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1 diehard
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2 die
I present participle - dying; verb1) (to lose life; to stop living and become dead: Those flowers are dying; She died of old age.) umreti2) (to fade; to disappear: The daylight was dying fast.) pojemati, izginjati3) (to have a strong desire (for something or to do something): I'm dying for a drink; I'm dying to see her.) hrepeneti•- diehard- die away
- die down
- die hard
- die off
- die out II noun(a stamp or punch for making raised designs on money, paper etc.) matricaIII see dice* * *I [dai]intransitive verb (of od, zaradi) umreti, izdihniti, poginiti; ugasniti, ugašati; umiriti se; (o)veneti; colloquially hrepenetito die game — hrabro umreti; ostati zvestto be dying for s.th. — hrepeneti po čemII [dai]nounmatrica, vreziloIIIplural dice [dai, dais]noun igralna kockathe die is cast — kocka je padla, nazaj ni potias straight as a die — čisto raven; velik poštenjakupon the die — na kocki, v nevarnostito risk all on a turn ( —ali the throw) of a die — vse staviti, vse prepustiti naključjuthe dice are loaded against him — nima sreče, usoda mu ni naklonjena
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diehard — die hard (d[imac] h[aum]rd ), a. stubbornly and vigorously resisting in the face of seemingly hopeless odds; as, diehard opposition. Syn: never say die. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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diehard — die hard (d[imac] h[aum]rd ), n. 1. one who stubbornly adheres to traditional and outdated views. Syn: traditionalist. [WordNet 1.5] 2. one who vigorously defends an apparently hopeless position, a lost cause, etc. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
diehard — index malcontent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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