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1 bird
[bə:d](a two-legged feathered creature, with a beak and two wings, with which most can fly: Kiwis and ostriches are birds which cannot fly.) ptič* * *[bə:d]nounptič, ptičicaslang deklica, dečko, oseba; American slang navdušenec; čudak; figuratively old bird — lisjak, zvitorepec, tičto do s.th. like a bird — zelo rad, z lahkoto kaj nareditibirds of a feather flock together — ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo, Šimen Šimnu godeto give the bird — zavrniti, odkloniti, izžvižgatia bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — boljši danes vrabec kakor jutri zajec, bolje drži ga kot lovi gato kill two birds with one stone — dve stvari hkrati opraviti, dve muhi naenkrat ubitia little bird told me so — nekdo (ne smem ali nočem povedati, kdo) mi je povedalbird of paradise — rajska ptica, rajčica -
2 crest
[krest]1) (the comb or tuft on the head of a cock or other bird.) greben2) (the summit or highest part: the crest of a wave; the crest of a mountain.) greben3) (feathers on the top of a helmet.) perjanica4) (a badge or emblem: the family crest.) grb•- crested* * *I [krest]noungreben, roža, perjanica, čop, griva; figuratively pogum, ponoson the crest of the wave — v najugodnejšem trenutku, na vrhuncu srečeII [krest]1.transitive verbokronati, ovenčati; prekositi; doseči vrh;2.intransitive verbgrebeniti se, dvigati se (valovi) -
3 turkey
['tə:ki]1) (a kind of large farmyard bird.) puran2) (its flesh used as food, eaten especially at Christmas or (in the United States) Thanksgiving: We had turkey for dinner.) puran* * *[tɜ:ki]nounzoology puran, purica; American slang polomija, neuspeh (filma, gledališke igre); American colloquially resnica, dejstvaturkey trot — vrsta plesa (v času 1. svetovne vojne)to talk (cold) turkey — American colloquially figuratively naliti čistega vina, odkrito govoriti, brez ovinkov povedatitalk turkey! — na dan z besedo!
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