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1 choke down
transitive verb pogoltniti; zatreti; potlačiti -
2 throttle
['Ɵrotl] 1. noun((in engines, the lever attached to) the valve controlling the flow of steam, petrol etc: The car went faster as he opened the throttle.) čok2. verb(to choke (someone) by gripping the throat: This scarf is throttling me!) daviti* * *I [mrɔtl]noun(večinoma dialectal) grlo, golt, sapnik; technical (= throttle lever) plinski pripirnikat full throttle — z vso močjo, s polno brzino, z vsem plinomwith a throttle against the stop — s polno hitrostjo, z vsem plinomto open the throttle — motoring dati plinII [mrɔtl]transitive verb(za)daviti, dušiti; figuratively potlačiti, zadušiti; technical oslabiti delo stroja, pridušiti, zmanjšati hitrost; intransitive verb zadušiti se
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