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81 get down to brass tacks
(to deal with basic principles or matters: Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks.) nonākt līdz lietas būtībai -
82 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) samalt; nomocīt -
83 hand down
(to pass on from one generation to the next: These customs have been handed down from father to son since the Middle Ages.) nodot (no paaudzes paaudzē) -
84 hold down
(to keep or be allowed to stay in (a job): He is incapable of holding down a job.) paturēt; nezaudēt [] -
85 hunt down
(to search for (someone or something) until found: The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.) izsekot; notvert -
86 look down on
(to regard as inferior: She looks down on her husband's relations.) []raudzīties [] no augšas -
87 mow down
(to kill in large numbers: Our troops were mown down by machine-gun fire.) nogalināt; nopļaut -
88 pin down
(to make (someone) give a definite answer, statement, opinion or promise: I can't pin him down to a definite date for his arrival.) piespiest (solīt, pateikt) -
89 play down
(to try to make (something) appear less important: He played down the fact that he had failed the exam.) iztēlot kā maznozīmīgu -
90 put down for
(to write the name of (someone) on a list etc for a particular purpose: You have been put down for the one hundred metres' race.) pieteikt; piereģistrēt -
91 put one's foot down
(to be firm about something: I put my foot down and refused.) ieņemt stingru nostāju -
92 sell down the river
(to betray: The gang was sold down the river by one of its associates.) nodot -
93 set down
((of a bus etc) to stop and let (passengers) out: The bus set us down outside the post-office.) izlaist (no satiksmes līdzekļa); izsēdināt -
94 simmer down
(to calm down.) nomierināties; norimt -
95 slow down/up
(to make or become slower: The police were warning drivers to slow down; The fog was slowing up the traffic.) samazināt ātrumu; []kavēt kustību/virzību -
96 suit (someone) down to the ground
(to suit perfectly: That arrangement will suit me down to the ground.) pilnībā derētEnglish-Latvian dictionary > suit (someone) down to the ground
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97 suit (someone) down to the ground
(to suit perfectly: That arrangement will suit me down to the ground.) pilnībā derētEnglish-Latvian dictionary > suit (someone) down to the ground
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98 take down
(to make a note or record of: He took down her name and address.) pierakstīt; atzīmēt -
99 take (someone) down a peg (or two)
(to make (a proud person) more humble: We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two.) aplauzt kādam degunu; noņemt lielībuEnglish-Latvian dictionary > take (someone) down a peg (or two)
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100 take (someone) down a peg (or two)
(to make (a proud person) more humble: We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two.) aplauzt kādam degunu; noņemt lielībuEnglish-Latvian dictionary > take (someone) down a peg (or two)
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