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s l. konj, at, papir, pastuh, ždrijebac; mužjak 2. konjaništvo, konjica, kavalerija 3. konj (gimnastička sprava) 4. stalak, kozlić / [fig] you may take a # to the water, but you can't make him drink = silom se ne može sve postići; [mil] light # = lako naoružana konjica; # artillery = konjička artiljerija; to take # = uzjahati; to #! = uzjaši!; [fig] to flog a dead # = uzalud trošiti trud; you don't look a gift # in the mouth = poklonjenu konju ne gledaju se zubi; to mount (ride) the high # = praviti se važan, dizati nos; [fig] dark # = stvar ili čovjek čije će se odlike tek otkriti; to spur a willing # = poticati bez potrebe; [fig] the willing # = voljan radnik; [fig] to hold one's #s = oklijevati, suzdržavati se; to put the cart before the # = izvrnuti redoslijed; uzeti posljedicu za uzrok to eat (work) like a # = jesti (raditi) kao konj; [mar] # latitudes = pojas tišina ([spec] na Atlantskom oceanu); to play # with a p = grubo postupati s kim; a # of another colour = nešto sasvim drugo; [mil] # and foot = konjica i pješadija; [fig] svim silama; [fig] straight from the #'s mouth = iz prve ruke; the Horse Guards = (engleska) konjička garda; [US] # opera = trećerazredni kaubojski film* * *
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2 collar
s 1. ovratnik (košulje, kaputa itd.) 2. (životinjska) ogrlica (dog #) 3. ular, oglavnik, ajam (horse #) 4. oglica, lanac oko vrata, niz, đerdan (# of peatls) 5.[zool] vratna pruga 6.[tech] prsten (oko cijevi), karika, kolobar; ležište rukavca / against the # = teško, mučno, tegobno; to slip # = zbaciti jaram; to work up to the # = trsiti se iz petnih žila; blue # workers = radnici, radništvo; white # workers = službenici, činovništvo* * *
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naglavak
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3 dead
adj mrtav, preminuo; obamro; bešćutan, tup, neosjetljiv ;besvjestan; blijed kao smrt; mutan, taman, mračan, crn; studen; bezdušan; bezuman; slab, nemoćan; mlitav, mlohav; bespolen; nepomičan; mukao, dubok; nestao, iščezao; pust, prazan; tih, jednoličan, žalostan; nenaseljen, divlji; suh, osušen; truo, gnjio; grešan; suh, uveo, ocvao; bez sjaja, bez života, bez duha; [coll] izmoren, iscrpljen, polumrtav; stajaća voda; potpun gubitak, potpuna tišina, grobni muk, grobna tišina; siguran, izvjestan, točan; nevrijedan, bezvrijedan, neupotrebljiv; loš; neisporučen, neuručiv (pismo); [el] nenabijen, prazan; upotrebljen (šibica itd.); [print] škartiran, upotrebljen (slog); [sport] izvan igre, stalno ili privremeno isključen igrač; neodlučen (utrka) / # to = neosjetljiv na; # and gone = davno mrtav; # men tell no tales = mrtvi ne govore, ne odaju tajne; # certainty = potpuna sigurnost; come to a # stop = naglo se zaustaviti; # failure = potpun neuspjeh; # secret = najveća tajna; # hours = gluho doba noći; debt # in law = neutuživ dug; to work for a # horse = raditi za isplatu staroga duga; # as a doornail = mrtav mrtvacat; # forms = puke formalnosti; a # fire = dogorjela vatra; # letter = neuručivo pismo; [tech][fig] # point = mrtva točka; wait for a # man's shoes=čekati da netko umre kako bi se zauzeo njegov posao; # to the world = u tvrdom snu* * *
beživotan
izvjestan
mrtav
mrtvac
nevrijedan
potpuno
ravan
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