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1 potato
[pə'teitəu]plural - potatoes; noun1) (a type of plant with round underground stems (called tubers) which are used as a vegetable.) krompir2) (the tuber or tubers: She bought 2 kilos of potatoes.) krompir•* * *[pətéitou]nounkrompir; American slang "tikva", glava; American slang dolarAmerican colloquially small potatoes — malenkost, nepomembni ljudjeslang quite the potato — v redu stvarto drop s.th. like a hot potato — odvreči kaj, od strahu spustiti kaj na tla -
2 mash
[mæʃ] 1. verb(to crush into small pieces or a soft mass: Put in some butter when you mash the potatoes.) stlačiti2. noun(mashed potato: sausage and mash.) krompirjev pire* * *I [mæš]noundrozga, sladovnica, topla živalska krma; kaša, kašnata snovsl — krompirjev pire; figuratively zmešnjavaII [mæš]transitive verbmečkati, tlačiti, drozgatiIII [mæš]nounslang zaljubljenost; ženskar, gizdalin; ljubimkanje, flirtIV [mæš]transitive verbslang (spolno) privlačiti, zmešati glavo, ljubimkati, flirtatislang to be mashed on — biti zatreskan vkoga -
3 mince
[mins] 1. verb1) (to cut into small pieces or chop finely: Would you like me to mince the meat for you?) sesekljati2) (to walk with short steps, in an unpleasantly dainty or delicate way: She minced over to him.) drobencljati2. noun(meat (usually beef) chopped up into small pieces: mince and potatoes.) sesekljano meso- mincer- mincing
- mincingly
- mincemeat* * *I [mins]noun(zlasti British English) sesekljano mesoII [mins]1.transitive verb(se)sekljati, razkosati, zmleti meso; figuratively olepšati, ublažiti;2.intransitive verbvesti se prisiljenonot to mince one's words ( —ali matters) — povedati brez ovinkov, naravnost povedatito mince one's steps — drobno hoditi, drobneti -
4 peel
[pi:l] 1. verb1) (to take off the skin or outer covering of (a fruit or vegetable): She peeled the potatoes.) lupiti2) (to take off or come off in small pieces: The paint is beginning to peel (off).) luščiti (se)2. noun(the skin of certain fruits, especially oranges, lemons etc.) lupina- peeler- peelings* * *I [pi:l]nounlupina, luščina (sadja, zelenjave)II [pi:l]1.transitive verblupiti, luščiti; olupiti ( off); sleči (obleko);2.intransitive verblupiti se, luščiti se; sleči seslang to keep one's eye peeld — dobro odpreti oči, pazitiaeronautics to peel off airplanes — posamič spuščati letala (za vzlet)III [pi:l]nountechnical krušni lopar; printing križnikIV [pi:l]nounhistory majhen stolpič na trdnjavi, obrambni stolp -
5 point
[point] 1. noun1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) konica2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) rtič3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) pika4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) točka5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) trenutek6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) točka7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) stran neba8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) točka9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) točka; bistvo10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) smisel11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) (močna/šibka) točka12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) vtičnica2. verb1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) nameriti2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) kazati s prstom3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) zamazati razpoke•- pointed- pointer
- pointless
- pointlessly
- points
- be on the point of
- come to the point
- make a point of
- make one's point
- point out
- point one's toes* * *I [pɔint]nounkonica, bodica, ost (igle, noža, svinčnika, jezika itd.)archaic bodalo, meč; technical koničasta priprava, dleto, šilo, črtalnik, graverska igla; hunting cilj, postojanka (psov); plural udje, okončine (zlasti konjeve), parožki (jelen); grammar pika (tudi full ŋ); printing enota za velikost tiskarskih črk (0,376 mm), izbočena točka v Braillovi pisavi; mathematics točka ( point of intersection sečišče), decimalna pika; točka na zemljevidu, cesti itd.; physics stopinja (temperature na lestvici), stopnja; geography rtič; geography stran neba ( cardinal ŋs glavne strani neba); točka, kraj, mesto, cilj, namen ( point of destination namembni kraj; economy point of entry — vstopno pristanišče); trenutek, moment (odločilni, kritični; at the point of death umirajoč); točka dnevnega reda ( to differ on several ŋs ne strinjati se v več točkah); poanta, bistvo, odlika, svojstvo; cilj, namen, smisel ( there is no point in doing it nima smisla to narediti); poudarek ( to give point to one's words dati poudarek svojim besedam); (karakteristična) poteza, lastnost, odlika (his strong, weak ŋ njegova močna, šibka točka; it has its ŋs ima svoje dobre strani)economy točka pri racioniranju ali ocenjevanju blaga; sport točka ( to lose on ŋs izgubiti po točkah, ŋs win zmaga po točkah); šivana čipka; music znak za ponovitev, karakteristični motiv, tematičen vstavek; military predstraža, izvidnica; British English kretnica; economy to be on points — biti racioniran (blago)economy to put on points — racioniratiat all points — temeljito, popolnoma, v vseh ozirihat the point of — na robu, blizuat the point of the sword — z grožnjo, nasilnoat this point — v tem hipu, na tem mestu (v govoru itd.)beside ( —ali off, away from) the point — neprimeren, ne na mestuto bring to a point — dovršiti, končatito come ( —ali get) to the point — priti k stvari, priti do odločilnega trenutkato give point to s.th. — poudariti kajsport to give points to s.o. — dati komu prednost v igri, figuratively biti močnejšifiguratively nine points — skoraj vse, 90 procentovpossession is nine points of the law — če kaj imaš, imaš vedno pravin point — ustrezen, umestenin point of fact — pravzaprav, resničnoto make a point of — vztrajati na čem, poudarjatisport to make ( —ali score) a point — doseči točko; dokazati resničnost trditveto make s.th. a point of honour — smatrati kaj za častno zadevoAmerican point of origin — kraj poreklanot to put too fine a point on it — brez ovinkov povedati, ne prikrivatito press a point — vztrajati pri čem, pritiskati na kajpoint of no return aeronautics nevarna cona, figuratively od kjer ni vrnitveto stand upon points — paziti na vsako malenkost, biti prenatančento stretch ( —ali strain) a point — narediti izjemo, pogledati skozi prstepoint of view — stališče, mnenjethat is the point — to je vprašanje, to je poglavitna stvarparliament point of order — dnevni redII [pɔint]1.transitive verbostriti, šiliti (svinčnik itd.); figuratively poudariti, poudarjati (svoje besede); meriti, nameriti (at na); mathematics označiti decimalno mesto s piko, vejico; označiti z ločili, točkami; prekopati zemljo; upozoriti;2.intransitive verbkazati s prstom (at, to); upozoriti na divjačino (lovski pes); ležati, biti obrnjen, gledati (to na; hiša); medicine zoreti (gnoj)to point one's finger at s.o. — s prstom koga pokazatito point (up)on — (oči, misli) upreti v, nato point out — pokazati, opozoriti na kajto point up technical zamazati razpoke, luknje v zidu; pokazati (s prstom, glavo); American podčrtati, poudariti
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