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1 strait
[streit]1) ((often in plural) a narrow strip of sea between two pieces of land: the straits of Gibraltar; the Bering Strait.) ožina2) ((in plural) difficulty; (financial) need.) škripci•- strait-laced* * *[stréit]1.adjective ( straitly adverb)ozek, utesnjen, tesen, zaprt; figuratively strog, strikten, trd, točen; težaven, mučen; omejen, pičel;2.noun(večinoma plural)ožina; plural stiska, škripci, težave; (redko) zemeljska ožina; obsolete ozek prehod, ozko mestothe Straits British English (prej) Gibraltarska ožina, (sedaj) Malajska ožina -
2 strait-jacket
noun (a type of jacket with long sleeves tied behind to hold back the arms of eg a violent and insane person.) prisilni jopič* * *[stréitdžækit]nounprisilni jopič -
3 strait-laced
adjective (strict and severe in attitude and behaviour.) strog* * *[stréitleist]adjectivezategnjen, stisnjen (s steznikom); figuratively strog, ozkosrčen, puritanski, pretirano kreposten (moralen) -
4 strait-waistcoat
[stréitweistkout]nounprisilni jopič -
5 Menai Strait(s)
[ménai]proper nameime morske ožine -
6 jacket
['‹ækit]1) (a short coat: He wore brown trousers and a blue jacket.) jopič2) (a covering, especially a loose paper cover for a book: I like the design on this (book-)jacket.) ovoj* * *I [džaekit]nounjopič, suknjič; ovoj, ovojnica, ogrinjalo; knjižni ovoj, zaščitni ovoj; krzno, kožato dust s.o.'s jacket for him — izprašiti komu hlače, našeškati kogaII [džaekit]transitive verbobleči suknjič; colloquially našeškati -
7 St.
1) (street: I live at 70 Flower St., Chicago.) ulica2) (saint: St Peter, St Paul's Cathedral.) sveti* * *abbreviationSaint; Street; Strait -
8 narrows
noun plural (a narrow sea-passage; a channel or strait.) morska ožina
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