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1 spade
noun1) Spaten, dercall a spade a spade — das Kind beim [rechten] Namen nennen (ugs.)
have something in spades — etwas in höchstem Maße haben od. besitzen
pay somebody back in spades — es jemandem doppelt heimzahlen
2) (Cards) Pik, das; see also academic.ru/13630/club">club 1. 4)* * *I [speid] noun(a tool with a broad blade and a handle, used for digging.) der SpatenII [speid] noun(one of the playing-cards of the suit spades.) das Pik- spades* * *[speɪd]na bucket and \spade Eimer und Schaufelgarden \spade Gartenschaufel f4.▶ to call a \spade a \spade das Kind beim [rechten] Namen nennen, kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmenI don't get colds very often but when I do I get them in \spades ich erkälte mich nicht oft, aber wenn, dann kommt's dicke* * *[speɪd]n1) (= tool) Spaten m; (= children's spade) Schaufel fto call a spade a spade ( Brit prov ) — das Kind beim Namen nennen (Prov)
the Queen/two of Spades —
* * *spade1 [speıd]A s1. Spaten m:call a spade a spade fig das Kind beim (rechten) Namen nennen;dig the first spade den ersten Spatenstich tun2. MIL Lafettensporn mB v/t2. den Speck von einem Wal abschälenC v/i graben, mit dem Spaten arbeitenspade2 [speıd] s1. Kartenspiel:a) Pik(karte) n(f), Grün nqueen of spades Pikdame f;in spades US umg im höchsten Grade; unverblümt;tell sb what one thinks of them, in spades jemandem unverblümt sagen, was man von ihm hält2. US sl pej Nigger m* * *noun1) Spaten, dercall a spade a spade — das Kind beim [rechten] Namen nennen (ugs.)
have something in spades — etwas in höchstem Maße haben od. besitzen
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2 spade
I [speid] noun(a tool with a broad blade and a handle, used for digging.) lopataII [speid] noun(one of the playing-cards of the suit spades.) pikova karta- spades* * *[spéid]1.nounlopata (za prekopavanje), orodje takšne oblike; vbod (urez) z lopato; (karte) pik (karta); plural vse pikove karte (ene igre); colloquially črnec, nebelecto call a spade a spade figuratively reči bobu bob, imenovati s pravim imenom; jasno, nedvoumno, naravnost govoritito dig the first spade — zasaditi prvo lopato, napraviti prvi vbod (urez) z lopato;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbprekopati z lopato, lopatiti; odstraniti slanino (mast) (s kita)
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