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1 oil
[oil] 1. noun(a usually thick liquid that will not mix with water, obtained from plants, animals and minerals: olive oil; whale oil; vegetable oil; cooking oil; He put some oil on the hinges of the door; The car's engine is in need of oil.) olje2. verb(to put oil on or into: The machine will work better if it's oiled.) naoljiti- oils- oily
- oilfield
- oil paint
- oil painting
- oil palm
- oil-rig
- oil-tanker
- oil-well
- strike oil* * *I [ɔil]nounolje, nafta; plural oljnate barve; (zlasti plural) colloquially oljnata slikato pour oil on the waters — miriti, izgladitito strike oil — naleteti na nafto, figuratively uspeti, obogatetiII [ɔil]transitive verbnaoljiti, namazati z oljem, impregnirati z oljemfiguratively to oil one's tongue — prilizovati seto oil the wheels — namazati kolesa, figuratively zasladiti (si) življenje, podkupitiuniversity slang to oil the knocker — podkupiti vratarja -
2 burn
[bə:n] 1. past tense, past participles - burned, burnt; verb1) (to destroy, damage or injure by fire, heat, acid etc: The fire burned all my papers; I've burnt the meat.) zažgati2) (to use as fuel.) prižgati3) (to make (a hole etc) by fire, heat, acid etc: The acid burned a hole in my dress.) narediti (luknjo)4) (to catch fire: Paper burns easily.) vžgati se2. noun(an injury or mark caused by fire etc: His burns will take a long time to heal; a burn in the carpet.) opeklina, ožganina- burner* * *I [bə:n]nounScottish dialectal poetically potočekII [bə:n]1.transitive verbzažgati, sežgati; pražiti; vžgati, ožigosati; spaliti;2.intransitive verbgoreti, smoditi se, žareti, skeleti, peči; plamteti, razplameniti, razvneti seto burn to ashes — upepeliti; v prah zgoretito burn the candle at both ends — naporno delati, preveč se truditiAmerican to burn powder — zapravljati strelivoIII [bə:n]nounopeklina; vžgano znamenje; požiganje; žigto give s.o. a burn — ošiniti koga z uničujočim pogledom -
3 midnight
(twelve o'clock at night: I'll go to bed at midnight; ( also adjective) a midnight attack.) polnoč* * *[mídnait]nounpolnočAmerican politics midnight appointment — imenovanje tik pred potekom oblasti
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burn the midnight oil — {v. phr.} To study late at night. * /Exam time was near, and more and more pupils were burning the midnight oil./ … Dictionary of American idioms
burn the midnight oil — {v. phr.} To study late at night. * /Exam time was near, and more and more pupils were burning the midnight oil./ … Dictionary of American idioms
burn the midnight oil — If you stay up very late working or studying, you burn the midnight oil … The small dictionary of idiomes
burn the midnight oil — ► to work late into the night Main Entry: ↑burn … Financial and business terms
burn the midnight oil — ► burn the midnight oil work late into the night. Main Entry: ↑burn … English terms dictionary
burn the midnight oil — phrasal : to work or study far into the night * * * burn the midnight oil To study late into the night • • • Main Entry: ↑burn burn the midnight oil see under ↑burn1 • • • Main Entry: ↑midnight * * * burn the midnight oil … Useful english dictionary
burn the midnight oil — If you stay up very late working or studying, you burn the midnight oil. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** A person who burns the midnight oil stays up very late at night in order to finish a piece of work. Tony is working hard for… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
burn the midnight oil — work or study very late at night To become a doctor, you have to burn the midnight oil … English idioms
burn the midnight oil — Late night truckers burn the midnight oil … English expressions
Burn the midnight oil — If you stay up very late working or studying, you burn the midnight oil … Dictionary of English idioms
burn the midnight oil — verb To work studiously, especially late into the night. He was burning the midnight oil all night to finish his paper. Syn: elucubrate, pull an all nighter … Wiktionary