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[rein] 1. noun1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) dež2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) dež2. verb1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) deževati2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) deževati•- rainy- raininess
- rainbow
- rain check: take a rain check
- raincoat
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain forest
- rain-gauge
- keep
- save for a rainy day
- rain cats and dogs
- the rains
- as right as rain
- right as rain* * *I [réin]noundež (& figuratively), naliv, plural deževje, nalivithe Rains nautical deževna cona (Atlantika, ɔ°-10° sev. širine)a rain of compliments (congratulations) — dež, ploha komplimentov (čestitk)rain or shine — ob vsakem vremenu, figuratively v vseh okoliščinah, naj se zgodi, kar hočea heavy rain — naliv, plohawe shall go rain or shine — šli bomo, pa naj dežuje ali sije sonce, ob vsakem vremenuII [réin]intransitive verbdeževati; liti; (o nebu) poslati dež; (o solzah) teči, liti; figuratively padati, priti v gomilah, v množicah; deževati s prasketanjem ( upon na); transitive verb liti, deževati (kaj), pustiti padati (dež), figuratively prelivati (solze); metati (kamenje) ( upon na)it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining pitch forks — lije kot iz škafait is likely to rain — kaže na dež, dež pretito rain stair-rods slang deževati v ravnih, vertikalnih curkihher eyes rained tears — iz oči so ji lile, tekle solzeit never rains but it pours figuratively nesreča nikoli ne pride sama
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