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1 whale
[weil](a type of very large mammal that lives in the sea.) kit- whalebone
- whale oil
- have a whale of a time* * *I [wéil]1.nounzoologykitwhale calf — kitič, mlad kitvery like a whale American colloquially velikanski; sijajena whale of American osupljiv primerek (česa), kolosalento be a whale for ( —ali on) — živo kaj želeti, biti ves mrtev na, ne odnehati, ne odstopiti (od česa)we had a whale of time — kolosalno smo se zabavali;2.intransitive verbloviti kite, biti na lovu na kiteII [wéil](American colloquially) transitive verb tepsti, biti, pretepati, bičati; krepko udariti po (na)to whale a ball for a home run sport krepko odbiti žogo -
2 cow
I noun1) (the female of cattle used for giving milk: He has ten cows and a bull.) krava2) (the female of certain other animals eg the elephant, whale.) samica (slona, kita)•- cowboy- cowherd
- cowhide II verb(to subdue or control through fear: The pupil was cowed by the headmaster's harsh words.) preplašiti* * *I [kau]nounzoology krava; samica nekaterih velikih sesalcevvulgar baba, babura; Australian a fair cow — traparijaII [kau]transitive verb(o)plašiti, teroriziratito cow into s.th. z — ustrahovanjem prisiliti (da kaj stori)III [kau]nountechnical pokrov (dimnika) -
3 harpoon
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4 old
[əuld]1) (advanced in age: an old man; He is too old to live alone.) star2) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) star3) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) star4) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) star5) (belonging to times long ago: old civilizations like that of Greece.) star•- old age- old boy/girl
- old-fashioned
- old hand
- old maid
- the old* * *I [óuld]adjectivestar, postaran, starikav; zastarel, oguljen, ponošen; izkušen; slang sijajen, odličen; obledel (barva), moten (barva)young aud old — staro in mlado, vsiBritish English slang old bean ( —ali egg, fellow, fruit, thing, top) — "stari"old bird — star lisjak, premetenecold man — "stari" (mož, oče, predstojnik, kapitan ladje itd.)old man of the sea — vsiljivec, podrepnežcolloquially my old man — moj stari, moj možold woman — "stara" (žena, mati, predstojnica itd.), bojazljivec, nergačold salt, old whale — star, izkušen mornarof old standing — že dolgo v navadi, že zdavnaj uvedenslang any old thing — karkoliBritish English Old Lady of Threadneedle Street — angleška narodna bankaAmerican Old Glory — ameriška zastavaAmerican Old Man River — vzdevek za reko MississippiII [óuld]noundavninaof old — v davnem času, iz davnine, davnofrom old — iz davnine, od nekdaj -
5 blowhole
noun (a breathing-hole (through the ice for seals etc) or a nostril (especially on the head of a whale etc).) zračni kanal
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