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1 flop
[flop] 1. past tense, past participle - flopped; verb1) (to fall or sit down suddenly and heavily: She flopped into an armchair.) smagi nokrist/nomest; noplakšķēt2) (to hang or swing about loosely: Her hair flopped over her face.) nokarāties3) ((of a theatrical production) to fail; to be unsuccessful: the play flopped.) ciest neveiksmi; izgāzties2. noun1) ((a) flopping movement.) smags kritiens; plakšķis2) (a failure: The show was a complete flop.) neveiksme; izgāšanās•- floppy- floppy disk* * *plakšķis; izgāšanās, neveiksme; cilvēks, kurš nav attaisnojis cerības, neveiksminieks; cepure ar mīkstām malām; noplakšķēt; smagi nokrist; nomest; sist; izgāzties, ciest neveiksmi; pārsviesties; nolikties gultā, nogāzties; iekrist ūdenī plakaniski; plaukš -
2 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) nolaist zemē2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) piekrāpt; pamest nelaimē3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) saplacināt (izlaižot gaisu)4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) pagarināt; palaist garāku (tērpu)
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fail to do — {v. phr.} To neglect to do something that is expected of one. * /Tom waited for Jane for nearly an hour, but she failed to show up./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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