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  • 1 Polish

    ['poliʃ] 1. verb
    1) (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing: She polished her shoes.) pulēt; spodrināt
    2) ((especially with up) to improve: Polish up your English!) atsvaidzināt; pilnveidot; slīpēt
    2. noun
    1) (smoothness and shininess: There's a wonderful polish on this old wood.) pulējums; spodrinājums
    2) (a kind of liquid, or other substance used to make something shiny: furniture polish; silver polish.) spodrināšanas līdzeklis
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    - polish off
    * * *
    poļu valoda; poļu

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  • 2 polish

    ['poliʃ] 1. verb
    1) (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing: She polished her shoes.) pulēt; spodrināt
    2) ((especially with up) to improve: Polish up your English!) atsvaidzināt; pilnveidot; slīpēt
    2. noun
    1) (smoothness and shininess: There's a wonderful polish on this old wood.) pulējums; spodrinājums
    2) (a kind of liquid, or other substance used to make something shiny: furniture polish; silver polish.) spodrināšanas līdzeklis
    •
    - polish off
    * * *
    spodrinājums, pulējums; spodrināmais līdzeklis, politūra; slīpējums, elegance; pulēt, spodrināt; noslīpēt, atsvaidzināt

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  • 3 blacken

    1) (to make or become black: The sky blackened before the storm.) kļūt tumšam/ melnam
    2) (to make to seem bad: She blackened his character.) nomelnot
    3) (to clean with black polish: He blackened his boots.) spodrināt (apavus)
    * * *
    kļūt melnam; krāsot melnu; spodrināt; nomelnot

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  • 4 inhabit

    ((of people, animals etc) to live in (a region etc): Polar bears inhabit the Arctic region; That house is now inhabited by a Polish family.) apdzīvot; mājot
    - inhabitant
    * * *
    apdzīvot

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  • 5 wax

    I 1. [wæks] noun
    1) (the sticky, fatty substance of which bees make their cells; beeswax.) vasks
    2) (the sticky, yellowish substance formed in the ears.) sērs (ausī)
    3) (a manufactured, fatty substance used in polishing, to give a good shine: furniture wax.) vasks; spodrināšanas ziede
    4) (( also adjective) (also candle-wax) (of) a substance made from paraffin, used in making candles, models etc, that melts when heated: a wax model.) vasks
    5) (sealing-wax.) zīmoglaka
    2. verb
    (to smear, polish or rub with wax.) []vaskot
    - waxen
    - waxy
    - waxwork
    - waxworks     II [wæks] verb
    1) ((of the moon) to appear to grow in size as more of it becomes visible.) (par mēnesi) augt
    2) (an old word for to grow or increase.) augt un dilt
    * * *
    niknums, dusmu lēkme; vasks; sērs; skaņuplate; vaskot; augt, kļūt, tapt; aizzīmogot ar zīmoglaku; ierakstīt skaņuplatē

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  • 6 brown

    1. adjective
    1) (of a dark colour between red and yellow: brown paint; Her eyes are brown.) brūns
    2) (suntanned: She was very brown after her holiday in Greece.) iededzis
    2. noun
    1) ((any shade of) a colour similar to toasted bread, tanned skin, coffee etc.) brūna krāsa
    2) (something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour: I prefer the brown to the green.) brūna krāsa
    3. verb
    (to make or become brown.) []brūnināt; iedegt
    * * *
    brūna krāsa; vara naudas gabals; mulats; kļūt brūnam; brūnināt; iedegt; oksidēt; brūns, tumšbrūns; iededzis, melnīgsnējs

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  • 7 finish

    ['finiʃ] 1. verb
    1) (to bring or come to an end: She's finished her work; The music finished.) []beigt; beigties
    2) (to use, eat, drink etc the last of: Have you finished your tea?) apēst; izdzert
    2. noun
    1) (the last touch (of paint, polish etc) that makes the work perfect: The wood has a beautiful finish.) pabeigtība
    2) (the last part (of a race etc): It was a close finish.) beigas; nobeigums; finišs
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    - finish off
    - finish up
    * * *
    nobeigums, beigas; finišs; pabeigtība, pilnība; nostrādājums, apdare; apretūra; beigt; beigties; novest līdz galam, pabeigt; izdzert, apēst; nobeigt, nomocīt; finišēt; nostrādāt, apdarināt; apretēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > finish

  • 8 nail

    [neil] 1. noun
    1) (a piece of horn-like substance which grows over the ends of the fingers and toes to protect them: I've broken my nail; toe-nails; Don't bite your finger-nails.) nags
    2) (a thin pointed piece of metal used to fasten pieces of wood etc together: He hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture on it.) nagla
    2. verb
    (to fasten with nails: He nailed the picture to the wall.) pienaglot
    - nail-file
    - nail-polish
    - nail-varnish
    - nail-scissors
    - hit the nail on the head
    * * *
    nags; nagla; iesist naglu, pienaglot; saņemt ciet; pieķert

    English-Latvian dictionary > nail

  • 9 quarter

    ['kwo:tə] 1. noun
    1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) ceturtdaļa
    2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) divdesmit pieci centi
    3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) kvartāls
    4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) puse; mala; virziens
    5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) žēlastība
    6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) (kautķermeņa) ceturtdaļa; gurns
    7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) augošs/dilstošs mēness
    8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) (spēles) ceturtdaļa/periods
    9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) ceturksnis
    2. verb
    1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) sadalīt četrās daļās
    2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) dalīt ar četri
    3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) izvietot; izmitināt
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    3. adverb
    (once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) reizi ceturksnī/trijos mēnešos
    4. noun
    (a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) ceturkšņa žurnāls
    - quarter-deck
    - quarter-final
    - quarter-finalist
    - quartermaster
    - at close quarters
    * * *
    ceturtdaļa; ceturksnis; kvartāls, ceturksnis; divdesmit piecu centu monēta; ceturtdaļa; puse, vieta; kvartāls; dzīvoklis, mājoklis; kazarmas; aprindas; labvēlība, iecietība; ceturtdaļjūdze; ceturtdaļjūdzes skrējiens; kvarterklājs; sadalīt četrās daļās; izvietot pa dzīvokļiem; mitināties, dzīvot; meklēt; ieiet jaunā fāzē; sacirst gabalos

    English-Latvian dictionary > quarter

  • 10 shine

    1. past tense, past participle - shone; verb
    1) (to (cause to) give out light; to direct such light towards someone or something: The light shone from the window; The policeman shone his torch; He shone a torch on the body.) spīdēt; []spīdināt
    2) (to be bright: She polished the silver till it shone.) spīdēt; mirdzēt
    3) ((past tense, past participle shined) to polish: He tries to make a living by shining shoes.) []spodrināt
    4) ((often with at) to be very good (at something): He shines at games; You really shone in yesterday's match.) izcelties; spīdēt
    2. noun
    1) (brightness; the state of being well polished: He likes a good shine on his shoes; a ray of sunshine.) spīdums; spodrība
    2) (an act of polishing: I'll just give my shoes a shine.) spodrināšana
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    - shiny
    - shininess
    * * *
    gaisma; mirdzums, spīdums; spodrināšana; nospodrināšana; simpātija; izlēciens; spīdēt, mirdzēt; izcelties; spodrināt

    English-Latvian dictionary > shine

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  • polish off — verb 1. finish a task completely (Freq. 1) I finally got through this homework assignment • Syn: ↑get through, ↑wrap up, ↑finish off, ↑mop up, ↑clear up, ↑finish up …   Useful english dictionary

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