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1 culture
1) (a form or type of civilization of a certain race or nation: the Jewish culture.) kultūra2) (improvement of the mind etc by education etc: He was an enthusiastic seeker of culture.) kultūra3) (educated taste in art, literature, music etc: He thinks that anyone who dislikes Bach is lacking in culture.) kultūra, išsilavinimas4) ((a) cultivated growth of bacteria etc.) kultūra5) (the commercial rearing of fish, certain plants etc.) veisimas, auginimas•- cultural- cultured -
2 backward
['bækwəd]1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) atgalinis, nukreiptas atgal2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) atsilikęs, neišsivystęs3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) atsilikęs•- backwards
- backwards and forwards
- bend/fall over backwards -
3 nation
['neiʃən]1) (a group of people living in a particular country, forming a single political and economic unit.) šalis, valstybė, šalies gyventojai2) (a large number of people who share the same history, ancestors, culture etc (whether or not they all live in the same country): the Jewish nation.) tauta, nacija•- national- nationally
- nationalism
- nationalist
- nationalistic
- nationality
- nationalize
- nationalise
- nationalization
- nationalisation
- national anthem
- national service
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4 nationalism
['næ-]1) (a sense of pride in the history, culture, achievements etc of one's nation.) tautinis pasididžiavimas, nacionalizmas2) (the desire to bring the people of one's nation together under their own government.) nacionalinės nepriklausomybės siekimas -
5 race
I 1. [reis] noun(a competition to find who or which is the fastest: a horse race.) lenktynės, varžybos2. verb1) (to (cause to) run in a race: I'm racing my horse on Saturday; The horse is racing against five others.) (leisti) lenktyniauti, dalyvauti varžybose2) (to have a competition with (someone) to find out who is the fastest: I'll race you to that tree.) eiti lenktynių su3) (to go etc quickly: He raced along the road on his bike.) lėkti, dumti•- racer- racecourse
- racehorse
- racetrack
- racing-car
- a race against time
- the races II [reis]1) (any one section of mankind, having a particular set of characteristics which make it different from other sections: the Negro race; the white races; ( also adjective) race relations.) rasė2) (the fact of belonging to any of these various sections: the problem of race.) rasė3) (a group of people who share the same culture, language etc; the Anglo-Saxon race.) rasė•- racial- racialism
- racialist
- the human race
- of mixed race
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