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1. adverb, conjunction1) (in what way: How do you make bread?) kako2) (to what extent: How do you like my new hat?; How far is Paris from London?) kako3) (by what means: I've no idea how he came here.) kako4) (in what condition: How are you today?; How do I look?) kako5) (for what reason: How is it that I am the last to know about this?) kako•- however2. conjunction(in no matter what way: This painting still looks wrong however you look at it.) kakorkoli- how come
- how do you do?* * *I [háu]adverbkako (vprašanje in vzklik)how about...? — kako pa kaj...?how are you? — kako se počutiš?how much?, how many? — koliko?how many times? — kolikokrat?how ever do you do it? — kako le to narediš?how goes it? — kako kaj gre?how in the world? — kako vendar?how is that? — odloči se že (pri kriketu); kako pa to?how now? — kako to?, kaj naj to pomeni?and how! — in še kako!here's how! colloquially na zdravje (pri pitju)that's how — tako, na tak načincolloquially a nice how-do-you-do ( —ali how-do-'ye-do, how-d'ye-do) — no, lepa reč!, kakšna godlja!II [háu]nounnačin postopkathe how of it — način, kako se kaj naredi
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what the dickens — where did it go? how do you explain it? What the dickens did you do to your hair? Who cut it off? … English idioms
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the dickens — ● what * * * the dickens informal + old fashioned used to make a statement or question more forceful What the dickens [=the devil] do you mean? We ll have to work like the dickens [=very hard] to finish this project … Useful english dictionary
what the Devil — interjection used to add emphasis to what when beginning question. What the Devil have you done to the horse? Syn: what the dickens, what on earth, what in Gods name … Wiktionary
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like the Dickens — Meaning A lot; as in hurts like the dickens . Origin Nothing to do with Charles Dickens. Dickens is a euphemism for the word devil, possibly via devilkins. Shakespeare used it in the Merry Wives of Windsor: I cannot tell what the dickens his name … Meaning and origin of phrases
what the soldier said isn’t evidence — 1837 DICKENS Pickwick Papers III. xxxiii. ‘You must not tell us what the soldier..said, sir,’ interposed the judge; ‘it’s not evidence.’ 1931 ‘v. LODER’ Red Stain xii. ‘It was true!’.. ‘True to you,..but you have no means of proving it to us.… … Proverbs new dictionary
the dickens — adverb The devil. She can go to the dickens for what she said. Syn: on earth, the hell, the devil, the heck … Wiktionary
the dickens you say — that is unbelievable, gadzooks, say what Ping, you won a car! The dickens you say! … English idioms