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1 duty
['dju:ti]plural - duties; noun1) (what one ought morally or legally to do: He acted out of duty; I do my duty as a responsible citizen.) pareiga2) (an action or task requiring to be done, especially one attached to a job: I had a few duties to perform in connection with my job.) pareiga3) ((a) tax on goods: You must pay duty when you bring wine into the country.) muitas•- dutiable- dutiful
- duty-free
- off duty
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2 ourselves
1) (used as the object of a verb when the person speaking and other people are the object of an action etc they perform: We saw ourselves in the mirror.) save, sau2) (used to emphasize we, us or the names of the speaker and other people performing an action etc: We ourselves played no part in this.) (mes) patys3) (without help etc: We'll just have to finish the job ourselves.) patys -
3 rash
I [ræʃ] adjective(acting, or done, with little caution or thought: a rash person/action/statement; It was rash of you to leave your present job without first finding another.) neapdairus, skubotas- rashly- rashness II [ræʃ] noun(a large number of red spots on the skin: That child has a rash - is it measles?) išbėrimas -
4 step
[step] 1. noun1) (one movement of the foot in walking, running, dancing etc: He took a step forward; walking with hurried steps.) žingsnis2) (the distance covered by this: He moved a step or two nearer; The restaurant is only a step (= a short distance) away.) žingsnis3) (the sound made by someone walking etc: I heard (foot) steps.) žingsnis4) (a particular movement with the feet, eg in dancing: The dance has some complicated steps.) žingsnis5) (a flat surface, or one flat surface in a series, eg on a stair or stepladder, on which to place the feet or foot in moving up or down: A flight of steps led down to the cellar; Mind the step!; She was sitting on the doorstep.) laiptelis6) (a stage in progress, development etc: Mankind made a big step forward with the invention of the wheel; His present job is a step up from his previous one.) pažanga, žingsnis7) (an action or move (towards accomplishing an aim etc): That would be a foolish/sensible step to take; I shall take steps to prevent this happening again.) priemonė, dalykas2. verb(to make a step, or to walk: He opened the door and stepped out; She stepped briskly along the road.) žengti- steps- stepladder
- stepping-stones
- in
- out of step
- step aside
- step by step
- step in
- step out
- step up
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5 suck
1. verb1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) čiulpti, žįsti2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) čiulpti3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) siurbti4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.) būti sumautam, šlamštui2. noun(an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) čiulpimas- sucker- suck up to
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