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1 deafness
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2 affliction
[-ʃən]noun Her deafness is a great affliction to her.) mokas; nelaime; posts* * *sāpes, ciešanas, bēdas; liksta, nelaime, posts -
3 barrier
['bæriə]1) (something put up as a defence or protection: a barrier between the playground and the busy road.) barjera; nožogojums2) (something that causes difficulty: His deafness was a barrier to promotion.) šķērslis; kavēklis* * *barjera, nožogojums; šķērslis, kavēklis -
4 considering
preposition (taking into account; despite: Considering his deafness he manages to understand very well.) ņemot vērā; ievērojot* * *ievērojot, ka, ņemot vērā -
5 deaf
[def]1) (unable to hear: She has been deaf since birth.) kurls2) ((with to) refusing to understand or to listen: He was deaf to all arguments.) kurls•- deafness- deafen
- deafening
- deaf-mute
- fall on deaf ears
- turn a deaf ear to* * *nedzirdīgs, kurls; nedzirdīgs; tukšs -
6 handicap
['hændikæp] 1. noun1) (something that makes doing something more difficult: The loss of a finger would be a handicap for a pianist.) trūkums; kavēklis2) ((in a race, competition etc) a disadvantage of some sort (eg having to run a greater distance in a race) given to the best competitors so that others have a better chance of winning.) handikaps3) (a race, competition etc in which this happens.) sacensības ar handikapu4) ((a form of) physical or mental disability: children with physical handicaps.) (fizisks) trūkums; (garīga) atpalicība; nepilnvērtība2. verb(to make something (more) difficult for: He wanted to be a pianist, but was handicapped by his deafness.) kavēt* * *fizisks trūkums; traucējums, kavēklis; handikaps; būt par kavēkli; līdzsvarot spēkus -
7 result
1. noun1) (anything which is due to something already done: His deafness is the result of a car accident; He went deaf as a result of an accident; He tried a new method, with excellent results; He tried again, but without result.) rezultāts; iznākums2) (the answer to a sum etc: Add all these figures and tell me the result.) rezultāts; iznākums3) (the final score: What was the result of Saturday's match?) rezultāts4) ((often in plural) the list of people who have been successful in a competition, of subjects a person has passed or failed in an examination etc: He had very good exam results; The results will be published next week.) rezultāti2. verb1) ((often with from) to be caused (by something): We will pay for any damage which results (from our experiments).) izrietēt; rasties no2) ((with in) to cause or have as a result: The match resulted in a draw.) beigties* * *rezultāts; izrietēt; dot rezultātā
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