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  • 1 substitute

    1. verb
    (to put in, or to take, the place of someone or something else: I substituted your name for mine on the list.) aizvietot; aizstāt
    2. noun
    (a person or thing used or acting instead of another: Guesswork is no substitute for investigation; She is not well enough to play in the tennis match, so we must find a substitute; ( also adjective) I was substitute headmaster for a term.) aizvietotājs; aizstājējs
    * * *
    vietnieks; surogāts, aizstājējs; aizstāt

    English-Latvian dictionary > substitute

  • 2 make up for

    (to supply a reward, substitute etc for disappointment, damage, loss (of money or time) etc: Next week we'll try to make up for lost time.) atlīdzināt; kompensēt

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  • 3 sponge

    1. noun
    1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) sūklis
    2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) sūklis
    3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) biskvītkūka
    4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) beršana ar sūkli
    2. verb
    1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) []berzt ar sūkli; []tīrīt ar sūkli
    2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) dzīvot uz cita rēķina
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    - spongy
    - spongily
    - sponginess
    - sponge cake
    - sponge pudding
    * * *
    sūklis; noberšana ar sūkli; poraina viela; biskvītkūka; liekēdis; plencis, pļēgurs; tampons; noberzt ar sūkli; uzsūkt ar sūkli; zvejot sūkļus; dzīvot uz cita rēķina

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  • 4 copper

    I 1. ['kopə] noun
    1) (an element, a metal of a brownish-red colour: This pipe is made of copper.) varš
    2) ((a piece of) money made of copper or a substitute: Have you any coppers in your change?) sīknauda
    2. adjective
    1) (made of copper: a copper pipe.) vara-
    2) ((also copper-coloured) of the colour of copper.) vara krāsā; sarkanbrūns
    II ['kopə] noun
    (a British nickname for a policeman: Run - there's a copper after you!)
    * * *
    varš; policists; denuncētājs; vara naudas gabals; vara katls; pārklāt ar varu; arestēt; denuncēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > copper

  • 5 dummy

    plural - dummies; noun
    1) (an artificial substitute looking like the real thing: The packets of cigarettes on display were dummies.) butaforija
    2) (a model of a human used for displaying clothes etc: a dressmaker's dummy.) manekens
    3) (an artificial teat put in a baby's mouth to comfort it.) knupītis
    * * *
    ieliktenis, marionete; manekens; putnubiedēklis; knupis; makets; butaforija; statists; fiktīvs, neīsts

    English-Latvian dictionary > dummy

  • 6 rubber

    1) (( also adjective) (of) a strong elastic substance made from the juice of certain plants (especially the rubber tree), or an artificial substitute for this: Tyres are made of rubber; rubber boots.) gumija
    2) ((also eraser) a piece of rubber used to rub out pencil etc marks: a pencil, a ruler and a rubber.) dzēšgumija
    3) ((slang) a condom.) prezervatīvs
    4) (a rubber band.) gumijas gredzentiņš (apsaitēšanai)
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    - rubber band
    - rubber stamp
    * * *
    gumija, kaučuks; dzēšamgumija; galošas; gumijas izstrādājumi; masiere, masieris; beržamais, skrāpis; ripa; gumijot, pārklāt ar gumiju; ziņkārīgi aplūkot

    English-Latvian dictionary > rubber

  • 7 surrogate

    (a person or thing that is considered or used as a substitute for another person or thing.) aizvietotājs; aizstājējs
    * * *
    surogāts; aizvietotājs, aizstājējs; aizstāt, aizvietot

    English-Latvian dictionary > surrogate

  • 8 soya bean

    ['soiəbi:n]
    (a type of bean, processed and used as a substitute for meat etc.) sojas pupiņas
    - soya sauce
    - soy sauce

    English-Latvian dictionary > soya bean

  • 9 take the place of

    (to be used instead of, or to be a substitute for: I don't think television will ever take the place of books.) aizstāt; aizvietot

    English-Latvian dictionary > take the place of

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