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1 merry-go-round
noun ((American carousel) a revolving ring of toy horses etc on which children ride at a fair.) vrtiljak* * *[mérigouraund]nounvrtiljak -
2 merry
['meri]1) (cheerful; noisily or laughingly lively etc: merry children; a merry party.) vesel2) (slightly drunk: He's been getting merry on whisky.) v rožicah•- merrily- merriness
- merriment
- merry-go-round
- merrymaking
- merrymaker* * *I [méri]nounbotany črna divja češnjaII [méri]adjective ( merrily adverb)vesel, živahen; natrkan; smešen, zabaven; archaic prijetento make merry — zabavati se, veseliti seto make merry over — smejati se komu, norčevati se iz kogaa merry Christmas (to you)! — vesel božič!Merry England — vesela, stara Anglija (zlasti za časa Elizabete I.)the Merry Monarch — vzdevek Charlesa II. -
3 roundabout
1) (a revolving machine on which one can ride for pleasure; a merry-go-round.) vrtiljak2) (a circular piece of ground where several roads meet, and round which traffic must travel.) krožno križišče* * *[ráundəbaut]1.noun(dolg) ovinek; krožni promet; vrtiljak; American kratek jopič; plural figuratively ovinkarjenje, dolgovezno govorjenje, hoja okrog (česa); oklevanje, cincanjeto make up on the swings what you lose on the roundabouts figuratively izravnati izguboto lose on the swings what you make on the roundabouts figuratively po mnogem sem in tja biti natančno tam kot na začetku, ničesar ne doseči;2.adjectiveovinkast, po ovinkih; indirekten, posreden; obširen; American tesno se prilegajoč; (redko) okroglast, čokat, tršat, zastaven -
4 carousel
[kærə'sel]((American) a merry-go-round.) vrtiljak* * *[kərusél]nounviteški turnir; vrtiljak
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