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know-nothing

  • 1 in common

    ((of interests, attitudes, characteristics etc) shared or alike: They have nothing in common - I don't know why they're getting married.) kopīgs; kopīgi
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    kopīgi

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  • 2 just

    I adjective
    1) (right and fair: not favouring one more than another: a fair and just decision.) taisnīgs; pareizs
    2) (reasonable; based on one's rights: He certainly has a just claim to the money.) pamatots
    3) (deserved: He got his just reward when he crashed the stolen car and broke his leg.) pelnīts
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    - justness II adverb
    1) ((often with as) exactly or precisely: This penknife is just what I needed; He was behaving just as if nothing had happened; The house was just as I'd remembered it.) tieši tas/tā
    2) ((with as) quite: This dress is just as nice as that one.) tikpat
    3) (very lately or recently: He has just gone out of the house.) tikko
    4) (on the point of; in the process of: She is just coming through the door.) pašreiz; nupat
    5) (at the particular moment: The telephone rang just as I was leaving.) tieši, kad
    6) ((often with only) barely: We have only just enough milk to last till Friday; I just managed to escape; You came just in time.) tieši
    7) (only; merely: They waited for six hours just to get a glimpse of the Queen; `Where are you going?' `Just to the post office'; Could you wait just a minute?) acumirkli!
    8) (used for emphasis, eg with commands: Just look at that mess!; That just isn't true!; I just don't know what to do.) patiešām; tik tiešām
    9) (absolutely: The weather is just marvellous.) tiešām
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    - just now
    - just then
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    taisnīgs; pelnīts; pamatots; precīzs, pareizs; tieši; nupat, tikko; tikai; tikko; tik tiešām, patiešām

    English-Latvian dictionary > just

  • 3 be hard on

    1) (to punish or criticize severely: Don't be too hard on the boy - he's too young to know that he was doing wrong.) sodīt; kritizēt
    2) (to be unfair to: If you punish all the children for the broken window it's a bit hard on those who had nothing to do with it.) būt netaisnam

    English-Latvian dictionary > be hard on

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  • Know-Nothing — Citoyen Know Nothing, le plus jeune fils de l Oncle Sam, lithographie de Sarony (1854). Cette estampe nationaliste, publiée à New York lors de l apogée du mouvement, récupère les symboles de l Union (et notamment le Star Spangled Banner à l… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • know-nothing — ignoramus, 1827, from KNOW (Cf. know) + NOTHING (Cf. nothing). As a U.S. nativist political party, active 1853 56, the name refers to the secret society at the core of the party, about which members were instructed to answer, if asked about it,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • know-nothing — know nothingism, n. /noh nuth ing/, n. 1. an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus. 2. an agnostic. 3. (caps.) U.S. Hist. a member of a political party (American party or Know Nothing party) prominent from 1853 to 1856, whose aim was… …   Universalium

  • Know Nothing — Партийный идеал гражданина …   Википедия

  • know-nothing — [nō′nuth΄iŋ] n. 1. an ignorant person; ignoramus 2. Rare an agnostic 3. [Know Nothing] a member of a secret political party in the U.S. in the 1850s with a program of keeping out of public office anyone not a native born American: so called… …   English World dictionary

  • Know-nothing — Know noth ing, n. A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • know-nothing — ► NOUN ▪ an ignorant person …   English terms dictionary

  • Know Nothing — American Party Citizen Know Nothing The Know Nothing Party s nativist ideal Founded 1845 ( …   Wikipedia

  • Know Nothing — Citoyen Know Nothing, le plus jeune fils de l Oncle Sam, lithographie de Sarony (1854). Cette estampe nationaliste, publiée à New York lors de l apogée du mouvement, récupère les symboles de l Union (et notamment le Star Spangled Banner à l… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Know Nothing — Ciudadano Know Nothing, imagen del ideal del partido. El movimiento Know Nothing (lit. Saber nada ) fue un movimiento político estadounidense predominantemente nativista de las décadas de 1840 y 1850. Surgió inspirado por el temor hacia los… …   Wikipedia Español

  • know-nothing — I. ˈnōˌnəthiŋ, thēŋ adjective 1. : extremely ignorant a know nothing blunderer 2. often capitalized K&N : of, relating to, or characterized by know nothingism the Know Nothing party … proposed the political proscription of Roman Catholics… …   Useful english dictionary

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