Autumn is the most melancholy season of the year. When we see the nature languish before the long cold period of winter we somehow feel the same and our mood takes a turn for the worse. Actually I don’t think that the autumn is disliked for that, I think the main reason is that the biggest part of this season people will have to stay at home, because of the bad weather. This year we had luck, as the weather was just perfect. We still can enjoy the last warm rays of the sun; we don’t see heaps of colored leaves. In my humble opinion every season is indispensable to realize how much better are the other seasons of the year. No mater what after autumn will come winter and after winter must come spring the only thing left for us is to wait.

Basketball appeared in Plunge in 1964. The first group of basketball players didn’t achieve any great victories. But still they were the foundators of basketball in our town. The leaders of the team in that time were Salys, Vosylius, Kiudulas and Leliūga. Salys had a good opportunity to join the national basketball team. The next generation of players had much more success. They had won the second place of the LKL championship for several times. From the very beginning their trainer was G.Glikmanas ant the second trainer was Augenijus Jurgutis. The most distinguished players at that time were Midaugas Pranskevičius, Augenijus Vaškys, Dainius Miliūnas, Evaldas Jocys, Arūnas Drąsutis, Tomas Venckūnas; Martynas Slivskis all these players were from Plunge. But there were a lot of players from other towns and even other countries: Dainius Staugaitis from Mažeikiai, Igors Miglinieks from Latvia, Nerijus Zabarauskas Jonava, and Ramūnas Petraitis Kaunas.

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*sudurtinio tarinio vardine dalimi: tom is a clever boy.
*su daiktavardžio, po junginio ‘there is’: there’s a good restourant near my house.
*šaukiamuosiuose sakiniuose: what a nice day.
*po ‘such’: he’s such a good boy.
*daiktavardžio priedėliu: thomas, a third year student, is our friend.
*skaitvardžio one reikįme (reiškinat laiką, atstumą, svorį): I’ll come back in a minute; this path is a kilometre long; I’ll buy a kilogram of bananas.
*prieš skaitvardžius: a dozen, a hundred, a thousand, a million.
*posakiuose: as a rule, to be in a hurry, it’s a shame, to be at a loss, it’s a pity; ypač posakiuose su veiksmažodžiais: to have (a good time, a smoke, a headache), to take (a bath, a shower, a swim), to give (a hand).
*profesijos
*a little, a few.

ankstesnysis – previous
apimti – ride
aplenkti – outstripe
aprūpinimas – supply
apskaičiuoti(apy) – estimate
atitinkamas – adequate
atkariauti – reclaim
atlikti – perform
atstumiantis – appalling
atviras kanalizacijos vamzdys – open-sewer
augti – increase
badas – starvation
baisus – appalling
burtis – swarm
dabar – currently
daugintis – spawn
didėjantis – swelling
drąsa – bravery
drąsiai – gamely
esmė – essence
faktiškai – virtually
garmėti – pour
ginklavimosi varžybos – arms race
greitai augti – mushrooming
greitas – runaway
gyventojas – dweller
įgyti grėsmingą/didelį pavidalą – loom
ilgalaikis – permanent
įsivaizduoti – envisage
iš esmės – virtually
išlaikyti – maintain
išlikimas – survival
įtikinti – convince
įvertinimas – estimate
kaimo vietovė – rural
kametinis – annualy
karštis – sweltering
kentėti – suffer
ketinti – design
kilti – stemme
knibždėti – swarm
kovoti – cope
kryptis – trand
laikyti – hold
leidimas – permit
leisti – allow

attain – gauti
attire – rūbai, drabužiai
briskly – vikriai, smagiai
by rights – tikroji padėtis
canvas – stora drobė
claim – tvirtinti, reikšti pretenzijas
collar – apykaklė
commonplace – kasdienybė
compassionate – pasigailįs
confidence – pasitikėjimas, paslap. išp.
crease – suglamžyti
deliberately – apgalvotai, tyčia
delight – malonumas
endure – tęstis, trukti
espadrilles – lengvi medž. batai
exquisitely – puikiai
felicity – laimė
for works – dėl darbo
garments – drabužiai, apranga
get-up – lengvi rūbai
grin – šypsotis
grossly – nepaprastai
harm – žala
immensely – nepaprastai
laden – vijoklinis
lined – raukšlėtas
notwithstanding – nepaisant
obtain – išgauti, laimėti
odd – atliekamas
passion – aistra
pepper-and-salt – kanapėta viln. medž.
picturesque – vaizdingas
priceless – neįkainojamas
reflection – apgalvojimas, svarstymas
scanty – šykštu
seek – siekti, ieškoti
selfish – savanaudis
spacious – platus, erdvus
suitable – tinkamas
thread – mintis