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1 elbow
['elbəu] 1. noun(the joint where the arm bends: He leant forward on his elbows.) elkonis2. verb(to push with the elbow: He elbowed his way through the crowd.) izlauzt ceļu (pūlī)- at one's elbow* * *elkonis; parocis; līkums; leņķa gabals, līkums; detektīvs, policists; grūstīties ar elkoņiem -
2 at one's elbow
(close to one: The journalist always works with a dictionary at his elbow.) pie rokas; tuvu* * *pie rokas -
3 nudge
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4 stick
I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) []durt; pārdurt2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) iedurties3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) pielīmēt; pielipt; salipt4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) iestrēgt; iestigt; iesprūst•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II [stik] noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) žagars2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) svečturi3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) stublājs; garš gabals; stienītis•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick* * *spieķis, nūja; žagars; zizlis; stienītis, gabals; rokturis; stulbenis; mēbeles; sērija; masts; liknis; iedurt; pielīmēt; pielipt; uzturēties, palikt; iestrēgt; izbāzt; nobāzt, iebāzt; paciest, izturēt; atbalstīt ar kociņu -
5 dig
[diɡ] 1. present participle - digging; verb1) (to turn up (earth) with a spade etc: to dig the garden.) rakt2) (to make (a hole) in this way: The child dug a tunnel in the sand.) []rakt3) (to poke: He dug his brother in the ribs with his elbow.) iegrūst dunku2. noun(a poke: a dig in the ribs; I knew that his remarks about women drivers were a dig at me (= a joke directed at me).) dunka; dzēlīga piezīme- digger- dig out
- dig up* * *dunka; dzēlīga piezīme; izrakumu vieta, izrakumi; īrēta istaba; iekalējs, zubrītājs; kontrabandas slēpnis; uzrakt, rakt; meklēt, rakņāties; iegrūst dunku; novērtēt, saprast; zubrīt, iekalt; satikt -
6 hook
[huk] 1. noun1) (a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc: a fish-hook.) āķis2) (a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it: Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door; hooks and eyes.) āķis3) (in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent: a left hook.) (boksā) āķis2. verb1) (to catch (a fish etc) with a hook: He hooked a large salmon.) noķert (uz āķa zivi)2) (to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks: He hooked the ladder on (to the branch); This bit hooks on to that bit; Could you hook my dress up down the back?) aizāķēt; saāķēt3) (in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed).)•- hooked- by hook or by crook
- off the hook* * *āķis; ķeksis; zaglis; aizāķēt, saāķēt; saliekt āķī; noķert; nozvejot; zagt -
7 jab
[‹æb] 1. past tense, past participle - jabbed; verb(to poke or prod: He jabbed me in the ribs with his elbow; She jabbed the needle into her finger.) dunkāt; durt2. noun(a sudden hard poke or prod: He gave me a jab with his finger; a jab of pain.) dunka; grūdiens* * *grūdiens, dunka; dūriens; pote, injekcija; dunkāt; durt -
8 poke
[pəuk] 1. verb1) (to push something into; to prod: He poked a stick into the hole; He poked her in the ribs with his elbow.) []bikstīt2) (to make (a hole) by doing this: She poked a hole in the sand with her finger.) []bakstīt; []durt3) (to (cause to) protrude or project: She poked her head in at the window; His foot was poking out of the blankets.) izbāzt[]; pabāzt[]2. noun(an act of poking; a prod or nudge: He gave me a poke in the arm.) piebikstīšana; dunka; belziens- poker- poky
- pokey
- poke about/around
- poke fun at
- poke one's nose into* * *kule, maiss; bikstīšana; piebikstīšana; dunka, belziens; slaists; bikstīt; piebikstīt; iedunkāt, iebelzt; iebāzt, izbāzt
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