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1 haul
[ho:l] 1. verb1) (to pull with great effort or difficulty: Horses are used to haul barges along canals.) vilkt2) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) pārvadāt; transportēt2. noun1) (a strong pull: He gave the rope a haul.) vilkšana2) (the amount of anything, especially fish, that is got at one time: The fishermen had a good haul; The thieves got away from the jeweller's with a good haul.) loms; nozveja; guvums; ķēriens•- haulage- haulier
- a long haul* * *vilkšana; pārvadāšana; nobraukums, reiss; nozveja, loms; krava; guvums, ķēriens; vilkt; pievest, treilēt; transportēt, pārvadāt; mainīt virzienu; turēties pret vēju -
2 tug
1. past tense, past participle - tugged; verb(to pull (something) sharply and strongly: He tugged (at) the door but it wouldn't open.)2. noun1) (a strong, sharp pull: He gave the rope a tug.) rāviens2) (a tug-boat.) velkonis•- tug-boat- tug-of-war* * *rāviens; piepūle, pūles; velkonis; dzeņaukste; sacīkstes; raut, vilkt; vilkt tauvā -
3 tweak
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4 hitch
[hi ] 1. verb1) (to fasten to something: He hitched his horse to the fence-post; He hitched his car to his caravan.) piesiet; aizāķēt2) (to hitch-hike: I can't afford the train-fare to London - I'll have to hitch.) braukt ar autostopu2. noun1) (an unexpected problem or delay: The job was completed without a hitch.) aizķeršanās; kavēklis2) (a kind of knot.) mezgls; cilpa3) (a sudden, short pull upwards: She gave her skirt a hitch.) rāviens; grūdiens•- hitch-hiker
- hitch a lift/ride
- hitch up* * *rāviens, grūdiens; aizķeršanās, kavēklis; mezgls; pagrūst, paraut; aizāķēt; aizķerties; piesiet; braukt ar autostopu -
5 stroke
[strəuk] I noun1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) vēziens; sitiens; cirtiens2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) (zibens) spēriens; liktenīgs/laimīgs gadījums3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) (pulksteņa) sitiens4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) vilciens; triepiens; vēziens5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) rāviens; vēziens; sitiens6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) peldēšana uz muguras7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) ne pirkstu nepakustināt8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) trieka•II 1. verb(to rub (eg a furry animal) gently and repeatedly in one direction, especially as a sign of affection: He stroked the cat / her hair; The dog loves being stroked.) glāstīt2. noun(an act of stroking: He gave the dog a stroke.) glāsts; glāstīšana* * *sitiens; vēziens; paņēmiens; vilciens; triepiens; trieka; virzuļa gājiens; glaudīt, glāstīt -
6 suck
1. verb1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) zīst; sūkt2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) sūkāt3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) iesūkt; uzsūkt4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.) riebties; būt pretīgam2. noun(an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) zīšana; sūkšana; sūkāšana- sucker- suck up to* * *zīšana; iesūkšana; neliels malks; izkrišana, izgāšanās; saldumi; zīst; sūkt; sūkāt
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