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1 dog
[doɡ] 1. noun(a domestic, meat-eating animal related to the wolf and fox.) pes2. adjective((usually of members of the dog family) male: a dog-fox.) samec3. verb(to follow closely as a dog does: She dogged his footsteps.) zasledovati- dogged- doggedly
- doggedness
- dog-biscuit
- dog collar
- dog-eared
- dog-tired
- a dog's life
- go to the dogs
- in the doghouse
- not a dog's chance* * *I [dɔg]nounzoology pes, volk, lisjak; plural kovinski podstavek za polena v kaminu; familiarly ničvrednež; slang zagovednež, cepec, tepec; plural slang noge; rudniški vozičekto give a dog a bad ( —ali an ill) name and hang him — zvaliti vso krivdo na človeka na slabem glasubarking dogs never bite — pes, ki laja, ne grizeto die a dog's death, to die like a dog — bedno poginitiAmerican military slang dog's face — navadni vojak, infanteristto go to the dogs — propasti, priti na psa, obubožati, priti k ničAmerican slang hot dog — vroča hrenovka v žemljito lead a cat and dog life — vedno se prepirati, živeti ko pes in mačkadog on it! — prekleto!slang to put on dog — šopiriti seto send s.th. to the dogs — potratiti, zapraviti, pognatilet sleeping dogs lie — kar je bilo, naj bo pozabljenoto take a hair of the dog that bit one — "mačka" z vinom preganjatito throw to the dogs — zavreči, na klin obesiti; figuratively žrtvovatitop dog — najvišja oseba, visoka živinawhose dog is dead? — kaj se dogaja?, kdo je umrl?II [dɔg]transitive verbbiti za petami, zasledovati; technical ujeti se v škripec -
2 cat
[kæt]1) (a small, four-legged, fur-covered animal often kept as a pet: a Siamese cat.) maček, mačka2) (a large wild animal of the same family (eg tiger, lion etc): the big cats.) mačka•- catty- catcall
- catfish
- catgut
- catsuit
- cattail
- let the cat out of the bag* * *I [kæt]nounmačka, maček; bič, korobač; colloquially prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnikwhen the cat's away the mice will play — kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejoto wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps — čakati na ugodno priložnostto grin like a Cheshire cat — režati se, kazati zobeenough to make a cat laugh — smešen, da bi se se krave smejaleto shoot the cat — bljuvati, urha klicatias sick as a cat — hudo bolan; slabe voljeto turn a cat in the pan — postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti seslang cat's whiskers — nekaj imenitnegaslang not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance — prav nič upanjaII [kæt]transitive verb & intransitive verbvulgar bljuvati, urha klicati; s korobačem pretepsti; nautical dvigniti sidro do izbočene grediIII [kæt]nounAmerican colloquially traktor goseničarslang cat skinner — traktorist -
3 rain
[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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