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1 biting
1) (very cold and causing discomfort: a biting wind.) oster2) (wounding or hurtful: a biting remark.) jedek* * *[báitiŋ]adjectivepekoč, jedek; oster, zbadljiv, sarkastičen; ledenomrzel -
2 keen
[ki:n]1) (eager or enthusiastic: He is a keen golfer; I'm keen to succeed.) goreč2) (sharp: Her eyesight is as keen as ever.) oster3) ((of wind etc) very cold and biting.) oster•- keenly- keenness
- keen on* * *I [ki:n]1.nounirska žalostinka;2.intransitive verb & transitive verbtarnati, objokovati ( for)II [ki:n]adjective ( keenly adverb)oster (rob, veter, vid, bolečina); piker, rezek, jedek, prediren (pogled); globok, močno občuten; slepeč (svetloba), močen, oster (konkurenca); prefinjen, izostren; bister, ostroumen; colloquially (on) goreč, vnet, željan česa, pohlepen po čem, poln zanimanja za, navdušen za; American colloquially prima, brezhibenas keen as mustard — zelo navdušen, vnetI am not keen on it — ni mi za to, ne da se mi tegacommerce keen prices — konkurenčne cene -
3 tooth
[tu:Ɵ]plural - teeth; noun1) (any of the hard, bone-like objects that grow in the mouth and are used for biting and chewing: He has had a tooth out at the dentist's.)2) (something that looks or acts like a tooth: the teeth of a comb/saw.)•- teethe- toothed
- toothless
- toothy
- toothache
- toothbrush
- toothpaste
- toothpick
- be
- get long in the tooth
- a fine-tooth comb
- a sweet tooth
- tooth and nail* * *I [tu:m, ti:m]noun(plural teeth) zob; tech zob (žage, glavnika itd.); zob kolesa; konica; kavelj; parožek; figuratively nagnjenje, posebna ljubezen (do)tooth and nail figuratively z vso močjo; neizprosnoby the skin of one's teeth figuratively za las, komaj še (uiti)in the teeth of — kljub, navzlic; protifrom the teeth outward figuratively površnoartificial tooth, false tooth — umeten zobcorner (dog, eye, laniary) tooth — podočnikincisor (incision, cutting) tooth — sekalec (zob)to cast s.th. in s.o.'s teeth — komu kaj v zobe (v obraz) vreči; očitatito cut one's eye-teeth figuratively začeti spoznavati življenjeto draw s.o.'s teeth figuratively pristriči komu krila, napraviti koga neškodljivegato fight (to struggle) tooth and nail — boriti se z vsemi močmi (zagrizeno, nepopustljivo)to get one's teeth into s.th. — zagristi se v kaj; trmasto (nepopustljivo) se česa lotitito have a sweet tooth — biti sladkosneden, rad imeti sladkarijeto lie in one's teeth — v obraz lagati; nesramno, predrzno lagatithis set my teeth on edge — zaskominalo me je ob tem; to me je razburilo (ozlovoljilo)to take the bit between one's teeth figuratively postati trmoglav; upreti se; osamosvojiti seII [tu:m]transitive verbnazobčati, ozobiti ( a saw žago); opremiti z zobmi; gristi, žvečititoothed wheel — zobato kolo; intransitive verb technical prije(ma)ti z zobci (o zobatih kolesih)
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