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1 bird's-nest
[bɜ:dznest]nounptičje gnezdo; opazovalnica, jamborni koš -
2 feather
['feðə] 1. noun(one of the things that grow from a bird's skin that form the covering of its body: They cleaned the oil off the seagull's feathers.) pero2. verb(to line, cover or decorate with feathers: The eagle feathers its nest with down from its own breast.) operiti- feathery
- a feather in one's cap
- feather one's own nest
- feather one's nest* * *I [féðə]nounpero, perje; čopek; pena na morskem valu; vrsta; razpoloženjebirds of a feather flock together — enak se druži z enakim, ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijoto crop s.o.'s feathers — pristriči komu krila, ponižati gain grand feather — v svečani obleki, našemljen; odličnega zdravjain high feather — dobre volje; dobrega zdravjaAmerican slang feather merchant — zmuzne; military slang civilistto ruffle s.o.'s feathers — dražiti kogato show the white feather — popihati jo; biti strahopetento smooth s.o.'s ruffled feathers — pomiriti kogaII [féðə]1.transitive verb(o)krasiti s perjem, operiti (se); s perjem obrobiti; plosko dvigati veslo iz vode; z repom mahati;2.intransitive verbtrepetati, drgetatito feather one's nest — dobro si postlati, obogateti -
3 egg
I [eɡ] noun1) (an oval object usually covered with shell, laid by a bird, reptile etc, from which a young one is hatched: The female bird is sitting on the eggs in the nest.) jajce2) (such an object laid by a hen, used as food: Would you rather have boiled, fried or scrambled eggs?) jajce3) (in the female mammal, the cell from which the young one is formed; the ovum: The egg is fertilized by the male sperm.) jajčece•- egg-cup- eggplant
- eggshell
- put all one's eggs in one basket
- teach one's grandmother to suck eggs II [eɡ]- egg on* * *I [eg]nounjajce; slang letalska bomba; American slang neotesanec, fant, dečkoslang a bad egg — pokvarjenecslang a good egg — dober dečkolike a Curate's egg — samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slabslang goose egg — ničla, ničmilitary sl — polagati minefried eggs — pečena jajca "na oko"II [eg]transitive verb(on) spodbosti, spodbadati, siliti; z rumenjakom namazati; obmetavati z gnilimi jajci; nabirati jajcato egg and crumb — povaljati v jajcu in drobtinah, panirati -
4 chick
[ ik](a baby bird: One of the chicks fell out of the blackbird's nest.) ptiček, piščanček* * *[čik]nouncolloquially pišče; golobček; otročiček; srček, ljubica -
5 hen
[hen]1) (the female farmyard fowl: Hens lay eggs.) kokoš2) (the female of any bird: The hen is sitting on the nest; ( also adjective) a hen blackbird.) samica (ptičev)•- henpecked* * *[hen]nounkokoš; samica (ptičev)American slang there is a hen on — "nekaj se kuha" -
6 nestling
[-liŋ]noun (a young bird (still in the nest).) ptičji mladič* * *[nésliŋ]nounzoology ptičji mladič, golec; figuratively otročiček
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