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1 origin
['ori‹in] 1. noun(the place or point from which anything first comes; the cause: the origin(s) of the English language; the origin of the disagreement.) kilmė, pradžia, ištaka- original2. noun1) (the earliest version: This is the original - all the others are copies.) originalas2) (a model from which a painting etc is made: She is the original of the famous portrait.) modelis•- originally
- originate
- origins -
2 jazz
(popular music of American Negro origin: She prefers jazz to classical music; ( also adjective) a jazz musician.) džiazas- jazzy -
3 colour
1. noun1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) spalva2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) dažai3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) (odos) spalva4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) koloritas2. adjective((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) spalvotas3. verb(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) (nu)dažyti, spalvinti- coloured4. noun((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) spalvotasis- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours -
4 derivation
[deri-]1) (the source or origin (of a word etc).) kilmė2) (the process of deriving.) su(si)darymas -
5 derive
1. verb( with from)1) (to come or develop from: The word `derives' is derived from an old French word.) kilti, būti kilusiam2) (to draw or take from (a source or origin): We derive comfort from his presence.) semtis•- derivative 2. noun(a word, substance etc formed from another word, substance etc: `Reader' is a derivative of `read'.) vedinys, darinys -
6 root
I 1. [ru:t] noun1) (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.) šaknis2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) šaknis3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) priežastis4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) šaknys2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) šaknyti, pasodinti- root crop
- root out
- take root II [ru:t] verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) kastis, knistis2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) raustis -
7 theory
['Ɵiəri]plural - theories; noun1) (an idea or explanation which has not yet been proved to be correct: There are many theories about the origin of life; In theory, I agree with you, but it would not work in practice.) teorija2) (the main principles and ideas in an art, science etc as opposed to the practice of actually doing it: A musician has to study both the theory and practice of music.) teorija•- theoretically
- theorize
- theorise
- theorist
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