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1 plain
[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) vienkāršs2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) skaidrs; saprotams3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) tiešs; atklāts4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) skaidrs; acīmredzams5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) neizskatīgs2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) līdzenums2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) labiskais valdziņš (adījumā)•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain English* * *līdzenums; bēdāties, sērot; žēloties, gausties; līdzens, gluds; saprotams, skaidrs; parasts, vienkāršs; vaļsirdīgs, atklāts; vienkrāsains; neizskatīgs, neglīts; tiešais valdziņš; neatšķaidīts; saprotami, skaidri; vienkārši; vaļsirdīgi, atklāti -
2 plain clothes
ordinary clothes, not a uniform: Detectives usually wear plain clothes; (also adjective) (a plain-clothes job.) civildrēbes* * *civiltērps -
3 plain-spoken
adjective (speaking honestly and candidly, not trying to be tactful: She is a very plain-spoken person who always says what she means.) vaļsirdīgs -
4 plain dealer
godīgs cilvēks; atklāts cilvēks -
5 plain dealing
godīgums, taisnīgums; godīga rīcība -
6 plain living
pieticīga dzīve -
7 plain sailing
(progress without difficulty.) kā pa sviestu* * *gluds ceļš -
8 plain speaking
atklāta valoda -
9 plain-clothes
civildrēbes -
10 plain-clothes man
detektīvs -
11 plain-looking
necils, neglīts -
12 plain chocolate
(dark chocolate not containing milk.) tīra šokolāde -
13 in plain English
(in simple words; clearly expressed: Would you mind explaining it in plain English?) skaidrā valodā; visiem saprotami -
14 as plain as the nose on my face
skaidrs kā dienaEnglish-Latvian dictionary > as plain as the nose on my face
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15 in plain Saxon
skaidri un gaiši -
16 under plain cover
parastā aploksnē -
17 austere
[o:'stiə](severely simple and plain; without luxuries or unnecessary expenditure: an austere way of life.) askētisks; atturīgs* * *bargs, stingrs; askētisks, vienkāršs -
18 bald
[bo:ld]1) ((of people) with little or no hair on the head: a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).) plikpaurains2) ((of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc: a bald patch on the dog's back.) bez spalvām (par dzīvniekiem)3) (bare or plain: a bald statement of the facts.) neizpušķots; kails•- baldness- balding
- baldly* * *plikpaurains; bez spalvām, klajš, kails; neizpušķots, kails; neizteiksmīgs, bāls -
19 baldly
adverb (in a plain or bare way: He answered her questions baldly.) bez aplinkiem; tieši* * *bez aplinkiem, atklāti; kaili, nabadzīgi -
20 clear-cut
adjective (having a clear outline; plain and definite: clear-cut features.) skaidri iezīmēts; noteikts* * *skaidri iezīmēts, noteikts
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