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1 dear
[diə] 1. adjective1) (high in price: Cabbages are very dear this week.) drag2) (very lovable: He is such a dear little boy.) ljubek3) ((with to) much loved: She is very dear to me.) ljubezniv4) (used as a polite way of addressing someone, especially in a letter: Dear Sir.) spoštovani2. noun1) (a person who is lovable or charming: He is such a dear!) srček, ljubica2) (a person who is loved or liked (especially used to address someone): Come in, dear.) dragi, draga•- dearly- dear
- dear! / oh dear!* * *I [diə]adjective ( dearly adverb)drag, dragocen; ljubljen; očarljiv, ljubek; visok (cena); spoštovanII [diə]adverbdrago; zelofiguratively to pay dear for — drago plačatiIII [diə]nounljubček, ljubica; očarljiva osebawhat dears they are! — kako so ljubki!IV [diə]interjectionoh dear!, dear me!, dear heart alive! — jojmene, za božjo voljo! -
2 sir
[sə:]1) (a polite form of address (spoken or written) to a man: Excuse me, sir!; He started his letter `Dear Sirs,...'.) gospod2) (in the United Kingdom, the title of a knight or baronet: Sir Francis Drake.) sir* * *[sə:]1.noun(zvalnik) gospod!yes, sir — da, gospod!obsolete gospod(ar), zapovednik; (v pismu) spoštovani gospod; plemiški naslov baroneta in viteza ( knight), ki se stavi vedno pred krstno ime (Sir Winston Churchill, colloquially Sir Winston); naslov sir — se daje dečku v znak graje, ukora, negodovanjasir! — gospod!sirs! — gospodje!(ironično) sir critic! — gospod kritik!I beg your pardon, sir — oprostite, gospod!;2.transitive verbdon't sir me! — ne reci(te) mi gospod! -
3 Yours faithfully
(a polite way of ending a formal (usually business) letter which starts with `Dear Sir` or `Dear Madam`. In American English `Sincerely yours` or `Truly yours` is used.) s spoštovanjem -
4 lady
['leidi]1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) gospa, ženska; ženski2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) dama3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) Lady; dama•- ladylike- Ladyship
- ladybird* * *I [léidi]noungospa, dama; plemkinja; naslov za žene angl. plemičev (nižjih od vojvod) in hčerke vojvod, markizov in grofov; gospodaricapoetically ženska; vulgar & archaic žena, soproga, zaročenka, draga, ljubljenka; za označevanje poklicev ženskega spola ( lady-doctor — zdravnica, lady-president — predsednica); colloquially his young lady — njegovo deklehumorously the old lady — moja "stara"Our Lady — Naša Gospa, mati božjaAmerican ladies' room — javno stranišče za ženskeII [léidi]intransitive verb to lady it — igrati damo
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