zelo je nadut

1) (a type of plant with round underground stems (called tubers) which are used as a vegetable.) krompir

2) (the tuber or tubers: She bought 2 kilos of potatoes.) krompir

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- potato crisp

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krompir; American slang "tikva", glava; American slang dolar

French fried potatoes — pommes frittes

American colloquially small potatoes — malenkost, nepomembni ljudje

he thinks himself no small potato — zelo je nadut

slang quite the potato — v redu stvar

not quite the clean potato — ne čisto neoporečen človek

to drop s.th. like a hot potato — odvreči kaj, od strahu spustiti kaj na tla

- swelling

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oteklina, oteklost, nabreklost, otòk; otekanje; nautical valovanje po viharju; architecture izboklina, izbočina, izbok; rahla strmina, vzpetina (zemljišča); figuratively porast, naraščanje; music crescendo, za katerim pride diminuendo; (o orglah) naprava za jačanje in slabljenje zvoka; colloquially imetnik, odličnik, mojster, fin gospod, fina dama; slang gizdalin, elegan, gizdalinka, modna dama; poznavalec

a swell in the population — porast prebivalstva

a swell at s.th. — poznavalec, mojster česa, zelo dober igralec ( at tennis tenisa)

a swell in politics figuratively visoka živina v politiki

a big swell figuratively visoka, vplivna oseba

a Latin swell — poznavalec latinščine

a sudden swell of the river — nenadno naraščanje reke

what a swell you are! — kako si eleganten!

there was a heavy swell on — valovi so bili zelo veliki;

adjective slang

tiptop, šik, zelo eleganten, moden; imeniten, odličen, sijajen

a swell billiard-player — izvrsten igralec (mojster) biljarda

swell clothes — elegantna obleka

a swell hotel — razkošen hotel

a swell person — imenitna oseba, odličnik

swell society — elegantna, fina družba

swell mob colloquially hohštaplerji, kriminalci, lepo oblečeni lopovi

(tudi swell up, swell out) oteči, otekati, nabrekniti; napihniti se, napeti se, nabuhniti, napenjati se; (voda) narasti; (jadro) napeti se, napihniti se; rasti, prerasti ( into v), narasti, povečati se; izbruhniti (izvirek, solze); architecture izbočiti se; figuratively kipeti (čustva); (srce) napenjati se, (hoteti) počiti ( with od); biti poln ( with česa), figuratively napihovati se, hvalisati se, bahati se;

transitive verb (tudi swell up, swell out) napihniti, napeti; razširiti, povečati ( into do), zvišati, pomnožiti

swelled head slang nadutost, domišljavost

swollen legs — otekle noge

swelled with success — domišljav na svoj uspeh

to be swelled with pride — napihovati se od ošabnosti

my cheek is swelling — lice mi oteka

to swell out one's chest — (iz)prsiti se

the cost of war has swollen our debt — stroški za vojno so povečali naš dolg

my heart is swelling with happiness — srce mi je prepolno sreče

to swell like a turkey cock — šopiriti se kot pav

to swell note music peti (igrati) noto izmenoma crescendo in diminuendo

rains have swollen the river — zaradi deževja je reka narasla

the rivers are swelling — reke naraščajo

the sails swelled in the wind — jadra so se napela v vetru

to suffer from swelled head figuratively biti nadut, domišljav

1) (very high: a lofty building.) zelo visok

2) (haughty or proud: a lofty attitude.) vzvišen

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adjective ( loftily adverb)

zelo visok; figuratively vzvišen, veličasten; nadut, ohol, aroganten

1) (at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board.) visok

2) (having a particular height: This building is about 20 metres high; My horse is fifteen hands high.) visok

3) (great; large; considerable: The car was travelling at high speed; He has a high opinion of her work; They charge high prices; high hopes; The child has a high fever/temperature.) visok

4) (most important; very important: the high altar in a church; Important criminal trials are held at the High Court; a high official.) visok

5) (noble; good: high ideals.) visok

6) ((of a wind) strong: The wind is high tonight.) močan

7) ((of sounds) at or towards the top of a (musical) range: a high note.) visok

8) ((of voices) like a child's voice (rather than like a man's): He still speaks in a high voice.) visok

9) ((of food, especially meat) beginning to go bad.) pokvarjen

10) (having great value: Aces and kings are high cards.) visok

- highly

- highly-strung

- high tide

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visok, dvignjen; velik, važen; močan, silen; plemenit, odličen, imeniten; obilen (hrana); začinjen, pikanten (meso, divjačina); daljen, star (čas); visok, prediren, rezek (glas); velike vrednosti, visoke cene, drag; skrajen, goreč, vnet ( a high Tory); napet, razburljiv (doživljaj); veder, jasen, vesel (razpoloženje)

colloquially natrkan; slang omamljen (od mamila); American slang high on — nor na kaj

of high birth — plemenitega rodu, visokega rodu

high complexion — zardel obraz

British English higher school certificate — abiturientsko spričevalo

high day — beli dan, prazničen dan

high and dry figuratively osamljen, zapuščen; nautical nasedel, na suhem

to leave s.o. high and dry — pustiti koga na cedilu

in high feather — dobre volje, opit

to fly a high game — visoko letati

in high health — pri odličnem zdravju

with a high hand — samovoljno, ošabno

to carry things off with a high hand — samovoljno, predrzno ravnati

a high kicker — lahkoživka

high latitudes — pokrajine blizu zemeljskih tečajev

high and low — gospoda in raja

land is high — zemlja je draga

colloquially to mount ( —ali ride) the high horse — biti ponosen, biti domišljav

high merit — velika zasluga

high and mighty — nadut, ošaben

high noon — točno opoldne

high praise — velika hvala

high politics — visoka politika

high period — obdobje največje slave (umetnika itd.)

on the high ropes — ohol, poln prezira; besen

high speed — največja hitrost

high society — visoka družba

of high standing — visokega stanu, ugleden

high summer — visoko poletje

high spirit — razigranost, vedrost

in high spirits — razigran, colloquially natrkan, "v rožicah"

high seas — razburkano morje

the high seas — odprto morje

high time — skrajni čas

high wind — močan veter

high words — ostre besede, prepir

a high old time — ali high jinks — imenitna zabava

the Most High — bog

slang how is that for high? — to je pa že malo preveč

visoko; močno, zelo

to fly high — visoko letati

my heart beats high with — srce mi razbija od

to hold one's head high — glavo visoko nositi

to hunt ( —ali search) high and low for — povsod iskati

to live high — razkošno živeti

to pay high — drago plačati

to play high — igrati za mnogo denarja

to run high — biti razburkan (morje); figuratively biti razburjen, razburiti se

višina; anticiklonsko področje; najvišja karta; technical najvišja prestava (v vozilu); American colloquially gimnazija; American slang omama (od mamila)

on high — zgoraj, visoko gor; v nebesih, v nebesa

from on high — od zgoraj, z nebes

to shift into the high — dati v najvišjo prestavo

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vodéno (slabo) pivo; figuratively nepomembna oseba ali stvar

to chronicle small beer colloquially kramljati o nepomembnih stvareh, kot da bi bile zelo važne, figuratively iz muhe slona delati

to think no small beer of o.s. — imeti visoko mnenje o sebi, biti nadut (domišljav)

1) ((often with to) higher in rank, better, or greater, than: Is a captain superior to a commander in the navy?; With his superior strength he managed to overwhelm his opponent.) višji, močnejši

2) (high, or above the average, in quality: superior workmanship.) boljši

3) ((of a person or his attitude) contemptuous or disdainful: a superior smile.) vzvišen

- superiority

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adjective ( superiorly adverb)

(o prostoru) gornji; (o položaju) višji; (o kakovosti) boljši; (o številu) večji; močnejši (in v), prekašajoč; ki je nad čem, superioren, vzvišen, izreden; commerce izvrsten, odličen; (o vinu) žlahten; (često derogatory) imeniten, izobražen; ohol, domišljav, nadut, aroganten

with a superior air — domišljavo, naduto, zviška

superior to bribery — vzvišen nad, nedovzeten za podkupovanje

superior court American najvišje sodišče v državi (v ZDA)

superior forces military premoč

superior knowledge — izredno, zelo visoko znanje

superior letter — črka, ki stoji nad vrstico

superior limit — zgornja meja, skrajni rok, najvišja vsota

superior person — od drugih bolj izobražena oseba; domišljava oseba, nadutež; (ironično) fina oseba

superior wisdom — višja modrost

to be superior to — biti boljši od

they are superior to flattery — niso dovzetni za laskanje

he should be superior to revenge — ne bi se smel udajati želji po maščevanju

to rise superior to s.th. — pokazati se vzvišenega nad čem, ne si pustiti vplivati od česa

they were superior to us in number — bilo jih je več kot nas

he thinks himself superior — on se ima za nekaj boljšega

predstojnik, starešina, šef; kdor je boljši (in v); history fevdni gospod

my superior in rank — moj službeni predstojnik

Mother Superior, Lady Superior ecclesiastic prednica samostana

I am his superior in courage — prekašam ga v pogumu

he has no superior in speed — v hitrosti prekaša vse