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1 dresser
1) (a kitchen sideboard for holding dishes.) kredenca2) ((American) a chest of drawers for holding clothes sometimes with a mirror.)* * *[drésə]nounkomornik, -nica; kirurgov(a) asistent(ka); British English kuhinjska kredenca; American predalnik, toaletna mizica -
2 get off
1) (to take off or remove (clothes, marks etc): I can't get my boots off; I'll never get these stains off (my dress).) sleči, sezuti; odstraniti2) (to change (the subject which one is talking, writing etc about): We've rather got off the subject.) zamenjati* * *intransitive verb & transitive verbizstopiti; odpotovati; izogniti se; sprijazniti se; zadremati, zaspati; colloquially zaročiti se; odleteti (letalo); slang motiti seget off one's chest — priznati, olajšati si srceget off one's head — zgubiti glavo; olajšati si srcecolloquially get off with — navezati ljubezenske stike; izvleči seto get o.s. off — oditi -
3 swell
[swel] 1. past tense - swelled; verb(to make or become larger, greater or thicker: The insect-bite made her finger swell; The continual rain had swollen the river; I invited her to join us on the excursion in order to swell the numbers.) narasti, oteči2. noun(a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) valovanje3. adjective((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) imeniten- swelling- swollen
- swollen-headed
- swell out
- swell up* * *I [swel]1.nounoteklina, oteklost, nabreklost, otòk; otekanje; nautical valovanje po viharju; architecture izboklina, izbočina, izbok; rahla strmina, vzpetina (zemljišča); figuratively porast, naraščanje; music crescendo, za katerim pride diminuendo; (o orglah) naprava za jačanje in slabljenje zvoka; colloquially imetnik, odličnik, mojster, fin gospod, fina dama; slang gizdalin, elegan, gizdalinka, modna dama; poznavaleca swell at s.th. — poznavalec, mojster česa, zelo dober igralec ( at tennis tenisa)a swell in politics figuratively visoka živina v politikia big swell figuratively visoka, vplivna osebawhat a swell you are! — kako si eleganten!there was a heavy swell on — valovi so bili zelo veliki;2.adjective slangtiptop, šik, zelo eleganten, moden; imeniten, odličen, sijajena swell person — imenitna oseba, odličnikswell society — elegantna, fina družbaswell mob colloquially hohštaplerji, kriminalci, lepo oblečeni lopoviII [swel]1.intransitive verb(tudi swell up, swell out) oteči, otekati, nabrekniti; napihniti se, napeti se, nabuhniti, napenjati se; (voda) narasti; (jadro) napeti se, napihniti se; rasti, prerasti ( into v), narasti, povečati se; izbruhniti (izvirek, solze); architecture izbočiti se; figuratively kipeti (čustva); (srce) napenjati se, (hoteti) počiti ( with od); biti poln ( with česa), figuratively napihovati se, hvalisati se, bahati se;2.transitive verb (tudi swell up, swell out) napihniti, napeti; razširiti, povečati ( into do), zvišati, pomnožitiswelled head slang nadutost, domišljavostto swell note music peti (igrati) noto izmenoma crescendo in diminuendoto suffer from swelled head figuratively biti nadut, domišljav -
4 trunk
1) (the main stem (of a tree): The trunk of this tree is five metres thick.) deblo2) (a large box or chest for packing or keeping clothes etc in: He packed his trunk and sent it to Canada by sea.) zaboj3) (an elephant's long nose: The elephant sucked up water into its trunk.) rilec4) (the body (not including the head, arms and legs) of a person (and certain animals): He had a powerful trunk, but thin arms.) trup5) ((American) a boot (of a car): Put your baggage in the trunk.) prtljažnik•- trunks* * *I [trʌŋk]noundeblo, steblo, čok; trup; telo; glavni del; railway glavna proga; telefonski daljinski vod; medkrajevna linija; zaboj, skrinja, (potovalni) kovček; (slonov) trobec, rilec slang "nos"; plovna struga (reke, kanala); architecture podnožje, podstavek; mineralogy cev za ventilacijo, dušnik; anatomy glavni del arterije, živca itd.; plural (= trunk hose) history široke hlače (do kolen); American plural kopalne hlačke, kopalketrunks, please! — telefonski urad, prosim!II [trʌŋk]transitive verbločiti, izpirati (rudo) (v koritu)
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