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1 ruin
['ru:in] 1. noun1) (a broken, collapsed or decayed state: the ruin of a city.) drupas; gruveši2) (a cause of collapse, decay etc: Drink was his ruin.) posts; bojāeja3) (financial disaster; complete loss of money: The company is facing ruin.) sabrukums; bankrots; krahs2. verb1) (to cause ruin to: The scandal ruined his career.) sagraut; iznīcināt2) (to spoil; to treat too indulgently: You are ruining that child!) bojāt; lutināt•- ruined
- ruins
- in ruins* * *sabrukums, bojāeja; drupas, gruveši; izpostīt, sagraut; pazudināt; izputināt -
2 to bring to ruin
izputināt; izpostīt -
3 to go to rack and ruin
sabrukt; aiziet postā -
4 to go to wrack and ruin
iet pilnīgi bojā; aiziet galējā postā -
5 to reduce to ruin
sagraut -
6 to ruin one's life
izpostīt savu dzīvi -
7 wrack and ruin
pilnīga bojāeja; galējs posts -
8 go to rack and ruin
(to get into a state of neglect and decay.) aiziet postā; nonīkt -
9 destroy
[di'stroi]1) (to put an end to or make useless; to ruin: Vandals destroyed the painting.) iznīcināt; sagraut; izpostīt2) (to kill (animals): This poison destroys rats.) iznīcināt•* * *sagraut, iznīcināt -
10 destruction
1) (the act or process of destroying or being destroyed: the destruction of the city.) iznīcināšana; sagraušana2) (the state of being destroyed; ruin: a scene of destruction.) postījumi•- destructively
- destructiveness* * *sagraušana, izpostīšana; posta cēlonis -
11 downfall
noun (a disastrous fall, especially a final failure or ruin: the downfall of our hopes.) pagrimums; bojāeja* * *lietusgāze; pagrimums; bojāeja -
12 on the rocks
(in a state of ruin or of great financial difficulty: Their marriage is on the rocks; The firm is on the rocks.) apdraudēts; ‘uz sēkļa', naudas grūtībās* * *ar ledu; uz sēkļa; naudas grūtībās; uzskrējis uz klints; neizdevies -
13 rack
I [ræk] noun(a frame or shelf in or on which objects (eg letters, plates, luggage etc) are put until they are wanted or needed: Put these tools back in the rack; Put your bag in the luggage-rack.) plaukts; nodalījumsII [ræk] III [ræk]* * *izpostīšana, izputināšana; barības galds; pakaramais; bagāžas tīkls, plaukts; statīvs, balsts; kāķis, moku rats; nokāst -
14 road
[rəud]1) (a strip of ground usually with a hard level surface for people, vehicles etc to travel on: This road takes you past the school; ( also adjective) road safety.) ceļš2) ((often abbreviated to Rd when written) used in the names of roads or streets: His address is 24 School Road.) ceļš; iela3) (a route; the correct road(s) to follow in order to arrive somewhere: We'd better look at the map because I'm not sure of the road.) ceļš; virziens4) (a way that leads to something: the road to peace; He's on the road to ruin.) ceļš•- road map
- roadside
- roadway
- roadworks
- roadworthy
- roadworthiness
- by road* * *ceļš, šoseja; iela; dzelzceļš; līdzeklis, veids; reids; štreks -
15 spoil
[spoil]past tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) []bojāt2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) []lutināt•- spoils- spoilt
- spoilsport* * *laupījums; peļņa, labums; ieguvums; valsts amati; izrakta zeme; bojāt; sabojāt; bojāties; sabojāties; lutināt; aplaupīt -
16 subvert
[səb'və:t](to overthrow or ruin completely (eg a person's morals, loyalty, arguments, a government).) iedragāt; graut; gāzt- subversive* * *gāzt -
17 undoing
noun ((the cause of) ruin or disaster: Gambling was his undoing.) posts; bojāeja* * *atpogāšana, atraisīšana, atvēršana; likvidēšana, anulēšana; bojāeja, posts; posta cēlonis -
18 go to the dogs
(to be ruined, especially to ruin oneself.) izputēt -
19 make a mess of
1) (to make dirty, untidy or confused: The heavy rain has made a real mess of the garden.) sajaukt; piegružot2) (to do badly: He made a mess of his essay.) sabojāt; saputrot3) (to spoil or ruin (eg one's life): He made a mess of his life by drinking too much.) sabojāt, sagandēt -
20 throw a spanner in the works
(to frustrate or ruin (a plan, system etc).) bāzt spieķus riteņos; traucēt
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