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1 beast
[bi:st]1) (a four-footed (especially large) animal: beasts of the jungle.) zver2) (a cruel, brutal person.) grobijan3) (an unpleasant person: Arthur is a beast for refusing to come!) neotesanec•- beastly- beastliness* * *[bi:st]nounžival, govedo, zverina; figuratively surovina, surovež(wild) beast, beast of prey — zverto make a beast of o.s. — nesramno se vestithe Beast — vrag, antikrist -
2 beast/bird of prey
(an animal, eg the lion, or a bird, eg the eagle, that kills and eats others.) roparica -
3 wild beast
[wáildbi:st]noundivja žival, zver -
4 burden
['bə:dn] 1. noun1) (something to be carried: He carried a heavy burden up the hill; The ox is sometimes a beast of burden (= an animal that carries things).) tovor2) (something difficult to carry or withstand: the burden of taxation.) breme2. verb(to put a responsibility etc on (someone): burdened with cares.) obremeniti, naprtiti* * *I [bɜ:dn]nounbreme, tovor; tonaža; figuratively gorje, tegoba; režijski stroški; geology jalova plast; music refren, pripev, spremljava; figuratively osnovna misel, glavni motiv; jedro, bitto be a burden to s.o. — biti komu v bremejuridically burden of proof — obveznost, da se dokaže neutemeljenost nasprotne trditveII [bɜ:dn]transitive verb(o)bremeniti, (na)tovoriti, (ob)težiti, naložiti, nakladati, naprtiti; figuratively zatirati, tlačiti; obdavčiti -
5 beastly
1) (like a beast.) poživinjen2) (disagreeable: What a beastly thing to do!) odvraten* * *I [bí:stli]adjectiveživalski, surov, gnusen, grd; presnet; nizkoten, podelslang beastly shame — nesramnostII [bí:stli]adverb slang vražje, presneto, zelo -
6 den
[den]1) (the home of a wild beast: a lion's den.) brlog2) (a private room for working in etc.) majhna delovna soba* * *I [den]nounbrlog, votlina, skrivališče, jazbinacolloquially delovna sobica; American den of thieves — razbojniško gnezdoII [den]intransitive verbživeti v brloguto den up American colloquially umakniti se v brlog -
7 dragon
['dræɡən](a mythical beast, a usually large, winged, fire-breathing reptile: St George and the dragon.) zmaj* * *[draegən]nounzmaj; strog človek; zoology zvrst domačega goloba; leteča kuščarica; technical oklopen traktor; kratka mušketa -
8 draught
1) (a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn: We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!) vleka; prepih2) (a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping: He took a long draught of beer.) požirek3) (the amount of water a ship requires to float it: a draught of half a metre.) ugrez•- draughts- draughty* * *I [dra:ft]nounpoteza, vlečenje, vleka; načrt, koncept, skica; prepih; požirek; plural dama (igra); razburjenje, živčnost; ugrez, ponor; točenje (iz soda); medicine doza (tekočega zdravila); odmerek; novačenje; četa; ček; menicaslang to feel the draught — imeti težave, na škodi bitiII [dra:ft]transitive verbnačrtati, koncipirati; novačiti, nabirati vojake -
9 jaguar
(a South American beast of prey of the cat family, resembling the leopard.) jaguar* * *[džaegjuə, džaegwa:]nounzoology jaguar -
10 lair
[leə](the den of a wild beast: The bear had its lair among the rocks at the top of the valley.) brlog* * *[lwə]1.nounbrlog, počivališče (živali);2.intransitive verb & transitive verbbiti v brlogu, iti v brlog, počivati v brlogu; peljati v počivališče, napraviti brlog -
11 many-headed
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12 prey
plural; see prey* * *I [préi]nounrop, plen; figuratively žrtevto fall a prey to — postati žrtev koga, česaII [préi]intransitive verbprežati ( upon na), ropati, pleniti; pograbiti, požreti (plen); figuratively prevariti, nasankati, opehariti; figuratively gristi, glodati, težiti, moritito prey on one's mind — ležati na duši, težiti -
13 rapacious
[rə'peiʃəs](greedy (especially for money); eager to seize as much as possible.) grabežljiv- rapaciousness
- rapacity* * *[rəpéišəs]adjective ( rapaciously adverb)grabežljiv, roparski, razbojniški, lakomen, pohlepen, požrešen; ki izmozgava, odirarapacious animal, rapacious beast — zver -
14 ravin
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15 rip off
transitive verb iztrgati, odtrgati
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Beast — (b[=e]st), n. [OE. best, beste, OF. beste, F. b[^e]te, fr. L. bestia.] 1. Any living creature; an animal; including man, insects, etc. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Any four footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beast — beast; beast·ie; beast·i·ly; beast·ings; beast·li·ly; beast·li·ness; beast·man; beast·ly; beast·lings; … English syllables
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beast — [bi:st] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: beste, from Latin bestia] 1.) written an animal, especially a large or dangerous one 2.) old fashioned someone who is cruel or unpleasant ▪ You beast! Let go! 3.) something of a particular type or … Dictionary of contemporary English
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beast|ly — «BEEST lee», adjective, li|er, li|est, adverb. –adj. 1. like a beast; coarse, dirty, or brutal; vile: »The beastly behavior of the savages frightened their prisoners. 2. Informal. very bad or irritating; unpleasant; … Useful english dictionary
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