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1 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) nurimti, nuraminti2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) įsitaisyti3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) imtis -
2 settle old scores
(to get revenge for past wrongs: I have some old scores to settle with you.) suvesti sąskaitas -
3 settle up
(to pay (a bill): He asked the waiter for the bill, and settled up.) atsiskaityti, užsimokėti -
4 set
[set] 1. present participle - setting; verb1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) (pa)dėti2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) (pa)dengti3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) nustatyti4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) duoti, skirti, rodyti5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) sukelti, paskatinti pradėti6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) nusileisti7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) (su)stingti, sukietėti8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) nustatyti9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) sudėti10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) įdėti11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) sustatyti2. adjective1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) nustatytas2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) nusiteikęs3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) tyčinis, iš anksto apgalvotas4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) sustingęs5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) sustabarėjęs6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) papuoštas, nusagstytas3. noun1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) rinkinys2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) aparatas3) (a group of people: the musical set.) grupė4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) sudėjimas, sušukavimas5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) dekoracijos6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) setas•- setting- setback
- set phrase
- set-square
- setting-lotion
- set-to
- set-up
- all set
- set about
- set someone against someone
- set against someone
- set someone against
- set against
- set aside
- set back
- set down
- set in
- set off
- set something or someone on someone
- set on someone
- set something or someone on
- set on
- set out
- set to
- set up
- set up camp
- set up house
- set up shop
- set upon -
5 hope
[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) tikėtis, viltis2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) viltis2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) viltis3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) viltis•- hopeful- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
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6 score
[sko:] 1. plurals - scores; noun1) (the number of points, goals etc gained in a game, competition etc: The cricket score is 59 for 3.) rezultatas2) (a written piece of music showing all the parts for instruments and voices: the score of an opera.) partitûra3) (a set or group of twenty: There was barely a score of people there.) dvideðimt2. verb1) (to gain (goals etc) in a game etc: He scored two goals before half-time.) ámuðti (ávartá), laimëti2) ((sometimes with off or out) to remove (eg a name) from eg a list by putting a line through it: Please could you score my name off (the list)?; Is that word meant to be scored out?) iðbraukti3) (to keep score: Will you score for us, please?) skaièiuoti taðkus, sumuoti rezultatus•- scorer- score-board
- on that score
- scores of
- scores
- settle old scores -
7 nestle
['nesl]1) (to lie close together as if in a nest: The children nestled together for warmth.) glaustis, priglusti2) (to settle comfortably: She nestled into the cushions.) įsitaisyti -
8 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
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