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1 between
[bi'twi:n]1) (in, to, through or across the space dividing two people, places, times etc: between the car and the pavement; between 2 o'clock and 2.30; between meals.) starp2) (concerning the relationship of two things or people: the difference between right and wrong.) starp3) (by the combined action of; working together: They managed it between them.) starp4) (part to one (person or thing), part to (the other): Divide the chocolate between you.) starp; starpā•* * *starpā; starp -
2 between you and me / between ourselves
(in confidence: Between you and me, I think he's rather nice.) starp mums []English-Latvian dictionary > between you and me / between ourselves
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3 between ourselves, between you and me
starp mums runājot; starp mumsEnglish-Latvian dictionary > between ourselves, between you and me
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4 between a rock and a hard place
bezizejas stāvoklīEnglish-Latvian dictionary > between a rock and a hard place
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5 between grass and hay
jaunekļa gados -
6 between hay and grass
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7 between the beetle and the block
ķezāEnglish-Latvian dictionary > between the beetle and the block
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8 between the devil and the deep sea
bezizejas stāvoklī, sprukās; starp divām ugunīmEnglish-Latvian dictionary > between the devil and the deep sea
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9 between the sheets
gultā -
10 between the upper and the nether millstone
bezizejas stāvoklīEnglish-Latvian dictionary > between the upper and the nether millstone
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11 between this and then
vaļas brīžos -
12 between two days
naktī -
13 between two fires
starp divām ugunīm -
14 between whiles
starplaikos -
15 between you and me and the bedpost
starp mums runājot; starp mumsEnglish-Latvian dictionary > between you and me and the bedpost
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16 between you and me and the gatepost
starp mumsEnglish-Latvian dictionary > between you and me and the gatepost
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17 between you and me and the lamppost
starp mums runājotEnglish-Latvian dictionary > between you and me and the lamppost
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18 between-maid
kalpone netīriem darbiem, virējas palīdze -
19 be torn between (one thing and another)
(to have a very difficult choice to make between (two things): He was torn between obedience to his parents and loyalty to his friends.) svārstīties neziņā; nespēt izšķirtiesEnglish-Latvian dictionary > be torn between (one thing and another)
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20 be torn between (one thing and another)
(to have a very difficult choice to make between (two things): He was torn between obedience to his parents and loyalty to his friends.) svārstīties neziņā; nespēt izšķirtiesEnglish-Latvian dictionary > be torn between (one thing and another)
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