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1 sand
[sænd] 1. noun1) (a large amount of tiny particles of crushed rocks, shells etc, found on beaches etc.) prod2) (an area of sand, especially on a beach: We lay on the sand.) pesek2. verb(to smooth with eg sand-paper: The floor should be sanded before you varnish it.) obrusiti- sandy- sandbank
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- sandpaper 3. verb(to make smooth with sandpaper.) smirkati- sandstone
- sand-storm* * *I [sænd]nounpesek; prod; pesek ali prod na obrežju; poetically zrnca peska, čas; ure; plural (peščena) puščava ali ravnina, prod vzdolž morja, ob vodi; American slang hrabrost, pogum, energija, čvrstost značaja; slang denarbuilt on sand — zgrajen na pesku, nesigurenthe sands are running out (low) figuratively ura je potekla, gre h koncuhis sands are running out — njegove ure se iztekajo, so mu šteteto plough the sand(s) — pesek orati, figuratively nesmiselno se mučiti, garati brez koristiII [sænd]transitive verbposuti, zasuti s peskom, zakopati v pesek; pokriti, brusiti s peskom; commerce (goljufivo, sleparsko) primešati pesek, mešati s peskom (za otežitev); pustiti nasesti (ladjo) na sipini -
2 sandcastle
noun (a pile of sand, sometimes made to look like a castle, built especially by children on beaches.) peščeni grad* * *[saendka:sl]noungrad iz peska (na plaži); figuratively hiša iz igralnih kart
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