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1 be on the offensive
(to be making an attack: She always expects people to criticize her and so she is always on the offensive.) ieņemt agresīvu pozīciju -
2 to assume the offensive
pāriet uzbrukumā -
3 to take the offensive
ieņemt agresīvu nostāju; pāriet uzbrukumā -
4 offend
[ə'fend] 1. verb1) (to make feel upset or angry: If you don't go to her party she will be offended; His criticism offended her.) aizvainot; aizskart; apvainot2) (to be unpleasant or disagreeable: Cigarette smoke offends me.) kaitināt•- offence- offender
- offensive 2. noun(an attack: They launched an offensive against the invading army.) uzbrukums- offensiveness
- be on the offensive
- take offence* * *pārkāpt; aizvainot, apvainot; aizskart, kaitināt -
5 black
[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) melns2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) tumšs3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) netīrs4) (without milk: black coffee.) (par kafiju) melna; bez piena5) (evil: black magic.) ļauns6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) melnādains7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) krāsains2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) melnā krāsa2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) melna krāsa; melnums3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) melnādainais; krāsainais3. verb(to make black.) krāsot melnu; nomelnot- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) ierakstīt melnajā sarakstā5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) šantāža- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white* * *melna krāsa, melnums; melns tērps; melnādainais, nēģeris; melns traips; krāsot melnu; spodrināt; nomelnot; melns; melnādains, nēģeru; tumšs; bezcerīgs, drūms; dusmīgs, ļauns; netīrs -
6 shit
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7 rat
1. noun1) (a small animal with a long tail, like a mouse but larger: The rats have eaten holes in those bags of flour.) žurka2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant and untrustworthy person.) nodevējs; okšķeris2. verb1) (to break an agreement, promise etc.) lauzt norunu/solījumu2) (to betray one's friends, colleagues etc: The police know we're here. Someone must have ratted.) nodot kādu•- rat race- smell a rat* * *žurka; nodevējs; streiklauzis; okšķeris; iznīcināt žurkas; pamest grūtā brīdī; slaistīties bez darba -
8 obnoxious
[əb'nokʃəs](offensive: an obnoxious man; The smell of that mixture is really obnoxious.) riebīgs; pretīgs* * *riebīgs, pretīgs, nepatīkams
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