navoj na vijaku

1) (a thin strand of cotton, wool, silk etc, especially when used for sewing: a needle and some thread.) nit

2) (the spiral ridge around a screw: This screw has a worn thread.) navoj

3) (the connection between the various events or details (in a story, account etc): I've lost the thread of what he's saying.) nit

1) (to pass a thread through: I cannot thread this needle; The child was threading beads.) vdeti nit

2) (to make (one's way) through: She threaded her way through the crowd.) preriniti se

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- threadbare

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nit, nitka, sukanec, dreta, preja; vlakno; vlakno (v mesu, stročnicah); las, kocina, volna (ovce, koze, kamele); pajčevina; botany prašnik; technical navoj (vijaka); mineralogy tanka žila; figuratively nit (misli, govora), zveza, povezanost; življenjska nit

thread and thrum — dobro in slabo

thread lace — čipka iz platna, bombaža

the thread of life — nit življenja

the thread of a screw — navoj na vijaku

Lisle thread — sukanec iz mesta Lille

my suit is worn to the last thread — moja obleka je do kraja ponošena

to cut one's mortal thread — figuratively napravili samomor, skrajšati si življenje

to gather up the threads figuratively sestaviti, povzeti

he had not a dry thread on him — ene (same) suhe nitke ni bilo na njem

I haven't a thread fit to wear — prav ničesar nimam, kar bi oblekel

his life hung by a thread — njegovo življenje je viselo na nitki

to lose the thread of — izgubiti nit (zvezo), zatakniti se, obtičati v (po)govoru

to take things thread and thrum figuratively vzeti dobro s slabim

to take up the thread of a narrative — nadaljevati prekinjeno pripovedovanje

vdeti (nit, sukanec v šivanko); technical izrezati navoje (v vijake); (na)nizati (bisere); posuti ( with z); napolniti, vložiti (film) (v filmsko kamero); viti se skozi

to thread a crowd — zvijati se, (pre)riniti se skozi množico; intransitive verb preriniti se skozi

he threaded (his way) through the undergrowth — zvijal se je, delal si je pot skozi podrast (hosto)

- tap-dancing

1) (to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.) izkoriščati

2) (to attach a device to (someone's telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.) prisluškovati

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(vodovodna, plinska itd.) pipa; čep, veha (pri sodu itd.); nastavljen sod; colloquially pijača, vrsta pijače; colloquially tip, vrsta, medicine cevka, cevčica; technical sveder za vrtanje; navoj vijaka; colloquially krčma, pivnica, točilnica; technical odcep(ek); electrical odjemalec toka; telefonska naprava za prisluškovanje telefonskih pogovorov

on tap — nastavljen (o sodu); figuratively na voljo, v poljubni količini

cask is on tap — sod je nastavljen, načet

beer is on tap — pivo se toči (iz soda)

hot-(water) tap — pipa za toplo vodo

to turn the tap on (off) — odpreti (zapreti) pipo

nastaviti pipo (pri sodu); načeti, odpreti, začeti točiti; medicine punktirati; napraviti odcep (ceste, cevovoda, telefonske napeljave); (za)rezati drevo in izvleči sok; vključiti v svoje področje, v svojo interesno sfero; izprositi ( for kaj); izkoriščati; electrical sprejeti; technical izvrtati notranje navoje pri vijaku; intransitive verb delati kot natakar v točilnici; prisluškovati telefonskim pogovorom

to tap the admiral nautical slang krasti (pijačo) iz soda

to tap a cask — nastaviti sod

to tap capital — načeti kapital

to tap a new market — odpreti novo tržišče

to tap s.o. for money, for information — (skušati) izvrtati, izvleči iz koga denar, informacije

to tap a telephone wire, to tap the telephone — skrivaj prisluškovati telefonskemu razgovoru (z žice) s posebno napravo

to tap a subject — začeti pogovor o kakem predmetu

(lahen) udarec, potrepljanje; lahno trkanje (at na); zaplata (na podplatu čevlja); military American znak (s trobento ipd.) za nočni počitek

tap dance — step (ples)

tap dancer — plesalec stepa

to give s.o. a tap on the shoulder — potrepljati koga po rami

transitive verb & intransitive verb

rahlo udariti, dotakniti se, dregniti, krcniti, potrepljati, (po)trkati (at na); pretrkati; American zakrpati (čevlje), popraviti z zaplato

to tap at the door — potrkati na vrata

to tap s.o.'s fingers — krcniti koga po prstih

to tap one's foot — udariti z nogo (ob tla)

to tap s.o. upon ( —ali on) the shoulder — potrepljati koga po rami