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1 lady
['leidi]1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) gospa, ženska; ženski2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) dama3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) Lady; dama•- ladylike- Ladyship
- ladybird* * *I [léidi]noungospa, dama; plemkinja; naslov za žene angl. plemičev (nižjih od vojvod) in hčerke vojvod, markizov in grofov; gospodaricapoetically ženska; vulgar & archaic žena, soproga, zaročenka, draga, ljubljenka; za označevanje poklicev ženskega spola ( lady-doctor — zdravnica, lady-president — predsednica); colloquially his young lady — njegovo deklehumorously the old lady — moja "stara"Our Lady — Naša Gospa, mati božjaAmerican ladies' room — javno stranišče za ženskeII [léidi]intransitive verb to lady it — igrati damo -
2 Threadneedle
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3 old
[əuld]1) (advanced in age: an old man; He is too old to live alone.) star2) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) star3) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) star4) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) star5) (belonging to times long ago: old civilizations like that of Greece.) star•- old age- old boy/girl
- old-fashioned
- old hand
- old maid
- the old* * *I [óuld]adjectivestar, postaran, starikav; zastarel, oguljen, ponošen; izkušen; slang sijajen, odličen; obledel (barva), moten (barva)young aud old — staro in mlado, vsiBritish English slang old bean ( —ali egg, fellow, fruit, thing, top) — "stari"old bird — star lisjak, premetenecold man — "stari" (mož, oče, predstojnik, kapitan ladje itd.)old man of the sea — vsiljivec, podrepnežcolloquially my old man — moj stari, moj možold woman — "stara" (žena, mati, predstojnica itd.), bojazljivec, nergačold salt, old whale — star, izkušen mornarof old standing — že dolgo v navadi, že zdavnaj uvedenslang any old thing — karkoliBritish English Old Lady of Threadneedle Street — angleška narodna bankaAmerican Old Glory — ameriška zastavaAmerican Old Man River — vzdevek za reko MississippiII [óuld]noundavninaof old — v davnem času, iz davnine, davnofrom old — iz davnine, od nekdaj
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