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I noun1) (act of flying: the flight of a bird.) let2) (a journey in a plane: How long is the flight to New York?) polet3) (a number of steps or stairs: A flight of steps.) skupina stopnic4) (a number of birds etc flying or moving through the air: a flight of geese; a flight of arrows.) jata•- flighty- flight deck
- in flight See also:- fly 2II noun(the act of fleeing or running away from an enemy, danger etc: The general regarded the flight of his army as a disgrace.) pobeg* * *I [flait]nounletenje, polet, odlet; minevanje; jata; colloquially zarod ptičev v istem letnem času; razdalja, ki se da preleteti; stopniščna rama; serija; tekmovanje v streljanju z lokom; puščicain the first flight — na najvišjem položaju, najboljšiflight of missiles — toča izstrelkov, krogelII [flait]nounpobeg, nagel umikto betake o.s. to flight, to take (to) flight — pobrisati jo, zbežatiIII [flait]transitive verb & intransitive verbstreljati leteče ptice; seliti se v jatah; leteti; v beg pognati, zapoditi
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(a) flight of fancy — an idea which shows a lot of imagination but which is not practical or useful in real situations. You were talking about cycling across the US, or was that just another flight of fancy? … New idioms dictionary
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