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(1982) [MARC] Author: Eizenija Turkina - Tema: Dictionaries, Latvia
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melhiors — melša

M

one’s tongue; man šis vārds ir «-es
galā — the word is on the tip of my
tongue; pievaldi — hold your
tongue!

^melhiors cupronickel, German silver
«nel||i lie; falsehood, crammer sar.;
salti m. — outrageous (downright)
lie, whopper sar.; rupji m. — gross
lie; neveikli m. — white lie;
nevainīgi m. — fib; Jauni m. — black
lie; tie ir m. — it is a lie; pieķert
kādu «-os (pie ~iem) — to catch*
smb. laying (in a lie), to expose
smb. as a liar; & ~iem īsas kājas —
lies have short wings (legs)
«melīgs false, lying, mendacious
melīgums falsity, mendacity
•meliorācijlla land reclamation
(improvement); melioration; «-as
darbi — land-reclamation work
meliorators specialist in land
reclamation

«neliorēt to meliorate; (drenēt) to drain
melis liar, fibber, story-teller
melisa bot. melissa

mēlīte 1. (šautenes) sear, detent amer.;
2. (zvana) clapper, tongue; 3.
(pūšamā instrumenta) reed; 4. (svaru)
tongue pointer
snelkulis liar, fibber, story-teller
mellenājs bilberry bush
mellene bilberry

rnelnacains black-eyed; with black eyes
melnace black-eyed woman* (or girl)
melnacis black-eyed man* (or boy)
melnādainlls black, black-skinned;

~ais lietv. — black man*, black
melnalksnis black alder
melnbalts black-and-white
melnbārdains black-bearded; with a

black beard
melnbārdis black-bearded man*
mēlnesība slander, calumny, tale-telling
mēlnesīgs slanderous, calumnious,
tale-telling

mēlnesis slanderer, calumniator,
taleteller

melnē’lt to show* black; tālumā —ja
mežs — the forest showed black in
the distance
melngans blackish

melnīgsnējs swarthy; of a dark
complexion

melnis black horse
melnkoks ebony
melnmatains black-haired
melnmatis black-haired man*
melnot[ies] sk. melnēt
melnplauka (labības slimība) smut,
brand

melnrakstlls draft, rough copy;
uzrakstīt ~ā — to make* a rough copy
melnlls 1. black; «-ā metalurģija —
ferrous metal industry; «-ais
strazds — thrush; —ā birža pārn. —
illegal exchange; «-ais tirgus pārn. —
black market; m. kā ogle —
coal-black; 2. (netirs) dirty, soiled,
smutty; ~as rokas — dirty hands; <> ~a
nakts — the dead of night;
tumsa — pitch-darkness; maģija —
black art, necromancy; redzēt visu
~ās krāsās — to take* a gloomy
view of things, to see* everything in
the worst light; m. uz balta — in
black and white; strādāt «-ās
miesās — to toil; ne tik, cik m. aiz
naga — not a whit; ļaužu ka m. —
hordes of people
melnstrādnieks unskilled worker; navvy
melnumlls 1. blackness; pa nakts
~u — at the dead of night;
2. (traips) stain, smut, a black spot
melnzemlle black soil; «-es josla —

black soil region (zone, belt)
melodeklamācija recitation to music,

melo-declamation
melodija melody, tune, air
melodika melodies
melodisks melodious, tuneful
melodiskums melodiousness,
tunefulness

melodrāma melodrama
melodramatisks melodramatic[al]
melomāns lover of music
melone melon

mellļot to lie, to tell* tales (lies, fibs),
to whop sar.; m., acīs skatoties —
to tell* a lie to smb.’s face; «-o kā
no grāmatas — he lies like truth, he
lies like a conjurer
melst (pļāpāt) to gossip; (melot) to
lie, to tell* tales (fibs, lies), to whop
sar.; m. niekus — to talk nonsense
(rot), to prate
melša gossip-monger, windbag, liar,
whopper sar.

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