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1 the
[ðə, ði](The form [ðə] is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union [ðə'ju:njən]; the form [ði] is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour [ði 'onə]) tas1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!) tas2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.)3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).)4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.)5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.)6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.)•- the...- the... -
2 lash
[læʃ] 1. noun1) (an eyelash: She looked at him through her thick lashes.) blakstiena2) (a stroke with a whip etc: The sailor was given twenty lashes as a punishment.) rimbo kirtis3) (a thin piece of rope or cord, especially of a whip: a whip with a long, thin lash.) botagas, rimbas2. verb1) (to strike with a lash: He lashed the horse with his whip.) čaižyti, pliekti2) (to fasten with a rope or cord: All the equipment had to be lashed to the deck of the ship.) pririšti3) (to make a sudden or restless movement (with) (a tail): The tiger crouched in the tall grass, its tail lashing from side to side.) mosikuoti4) ((of rain) to come down very heavily.) prapliupti, pratrūkti•- lash out -
3 rush
I 1. verb(to (make someone or something) hurry or go quickly: He rushed into the room; She rushed him to the doctor.) pulti, skubiai nugabenti, skubėti, skubinti2. noun1) (a sudden quick movement: They made a rush for the door.) puolimas2) (a hurry: I'm in a dreadful rush.) skubėjimas•II noun(a tall grass-like plant growing in or near water: They hid their boat in the rushes.) meldas -
4 screen
[skri:n] 1. noun1) (a flat, movable, often folding, covered framework for preventing a person etc from being seen, for decoration, or for protection from heat, cold etc: Screens were put round the patient's bed; a tapestry fire-screen.) pertvara, širma2) (anything that so protects etc a person etc: He hid behind the screen of bushes; a smokescreen.) uždanga, priedanga3) (the surface on which films or television pictures appear: cinema/television/radar screen.) ekranas2. verb1) (to hide, protect or shelter: The tall grass screened him from view.) uždengti, paslėpti2) (to make or show a cinema film.) sukti/rodyti filmą3) (to test for loyalty, reliability etc.) tikrinti lojalumą/tinkamumą4) (to test for a disease: Women should be regularly screened for cancer.) mediciniškai tikrinti•- the screen
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