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1 the dark blues
Oksfordas studentu pārstāvji -
2 a shot in the dark
(a guess based on little or no information: The detective admitted that his decision to check the factory had just been a shot in the dark.) [] uz labu laimi -
3 to fumble in the dark
grābstīties pa tumsu -
4 in the dark
tumsā -
5 in the dark of moon
jaunam mēnesim iestājoties; aklā tumsā -
6 leap in the dark
lēciens nezināmajā; risks -
7 to be in the dark about something
būt neziņā par kaut koEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to be in the dark about something
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8 to keep somebody in the dark about something
turēt kādu neziņā par kaut koEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to keep somebody in the dark about something
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9 to look on the dark side of things
visur saskatīt ļaunās pusesEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to look on the dark side of things
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10 dark
1. adjective1) (without light: a dark room; It's getting dark; the dark (= not cheerful) side.) tumšs2) (blackish or closer to black than white: a dark red colour; a dark (= not very white or fair) complexion; Her hair is dark.) tumšs; patumšs3) (evil and usually secret: dark deeds; a dark secret.) (par nodomu u.tml.) ļauns; slepens2. noun(absence of light: in the dark; afraid of the dark; He never goes out after dark; We are in the dark (= we have no knowledge) about what is happening.) tumsa; neziņa- darken- darkness
- keep it dark* * *tumsa; neziņa, neskaidrība; slepenība; tumša krāsa, ēna; tumšs; tumšmatains; netīrs, ļauns; slepens, neskaidrs; neizglītots; bezcerīgs, drūms; slēgts -
11 dark as the inside of a cow
tumšs kā akā -
12 pitch-dark
adjective (as black, or dark, as pitch; completely black or dark: Outside the house it was pitch-black; It's a pitch-dark night.) piķa melns; piķa tumšs* * *tumšs kā piķis -
13 power
1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) spēja2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) spēks; enerģija3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) vara4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) tiesības5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) autoritāte; ietekmīgs cilvēks6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) lielvalsts, lielvara7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) pakāpe•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
- be in power* * *spēja; jauda, enerģija; vara, spēks; lielvalsts; valsts; pilnvara; liels daudzums; pakāpe; palielināšanas spēja, stiprums; apgādāt ar dzinējspēku -
14 dial
1. noun1) (the face of a watch or clock: My watch has a dial you can see in the dark.) ciparnīca2) (the turning disc over the numbers on a telephone.) (telefona aparāta) ciparripa3) (any disc etc bearing numbers etc used to give information: the dial on a radio.) (radio u.tml.) skala2. verb(to turn a telephone dial to get a number: She dialled the wrong number.) uzgriezt (telefona numuru)* * *ciparnīca; ciparripa; skala; apaļš ģīmis; uzgriezt telefona numuru -
15 shade
[ʃeid] 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) ēna2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) gaismēna3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) nojume; markīze; saulessargs4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) tonis; nokrāsa5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) mazumiņš2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) aizēnot; aizsegt (no gaismas)2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) ēnot; padarīt tumšāku3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) veidot krāsu pāreju; (par krāsām) pāriet•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
- put in the shade* * *ēna; nianse, nokrāsa; mazumiņš; pustumsa, krēsla; markīze; abažūrs; loga aizklājs; aizsargstikls; gars; aptumšot; aizēnot; ēnot; mainīt nokrāsu; izzust; mīkstināt; nedaudz pazemināt -
16 stumble
1) (to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall: He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.) aizķerties; paklupt2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) iet klupšus3) (to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc: He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.) klupt/aizķerties (pie vārdiem); stomīties•- stumble across/on* * *paklupšana; stomīšanās; maldīšanās; klupt; paklupt; stomīties; maldīties -
17 conquer
['koŋkə](to overcome or defeat: The Normans conquered England in the eleventh century; You must conquer your fear of the dark.) iekarot; uzvarēt; pārvarēt- conquest* * *iekarot, uzvarēt; pārvarēt -
18 afraid
[ə'freid]1) (feeling fear or being frightened (of a person, thing etc): The child is not afraid of the dark; She was afraid to go.) baidīties2) (sorry (to have to say that): I'm afraid I don't agree with you.) diemžēl* * *nobijies -
19 jostle
['‹osl](to push roughly: We were jostled by the crowd; I felt people jostling against me in the dark.) grūstīt; grūstīties* * *grūdiens; grūstīšanās; grūstīt; grūstīties, spiesties; grābstīties kabatās, līst svešā kabatā -
20 an
[ə(n)]indef. article(a is used before words beginning with a consonant eg a boy, or consonant sound eg a union; an is used before words beginning with a vowel eg an owl, or vowel sound eg an honour.)1) (one: There is a boy in the garden.)2) (any; every: An owl can see in the dark.) jebkurš; katrs3) (for each; per: We earn $6 an hour.) par
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