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1 something like
1) (about: We have something like five hundred people working here.) maždaug2) (rather like: A zebra is something like a horse with stripes.) panašus -
2 think twice about (doing) something
(to be very careful about considering (doing) something: I wouldn't think twice about sacking him.) gerai pagalvoti prieš ką nors darantEnglish-Lithuanian dictionary > think twice about (doing) something
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3 think twice about (doing) something
(to be very careful about considering (doing) something: I wouldn't think twice about sacking him.) gerai pagalvoti prieš ką nors darantEnglish-Lithuanian dictionary > think twice about (doing) something
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4 feel bad (about something)
(to feel upset or ashamed about something: I feel bad about forgetting to telephone you.) nepatogiai jaustis -
5 feel bad (about something)
(to feel upset or ashamed about something: I feel bad about forgetting to telephone you.) nepatogiai jaustis -
6 what about?
1) (used in asking whether the listener would like (to do) something: What about a glass of milk?; What about going to the cinema?) gal norėtumėt; o ką, jei...2) (used in asking for news or advice: What about your new book?; What about the other problem?) kaip ten... -
7 get something off one's chest
(to tell the truth about something that is worrying one.) išlieti širdįEnglish-Lithuanian dictionary > get something off one's chest
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8 poke about/around
(to look or search for something among other things.) naršyti, šniukštinėti -
9 take (something) in good part
(not to be upset, offended or annoyed (eg by a joke, remark etc): John took the jokes about his accident with the pot of paint all in good part.) priimti geraširdiškaiEnglish-Lithuanian dictionary > take (something) in good part
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10 take (something) in good part
(not to be upset, offended or annoyed (eg by a joke, remark etc): John took the jokes about his accident with the pot of paint all in good part.) priimti geraširdiškaiEnglish-Lithuanian dictionary > take (something) in good part
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11 ready
['redi]1) ((negative unready) prepared; able to be used etc immediately or when needed; able to do (something) immediately or when necessary: I've packed our cases, so we're ready to leave; Is tea ready yet?; Your coat has been cleaned and is ready (to be collected).) pasiruošęs, gatavas2) ((negative unready) willing: I'm always ready to help.) pasiruošęs, linkęs3) (quick: You're too ready to find faults in other people; He always has a ready answer.) greitas4) (likely, about (to do something): My head feels as if it's ready to burst.) galintis•- readily
- ready cash
- ready-made
- ready money
- ready-to-wear
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12 be on the point of
(to be about to (do something): I was on the point of going out when the telephone rang.) ruoštis (ką daryti) -
13 blunder
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14 liable
1) ((with to) tending to have, get, suffer from etc: This road is liable to flooding; He is liable to pneumonia.) linkęs į ką2) (possibly or probably about (to do something or to happen): Watch the milk - it's liable to boil over.) galintis ką padaryti3) (legally responsible (for): The airline is liable to you for any damage to your luggage.) atsakingas4) (likely to get (a fine, a punishment): Do not litter! Offenders are liable to fines of up to $100.) baustinas• -
15 malign
(to say unpleasant things about (someone or something), especially without reason: He's always maligning his wife when she isn't there.) apkalbėti- malignantly -
16 what ... like?
(used when asking for information about someone or something: `What does it look like?' `It's small and square.'; `What's her mother like?' `Oh, she's quite nice.'; We may go - it depends (on) what the weather's like.) koks, kokia -
17 a matter of opinion
(something about which different people have different opinions or views: Whether she's clever or not is a matter of opinion.) ginčijamas dalykas -
18 argue
1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) ginčytis2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) būti už/prieš3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) įkalbinėti, atkalbinėti4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) įrodinėti, teigti, pagrįsti•- arguable- argument
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19 come clean
(to tell the truth about something, often about something about which one has previously lied.) iškloti visą teisybę, prisipažinti -
20 root
I 1. [ru:t] noun1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) šaknis2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) šaknis3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) priežastis4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) šaknys2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) šaknyti, pasodinti- root crop
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- take root II [ru:t] verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) kastis, knistis2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) raustis
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