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  • 1 now

    1. adverb
    1) ((at) the present period of time: I am now living in England.) tagad, pašlaik
    2) (at once; immediately: I can't do it now - you'll have to wait.) tūlīt
    3) ((at) this moment: He'll be at home now; From now on, I shall be more careful about what I say to her.) šobrīd
    4) ((in stories) then; at that time: We were now very close to the city.) tobrīd, toreiz
    5) (because of what has happened etc: I now know better than to trust her.) tagad, nu
    6) (a word in explanations, warnings, commands, or to show disbelief: Now this is what happened; Stop that, now!; Do be careful, now.) nu, nu lūk
    2. conjunction
    ((often with that) because or since something has happened, is now true etc: Now that you are here, I can leave; Now you have left school, you will have to find a job.) tagad, kad
    - for now
    - just now
    - every now and then/again
    - now and then/again
    - now
    - now!
    - now then
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    pašreizējais brīdis, tagadne; pašlaik, šobrīd, tagad; nekavējoties, tūlīt; tad, toreiz; tagad kad

    English-Latvian dictionary > now

  • 2 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]) tas
    1) (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!)
    2) (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.)
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    jo

    English-Latvian dictionary > the

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