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1 meteoric
[-'o-]adjective ((of success etc) rapid and often only lasting for a short time: a meteoric rise to fame.) bliskovit* * *[mi:tiɔrik]adjectiveastronomy meteorski; figuratively kratek in bleščeč, bežen -
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3 stone
[stəun] 1. noun1) (( also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed: limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone.) kamen; kamnit2) (a piece of this, of any shape or size: He threw a stone at the dog.) kamen3) (a piece of this shaped for a special purpose: a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone.) kamen4) (a gem or jewel: She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones.) drag kamen5) (the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries: a cherry-stone.) koščica6) (a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes: She weighs 9.5 stone.) utežna mera7) (a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain.) kamen2. verb1) (to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment: Saint Stephen was stoned to death.) kamenjati2) (to remove the stones from (fruit): She washed and stoned the cherries.) razkoščičiti•- stony- stonily
- stoniness
- stone-cold
- stone-dead
- stone-deaf
- stoneware
- stonework
- leave no stone unturned
- a stone's throw* * *I [stóun]1.nounkamen; drag kamen; koščica (sadja), peška; zrno toče; medicine (ledvični, žolčni, v mehurju) kamen; utežna mera (14 funtov, 6,35 kg); (spominski, mejni, nagrobni) kamen; brus, osla; mlinski kamen; plural vulgar modoa stone of cheese — 7,26 kg siraa stone of meat (fish) — ʌ,6ʌ kg mesa (rib)stone's throw (cast) — daljava, do katere se lahko vrže kamen; lučaj, domet kamna; majhna oddaljenostgall stone medicine žolčni kamenmile stone — miljnik; mejnikrolling stone — valeč se kamen, figuratively nestanoviten človekshower of stones — ploha, dež kamenjato break stones — tolči, drobiti, razbijati kamenjeto cast (to throw) stones at s.o. — obmetavati koga s kamenjem, figuratively zmerjati, sramotiti, grajati, obrekovati kogastones will cry out figuratively krivica, ki vpije v neboto be cut for the stone — biti operiran zaradi (žolčnega, ledvičnega itd.) kamnasome of the stones were the size of a pigeon's egg — nekaj zrn toče je bilo velikosti golobjega jajcato give a stone and a beating sport colloquially z lahkoto premagatia rolling stone gathers no moss figuratively goste službe, redke suknjeto give a stone for bread figuratively posmehovati se, namesto da bi pomagali; nuditi nesprejemljivo pomočto harden into stone — okamneti (tudi figuratively)to leave no stone unturned figuratively vse poskušati, vse možno napravitithose who live in glass-houses should not throw stones — naj ne grajajo tisti, ki sami niso brez graje; kdor druge kritizira, se sam izpostavlja kritiziranjuto mark with a white stone — z belo kredo (v dimniku) zapisati, obeležiti (dan) kot važen (slavnosten, prazničen);2.adjectivekamnit; lončenII [stóun]transitive verbkamnati, obmetavati s kamenjem; odstraniti koščico (pri sadju); ograditi, obložiti s kamnom; tlakovati, zgraditi iz kamenja; (na)brusiti, polirati, (z)gladiti; obsolete spremeniti (se) v kamen
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