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  • 1 he's hard to please

    viņam grūti izpatikt

    English-Latvian dictionary > he's hard to please

  • 2 hard

    1. adjective
    1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) ciets
    2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) Viņam grūti izpatikt.
    3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) bargs; stingrs
    4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) (par laika apstākļiem) bargs
    5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) grūts; smags
    6) ((of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added: The water is hard in this part of the country.) (par ūdeni) ciets
    2. adverb
    1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) grūti; smagi; cītīgi
    2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) stipri; spēcīgi
    3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) cieši
    4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) tuvu klāt
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    - hardness
    - hardship
    - hard-and-fast
    - hard-back
    - hard-boiled
    - harddisk
    - hard-earned
    - hard-headed
    - hard-hearted
    - hardware
    - hard-wearing
    - be hard on
    - hard at it
    - hard done by
    - hard lines/luck
    - hard of hearing
    - a hard time of it
    - a hard time
    - hard up
    * * *
    ciets; grūts, smags; stiprs, spēcīgs; bargs, stingrs; strādīgs, centīgs; bargs; griezīgs, ass; noteikts, stingrs; alkoholisks, stiprs; ieradumu radošs; nebalsīgs; spēcīgi, stipri; centīgi, cītīgi, enerģiski; grūti, smagi; cieši, stingri; pārlieku, pārmērīgi; tuvu

    English-Latvian dictionary > hard

  • 3 effort

    ['efət]
    1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) piepūle
    2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) pūles
    3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) sasniegums
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    - effortlessly
    * * *
    piepūle; sasniegums

    English-Latvian dictionary > effort

  • 4 it

    1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) tas; tā; to; tam; tai
    2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?)
    3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) (netulkojams uzsvērums)
    4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!) (netulkojams papildinātāja locījums)
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    - its
    - itself
    * * *
    tas, tā ; tai, tam, to

    English-Latvian dictionary > it

  • 5 might

    I
    (-)
    1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) varētu
    2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) iespējams, ka; (lūgumos) vai drīkstu...?
    3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) varētu
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    - might have
    - I might have known     II
    (power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) spēks; varenība
    - mightily
    - mightiness
    * * *
    drīkstēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > might

  • 6 strive

    past tense - strove; verb
    (to try very hard or struggle: He always strives to please his teacher.) censties; pūlēties
    * * *
    censties, pūlēties; cīnīties

    English-Latvian dictionary > strive

  • 7 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
    * * *
    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

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