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121 length
[leŋƟ]1) (the distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time etc: What is the length of your car?; Please note down the length of time it takes you to do this.) ilgis, trukmė2) (a piece of something, especially cloth: I bought a (3-metre) length of silk.) gabalas3) (in racing, the measurement from end to end of a horse, boat etc: He won by a length; The other boat is several lengths in front.) (korpuso) ilgis•- lengthen- lengthways/lengthwise
- lengthy
- at length
- go to any lengths -
122 light
I 1. noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) šviesa2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) šviesa, lempa3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) ugnis4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) šviesa2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) šviesus2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) šviesus3. [lit] verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) apšviesti2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) už(si)degti, užžiebti•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to II1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) lengvas2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) lengvas3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) lengvas4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) lengvesnis5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) lengvas6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) guvus, greitas7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) linksmas, nerimtas8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) nedidelis, nesmarkus9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) lengvas, purus•- lightly- lighten- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.) užtikti, užeiti -
123 line up
1) (to form a line: The children lined up ready to leave the classroom; She lined up the chairs.) iš(si)rikiuoti2) (to collect and arrange in readiness: We've lined up several interesting guests to appear on the programme (noun line-up).) surinkti -
124 lizard
['lizəd](any of several types of usually small, four-footed reptile.) driežas -
125 long house
(in tribal societies, a long rectangular dwelling shared by several families, especially in south-east Asia and amongst North American Indians.) -
126 look up
1) (to improve: Things have been looking up lately.) taisytis, gerėti2) (to pay a visit to: I looked up several old friends.) aplankyti3) (to search for in a book of reference: You should look the word up (in a dictionary).) paieškoti4) (to consult (a reference book): I looked up in the encyclopedia.) pasižiūrėti -
127 lop
[lop]past tense, past participle - lopped; verb(to cut off (parts) from eg a tree: We lopped several branches from the tree; He lopped a dollar off the price.) (ap)genėti, numušti -
128 lord
[lo:d]1) (a master; a man or animal that has power over others or over an area: The lion is lord of the jungle.) ðeimininkas, valdovas, vieðpats2) ((with capital when used in titles) in the United Kingdom etc a nobleman or man of rank.) lordas3) ((with capital) in the United Kingdom, used as part of several official titles: the Lord Mayor.) lordas•- lordly- lordliness
- Lordship
- the Lord
- lord it over
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several — 1 *distinct, separate, discrete Analogous words: individual, particular, *special, especial 2 *many, sundry, various, divers, numerous, multifarious Analogous words: *single, separate, particular: detached, disengaged (see … New Dictionary of Synonyms
several — [adj] assorted, various a few, a lot, any, certain, considerable, definite, different, disparate, distinct, divers, diverse, handful, hardly any, indefinite, individual, infrequent, manifold, many, not many, numerous, only a few, particular,… … New thesaurus
several — ► DETERMINER & PRONOUN ▪ more than two but not many. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ separate or respective. DERIVATIVES severally adverb. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin separ separate, different … English terms dictionary
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