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1 drain
[drein] 1. verb1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) drenēt, nosusināt2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) notecēt; aizplūst3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) nosusināt; notecināt; tecēt4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) iztukšot5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) izsūkt (spēkus u.tml.)2. noun1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) drena; novadcaurule; noteka2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) (spēku, naudas) tērētājs; izsūcējs•- drainage- draining-board
- drainpipe
- down the drain* * *drena, novadcaurule; kanalizācijas caurule; kanalizācijas sistēma; drenāžas caurulīte; izsīkums; aizplūšana; glāzīte, malks; drenēt, nosusināt; nožāvēt; drenēt; izdzert tukšu, iztukšot; izsūkt -
2 full
[ful] 1. adjective1) (holding or containing as much as possible: My basket is full.) pilns2) (complete: a full year; a full account of what happened.) pilns; izsmeļošs3) ((of clothes) containing a large amount of material: a full skirt.) (par tērpu) kupls; plats2. adverb1) (completely: Fill the petrol tank full.) pilns; pilnībā2) (exactly; directly: She hit him full in the face.) tieši•- fully- full-length
- full moon
- full-scale
- full stop
- full-time
- fully-fledged
- full of
- in full
- to the full* * *pilnība; pilngadība; brālēns, māsīca; parādes tērps; pilna skatītāju zāle; punkts; velt; plati piegriezt, šūt ar ielocēm; pilns; pilns, vesels; izsmeļošs, pilns; pilnībā nodevies; pilna sastāva, pilnībā komplektēts; pilnību sasniedzis, pilns; pārpilns, bagāts; sātīgs; tukls, pilnīgs; kupls, plats; pilnskanīgs, plašs; pieēdies; pilnā gaitā; apritējis apkārt; tieši; ļoti -
3 it's no joke
(it is a serious or worrying matter: It's no joke when water gets into the petrol tank.) tas nav nekāds joks* * *tas nav nekāds joks -
4 volume
['voljum]1) (a book: This library contains over a million volumes.) grāmata2) (one of a series of connected books: Where is volume fifteen of the encyclopedia?) sējums3) (the amount of space occupied by something, expressed in cubic measurement: What is the volume of the petrol tank?) tilpums4) (amount: A large volume of work remains to be done.) apjoms5) (level of sound eg on a radio, television etc: Turn up the volume on the radio.) skaņas stiprums* * *sējums; tilpums; apjoms; skaļums, stiprums -
5 fill up
(to make or become completely full: Fill up the petrol tank, please.) piepildīt -
6 siphon
1. noun1) (a bent pipe or tube through which liquid can be drawn off from one container to another at a lower level: He used a siphon to get some petrol out of the car's tank.) sifons2) ((also soda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water.) sifons2. verb((with off, into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon: They siphoned the petrol into a can.) pārsūknēt* * *sifons
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