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1 friend
[frend]1) (someone who knows and likes another person very well: He is my best friend.) draugs2) (a person who acts in a friendly and generous way to people etc he or she does not know: a friend to animals.) draugs; labvēlis•- friendly
- friendship
- make friends with
- make friends* * *draudzene, draugs; paziņa; kolēģis, biedrs; labvēlis, piekritējs; kvēkers -
2 argue
1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) strīdēties2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) iestāties (par, pret)3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) pārliecināt; pierunāt; atrunāt4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) argumentēt; pierādīt•- arguable- argument
- argumentative* * *polemizēt, strīdēties; pārliecināt; argumentēt, pierādīt -
3 hearty
1) (very friendly: a hearty welcome.) sirsnīgs2) (enthusiastic: a hearty cheer.) sirsnīgs; draudzīgs3) (very cheerful; too cheerful: a hearty person/laugh.) veselīgs; sirsnīgs4) ((of meals) large: He ate a hearty breakfast.) (par maltīti) bagātīgs5) ((of a person's appetite) large.) (par apetīti) veselīgs; pamatīgs* * *sirsnīgs, draudzīgs; veselīgs, spēcīgs; spēcinošs, bagātīgs -
4 approach
[ə'prəu ] 1. verb(to come near (to): The car approached (the traffic lights) at top speed; Christmas is approaching.) tuvoties; griezties (pie)2. noun1) (the act of coming near: The boys ran off at the approach of a policeman.) tuvošanās2) (a road, path etc leading to a place: All the approaches to the village were blocked by fallen rock.) pieeja3) (an attempt to obtain or attract a person's help, interest etc: They have made an approach to the government for help; That fellow makes approaches to (= he tries to become friendly with) every woman he meets.) tuvošanās; griešanās (pie)•- approaching* * *tuvošanās; pieeja; tuvoties; uzsākt sarunas, griezties -
5 benefactor
['benəfæktə](a person who gives friendly help, often in the form of money: the benefactor of the school.) labdaris; ziedotājs* * *labdaris; ziedotājs -
6 genial
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7 manner
['mænə]1) (a way in which anything is done etc: She greeted me in a friendly manner.) veids; paņēmiens2) (the way in which a person behaves, speaks etc: I don't like her manner.) stils; maniere3) ((in plural) (polite) behaviour, usually towards others: Why doesn't she teach her children (good) manners?) uzvedība; manieres•- - mannered- mannerism
- all manner of
- in a manner of speaking* * *metode, paņēmiens, veids; manieres, uzvedība, izturēšanās; ieradumi, dzīvesveids, paražas; maniere, stils -
8 neighbourly
adjective ((negative unneighbourly) friendly: a very neighbourly person.) kaimiņu-; draudzīgs* * *kaimiņu, draudzīgs -
9 patronize
['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) protežēt2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) pastāvīgi apmeklēt* * *protežēt, atbalstīt; pastāvīgi apmeklēt -
10 relation
1) (a person who belongs to the same family as oneself either by birth or because of marriage: uncles, aunts, cousins and other relations.) radinieks2) (a relationship (between facts, events etc).) radniecība; saistība3) ((in plural) contact and communications between people, countries etc: to establish friendly relations.) attiecības* * *stāstījums; attiecība, sakars, saistība; attiecības; radiniece, radinieks -
11 withdrawn
adjective ((of a person) not responsive or friendly.) atturīgs* * *atvilkt; anulēt, atņemt; izņemt; attālināties, aiziet; atturēties; atvilkt, atkāpties -
12 give (someone) the cold shoulder
( also coldshoulder verb) (to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person): All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister's friends.) izturēties vēsi/nedraudzīgiEnglish-Latvian dictionary > give (someone) the cold shoulder
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13 give (someone) the cold shoulder
( also coldshoulder verb) (to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person): All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister's friends.) izturēties vēsi/nedraudzīgiEnglish-Latvian dictionary > give (someone) the cold shoulder
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14 patronise
['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) protežēt2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) pastāvīgi apmeklēt
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