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1 fair
I [feə] adjective1) (light-coloured; with light-coloured hair and skin: fair hair; Scandinavian people are often fair.) svetel2) (just; not favouring one side: a fair test.) nepristranski3) ((of weather) fine; without rain: a fair afternoon.) lep4) (quite good; neither bad nor good: Her work is only fair.) zadovoljiv5) (quite big, long etc: a fair size.) precejšen6) (beautiful: a fair maiden.) čeden•- fairness- fairly
- fair play II [feə] noun1) (a collection of entertainments that travels from town to town: She won a large doll at the fair.) semenj2) (a large market held at fixed times: A fair is held here every spring.) sejem3) (an exhibition of goods from different countries, firms etc: a trade fair.) sejem* * *I [fwə]adjectivelep; nežen; jasen, svetel; čist; svež; ugoden; svetlolas, blond; precejšen; znaten; ( with do) pošten, pravičen; spodoben, vljuden; primeren, zadovoljiv; čitljiva fair amount — precejšnja količina, precej denarjafor fair — dejansko, zaresto give s.o. a fair warning — pravočasno koga posvariticolloquially fair to middling — še kar dobrofair play — poštena igra, nepristranostfair and square — pošten in odkrit; naravnostwhat is fair for one is fair for all — kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za drugefair view — lep razgled; odkrito mnenjeII [fwə]adverbnaravnost; jasno; pošteno; pravilno; vljudno; nežnoto bespeak s.o. fair — dobro o kom govoritifor fair — zagotovo, nespornoto speak s.o. fair — vljudno s kom govoritifair and softly — počasi, tihoIII [fw ə]nounsejem, velesejem; razstavaIV [fwə]transitive verb & intransitive verb(z)jasniti se; prepisovati; zgladiti -
2 sex
[seks]1) (either of the two classes (male and female) into which human beings and animals are divided according to the part they play in producing children or young: Jeans are worn by people of both sexes; What sex is the puppy?) spol2) (the fact of belonging to either of these two groups: discrimination on the grounds of sex; ( also adjective) sex discrimination.) spol•- sexist- sexless
- sexual
- sexually
- sexy
- sexual abuse
- sex appeal
- sexual harassment
- sexual intercourse* * *[seks]1.noun(prirodni) spol; rod, moški, ženskethe fair (gentle, weaker, softer) sex — nežni spol, ženskethe sex jocosely ženskethe sterner (stronger) sex — moški spol, moški; spolna privlačnost, seksipil; spolnost, erotičnost, seksus, spolni nagon, spolno življenje;2.adjectivespolen, seksualensex organ — spolovilo;3.transitive verbdoločiti spol
См. также в других словарях:
fair sex — n the fair sex also the fairer sex old fashioned women … Dictionary of contemporary English
fair sex — fair′ sex n. usage: This term, though rarely used today, is sometimes perceived as patronizing. off sex Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. women collectively • Etymology: 1680–90 … From formal English to slang
fair sex — n. women collectively: used with the: now sometimes considered a patronizing term … English World dictionary
fair sex — noun women as a class it s an insult to American womanhood woman is the glory of creation the fair sex gathered on the veranda • Syn: ↑womanhood, ↑woman • Derivationally related forms: ↑womanhood … Useful english dictionary
fair sex — {n. }, {informal} Women in general; the female sex. * / Better not use four letter words in front of a member of the fair sex, Joe said./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fair sex — {n. }, {informal} Women in general; the female sex. * / Better not use four letter words in front of a member of the fair sex, Joe said./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fair\ sex — n. informal Women in general; the female sex. Better not use four letter words in front of a member of the fair sex, Joe said … Словарь американских идиом
fair sex — also fairer sex N SING: the N If a man talks about the fair sex, he is referring to women in general. [OLD FASHIONED] … English dictionary
fair sex — noun Women collectively. The younger Gentry, or Dons, to express their Gallantry, carry about them Egg shells, filld with Orange or other sweet Water, which they cast at Ladies in their Coaches, or such other of the fair Sex as they happen to… … Wiktionary
fair sex — noun the fair sex old fashioned women … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fair sex, the — noun OLD FASHIONED women … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English