biti zakrknjen

1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) trd

2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) težek

3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) trd

4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) oster

5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) težek

6) ((of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added: The water is hard in this part of the country.) trd

1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) hudo, trdo, dobro

2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) močno

3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) nepremično

4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) popolnoma

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- harden

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trd; trden; težak, težaven, naporen; žilav, zdržljiv, odporen; močan, silen; priden, delaven, zmožen; strog, nepopustljiv, neusmiljen; trd, mrzel, oster (podnebje); economy pod težkimi pogoji, oster, visok (cena); težko razumljiv, težko izvedljiv; preudaren, trd (gospodarstvenik); rezek, močen (pijača); grammar trd (glas, soglasnik)

to be hard on s.o. — biti prestrog s kom

to be hard upon s.o. — biti komu za petami

to be a hard case — biti zakrknjen

hard of belief — nejeveren

hard to believe — težko verjeten

hard to imagine — kar si kdo težko predstavlja

hard to please — ki se mu težko ugodi

a hard blow — težak udarec, silen udarec

as hard as brick — trd kakor kamen

sport in hard condition — v dobri formi

hard drinking — pijančevanje

hard of digestion — težko prebavljiv

to drive a hard bargain — ne popustiti pri kupčiji

hard facts — neomajna dejstva

hard fare — slaba in nezadostna hrana

hard of hearing — naglušen

hard of heart — trdosrčen

to have a hard head — preudarno razsojati

to have a hard row to hoe — imeti težko nalogo

hard life — težko življenje

hard lines — težko življenje, težko delo, zla usoda

hard liquor — močne (žgane) pijače

hard lot — trda usoda

hard luck — nesreča, "smola"

a hard luck story — jadikovanje

a hard master — strog gospodar

figuratively a hard nut to crack — trd oreh

as hard as nails — žilav, trd kakor drenov les, trd kakor kamen

hard rain — močan dež

hard swearing — kriva prisega

a hard saying — težko razumljive besede; predpis, ki ga je težko izpolnjevati

hard times — težki časi

hard task — težka naloga

to try one's hardest — pošteno se potruditi

hard up — na tesnem z denarjem

hard work — trdo, naporno delo

hard worker — priden delavec

trdo, trdno; težko, hudo, naporno; pridno, hitro; čisto zraven, tik

hard at hand — ali hard by — čisto zraven

hard on — ali hard after — tik za

to be hard hit — biti hudo udarjen, prizadet

to be hard pressed — ali to be hard put to it — biti v hudi stiski, biti na tesnem

to be hard up — biti v denarni stiski

to die hard — težko umreti

to drink hard — močno piti

hard earned — težko zaslužen

to follow hard upon — tesno slediti

hard got — težko pridobljen

to look hard at — nepremično koga gledati, z očmi meriti

hard set — v stiski; trmast; negiben

it will go hard with him — slabo mu kaže, trda mu prede

to run one hard — biti komu za petami

hard upon — takoj nato

to try hard — zelo se potruditi

British English trda obrežna tla; slang prisilno delo; težava; vulgar tudi hard on — erekcija; plural skrbi

1) (advanced in age: an old man; He is too old to live alone.) star

2) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) star

3) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) star

4) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) star

5) (belonging to times long ago: old civilizations like that of Greece.) star

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- old age

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star, postaran, starikav; zastarel, oguljen, ponošen; izkušen; slang sijajen, odličen; obledel (barva), moten (barva)

the old — stari ljudje

young aud old — staro in mlado, vsi

as old as Adam ( —ali the hills) — prastar

old bachelor — zakrknjen samec

old boy — stari prijatelj (zlasti v velelniku)

British English slang old bean ( —ali egg, fellow, fruit, thing, top) — "stari"

old bird — star lisjak, premetenec

old man — "stari" (mož, oče, predstojnik, kapitan ladje itd.)

old man of the sea — vsiljivec, podrepnež

colloquially my old man — moj stari, moj mož

to put off the old man — spremeniti način življenja

old woman — "stara" (žena, mati, predstojnica itd.), bojazljivec, nergač

old hand ( —ali stager) — izkušen človek ali delavec

to be an old hand at — biti izkušen v čem

old hat — zastarel

to grow old — starati se

the same old excuse — ista stara pesem

to have a good ( —ali fine, high) old time — odlično se zabavati

an old head on young shoulders — zrela pamet pri mladem človeku

the old country ( —ali home) — stara domovina

old salt, old whale — star, izkušen mornar

of old standing — že dolgo v navadi, že zdavnaj uveden

slang any old thing — karkoli

British English Old Lady of Threadneedle Street — angleška narodna banka

American Old Glory — ameriška zastava

American Old Man River — vzdevek za reko Mississippi

old moon — pojemajoč mesec

davnina

of old — v davnem času, iz davnine, davno

from old — iz davnine, od nekdaj

times of old — stari časi