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1 bread-and-butter
[brédənbʌtə]adjectivefiguratively otročji, mlad, mladeniški, nezrel; sramežljiv; vsakdanji; potreben; zahvalen -
2 bread and butter
((a way of earning) one's living: Writing novels is my bread and butter.) zaslužek -
3 bread
[bred]1) (a type of food made of flour or meal baked: bread and butter.) kruh2) (one's living: This is how I earn my daily bread.) kruh•- breadwinner
- bread and butter
- on the breadline* * *I [bred]nounkruh; hrana; zaslužekbread buttered on both sides — velika sreča, dobičkonosen opravekto know on which side one's bread is buttered — vedeti, kaj je ugodnobread and butter — kruh z maslom; figuratively hrana, zaslužekto take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth — odjesti komu kruhto break bread with s.o. — deliti s kom hranoBritish English slang bread and cow to cover — kruh z maslomto eat s.o.'s bread and salt — biti pri kom v gostehII [bred]transitive verbpovaljati v drobtinah -
4 butter
1. noun(a fatty substance made from cream by churning.) maslo2. verb(to spread with butter: She buttered the bread.) namazati z maslom- buttery- butterfingers
- butterscotch
- butter up* * *I [bʌtə]nounmaslo; figuratively dobrikanje, laskanje, prilizovanjehe looks as if butter would not melt in his mouth — videti je, kakor da ne bi znal do pet štetito quarrel with one's bread and butter — godrnjati čez svoje opravke, sam sebi škodovatirank butter — žarko, pokvarjeno masloII [bʌtə]transitive verbnamazati, zabeliti z maslom; figuratively dobrikati, prilizovati se, laskatifair ( —ali fine, kind) words butter no parsnips — z lepimi besedami se ne da popraviti, od lepih besed se ne da živetito know on which side one's bread is buttered — vedeti, kaj človeku koristicolloquially to butter up — laskati, dobrikati se -
5 and
[ənd, ænd]1) (joining two statements, pieces of information etc: I opened the door and went inside; The hat was blue and red; a mother and child.) in2) (in addition to: 2 and 2 makes 4.) in, plus3) (as a result of which: Try hard and you will succeed.) in, pa4) (used instead of `to' with a verb: Do try and come!)* * *[ænd, ənd, ən]conjunctionin, ter, pa tudiboth... and — tako... kakorand so forth, and so on — in tako daljeand how! — pa še kako! -
6 letter
['letə]1) (a mark expressing a sound: the letters of the alphabet.) črka2) (a written message, especially sent by post in an envelope: She slowly took the letter from its envelope; Did you post my letter?) pismo•- letterbox
- letterhead
- to the letter* * *I [létə]nounčrka; pismo; plural uradno pismo, listina; plural književnosf, znanostto the letter — dobesedno, podrobnothe letter of the law — črka zakona, strogo po zakonufiguratively red-letter day — praznikman of letters — književnik, znanstvenikcommonwealth ( —ali republic) of letters — pisci, literatieconomy letter of acceptance — prejeta menica, akceptjuridically letter of administration — sodni nalog o upravi zapuščineeconomy letter of advice — spremno pismo, avizojuridically letter of allotment — sodni nalog o dodelitviletter of attorney — pooblastilo, polnomočjeeconomy letter of conveyance — tovorni spremni listletter of credence — pismeno priporočilo, akreditivno pismoeconomy letter of credit — kreditno pismoletter of marque — dovoljenje privatniku, da zaseže tujo trgovsko ladjoletters patent economy patentni listjuridically dekret, pooblastilo; juridically letters testamentary — pooblastilo izvrševalcu oporokeII [létə]transitive verbnapisati, zaznamovati s črkami, (naslov) natisnitiIII [létə]nounnajemodajalec -
7 quarrel
['kworəl] 1. noun(an angry disagreement or argument: I've had a quarrel with my girl-friend.) prepir2. verb(to have an angry argument (with someone): I've quarrelled with my girl-friend; My girl-friend and I have quarrelled.) prepirati se- quarrelsomeness* * *I [kwɔrəl]nounto find quarrel in a straw — biti prepirljiv, iskati dlako v jajcuto have no quarrel with — ne imeti povoda za prepir, ne imeti kaj zameritito make ( —ali patch) up a quarrel — pomiriti se, izgladiti sporII [kwɔrəl]intransitive verbprepirati se, spreti se ( with s, z; for, about zaradi); pritoževati seto quarrel with one's bread and butter — pljuvati v lastno skledo, škodovati samemu sebiIII [kwɔrəl]nounhistory kratka puščica; rombasta ali kvadratna šipa; steklarski diamant; kamnoseško dleto
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