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as firm as a vice

  • 1 vice

    I noun
    (a kind of strong tool for holding an object firmly, usually between two metal jaws: The carpenter held the piece of wood in a vice; He has a grip like a vice.) primež
    II noun
    1) (a serious moral fault: Continual lying is a vice.) pregreha
    2) (a bad habit: Smoking is not one of my vices.) razvada
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    I [váis]
    noun
    pregreha, pregrešnost, pokvarjenost, sprijenost, razvratnost, nemoralno življenje; napaka, grda navada, razvada, slabost; (telesna) hiba; izroditev, spačenost (stila)
    my horse has one vice, he can't stand blinkers — moj konj ima eno hibo, ne more prenašati plašnic
    to inveigh against the vices — bičati razvratnost, pregrehe
    II [váis]
    1.
    noun
    technical
    primež, primož; precep
    a vice-like grip — železen, močan prijem (stisk)
    to grip like a vice — prijeti, zgrabiti kot primež;
    2.
    transitive verb
    stisniti, ukleščiti (s primežem), priviti; utrditi, držati kot v primežu, stisniti v primež
    III [váis]
    noun
    colloquially predpredsednik; podravnatelj, pomočnik direktorja
    IV [váisi]
    preposition
    namesto (koga, česa)
    he was appointed director vice Mr. Smith, who resigned — bil je imenovan za direktorja namesto g. Smitha, ki je odšel v pokoj

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