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1 home
[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) dom2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) domovina3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) dom4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) dom5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) stanovanje, hiša2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) domač2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) domač3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) domač3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) domov, doma2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) na cilj; do srca•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about* * *I [hóum]adjectivedomač, hišni, doma narejen; notranji; točen, odličen; primeren (opomba)Home Guard — rezervna vojska na domačih tleh med 2. svetovno vojnoII [hóum]adverbdoma, domov; na cilj, na cilju; v srce, točnoto bring a crime home to s.o. — dokazati komu zločinto bring s.th. home to s.o. — prepričati koga o čem, predočiti, dokazati komufiguratively to come home to — ganiti, občutiti, priti do srcacurses come home to roost — kdor drugemu jemlje čast, jo sam izgubito drive s.th. home to s.o. — prigovarjati, prepričevati kogato hit ( —ali strike) home — v živo zadeti, pravo zadetito see s.o. home — spremiti koga domovIII [hóum]noundom, domačija, stanovanje; domovina; zavetišče; figuratively domača streha; sport figuratively ciljat home — doma, v domoviniat home in ( —ali on, with) — vajen česa, doma (v računstvu)away from home — odsoten, odpotoval, v tujinicharity begins at home — vsakdo je samemu sebi najbližji, bog je najprej sebi brado ustvarilnot at home to — ne biti doma za goste, ne sprejemati gostovlong ( —ali last) home — zadnji dom, grobto draw to one's long home — bližati se koncu, umiratito eat s.o. out of the house and home — spraviti koga ob vse, živeti na tuj računto make o.s. at home — biti kakor doma, vgnezditi se pri komto make s.o. feel at home — potruditi se, da se kdo počuti kot domaIV [hóum]intransitive verb & transitive verbvrniti se domov, pripeljati domov, spraviti pod streho; voditi pristanek letala z radarjem -
2 Home
[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) dom2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) domovina3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) dom4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) dom5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) stanovanje, hiša2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) domač2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) domač3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) domač3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) domov, doma2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) na cilj; do srca•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about* * *[hju:m, houm]proper namedruž. ime -
3 at home
1) (in one's home: I'm afraid he's not at home.) doma2) ((in football etc) in one's own ground: The team is playing at home today.) na domačem igrišču -
4 away
[ə'wei]1) (to or at a distance from the person speaking or the person or thing spoken about: He lives three miles away (from the town); Go away!; Take it away!) stran2) (in the opposite direction: She turned away so that he would not see her tears.) vstran3) ((gradually) into nothing: The noise died away.) popolnoma4) (continuously: They worked away until dark.) brez prestanka5) ((of a football match etc) not on the home ground: The team is playing away this weekend; ( also adjective) an away match.) v gosteh* * *[əwéi]adverb ( from) proč, stran; nenehnofire away! — prični!to give away s.o. — izdati kogato make away with o.s. — narediti samomorto pine ( —ali waste) away — hirati, hujšatiaway for shame! — sram te bodi!away with you! — poberi se!whither away? — kam greš? -
5 root
I 1. [ru:t] noun1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) korenina2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) korenina3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) izvor4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) korenine2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) ukoreniniti (se)- root crop
- root out
- take root II [ru:t] verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) riti2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) brskati* * *I [ru:t]nounkorenika, korenina, koren; figuratively koren, izvor, poreklo, izvirna oblika; vzrok; temelj, osnova, jedro, srž, bit; mathematics & grammar koren; plural vznožje (gore)root and branch figuratively korenito, temeljito, popolnoma, radikalnoroot of the matter — jedro, bistvo stvaricube root, third root mathematics kubični korenDutch roots plural cvetlične čebulicesecond root, square root mathematics kvadratni korento destroy root and branch — popolnoma uničiti (iztrebiti, izkoreniniti)to lay axe at the root of — posekati korenine (zla itd.)to strike at the root (of) — udariti po korenini, odrezati korenino (česa)to take (to strike) root — pognati korenine, ukoreniniti seto take root from — imeti svoj izvor v, bazirati nato tear up the roots — izkoreniniti; iztrebitiII [ru:t]1.transitive verb & intransitive verbgloboko posaditi, vsaditi, ukoreniniti; vcepiti, vliti; ukopati, pribiti, prikovati koga (kot s korenino);2.intransitive verbukoreniniti seobedience rooted in fear — pokorščina, ki je osnovana na strahuto stand rooted to the spot — biti, stati kot v zemljo ukopanto root out (up) — izruvati, izpuliti, izkoreniniti, uničiti, iztrebiti;3.adjectivesestavljen iz korenin; korenski; figuratively osnovenroot extraction mathematics korenjenjeIII [ru:t]intransitive verb & intransitive verb (o prašiču) riti (z gobcem)to root about figuratively riti, bezati, brskati, drezatito root out, to root up — izbrskati, izbezati, izkopatiIV [ru:t]intransitive verb American slang sport navijati ( for za), želeti uspeh; podpirati, zagovarjati, odobravati -
6 broken
['brəukən]1) (see break: a broken window; My watch is broken.) razbit; pokvarjen2) (interrupted: broken sleep.) pretrgan3) (uneven: broken ground.) neraven4) ((of language) not fluent: He speaks broken English.) polomljen5) (ruined: The children come from a broken home (= their parents are no longer living together).) razdrt•* * *[bróukən]1.past participle od break;2.adjective ( brokenly adverb)zdrobljen, razklan, razbit; prekinjen, pretrgan; presekan; sunkovit; v ježi izurjen, ukročen; spremenljiv (vreme)broken bread, meat etc. — ostanki kruha, mesa itd.broken ground — neravna tla; gričevnata pokrajina; preorana zemljabroken spirit — pobitost, potrtostbroken wind — nadušljivost, naduha (konja) -
7 crawl
[kro:l] 1. verb1) (to move slowly along the ground: The injured dog crawled away.) plaziti se2) ((of people) to move on hands and knees or with the front of the body on the ground: The baby can't walk yet, but she crawls everywhere.) plaziti se3) (to move slowly: The traffic was crawling along at ten kilometres per hour.) pomikati se4) (to be covered with crawling things: His hair was crawling with lice.) biti poln (golazni)2. noun1) (a very slow movement or speed: We drove along at a crawl.) polžja hitrost2) (a style of swimming in which the arms make alternate overarm movements: She's better at the crawl than she is at the breaststroke.) kravl* * *I [krɔ:l]intransitive verbplaziti se, laziti; gomazeti, mrgoleti; sport kravlatito crawl with s.th. — mrgoleti česaII [krɔ:l]nounlazenje, plazenje; počasna hoja; sport kravl; slang lazenje od gostilne do gostilneto go at a crawl — komaj se pomikati, lesti kot polžIII [krɔ:l]nounograjen prostor na plitvini za ribe ali rake -
8 strike
1. past tense - struck; verb1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) udariti2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) udariti3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) prižgati; ukresati4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) stavkati5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) naleteti na6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) udariti7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) napraviti vtis8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) kovati9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) kreniti10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) spustiti; podreti2. noun1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) stavka2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) najdba•- striker- striking
- strikingly
- be out on strike
- be on strike
- call a strike
- come out on strike
- come
- be within striking distance of
- strike at
- strike an attitude/pose
- strike a balance
- strike a bargain/agreement
- strike a blow for
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strike fear/terror into
- strike home
- strike it rich
- strike lucky
- strike out
- strike up* * *I [stráik]nounudarec (at proti), zamah, zadetek; udarec, bitje (ure, zvona); economy stavka, štrajk; sport prazen udarec; srečno naključje, sreča (v špekulaciji); military (zračni) napad; American najdba (rud, nafte); ugriz (ribe); geology smer (plasti, slojev), vodoraven sloj; American prevara, bluf; kvalitetasit-down strike — stavka, v kateri delavci nočejo zapustiti prostore, kjer delajoII [stráik]1.transitive verbudariti, dati udarec (komu), zadeti; prizadeti, napasti (o bolezni); biti (uro); odbiti z udarcem, udarjati (na boben); kovati (denar, medalje); igrati (harfo itd.); začeti (pesem, muziko); prekiniti (delo); nautical spustiti (jadro, zastavo); podreti (tabor, šotor); potegniti (črto), prečrtati; izravnati, razati; izgladiti; izkresati (ogenj), prižgati (vžigalico, luč); napolniti; zapičiti zob strupnik v (o kači); zabosti (nož itd.), harpunirati (kita); oddajati (toploto); naleteti na, zadeti ob; udariti v (o streli); napraviti vtis, pretresti, prizadcti (koga), pasti (komu) v oči, spraviti v začudenje, osupiti; pasti (komu) na parnet, (za)zdeti se (komu); menjati, odnesti (kulise); economy zaključiti (račun); nenadoma ali dramatično (kaj) izzvati; American doseči, najti, odkriti; slang prositi ( for za); obsolete božati, (po)gladiti z roko;2.intransitive verbudariti ( against ob, on na, po), udarjati, tolči, nameriti udarec (at proti), razbijati; stavkati; biti se, boriti se ( for za); biti, tolči (srce), udariti (strela); nautical military spustiti belo zastavo, figuratively predati se; kreniti, iti, oditi (to proti); nenadoma začeti prodirati, prebijati se ( through skozi) (svetloba, toplota); padati (on na); širiti roke, plavati; vžgati se (vžigalica); držati se za podlago (školjka); pihati (veter); nasesti (ladja); medicine izbruhniti (epidemija); ugrizniti, prijeti (o ribi); figuratively pasti v oči, biti opozorljiv (nenavaden, čuden); American military biti častniški slugato strike all of a heap figuratively zbegati, presenetiti, osupitito strike a ball out of court sport suniti žogo v outto strike a bargain — skleniti kupčijo; doseči sporazumto strike s.o. blind (deaf, dumb) — z udarcem koga oslepiti (oglušiti, onemiti)to strike s.o. dead figuratively pošteno osupiti kogato strike s.o.'s eye — pasti komu v očito strike s.o. in the face — udariti koga po obrazuto strike s.o.'s fancy — ugajati, biti všeč komuto strike one's flag — spustiti zastavo, figuratively predati seto be struck in a girl slang biti zatreskan v (neko) dekleto strike hands obsolete udariti v roko (v znak sporazuma)how does it strike you? — kako se vam zdi?to strike s.o.'s name in the newspaper — naleteti na ime neke osebe v časopisuto strike oil — naleteti na nafto, figuratively imeti srečo, uspeti; obogatetito strike the sands — nasesti, obtičati na sipinito strike sail — spustiti, zviti jadro; priznati porazto strike a snag slang naleteti na nepričakovano težavoto strike tents — podreti šotore, taborto strike terror into s.o. — navdati koga z grozo (s strahom)to strike a vein — naleteti, odkriti žilo (rude)what struck me was... — kar me je osupilo, je bilo...to strike at the root — posekati korenino, figuratively udariti na najbolj občutljivo mestoto strike work — ustaviti delo, stavkatistrike while the iron is hot — kuj železo, dokler je vročc -
9 burn
[bə:n] 1. past tense, past participles - burned, burnt; verb1) (to destroy, damage or injure by fire, heat, acid etc: The fire burned all my papers; I've burnt the meat.) zažgati2) (to use as fuel.) prižgati3) (to make (a hole etc) by fire, heat, acid etc: The acid burned a hole in my dress.) narediti (luknjo)4) (to catch fire: Paper burns easily.) vžgati se2. noun(an injury or mark caused by fire etc: His burns will take a long time to heal; a burn in the carpet.) opeklina, ožganina- burner* * *I [bə:n]nounScottish dialectal poetically potočekII [bə:n]1.transitive verbzažgati, sežgati; pražiti; vžgati, ožigosati; spaliti;2.intransitive verbgoreti, smoditi se, žareti, skeleti, peči; plamteti, razplameniti, razvneti seto burn to ashes — upepeliti; v prah zgoretito burn the candle at both ends — naporno delati, preveč se truditiAmerican to burn powder — zapravljati strelivoIII [bə:n]nounopeklina; vžgano znamenje; požiganje; žigto give s.o. a burn — ošiniti koga z uničujočim pogledom -
10 kiss
[kis] 1. verb(to touch with the lips as a sign of affection: She kissed him when he arrived home; The child kissed his parents goodnight; The film ended with a shot of the lovers kissing.) poljubiti2. noun(an act of kissing: He gave her a kiss.) poljub* * *I [kis]nounpoljub; rahel dotik (vetra); piškot iz beljakov, poljubček; mehurček na mleku ali čaju (otroška beseda)II [kis]transitive verb & intransitive verbpoljubiti (se)to kiss the dust — ponižati se; figuratively umretito kiss the ground — poljubiti tla; figuratively ponižati seto kiss away s.o.'s tears — s poljubi obrisati solze -
11 turn
[tə:n] 1. verb1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) obrniti2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) obrniti se3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) zaviti4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) usmeriti5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) zaviti okoli6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) spremeniti7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) postati2. noun1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) obrat2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) navoj3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) ovinek, odcep4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) (biti) na vrsti za5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) točka•- turnover
- turnstile
- turntable
- turn-up
- by turns
- do someone a good turn
- do a good turn
- in turn
- by turns
- out of turn
- speak out of turn
- take a turn for the better
- worse
- take turns
- turn a blind eye
- turn against
- turn away
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn loose
- turn off
- turn on
- turn out
- turn over
- turn up* * *I [tə:n]nounvrtljaj, vrtenje, obračanje, obrat; ovinek, zavoj, okljuk, vijuga, krivulja; figuratively izkrivljenje; (posebna) smer, sprememba smeri, obrnjena smer; preokret, preobrat; kriza; economy prodaja, promet; sprememba, menjava, redno menjavanje pri opravljanju (posla, službe), turnus, vrstni red; zamena, šiht, posada, delovna izmena; runda; (kratek) sprehod, pot, runda; zaposlenost (s čim), (prehoden) poklic; usluga; prilika, priložnost; točka v programu (varieteja); namen, namera, potreba; figuratively sposobnost, talent, dar ( for za), nagnjenje; oblika, obris; način mišljenja, razpoloženje; postopek; izraz; colloquially živčni pretres, šak, omotica, strah, močno razburjenje; skisanje (mleka); printing obrnjena črka, obrnjen tisk; sport trojka (pri drsanju); plural medicine menstruacija, mesečna čiščaturn (and turn) about — izmenoma, menjaje seat every turn — pri vsakem koraku, ob vsaki priliki, neprestano, ob vsakem časuby turns, in turns — izmenoma, zaporedoma; v turnusu, eno za drugimevery one in his turn! — vsakdo (vsi) po vrsti!in the turn of a hand — v hipu, kot bi trenilout of one's turn — zunaj, mimo svoje vrste; ne na mestua turn of fortune (of Fortune's wheel) — preobrat, preokret sreče, usodeturn of life medicine klimakterijthe turn of the tide — oseka, figuratively sprememba položaja, preobratto be on the turn — biti na preokretnici, prelomniciwhose turn is it? — kdo je na vrsti?to do s.o. a good (bad) turn — napraviti komu dobro (slabo) uslugohe did me an ill turn — škodoval mi je, eno mi je zagodelone good turn deserves another — roka roko umiva, usluga za uslugoto (a)wait one's turn — čakati, da pridemo na vrstoto give s.o. a turn — prestrašiti kogaleft (right) turn! British English military na levo (desno)!don't speak out of your turn! — ne govori, če nisi na vrsti!it serves my turn — to mi prav pride, mi dobro služi (koristi)to take a turn at s.th. — kratek čas se s čim ukvarjatito take the good (bad) turn, to take a turn for the good (bad) — obrniti se na boljše (slabše)II [tə:n]1.transitive verb(za)vrteti (v krogu); obrniti, obračati, narobe obrniti; preobrniti, prekopati; odbiti, odvrniti; spremeniti smer, dati drugo smer; odločiti; spremeniti (v), predrugačiti, pretvoriti; prevesti (tekst); skisati (mleko); prekoračiti, preiti; obiti, militaryobkoliti; izogniti se; zaviti okoli, obrniti, nameriti (korak itd.); napotiti, nagnati, spoditi ( into v); sport delati (prekuce, salte, kolo); otopiti, skrhati (nož); naščuvati, nahujskati ( against proti); zmešati (glavo), zmesti, znoriti; economy v denar spraviti, unovčiti; stružiti, zaokrogliti, zaobliti, dati okroglo obliko; lepo oblikovati; figuratively lepo formulirati (stavek); obsolete speljati na kriva pota, zapeljati; spreobrniti;2.intransitive verbvrteti se, dati se vrteti; obračati se, obrniti se; prevračati se, prevrniti se; figuratively postaviti se na glavo; postati omotičen; zaviti, kreniti, napraviti zavoj; zateči se (to k), obrniti se, pogledati nazaj; oprijeti se, lotiti se, ukvarjati se; spremeniti se, spremeniti naravo; skisati se (mleko), postati (žaltav itd.), pokvariti se; stružiti se, postati top, skrhati se (nož); obsolete prebegniti, postati uskok (odpadnik, dezerter)to turn an attack military odbiti napadto turn the ( —ali one's) back (up)on — hrbet obrniti (pokazati); obrniti se proč odto turn bankrupt — priti pod stečaj (v konkurz), bankrotirati, doživeti bankrot, priti na bobenhe turned many books in his life figuratively mnogo je prebral v svojem življenjuto turn s.o.'s brain — znoriti kogato turn bridle — obrniti se, začeti se umikatito turn bear (bull) economy špekulirati na padec (dvig) cen in tečajev na borzito turn into cash — spraviti v denar (gotovino), unovčitito turn the cat in the pan figuratively stvar (že nekako) urediti, v red spravitito turn the cheek figuratively obrniti (nastaviti) tudi drugo lice, požreti (kaj) zaradi (ljubega) miruto turn one's coat figuratively obrniti, obračati plašč (po vetru)he turned his coat — izneveril se je svoji stranki, postal je odpadnikto turn the corner figuratively srečno prebroditi krizoto turn a difficulty — izogniti se težavi, obiti težavoto turn a deaf ear — narediti se gluhega (to za), ne hoteti slišatito turn the edge of a remark — napraviti opazko manj ostro, omiliti opazkoto turn king's ( American state's) evidence juridically postati glavna obremenilna pričahe is just turning 50 — pravkar je prekoračil 50. letoto turn one's face to the wall — obrniti obraz proti steni, figuratively biti pripravljen za smrt, (hoteti) umretito turn s.o.'s tiank figuratively prelisičiti koga, premagati koga v debatito turn one's hand to s.th. — lotiti se, oprijeti se česashe can turn her hand to anything — ona je zelo spretna, praktičnanot to turn a hand to help s.o. — s prstom ne migniti, da bi komu pomagalito turn one's head — obrniti glavo, pogledati nazajto turn s.o.'s head — zmešati komu glavoto turn headsprings sport delati (vrteti) kolesato turn head over heels — prekucniti se, prekopicniti seto turn s.o.'s heart figuratively pregovoriti kogato turn s.th. inside out — obrniti kaj (narobe), zvrniti kajto turn to the left — obrniti se, kreniti, zaviti na levoto turn loose — odvezati, izpustiti koga (na prostost); popustiti; American streljati, ustrelitito turn s.o. mad — napraviti koga blaznegayou will turn me mad — zblaznel, znorel bom zaradi vasto turn s.th. in one's mind — premišljevati kajto turn s.th. to one's profit — obrniti kaj v svojo korist, izkoristiti kajto turn s.o. to religion — spreobrniti koga (k veri)to turn the scale — nagniti tehtnico, figuratively odločifi (kaj)to turn s.o. sick — povzročiti komu slabostshe turned sick — slabo ji je postalo, morala je bruhati; zbolela jeto turn a somersault — napraviti prekuc, saltomy stomach turns (at) — želodec se mi obrača (ob), vzdiguje se mito turn the tables (up)on s.o. figuratively obrniti argumente proti komu, obrniti položajto turn tail — obrniti se, stisniti rep med noge, zbežatithe tide has turned — nastopila je oseka, figuratively sreča se je obrnila (se obrača)to turn one's thumb down figuratively odkloniti, ne hotetito turn turtle nautical slang prevrniti seto turn upon s.th. — biti odvisen od česaI don't know which way to turn — ne vem, po kateri poti naj krenem, figuratively ne vem ne kod ne kam; ne vem, kaj naj naredimthe wind has turned — zapihal je drug veter (tudi figuratively)even a worm will turn — figuratively tudi najmirnejši človek se brani, če je napaden
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