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1 plain
[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) vienkāršs2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) skaidrs; saprotams3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) tiešs; atklāts4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) skaidrs; acīmredzams5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) neizskatīgs2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) līdzenums2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) labiskais valdziņš (adījumā)•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain English* * *līdzenums; bēdāties, sērot; žēloties, gausties; līdzens, gluds; saprotams, skaidrs; parasts, vienkāršs; vaļsirdīgs, atklāts; vienkrāsains; neizskatīgs, neglīts; tiešais valdziņš; neatšķaidīts; saprotami, skaidri; vienkārši; vaļsirdīgi, atklāti -
2 as plain as the nose on my face
skaidrs kā dienaEnglish-Latvian dictionary > as plain as the nose on my face
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3 stretch
[stre ] 1. verb1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) []stiept; stiepties2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) stiepties; plesties2. noun1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) []staipīšanās; []stiepšana2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) nogabals; posms; periods•- stretchy
- at a stretch
- be at full stretch
- stretch one's legs
- stretch out* * *izstiepšanās; izstiepšana; saspīlējums, spriegums; elastīgums; pārspīlējums; laika sprīdis; izplatījums; ieslodzījuma laiks; distance; izstiept; izstiepties; stiepties, plesties; ilgt; pieļaut; izklāt; atšķaidīt; pakārt; elastīgs -
4 level out
(to make or become level: The road levels out as it comes down to the plain.) izlīdzināt; izlīdzināties -
5 fancy
['fænsi] 1. plural - fancies; noun1) (a sudden (often unexpected) liking or desire: The child had many peculiar fancies.)2) (the power of the mind to imagine things: She had a tendency to indulge in flights of fancy.)3) (something imagined: He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching.)2. adjective(decorated; not plain: fancy cakes.) izrotāts3. verb1) (to like the idea of having or doing something: I fancy a cup of tea.) vēlēties2) (to think or have a certain feeling or impression (that): I fancied (that) you were angry.) iedomāties, ka...; šķist, ka...3) (to have strong sexual interest in (a person): He fancies her a lot.) patikt•- fanciful- fancifully
- fancy dress
- take a fancy to
- take one's fancy* * *iztēle, fantāzija; iedomu tēls, iedoma; kaprīze, untums; aizraušanās, tieksme; iedomāties, iztēloties; uzskatīt, domāt; just patiku; audzēt īpašas šķirnes dzīvniekus; izrotāts, ornamentāls; fantastisks; augstākās kvalitātes, moderns, smalks; īpašas sugas, īpašas šķirnes -
6 bald
[bo:ld]1) ((of people) with little or no hair on the head: a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).) plikpaurains2) ((of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc: a bald patch on the dog's back.) bez spalvām (par dzīvniekiem)3) (bare or plain: a bald statement of the facts.) neizpušķots; kails•- baldness- balding
- baldly* * *plikpaurains; bez spalvām, klajš, kails; neizpušķots, kails; neizteiksmīgs, bāls -
7 simple
['simpl]1) (not difficult; easy: a simple task.) viegls2) (not complicated or involved: The matter is not as simple as you think.) vienkāršs3) (not fancy or unusual; plain: a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.) vienkāršs4) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) tīrs; skaidrs5) (trusting and easily cheated: She is too simple to see through his lies.) naivs; lētticīgs6) (weak in the mind; not very intelligent: I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.) ne visai gudrs; vientiesīgs•- simplicity
- simplification
- simplified
- simplify
- simply
- simple-minded
- simple-mindedness* * *nesarežģīts, vienkāršs; nemākslots, dabisks; vientiesīgs; zemas kārtas, vienkāršs; īsts, skaidrs; ārstniecības augs -
8 home truth
(a plain statement of something which is unpleasant but true (about a person, his behaviour etc) said directly to the person: It's time someone told him a few home truths.) rūgta patiesība (par kādu)* * *rūgta patiesība; rūgta patiesība -
9 steppe
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10 savanna(h)
[sə'vænə](a grassy plain with few trees: the savanna(h)s of Central America.) savanna -
11 savanna(h)
[sə'vænə](a grassy plain with few trees: the savanna(h)s of Central America.) savanna
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