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  • 1 lottery

    ['lotəri]
    plural - lotteries; noun
    (the sharing out of money or prizes won by chance, through drawing lots: They held a public lottery in aid of charity.) loterija
    * * *
    loterija

    English-Latvian dictionary > lottery

  • 2 draw

    [dro:] 1. past tense - drew; verb
    1) (to make a picture or pictures (of), usually with a pencil, crayons etc: During his stay in hospital he drew a great deal; Shall I draw a cow?) zīmēt
    2) (to pull along, out or towards oneself: She drew the child towards her; He drew a gun suddenly and fired; All water had to be drawn from a well; The cart was drawn by a pony.) vilkt; pievilkt; izvilkt; smelt
    3) (to move (towards or away from someone or something): The car drew away from the kerb; Christmas is drawing closer.) attālināties
    4) (to play (a game) in which neither side wins: The match was drawn / We drew at 1-1.) beigties neizšķirti
    5) (to obtain (money) from a fund, bank etc: to draw a pension / an allowance.) saņemt (naudu u.tml.)
    6) (to open or close (curtains).) atvilkt/aizvilkt (aizkarus)
    7) (to attract: She was trying to draw my attention to something.) piesaistīt (uzmanību)
    2. noun
    1) (a drawn game: The match ended in a draw.) neizšķirta spēle
    2) (an attraction: The acrobats' act should be a real draw.) atrakcija; vilinājums
    3) (the selecting of winning tickets in a raffle, lottery etc: a prize draw.) lozēšana; loterija
    4) (an act of drawing, especially a gun: He's quick on the draw.) []vilkšana
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    - drawn
    - drawback
    - drawbridge
    - drawing-pin
    - drawstring
    - draw a blank
    - draw a conclusion from
    - draw in
    - draw the line
    - draw/cast lots
    - draw off
    - draw on1
    - draw on2
    - draw out
    - draw up
    - long drawn out
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    vilkšana; pievilkšanas objekts, vilinājums; loterija, lozēšana; neizšķirta spēle; paceļamā daļa; stiepšana; izstiepšana; vilkt; izvilkt, izraut; ievilkt; pievilkt, saistīt; izdarīt; saņemt; smelties, smelt; izraisīt; izrakstīt, noformēt; tuvoties; ievilkties; zīmēt; beigt neizšķirti; stiept, vilkt

    English-Latvian dictionary > draw

  • 3 teletext

    ['teli,tekst]
    noun (a system of TV broadcasts of text only, providing all sorts of information eg weather forecasts, train timetables, news reports, jokes and lottery results.) teleteksts
    * * *
    teleteksts

    English-Latvian dictionary > teletext

  • 4 lotteries

    plural; see lottery

    English-Latvian dictionary > lotteries

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