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1 fly
I plural - fliesnou)1) (a type of small winged insect.)2) (a fish hook made to look like a fly so that a fish will take it in its mouth: Which fly should I use to catch a trout?)3) ((often in plural) a piece of material with buttons or a zip, especially at the front of trousers.)•II past tense - flew; verb1) (to (make something) go through the air on wings etc or in an aeroplane: The pilot flew (the plane) across the sea.) leteti2) (to run away (from): He flew (the country).) pobegniti3) ((of time) to pass quickly: The days flew past.) minevati•- flyer- flier
- flying saucer
- flying visit
- frequent flyer/flier
- flyleaf
- flyover
- fly in the face of
- fly into
- fly off the handle
- get off to a flying start
- let fly
- send someone/something flying
- send flying* * *I [flai]nounzoology muha; dvokrilec; umetna muha; rastlinska bolezen, povzročena od drobnih žuželkfly agaric, fly anamita botany mušnicato break ( —ali crush) a fly on the wheel — uporabiti premočna sredstva; preveč si prizadevatia fly in amber — redka stvar, zanimiv ostaneka fly in the ointment — senčna stran, neprijetna zadevaslang there are ( —ali he has) no flies on him — zelo je spreten, nanj se lahko zaneseteII [flai]1.intransitive verbleteti, kriliti; hiteti; bežati; planiti, zagnati se; napasti; razpočiti, razleteti se; vihrati; plapolati;2.transitive verbstreljati; izobesiti; voditi, pilotirati; spuščati; s sokolom loviti; splašiti (ptiča); preletetito fly in the face of s.o. — rogati, ustavljati se komuto fly off the deep end ( —ali handle) — razjeziti se, planitito fly high ( —ali at high game) — visoko letati, biti častihlepento fly a kite — spuščati zmaja; slang preizkušati javno mnenje; sposoditi na menico brez kritjato let fly at figuratively napasti; streljati, sprožitito let money fly — pognati, zapraviti denarto fly out at s.o. — napasti kogaIII [flai]nounpolet; enovprežna kočija; šotorska pola; razporek; durnica; širina zastave; plural theatre sofita; prazen list na začetku in koncu knjige, spojni papir; technical zamašnjakon the fly — bežno, v nagliciIV [flai]adjectiveslang gibčen, okreten; bister, zvit, premeten -
2 lark
I noun(a general name for several types of singing-bird, especially the skylark, which flies high into the air as it sings.) škrjanecII noun(a piece of fun or mischief.) šala* * *I [la:k]nounškrjanecif the sky fall we shall catch larks — ni tako hudo, kot se vidiII [la:k]nounburka, šalawhat a lark! — kako zabavno!III [la:k]intransitive verbzbijati šale, veseliti se, zabavati se
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