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1 teapot
noun (a pot with a spout used for making and pouring tea.) čajnik* * *[tí:pɔt]nounčajnika storm in a teapot — figuratively vihar v čaši vode -
2 tempest
['tempist](a violent storm, with very strong winds: A tempest arose and they were drowned at sea.) nevihta- tempestuously
- tempestuousness* * *[témpist]1.noundivji vihar (tudi figuratively), orkan; zburkanost, nemir; dialectal nevihtaa tempest of applause — vihar aplavzov, odobravanjaa tempest in a teapot figuratively mnogo hrupa za (prazen) nič, vihar v čaši vodetempest-beaten — razburkan;2.transitive verbrazburkati, razburiti, vznemiriti; stresti (jezo); intransitive verb besneti, divjati, razsajati
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