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1 agree
[ə'ɡri:]past tense, past participle - agreed; verb1) ((often with with) to think or say the same (as): I agreed with them that we should try again; The newspaper report does not agree with what he told us.) piekrist; atbilst; saskanēt2) (to say that one will do or allow something: He agreed to go; He agreed to our request.) piekrist3) ((with with) to be good for (usually one's health): Cheese does not agree with me.) būt piemērotam; panest4) (to be happy and friendly together: John and his wife don't agree.) saprasties; satikt•- agreeably
- agreement* * *piekrist; sadzīvot, saprasties, satikt; vienoties; atbilst, saskanēt; saskaņot; akceptēt, apstiprināt; būt derīgam, būt piemērotam; saskaņoties -
2 rather
1) (to a certain extent; slightly; a little: He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.) visai; diezgan2) (more willingly; preferably: I'd rather do it now than later; Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?; I'd rather not do it at all; I would/had rather you didn't do that; Wouldn't you rather have this one?; I'd resign rather than do that.) labāk; drīzāk3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) precīzāk []; drīzāk* * *drīzāk, labāk; diezgan; kā tad! -
3 assert
[ə'sə:t]1) (to say definitely: She asserted that she had not borrowed his book.) apgalvot2) (to insist on: He should assert his independence.) aizstāvēt•- assertive
- assert oneself* * *apgalvot; aizstāvēt -
4 reply
1. verb(to answer: `I don't know,' he replied; Should I reply to his letter?; She replied that she had never seen the man before; She replied by shrugging her shoulders.) atbildēt2. noun1) (an answer: `I don't know,' was his reply; I'll write a reply to his letter.) atbilde2) (the act of answering: What did he say in reply (to your question)?) atbilde* * *atbilde; atbildēt
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that — is a word with many roles, and plays a major part in English sentence structure. The following are its main grammatical functions: demonstrative pronoun: That was what I meant demonstrative adjective: Why did you take that picture of me?… … Modern English usage
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