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adj 1. nježan, fin, tanak, sitan 2. lijep, krasan, naočit, lijepo građen, stasit, divan 3. uglađen, elegantan, plemenit; profinjen; izvrstan, odličan, osobit, savršen, izvanredan, kvalitetan 4. [iron] lijep, krasan 5. [vulg] prepreden, lukav 6. oštar, nabrušen (nož); zašiljen (pero, olovka); čist, rafiniran (metal) 7. jasan, vedar, lijep (vrijeme, dan) / (the) # arts = likovne umjetnosti; # adjustmentscrew = mikrometarski vijak; a # pencil = tvrda olovka; a # distinction = istančano razlikovanje, oštro diferenciranje; [iron] a # friend you have been! = lijep si mi ti prijatelj!; # weather = vedro, lijepo vrijeme; one # day = jednog lijepog dana; # feathers = kićena haljina; # feathers make # birds = odijelo čini čovjeka; to say # things about a p = hvaliti koga, govoriti laskavo o kome; to call things by # names = ružne stvari nazvati lijepim riječima; # art publisher = izdavač umjetničkih djela; # middling = srednje kakvoće, kvalitete; that is all very # but =...to je sve lijepo, ali...* * *
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s 1. ptica 2. [sl] djevojka / little # = neki nepoznati doušnik; [fig] old # = lukavac, lisac, oprezan čovjek; #s of a feather = ljudi istoga kova; #s of a feather flock together = svaka ptica svome jatu leti; # in hand = siguran dobitak; # in bush = na vrbi svirala, nesigurna stvar; a # in the hand is worth two in the bush = bolji je vrabac u ruci nego golub na grani; early # = [fig] rana ptica, ranoranilac; the early # catches the worm = tko rano rani dvije sreće grabi; the # has (is) flown = [fig] ptičica je odletjela, zatvorenik je pobjegao; [fig] to kill two #s with one stone = jednim udarcem ubiti dvije muhe; [fig] to give the person the # = koga izviždati, isfućkati; to get the # = biti izviždan, biti isfućkan; # of Jove = orao; # of Juno = paun; # of paradise = rajska ptica; [fig] fine feathers make fine #s = odijelo čini čovjeka; [fig] a little # told me = neki neznanac mi je to rekao, moj mali prst mi je to rekao; to do something like a # = učiniti što drage volje; to sing like a # = pjevati kao ptica; # of prey = ptica grabljivica; # of passage = ptica selica ([fig])* * *
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