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I [di'zə:t] verb1) (to go away from and leave without help etc; to leave or abandon: Why did you desert us?) atstāt; pamest2) (to run away, usually from the army: He was shot for trying to desert.) dezertēt•- deserted- deserter
- desertion II ['dezət] noun(an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain: Parts of the country are like a desert; ( also adjective) desert plants.) tuksnesis; tuksneša-* * *tuksnesis, tuksnesīgs apvidus; nopelns; pelnītais sods; pamest, atstāt; nepietikt, trūkt; dezertēt; neapdzīvots, tuksnešains
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