biti v dobrem položaju

1) (the solid part of the surface of the Earth which is covered by the sea: We had been at sea a week before we saw land.) kopno

2) (a country: foreign lands.) dežela

3) (the ground or soil: He never made any money at farming as his land was poor and stony.) zemlja

4) (an estate: He owns land/lands in Scotland.) zemljišče

1) (to come or bring down from the air upon the land: The plane landed in a field; They managed to land the helicopter safely; She fell twenty feet, but landed without injury.) pristati

2) (to come or bring from the sea on to the land: After being at sea for three months, they landed at Plymouth; He landed the big fish with some help.) pristati, potegniti na obalo

3) (to (cause to) get into a particular (usually unfortunate) situation: Don't drive so fast - you'll land (yourself) in hospital/trouble!) pristati

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- landing

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kopno, zemlja; dežela; zemljišče, tla; posestvo; figuratively področje; plural nepremičnine; polje (del med dvema brazdama puškine cevi)

by land — po kopnem

by land and sea — po kopnem in po morju

the land of dreams — kraljestvo sanj

the land of the living — tostranstvo, ta svet

the fat of the land — obilje

the land of the leal — raj

the lay of the land — topografska lega

native land — domovina

land of Nod — spanec

the Holy Land — sveta dežela

the Promised Land — obljubljena dežela

land of cakes — ali land of the thistle — Škotska

back to the land — nazaj na dežslo

to go on the land — oditi v vas, postati kmetovalec

nautical to make the land — zagledati kopno, pristati

to come to land — dospeti v pristanišče

nautical land ho! — kopno na vidiku!

to lay ( —ali shut in) the land — zgubiti kopno z vidika

to see how the land lies — videti od kod veter piha, videti kakšno je stanje

(ljudi, robo) izkrcati (at v); izvleči (ribo); (potnike) pripeljati, odložiti; spraviti (koga v težave); colloquially udariti, usekati koga; colloquially ujeti, dobiti; sport pripeljati na cilj (konja), spraviti (žogo) v gol;

pristati (ladja, avion), dospeti, izkrcati se; ujeti se (po skoku); sport colloquially priti v cilj

the cab landed him at the station — taksi ga je pripeljal do postaje

he was landed in the mud — pristal je v blatu

to land s.o. in difficulties — spraviti koga v težave

to land s.o. with s.th. — obesiti komu kaj na vrat

to land o.s. in — ali to be landed in — zabresti v kaj

to land a husband — ujeti, dobiti moža

to land a prize — dobiti nagrado

to land in prison — dospeti v ječo

he landed him one — usekal ga je

to land on s.o. — navaliti na koga

to land a blow — udariti

to land on one's head — pasti na glavo

to land on one's feet — doskočiti na noge

to be nicely landed — biti v dobrem položaju

to land s.o. in a coat that doesn't fit — spraviti koga v zadrego

to land second — biti drugi v cilju

1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sedeti; posaditi

2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) ležati

3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) biti član

4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) sedeti

5) (to undergo (an examination).) opravljati (izpit)

6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) pozirati

7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) zasedati

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- sitter

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sedeti; (o kokoši) sedeti na jajcih, valiti; čepeti; sedeti kot model (slikarju); biti za vzorec; imeti sedež, bivati; ležati; pristajati (o obleki); opravljati službo (navadno) sedé; biti član kakega telesa ( on a jury porote); zastopati v parlamentu ( for koga); imeti sejo, zasedati; sesti (on na); zaposliti se ( over s čim); študirati ( under pri kom);

sedeti (v sedlu), imeti sedež na ( a mule mezgu); posaditi ( the hen on eggs kokošja jajca)

to sit on the bench figuratively biti sodnik

the clothes sit loosely upon him — obleka mu je preohlapna

to sit in Congress — biti član Kongresa

to sit for an examination — opravljati izpit

to sit on the fence politics slang figuratively stati ob strani, ne se opredeliti, biti nevtralen

the guilt sits light on his conscience — ne peče ga vest zaradi krivde

to sit a horse — jahati na konju

to sit in judgement on s.o. — lastiti si pravico sojenja drugih, soditi, kritizirati koga

to sit on one's hands figuratively ne aplavdirati

it sits ill on you — slabó vam (to) pristaja

he sits for Leeds — on zastopa Leeds v parlamentu

to sit for ( —ali to) a painter — sedeti slikarju za model

to sit for one's picture — dati se slikati, sedeti (pozirati) za svojo sliko (portret)

to sit a play through — prisostvovati igri do konca

he is sitting pretty — on je v dobrem položaju, ima dober položaj

to sit pretty slang imeti dobre karte, figuratively dobro se goditi (komu)

it sits heavy on the stomach — to je težko prebavljivo

to sit upon s.o. figuratively sedeti na kom, jahati koga

don't you be sat upon! colloquially ne pusti se hruliti!

to sit tight colloquially ostati neomahljivo na svojem mestu, vztrajati pri stvari

to want to sit — (o kokoši) začeti kokodakati (za valjenje)

to sit well — dobro sedeti (zlasti na konju)

to sit on the throne — sedeti na prestolu, vladati

to know which way the wind sits — vedeti odkod piha veter

his principles sit loose(ly) on him — on svojih načel ne jemlje resno

slang see situation