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1 stick
I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) []durt; pārdurt2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) iedurties3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) pielīmēt; pielipt; salipt4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) iestrēgt; iestigt; iesprūst•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II [stik] noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) žagars2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) svečturi3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) stublājs; garš gabals; stienītis•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick* * *spieķis, nūja; žagars; zizlis; stienītis, gabals; rokturis; stulbenis; mēbeles; sērija; masts; liknis; iedurt; pielīmēt; pielipt; uzturēties, palikt; iestrēgt; izbāzt; nobāzt, iebāzt; paciest, izturēt; atbalstīt ar kociņu -
2 to get hold of the wrong end of the stick
pārprast situāciju; nepareizi izprast kaut koEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to get hold of the wrong end of the stick
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3 to hand the short end of the stick
nostādīt neērtā stāvoklīEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to hand the short end of the stick
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4 get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
(to misunderstand a situation, something said etc.) pārprastEnglish-Latvian dictionary > get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
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5 get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
(to misunderstand a situation, something said etc.) pārprastEnglish-Latvian dictionary > get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
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6 crook
[kruk] 1. noun1) (a (shepherd's or bishop's) stick, bent at the end.) spieķis; zizlis2) (a criminal: The two crooks stole the old woman's jewels.) blēdis; krāpnieks3) (the inside of the bend (of one's arm at the elbow): She held the puppy in the crook of her arm.) saliektā rokā2. verb(to bend (especially one's finger) into the shape of a hook: She crooked her finger to beckon him.) saliekt (roku, pirkstus)- crooked- crookedly
- crookedness* * *ķeksis, āķis; spieķis; saliekums; blēdis; saliekt; saliekties; krāpt, blēdīties; slims; slikts, draņķīgs -
7 cue
I [kju:] noun(the last words of another actor's speech etc, serving as a sign to an actor to speak etc: Your cue is `- whatever the vicar says!') (aktiera teksta) galavārdsII [kju:] noun(a stick which gets thinner towards one end and the point of which is used to strike the ball in playing billiards.) (biljarda) kija* * *replika; pīne; kija; norādījums, mājiens; rinda -
8 candy floss
( American cotton candy) (flavoured sugar spun into a fluffy ball on the end of a stick.) cukura vate
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