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waste time

  • 1 waste time

    (to avoid spending time; to spend time unnecessarily: Take my car instead of walking, if you want to save time; We mustn't waste time discussing unimportant matters.) taupīt/šķiest laiku

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  • 2 time

    1. noun
    1) (the hour of the day: What time is it?; Can your child tell the time yet?) Cik pulkstenis?
    2) (the passage of days, years, events etc: time and space; Time will tell.) laiks
    3) (a point at which, or period during which, something happens: at the time of his wedding; breakfast-time.) laiks
    4) (the quantity of minutes, hours, days etc, eg spent in, or available for, a particular activity etc: This won't take much time to do; I enjoyed the time I spent in Paris; At the end of the exam, the supervisor called `Your time is up!') laiks
    5) (a suitable moment or period: Now is the time to ask him.) laiks; brīdis
    6) (one of a number occasions: He's been to France four times.) reize
    7) (a period characterized by a particular quality in a person's life, experience etc: He went through an unhappy time when she died; We had some good times together.) laiks
    8) (the speed at which a piece of music should be played; tempo: in slow time.) temps; takts
    2. verb
    1) (to measure the time taken by (a happening, event etc) or by (a person, in doing something): He timed the journey.) uzņemt laiku
    2) (to choose a particular time for: You timed your arrival beautifully!) izvēlēties (īpašu) laiku
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    - timelessly
    - timelessness
    - timely
    - timeliness
    - timer
    - times
    - timing
    - time bomb
    - time-consuming
    - time limit
    - time off
    - time out
    - timetable
    - all in good time
    - all the time
    - at times
    - be behind time
    - for the time being
    - from time to time
    - in good time
    - in time
    - no time at all
    - no time
    - one
    - two at a time
    - on time
    - save
    - waste time
    - take one's time
    - time and time again
    - time and again
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    laiks; termiņš; laikmets, laiks; dzīves laiks, mūžs; darba laiks; reize; cietumlaiks; takts; izvēlēties piemērotu laiku; noteikt laiku; uzņemt laiku; ievērot ritmu, sist takti; regulēt

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  • 3 waste

    [weist] 1. verb
    (to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) tērēt; šķiest
    2. noun
    1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) paliekas; atkritumi
    2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) izšķiešana; velta tērēšana
    3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) tuksnesis; plašumi
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    - wasteful
    - wastefully
    - wastefulness
    - waste paper
    - wastepaper basket
    - waste pipe
    - waste away
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    tuksnesis, tukša vieta; izšķiešana; zudums, nožuvums, nodilums, noplūde; lūžņi, atgriezumi, makulatūra, paliekas, atkritumi; īpašuma bojāšana; izdalījumi; izšķiest; izputināt, izpostīt; novārdzināt; nīkt, vārgt; neapstrādāts, tuksnesīgs; nevajadzīgs, lieks; izmantots; nopostīts, izpostīts

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  • 4 waste of time

    laika izšķiešana

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  • 5 sheer waste of time

    veltīga laika šķiešana

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  • 6 dawdle

    ['do:dl]
    (to waste time especially by moving slowly: Hurry up, and don't dawdle!) slaistīties
    - dawdling
    * * *
    dīkdienis, slaists; slaistīšanās; slaistīties

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  • 7 dilly-dally

    [dili'dæli]
    (to waste time especially by stopping often: She's always dilly-dallying on the way to school.) kavēties; niekoties
    * * *
    tūļāties, vilcināties; niekoties

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  • 8 discipline

    ['disiplin] 1. noun
    1) (training in an orderly way of life: All children need discipline.) disciplīna
    2) (strict self-control (amongst soldiers etc).) disciplīna; disciplinētība
    2. verb
    1) (to bring under control: You must discipline yourself so that you do not waste time.) disciplinēt
    2) (to punish: The students who caused the disturbance have been disciplined.) sodīt (par disciplīnas pārkāpumu)
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    * * *
    disciplīna; disciplinētība; sods; disciplinēt; sodīt

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  • 9 lose

    [lu:z]
    past tense, past participle - lost; verb
    1) (to stop having; to have no longer: She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.) []zaudēt
    2) (to have taken away from one (by death, accident etc): She lost her father last year; The ship was lost in the storm; He has lost his job.)
    3) (to put (something) where it cannot be found: My secretary has lost your letter.) pazaudēt
    4) (not to win: I always lose at cards; She lost the race.) paspēlēt; zaudēt
    5) (to waste or use more (time) than is necessary: He lost no time in informing the police of the crime.) nokavēt; palaist garām
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    - loss
    - lost
    - at a loss
    - a bad
    - good loser
    - lose oneself in
    - lose one's memory
    - lose out
    - lost in
    - lost on
    * * *
    zaudēt; pazaudēt; nokavēt, palaist garām; paspēlēt, zaudēt; ciest zaudējumus; atpalikt; pazust, iet bojā

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  • 10 saver

    noun (a person or thing that saves, avoids waste etc: The telephone is a great time-saver.) glābējs; taupītājs
    * * *
    taupītājs; taupīgs cilvēks; glābējs

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  • 11 thorough

    1) ((of a person) very careful; attending to every detail: a thorough worker.) cītīgs; kārtīgs; rūpīgs
    2) ((of a task etc) done with a suitably high level of care, attention to detail etc: His work is very thorough.) pamatīgs; pilnīgs
    3) (complete; absolute: a thorough waste of time.) galīgs; pilnīgs
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    - thoroughness
    - thoroughfare
    * * *
    pamatīgs, pilnīgs

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См. также в других словарях:

  • waste time — index procrastinate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • waste time — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, consume time, dabble, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, doodle, drag, falter, flag, footle, fribble, fritter away time, goof off, halt, kill time, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag …   Moby Thesaurus

  • waste time — verb To allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner …   Wiktionary

  • waste time — squander time …   English contemporary dictionary

  • waste time —    American to masturbate    It is suggested that the time would be better spent with a sexual partner …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • waste time — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. malinger, dawdle, drift, goof off*, skive* (British); see also loaf 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • waste-time — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Time management — is commonly defined as the various means by which people effectively use their time and other closely related resources in order to make the most out of it. [The Concise Dictionary of Business Management, by David A. Statt, Taylor Francis Group… …   Wikipedia

  • time is money — ► used to say that if you waste time you are also losing money: »For the oil industry time is money, and in most cases it s cheaper to pay compensation and move to another site than wait for a board hearing. Main Entry: ↑time …   Financial and business terms

  • time is of the essence — ► used to say that you should not wait or waste time before doing something important or urgent: »Environmentalists argue that time is of the essence in redirecting transportation money from roads to transit. Main Entry: ↑time …   Financial and business terms

  • to waste time — procrastinate, cause time to go by without accomplishing an outstanding task …   English contemporary dictionary

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