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  • 1 you cannot eat the cake and have it

    nevar vilks būt paēdis un kaza dzīva

    English-Latvian dictionary > you cannot eat the cake and have it

  • 2 apostrophe

    [ə'postrəfi]
    (a mark (') which is used to show that a letter or letters has/have been omitted from a word, and which is also used in possessive phrases and in the plurals of letters: the boy's coat; the boys' coats; There are two n's in `cannot' but only one in `can't'.) apostrofs
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    apostrofs; apostrofa, retoriska uzruna

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  • 3 witness

    ['witnəs] 1. noun
    1) (a person who has seen or was present at an event etc and so has direct knowledge of it: Someone must have seen the accident but the police can find no witnesses.) [] liecinieks
    2) (a person who gives evidence, especially in a law court.) liecinieks
    3) (a person who adds his signature to a document to show that he considers another signature on the document to be genuine: You cannot sign your will without witnesses.) liecinieks
    2. verb
    1) (to see and be present at: This lady witnessed an accident at three o'clock this afternoon.) redzēt savām acīm; būt (kaut kā) lieciniekam
    2) (to sign one's name to show that one knows that (something) is genuine: He witnessed my signature on the new agreement.) apliecināt; apstiprināt
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    - bear witness
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    liecinieks; aculiecinieks; pierādījums, liecība; būt par liecinieku; būt par aculiecinieku; liecināt; noderēt par liecību, liecināt; apstiprināt

    English-Latvian dictionary > witness

  • 4 hang

    [hæŋ]
    past tense, past participle - hung; verb
    1) (to put or fix, or to be put or fixed, above the ground eg by a hook: We'll hang the picture on that wall; The picture is hanging on the wall.) []kārt; uzkārt; karāties
    2) (to fasten (something), or to be fastened, at the top or side so that it can move freely but cannot fall: A door hangs by its hinges.) pakārt; karāties
    3) ((past tense, past participle hanged) to kill, or to be killed, by having a rope put round the neck and being allowed to drop: Murderers used to be hanged in the United Kingdom, but no-one hangs for murder now.) pakārt
    4) ((often with down or out) to be bending, drooping or falling downwards: The dog's tongue was hanging out; Her hair was hanging down.) nokārties; izkarāties
    5) (to bow (one's head): He hung his head in shame.) nokārt
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    - hanging
    - hangings
    - hangman
    - hangover
    - get the hang of
    - hang about/around
    - hang back
    - hang in the balance
    - hang on
    - hang together
    - hang up
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    uzkārt, kritums; jēga; kārt; kārties; pakārt; piegulēt; izstādīt; kavēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > hang

  • 5 judge

    1. verb
    1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) tiesāt
    2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) vērtēt (sacensībās)
    3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) spriest; vērtēt
    4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) tiesāt
    2. noun
    1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) tiesnesis
    2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) arbitrs; eksperts
    3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) lietpratējs; pazinējs
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    - judgment
    - judging from / to judge from
    - pass judgement on
    - pass judgement
    * * *
    tiesnesis; arbitrs, eksperts; lietpratējs, pazinējs; Soģu grāmata; tiesāt; būt par arbitru; spriest, vērtēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > judge

  • 6 appreciate

    [ə'pri:ʃieit]
    1) (to be grateful for (something): I appreciate all your hard work.) []vērtēt
    2) (to value (someone or something) highly: Mothers are very often not appreciated.) augstu vērtēt
    3) (understand; to be aware of: I appreciate your difficulties but I cannot help.) saprast
    4) (to increase in value: My house has appreciated (in value) considerably over the last ten years.) kļūt vērtīgākam; celties cenā
    •
    - appreciably
    - appreciation
    - appreciative
    - appreciatively
    * * *
    vērtēt; novērtēt; augstu vērtēt, cienīt; izprast, saprast; celties cenā, kļūt vērtīgākam

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  • 7 bear

    I [beə] past tense - bore; verb
    1) ((usually with cannot, could not etc) to put up with or endure: I couldn't bear it if he left.) izciest; paciest; panest
    2) (to be able to support: Will the table bear my weight?) izturēt
    3) ((past participle in passive born [bo:n]) to produce (children): She has borne (him) several children; She was born on July 7.) piedzimt
    4) (to carry: He was borne shoulder-high after his victory.) nest
    5) (to have: The cheque bore his signature.) būt; atrasties
    6) (to turn or fork: The road bears left here.) []griezties
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    - bearer
    - bearing
    - bearings
    - bear down on
    - bear fruit
    - bear out
    - bear up
    - bear with
    - find/get one's bearings
    - lose one's bearings     II [beə] noun
    (a large heavy animal with thick fur and hooked claws.) lācis
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    lācis; lempis; spekulants; slota; pastatne, buks; nest; dot; izturēt; panest, paciest; dzemdēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > bear

  • 8 hit

    [hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb
    1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) []sist; atsist; atsisties; trāpīt; sadurties; uzskriet
    2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) triekt
    3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) sagādāt zaudējumus/ciešanas
    4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) sasniegt
    2. noun
    1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) sitiens
    2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) trāpījums
    3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) hits; grāvējs; hita-
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    - hit-or-miss
    - hit back
    - hit below the belt
    - hit it off
    - hit on
    - hit out
    - make a hit with
    * * *
    sitiens; trāpījums; panākums, veiksme; dzēlīga piezīme; hīts, šlāgeris, grāvējs; narkotikas deva; iepriekšnodomāta slepkavība; sist; iesist; atsisties; trāpīt; uzskriet, sadurties; nepatīkami skart, sagādāt zaudējumus; sasniegt

    English-Latvian dictionary > hit

  • 9 informal

    [in'fo:ml]
    1) (not formal or official; friendly and relaxed: The two prime ministers will meet for informal discussions today; Will the party be formal or informal?; friendly, informal manners.) neformāls; neoficiāls
    2) ((of speech or vocabulary) used in conversation but not usually when writing formally, speaking in public etc: `Won't' and `can't' are informal forms of `will not' and `cannot'.) neoficiāls; brīvs
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    - informally
    * * *
    neformāls, neoficiāls; nepiespiests, brīvs

    English-Latvian dictionary > informal

  • 10 work

    [wə:k] 1. noun
    1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) darbs
    2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) darbs
    3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) darbs
    4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) sacerējums; ražojums; darbs
    5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) darbs; darba rezultāts
    6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) darbs; darbavieta
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) strādāt
    2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) strādāt
    3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) strādāt; darboties; darbināt
    4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) īstenoties; tikt veiktam/realizētam
    5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) ar pūlēm tikt uz priekšu
    6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) Ritenis atskrūvējās.
    7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) izstrādāt; darināt
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    - - work
    - workable
    - worker
    - works     3. noun plural
    1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mehānisms
    2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) darbi
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    - work-box
    - workbook
    - workforce
    - working class
    - working day
    - work-day
    - working hours
    - working-party
    - work-party
    - working week
    - workman
    - workmanlike
    - workmanship
    - workmate
    - workout
    - workshop
    - at work
    - get/set to work
    - go to work on
    - have one's work cut out
    - in working order
    - out of work
    - work of art
    - work off
    - work out
    - work up
    - work up to
    - work wonders
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    darbs; nodarbošanās, darbs; darbība, rīcība; sacerējums, ražojums, darbs; izšuvums, rokdarbs; putas; apstrāde; nocietinājumi; strādāt; darboties; strādināt; nostrādināt; izmantot; darbināt; iedarbināt; izrakstīt, izšūt

    English-Latvian dictionary > work

  • 11 beggar description

    (to be so great in some way that it cannot be described: Her beauty beggars description.) būt neaprakstāmam

    English-Latvian dictionary > beggar description

  • 12 have one's back to the wall

    (to be in a very difficult or desperate situation: He certainly has his back to the wall as he has lost his job and cannot find another one.) būt ļoti grūtos apstākļos / situācijā

    English-Latvian dictionary > have one's back to the wall

  • 13 may have

    (used to express a possibility in the past: He may have been here, but we cannot be sure.) iespējams; varbūt (pagātnes nozīmē)

    English-Latvian dictionary > may have

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  • cannot\ but — • cannot but formal • can t help but informal v. phr. To be forced to; can only; must. When the streets are full of melting snow, you can t help but get your shoes wet. When a friend gave Jim a ticket to the game, he couldn t help but go. When a… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • cannot but — phrasal 1. : to be inescapably constrained to (as out of a sense of fitness or rightness) : be left with no alternative than to an obsequiousness one cannot but feel aversion to 2. : to be bound to : be sure to : must his personality cannot but… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cannot but — or cannot help but also cannot help phrasal to be unable to do otherwise than < we cannot but wonder why > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cannot but — idi to have no alternative but to; cannot help but: We cannot but choose otherwise[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • cannot (help) but — formal phrase to have no choice except to do something You cannot help but like her. As I look back over my career, I cannot but smile. Thesaurus: choices and the process of choosingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • but — 1. general. But is a preposition and conjunction, and is used contrastively: (preposition) Everyone seems to know but me / (conjunction) Everyone seems to know but I don t. In more modern usage, as the OED and Fowler (1926) have both recognized,… …   Modern English usage

  • cannot — [kan′ät΄, kə nät′] can not cannot but have no choice but to; must …   English World dictionary

  • cannot help but — phrasal : cannot but …   Useful english dictionary

  • cannot — can|not [ kæ,nat, kə nat ] modal verb *** the negative form of CAN. The less formal way of saying and writing this is can t: Please don t tell me what I can and cannot do! What if the parties cannot agree? You cannot escape the law. cannot (help) …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • cannot */*/*/ — UK [ˈkænɒt] / US [ˈkæˌnɑt] / US [kəˈnɑt] modal verb the negative form of can. The less formal way of saying and writing this is can t Please don t tell me what I can and cannot do! What if the parties cannot agree? You cannot escape the law. •… …   English dictionary

  • cannot — /kan ot, ka not , keuh /, v. 1. a form of can not. 2. cannot but, have no alternative but to: We cannot but choose otherwise. [1350 1400; ME] Usage. CANNOT is sometimes also spelled CAN NOT. The one word spelling is by far the more common:… …   Universalium

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