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  • 1 fall

    [fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb
    1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) krist
    2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) nokrist
    3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) kristies; pazemināties
    4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) (par dienu) iekrist
    5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) iemīlēties
    6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) iekrist; būt kārtai
    2. noun
    1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) krišana; kritiens
    2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) nokrišņi
    3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) sabrukums; bojāeja
    4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) rudens
    - fallout
    - his
    - her face fell
    - fall away
    - fall back
    - fall back on
    - fall behind
    - fall down
    - fall flat
    - fall for
    - fall in with
    - fall off
    - fall on/upon
    - fall out
    - fall short
    - fall through
    * * *
    krišana, kritiens; nokrišņi; ietece; ūdenskritums; krišanās, pazemināšanās; krišana, pagrimums; bojāeja, sabrukums; rudens; apjērošanās; ciršana; spēkošanās, cīņa; kadence; falle; krist; nokrist; krist, nokarāties; nolaisties; pazemināties, kristies; norimties; iet bojā, krist; sagāzties, sabrukt; iestāties; ietecēt; iegadīties, iekrist; kļūt

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  • 2 fall for

    1) (to be deceived by (something): I made up a story to explain why I had not been at work and he fell for it.) iekrist; uzķerties
    2) (to fall in love with (someone): He has fallen for your sister.) iemīlēties

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  • 3 hand

    [hænd] 1. noun
    1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) roka; plauksta
    2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) [] rādītājs
    3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) Visi uz klāja!
    4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) palīdzēt
    5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) kārtis (spēlmaņa rokās)
    6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) plauksta (kā mērvienība)
    7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) rokraksts
    2. verb
    (often with back, down, up etc)
    1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) padot; pasniegt
    2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) nodot (citam)
    - handbag
    - handbill
    - handbook
    - handbrake
    - handcuff
    - handcuffs
    - hand-lens
    - handmade
    - hand-operated
    - hand-out
    - hand-picked
    - handshake
    - handstand
    - handwriting
    - handwritten
    - at hand
    - at the hands of
    - be hand in glove with someone
    - be hand in glove
    - by hand
    - fall into the hands of someone
    - fall into the hands
    - force someone's hand
    - get one's hands on
    - give/lend a helping hand
    - hand down
    - hand in
    - hand in hand
    - hand on
    - hand out
    - hand-out
    - handout
    - hand over
    - hand over fist
    - hands down
    - hands off!
    - hands-on
    - hands up!
    - hand to hand
    - have a hand in something
    - have a hand in
    - have/get/gain the upper hand
    - hold hands with someone
    - hold hands
    - in good hands
    - in hand
    - in the hands of
    - keep one's hand in
    - off one's hands
    - on hand
    - on the one hand... on the other hand
    -... on the other hand
    - out of hand
    - shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
    - shake hands with / shake someone's hand
    - a show of hands
    - take in hand
    - to hand
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    plauksta, roka; priekšķepa, priekškāja; rādītājs; spārns; rokraksts; kārtis, partija; plauksta; strādnieks; matrozis, komanda; stingra roka, vara; palīdzība, atbalsts; lietpratējs, meistars; izpildītājs, autors; paraksts; aplausi; padot, pasniegt; satīt

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  • 4 release

    [rə'li:s] 1. verb
    1) (to set free; to allow to leave: He was released from prison yesterday; I am willing to release him from his promise to me.) atbrīvot
    2) (to stop holding etc; to allow to move, fall etc: He released (his hold on) the rope.) palaist vaļā, atlaist
    3) (to move (a catch, brake etc) which prevents something else from moving, operating etc: He released the handbrake and drove off.) atlaist
    4) (to allow (news etc) to be made known publicly: The list of winners has just been released.) paziņot atklātībā
    5) (to offer (a film, record etc) to the general public: Their latest record will be released next week.) izlaist
    2. noun
    1) (the act of releasing or being released: After his release, the prisoner returned to his home town; the release of a new film; ( also adjective) the release catch.) atbrīvošana; izlaišana; paziņojums
    2) (something that is released: This record is their latest release; The Government issued a press release (= a statement giving information about something, sent or given to newspapers, reporters etc).) izlaide; izlaidums
    * * *
    atbrīvošana; atlaišana; atvieglošana; nomešana; atbrīvošanas dokuments; filmas izlaidums; jauna filma; atļauja demonstrēt, atļauja publicēt; paziņojums; izlaide; demobilizācija; atvienotājmehānisms; atbrīvot; atvieglot; nomest; atļaut demonstrēt, atļaut publicēt; atlaist; izlaist; nodot publicēšanai; demobilizēt; atvienot

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  • 5 way

    [wei] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) ceļš; eja
    2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) dzelzceļš
    3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) svētku iela; ceļš
    4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) ceļš; attālums
    5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) metode; veids; paņēmiens
    6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) savā ziņā
    7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) ieradums
    8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) tikt galā ar ēdienu
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) tālu priekšā/pāri/virs
    - wayside
    - be/get on one's way
    - by the way
    - fall by the wayside
    - get/have one's own way
    - get into / out of the way of doing something
    - get into / out of the way of something
    - go out of one's way
    - have a way with
    - have it one's own way
    - in a bad way
    - in
    - out of the/someone's way
    - lose one's way
    - make one's way
    - make way for
    - make way
    - under way
    - way of life
    - ways and means
    * * *
    ceļš; puse, virziens; atstatums, attālums; metode, veids; ieraža, paradums; dzīvesveids; darba lauks, arods; stāvoklis

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  • 6 break

    [breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
    1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) []lauzt; sasist
    2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) nolauzt; atlauzt
    3) (to make or become unusable.) saplīst; sabrukt; saplēst; sagraut
    4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) lauzt (solījumu); pārkāpt (likumu)
    5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) pārspēt (rekordu)
    6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) pārtraukt (ceļojumu)
    7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) pārtraukt (klusumu u.tml.)
    8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) paziņot; pavēstīt
    9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) (par balsi) aizlūzt
    10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) mazināt; mazināties
    11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) (par vētru) sākties
    2. noun
    1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) pārtraukums; starpbrīdis
    2) (a change: a break in the weather.) []maiņa
    3) (an opening.) sprauga; plaisa
    4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) gadījums; iespēja
    3. noun
    ((usually in plural) something likely to break.) viegli plīstošas lietas
    - breaker
    - breakdown
    - break-in
    - breakneck
    - breakout
    - breakthrough
    - breakwater
    - break away
    - break down
    - break into
    - break in
    - break loose
    - break off
    - break out
    - break out in
    - break the ice
    - break up
    - make a break for it
    * * *
    lūzums; robs, sprauga, plaisa, caurums; izlikšanās; starpbrīdis, pārtraukums; salūzt, saplīst, sasist; lauzt; salauzt; lauzt, pārkāpt; pārtraukt; atplēst, atkorķēt, attaisīt; pavēstīt, paziņot; izputēt, bankrotēt; degradēt, atlaist; izmainīt; aust; izklīst; aizlūzt; izlauzties; iedragāt, salauzt; pārspēt; kulstīt

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  • 7 edge

    [e‹] 1. noun
    1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) mala
    2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) asmens
    3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) asums
    2. verb
    1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) apmalot
    2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) virzīt; virzīties; stumt
    - edgy
    - edgily
    - edginess
    - have the edge on/over
    - on edge
    * * *
    apmale, mala; skaldne, šķautne; asmens, asums; kritisks stāvoklis; asināt, trīt; apmalot; apgriezt malas; apcirpt; stumt, virzīt

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  • 8 pitch

    I 1. [pi ] verb
    1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) uzsliet (telti)
    2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) mest, sviest
    3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) smagi krist; izraisīt kritienu
    4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) gareniski šūpoties
    5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) uzdot toni
    2. noun
    1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) (spēles) laukums
    2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) (toņa u.tml.) augstums
    3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) pakāpe; intensitāte
    4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) (ielu tirgotāja) tirgošanās vieta
    5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) sviediens; metiens
    6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) gareniskā šūpošanās
    - pitcher
    - pitched battle
    - pitchfork
    II [pi ] noun
    (a thick black substance obtained from tar: as black as pitch.) darva
    - pitch-dark
    * * *
    darva, piķis; sviediens, metiens; padeve, piespēle; gareniskā šūpošanās; tirgošanās vieta, uzstāšanās vieta; kritiens; slīpne, slīpums; augstums; intensitāte, pakāpe; laukums; darvot, ieziest ar piķi; uzsliet; sviest, mest; piespēlēt, padot; izmest; gareniski šūpoties; piešķirt slīpumu; klāstīt, stāstīt; uzdot toni

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  • 9 watch

    [wo ] 1. noun
    1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) (rokas, kabatas) pulkstenis
    2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) sardze
    3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) sardze
    2. verb
    1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) skatīties; vērot
    2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) uzmanīt
    3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) uzmanīties; piesargāties
    4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) pieskatīt; apsargāt
    5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) būt nomodā; gaidīt
    - watchful
    - watchfully
    - watchfulness
    - watchdog
    - watchmaker
    - watchman
    - watchtower
    - watchword
    - keep watch
    - watch one's step
    - watch out
    - watch over
    * * *
    sardze, sargs; vērošana, novērošana, uzraudzība; rokas pulkstenis; naktspatruļa; novērot, sargāt, sardze

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  • 10 booby trap

    1) (a bomb hidden in an object which explodes when it is touched.) maskēts spridzeklis
    2) (a simple trap that makes you fall or makes something fall on you etc.) slazds; lamatas

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  • 11 pick up

    1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) iemācīties (pēc dzirdes, vērojuma)
    2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) uzņemt (kā pasažieri); aizvest
    3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) nejauši dabūt
    4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) atgūties; atžirgt
    5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) paņemt
    6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.) uztvert
    7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) tikt uz pēdām; saņemt ciet

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  • 12 crash

    [kræʃ] 1. noun
    1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) blīkšķis; rībiens
    2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) avārija
    3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) bankrots
    4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) sagāzties; sabrukt; (ar troksni) saplīst
    2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) ciest avāriju
    3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) nogāzties (par lidmašīnu)
    4) ((of a business) to fail.) bankrotēt
    5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) (ar troksni) []drāzties
    6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)
    3. adjective
    (rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) intensīvs; pastiprināts
    - crash-land
    * * *
    trinītis; blīkšķis, rībiens; sabrukums; bankrots; avārija; iemīlēšanās; sabrukt, sagrūt; salauzt, sagraut; rībināt; ciest avāriju; notriekt; bankrotēt; ierasties viesībās; intensīvs, pastiprināts; avārijas

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  • 13 ease

    [i:z] 1. noun
    1) (freedom from pain or from worry or hard work: a lifetime of ease.) dzīve bez raizēm un rūpēm
    2) (freedom from difficulty: He passed his exam with ease.) viegli; bez pūlēm
    3) (naturalness: ease of manner.) nepiespiestība; dabiskums
    2. verb
    1) (to free from pain, trouble or anxiety: A hot bath eased his tired limbs.) remdēt (sāpes); atvieglot (ciešanas u.tml.)
    2) ((often with off) to make or become less strong, less severe, less fast etc: The pain has eased (off); The driver eased off as he approached the town.) atslābt; atslābināt; mazināt (sāpes, saspringumu); samazināt (ātrumu, spiedienu)
    3) (to move (something heavy or awkward) gently or gradually in or out of position: They eased the wardrobe carefully up the narrow staircase.) pastumt; pārvietot
    - easiness
    - easy
    3. interjection
    (a command to go or act gently: Easy! You'll fall if you run too fast.) uzmanīgi!
    - easy-going
    - at ease
    - easier said than done
    - go easy on
    - stand at ease
    - take it easy
    - take one's ease
    * * *
    bezrūpība, miers; dabiskums, nepiespiestība; vieglums; remdinājums, atvieglojums; remdēt, atvieglot; palaist vaļīgāk; palaist vaļīgāk, attīt; ievalkāt

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  • 14 flat

    [flæt] 1. adjective
    1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) plakans; lēzens
    2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) garlaicīgs; neinteresants
    3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) skaidrs; noteikts; kategorisks
    4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) (par riepu) saplacis
    5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) (par dzērienu) novadējies
    6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) bemola-; pazemināts; detonēts
    2. adverb
    (stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) plakaniski; garšļaukus
    3. noun
    1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) dzīvoklis
    2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) bemols
    3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) delna
    4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) purvājs
    - flatten
    - flat rate
    - flat out
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    dzīvoklis; plakana virsma; sēklis, līdzenums; māja ar šādiem dzīvokļiem; plakandibena laiva; plats, sekls grozs; kurpes bez papēžiem; bemols; prospekts; saplakusi riepa; vientiesis; iegulums, slānis; biezs žurnāls; lēzens, plakans; izstiepies visā garumā; līdzens; lēzens, sekls; vienmuļš, neinteresants, garlaicīgs; sekls, lēts; panīcis; nospiests, nomākts; novadējies; saplacis; kategorisks, noteikts, skaidrs; nespodrs, blāvs; bemola, detonējošs; lēzeni, plakani; plakaniski; kategoriski, noteikti, skaidri; pilnīgi

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  • 15 hang

    [hæŋ]
    past tense, past participle - hung; verb
    1) (to put or fix, or to be put or fixed, above the ground eg by a hook: We'll hang the picture on that wall; The picture is hanging on the wall.) []kārt; uzkārt; karāties
    2) (to fasten (something), or to be fastened, at the top or side so that it can move freely but cannot fall: A door hangs by its hinges.) pakārt; karāties
    3) ((past tense, past participle hanged) to kill, or to be killed, by having a rope put round the neck and being allowed to drop: Murderers used to be hanged in the United Kingdom, but no-one hangs for murder now.) pakārt
    4) ((often with down or out) to be bending, drooping or falling downwards: The dog's tongue was hanging out; Her hair was hanging down.) nokārties; izkarāties
    5) (to bow (one's head): He hung his head in shame.) nokārt
    - hanging
    - hangings
    - hangman
    - hangover
    - get the hang of
    - hang about/around
    - hang back
    - hang in the balance
    - hang on
    - hang together
    - hang up
    * * *
    uzkārt, kritums; jēga; kārt; kārties; pakārt; piegulēt; izstādīt; kavēt

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  • 16 let

    I [let] present participle - letting; verb
    1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) ļaut
    2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) darīt zināmu
    3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!) (lieto pavēles izteiksmes veidošanai)
    - let someone or something alone/be
    - let alone/be
    - let down
    - let fall
    - let go of
    - let go
    - let in
    - out
    - let in for
    - let in on
    - let off
    - let up
    - let well alone
    II [let] present participle - letting; verb
    (to give the use of (a house etc) in return for payment: He lets his house to visitors in the summer.) izīrēt
    * * *
    traucēklis, kavēklis; ļaut; izīrēt; traucēt, kavēt

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  • 17 plummet

    1. past tense, past participle - plummetted; verb
    ((of a heavy weight) to fall or drop swiftly: The rock plummeted to the bottom of the cliff.) ātri krist
    2. noun
    (An indicator hung down to see if something is vertical.)
    * * *
    svērtenis, lode; lote; svariņš; ātri krist

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  • 18 spill

    [spil]
    past tense, past participle - spilt; verb
    (to (cause something to) fall or run out (usually accidentally): He spilt milk on the floor; Vegetables spilled out of the burst bag.) (netīšām) izliet; izšļakstīt; izšļakstīties
    * * *
    papīra rullītis, skals; kritiens; izšļakstīšana; spunde, tapa; lietusgāze; izliet, pārgāzne; nomest; izpļāpāties

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  • 19 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; paklupt
    2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) iet klupšus
    3) (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
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    paklupšana; stomīšanās; maldīšanās; klupt; paklupt; stomīties; maldīties

    English-Latvian dictionary > stumble

  • 20 thud

    1. noun
    (a dull sound like that of something heavy falling to the ground: He dropped the book with a thud.) būkšķis
    2. verb
    (to move or fall with such a sound: The tree thudded to the ground.) nobūkšķēt
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    būkšķis; lidmašīnas katastrofa; nobūkšķēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > thud

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  • fall over something — ˌfall ˈover sb/sth derived no passive to hit your foot against sth when you are walking and fall, or almost fall Syn: trip over • I rushed for the door and fell over the cat in the hallway. see also ↑fall …   Useful english dictionary

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  • fall on something — …   Useful english dictionary

  • fall upon something — …   Useful english dictionary

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