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1 hammer
['hæmə] 1. noun1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) plaktukas, kūjis2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) (varpo) šerdis, (fortepijono) plaktukas3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) kūjis2. verb1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) kalti2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) įkalti į galvą•- give someone a hammering- give a hammering
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2 tap
I 1. [tæp] noun(a quick touch or light knock or blow: I heard a tap at the door.) barškinimas, beldimas2. verb((often with at, on or with) to give a light knock (on or with something): He tapped at/on the window.) (pa)barðkinti, (pa)belsti- tap-dancer II 1. [tæp] noun((American faucet) any of several types of device (usually with a handle and valve that can be shut or opened) for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe, barrel etc: Turn the tap off/on!) čiaupas2. verb1) (to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.) pradėti naudoti2) (to attach a device to (someone's telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.) (į ką) įtaisyti klausymosi aparatą
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