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make ground

  • 1 gain ground

    1) (to make progress.) gūt panākumus
    2) (to become more influential: His views were once unacceptable but are now gaining ground rapidly.) gūt ietekmi/popularitāti

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  • 2 to make a balk of good ground

    palaist garām izdevību

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  • 3 crawl

    [kro:l] 1. verb
    1) (to move slowly along the ground: The injured dog crawled away.) līst; vilkties
    2) ((of people) to move on hands and knees or with the front of the body on the ground: The baby can't walk yet, but she crawls everywhere.) rāpot
    3) (to move slowly: The traffic was crawling along at ten kilometres per hour.) lēni vilkties
    4) (to be covered with crawling things: His hair was crawling with lice.) ņudzēt
    2. noun
    1) (a very slow movement or speed: We drove along at a crawl.) lēna kustēšanās; rāpošana; līšana
    2) (a style of swimming in which the arms make alternate overarm movements: She's better at the crawl than she is at the breaststroke.) krauls
    * * *
    lēna kustēšanās; līšana, rāpošana; krauls; lēni vilkties; rāpot, līst; ņudzēt; pieglaimoties; sajust tirpas; atsaukt

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  • 4 creep

    I [kri:p] past tense, past participle - crept; verb
    1) (to move slowly, quietly or secretly: He crept into the bedroom.) lēni kustēties; vilkties
    2) (to move on hands or knees or with the body close to the ground: The cat crept towards the bird.) līst; rāpot
    3) ((of plants) to grow along the ground, up a wall etc.) (par augu) vīties
    II [kri:p]
    ((slang) a disgusting person: Leave her alone, you creep.) glumiķis
    - creepy
    - creepily
    - creepiness
    - creepy-crawly
    - creep up on
    - make someone's flesh creep
    * * *
    pielīdējs; ķertais; šļūde; rāpot, līst; lēni kustēties, vilkties; ložņāt; sajust tirpas

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  • 5 plant

    1. noun
    1) (anything growing from the ground, having a stem, a root and leaves: flowering/tropical plants.) augs; stāds
    2) (industrial machinery: engineering plant.) iekārta; mašīnas
    3) (a factory.) fabrika; rūpnīca
    2. verb
    1) (to put (something) into the ground so that it will grow: We have planted vegetables in the garden.) []stādīt
    2) (to make (a garden etc); to cause (a garden etc) to have (plants etc) growing in it: The garden was planted with shrubs; We're going to plant an orchard.) []stādīt
    3) (to place heavily or firmly: He planted himself between her and the door.) novietot; nolikt
    4) (to put in someone's possession, especially as false evidence: He claimed that the police had planted the weapon on his brother.) slepus nolikt; fiktīvi piedēvēt
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    - planter
    * * *
    stāds, augs; instrumenti, mašīnas, iekārta; fabrika, rūpnīca; cilvēks ar noteiktu uzdevumu kaut ko darīt; špiks; tīša krāpšana; zagta manta; dēstīt, stādīt; nolikt, novietot; dot triecienu, iesist; ieviest, iedvest; iefiltrēt; noslēpt; iesist

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  • 6 root

    I 1. [ru:t] noun
    1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) sakne
    2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) sakne
    3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) sakne; cēlonis
    4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) saknes; izcelšanās
    2. verb
    (to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) apsakņot; iesakņoties
    - root crop
    - root out
    - take root     II [ru:t] verb
    1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) rakņāties
    2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) rakāties; vandīties
    * * *
    sakņaugs; cēlonis, pirmsākums; sakne; laist saknes; piesaistīt; rakņāties; ieviest

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  • 7 air

    [eə] 1. noun
    1) (the mixture of gases we breathe; the atmosphere: Mountain air is pure.) gaiss
    2) (the space above the ground; the sky: Birds fly through the air.) gaiss
    3) (appearance: The house had an air of neglect.) izskats
    4) (a tune: She played a simple air on the piano.) ārija; melodija
    2. verb
    1) (to expose to the air in order to dry or make more fresh etc: to air linen.) vēdināt
    2) (to make known: He loved to air his opinions.) klāstīt
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    - airily
    - airiness
    - airing
    - airless
    - airy
    - airborne
    - air-conditioned
    - air-conditioner
    - air-conditioning
    - aircraft
    - aircraft carrier
    - airfield
    - air force
    - air-gun
    - air hostess
    - air letter
    - airlift
    - airline
    - airliner
    - air-lock
    - airmail
    - airman
    - air pollution
    - airplane
    - airport
    - air-pump
    - air-raid
    - airship
    - airtight
    - airway
    - on the air
    - put on airs / give oneself airs
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    gaiss, atmosfēra; sejas izteiksme, izskats; augstprātīga izturēšanās; vējiņš, vēsma; ārija, melodija; vēdināt; žāvēt; klāstīt; gaisa; aviācijas

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  • 8 fix

    [fiks] 1. verb
    1) (to make firm or steady: He fixed the post firmly in the ground; He fixed his eyes on the door.) cieši raudzīties uz kaut ko/kādu
    2) (to attach; to join: He fixed the shelf to the wall.) piestiprināt
    3) (to mend or repair: He has succeeded in fixing my watch.) salabot
    4) (to direct (attention, a look etc) at: She fixed all her attention on me.) pievērst (uzmanību)
    5) ((often with up) to arrange; to settle: to fix a price; We fixed (up) a meeting.) noteikt (cenu); organizēt
    6) (to make (something) permanent by the use of certain chemicals: to fix a photgraphic print.) fiksēt
    7) (to prepare; to get ready: I'll fix dinner tonight.) sagatavot
    2. noun
    (trouble; a difficulty: I'm in a terrible fix!) ķeza; kļūmīgs stāvoklis
    - fixed
    - fixedly
    - fixture
    - fix on
    - fix someone up with something
    - fix up with something
    - fix someone up with
    - fix up with
    * * *
    kļūmīgs stāvoklis, ķeza; koordinātes, atrašanās vieta; fiksēšana; narkotikas deva; piestiprināt, nostiprināt; noteikt; saistīt; pievērst; sagatavot; salabot, savest kārtībā; fiksēt; atrisināt, nokārtot; organizēt, ietekmēt; izrēķināties; dot narkotikas

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  • 9 home

    [həum] 1. noun
    1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) mājas; (auga, dzīvnieka) dzimtene
    2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) dzimtene; dzimtā vieta
    3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) patversme; mītne
    4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) māja
    5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) māja
    2. adjective
    1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) mājas-; ģimenes-
    2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) iekšējs; iekšzemes-
    3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) (sportā) laukuma saimnieku-
    3. adverb
    1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) mājās; mājup; uz mājām
    2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) iestāstīt kādam kaut ko; pārliecināt
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    - homely
    - homeliness
    - homing
    - home-coming
    - home-grown
    - homeland
    - home-made
    - home rule
    - homesick
    - homesickness
    - homestead
    - home truth
    - homeward
    - homewards
    - homeward
    - homework
    - at home
    - be/feel at home
    - home in on
    - leave home
    - make oneself at home
    - nothing to write home about
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    māja; mājas; dzimtā vieta, dzimtene; izplatības vieta, dzimtene; patversme, mītne; atgriezties mājās; mājas; iekšzemes, iekšējs; uz mājām, mājup

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  • 10 meal

    I [mi:l] noun
    (the food taken at one time: She eats three meals a day.) ēdienreize; maltīte
    - make a meal of something
    - make a meal of     II [mi:l] noun
    (the edible parts of grain ground to a coarse powder: a sack of meal; oatmeal.) rupja maluma milti
    * * *
    rupja maluma milti; ēdienreize; maltīte, ēdiens

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  • 11 touch

    1. verb
    1) (to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else: Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot.) saskarties; pieskarties
    2) (to feel (lightly) with the hand: He touched her cheek.) pieskarties
    3) (to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc: I was touched by her generosity.) saviļņot; aizkustināt; aizskart
    4) (to be concerned with; to have anything to do with: I wouldn't touch a job like that.) būt saskarsmē; nodarboties
    2. noun
    1) (an act or sensation of touching: I felt a touch on my shoulder.) pieskāriens
    2) ((often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things: the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch.) tauste; saskare
    3) (a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something: The painting still needs a few finishing touches.) apdare; pēdējie labojumi
    4) (skill or style: He hasn't lost his touch as a writer.) prasme; maniere; (stila) īpatnība
    5) ((in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with touchlines): He kicked the ball into touch.) laukums ārpus sānu līnijām
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    - touchingly
    - touchy
    - touchily
    - touchiness
    - touch screen
    - in touch with
    - in touch
    - lose touch with
    - lose touch
    - out of touch with
    - out of touch
    - a touch
    - touch down
    - touch off
    - touch up
    - touch wood
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    pieskaršanās; tauste; saskare, kontakts; neliela lēkme; maniere, paņēmiens; apdare; pieeja; īpatnība; piegarša, pieskaņa; pārbaude; sevišķs fasons; piesitiens; piedurties, pieskarties; attiekties; saviļņot; aizvainot, aizskart; būt līdzvērtīgam, līdzināties; iekrāsot, ietonēt; iedarboties; saņemt; aizņemties; tikt galā; aptīrīt kabatas, apzagt

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  • 12 try

    1. verb
    1) (to attempt or make an effort (to do, get etc): He tried to answer the questions; Let's try and climb that tree!) mēģināt
    2) (to test; to make an experiment (with) in order to find out whether something will be successful, satisfactory etc: She tried washing her hair with a new shampoo; Try one of these sweets.) mēģināt; nobaudīt
    3) (to judge (someone or their case) in a court of law: The prisoners were tried for murder.) tiesāt
    4) (to test the limits of; to strain: You are trying my patience.) pārbaudīt
    2. noun
    1) (an attempt or effort: Have a try (at the exam). I'm sure you will pass.) mēģinājums
    2) (in rugby football, an act of putting the ball on the ground behind the opponents' goal-line: Our team scored three tries.)
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    - trying
    - try on
    - try out
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    mēģinājums; mēģināt; pamēģināt; izmēģināt, censties; nogurdināt; tiesāt; nomocīt, satraukt; attīrīt; kausēt

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  • 13 empty

    ['empti] 1. adjective
    1) (having nothing inside: an empty box; an empty cup.) tukšs
    2) (unoccupied: an empty house.) tukšs; neapdzīvots
    3) ((with of) completely without: a street quite empty of people.) tukšs
    4) (having no practical result; (likely to be) unfulfilled: empty threats.) tukšs
    2. verb
    1) (to make or become empty: He emptied the jug; The cinema emptied quickly at 10.30; He emptied out his pockets.) iztukšot; iztukšoties
    2) (to tip, pour, or fall out of a container: She emptied the milk into a pan; The rubbish emptied on to the ground.) izliet; izbērt
    3. noun
    (an empty bottle etc: Take the empties back to the shop.) tukša pudele
    - empty-handed
    - empty-headed
    * * *
    tukša tara; iztukšot; iztukšoties; ietecēt; tukšs; neapdzīvots; izsalcis; bezsaturīgs; brīvgaitas

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  • 14 hole

    [həul] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) caurums
    2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) caurums; bedre; ala
    3) ((in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.)
    2. verb
    1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) izsist caurumu; izrakt bedri
    2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.) iedzīt bedrītē (golfa bumbu)
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    * * *
    robs, plaisa, caurums; ala; bedre, bedrīte; būda, caurums; ķeza; izsist caurumu; izrakt bedri; iedzīt bedrītē

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  • 15 jump

    1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) []lēkt; ielēkt; nolēkt; lēkāt
    2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) pielēkt (kājās)
    3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) salēkties; satrūkties
    4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) pārlēkt
    2. noun
    1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) lēciens
    2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) barjera; šķērslis
    3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) lēkšana (sporta veids)
    4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) satrūkšanās
    5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) (cenu u.tml.) straujš kāpums
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    - jump at
    - jump for joy
    - jump on
    - jump the gun
    - jump the queue
    - jump to conclusions / jump to the conclusion that
    - jump to it
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    lēciens; satrūkšanās; straujš kāpums; barjera, šķērslis; lēkt, lēkāt; strauji kāpt, satrūkties; pietrūkties; pietrūkties kājās; pārlēkt; izlaist; izlēkt, noiet; ucināt; likt lēkt; kratīt; piesavināties, sagrābt; aizmukt, aizlaisties; braukt par zaķi; mesties virsū, uzbrukt

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  • 16 launch

    I 1. [lo:n ] verb
    1) (to make (a boat or ship) slide into the water or (a rocket) leave the ground: As soon as the alarm was sounded, the lifeboat was launched; The Russians have launched a rocket.) nolaist ūdenī (kuģi); palaist (raķeti)
    2) (to start (a person, project etc) off on a course: His success launched him on a brilliant career.) uzsākt
    3) (to throw.) mest; raidīt
    2. noun
    ((an) act of launching.) (kuģa) nolaišana ūdenī; (raķetes) palaišana
    - launch into
    - launch out     II [lo:n ] noun
    (a large, power-driven boat, usually used for short trips or for pleasure: We cruised round the bay in a motor launch.) kuteris
    * * *
    nolaišana ūdenī; barkass; kuteris, motorlaiva; nolaist ūdenī; raidīt, mest; laist darbā, uzsākt

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  • 17 low

    I 1. [ləu] adjective
    1) (not at or reaching up to a great distance from the ground, sea-level etc: low hills; a low ceiling; This chair is too low for the child.) zems
    2) (making little sound; not loud: She spoke in a low voice.) (par skaņu) kluss
    3) (at the bottom of the range of musical sounds: That note is too low for a female voice.) (par balsi, toni) zems
    4) (small: a low price.) zems; lēts
    5) (not strong; weak or feeble: The fire was very low.) trūcīgs; izsīcis; vājš
    6) (near the bottom in grade, rank, class etc: low temperatures; the lower classes.) zems; zemas kārtas-; vulgārs
    2. adverb
    (in or to a low position, manner or state: The ball flew low over the net.) zemu; vāji; klusi; trūcīgi; lēti
    - lowly
    - lowliness
    - low-down
    - lowland
    - lowlander
    - lowlands
    - low-lying
    - low-tech     3. adjective
    low-tech industries/skills.) vienkāršas tehnoloģijas-
    - be low on II [ləu] verb
    (to make the noise of cattle; to moo: The cows were lowing.) maurot; baurot
    * * *
    baurošana, maurošana; viszemākais līmenis; zema barometra spiediena apgabals; pirmais, vismazākais ātrums; zemākais trumpis; baurot, maurot; pazems, zems; pavājināts, vājš; dobjš, zems, kluss; zemas kārtas; zemākais; nomākts, drūms; nabadzīgs, trūcīgs; izsīcis; vulgārs, piedauzīgs, rupjš; zemu; vāji; dobji, klusi; nomākti, pazemoti; nabadzīgi, trūcīgi; lēti

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  • 18 pile

    I 1. noun
    1) (a (large) number of things lying on top of each other in a tidy or untidy heap; a (large) quantity of something lying in a heap: There was a neat pile of books in the corner of the room; There was pile of rubbish at the bottom of the garden.) kaudze; čupa
    2) (a large quantity, especially of money: He must have piles of money to own a car like that.) kaudze; žūksnis
    2. verb
    (to make a pile of (something); to put (something) in a pile: He piled the boxes on the table.) kraut kaudzē
    - pile up II
    (a large pillar or stake driven into the ground as a foundation for a building, bridge etc: The entire city of Venice is built on piles.) pālis
    III noun
    (the thick soft surface of carpets and some kinds of cloth eg velvet: The rug has a deep/thick pile.) pūkas; vilna; uzkārsums
    * * *
    pālis; grēda, kaudze; dūnas, pūkas, spalvas, vilna; uzkārsums; sārts; ēku grupa, liela ēka, milzenis; kaudze naudas, manta, bagātība; baterija; kodolreaktors; iedzīt pāļus; dzīt pāļus; kraut kaudzē; sakraut kaudzē; sakrāt, uzkrāt; sakrāties, uzkrāties; blīvēties

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  • 19 rot

    [rot] 1. past tense, past participle - rotted; verb
    (to make or become bad or decayed: The fruit is rotting on the ground; Water rots wood.) pūt; pūdēt
    2. noun
    1) (decay: The floorboards are affected by rot.) puve
    2) (nonsense: Don't talk rot!) blēņas; muļķības
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    - rottenness
    - rotter
    * * *
    puve; muļķības, blēņas; neveiksme; pūt; pūžņot; trūdēt; muļķoties

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  • 20 suit

    [su:t] 1. noun
    1) (a set of clothes usually all of the same cloth etc, made to be worn together, eg a jacket, trousers (and waistcoat) for a man, or a jacket and skirt or trousers for a woman.) uzvalks; kostīms
    2) (a piece of clothing for a particular purpose: a bathing-suit / diving-suit.) kostīms; tērps
    3) (a case in a law court: He won/lost his suit.) prāva; (tiesas) lieta
    4) (an old word for a formal request, eg a proposal of marriage to a lady.) bildinājums
    5) (one of the four sets of playing-cards - spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs.) (kāršu) masts
    2. verb
    1) (to satisfy the needs of, or be convenient for: The arrangements did not suit us; The climate suits me very well.) būt piemērotam/apmierinošam
    2) ((of clothes, styles, fashions etc) to be right or appropriate for: Long hair suits her; That dress doen't suit her.) piestāvēt
    3) (to adjust or make appropriate or suitable: He suited his speech to his audience.) piemērot; saskaņot; pieskaņot
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    - suitor
    - suitcase
    - follow suit
    - suit down to the ground
    - suit oneself
    * * *
    uzvalks; komplekts; lūgums; masts; bildinājums; prāva; būt piemērotam, derēt; piestāvēt; piemērot, pielāgot

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