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s ([pl] wives) žena, baba, supruba / to take to # = uzeti za ženu old wives' tale = bablja priča* * *
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s 1. svijet, zemlja; svemir 2. bitak, život na zemlji, sve što postoji, životinjski svijt; svi ljudi, ljudski život, ljudski odnosi, svjetovni, ovozemaljski duh 3. prosječno (obično) ljudsko društvo, zajednica ljudi, javni život; javnost 4. društveni sloj, društvena klasa 5. svijet pojedinca, okolina, duhovni vidokrug 6. veliko mnoštvo, množina, golem broj, prostranstvo / the # to come = budući život; the lower # = pakao; zemlja; Prince of this # = đavo; # without end = od stolječa do stoljeća; nothing in the # = ništa na svijetu, baš ništa; for all the # like = upravo kao; citizen of the # = svjetski čovvjek, kozmopolit; the wise old # = dobri stari običaji, dobro staro iskustvo; man of the # = iskusan čovjek; all the # and his wife = svi od reda, svikoliki, sav otmjeni, elegantni svijet; [sl] to the # potpuno, sasvim; to begin the # = ući u život; # s away fromm = vrlo udaljen; # s = vrlo mnogo; to carry the # before one = imati sreće (uspjeha) u svijetu; a # of = vrlo mnogo, mnoštvo; not for # s = ni za što na svijetu; all over the # = po cijelom svijetu; to be on top of the # = sjajno se osjećati, biti u sedmom nebu* * *
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