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1 beard
[biəd]1) (the hair that grows on the chin: a man's beard; a goat's beard.) brada2) (a group of hair-like tufts on an ear of corn: the beard on barley.) resa•- bearded* * *I [biəd]nounbrada; osina, resa; zobec; škrbina (na nožu); škrge (ostrige)to laugh at s.o.'s beard — smejati se komu v brk, skušati koga naplahtatiII [biəd]transitive verbfiguratively po robu se postaviti, kljubovati, izzivatito beard the lion in his den — izzivati koga, ostro komu ugovarjati -
2 blue-beard
[blú:biəd]nounsinjebradec -
3 goat's beard
[góutsbiəd]nounbotany kozja brada -
4 old-man's beard
[óuldmænzbíəd]nounbotany bradovec (lišaj) -
5 growth
[-Ɵ]1) (the act or process of growing, increasing, developing etc: the growth of trade unionism.) rast2) (something that has grown: a week's growth of beard.) prirastek3) (the amount by which something grows: to measure the growth of a plant.) rast4) (something unwanted which grows: a cancerous growth.) izrastek* * *[groum]nounrast, razvoj; rastline; podrast; izrastek; medicine bula, oteklina, zabreklina; (in) napredek, uspevanje; kultura (bakterij) -
6 chin
[ in](the part of the face below the mouth: His beard completely covers his chin.) brada* * *I [čin]nounbrada, obradekto thrust the chin into the neck — bahati, postavljati sekeep your chin up! — glavo pokonciII [čin]intransitive verb American slang ( about) klepetatito chin o.s. up — potegniti se kvišku (z rokami) -
7 disguise
1. verb1) (to hide the identity of by altering the appearance etc: He disguised himself as a policeman; She disguised her voice with a foreign accent.) preobleči se v; prekriti2) (to hide (eg one's intentions etc): He tried hard to disguise his feelings.) skrivati2. noun1) (a disguised state: He was in disguise.) preobleka2) (a set of clothes, make-up etc which disguises: He was wearing a false beard as a disguise.) krinka* * *I [disgáiz]transitive verbpreobleči, prikri(va)ti; hliniti; (po)pačiti; potvarjatito disguise o.s. as — preobleči se vto disguise the truth from s.o. — skrivati resnico pred komII [disgáiz]nounpreobleka; pretvara; pretveza, hlimba, krinkaa blessing in disguise — le navidezno zlo, sreča v nesrečito travel in disguise — potovati pod tujim imenom, inkognito -
8 waggle
['wæɡl] 1. verb(to (cause to) move from side to side: She waggled her hips as she walked down the street; His beard waggled as he ate.) pozibavati (se)2. noun(such a movement.) zibanje* * *[wægl]1.nounguganje, premikanje, kimanje, tresenje; majanje, opotekanje;2.transitive verbmahati (z repom), stresati, premikati; kimati (z glavo); intransitive verb majati se, gugati se, pozibavati se, tresti se; opotekati se -
9 singe
[sin‹]present participle - singeing; verb(to (cause to) burn on the surface; to scorch: She singed her dress by pressing it with too hot an iron.) ožgati (se)* * *[sindž]1.noun(lahka) opeklina; osmoditev;2.transitive verb & intransitive verb (o)smoditi (se), (o)žgati (se), pripaliti (se), opeči (se), opariti (se), popariti (se)your dress is singeing! — obleka se ti smodi (žge)!his reputation is a little singed figuratively njegov sloves je malce dvomljivto singe one's feathers (wings) figuratively opeči si prsteto singe the King of Spain's beard figuratively (o)pleniti španske obaleto singe a pig — omavžati, popariti in oskubsti ščetine prašiču -
10 whisker
['wiskə]1) (in plural a man's moustache, beard and/or sideburns.) brki, brada, zalizki2) ((usually in plural) one of the long hairs between the nose and the mouth of a cat etc.) brki•- whiskery
- miss by a whisker
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