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1 touch wood
((used as an interjection) to touch something made of wood superstitiously, in order to avoid bad luck: None of the children has ever had a serious illness, touch wood!) tris kartus nusispjauti -
2 touch
1. verb1) (to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else: Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot.) liesti(s)2) (to feel (lightly) with the hand: He touched her cheek.) paliesti3) (to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc: I was touched by her generosity.) sujaudinti4) (to be concerned with; to have anything to do with: I wouldn't touch a job like that.) turėti ką nors bendra su2. noun1) (an act or sensation of touching: I felt a touch on my shoulder.) prisilietimas2) ((often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things: the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch.) lytėjimas3) (a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something: The painting still needs a few finishing touches.) brūkštelėjimas, pataisa4) (skill or style: He hasn't lost his touch as a writer.) įgūdis, sugebėjimas, braižas5) ((in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with touchlines): He kicked the ball into touch.) užribis•- touching- touchingly
- touchy
- touchily
- touchiness
- touch screen
- in touch with
- in touch
- lose touch with
- lose touch
- out of touch with
- out of touch
- a touch
- touch down
- touch off
- touch up
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3 touch off
(to make (something) explode: a spark touched off the gunpowder; His remark touched off an argument.) sukelti sprogimą, įžiebti -
4 reach
[ri: ] 1. verb1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?) pasiekti2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) pasiekti3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) ištiesti ranką, siekti ranka4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) pasiekti, susisiekti su5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) siekti2. noun1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) pasiekiamas nuotolis2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) ranka pasiekiamas atstumas3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) tiesus ruožas -
5 dab
[dæb] 1. past tense, past participle - dabbed; verb(to touch gently with something soft or moist: He dabbed the wound gently with cottonwool.) švelniai nuspaudyti2. noun1) (a small lump of anything soft or moist: a dab of butter.) gumulas, gniužulas2) (a gentle touch: a dab with a wet cloth.) švelnus prisilietimas -
6 feel
[fi:l]past tense, past participle - felt; verb1) (to become aware of (something) by the sense of touch: She felt his hand on her shoulder.) jausti2) (to find out the shape, size, texture etc of something by touching, usually with the hands: She felt the parcel carefully.) (ap)čiupinėti3) (to experience or be aware of (an emotion, sensation etc): He felt a sudden anger.) pajusti4) (to think (oneself) to be: She feels sick; How does she feel about her work?) jaustis5) (to believe or consider: She feels that the firm treated her badly.) manyti, laikyti•- feeler- feeling
- feel as if / as though
- feel like
- feel one's way
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7 sense
[sens] 1. noun1) (one of the five powers (hearing, taste, sight, smell, touch) by which a person or animal feels or notices.) pojūtis2) (a feeling: He has an exaggerated sense of his own importance.) pajautimas3) (an awareness of (something): a well-developed musical sense; She has no sense of humour.) jausmas4) (good judgement: You can rely on him - he has plenty of sense.) sveika nuovoka5) (a meaning (of a word).) prasmė6) (something which is meaningful: Can you make sense of her letter?) mintis, prasmė2. verb(to feel, become aware of, or realize: He sensed that she disapproved.) (pa)justi- senselessly
- senselessness
- senses
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8 tag
[tæɡ] 1. noun1) (a label: a price-tag; a name-tag.) etiketė, kortelė2) (a saying or quotation that is often repeated: a well-known Latin tag.) posakis3) (something small that is added on or attached: a question-tag such as `isn't it?') priedas4) (a children's game in which one player chases the others and tries to touch one of them: to play tag.) liestynės2. verb(to put a tag or label on something: All the clothes have been tagged.) (kam) pritvirtinti etiketę/kortelę- tag on -
9 wish
[wiʃ] 1. verb1) (to have and/or express a desire: There's no point in wishing for a miracle; Touch the magic stone and wish; He wished that she would go away; I wish that I had never met him.) norėti, trokšti2) (to require (to do or have something): Do you wish to sit down, sir?; We wish to book some seats for the theatre; I'll cancel the arrangement if you wish.) norėti, pageidauti3) (to say that one hopes for (something for someone): I wish you the very best of luck.) linkėti2. noun1) (a desire or longing, or the thing desired: It's always been my wish to go to South America some day.) noras, troškimas2) (an expression of desire: The fairy granted him three wishes; Did you make a wish?) noras, pageidavimas3) ((usually in plural) an expression of hope for success etc for someone: He sends you his best wishes.) linkėjimai•- wishing-well -
10 finger
['fiŋɡə] 1. noun1) (one of the five end parts of the hand, sometimes excluding the thumb: She pointed a finger at the thief.) pirštas2) (the part of a glove into which a finger is put.) pirštas3) (anything made, shaped, cut etc like a finger: a finger of toast.) lazdelė2. verb(to touch or feel with the fingers: She fingered the material.) čiupinėti- fingerprint
- fingertip
- be all fingers and thumbs / my fingers are all thumbs
- have something at one's fingertips
- have at one's fingertips
- have a finger in the pie / in every pie
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11 tap
I 1. [tæp] noun(a quick touch or light knock or blow: I heard a tap at the door.) barškinimas, beldimas2. verb((often with at, on or with) to give a light knock (on or with something): He tapped at/on the window.) (pa)barðkinti, (pa)belsti- tap-dancer II 1. [tæp] noun((American faucet) any of several types of device (usually with a handle and valve that can be shut or opened) for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe, barrel etc: Turn the tap off/on!) čiaupas2. verb1) (to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.) pradėti naudoti2) (to attach a device to (someone's telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.) (į ką) įtaisyti klausymosi aparatą
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