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1 use
I [ju:z] verb1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!) naudoti2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.) vartoti•- usable- used
- user
- user-friendly
- user guide
- be used to something
- be used to
- used to II [ju:s]1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.) naudojimas2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.) pritaikymas, panaudojimas3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.) nauda, prasmė4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.) galėjimas naudoti5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.) teisė pasinaudoti•- useful- usefulness
- usefully
- useless
- be in use
- out of use
- come in useful
- have no use for
- it's no use
- make good use of
- make use of
- put to good use
- put to use -
2 scrape the bottom of the barrel
(to (be obliged to) use the least useful, efficient, person or thing available: We're short of players for the game but including John would really be scraping the bottom of the barrel.) tik iš bėdosEnglish-Lithuanian dictionary > scrape the bottom of the barrel
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3 reserve
[rə'zə:v] 1. verb1) (to ask for or order to be kept for the use of a particular person, often oneself: The restaurant is busy on Saturdays, so I'll phone up today and reserve a table.) paprašyti, užsakyti2) (to keep for the use of a particular person or group of people, or for a particular use: These seats are reserved for the committee members.) rezervuoti, paskirti2. noun1) (something which is kept for later use or for use when needed: The farmer kept a reserve of food in case he was cut off by floods.) atsargos2) (a piece of land used for a special purpose eg for the protection of animals: a wild-life reserve; a nature reserve.) draustinis, rezervatas3) (the habit of not saying very much, not showing what one is feeling, thinking etc; shyness.) santūrumas4) ((often in plural) soldiers, sailors etc who do not belong to the regular full-time army, navy etc but who are called into action when needed eg during a war.) rezervas•- reserved
- have
- keep in reserve -
4 rent
I 1. [rent] noun(money paid, usually regularly, for the use of a house, shop, land etc which belongs to someone else: The rent for this flat is $50 a week.) nuoma, nuomos mokestis2. verb(to pay or receive rent for the use of a house, shop, land etc: We rent this flat from Mr Smith; Mr Smith rents this flat to us.) nuomoti(s)- rental- rent-a-car
- rent-free 3. adjective(for which rent does not need to be paid: a rent-free flat.) nemokamas- rent outII [rent] noun(an old word for a tear (in clothes etc).) plyšys, properša, skylė -
5 tenant
['tenənt](a person who pays rent to another for the use of a house, building, land etc: That man is a tenant of the estate; ( also adjective) tenant farmers.) nuomininkas- tenanted -
6 common-room
noun (in a college, school etc a sitting-room for the use of a group.) bendrasis kambarys -
7 hire
1. verb1) ((often with from) to get the use of by paying money: He's hiring a car (from us) for the week.) išsinuomoti2) ((often with out) to give (someone) the use of in exchange for money: Will you hire me your boat for the week-end?; Does this firm hire out cars?) išnuomoti3) ((especially American) to employ (a workman etc): They have hired a team of labourers to dig the road.) pasamdyti2. noun((money paid for) hiring: Is this hall for hire?; How much is the hire of the hall?; We don't own this crane - it's on hire.) išnuomavimas, nuoma- hirer- hire-purchase -
8 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) (su)stoti, (su)stabdyti2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) sulaikyti, sukliudyti3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) nustoti4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) už(si)kimšti5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) prispausti6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) viešėti, apsistoti2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) sustojimas2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) stotelė3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) taškas4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) vožtuvėlis, ventilis, klavišas5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) ribotuvas•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up -
9 pioneer
1. noun1) (a person who goes to a new, often uninhabited or uncivilized (part of a) country to live and work there: The American pioneers; ( also adjective) a pioneer family.) pionierius2) (a person who is the first to study some new subject, or use or develop a new technique etc: Joseph Lister was one of the pioneers of modern medicine; The Wright brothers were the pioneers of aeroplane flight.) pradininkas2. verb(to be the first to do or make: Who pioneered the use of vaccine for preventing polio?) bûti pradininku, skinti kelià -
10 pool
[pu:l] I noun1) (a small area of still water: The rain left pools in the road.) bala2) (a similar area of any liquid: a pool of blood/oil.) klanas3) (a deep part of a stream or river: He was fishing (in) a pool near the river-bank.) duburys4) (a swimming-pool: They spent the day at the pool.) baseinasII 1. noun(a stock or supply: We put our money into a general pool.) (bendrasis) fondas2. verb(to put together for general use: We pooled our money and bought a caravan that we could all use.) sudėti- football pools- pools -
11 question
['kwes ən] 1. noun1) (something which is said, written etc which asks for an answer from someone: The question is, do we really need a computer?) klausimas2) (a problem or matter for discussion: There is the question of how much to pay him.) klausimas, problema3) (a single problem in a test or examination: We had to answer four questions in three hours.) klausimas4) (criticism; doubt; discussion: He is, without question, the best man for the job.) abejojimas5) (a suggestion or possibility: There is no question of our dismissing him.) galimybė2. verb1) (to ask (a person) questions: I'll question him about what he was doing last night.) (iš)klaus(inė)ti2) (to regard as doubtful: He questioned her right to use the money.) (su)abejoti•- questionably
- questionableness
- question mark
- question-master
- questionnaire
- in question
- out of the question -
12 save
I 1. [seiv] verb1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) išgelbėti2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) taupyti3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) sutaupyti, išgelbėti4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) atmušti (įvartį)5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) išgelbėti6) (to keep data in the computer.) išsaugoti (duomenis kompiuteryje)2. noun((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) (įvarčio) atmušimas- saver- saving
- savings
- saviour
- saving grace
- savings account
- savings bank
- save up II [seiv] preposition, conjunction(except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) išskyrus -
13 let
I [let] present participle - letting; verb1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) leisti2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) sudaryti prielaidas3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!) tegu•- let someone or something alone/be
- let alone/be
- let down
- let fall
- let go of
- let go
- let in
- out
- let in for
- let in on
- let off
- let up
- let well alone II [let] present participle - letting; verb(to give the use of (a house etc) in return for payment: He lets his house to visitors in the summer.) (iš)nuomoti- to let -
14 memory
['meməri]plural - memories; noun1) (the power to remember things: a good memory for details.) atmintis, atminimas2) (the mind's store of remembered things: Her memory is full of interesting stories.) atmintis3) (something remembered: memories of her childhood.) prisiminimas4) (the time as far back as can be remembered: the greatest fire in memory.) atmintis5) (a part of computer in which information is stored for immediate use; a computer with 8 megabytes of memory)•- memorize- memorise
- from memory
- in memory of / to the memory of -
15 prescribe
(to advise or order (the use of): My doctor prescribed some pills for my cold; Here is a list of books prescribed by the examiners for the exam.) išrašyti, nurodyti -
16 scope
[skəup]1) ((often with for) the opportunity or chance to do, use or develop: There's no scope for originality in this job.) galimybė, proga2) (the area or extent of an activity etc: Few things are beyond the scope of a child's imagination.) apimtis, ribos -
17 coast
[kəust] 1. noun(the side or border of land next to the sea: The coast was very rocky.) pakrantė2. verb(to travel downhill (in a vehicle, on a bicycle etc) without the use of any power such as the engine or pedalling: He coasted for two miles after the car ran out of petrol.) važiuoti nuokalnėn išjungus variklį/neminant pedalų- coastal- coaster
- coastguard -
18 handy
['hændi]1) (ready (to use); in a convenient place: I like to keep my tools handy; This house is handy for the shops.) po ranka, patogus2) (easy to use; useful: a handy tool.) patogus, naudingas•- handyman
- come in handy -
19 purpose
['pə:pəs]1) (the reason for doing something; the aim to which an action etc is directed: What is the purpose of your visit?) tikslas2) (the use or function of an object: The purpose of this lever is to stop the machine in an emergency.) paskirtis3) (determination: a man of purpose.) ryžtas•- purposefully
- purposeless
- purposely
- purpose-built
- on purpose
- serve a purpose
- to no purpose -
20 rib
[rib]1) (any one of the bones which curve round and forward from the backbone, enclosing the heart and lungs.) šonkaulis2) (one of the curved pieces of wood which are joined to the keel to form the framework of a boat.) špantas3) (a vertical raised strip in eg knitted material, or the pattern formed by a row of these.) rumbė4) (any of a number of things similar in shape, use etc to a rib, eg one of the supports for the fabric of an aeroplane wing or of an umbrella.) nerviūra, virbas•- ribbed- ribbing
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