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1 chalk
[ o:k]1) (a white rock; a type of limestone.) kreda2) ((a piece of) a chalk-like substance used for writing (especially on blackboards): a box of chalks.) kreda•- chalky- chalkboard* * *I [čx:k]nounkreda; pastel; colloquially račun, dolg, kredit; slang praskaas like as chalk and cheese, as different as chalk from cheese — kot noč in dan (različna)colloquially to walk a chalk line — biti trezen, vesti se skrajno spodobnonot to know chalk from cheese — ne imeti niti pojma, prav nič ne razumetiII [čx:k]transitive verbkredati; s kredo pisati ali označiti -
2 walk
(to walk, stand etc on the toes: He stood on tiptoe(s) to reach the shelf.) hoditi po prstih, stopiti na prste* * *I [wɔ:k]nounhoja, hod, peš hoja, pešačenje, korakanje; način hoje, hoja v koraku; sprehod, tura, potovanje; redni, higienski sprehod; pot za sprehode, sprehajališče, promenada, aleja; pašnik (za ovce); tekališče (za kokoši); področje (dela), stroka, delavnost, aktivnost; poklic, socialen položaj, kariera; plantaža (v Zahodni Indiji); runda (policista); področje (krošnjarja); British English (gozdni) revir; sport tekmovalna hoja; obsolete zakotje, skrivališče, zavetje, pribežališčewalk of life — položaj v življenju, poklic, karierato come at a walk — priti peš, prikorakatito go at a walk — korakati, iti v korakuto go for a walk, to take a walk — iti na sprehodto be on the walks American inkasirati, pobirati denarthis is not within my walk — to ni moja stroka, za to nisem kompetenten, to se me ne tičeto take s.o. for a walk — vzeti, peljati koga na sprehodII [wɔ:k]1.intransitive verbhoditi, iti, korakati, peš iti, pešačiti, počasi hoditi, sprehajati se; (konj) iti v koraku; (duhovi) strašiti; obsolete majati se, premikati se (sem in tja); figuratively obsolete živeti (po nekih načelih); obsolete klatiti se okolito walk on air figuratively biti v devetih nebesihto walk in peace figuratively mirno živetihe walked into the pie figuratively planil je po paštetito walk in golden ( —ali silver) slippers figuratively plavati v denarju, živeti v bogastvuto walk over (the course) — z lahkoto dobiti dirko, figuratively z lahkoto zmagatito walk round s.o. American colloquially opehariti, oslepariti kogato walk through one's part theatre brezizrazno (od)igrati (svojo) vlogoto walk into s.o. colloquially napasti koga; ozmerjati, pretepsti koga;2.transitive verbprehoditi, prepotovati (peš); hoditi sem in tja po; pustiti (konja), da gre v koraku; voditi, peljati, spremljati na sprehod; odpeljati (kaj); (košarka) obdržati žogo več kot dva koraka (brez dribljanja); izučiti (mladega psa); tekmovati v hoji (s.o. s kom)to walk one's beat military biti na stražito walk the chalk ( —ali chalk mark, chalk line) — figuratively dokazati svojo treznost (npr. na policiji) z ravno hojo med črtami, narisanimi s kredoto walk one's chalks slang pobrati jo, po francosko se poslovitito walk a horse — voditi, prepeljavati konjato walk the hospital — prakticirati na kliniki, hoditi po bolniških sobah (o študentu medicine)to walk s.o. off his legs — utruditi koga s hojo, s pešačenjemto walk the streets — hoditi po ulicah; figuratively baviti se s prostitucijo
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