atvirkščiai

Meaning

on the contrary

Example

I am not angry, on the contrary, I am grateful that you told the truth.

More words at level C1

• bendradarbiavimas cooperation, collaboration
• bendrai paėmus all in all, by and large
• bendrinis common, generic; standard (of a language)
• bruožas trait, feature
• būdingas characteristic, typical
• derinti to combine, to coordinate
• esminis essential, fundamental
• esmė essence, gist

How to learn a word, not just look it up

• How spaced repetition works

  Memory lets a word go along a curve. Spaced repetition puts the next review just before the word slips, so every repeat buys more time than the one before it.

• Learning Lithuanian as an English speaker

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