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1 spur
[spə:]1) (a small instrument with a sharp point or points that a rider wears on his heels and digs into the horse's sides to make it go faster.) ostroga2) (anything that urges a person to make greater efforts: He was driven on by the spur of ambition.) spodbuda•- spur on* * *I [spə:]nounostroga (jezdeca, petelina); botany bodica, trn; figuratively spodbuda; ladijski kljun; naprava za plezanje po (drevesnem) deblu; architecture podpornik, opornik; zunanje mestne utrdbe; vrh, ki štrli iz gorske verige; gorski obronek; razrast, razvejenostto act on the spur of the moment — ravnati brez premišljanja, impulzivno, spontanohe needs the spur figuratively njega je treba spodbujatito need the spur — potrebovati ostroge (spodbude); biti počasen, medel, neodločento put (to set) spurs to the horse — spodbosti konja z ostrogo; figuratively spodbujatito win one's spurs history postati vitez, figuratively odlikovati se, postati slaven, pridobiti si čast in slavoII [spə:]transitive verbspodbosti (konja) z ostrogo; natakniti ostroge (na čevlje); figuratively priganjati, spodbujati (često on); pospešiti; intransitive verb spodbosti konja; hitro jezditi, hiteti, podvizati seto spur a willing horse figuratively pridnega priganjati k deluto spur on (forward) — poganjati naprej (konja), dreviti (konja), jahati v največjem diru -
2 whip
[wip] 1. noun1) (a long cord or strip of leather attached to a handle, used for punishing people, driving horses etc: He carries a whip but he would never use it on the horse.) bič2) (in parliament, a member chosen by his party to make sure that no one fails to vote on important questions.)2. verb1) (to strike with a whip: He whipped the horse to make it go faster; The criminals were whipped.) švrkniti, bičati2) (to beat (eggs etc).) žvrkljati3) (to move fast especially with a twisting motion like a whip: Suddenly he whipped round and saw me; He whipped out a revolver and shot her.) hitro se obrniti, potegniti•- whiplash- whipped cream
- whip up* * *I [wip]1.nounbič, udarec z bičem; tlesk, tleskanje, pokanje; figuratively bič, nadloga, udarec, kazen; figuratively kočijaž; figuratively parliament član stranke, ki skliče pripadnike stranke za glasovanje itd.; okrožnica, poziv (k volitvam, zborovanju itd.); (odvečna) veja; nautical ladjica, veslača; tolčena krema (iz tolčene smetane); British English prispevek k skupno popitemu vinuwhip and spur — v diru, skokoma, hitrohe is a good whip — on je dober kočijaž, dobro vozito send a whip round — zbobnati skupaj člane stranke;2.adverbv hipu, na mahII [wip]1.transitive verbošvrkniti z bičem ( a horse — konja); bičati, šibati; biti, tepsti; goniti, gnati z bičem; segnati, zgnati; colloquially prekositi, potolči, premagati; oviti (z motvozom, s sukancem) ( about okoli); dvigati (breme, premog itd.) (s škripcem)to whip the pavement figuratively udarjati ob pločnik (o dežju)to whip into line — poenotiti; politics spraviti k disciplini (člane stranke)to whip s.th. into s.o. — vtepati komu kajto whip the cat figuratively skopariti; ne delati v ponedeljekto whip stream — ribe loviti z neprestanim metanjem trnka v vodo;2.intransitive verbdrveti, divjati; hiteti; plapolati (v vetru)
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