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1 bathroom
1) (a room in a house etc which contains a bath.) kopalnica2) ((especially American) a lavatory.) stranišče* * *[bá:mrum], American [baemrum]nounkopalnica; euphemistically stranišče -
2 bless
[bles]to ask God to show favour to: Bless this ship.) blagosloviti- blessed- blessedly
- blessedness
- blessing
- a blessing in disguise* * *[bles]transitive verbblagosloviti; častiti, za blaženega proglasiti; osrečiti; hvaliti, poveličevati; euphemistically kleti, preklinjati; ironically pogubitibless me, bless my soul, bless my ( —ali your) heart — glej glej!, ali je mogoče!, kdo bi si mislil!not to have a penny to bless o.s. with — ne imeti prebite pareto bless o.s. — srečnega se počutiti -
3 cloak-room
[klóukru:m]noungarderoba, oblačilnica; shramba prtljage; American kuloar v parlamentu; euphemistically stranišče -
4 curious
['kjuəriəs]1) (strange; odd: a curious habit.) nenavaden2) (anxious or interested (to learn): I'm curious (to find out) whether he passed his exams.) radoveden•- curiosity* * *[kjúəriəs]adjective ( curiously adverb)radoveden; znamenit, redek; čuden, nenavaden; ličen, izbran, prefinjen; euphemistically erotičen, pornografskicuriously enough — čudno, presenetljivo -
5 deuce
I [dju:s]1.noundvojka (karte, kocke); izenačenje točk (tenis);2.transitive verbizenačiti (tenis)II [dju:s]nouneuphemistically colloquially vraga deuce of a mess — lepa godlja, huda zmedato play the deuce with — uničiti, pokvaritithe deuce! — vraga! -
6 euphem.
abbreviationeuphemism; euphemistically -
7 euphemistic
adjective evfemističen* * *[ju:fimístik]adjective ( euphemistically adverb)evfemističen, umiljevalen, leporečen -
8 town
1) (a group of houses, shops, schools etc, that is bigger than a village but smaller than a city: I'm going into town to buy a dress; He's in town doing some shopping.) mesto2) (the people who live in such a group of houses etc: The whole town turned out to greet the heroes.) mesto3) (towns in general as opposed to the countryside: Do you live in the country or the town?) mesto•- town hall
- townsfolk
- townspeople
- go to town* * *[táun]nounmestothe town — mesto, mestno življenje; mestna občina (uprava); mestno prebivalstvo; mestni volivcito town — v mesto, British English zlasli v Londonout of town — zunaj mesta, ne v mestu, na deželi, na potovanjutown crier — mestni izklicevalec, oklicevalectown house — hiša v mestu (v nasprotju s hišo na deželi); British English rotovž; American euphemistically mestna ubožnicatown major British English military poveljnik mestagirl of town, woman of town — prostitutkaman about town — svetski človek, lahkoživec; eleganten brezdelnežto go up to town — iti v mesto, (zlasti British English) v Londonto go to towns! — imeti uspeh, uspešno (kaj) opravitito paint the townred — vznemiriti mesto z velikim hrupom, z razgrajanjemto take to town — slang zmesti, zmešati, zbegati
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euphemistically — adv. Euphemistically is used with these verbs: ↑call, ↑name, ↑term … Collocations dictionary
euphemistically — euphemism ► NOUN ▪ a mild or less direct word substituted for one that is harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. DERIVATIVES euphemistic adjective euphemistically adverb. ORIGIN Greek euph mismos, from eu well + ph … English terms dictionary
euphemistically — adverb in a euphemistic manner his violent death was euphemistically referred to as a passing away • Derived from adjective: ↑euphemistic … Useful english dictionary
Euphemistically — Euphemistic Eu phe*mis tic, Euphemistical Eu phe*mis tic*al, a. Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression. {Eu phe*mis tic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
euphemistically — adverb see euphemism … New Collegiate Dictionary
euphemistically — See euphemist. * * * … Universalium
euphemistically — adverb In a euphemistic manner … Wiktionary
euphemistically — adv. in a euphemistic manner, by means of a euphemism … English contemporary dictionary
euphemistically — eu·phe·mis·ti·cal·ly … English syllables
euphemistically — See: euphemistic … English dictionary
The poos — (euphemistically) the shits … Dictionary of Australian slang