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  • 1 pick someone's brains

    (to ask (a person) questions in order to get ideas, information etc from him which one can use oneself: You might be able to help me with this problem - can I come and pick your brains for a minute!) išklaus(inė)ti (ką)

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  • 2 hand

    [hænd] 1. noun
    1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) ranka
    2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) rodyklė
    3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) pagalbinis darbininkas, matrosas
    4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) pagalba, padėjimas
    5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) (vieno žaidėjo) kortos
    6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) delnas
    7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) rašysena
    2. verb
    (often with back, down, up etc)
    1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) duoti, (į)teikti
    2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) perduoti
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    - handbag
    - handbill
    - handbook
    - handbrake
    - handcuff
    - handcuffs
    - hand-lens
    - handmade
    - hand-operated
    - hand-out
    - hand-picked
    - handshake
    - handstand
    - handwriting
    - handwritten
    - at hand
    - at the hands of
    - be hand in glove with someone
    - be hand in glove
    - by hand
    - fall into the hands of someone
    - fall into the hands
    - force someone's hand
    - get one's hands on
    - give/lend a helping hand
    - hand down
    - hand in
    - hand in hand
    - hand on
    - hand out
    - hand-out
    - handout
    - hand over
    - hand over fist
    - hands down
    - hands off!
    - hands-on
    - hands up!
    - hand to hand
    - have a hand in something
    - have a hand in
    - have/get/gain the upper hand
    - hold hands with someone
    - hold hands
    - in good hands
    - in hand
    - in the hands of
    - keep one's hand in
    - off one's hands
    - on hand
    - on the one hand... on the other hand
    -... on the other hand
    - out of hand
    - shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
    - shake hands with / shake someone's hand
    - a show of hands
    - take in hand
    - to hand

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  • 3 revenge

    [rə'ven‹] 1. noun
    1) (harm done to another person in return for harm which he has done (to oneself or to someone else): The man told the manager he would get/have his revenge / take revenge on the company for dismissing him; His revenge was to burn down the factory.) kerštas
    2) (the desire to do such harm: The man said he had burned down the factory out of revenge / in revenge for being dismissed.) kerštas
    2. verb
    ((with on) to get (one's) revenge: He revenged himself on his enemies; I'll soon be revenged on you all.) at(si)keršyti

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  • 4 down

    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) žemyn, žemai
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) žemyn, nu-
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) iš (kartos) į (kartą)
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) žemyn
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) žemyn
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) žemyn
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) išilgai, palei
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) išmesti, išlenkti
    - downwards
    - downward
    - down-and-out
    - down-at-heel
    - downcast
    - downfall
    - downgrade
    - downhearted
    - downhill
    - downhill racing
    - downhill skiing
    - down-in-the-mouth
    - down payment
    - downpour
    - downright     4. adjective - downstream
    - down-to-earth
    - downtown
    - downtown
    - down-trodden
    - be/go down with
    - down on one's luck
    - down tools
    - down with
    - get down to
    - suit someone down to the ground
    - suit down to the ground     II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) pūkai
    - downy

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  • 5 cold

    [kəuld] 1. adjective
    1) (low in temperature: cold water; cold meat and salad.) šaltas, šaldytas
    2) (lower in temperature than is comfortable: I feel cold.) sušalęs
    3) (unfriendly: His manner was cold.) šaltas, nedraugiškas
    2. noun
    1) (the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings: She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.) šaltis
    2) (an illness with running nose, coughing etc: He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.) peršalimas
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    - coldness
    - cold-blooded
    - cold war
    - get cold feet
    - give someone the cold shoulder
    - give the cold shoulder
    - in cold blood

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  • 6 way

    [wei] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) įėjimas, išėjimas
    2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) kelias
    3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) gatvė
    4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) kelias, atstumas
    5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) būdas
    6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) atžvilgis, būdas
    7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) įprotis
    8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.)
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) toli
    - wayside
    - be/get on one's way
    - by the way
    - fall by the wayside
    - get/have one's own way
    - get into / out of the way of doing something
    - get into / out of the way of something
    - go out of one's way
    - have a way with
    - have it one's own way
    - in a bad way
    - in
    - out of the/someone's way
    - lose one's way
    - make one's way
    - make way for
    - make way
    - under way
    - way of life
    - ways and means

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  • 7 word

    [wə:d] 1. noun
    1) (the smallest unit of language (whether written, spoken or read).) žodis
    2) (a (brief) conversation: I'd like a (quick) word with you in my office.) žodelis
    3) (news: When you get there, send word that you've arrived safely.) žinutė
    4) (a solemn promise: He gave her his word that it would never happen again.) garbės žodis
    2. verb
    (to express in written or spoken language: How are you going to word the letter so that it doesn't seem rude?) išreikšti žodžiais
    - word processor
    - word processing
    - word-perfect
    - by word of mouth
    - get a word in edgeways
    - in a word
    - keep
    - break one's word
    - take someone at his word
    - take at his word
    - take someone's word for it
    - word for word

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  • 8 hop

    I 1. [hop] past tense, past participle - hopped; verb
    1) ((of people) to jump on one leg: The children had a competition to see who could hop the farthest; He hopped about in pain when the hammer fell on his foot.) (pa)šokti
    2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) to jump on both or all legs: The sparrow/frog hopped across the lawn.) šokinėti
    3) (to jump: He hopped (over) the fence and ran away; He hopped out of bed.) (iš)šokti
    4) ((with in(to), out (of)) to get into or out of a car etc: The car stopped and the driver told the hikers to hop in; I'll hop out of the car at the next crossroads.) įšokti, iššokti
    2. noun
    1) (a short jump on one leg.) šuoliukas
    2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) a short jump on both or all legs: The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops.) šuoliukas
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    - catch someone on the hop
    - catch on the hop
    - keep someone on the hop
    - keep on the hop     II [hop] noun
    (a climbing plant, the bitter fruits of which (hops) are used in brewing beer.) apynys

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  • 9 heart

    1. noun
    1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) širdis
    2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) centras, šerdis
    3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) širdis
    4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) ryžtas
    5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) širdelė
    6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) čirvas, širdis
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    - hearten
    - heartless
    - heartlessly
    - heartlessness
    - hearts
    - hearty
    - heartily
    - heartiness
    - heartache
    - heart attack
    - heartbeat
    - heartbreak
    - heartbroken
    - heartburn
    - heart failure
    - heartfelt
    - heart-to-heart     2. noun
    (an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) nuoširdus, atviras pokalbis
    - at heart
    - break someone's heart
    - by heart
    - from the bottom of one's heart
    - have a change of heart
    - have a heart!
    - have at heart
    - heart and soul
    - lose heart
    - not have the heart to
    - set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
    - take heart
    - take to heart
    - to one's heart's content
    - with all one's heart

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  • 10 hold

    I 1. [həuld] past tense, past participle - held; verb
    1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) laikyti
    2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) laikyti
    3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) laikyti
    4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) išlaikyti
    5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) laikyti
    6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) (kur) tilpti, laikyti
    7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) surengti
    8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) būti, laikytis
    9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) eiti (pareigas), užimti (vietą)
    10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) laikyti, manyti (kad), turėti
    11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) galioti
    12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) priversti, išpildyti
    13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) ginti
    14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) sulaikyti
    15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) patraukti, išlaikyti
    16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?) laikyti
    17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) švęsti
    18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) turėti
    19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) išsilaikyti
    20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) palaukti
    21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) laikyti
    22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) laikyti
    23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?) žadėti
    2. noun
    1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.) laikymas, nusitvėrimas
    2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.) galia
    3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.) suėmimas
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    - - holder
    - hold-all
    - get hold of
    - hold back
    - hold down
    - hold forth
    - hold good
    - hold it
    - hold off
    - hold on
    - hold out
    - hold one's own
    - hold one's tongue
    - hold up
    - hold-up
    - hold with     II [həuld] noun
    ((in ships) the place, below the deck, where cargo is stored.) triumas

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  • 11 hope

    [həup] 1. verb
    (to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) tikėtis, viltis
    2. noun
    1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) viltis
    2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) viltis
    3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) viltis
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    - hopefulness
    - hopefully
    - hopeless
    - hopelessly
    - hopelessness
    - hope against hope
    - hope for the best
    - not have a hope
    - not a hope
    - raise someone's hopes

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  • 12 habit

    ['hæbit]
    1) (something which a person does usually or regularly: the habit of going for a walk before bed; an irritating habit of interrupting.) įprotis
    2) (a tendency to do the same things that one has always done: I did it out of habit.) įpratimas
    3) (clothes: a monk's habit.) apdaras
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    - habitually
    - from force of habit
    - get someone into
    - get into
    - out of the habit of

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  • 13 rest

    I 1. [rest] noun
    1) (a (usually short) period of not working etc after, or between periods of, effort; (a period of) freedom from worries etc: Digging the garden is hard work - let's stop for a rest; Let's have/take a rest; I need a rest from all these problems - I'm going to take a week's holiday.) poilsis
    2) (sleep: He needs a good night's rest.) miegas
    3) (something which holds or supports: a book-rest; a headrest on a car seat.) atrama, stovas
    4) (a state of not moving: The machine is at rest.) nejudama padėtis
    2. verb
    1) (to (allow to) stop working etc in order to get new strength or energy: We've been walking for four hours - let's stop and rest; Stop reading for a minute and rest your eyes; Let's rest our legs.) pailsėti, pailsinti
    2) (to sleep; to lie or sit quietly in order to get new strength or energy, or because one is tired: Mother is resting at the moment.) ilsėtis, miegoti
    3) (to (make or allow to) lean, lie, sit, remain etc on or against something: Her head rested on his shoulder; He rested his hand on her arm; Her gaze rested on the jewels.) gulėti, remtis, uždėti, sustoti
    4) (to relax, be calm etc: I will never rest until I know the murderer has been caught.) nurimti
    5) (to (allow to) depend on: Our hopes now rest on him, since all else has failed.) priklausyti
    6) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) priklausyti
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    - restfully
    - restfulness
    - restless
    - restlessly
    - restlessness
    - rest-room
    - at rest
    - come to rest
    - lay to rest
    - let the matter rest
    - rest assured
    - set someone's mind at rest     II [rest]

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  • 14 man

    [mæn] 1. plural - men; noun
    1) (an adult male human being: Hundreds of men, women and children; a four-man team.) vyras, vyriškis
    2) (human beings taken as a whole; the human race: the development of man.) žmogus, žmonija
    3) (obviously masculine male person: He's independent, tough, strong, brave - a real man!) vyras
    4) (a word sometimes used in speaking informally or giving commands to someone: Get on with your work, man, and stop complaining!) žmogau!
    5) (an ordinary soldier, who is not an officer: officers and men.) kareivis, eilinis
    6) (a piece used in playing chess or draughts: I took three of his men in one move.) pėstininkas, šaškė (ne dama)
    2. verb
    (to supply with men (especially soldiers): The colonel manned the guns with soldiers from our regiment.) sukomplektuoti
    - - man
    - manhood
    - mankind
    - manly
    - manliness
    - manned
    - man-eating
    - man-eater
    - manhandle
    - manhole
    - man-made
    - manpower
    - manservant
    - mansized
    - mansize
    - manslaughter
    - menfolk
    - menswear
    - as one man
    - the man in the street
    - man of letters
    - man of the world
    - man to man
    - to a man

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  • 15 pass

    1. verb
    1) (to move towards and then beyond (something, by going past, through, by, over etc): I pass the shops on my way to work; The procession passed along the corridor.) praeiti, pravažiuoti
    2) (to move, give etc from one person, state etc to another: They passed the photographs around; The tradition is passed (on/down) from father to son.) pasiųsti (per rankas), perduoti
    3) (to go or be beyond: This passes my understanding.) viršyti
    4) ((of vehicles etc on a road) to overtake: The sports car passed me at a dangerous bend in the road.) pralenkti
    5) (to spend (time): They passed several weeks in the country.) praleisti
    6) ((of an official group, government etc) to accept or approve: The government has passed a resolution.) priimti, patvirtinti
    7) (to give or announce (a judgement or sentence): The magistrate passed judgement on the prisoner.) paskelbti
    8) (to end or go away: His sickness soon passed.) praeiti, išnykti, mirti
    9) (to (judge to) be successful in (an examination etc): I passed my driving test.) išlaikyti
    2. noun
    1) (a narrow path between mountains: a mountain pass.) perėja, tarpeklis
    2) (a ticket or card allowing a person to do something, eg to travel free or to get in to a building: You must show your pass before entering.) leidimas
    3) (a successful result in an examination, especially when below a distinction, honours etc: There were ten passes and no fails.) egzamino išlaikymas
    4) ((in ball games) a throw, kick, hit etc of the ball from one player to another: The centre-forward made a pass towards the goal.) kamuolio padavimas, pasas
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    - passing
    - passer-by
    - password
    - in passing
    - let something pass
    - let pass
    - pass as/for
    - pass away
    - pass the buck
    - pass by
    - pass off
    - pass something or someone off as
    - pass off as
    - pass on
    - pass out
    - pass over
    - pass up

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  • 16 back

    [bæk] 1. noun
    1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) nugara
    2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) nugara
    3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) užpakalis, galas
    4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) gynėjas
    2. adjective
    (of or at the back: the back door.) užpakalinis
    3. adverb
    1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) atgal
    2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) tolyn, šalin
    3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) arti atramos
    4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) atsilygindamas, atsikirsdamas, atgal
    5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) į praeitį, praeityje
    4. verb
    1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) eiti/važiuoti atbulom, varyti atgal
    2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) palaikyti, remti
    3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) lažintis, statyti sumą
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    - backbite
    - backbiting
    - backbone
    - backbreaking
    - backdate
    - backfire
    - background
    - backhand     5. adverb
    (using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) iš kairės, pakrypusia rašysena
    - back-number
    - backpack
    - backpacking: go backpacking
    - backpacker
    - backside
    - backslash
    - backstroke
    - backup
    - backwash
    - backwater
    - backyard
    - back down
    - back of
    - back on to
    - back out
    - back up
    - have one's back to the wall
    - put someone's back up
    - take a back seat

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  • 17 direction

    [-ʃən]
    1) ((the) place or point to which one moves, looks etc: What direction did he go in?; They were heading in my direction (= towards me); I'll find my way all right - I've a good sense of direction.) kryptis
    2) (guidance: They are under your direction.) vadovavimas
    3) ((in plural) instructions (eg on how to get somewhere, use something etc): We asked the policeman for directions; I have lost the directions for this washing-machine.) instrukcija, nurodymai
    4) (the act of aiming or turning (something or someone) towards a certain point.) nukreipimas

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  • 18 nerve

    [nə:v] 1. noun
    1) (one of the cords which carry messages between all parts of the body and the brain.) nervas
    2) (courage: He must have needed a lot of nerve to do that; He lost his nerve.) drąsa, šaltakraujiškumas
    3) (rudeness: What a nerve!) įžūlumas
    2. verb
    (to force (oneself) to have enough courage (to do something): He nerved himself to climb the high tower.) įsidrąsinti
    - nervous
    - nervously
    - nervousness
    - nervy
    - nerviness
    - nerve-racking
    - nervous breakdown
    - nervous system
    - get on someone's nerves

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  • 19 pay

    [pei] 1. past tense, past participle - paid; verb
    1) (to give (money) to (someone) in exchange for goods, services etc: He paid $5 for the book.) (už)mokėti
    2) (to return (money that is owed): It's time you paid your debts.) grąžinti, (iš)mokėti, atlyginti
    3) (to suffer punishment (for): You'll pay for that remark!) sulauktiti atpildo, užmokėti
    4) (to be useful or profitable (to): Crime doesn't pay.) apsimokėti
    5) (to give (attention, homage, respect etc): Pay attention!; to pay one's respects.) kreipti, skirti, (ati)duoti, (pa)reikšti
    2. noun
    (money given or received for work etc; wages: How much pay do you get?) užmokestis
    - payee
    - payment
    - pay-packet
    - pay-roll
    - pay back
    - pay off
    - pay up
    - put paid to

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  • 20 reclaim

    [ri'kleim]
    1) (to ask for (something one owns which has been lost, stolen etc and found by someone else): A wallet has been found and can be reclaimed at the manager's office.) atsiimti
    2) (to make (wasteland) fit for use; to get back (land) from under the sea etc by draining etc.) melioruoti
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