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1 draw/cast lots
(to decide who is to do etc something by drawing names out of a box etc: Five of us drew lots for the two pop-concert tickets.) žrebati -
2 lot
[lot]1) (a person's fortune or fate: It seemed to be her lot to be always unlucky.) usoda2) (a separate part: She gave one lot of clothes to a jumble sale and threw another lot away.) del3) (one article or several, sold as a single item at an auction: Are you going to bid for lot 28?) predmet na dražbi•- lots- a lot
- draw/cast lots* * *I [lɔt]nounžreb, usoda; del, delež; American parcela, zemljišče, gradbišče; economy del, partija, gotova količina blaga; (posamičen) predmet na dražbi; colloquially velika množina, kup; skupina, družba, vsi skupaj; colloquially človek, stvara lot you care! verb mar ti je!economy in lots — vsa partija, vse blago skupaja bad lot — neznačajnež, razvpit človekto cast ( —ali draw) lots for — vreči žreb, žrebati zato fall to s.o.'s lot — pripasti komu kot deležcolloquially the lot — vsi; vseII [lɔt]transitive verbrazdeliti (zemljo) na parcele ( out); žrebati, z žrebom določiti, razdeliti
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draw lots (for something do something) — draw/cast ˈlots (for sth/to do sth) idiom to choose sb/sth by lot • They drew lots for the right to go first. Main entry: ↑lotidiom … Useful english dictionary
draw lots (for to do something) — draw/cast ˈlots (for sth/to do sth) idiom to choose sb/sth by lot • They drew lots for the right to go first. Main entry: ↑lotidiom … Useful english dictionary
draw lots — {v. phr.} To select at random from a series in order to determine precedents or apportionment. * /The refugees to be evacuated drew lots on who would get a place on the first airplane out of the besieged city./ … Dictionary of American idioms
draw lots — {v. phr.} To select at random from a series in order to determine precedents or apportionment. * /The refugees to be evacuated drew lots on who would get a place on the first airplane out of the besieged city./ … Dictionary of American idioms
To draw lots — draw draw (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cast lots (for something do something) — draw/cast ˈlots (for sth/to do sth) idiom to choose sb/sth by lot • They drew lots for the right to go first. Main entry: ↑lotidiom … Useful english dictionary
cast lots (for to do something) — draw/cast ˈlots (for sth/to do sth) idiom to choose sb/sth by lot • They drew lots for the right to go first. Main entry: ↑lotidiom … Useful english dictionary
draw — (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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draw — v. & n. v. (past drew; past part. drawn) 1 tr. pull or cause to move towards or after one. 2 tr. pull (a thing) up, over, or across. 3 tr. pull (curtains etc.) open or shut. 4 tr. take (a person) aside, esp. to talk to. 5 tr. attract; bring to… … Useful english dictionary
