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1 quarry
I 1. ['kwori] plural - quarries; noun(a place, usually a very large hole in the ground, from which stone is got for building etc.) kamnolom2. verb(to dig (stone) in a quarry.) lomiti kamenII ['kwori] plural - quarries; noun1) (a hunted animal or bird.) plen2) (someone or something that is hunted, chased or eagerly looked for.) plen* * *I [kwɔri]nounkamnolom; figuratively zlata jama, virII [kwɔri]1.transitive verblomiti kamen; figuratively izkopavati, izkopati (out, of iz); pridobivati s težkim delom ( from iz);2.intransitive verbdelati v kamnolomu; figuratively riti, kopati (in v)to quarry for — stikati, brskati za čemIII [kwɔri]nounpreganjana divjad, plen; figuratively plen, žrtev, iskana stvarIV [kwɔri]nounrombasta ali kvadratna šipa; klesanec, kvadratast strešnik; neglazirana pečnica -
2 slate
I [sleit] noun1) ((a piece of) a type of easily split rock of a dull blue-grey colour, used for roofing etc: Slates fell off the roof in the wind; ( also adjective) a slate roof.) skril(avec)2) (a small writing-board made of this, used by schoolchildren.) tablica iz skrilaII [sleit] verb(to say harsh things to or about: The new play was slated by the critics.) sesuti, raztrgati* * *I [sléit]1.noun(glinasti) skril(avec); (šolska) tablica iz skrila; ploščica iz skrila za kritje streh; American politics predvolilen seznam (kandidatov)a clean slate figuratively čista, neoporečna preteklostto clean the slate — zbrisati z gobo (tablico), figuratively razčistiti stvar, figuratively osvoboditi (znebiti, otresti) se obveznosti, odreči se tujim obveznostim do sebethere is a slate loose in his roof, he has a slate loose slang on ni čisto pri pravi pameti, manjka mu eno kolesce (v glavi);2.adjectiveškriljast, škriljaste barve;3.transitive verbpokriti (streho) s ploščicami iz skrila; napisati na (skrilasto) tablico; odstraniti dlako (s kože); American colloquially predložiti koga za kandidataII [sléit]transitive verbslang pretepsti; figuratively ošteti, ozmerjati, grajati; močno, ostro kritizirati
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