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1 not know someone from Adam
(not to know someone at all.) -
2 Adam
['ædəm] - not know someone from Adam* * *[aedəm]nounAdam, prvi človekAdam's apple anatomy Adamovo jabolkonot to know s.o. from Adam — sploh koga ne poznati -
3 downward(s)
adverb (towards a lower position or state: The path led downward (s) towards the sea.) navzdol* * *[dáunwəd(z)]adverbnavzdoldownward(s) from Adam, from Adam downward(s) — od Adama, že od nekdaj -
4 know
[nəu]past tense - knew; verb1) (to be aware of or to have been informed about: He knows everything; I know he is at home because his car is in the drive; He knows all about it; I know of no reason why you cannot go.) vedeti2) (to have learned and to remember: He knows a lot of poetry.) poznati3) (to be aware of the identity of; to be friendly with: I know Mrs Smith - she lives near me.) poznati4) (to (be able to) recognize or identify: You would hardly know her now - she has become very thin; He knows a good car when he sees one.) prepoznati•- knowing- knowingly
- know-all
- know-how
- in the know
- know backwards
- know better
- know how to
- know the ropes* * *I [nóu]nounvednost, znanjecolloquially to be in the know — vedeti (zaupne stvari), spoznati seII [nóu]1.transitive verbvedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti ( from);2.intransitive verbvedeti (of za, o); spoznati se ( about na)to know one's bussiness — ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes — dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čemI know better than to — nisem tako neumen, da bito know one from the other — razločiti med dvema, razpoznatidon't know him from Adam — nimam pojma, kdo jeto get ( —ali come) to know — spoznati, zvedetito let s.o. know — sporočiti komuto make known — razglasiti, oznanitito make o.s. known to — predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s komto know one's own mind — vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovatinot to know what to make of a thing — ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložitinot that I know — ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano neto know one's place — vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprejto know one's way around — znajti se, spoznati seto know which side one's bread is buttered — vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristito know from a bull's foot — znati razlikovati, znati ločitibefore you know where you are — hipoma, preden se zavešdon't I know it! — pa še kako to vem!he wouldn't know (that) — težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedetiI would have you know that — rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnilI have never known him to lie — kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagalI know of s.o. who — vem za nekoga, kicolloquially not that I know of — ne da bi vedel -
5 old
[əuld]1) (advanced in age: an old man; He is too old to live alone.) star2) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) star3) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) star4) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) star5) (belonging to times long ago: old civilizations like that of Greece.) star•- old age- old boy/girl
- old-fashioned
- old hand
- old maid
- the old* * *I [óuld]adjectivestar, postaran, starikav; zastarel, oguljen, ponošen; izkušen; slang sijajen, odličen; obledel (barva), moten (barva)young aud old — staro in mlado, vsiBritish English slang old bean ( —ali egg, fellow, fruit, thing, top) — "stari"old bird — star lisjak, premetenecold man — "stari" (mož, oče, predstojnik, kapitan ladje itd.)old man of the sea — vsiljivec, podrepnežcolloquially my old man — moj stari, moj možold woman — "stara" (žena, mati, predstojnica itd.), bojazljivec, nergačold salt, old whale — star, izkušen mornarof old standing — že dolgo v navadi, že zdavnaj uvedenslang any old thing — karkoliBritish English Old Lady of Threadneedle Street — angleška narodna bankaAmerican Old Glory — ameriška zastavaAmerican Old Man River — vzdevek za reko MississippiII [óuld]noundavninaof old — v davnem času, iz davnine, davnofrom old — iz davnine, od nekdaj -
6 wine
(a type of alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of grapes or other fruit: two bottles of wine; a wide range of inexpensive wines.) vino* * *[wáin]1.nounvino; vinu podobna pijača (iz raznega sadja in alkohola); medicine raztopina kakega zdravila v vinu; vinsko rdeča barva; figuratively študentovski sestanek pri vinu po večerji; figuratively pijanostAdam's wine humorously vodanew wine in old bottles figuratively mlado vino rado prekipispirit of wine — špirit, alkoholtears of strong wine — kapljice, ki se naredijo na notranji strani kozarca, napolnjenega do polovice s kakim težkim vinom (npr. porto ipd.)over the walnuts and the wine — pri poobedku, po kosilugood wine needs no bush figuratively dobro blago se samo hvali, ne potrebuje reklameto be in wine — biti vinjen, pijan;2.transitive verboskrbeti, pogostiti z vinom; intransitive verb piti vino
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