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1 early
['ə:li] 1. adverb1) (near the beginning (of a period of time etc): early in my life; early in the afternoon.) zgodaj2) (sooner than others; sooner than usual; sooner than expected or than the appointed time: He arrived early; She came an hour early.) (pre)zgodaj2. adjective1) (belonging to, or happening, near the beginning of a period of time etc: early morning; in the early part of the century.) zgodnji2) (belonging to the first stages of development: early musical instruments.) starinski3) (happening etc sooner than usual or than expected: the baby's early arrival; It's too early to get up yet.) prezgodnji4) (prompt: I hope for an early reply to my letter.) hiter•- early bird* * *I [ɜ:li]adjectivezgodnji; prezgodnji; prvi, prvoten, začetenat an early date — kmalu, v bližnji bodočnostiit is early days yet — je še prezgodaj, še ni časan early riser — zgodnji vstajalec, -lka;II [ɜ:li]adverbzgodaj, rano; davnoearly to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise — rana ura zlata urato get up early — zgodaj vstati; biti zvit -
2 bird
[bə:d](a two-legged feathered creature, with a beak and two wings, with which most can fly: Kiwis and ostriches are birds which cannot fly.) ptič* * *[bə:d]nounptič, ptičicaslang deklica, dečko, oseba; American slang navdušenec; čudak; figuratively old bird — lisjak, zvitorepec, tičto do s.th. like a bird — zelo rad, z lahkoto kaj nareditibirds of a feather flock together — ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo, Šimen Šimnu godeto give the bird — zavrniti, odkloniti, izžvižgatia bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — boljši danes vrabec kakor jutri zajec, bolje drži ga kot lovi gato kill two birds with one stone — dve stvari hkrati opraviti, dve muhi naenkrat ubitia little bird told me so — nekdo (ne smem ali nočem povedati, kdo) mi je povedalbird of paradise — rajska ptica, rajčica
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