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1 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) humors; asprātība2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) asprātis; atjautīgs cilvēks3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) atjautība; attapība; apķērība•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits* * *saprāts, prāts; asprātība, atjautība; atjautīgs cilvēks; nojaust, zināt -
2 conversation seasoned with wit
ar asprātībām piebārstīta saruna -
3 dim wit
stulbenis -
4 flash of wit
asprātības dzirksts -
5 half-wit
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6 incandescent wit
spožs prāts -
7 mother wit
iedzimta atjautība -
8 readiness of wit
asprātība -
9 ready wit
attapība -
10 scintillation of wit
asprātības uzliesmojums -
11 shafts of wit
asprātības bultas -
12 to wit
tas ir; proti -
13 trenchant wit
ass prāts -
14 want-wit
kretīns, stulbenis -
15 dazzling
1) (extremely bright: a dazzling light.) žilbinošs2) (colourful; impressive: a dazzling display of wit.) žilbinošs* * *žilbinošs; mulsinošs -
16 dry
1. adjective1) (having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc: The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.) sauss; izkaltis2) (uninteresting and not lively: a very dry book.) sauss; neinteresants3) ((of humour or manner) quiet, restrained: a dry wit.) garlaicīgs; neinteresants4) ((of wine) not sweet.) (par vīnu) sauss; nesaldināts2. verb(to (cause to) become dry: I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.) []slaucīt (pēc mazgāšanas); izkalst; izžūt; žāvēt- dried- drier
- dryer
- drily
- dryly
- dryness
- dry-clean
- dry land
- dry off
- dry up* * *sausums; sauszeme; alkohola aizlieguma piekritējs; vītināt, kaltēt, žāvēt; slaucīt; noslaucīt; izkalst, izžūt; konservēt; apsīkt, izsīkt; izkaltis, sauss; neinteresants, sauss; nesaldināts, sauss; izslāpis; pretalkohola; dzedrs, vēss -
17 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) puse2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) puslaiks2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) pus-2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) pus-3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) daļējs; nepilns3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) pus-2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) daļēji; gandrīz•- half-- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half* * *daļa; pusgads, semestris; bērnu biļete par puscenu; puslaiks; puse; pus; nepilns, daļējs; pa pusei, pus -
18 overshadow
(to make less important especially by being much better than: With her beauty and wit she quite overshadowed her sister.) aizēnot* * *aizēnot, aptumšot -
19 sparkling
1) ((of wines) giving off bubbles of gas.) dzirkstošs; putojošs2) (lively: sparkling humour/wit.) dzirkstošs* * *vizuļojošs, mirdzošs; dzirkstošs, kūsājošs; dzīvīgs, kūsājošs -
20 pass as/for
(to be mistaken for or accepted as: Some man-made materials could pass as silk; His nasty remarks pass for wit among his admirers.) tikt uzskatītam (par kādu citu)
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