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1 grammar
['ɡræmə]1) (the rules for forming words and for combining words to form sentences: He's an expert on French grammar.) gramatika2) (a description or collection of the rules of grammar: Could you lend me your Latin grammar?; ( also adjective) a grammar book.) gramatikas grāmata; gramatikas-3) (a person's use of grammatical rules: This essay is full of bad grammar.) pilns ar gramatiskām kļūdām•- grammatically
- grammar school* * *gramatika; gramatiskā sistēma; gramatikas mācību grāmata -
2 element
['eləmənt]1) (an essential part of anything: Sound teaching of grammar is one of the elements of a good education.) elements; daļa2) (a substance that cannot be split by chemical means into simpler substances: Hydrogen, chlorine, iron and uranium are elements.) elements3) (surroundings necessary for life: Water is a fish's natural element.) stihija4) (a slight amount: an element of doubt.) daļa5) (the heating part in an electric kettle etc.) sekcija•- elements
- in one's element* * *elements, daļa; stihija, elements; apakšvienība -
3 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.) āmurs2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) (mehānisma daļa) āmuriņš3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) (sportā) veseris2. verb1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) sist; dauzīt (ar āmuru)2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) iedzīt galvā•- give someone a hammering- give a hammering
- hammer home
- hammer out* * *āmurs; gailis; āmuriņš; veseris; dauzīt, sist; kaldināt, kalt; noņemties, nopūlēties; sakaut, uzvarēt; pasludināt par maksātnespējīgu
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