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[doɡ] 1. noun(a domestic, meat-eating animal related to the wolf and fox.) pes2. adjective((usually of members of the dog family) male: a dog-fox.) samec3. verb(to follow closely as a dog does: She dogged his footsteps.) zasledovati- dogged- doggedly
- doggedness
- dog-biscuit
- dog collar
- dog-eared
- dog-tired
- a dog's life
- go to the dogs
- in the doghouse
- not a dog's chance* * *I [dɔg]nounzoology pes, volk, lisjak; plural kovinski podstavek za polena v kaminu; familiarly ničvrednež; slang zagovednež, cepec, tepec; plural slang noge; rudniški vozičekto give a dog a bad ( —ali an ill) name and hang him — zvaliti vso krivdo na človeka na slabem glasubarking dogs never bite — pes, ki laja, ne grizeto die a dog's death, to die like a dog — bedno poginitiAmerican military slang dog's face — navadni vojak, infanteristto go to the dogs — propasti, priti na psa, obubožati, priti k ničAmerican slang hot dog — vroča hrenovka v žemljito lead a cat and dog life — vedno se prepirati, živeti ko pes in mačkadog on it! — prekleto!slang to put on dog — šopiriti seto send s.th. to the dogs — potratiti, zapraviti, pognatilet sleeping dogs lie — kar je bilo, naj bo pozabljenoto take a hair of the dog that bit one — "mačka" z vinom preganjatito throw to the dogs — zavreči, na klin obesiti; figuratively žrtvovatitop dog — najvišja oseba, visoka živinawhose dog is dead? — kaj se dogaja?, kdo je umrl?II [dɔg]transitive verbbiti za petami, zasledovati; technical ujeti se v škripec -
2 manger
['mein‹ə](a box or trough in which food for horses and cattle is placed.) jasli* * *[méindžə]nounjasli, korito
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