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1 hornet
['ho:nit](a kind of large wasp.) sršen* * *[hɔ:nit]nounzoology sršento stir up a hornets' nest — drezati v sršenovo gnezdo, razdražiti koga -
2 ear
I [iə] noun1) (the part of the head by means of which we hear, or its external part only: Her new hair-style covers her ears.) uho2) (the sense or power of hearing especially the ability to hear the difference between sounds: sharp ears; He has a good ear for music.) posluh•- earache- eardrum
- earlobe
- earmark
- earring
- earshot
- be all ears
- go in one ear and out the other
- play by ear
- up to one's ears in
- up to one's ears II [iə] noun(the part of a cereal plant which contains the seed: ears of corn.) klas* * *I [iə]1.nounklas;2.intransitive verbpognati v klasII [iə]transitive verbarchaic orati zemljoIII [iə]nounmuha na puškiIV [iə]nounuho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica; figuratively pozornostto reach the ear of s.o. — priti komu na uhoto set by the ears — povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spretito win s.o.'s ear — biti od koga uslišana word in your ears — strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
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To stir up a hornet's nest — Hornet Hor net, n. [AS. hyrnet; akin to OHG. hornaz, hornuz, G. horniss; perh. akin to E. horn, and named from the sound it makes as if blowing the horn; but more prob. akin to D. horzel, Lith. szirszone, L. crabo.] (Zo[ o]l.) A large, strong… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English