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41 sensible
['sensəbl]1) (wise; having or showing good judgement: She's a sensible, reliable person; a sensible suggestion.) []prātīgs2) ((of clothes etc) practical rather than attractive or fashionable: She wears flat, sensible shoes.) praktisks; racionāls•- sensibly* * *prātīgs; saprātīgs; tāds, kas apzinās; jūtams, manāms; pie samaņas esošs -
42 sensual
['sensuəl]1) (of the senses and the body rather than the mind: sensual pleasures.) juteklisks2) (having or showing a fondness for bodily pleasures: a sensual person.) juteklīgs•- sensuality* * *juteklīgs; sensuāls -
43 shade
[ʃeid] 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) ēna2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) gaismēna3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) nojume; markīze; saulessargs4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) tonis; nokrāsa5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) mazumiņš2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) aizēnot; aizsegt (no gaismas)2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) ēnot; padarīt tumšāku3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) veidot krāsu pāreju; (par krāsām) pāriet•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
- put in the shade* * *ēna; nianse, nokrāsa; mazumiņš; pustumsa, krēsla; markīze; abažūrs; loga aizklājs; aizsargstikls; gars; aptumšot; aizēnot; ēnot; mainīt nokrāsu; izzust; mīkstināt; nedaudz pazemināt -
44 sliding door
(a type of door that slides across an opening rather than swinging on a hinge.) bīdāmas durvis* * *bīdāmas durvis -
45 solid fuel
(a fuel, such as coal, that is solid rather than an oil or gas.) cietais kurināmais* * *cietais kurināmais -
46 stagnant
['stæɡnənt]1) ((of water) standing still rather than flowing and therefore usually dirty: a stagnant pool.) stāvošs (ūdens); sastāvējies2) (dull or inactive: Our economy is stagnant.) inerts; neaktīvs•- stagnate- stagnation* * *stāvošs; inerts, kūtrs -
47 vow
1. noun(a solemn promise, especially one made to God: The monks have made/taken a vow of silence; marriage vows.) zvērests; svinīgs solījums2. verb1) (to make a solemn promise (that): He vowed that he would die rather than surrender.) zvērēt; svinīgi solīt2) (to threaten: He vowed revenge on all his enemies.) zvērēt; draudēt* * *svinīgs solījums, zvērests; svinīgi solīt, zvērēt -
48 wage
I [wei‹] verb(to carry on or engage in (especially a war): The North waged war on/against the South.) uzsākt karu; karotII [wei‹]((also wages noun plural) a regular, usually weekly rather than monthly, payment for the work that one does: He spends all his wages on books; What is his weekly wage?) darba alga* * *alga; darba alga; cīnīties, veikt -
49 war of nerves
(a war, contest etc in which each side tries to win by making the other nervous, eg by bluff, rather than by actually fighting: That game of chess was a war of nerves.) nervu karš* * *nervu karš -
50 worker
1) (a person who works or who is employed in an office, a factory etc: office-workers; car-workers.) strādnieks; darbinieks2) (a manual worker rather than an office-worker etc.) (fiziska darba) strādnieks3) (a person who works (hard etc): He's a slow/hard worker.) darītājs; strādnieks* * *strādnieks -
51 bias(s)ed
adjective ((negative unbias(s)ed) favouring one side rather than another: a biased judgement.) aizspriedumains; neobjektīvs -
52 bias(s)ed
adjective ((negative unbias(s)ed) favouring one side rather than another: a biased judgement.) aizspriedumains; neobjektīvs -
53 by hand
1) (with a person's hand or tools held in the hands, rather than with machinery: furniture made by hand.) ar rokām2) (not by post but by a messenger etc: This parcel was delivered by hand.) [] ar kurjeru -
54 by road
(in a lorry, car etc: We'll send the furniture by road rather than by rail; We came by road.) pa zemesceļu, ar automašīnu -
55 chamber music
(music for a small group of players, suitable for a room rather than a large hall.) kamermūzika -
56 let (something) pass
(to ignore something rather than take the trouble to argue: I'll let that pass.) nepievērst uzmanību, ignorēt -
57 let (something) pass
(to ignore something rather than take the trouble to argue: I'll let that pass.) nepievērst uzmanību, ignorēt -
58 live by one's wits
(to live by cunning rather than by hard work.) būt (dzīvē) apsviedīgam; pamanīties -
59 nationalise
['næ-]verb (to make (especially an industry) the property of the nation as a whole rather than the property of an individual.) nacionalizēt -
60 practical joke
(a usually irritating joke consisting of an action done to someone, rather than a story told: He nailed my chair to the floor as a practical joke.) izmuļķošana, parupjš joks, izāzēšana
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rather than — 1. conjunction And not. Id like to go home early rather than risk the roads later. 2. preposition instead of; in preference to. Id like a dog rather than a cat … Wiktionary
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rather...than otherwise — rather…than otherwise Rather than not • • • Main Entry: ↑other … Useful english dictionary
rather…than otherwise — Rather than not ● other … Useful english dictionary
would rather … (than) — would rather… (than) idiom (usually reduced to d rather) would prefer to • She d rather die than give a speech. • ‘Do you want to come with us?’ ‘No, I d rather not.’ • Wo … Useful english dictionary
sooner rather than later — ˌsooner rather than ˈlater idiom after a short time rather than after a long time • We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later. Main entry: ↑soonidiom … Useful english dictionary
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