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1 sheer off/away
(to turn aside or swerve: The speed-boat sheered off course.) zaviti iz smeri -
2 sheer
I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) skrajen2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) zelo strm3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) zelo fin2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) navpičnoII [ʃiə]* * *I [šíə]1.nounnauticalodklon (odmik) od določene smeri, nagel obrat ali odklon od ravne poti;2.intransitive verb nauticalnapraviti nagel odklon od določene smeri ali ravne poti; figuratively odmakniti se, oddaljiti se ( from od), ločiti seto sheer off — oditi, oddaljiti se, ločiti se; nautical odmakniti se od določene smerito sheer up nautical bližati se od straniII [šíə]1.adjective(zelo) strm, navpičen; skrajen; tanek, zelo fin (tkanina); pravi, pravcat; čist, nepomešan, nerazredčen, neponarejen; popoln, sam, golby sheer necessity — iz čiste (same, gole, absolutne) potrebesheer rock — čista (sama, prava, pravcata, gola) skalait is sheer nonsense — to je pravi nesmisel;2.adverbnavpično; popolnoma, čisto; naravnost, direktnorocks rise sheer from the valley — skale se dvigajo navpično iz doline;3.nounprozorna (bombažna ali platnena) tkanina -
3 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) kaplja2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) kaplja3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) padec4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) spust2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) spustiti2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) pasti3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) opustiti4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) odložiti (koga)5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) napisati (nekaj besed)•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out* * *I [drɔp]1.intransitive verb( from) kapljati, kaniti; ( with) cediti se, teči; pasti, spustiti se; padati (cene); (from, out of) ven pasti, izpasti; prenehati; pasti v nezavest, zrušiti se; figuratively umreti;2.transitive verbpokapati; prelivati; izpustiti; opustiti, prekiniti; spustiti se; splaviti, povreči; oglasiti se pri kom; namignitito drop from sight — izginiti, zgubiti sedrop it! — nehaj že!figuratively to drop a brick — narediti nerodno napako, ustreliti kozla, bleknitito drop short — ne zadostovati; ne doseči ciljafiguratively to drop the curtain — narediti konecII [drɔp]nounkaplja, kapljica; gledališki zastor; padec; poklopna vrata; obesek, uhan; bonbon; odpadlo sadje ali zrnje; špranja (za novec v avtomatu)at the drop of a hat — nemudoma, takojto get the drop on s.o. — izrabiti neprilike kogato have a drop too much — nekoliko preveč ga imeti, biti v rožicahAmerican slang to have a drop on s.o. — imeti koga v rokahslang to have a drop in one's eye — kazati, da je kdo preveč pil -
4 main
[mein] 1. adjective(chief, principal or most important: the main purpose; the main character in the story.) glaven2. noun((also mains) the chief pipe or cable in a branching system of pipes or cables: The water's been turned off at the main(s); ( also adjective) the mains electricity supply.) glavni vod napeljave- mainly- mainland
- mainspring
- mainstream* * *I [méin]adjective ( mainly adverb)glaven, najvažnejši, bistven, največjito have an eye to the main chance — delati v svojo korist, dobro poskrbeti zaseII [méin]noun(zlasti plural) glavni vod napeljave (vodovodne, odtočne, plinske, električne), omrežje; glavni vod, glavna cev, glavni kabel; American glavna železniška proga; archaic moč, sila; glavna, bistvena stvar; poetically odprto morje; kopnoin the main — v glavnem, večinomaIII [méin]nounpetelinov boj; prvi met kocke (pri kockanju)
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sheer off — ˌsheer ˈoff ˌsheer a ˈway [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they sheer off he/she/it sheers off present participle sh … Useful english dictionary
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sheer off — Synonyms and related words: about the bush, avert, avoid, bear off, beat around, beg the question, blench, blink, cringe, dodge, draw aside, draw back, duck, ease off, edge off, equivocate, evade, fade, fall back, fence, flinch, fly off, gee,… … Moby Thesaurus
sheer off — become connected, go away … English contemporary dictionary
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