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1 chicken
[' ikin]1) (a young bird, especially a young hen: She keeps chickens.) piščanec2) (its flesh used as food: a plate of fried chicken.) piščanec3) ((slang.) a coward.) strahopetec, zajec•- chicken-pox
- chicken out* * *[číkin]nounpišče, kokoš, kura; kuretina; otročiček; figuratively zelenec; strahopetec -
2 circle
['sə:kl] 1. noun1) (a figure (O) bounded by one line, every point on which is equally distant from the centre.) krog2) (something in the form of a circle: She was surrounded by a circle of admirers.) krog3) (a group of people: a circle of close friends; wealthy circles.) krog, sloj4) (a balcony in a theatre etc: We sat in the circle at the opera.) balkon v gledališču2. verb1) (to move in a circle round something: The chickens circled round the farmer who was bringing their food.) krožiti2) (to draw a circle round: Please circle the word you think is wrong.) obkrožiti* * *I [sɜ:kl]nounkrog, obroč; sfera; ciklus; okrožje; krožek; obseg; stantheatre dress circle — prvi balkonfiguratively to square the circle — skušati doseči nemogoče; zaman si prizadevatiII [sɜ:kl]1.transitive verbobkrožiti, obkoliti;2.intransitive verbkrožiti -
3 count
I noun(nobleman in certain countries, equal in rank to a British earl.) grof- countessII 1. verb1) (to name the numbers up to: Count (up to) ten.) šteti2) (to calculate using numbers: Count (up) the number of pages; Count how many people there are; There were six people present, not counting the chairman.) računati, šteti3) (to be important or have an effect or value: What he says doesn't count; All these essays count towards my final mark.) veljati4) (to consider: Count yourself lucky to be here.) imeti (se) za2. noun1) (an act of numbering: They took a count of how many people attended.) štetje2) (a charge brought against a prisoner etc: She faces three counts of theft.) obtožba3. adjective(see countable.)- counter- countdown
- count on
- out for the count* * *I [kaunt]noun(neangleški) grofII [kaunt]nounračun; število; računanje, cenitev; glasovanje; rezultat; točka obtožnice; odlašanje; upoštevanje; ozirto keep count of s.th. — računati s čimto lose count — ušteti, zmotiti se pri računanjuout of all count — nevšteven, nepreštevento take count of s.th. — prešteti, upoštevati kajIII [kaunt]transitive verb & intransitive verbšteti, računati, ceniti; upoštevati, smatrati; veljatito count one's chickens before they are hatched, to count without one's host — delati račun brez krčmarjathat does not count — to ni pomembno, to ne veljaScottish to count kin — biti v očitnem sorodstvucolloquially to count noses, to count the house — ugotoviti število prisotnih -
4 hatch
I [hæ ] noun((the door or cover of) an opening in a wall, floor, ship's deck etc: There are two hatches between the kitchen and dining-room for serving food.) okence, loputa- hatchwayII [hæ ] verb1) (to produce (young birds etc) from eggs: My hens have hatched ten chicks.) izvaliti2) (to break out of the egg: These chicks hatched this morning.) izleči se3) (to become young birds: Four of the eggs have hatched.) odpreti se (jajce)4) (to plan (something, usually bad) in secret: to hatch a plot.) kovati (zaroto)* * *I [hæč]nounloputa, zaklopna vratca; nautical jašek za nakladanje, odprtina v ladijskem krovu, pokrov jaška; okence med kuhinjo in jedilnico; branikunder (the) hatches — pod palubo, figuratively v škripcih; zaprt, neviden; slang mrtevII [hæč]nounzarod, zalegahatches, catches, matches & dispatches — časopisna rubrika o rojstvih, zarokah, porokah in smrtiIII [hæč]1.transitive verbizvaliti, izleči; figuratively kovati (zaroto), snovati;2.intransitive verbizvaliti se, izleči se; figuratively razviti seIV [hæč]1.nounčrtica v šrafuri;2.transitive verbčrtkati, šrafirati -
5 hen
[hen]1) (the female farmyard fowl: Hens lay eggs.) kokoš2) (the female of any bird: The hen is sitting on the nest; ( also adjective) a hen blackbird.) samica (ptičev)•- henpecked* * *[hen]nounkokoš; samica (ptičev)American slang there is a hen on — "nekaj se kuha" -
6 proverb
['provə:b](a well-known saying that gives good advice or expresses a supposed truth: Two common proverbs are `Many hands make light work' and `Don't count your chickens before they're hatched!') pregovor- proverbially* * *[prɔvəb]nounpregovorto a proverb — obče znan, ki je prišel v pregovor -
7 stuffing
1) (material used for stuffing eg toy animals: The teddy-bear had lost its stuffing.) polnilo2) (a mixture containing eg breadcrumbs, spices, sausage-meat etc, used for stuffing chickens etc.) nadev* * *[stʌfiŋ]nounpolnjenje; polnilo, material za tapeciranje; nadevto knock the stuffing out of s.o. — premikastiti koga, figuratively napraviti koga neškodljivega, privesti koga k pameti
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