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1 choose
[ u:z]past tense - chose; verb1) (to take (one thing rather than another from a number of things) according to what one wants: Always choose (a book) carefully.) izvēlēties; izmeklēt2) (to decide (on one course of action rather than another): If he chooses to resign, let him do so.) vēlēties; gribēt•* * *izvēlēties, izmeklēt; izraudzīt, izvēlēt; vēlēties, gribēt -
2 pick and choose
(to select or choose very carefully: When I'm buying apples, I like to pick and choose (the ones I want).) rūpīgi izvēlēties; būt izvēlīgam -
3 nothing / not much to choose between
(hardly any difference between: There's not much to choose between the two methods.) nav nekādas izvēlesEnglish-Latvian dictionary > nothing / not much to choose between
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4 do just as you choose
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5 I was hard put it to choose between them
man bija grūti izvēlēties starp viņiemEnglish-Latvian dictionary > I was hard put it to choose between them
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6 there's little to choose between them
viņi ir viens otra vērtiEnglish-Latvian dictionary > there's little to choose between them
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7 to choose a chairman
izvēlēt priekšsēdētāju -
8 to choose by lot
izvēlēties lozējot -
9 to choose none but the best
izvēlēties tikai vislabāko -
10 to choose one's occasion
izvēlēties piemērotu brīdi -
11 to pick and choose
būt izvēlīgam -
12 elect
[i'lekt] 1. verb1) (to choose by vote: He was elected chairman; elected to the committee.) ievēlēt2) (to choose (to do something): They elected to go by taxi.) izvēlēties2. adjective((placed immediately after noun) chosen for office but not yet in it: the president elect.) []vēlēts- election- electioneer
- elector
- electoral
- electorate* * *izredzētais; vēlēt; ievēlēt; izraudzīt, izvēlēt; izlemt, nolemt; ievēlēts; izraudzīts, izvēlēts -
13 pick
I 1. [pik] verb1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) izvēlēties; izmeklēt2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) lasīt (ogas); plūkt (puķes)3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) pacelt4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) atmūķēt2. noun1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) izvēle; izraudzītais priekšmets2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) vislabākais•- pick-up
- pick and choose
- pick at
- pick someone's brains
- pick holes in
- pick off
- pick on
- pick out
- pick someone's pocket
- pick a quarrel/fight with someone
- pick a quarrel/fight with
- pick up
- pick up speed
- pick one's way II [pik] noun((also (British) pickaxe, (American) pickax - plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc.) kaplis; cērte* * *cirtiens; izlase, izvēle; labākais; bakstāmais, irbulis; ievākums; izvēlēties, izmeklēt; kaplēt; kapāt, cirst; knābāt, knābt; urbināt, bakstīt; apskrubināt; lasīt, plūkt; plūkāt; atmūķēt; zagt; apzagt; spēlēt, strinkšķināt; vislabākais -
14 at random
(without any particular plan or system: The police were stopping cars at random and checking their brakes; Choose a number at random.) uz labu laimi; brīvi izvēloties; gadījuma pēc* * *uz labu laimi -
15 ballot
['bælət](a method of voting in secret by marking a paper and putting it into a box: They held a ballot to choose a new chairman; The question was decided by ballot.) aizklāta balsošana* * *vēlēšanu biļetens; balsošana; vēlēšanu kandidātu saraksts; vēlēšanu rezultāti; lozēšana -
16 chose
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17 chosen
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18 connoisseur
[konə'sə:](an expert judge of eg art, music, wine etc: Let him choose the wine - he's the connoisseur.) pazinējs; lietpratējs* * *lietpratējs, pazinējs -
19 icon
1) ((also ikon) especially in the Orthodox Churches, a painting etc of Christ or a saint.) ikona, svētbilde2) (a small graphic sign on a computer screen representing an application that the user can choose.) ikona* * *ikona, svētbilde -
20 ikon
1) ((also ikon) especially in the Orthodox Churches, a painting etc of Christ or a saint.) ikona, svētbilde2) (a small graphic sign on a computer screen representing an application that the user can choose.) ikona* * *ikona, svētbilde
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choose — W1S1 [tʃu:z] v past tense chose [tʃəuz US tʃouz] past participle chosen [ˈtʃəuzən US ˈtʃou ] [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: ceosan] 1.) to decide which one of a number of things or people you want →↑choice ▪ It took us ages to choose a new… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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