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  • 1 knot

    s uzao, čvor, petlja; splet, klupko, pletenica, epoleta; vezanka; [mar] uzao, čvor (jedna nautička milja na sat); [bot] kvrga, čvor, koljenice; [fig] poteškoća, tegoba, zaplet / sailor's # = način vezanja kravate; [fig] to cut the # = presjeći čvor; nasumce riješiti, rješavati kratkim putem; marriage # = bračna veza; true lover's # = dvostruka, simetrična vezanka; to tie the # = ženiti se, udati se, stupiti u brak; to tie oneself in #s = zaplesti se, zapetljati se, upasti u poteškoće; to gather in #s = okupljati se u hrpama, skupinama, gomilicama; running # = petlja
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    čvor
    čvorić
    mašna
    petlja
    riđi prudnik
    riđi žalar
    uzao
    vezati
    vezati u čvor

    English-Croatian dictionary > knot

  • 2 Gordian

    adj gordijski / to cut the # knot = presjeći gordijski čvor

    English-Croatian dictionary > Gordian

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