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1 sheer
I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) skrajen2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) zelo strm3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) zelo fin2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) navpičnoII [ʃiə]* * *I [šíə]1.nounnauticalodklon (odmik) od določene smeri, nagel obrat ali odklon od ravne poti;2.intransitive verb nauticalnapraviti nagel odklon od določene smeri ali ravne poti; figuratively odmakniti se, oddaljiti se ( from od), ločiti seto sheer off — oditi, oddaljiti se, ločiti se; nautical odmakniti se od določene smerito sheer up nautical bližati se od straniII [šíə]1.adjective(zelo) strm, navpičen; skrajen; tanek, zelo fin (tkanina); pravi, pravcat; čist, nepomešan, nerazredčen, neponarejen; popoln, sam, golby sheer necessity — iz čiste (same, gole, absolutne) potrebesheer rock — čista (sama, prava, pravcata, gola) skalait is sheer nonsense — to je pravi nesmisel;2.adverbnavpično; popolnoma, čisto; naravnost, direktnorocks rise sheer from the valley — skale se dvigajo navpično iz doline;3.nounprozorna (bombažna ali platnena) tkanina -
2 stitch
[sti ] 1. noun1) (a loop made in thread, wool etc by a needle in sewing or knitting: She sewed the hem with small, neat stitches; Bother! I've dropped a stitch.) vbod; petlja2) (a type of stitch forming a particular pattern in sewing, knitting etc: The cloth was edged in blanket stitch; The jersey was knitted in stocking stitch.) vbod; petlja3) (a sharp pain in a person's side caused by eg running: I've got a stitch.) bolečina v boku2. verb(to sew or put stitches into: She stitched the two pieces together; I stitched the button on.) šivati- in stitches
- stitch up* * *I [stič]nounvbod (s šivanko); šiv; petlja (pri pletenju); vrsta šivov, vezenja; pletenje, vezenje; colloquially nit, nitka; zbodljaj, bodeča bolečina; spenjanje (knjige); agronomy brazdawith no stitch on, without a stitch of clothing — popolnoma gol, naghe had not a dry stitch on — ni imel suhe nitke na sebi, do kože je bil premočen, moker kot mišII [stič]transitive verb šivati, preši(va)ti, sešiti; vesti (vezem); broširati (knjigo); intransitive verb šivati, vesti (vezem)to stitch up — zašiti, zakrpati; skrpatiIII [stič]nounkos (zemlje, polja), parcela
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