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['ʃuɡə] 1. noun(the sweet substance that is obtained from sugar-cane, or from the juice of certain other plants, and used in cooking and for sweetening tea, coffee etc: Do you take sugar in your coffee?) sladkor2. verb(to sweeten, cover or sprinkle with sugar.) sladkati- sugary- sugariness
- sugar-cane
- sugar-coated
- sugar-free
- sugar lump
- sugar tongs* * *I [šú:gə]nounsladkor; saharoza; plural vrste sladkorja; figuratively sladkost, ljubkost; figuratively dobrikave, nežne, prilizovalne besede, dobrikanje, laskanje, prilizovanje; osladitev; slang denar; sneg; ljubčekbrown sugar — samo enkrat rafiniran sl.castor sugar, powdered sugar — sladkor v prahucane sugar — sl. iz sladkornega trstacrystal sugar — kristalni sl.cube sugar, lump sugar — sl. v kockahfruit sugar — sadni sl., fruktozagrape sugar — grozdni sl., dekstroza, glukozaheavy sugar American slang mnogo, kup denarjaicing sugar, confectioner's sugar — sladkor v prahuraw sugar — nerafiniran sl.refined sugar — rafiniran sl.white sugar — prečiščen sl., rafinadato be sugar on s.o. figuratively biti do ušes zaljubljen v kogaII [šú:gə]1.transitive verbosladiti, sladkati; prevleči ali posuti s sladkorjem; figuratively osladiti; laskati, dobrikati se (komu); ublažiti, prekriti (kaj) s sladkimi besedami, prigovarjati (komu) s sladkimi besedami; American slang podkupitito sugar the pill — osladiti pilulo, figuratively neprijetno stvar napraviti privlačno;2.intransitive verbsladiti, kristalizirati; slang nemarno, leno, brez volje delati, zabušavati;3.interjection American colloquially (zaničljivo)pah!, (nestrpno) ah kaj! -
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[pil](a small ball or tablet of medicine, to be swallowed: She took a pill; sleeping-pills.) pilula* * *I [pil]nounpilula, bobika; figuratively grenka pilula; military slang izstrelek, granata bomba; British English slang žoga (tenis, golf); British English slang plural biljardfiguratively to swallow a bitter pill — požreti grenko pilulo, vgrizniti v kislo jabolkoa pill to cure an earthquake — kapljica v morje, polovičarstvoBritish English a game of pills — biljardna igraII [pil]transitive verbslang glasovati proti, preglasovati, premagati
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sugar the pill — To compensate somewhat for an unpleasant prospect, unwelcome imposition, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑sugar * * * sweeten/sugar the pill phrase to make something unpleasant easier to accept To sweeten the pill, the company will introduce a range of new … Useful english dictionary
sugar the pill — If you sugar the pill, you try to make some unpleasant news more acceptable by saying something pleasant at the same time. When Tim s parents announced that he was going to boarding school, they tried to sugar the pill by telling him he d… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
sugar the pill — ► sugar (or sweeten) the pill make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable. Main Entry: ↑pill … English terms dictionary
sugar the pill — British, American & Australian, American to make something bad seem less unpleasant. The government have cut income tax to sweeten the pill of a tough budget … New idioms dictionary
sugar/sweeten the pill — to make an unpleasant thing less difficult to accept or deal with Faster service may sugar the pill of higher fees. • • • Main Entry: ↑pill … Useful english dictionary
sugar the pill — make something bad easier to accept, ease a bad situation … English contemporary dictionary
sugar (or sweeten) the pill — make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable. → pill … English new terms dictionary
sweeten the pill — sweeten/sugar the pill phrase to make something unpleasant easier to accept To sweeten the pill, the company will introduce a range of new performance related bonuses. Thesaurus: to reduce, or to remove the bad effects of somethingsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
sweeten the pill — ► sugar (or sweeten) the pill make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable. Main Entry: ↑pill … English terms dictionary
sugar — n. & v. n. 1 a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, esp. the sugar cane and sugar beet, used in cookery, confectionery, brewing, etc.; sucrose. 2 Chem. any of a group of soluble usu. sweet tasting crystalline carbohydrates… … Useful english dictionary
sugar — [[t]ʃ ʊgə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ sugars, sugaring, sugared 1) N UNCOUNT Sugar is a sweet substance that is used to make food and drinks sweet. It is usually in the form of small white or brown crystals. → See also , confectioners sugar, , granulated sugar,… … English dictionary