrying about what might happen: cheerful and happy-go-lucky.) bezbēdīgs; bezrūpīgs* * *bezbēdīgs, bezrūpīgs; nejaušs; kā pagadās -
13 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 -
14 irrepressible
[iri'presəbl](not able to be subdued; very cheerful.) nevaldāms* * *neatturams, nevaldāms -
15 jaunty
['‹o:nti](cheerful, bright, lively: a jaunty mood/hat.) mundrs; bezrūpīgs; dzīvespriecīgs- jauntily- jauntiness* * *spridzīgs, mundrs; bezrūpīgs -
16 jolly
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17 light
I 1. noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) gaisma2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) apgaismojums3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) gaismas avots; uguns; liesma4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) aspekts; viedoklis2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) gaišs2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) gaišs3. [lit] verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) apgaismot2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) iedegt; aizdegt; iedegties; aizdegties•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to II1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) viegls2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) niecīgs; neievērojams3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) (par ēdienu) viegls4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) (par svaru) nepilns5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) viegls6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) veikls; žigls7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) nenopietns; viegls8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) niecīgs; sīks9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) (par augsni) viegls•- lightly- lighten- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.)* * *apgaismojums, gaisma; gaismas avots; liesma, uguns; gaismas strēle, aile; aspekts, viedoklis; informācija, izskaidrojums, zināšanas; spējas; prāta spējas; nokāpt; aizdegt, iedegt; aizdegties, iedegties; apgaismot; gaišs; viegls; neievērojams, niecīgs; nenopietns, vieglprātīgs; viegli -
18 merry
['meri]1) (cheerful; noisily or laughingly lively etc: merry children; a merry party.) jautrs, priecīgs2) (slightly drunk: He's been getting merry on whisky.) iereibis, ieskurbis•- merrily- merriness
- merriment
- merry-go-round
- merrymaking
- merrymaker* * *saldķirsis; priecīgs, jautrs; jocīgs; jauks, patīkams; iesilis, iereibis -
19 merrymaking
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20 outwardly
adverb (in appearance: Outwardly he is cheerful, but he is really a very unhappy person.) ārēji* * *ārēji, no ārpuses
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