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1 lamb
[læm]1) (a young sheep: The ewe has had three lambs.) jagnje2) (its flesh eaten as food: a roast leg of lamb.) jagnjetina3) (a lovable or gentle person, usually a child.) jagnje•- lambskin- lambswool* * *I [læm]nounjagnje; jagnjetina; ovčica (član verske skupnosti)you may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb — če že grešiš, pojdi do konca (kazen ne bo nič manjša)wolf ( —ali fox) in lamb's skin — volk v ovčji koži, hinaveclike a lamb — ko jagnje, pohleven, krotekII [læm]intransitive verbojagniti se -
2 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) kaplja2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) kaplja3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) padec4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) spust2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) spustiti2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) pasti3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) opustiti4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) odložiti (koga)5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) napisati (nekaj besed)•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out* * *I [drɔp]1.intransitive verb( from) kapljati, kaniti; ( with) cediti se, teči; pasti, spustiti se; padati (cene); (from, out of) ven pasti, izpasti; prenehati; pasti v nezavest, zrušiti se; figuratively umreti;2.transitive verbpokapati; prelivati; izpustiti; opustiti, prekiniti; spustiti se; splaviti, povreči; oglasiti se pri kom; namignitito drop from sight — izginiti, zgubiti sedrop it! — nehaj že!figuratively to drop a brick — narediti nerodno napako, ustreliti kozla, bleknitito drop short — ne zadostovati; ne doseči ciljafiguratively to drop the curtain — narediti konecII [drɔp]nounkaplja, kapljica; gledališki zastor; padec; poklopna vrata; obesek, uhan; bonbon; odpadlo sadje ali zrnje; špranja (za novec v avtomatu)at the drop of a hat — nemudoma, takojto get the drop on s.o. — izrabiti neprilike kogato have a drop too much — nekoliko preveč ga imeti, biti v rožicahAmerican slang to have a drop on s.o. — imeti koga v rokahslang to have a drop in one's eye — kazati, da je kdo preveč pil -
3 mutton
(the flesh of sheep, used as food.) ovčetina* * *[mətn]nounbravina; humorously ovcaas dead as mutton — mrtev, izumrlcolloquially mutton dressed like lamb — mladostno opravljena starejša ženskato eat one's mutton with s.o. — jesti s kom -
4 sheep
[ʃi:p]plural - sheep; noun(a kind of animal related to the goat, whose flesh is used as food and from whose wool clothing is made: a flock of sheep.) ovca- sheepish- sheepishly
- sheepdog* * *plural sheep [ši:p] ovca; plural ovce, čreda; figuratively duhovna čreda, verniki, "ovčice", župljani; ovčja koža; figuratively boječ, plah, malce omejen človekblack sheep — črna, garjava ovcaa lost sheep figuratively izgubljena ovcasheep that have no shepherd figuratively nemočna množica (brez vodje)to cast (to make) sheep's eyes at s.o. — koprneče, zaljubljeno gledati kogato follow like sheep — slepo slediti, iti za kom, ne imeti lastne podjetnostiyou might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb — če že moraš biti obešen, naj bi se vsaj bilo izplačalo; če se greši, naj se (zares, pošteno) greši; kamor je šla sekira, naj gre še toporiščeto return to one's sheep figuratively vrniti se k prvotnemu predmetu pogovora
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