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1 set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
(to want very much: He had set his heart on winning the prize; He had his heart set on winning.) trokšti, siektiEnglish-Lithuanian dictionary > set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
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2 set one's seal to
(to give one's authority or agreement to: He set his seal to the proposals for reforms.) palaiminti, vizuoti -
3 set (someone) an example
(to act in such a way that other people will copy one's behaviour: Teachers must set a good example to their pupils.) rodyti pavyzdį -
4 set phrase
(a phrase which always occurs in one form, and which cannot be changed: `Of no fixed abode' is a set phrase.) pastovus junginys -
5 set (someone) an example
(to act in such a way that other people will copy one's behaviour: Teachers must set a good example to their pupils.) rodyti pavyzdį -
6 set up house
(to establish one's own home: He'll soon be earning enough to set up house on his own.) įsikurti -
7 set-square
noun (a triangular instrument with one right angle, used in geometrical drawing etc.) kampainis -
8 heart
1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) širdis2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) centras, šerdis3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) širdis4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) ryžtas5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) širdelė6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) čirvas, širdis•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) nuoširdus, atviras pokalbis- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
- with all one's heart -
9 play off against
(to set (one person) against (another) in order to gain an advantage: He played his father off against his mother to get more pocket money.) (su)kurstyti prieš -
10 seal
I 1. [si:l] noun1) (a piece of wax or other material bearing a design, attached to a document to show that it is genuine and legal.) antspaudas2) (a piece of wax etc used to seal a parcel etc.) antspaudas, plomba3) ((something that makes) a complete closure or covering: Paint and varnish act as protective seals for woodwork.) danga, izoliacija2. verb1) (to mark with a seal: The document was signed and sealed.) (už)antspauduoti2) ((negative unseal) to close completely: He licked and sealed the envelope; All the air is removed from a can of food before it is sealed.) hermetiškai uždaryti, užklijuoti, užplombuoti3) (to settle or decide: This mistake sealed his fate.) nulemti•- seal of approval
- seal off
- set one's seal to II [si:l] noun(any of several types of sea animal, some furry, living partly on land.) ruonis- sealskin -
11 milk tooth
(one of the first set of a baby's teeth: The child's milk teeth started to come out when he was six years old.) pieninis dantis -
12 fire
1. noun1) (anything that is burning, whether accidentally or not: a warm fire in the kitchen; Several houses were destroyed in a fire.) ugnis, gaisras2) (an apparatus for heating: a gas fire; an electric fire.) reflektorius, krosnis, židinys3) (the heat and light produced by burning: Fire is one of man's greatest benefits.) ugnis4) (enthusiasm: with fire in his heart.) užsidegimas, liepsna5) (attack by gunfire: The soldiers were under fire.) ugnis, šaudymas2. verb1) ((of china, pottery etc) to heat in an oven, or kiln, in order to harden and strengthen: The ceramic pots must be fired.) išdegti2) (to make (someone) enthusiastic; to inspire: The story fired his imagination.) uždegti, sužadinti3) (to operate (a gun etc) by discharging a bullet etc from it: He fired his revolver three times.) (iš)šauti iš4) (to send out or discharge (a bullet etc) from a gun etc: He fired three bullets at the target.) iššauti5) ((often with at or on) to aim and operate a gun at; to shoot at: They suddenly fired on us; She fired at the target.) šauti6) (to send away someone from his/her job; to dismiss: He was fired from his last job for being late.) išmesti (iš darbo)•- firearm
- fire-brigade
- fire-cracker
- fire-engine
- fire-escape
- fire-extinguisher
- fire-guard
- fireman
- fireplace
- fireproof
- fireside
- fire-station
- firewood
- firework
- firing-squad
- catch fire
- on fire
- open fire
- play with fire
- set fire to something / set something on fire
- set fire to / set something on fire
- set fire to something / set on fire
- set fire to / set on fire
- under fire -
13 eye
1. noun1) (the part of the body with which one sees: Open your eyes; She has blue eyes.) akis2) (anything like or suggesting an eye, eg the hole in a needle, the loop or ring into which a hook connects etc.) skylutė, kilputė3) (a talent for noticing and judging a particular type of thing: She has an eye for detail/colour/beauty.) gera akis2. verb(to look at, observe: The boys were eyeing the girls at the dance; The thief eyed the policeman warily.) apžiūrinėti, stebėti- eyeball- eyebrow
- eye-catching
- eyelash
- eyelet
- eyelid
- eye-opener
- eye-piece
- eyeshadow
- eyesight
- eyesore
- eye-witness
- before/under one's very eyes
- be up to the eyes in
- close one's eyes to
- in the eyes of
- keep an eye on
- lay/set eyes on
- raise one's eyebrows
- see eye to eye
- with an eye to something
- with one's eyes open -
14 work
[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) darbas2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) darbas3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) darbas4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) kūrinys5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) darbas6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) darbas2. verb1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) dirbti2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) dirbti3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) (priversti) veikti4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) pasisekti5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) skintis (kelią), keberiotis6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) (pamažu) pasidaryti (kokiam)7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) pagaminti•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mechanizmas2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) darbai•- work-box
- workbook
- workforce
- working class
- working day
- work-day
- working hours
- working-party
- work-party
- working week
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanship
- workmate
- workout
- workshop
- at work
- get/set to work
- go to work on
- have one's work cut out
- in working order
- out of work
- work of art
- work off
- work out
- work up
- work up to
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15 hand
[hænd] 1. noun1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) ranka2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) rodyklė3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) pagalbinis darbininkas, matrosas4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) pagalba, padėjimas5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) (vieno žaidėjo) kortos6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) delnas7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) rašysena2. verb(often with back, down, up etc)1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) duoti, (į)teikti2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) perduoti•- handful- handbag
- handbill
- handbook
- handbrake
- handcuff
- handcuffs
- hand-lens
- handmade
- hand-operated
- hand-out
- hand-picked
- handshake
- handstand
- handwriting
- handwritten
- at hand
- at the hands of
- be hand in glove with someone
- be hand in glove
- by hand
- fall into the hands of someone
- fall into the hands
- force someone's hand
- get one's hands on
- give/lend a helping hand
- hand down
- hand in
- hand in hand
- hand on
- hand out
- hand-out
- handout
- hand over
- hand over fist
- hands down
- hands off!
- hands-on
- hands up!
- hand to hand
- have a hand in something
- have a hand in
- have/get/gain the upper hand
- hold hands with someone
- hold hands
- in good hands
- in hand
- in the hands of
- keep one's hand in
- off one's hands
- on hand
- on the one hand... on the other hand
-... on the other hand
- out of hand
- shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
- shake hands with / shake someone's hand
- a show of hands
- take in hand
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16 key
[ki:] 1. noun1) (an instrument or tool by which something (eg a lock or a nut) is turned: Have you the key for this door?) raktas2) (in musical instruments, one of the small parts pressed to sound the notes: piano keys.) klavišas3) (in a typewriter, calculator etc, one of the parts which one presses to cause a letter etc to be printed, displayed etc.) klavišas4) (the scale in which a piece of music is set: What key are you singing in?; the key of F.) raktas, tonacija5) (something that explains a mystery or gives an answer to a mystery, a code etc: the key to the whole problem.) raktas6) (in a map etc, a table explaining the symbols etc used in it.) legenda2. adjective(most important: key industries; He is a key man in the firm.) pagrindinis- keyboard- keyhole
- keyhole surgery
- keynote
- keyed up -
17 scale
I [skeil] noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) skalė2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) skalė3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) gama4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) mastelis5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) mastasII [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) užlipti, užkoptiIII [skeil] noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) žvynas- scaly -
18 sign
1. noun1) (a mark used to mean something; a symbol: is the sign for addition.) ženklas2) (a notice set up to give information (a shopkeeper's name, the direction of a town etc) to the public: road-sign.) ženklas, iškaba, rodyklė3) (a movement (eg a nod, wave of the hand) used to mean or represent something: He made a sign to me to keep still.) ženklas4) (a piece of evidence suggesting that something is present or about to come: There were no signs of life at the house and he was afraid they were away; Clouds are often a sign of rain.) ženklas, požymis2. verb1) (to write one's name (on): Sign at the bottom, please.) pasirašyti2) (to write (one's name) on a letter, document etc: He signed his name on the document.) parašyti3) (to make a movement of the head, hand etc in order to show one's meaning: She signed to me to say nothing.) duoti ženklą•- signpost
- sign in/out
- sign up -
19 character
['kærəktə] 1. noun1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) charakteris2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) asmenybė, charakteris3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) reputacija4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) personažas, veikėjas5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) tipas6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) rašmuo•2. noun(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) bruožas- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation -
20 free
[fri:] 1. adjective1) (allowed to move where one wants; not shut in, tied, fastened etc: The prison door opened, and he was a free man.) laisvas2) (not forced or persuaded to act, think, speak etc in a particular way: free speech; You are free to think what you like.) laisvas3) ((with with) generous: He is always free with his money/advice.) dosnus4) (frank, open and ready to speak: a free manner.) laisvas, nesuvaržytas5) (costing nothing: a free gift.) nemokamas6) (not working or having another appointment; not busy: I shall be free at five o'clock.) laisvas7) (not occupied, not in use: Is this table free?) laisvas, neužimtas8) ((with of or from) without or no longer having (especially something or someone unpleasant etc): She is free from pain now; free of charge.) ne(be)turintis2. verb1) (to make or set (someone) free: He freed all the prisoners.) išlaisvinti2) ((with from or of) to rid or relieve (someone) of something: She was able to free herself from her debts by working at an additional job.) iš(si)vaduoti•- freedom- freely
- free-for-all
- freehand
- freehold
- freelance 3. verb(to work in this way: He is freelancing now.) dirbti laisvu/neetatiniu darbuotoju- Freepost- free skating
- free speech
- free trade
- freeway
- freewheel
- free will
- a free hand
- set free
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