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1 highwayman
plural - highwaymen; noun (in earlier times, a man usually on horseback, who attacked and robbed people travelling in coaches etc on public roads.) cestni razbojnik* * *[háiweimən]nouncestni razbojnik -
2 high
1. adjective1) (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.) visok2) (having a particular height: This building is about 20 metres high; My horse is fifteen hands high.) visok3) (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.) visok4) (most important; very important: the high altar in a church; Important criminal trials are held at the High Court; a high official.) visok5) (noble; good: high ideals.) visok6) ((of a wind) strong: The wind is high tonight.) močan7) ((of sounds) at or towards the top of a (musical) range: a high note.) visok8) ((of voices) like a child's voice (rather than like a man's): He still speaks in a high voice.) visok9) ((of food, especially meat) beginning to go bad.) pokvarjen10) (having great value: Aces and kings are high cards.) visok2. adverb(at, or to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: The plane was flying high in the sky; He'll rise high in his profession.) visoko- highly- highness
- high-chair
- high-class
- higher education
- high fidelity
- high-handed
- high-handedly
- high-handedness
- high jump
- highlands
- high-level
- highlight 3. verb(to draw particular attention to (a person, thing etc).) izpostaviti- high-minded
- high-mindedness
- high-pitched
- high-powered
- high-rise
- highroad
- high school
- high-spirited
- high spirits
- high street
- high-tech 4. adjective((also hi-tech): high-tech industries.) visokotehnološki- high treason
- high water
- highway
- Highway Code
- highwayman
- high wire
- high and dry
- high and low
- high and mighty
- the high seas
- it is high time* * *I [hái]adjectivevisok, 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 kajof high birth — plemenitega rodu, visokega roduBritish English higher school certificate — abiturientsko spričevalohigh day — beli dan, prazničen danhigh and dry figuratively osamljen, zapuščen; nautical nasedel, na suhemto leave s.o. high and dry — pustiti koga na cediluin high feather — dobre volje, opitwith a high hand — samovoljno, ošabnoto carry things off with a high hand — samovoljno, predrzno ravnaticolloquially to mount ( —ali ride) the high horse — biti ponosen, biti domišljavhigh and mighty — nadut, ošabenhigh period — obdobje največje slave (umetnika itd.)on the high ropes — ohol, poln prezira; besenof high standing — visokega stanu, ugledenhigh spirit — razigranost, vedrostin high spirits — razigran, colloquially natrkan, "v rožicah"high words — ostre besede, prepirslang how is that for high? — to je pa že malo prevečII [hái]adverbvisoko; močno, zeloto run high — biti razburkan (morje); figuratively biti razburjen, razburiti seIII [hái]nounvišina; 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 nebesafrom on high — od zgoraj, z nebes -
3 highwaymen
plural; see highwayman
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