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1 nose
s 1. nos; [fig] njuh 2. miris (sijena, čaja) 3. otvor (otvor (cijevi i dr.); prednji dio (broda i dr.); vršak, vrh 4. [sl] uhoda, njuškalo, douškivač / parson's # = biškup, mitra, trtica (kod peradi); # of wax = mekušac; osoba na koju se lako može utjecati; to make long # = pokazati dugi nos; to keep one's # to the grindstone = naporno raditi, grbiti se nad poslom; as plain as the # in you face = jasno kao na dlanu, jasno kao sunce; to count (tell) # s = brojiti osobe ([spec] pristaše); to follow one's # = ići za nosom; voditi se instiktom; [fig] to poke (thrust) one's # into = gurati nosu u (što), uplitati se u (što); to turn up one's # at = prezirati (koga), iskazivati prezir prema (komu); to cut off one's # to spite one's face = u srdžbi (ili iy zlobe) naškoditi vlastitom interesu; to put a p's # out of joint = izigrati koga (kod koga); osujetiti čije osnove; to bite (snap) one's #off = riječima napasti, oštro razgovarati; to pay through the # = skupo (masno) platiti; to speak through one's # = govoriti kroz nos; to lead by the # = povući za nos, nasamariti; under one's (very) # = predo (samim) nosom, pred očima* * *
ispust
nanjušiti
nos
njuh
njuška
ući u trag
udisati
uvlaÄiti nosom -
2 chalk
s kreda, potez kredom, znak kredom;[fig] račun / [fam] I can walk a # as well as you = nisam pijaniji od tebe; I cannot make # of one and cheese of the other = moram oboje mjeriti istom mjerom; I know the difference between # and cheese = znam ja koliko što vrijedi; as like as # and cheese = slični kao dan i noć; [fam] not by a long # = ni izdaleka, nipošto; by a long #, by long #s = daleko, mnogo* * *
kreda -
3 odds
s [pl] (često [sg constr]) 1. nejednaki predmet 2. nejednakost; razlika 3. neslaganje, nesloga, zavada 4. prednost; nadmoć; [sport] davanje prednosti 5. nejednaka oklada; vjerojatnost, sreća, šansa / to make # even = izjednačiti, ukloniti nejednakost, what's the # ? = što to smeta?, pa što zato ?; to take # = prihvatiti davanje prednosti; # and ends [s pl] = razne sitnice, ostaci, otpaci, bezvrijedne stvari what # is it to him? = što ga je to briga?, što se to njega tiče?; to be at # with = svađati se s tim, biti u zavadi s kim to fight agains # = boriti se u neravnopravnim okolnostima, boriti se protiv premoći that makes no # = to ne mjenja ništa na stvari; he is the best man by long # = on je neusporedivo najbolji čovjek; even # = podjednaki izgledi; the # are against you = nemaš izgleda; the # are that = vjerojatno je da; #-on chance = dobri izgledi za uspjeh* * *
nejednaki
nejednakost
prevaga
višak
vjerojatnost -
4 purse
s 1. kesa, novčarka; [fig] novci, novčana sredstva 2. nagrada u novcu 3. [US] ženska torbica / heavy (long) # = bogatstvo, imetak, duboka kesa; light # = siromaštvo; the public # = državna blagajna; to make up a # for = skupljati novac, dobrovoljne priloge (za koga)* * *
kesa
nabrati
namrštiti se
novac
novÄanik
novÄarka -
5 stride
s 1. dugačak korak, korak, hodanje 2. [fig] napredak, 3. korak (kao mjera) / to take something in one's # = lako svladati; to take = long # s = praviti dugačke korake; to get into one's3 = dobiti zamah; to make great # s = dobro napredovati, ići velikim koracima naprijed* * *
dugi korak
korak
krupno koraÄati
napredak
prekoraÄiti
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