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1 polish
['poliʃ] 1. verb1) (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing: She polished her shoes.) blizginti, šveisti, poliruoti2) ((especially with up) to improve: Polish up your English!) tobulinti2. noun1) (smoothness and shininess: There's a wonderful polish on this old wood.) blizgesys2) (a kind of liquid, or other substance used to make something shiny: furniture polish; silver polish.) politūra, poliravimo priemonė•- polished- polish off -
2 blacken
1) (to make or become black: The sky blackened before the storm.) pajuosti, juodinti2) (to make to seem bad: She blackened his character.) apjuodinti3) (to clean with black polish: He blackened his boots.) tepti juodu tepalu -
3 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.) gyventi (kur), apgyvendinti- inhabitant -
4 wax
I 1. [wæks] noun1) (the sticky, fatty substance of which bees make their cells; beeswax.) vaškas2) (the sticky, yellowish substance formed in the ears.) siera3) (a manufactured, fatty substance used in polishing, to give a good shine: furniture wax.) vaškas, politūra4) (( also adjective) (also candle-wax) (of) a substance made from paraffin, used in making candles, models etc, that melts when heated: a wax model.) vaško5) (sealing-wax.) lakas2. verb(to smear, polish or rub with wax.) vaškuoti- waxed- waxen
- waxy
- waxwork
- waxworks II [wæks] verb1) ((of the moon) to appear to grow in size as more of it becomes visible.) pilnėti2) (an old word for to grow or increase.) augti, didėti -
5 brown
1. adjective1) (of a dark colour between red and yellow: brown paint; Her eyes are brown.) rudas2) (suntanned: She was very brown after her holiday in Greece.) nudegęs2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour similar to toasted bread, tanned skin, coffee etc.) ruda spalva2) (something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour: I prefer the brown to the green.) ruda spalva3. verb(to make or become brown.) (nu)rudinti, (nu)rusti -
6 finish
['finiʃ] 1. verb1) (to bring or come to an end: She's finished her work; The music finished.) (uþ)baigti, pa(si)baigti2) (to use, eat, drink etc the last of: Have you finished your tea?) pa)baigti2. noun1) (the last touch (of paint, polish etc) that makes the work perfect: The wood has a beautiful finish.) apdaila2) (the last part (of a race etc): It was a close finish.) finiðas•- finished- finish off
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7 nail
[neil] 1. noun1) (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.) nagas2) (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.) vinis2. verb(to fasten with nails: He nailed the picture to the wall.) prikalti- nail-file
- nail-polish
- nail-varnish
- nail-scissors
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8 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (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.) ketvirtis2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) 25 centų moneta3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) kvartalas4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) pusė, šalis5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) pasigailėjimas6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) pasturgalis7) (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.) jaunatis, delčia8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) vienas iš keturių kėlinių9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) ketvirtis2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) perpjauti į keturias dalis2) (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.) dalyti iš keturių3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) apgyvendinti•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) kas ketvirtį4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) ketvirčio žurnalas- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
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9 shine
1. past tense, past participle - shone; verb1) (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.) šviesti2) (to be bright: She polished the silver till it shone.) blizgėti, spindėti3) ((past tense, past participle shined) to polish: He tries to make a living by shining shoes.) blizginti4) ((often with at) to be very good (at something): He shines at games; You really shone in yesterday's match.) (su)blizgėti2. noun1) (brightness; the state of being well polished: He likes a good shine on his shoes; a ray of sunshine.) blizgesys, spindėjimas2) (an act of polishing: I'll just give my shoes a shine.) blizginimas•- shining- shiny
- shininess
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