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1 tall
[to:l]1) ((of people and thin or narrow objects such as buildings or trees) higher than normal: a tall man/tree.) garš; slaids2) ((of people) having a particular height: John is only four feet tall.) garš•- tallness- a tall order
- a tall story* * *liela auguma, garš; augsts; pārspīlēts, pārmērīgs; lielīgs -
2 tall as a maypole
garš kā kārts -
3 tall building
augsta ēka -
4 tall drink
krietns malks -
5 tall hat
cilindrs -
6 tall order
grūts uzdevums -
7 tall story
izdomājums -
8 tall talk
lielība -
9 a tall order
(a difficult job or task: Asking us to finish this by Friday is a bit of a tall order.) sarežģīts uzdevums -
10 man six feet tall
sešas pēdas garš vīrietis -
11 a tall story
(an obviously untrue story; a lie.) salti meli; vienas vienīgas pasakas -
12 lanky
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13 angular
['æŋɡjulə]1) (having (sharp) angles: an angular building.) stūrains; šķautņains2) ((of a person) thin and bony: She is tall and angular.) kaulains; vājš* * *leņķa; stūrains, šķautņains; kaulains, vājš; lempīgs, neveikls -
14 bulrush
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15 elevator
1) ((especially American) a lift or machine for raising persons, goods etc to a higher floor: There is no elevator in this shop - you will have to climb the stairs.) lifts2) (a tall storehouse for grain.) elevators* * *celtnis; lifts; elevators; augstuma stūre -
16 elm
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17 foot
[fut]plural - feet; noun1) (the part of the leg on which a person or animal stands or walks: My feet are very sore from walking so far.) (kājas) pēda2) (the lower part of anything: at the foot of the hill.) kalna pakāje3) ((plural often foot; often abbreviated to ft when written) a measure of length equal to twelve inches (30.48 cm): He is five feet/foot six inches tall; a four-foot wall.) (mērvienība) pēda•- footing- football
- foothill
- foothold
- footlight
- footman
- footmark
- footnote
- footpath
- footprint
- footsore
- footstep
- footwear
- follow in someone's footsteps
- foot the bill
- on foot
- put one's foot down
- put one's foot in it* * *solis, gaita; pamatne, apakšējā daļa; pēda; purngals; kājnieki; pieadīt; apmaksāt -
18 gangling
['ɡæŋɡliŋ](tall, very thin and usually awkward.) izstīdzējis; neveikls* * *izstīdzējis, neveikls -
19 gawky
['ɡo:ki]((of a person) looking clumsy or awkward: She is tall and gawky.) neveikls; lempīgs* * *lempīgs, neveikls -
20 glass
1) (a hard usually breakable transparent substance: The bottle is made of glass; ( also adjective) a glass bottle.) stikls; stikla-2) (a usually tall hollow object made of glass, used for drinking: There are six glasses on the tray; sherry-glasses.) glāze3) ((also looking-glass) a mirror.) spogulis4) (a barometer, or the atmospheric pressure shown by one: The glass is falling.) barometrs•- glasses- glassful
- glassy
- glassiness* * *stikls; stikla trauki; glāzīte, glāze; lecekšu rāmis; spogulis; brilles; tālskatis, mikroskops, teleskops; barometrs; smilšu pulkstenis; iestiklot; atspoguļoties; ievietot lecektī; hermētiski noslēgt stikla traukā
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