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['sentəns] 1. noun1) (a number of words forming a complete statement: `I want it', and `Give it to me!' are sentences.) teikums2) (a punishment imposed by a lawcourt: a sentence of three years' imprisonment; He is under sentence of death.) spriedums2. verb((usually with to) to condemn to a particular punishment: He was sentenced to life imprisonment.) piespriest sodu; notiesāt* * *spriedums; teikums; domu grauds, sentence; notiesāt, piespriest -
2 commute
[kə'mju:t]1) (to travel regularly between two places, especially between home in the suburbs and work in the city.) regulāri braukāt2) (to change (a criminal sentence) for one less severe: His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.) mīkstināt (sodu)•- commuter* * *aizstāt; mīkstināt; pārslēgt; komutēt; regulāri braukāt
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