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  • 1 high and low

    (everywhere: I've searched high and low for that book.) visur
    * * *
    visur

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  • 2 hunt high and low

    (to search everywhere.) visur izmeklēties

    English-Latvian dictionary > hunt high and low

  • 3 high

    1. adjective
    1) (at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board.) augsts
    2) (having a particular height: This building is about 20 metres high; My horse is fifteen hands high.) augsts; garš
    3) (great; large; considerable: The car was travelling at high speed; He has a high opinion of her work; They charge high prices; high hopes; The child has a high fever/temperature.) liels; augsts
    4) (most important; very important: the high altar in a church; Important criminal trials are held at the High Court; a high official.) galvenais; augstāks
    5) (noble; good: high ideals.) augsts; cēls
    6) ((of a wind) strong: The wind is high tonight.) (par vēju) stiprs
    7) ((of sounds) at or towards the top of a (musical) range: a high note.) (par skaņu) spalgs; augsts
    8) ((of voices) like a child's voice (rather than like a man's): He still speaks in a high voice.) (par balsi) augsts
    9) ((of food, especially meat) beginning to go bad.) (par gaļu) iesmacis
    10) (having great value: Aces and kings are high cards.) vērtīgs
    2. adverb
    (at, or to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: The plane was flying high in the sky; He'll rise high in his profession.) augstu; stipri
    - highness
    - high-chair
    - high-class
    - higher education
    - high fidelity
    - high-handed
    - high-handedly
    - high-handedness
    - high jump
    - highlands
    - high-level
    - highlight     3. verb
    (to draw particular attention to (a person, thing etc).) izcelt; izgaismot
    - high-minded
    - high-mindedness
    - high-pitched
    - high-powered
    - high-rise
    - highroad
    - high school
    - high-spirited
    - high spirits
    - high street
    - high-tech     4. adjective
    ((also hi-tech): high-tech industries.) augsto tehnoloģiju-
    - high treason
    - high water
    - highway
    - Highway Code
    - highwayman
    - high wire
    - high and dry
    - high and low
    - high and mighty
    - the high seas
    - it is high time
    * * *
    augstākā pakāpe, maksimums; augsta spiediena josla, anticiklons; eiforija ar halucinācijām, narkotisks apdullums; augsts; augstāks, galvenais; stiprs, liels; dārgs, augsts; spalgs, griezīgs; līksms, jautrs; cēls, augsts; labākais, augstākais; lepns, krāšņs; straujš; iesmacis; iereibis, piedzēries; narkotiku apdullināts; augstu; spēcīgi, stipri; dārgi; krāšņi, lepni

    English-Latvian dictionary > high

  • 4 hunt

    1. verb
    1) (to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport: He spent the whole day hunting (deer).) medīt
    2) (to pursue or drive out: The murderer was hunted from town to town.) vajāt; izsekot; meklēt
    2. noun
    1) (the act of hunting animals etc: a tiger hunt.) medības
    2) (a search: I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.) meklējumi
    •
    - hunting
    - huntsman
    - hunt down
    - hunt for
    - hunt high and low
    - hunt out
    * * *
    medības; meklējumi; medīt; dzenāt, vajāt

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  • 5 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
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    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

  • 6 tide

    (the regular, twice-a-day ebbing and flowing movement of the sea: It's high/low tide; The tide is coming in / going out.) paisums un bēgums
    - tidal wave
    * * *
    plūdmaiņas; gaita; vilnis; jūra, straume; laiks; peldēt pa straumi

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