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  • 1 shade

    [ʃeid] 1. noun
    1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) ēna
    2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) gaismēna
    3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) nojume; markīze; saulessargs
    4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) tonis; nokrāsa
    5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) mazumiņš
    2. verb
    1) ((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 tumšāku
    3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) veidot krāsu pāreju; (par krāsām) pāriet
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    - shades
    - shading
    - shady
    - shadiness
    - put in the shade
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    ēna; nianse, nokrāsa; mazumiņš; pustumsa, krēsla; markīze; abažūrs; loga aizklājs; aizsargstikls; gars; aptumšot; aizēnot; ēnot; mainīt nokrāsu; izzust; mīkstināt; nedaudz pazemināt

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  • 2 improvise

    1) (to compose and perform (a poem, tune etc) without preparation: The pianist forgot his music and had to improvise.) improvizēt
    2) (to make (something) from materials that happen to be available, often materials that are not normally used for that purpose: They improvised a shelter from branches and blankets.) sameistarot
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    * * *
    improvizēt; uz ātru roku pagatavot

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  • 3 cover

    1. verb
    1) (to put or spread something on, over or in front of: They covered (up) the body with a sheet; My shoes are covered in paint.) apsegt; apklāt
    2) (to be enough to pay for: Will 10 dollars cover your expenses?) aptvert; ietvert
    3) (to travel: We covered forty miles in one day.) noiet; nobraukt; noskriet
    4) (to stretch over a length of time etc: His diary covered three years.) aptvert
    5) (to protect: Are we covered by your car insurance?) apdrošināt; nodrošināties
    6) (to report on: I'm covering the race for the local newspaper.) rakstīt reportāžu; ziņot
    7) (to point a gun at: I had him covered.) mērķēt; turēt šāviena attālumā
    2. noun
    1) (something which covers, especially a cloth over a table, bed etc: a table-cover; a bed-cover; They replaced the cover on the manhole.) apvalks; pārvalks; apsegs; apvāks; vāks; aploksne
    2) (something that gives protection or shelter: The soldiers took cover from the enemy gunfire; insurance cover.) paslēptuve; patvērums
    3) (something that hides: He escaped under cover of darkness.) aizsegs
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    - covering
    - cover-girl
    - cover story
    - cover-up
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    apsegs, apvalks; sega; vāks; apvāks, iesējums; aploksne; paslēptuve, patvērums; aizsegs; apdrošinājums; galda piederumi; apklāt, apsegt; apslēpt, paveikt; slēpt; noslēpt; aptvert; nobraukt, noiet, noskriet; atbilst; izsmeļoši ziņot; segt; nosegt

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  • 4 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
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    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
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    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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  • shelter — [[t]ʃe̱ltə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ shelters, sheltering, sheltered 1) N COUNT A shelter is a small building or covered place which is made to protect people from bad weather or danger. The city s bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids. ...a …   English dictionary

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