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1 antique
[æn'ti:k] 1. adjective1) (old and usually valuable: an antique chair.) senoviškas2) (old or old-fashioned: That car is positively antique.) senas, senovinis3) ((of a shop etc) dealing in antiques: an antique business.) antikvarinis2. noun(something made long ago (usually more than a hundred years ago) which is valuable or interesting: He collects antiques.) seniena- antiquity -
2 stale
[steil]1) ((of food etc) not fresh and therefore dry and tasteless: stale bread.) senas, sudžiūvęs2) (no longer interesting: His ideas are stale and dull.) pasenęs3) (no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc: If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale.) išsisėmęs, išsikvėpęs -
3 such
1. adjective1) (of the same kind as that already mentioned or being mentioned: Animals that gnaw, such as mice, rats, rabbits and weasels are called rodents; He came from Bradford or some such place; She asked to see Mr Johnson but was told there was no such person there; I've seen several such buildings; I've never done such a thing before; doctors, dentists and such people.) toks2) (of the great degree already mentioned or being mentioned: If you had telephoned her, she wouldn't have got into such a state of anxiety; She never used to get such bad headaches (as she does now).) toks3) (of the great degree, or the kind, to have a particular result: He shut the window with such force that the glass broke; She's such a good teacher that the headmaster asked her not to leave; Their problems are such as to make it impossible for them to live together any more.) toks4) (used for emphasis: This is such a shock! They have been such good friends to me!) toks2. pronoun(such a person or thing, or such persons or things: I have only a few photographs, but can show you such as I have; This isn't a good book as such (= as a book) but it has interesting pictures.) toks- suchlike- such-and-such
- such as it is
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