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1 to give one's ankle a twist
izmežģīt potīti -
2 to give one's careful consideration
rūpīgi apspriestEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to give one's careful consideration
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3 to give one's coat a good brush
labi iztīrīt mēteliEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to give one's coat a good brush
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4 to give one's confidence to somebody
uzticēties kādamEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to give one's confidence to somebody
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5 to give one's gaiety free range
ļaut vaļu priekamEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to give one's gaiety free range
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6 to give one's hair a smooth
pieglaust matus -
7 to give one's love
sūtīt sveicienus -
8 to give one's mind to
pievērsties -
9 to give one's word
apsolīt; dot vārdu -
10 give away
1) (to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it): I'm going to give all my money away.) atdot; atdāvināt2) (to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally: He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).) izpļāpāt; izpļāpāties; izpļāpāšana -
11 give up
1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) atmest (paradumus u.tml.); pamest (mācības u.tml.)2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) atteikties no3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) padoties; atdot4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) veltīt (laiku)5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) uzskatīt par [] -
12 give way
1) (to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass: Give way to traffic coming from the right.) dot ceļu; palaist garām2) (to break, collapse etc under pressure: The bridge will give way any day now.) padoties; neizturēt3) (to agree against one's will: I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.) piekāpties -
13 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) uzskatīt par patiesību (jo nav iespējams pierādīt pretējo)English-Latvian dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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14 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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15 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) uzskatīt par patiesību (jo nav iespējams pierādīt pretējo)English-Latvian dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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16 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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17 apply oneself/one's mind
( with to) (to give one's full attention or energy (to a task etc): If he would apply himself he could pass his exams.) nodarboties ar kaut ko; veltīt savu enerģiju kaut kam -
18 set one's seal to
(to give one's authority or agreement to: He set his seal to the proposals for reforms.) akceptēt; apstiprināt; dot piekrišanu -
19 keep one's mind on
(to give all one's attention to: Keep your mind on what you're doing!) koncentrēties; domāt tikai par... -
20 show oneself in one's true colours
(to show or express one's real character, opinion etc: He pretends to be very generous but he showed himself in his true colours when he refused to give money to charity.) parādīt savu īsto sejuEnglish-Latvian dictionary > show oneself in one's true colours
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