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adj mrtav, preminuo; obamro; bešćutan, tup, neosjetljiv ;besvjestan; blijed kao smrt; mutan, taman, mračan, crn; studen; bezdušan; bezuman; slab, nemoćan; mlitav, mlohav; bespolen; nepomičan; mukao, dubok; nestao, iščezao; pust, prazan; tih, jednoličan, žalostan; nenaseljen, divlji; suh, osušen; truo, gnjio; grešan; suh, uveo, ocvao; bez sjaja, bez života, bez duha; [coll] izmoren, iscrpljen, polumrtav; stajaća voda; potpun gubitak, potpuna tišina, grobni muk, grobna tišina; siguran, izvjestan, točan; nevrijedan, bezvrijedan, neupotrebljiv; loš; neisporučen, neuručiv (pismo); [el] nenabijen, prazan; upotrebljen (šibica itd.); [print] škartiran, upotrebljen (slog); [sport] izvan igre, stalno ili privremeno isključen igrač; neodlučen (utrka) / # to = neosjetljiv na; # and gone = davno mrtav; # men tell no tales = mrtvi ne govore, ne odaju tajne; # certainty = potpuna sigurnost; come to a # stop = naglo se zaustaviti; # failure = potpun neuspjeh; # secret = najveća tajna; # hours = gluho doba noći; debt # in law = neutuživ dug; to work for a # horse = raditi za isplatu staroga duga; # as a doornail = mrtav mrtvacat; # forms = puke formalnosti; a # fire = dogorjela vatra; # letter = neuručivo pismo; [tech][fig] # point = mrtva točka; wait for a # man's shoes=čekati da netko umre kako bi se zauzeo njegov posao; # to the world = u tvrdom snu* * *
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