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1. noun(in some card games, any card of a suit which has been declared to rank higher than the other suits: This time, hearts are trumps; ( also adjective) a trump card.) adut2. verb(to defeat (an ordinary card) by playing a card from the trump suit: He trumped (my king) with a heart.) prevzeti z adutom* * *I [trəmp]1.noun(kartanje) adut (tudi figuratively); colloquially dober, plemenit, krasen človek; zvesta (poštena) dušaall his cards are trumps, everything turns up trumps with him — njemu se vedno vse posreči, on ima vedno srečoto play trump — figuratively izigrati (svoj) zadnji adutto put s.o. to his trumps — prisiliti koga, da izigra svoje zadnje adute; figuratively spraviti koga v stisko, prisiliti ga, da uporabi svoja zadnja sredstvato turn up trumps — obrniti karto, da se odloči, katera barva bo adut; figuratively colloquially izkazati se kot najboljše imeti srečo;2.transitive verbprevzeti z adutom; figuratively prelisičiti, posekati (koga); intransitive verb izigrati adut, prevzeti z adutomto trump up obsolete izmisliti si, iz trte izvitiII [trəmp]1.nounpoeticallytrobenta; glas, zvok trobentethe last trump, the trump of doom — trobente, pozavne sodnega dne;2.intransitive verbtrobentati; transitive verb oznaniti (s trobentami)
См. также в других словарях:
turn up trumps — come up/turn up trumps ► to produce a good result, especially when this is not expected: »They finally came up trumps with a new product line and some healthy profits. »The bank came up trumps and he got his loan. Main Entry: ↑trump … Financial and business terms
turn up trumps — come up/turn up/trumps british phrase to do what is necessary to succeed, especially when success did not seem likely At the last minute, Jean came up trumps and sorted everything out. Thesaurus: to succeed in doing somethingsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
turn up trumps — ► come (or turn) up trumps informal, chiefly Brit. 1) have a better performance or outcome than expected. 2) be especially generous or helpful. Main Entry: ↑trump … English terms dictionary
come turn up trumps — ˌcome up/ˌturn up ˈtrumps idiom to do what is necessary to make a particular situation successful, especially when this is sudden or unexpected • I didn t honestly think he d pass the exam but he came up trumps on the day. • Just when we thought… … Useful english dictionary
come turn up trumps — come up/turn up trumps British & Australian to complete an activity successfully or to produce a good result, especially when you were not expected to. John s uncle came up trumps and found us a place to stay at the last minute … New idioms dictionary
come/turn up trumps — Brit informal : to do or provide what is necessary in order to succeed The team turned up trumps in the final game and won the championship. • • • Main Entry: ↑trump … Useful english dictionary
come up/turn up trumps — ► to produce a good result, especially when this is not expected: »They finally came up trumps with a new product line and some healthy profits. »The bank came up trumps and he got his loan. Main Entry: ↑trump … Financial and business terms
come (or turn) up trumps informal, — come (or turn) up trumps informal, chiefly Brit. have a better performance or outcome than expected. ↘be especially generous or helpful. → trump … English new terms dictionary
come/turn up trumps — To say that someone has come up trumps means that they have achieved unexpectedly good results. Against all expectations, our team came up trumps in the cup final … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
turn up trumps — be friendly, be sociable; was lucky, was fortunate … English contemporary dictionary
turn — 1 verb CHANGE DIRECTION/POSITION 1 a) YOUR BODY (I) to move your body so that you are looking in a different direction: Ricky turned and walked away. (+ around/round/away etc): I turned around quickly to see if someone was following. | Dan turned … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
