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1 battle
['bætl] 1. noun(a fight between opposing armies or individuals: the last battle of the war.) bitka2. verb(to fight.) boriti se- battleship* * *I [baetl]nounbitka, bojto do battle — bojevati, vojskovati sethat's half the battle — to je že polovica uspeha, to je ugodnoto fight s.o.'s battles for him — spuščati se v prepir za drugegabattle royal — hud prepir, boj na življenje in smrtII [baetl] -
2 battle-array
[baetlərei]nounbojni red -
3 battle-axe
[baetlæks]nounbojna sekira; helebarda; jocosely ksantipa, zmaj -
4 battle-cruiser
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5 battle-cry
[baetlkrai]nounbojni krik -
6 battle-dress
[baetldres]nounmilitary delovna uniforma -
7 battle-ground
[baetlgraund]nounsee battlefield;figuratively vzrok spora -
8 battle-order
[baetlɔ:də]nounbojno povelje; bojni razpored -
9 battle-piece
[baetlpi:s]nounslika bitke -
10 battle-plane
[baetlplein]nounlovec (letalo) -
11 battle-ship
[baetlšip]nounbojna ladja -
12 line-of battle
[láinəvbaetl]nounarchaic bojna ladja -
13 tide
(the regular, twice-a-day ebbing and flowing movement of the sea: It's high/low tide; The tide is coming in / going out.) plima in oseka- tidal- tidal wave* * *I [táid]nounplima in oseka, plimovanje; valovje; tok, struja; čas, doba; sprememba, preobrat; (redko) ugoden trenutek, priložnosteven tide — večerni čas, večerflood, high tide — plimathe turn of the tide — sprememba sreče; preobratto go with the tide — plavati s tokom, figuratively delati, kar drugi delajothe tide turns — sreča se obrača, je opotečato work double tide — delati noč in dan; naporno delatitake the tide at the tide — izkoristi priliko, kuj železo, dokler je vročeII [táid]intransitive verbteči; plavati s tokom; imeti plimo in oseko; (časovno) segati; izpluti oziroma pripluti s plimo; obsolete zgoditi se; transitive verb gnati s plimo, s tokom; figuratively pomagati (komu) (čez težave)to tide over s.th. figuratively iti preko česa, prebroditi kaj, prestati kajto tide s.th. up the river — gnati kaj po reki navzgor (o plimi) -
14 charger
noun (formerly, a horse used in battle.) borbeni konj* * *I [čá:džə]nounarchaic velik pladenjII [čá:džə]nounmilitary častniški konj; tožitelj -
15 armistice
((an agreement) stopping fighting (in a war, battle etc): An armistice was declared.) premirje* * *[á:mistis]nounpremirjeArmistice Day — 11. november -
16 battlefield
noun (the place where a battle is, or was, fought: dead bodies covered the battlefield.) bojno polje* * *[baetlfi:ld]nounbojišče -
17 beginning
noun začetek* * *I [bigíniŋ]nounzačetek, nastanek, izvor, izhodiščea bad beginning makes a bad ending — kakor boš sejal, tako boš želto give a beginning to s.th. — povzročiti kajII [bigíniŋ]adjectivezačeten, izviren -
18 engagement
noun the engagement of three new assistants; When shall we announce our engagement?; Have you any engagements tomorrow?; a naval engagement (= battle); ( also adjective) an engagement ring.) zaposlitev; zaroka; obveznost; spopad; zaročen* * *[ingéidžmənt]noundelo, zaposlitev; obveznost, dolžnost; obljuba; zaroka; boj, spopad; najetje, angažma -
19 pitchfork
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20 bloodshed
noun (deaths or shedding of blood: There was much bloodshed in the battle.) prelivanje krvi
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