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1 hopeful
1) ((negative unhopeful) full of hope: The police are hopeful that they will soon find the killer; hopeful faces; He is hopeful of success.) cerību pilns2) (giving a reason or encouragement for hope: That's a hopeful sign - perhaps he is going to change his mind after all.) daudzsološs3) (likely to be pleasant, successful etc: The future looks quite hopeful.) daudzsološs* * *cerību pilns; daudzsološs -
2 to feel hopeful
cerēt -
3 bleak
[bli:k]1) (cold and unsheltered: a bleak landscape.) neaizsargāts; kails; nemīlīgs2) (not hopeful: a bleak outlook for the future.) drūms* * *vīķe; no vēja neaizsargāts, kails; nemīlīgs, auksts; drūms -
4 hope
[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) cerēt2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) cerība2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) cerība3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) cerība•- hopeful- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
- raise someone's hopes* * *cerība; cerēt -
5 hopefully
1) (in a hopeful way: The dog looked hopefully at the joint of meat.) ar cerībām; cerīgi2) (it is to be hoped that: Hopefully, that will never happen.) cerams* * *ar cerībām, cerīgi; cerams -
6 rosy
1) (rose-coloured; pink: rosy cheeks.) rožains; sārts2) (bright; hopeful: His future looks rosy.) rožains; cerīgs* * *rožains -
7 sink
[siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) nogrimt; nogremdēt2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) nogrimt3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) iegrimt; iegremdēt; ielaist4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) zaudēt dūšu5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) ieguldīt naudu2. noun(a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) izlietne- sunken- be sunk
- sink in* * *izlietne; kloāka; gremdētava; nogrimt; kristies; nosēsties; nogremdēt; pasliktināties; iesūkties; iespiesties; applūdināt; ierakt; izrakt; izcirst; iegravēt; noklusēt; dzēst; ieguldīt; pazudināt
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