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1 grey
[ɡrei] 1. adjective1) (of a mixture of colour between black and white: Ashes are grey.) siv2) (grey-haired: He's turning/going grey.) siv2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour between black and white: Grey is rather a dull colour.) siva barva2) (something grey in colour: I never wear grey.) siva barva3. verb(to become grey or grey-haired.) osiveti- greyish* * *I [grei]adjectivesiv, osivel, brezbarven; figuratively brezupen, mračen; star; figuratively izkušen, zrelgrey matter figuratively možgani; inteligencaII [grei]nounsiva barva, sivina; sivec; siva oblekaIII [grei]1.intransitive verb(o)siveti;2.transitive verb (o)siviti -
2 buff
1. noun(a dull yellow colour.) svetlo rumena2. adjectivea buff envelope.) svetlo rumen* * *I [bʌf]nounbivolska koža; mehko volovsko usnje; rjavo rumena barva; colloquially gola koža; obsolete udarecin one's buff — nag, golII [bʌf]adjectiverjavo rumen; iz bivolje ali volovske kožeIII [bʌf]transitive verbz usnjem loščiti; (udarce) odbijati -
3 dead
[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) mrtev2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) pokvarjen3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) popoln2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.) popolnoma- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) zelo- dead end- dead-end
- dead heat
- dead language
- deadline
- deadlock* * *I [ded]adjectivemrtev, brez življenja, crknjen; nedostavljiv (pošiljka); popoln; izumrl, neveljaven; otopel, otrpel; zamolkel, moten; slep (okno); jalov (sloj); temen (noč); ugašajoč; globok (spanje); ovenel; neraben, slab, izločen; neodločen (tekma)American colloquially dead above the ears — neumen, topoglavdead end — slepa ulica; figuratively zagataAmerican dead freight — nepokvarljiv tovorAmerican slang dead from the neck up — trapast, butastmilitary dead ground — ozemlje, ki je zunaj streljajadead letter — nedostavljivo pismo; izumrl običaj; zakon, ki ga ne spoštujejodead level figuratively enoličnost, neučinkovitostto make a dead set on — napasti z vso odločnostjo; truditi se, da se komu približamocolloquially dead men ( —ali marines) — izpite, prazne steklenicedead nuts on — popolnoma zaverovan, navdušen za kajdead office — pogrebni obredi, zadušnicadead reckoning marine približna ocena (dolžine poti)dead stock — mrtvi kapital; neprodajno blagodead weight — lastna teža; figuratively huda ovira napredkadead wood — posušen les; izvržek, izbirekdead silence — popolna, mrtva tišinaII [ded]adverbskrajno, popolnoma, docelato cut s.o. dead — ignorirati koga, ne pozdraviti gaIII [ded]nounsmrtna tišina, mrtvilothe dead plural mrtvi, pokojniki, umrlicolloquially on the dead — odločno, resno; plural mineralogy jalovina -
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5 mousy
1) ((of hair) dull brown in colour.) sivkastorjav2) (timid; uninteresting: a mousy little woman.) plah, nezanimiv* * *[máusi]adjectivemišji, mišje siv, poln miši, tih kot miš -
6 slate
I [sleit] noun1) ((a piece of) a type of easily split rock of a dull blue-grey colour, used for roofing etc: Slates fell off the roof in the wind; ( also adjective) a slate roof.) skril(avec)2) (a small writing-board made of this, used by schoolchildren.) tablica iz skrilaII [sleit] verb(to say harsh things to or about: The new play was slated by the critics.) sesuti, raztrgati* * *I [sléit]1.noun(glinasti) skril(avec); (šolska) tablica iz skrila; ploščica iz skrila za kritje streh; American politics predvolilen seznam (kandidatov)a clean slate figuratively čista, neoporečna preteklostto clean the slate — zbrisati z gobo (tablico), figuratively razčistiti stvar, figuratively osvoboditi (znebiti, otresti) se obveznosti, odreči se tujim obveznostim do sebethere is a slate loose in his roof, he has a slate loose slang on ni čisto pri pravi pameti, manjka mu eno kolesce (v glavi);2.adjectiveškriljast, škriljaste barve;3.transitive verbpokriti (streho) s ploščicami iz skrila; napisati na (skrilasto) tablico; odstraniti dlako (s kože); American colloquially predložiti koga za kandidataII [sléit]transitive verbslang pretepsti; figuratively ošteti, ozmerjati, grajati; močno, ostro kritizirati
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