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  • 1 quarter

    ['kwo:tə] 1. noun
    1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) ceturtdaļa
    2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) divdesmit pieci centi
    3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) kvartāls
    4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) puse; mala; virziens
    5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) žēlastība
    6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) (kautķermeņa) ceturtdaļa; gurns
    7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) augošs/dilstošs mēness
    8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) (spēles) ceturtdaļa/periods
    9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) ceturksnis
    2. verb
    1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) sadalīt četrās daļās
    2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) dalīt ar četri
    3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) izvietot; izmitināt
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    3. adverb
    (once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) reizi ceturksnī/trijos mēnešos
    4. noun
    (a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) ceturkšņa žurnāls
    - quarter-deck
    - quarter-final
    - quarter-finalist
    - quartermaster
    - at close quarters
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    ceturtdaļa; ceturksnis; kvartāls, ceturksnis; divdesmit piecu centu monēta; ceturtdaļa; puse, vieta; kvartāls; dzīvoklis, mājoklis; kazarmas; aprindas; labvēlība, iecietība; ceturtdaļjūdze; ceturtdaļjūdzes skrējiens; kvarterklājs; sadalīt četrās daļās; izvietot pa dzīvokļiem; mitināties, dzīvot; meklēt; ieiet jaunā fāzē; sacirst gabalos

    English-Latvian dictionary > quarter

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  • two\ cents\ worth — • two cents • feel like two cents noun informal 1. Something not important or very small; almost nothing. Paul was so angry that he said for two cents he would quit the team. When John saw that the girl he was scolding was lame, he felt like two… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • two cents' worth — two cents worth, U.S. Slang. a statement of opinion or point of view: »He is an expert chairman, keeping the discussion firmly to the point and yet giving each speaker the feeling that he is getting in his two cents worth (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

  • two cents worth — (your) two cents (worth) put (your) two cents (worth) in to give your opinion in a conversation, often when it is not wanted. Stay out of this if we want your two cents we ll ask for it! …   New idioms dictionary

  • two cents worth — np Weak advice, opinion. Well, that s my two cents worth. 1940s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • two cents' worth — opinion, comment, chime in    Want to hear my two cents worth? Want my opinion? …   English idioms

  • two cents worth — something one wants to say, opinion He is always talking and I never have a chance to put in my two cents worth …   Idioms and examples

  • Two Cents Worth of Hope — (Due Soldi di Speranza) original film poster Directed by Renato Castellani …   Wikipedia

  • two cents (or two cents' worth) N. Amer. — two cents (or two cents worth) N. Amer. informal an unsolicited opinion. → two …   English new terms dictionary

  • two cents worth — Meaning Offer an opinion. Origin Poker games often required a small bet to be made by a new player before they could join the game. Notionally offering two cents (or two bits) late came to be used as a way of entering your opinion in a… …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • two cents' worth — noun see two cents 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • two cents worth — noun plural see two cents 2 …   Useful english dictionary

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