na slepo streljati

1) (of the colour of a cloudless sky: blue paint; Her eyes are blue.) moder

2) (sad or depressed: I'm feeling blue today.) potrt

1) (the colour of a cloudless sky: That is a beautiful blue.) sinjina

2) (a blue paint, material etc: We'll have to get some more blue.) modra barva

3) (the sky or the sea: The balloon floated off into the blue.) modrina

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- blueness

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moder, sinji; plemiški (kri); žalosten, potrt, otožen; zvest, stanoviten; mrtvaško bled; učen (ženska); colloquially nespodoben; konservativen, torijevski

blue blood — plemenitaški rod

blue coat — vojak, mornar

blue disease — modrikavost kože, cianoza

blue devils — potrtost; delirium tremens

in a blue funk — živčen, prestrašen

to see through blue glasses — črno gledati

blue gum — vrsta evkaliptusa

blue joke — nespodoben dovtip

blue jeans — modre delovne hlače

to look ( —ali feel) blue — zbegan, potrt biti

American blue laws — pretirano strogi, puritanski zakoni

Blue Monday — zaspani ponedeljek

once in a blue moon — redkokdaj

to cry blue murder — zagnati krik in vik

blue pencil — cenzorjev svinčnik

Blue Peter — modra zastava (znak za odhod ladje)

till all is blue — neskončno dolgo; do nezavesti (se napiti)

a blue note — napačen zvok

blue ribbon — visoko odlikovanje; red podveze; znak vzdržnosti

blue rock — vrsta goloba

slang blue ruin — slaba vrsta brinjevca

true blue — zvest

to turn ( —ali make) the air blue — kvantati, zmerjati

blue water — odprto morje

modra barva, modrina, sinjina; modrilo; figuratively morje; nebo; modra tkanina ali obleka; British English član visokošolske športne reprezentance; konservativec; plural otožnost, potrtost

a bolt from the blue — strela z jasnega

to have (a fit of) the blues — biti zelo potrt

to give s.o. the blues — dolgočasiti koga

in the blue — daleč, nedosegljiv

out of the blue — ko strela z jasnega

Oxford blue — temnomodra barva

Cambridge blue — svetlomodra barva

the Blues — kraljeva konjeniška garda

the men ( —ali gentlemen, boys) in blue — policaji mornarji, vojaki ameriške federalne vojske

navy blue — temnomodra barva

Prussian blue — berlinsko modra barva

true blue — konservativec

to fire into the blue — na slepo streljati

pomodriti, plaviti

sl — zapravljati, razmetavati

1) ((of animals) not tamed: wolves and other wild animals.) divji

2) ((of land) not cultivated.) divji

3) (uncivilized or lawless; savage: wild tribes.) divji

4) (very stormy; violent: a wild night at sea; a wild rage.) divji

5) (mad, crazy, insane etc: wild with hunger; wild with anxiety.) blazen

6) (rash: a wild hope.) divji

7) (not accurate or reliable: a wild guess.) na slepo

8) (very angry.) divji

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- wildly

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adjective ( wildly adverb)

divji, neukročen, neudomačen; neciviliziran, barbarski, neizobražen; plašen, plah, plašljiv (divjačina); neobljuden, pust, neobdelan (zemlja); neurejen, zmršen, skuštran (lasje); neobrzdan, razuzdan; svojeglav; figuratively razburjen, besen; buren, silovit; brezumen, nor, strasten; slučajen, naključen, nesmotrn, nepremišljen; colloquially hlepeč po, divji (nor) na

a wild guess — čisto, golo ugibanje

wild honey — divji, gozdni med

a wild life — divje, razuzdano življenje

wild pain — divja, blazna bolečina

wild orgies — divje orgije

a wild shot — strel na slepo (tjavdan)

in wild — disorder v divjem neredu

wild with fear — brezumen (nor) od strahu

to drive s.o. wild — spraviti koga v besnost, razbesniti koga

the horses were wild to start — konji so nestrpno čakali na start

to settle down after a wild youth — umiriti se po vihravi mladosti;

divje; nepremišljeno, brez glave; nesmotrno, tjavdan

to run wild — divje rasti, figuratively rasti brez nadzora

to shoot wild — streljati na slepo, brez cilja

to talk wild — zmedeno govoriti

divjina; (peščena) pustinja, puščava; neobdelana zemlja

the call of the wild — klic divjine

1) (anything that is burning, whether accidentally or not: a warm fire in the kitchen; Several houses were destroyed in a fire.) ogenj

2) (an apparatus for heating: a gas fire; an electric fire.) peč

3) (the heat and light produced by burning: Fire is one of man's greatest benefits.) ogenj

4) (enthusiasm: with fire in his heart.) gorečnost

5) (attack by gunfire: The soldiers were under fire.) streljanje

1) ((of china, pottery etc) to heat in an oven, or kiln, in order to harden and strengthen: The ceramic pots must be fired.) žgati

2) (to make (someone) enthusiastic; to inspire: The story fired his imagination.) podžigati

3) (to operate (a gun etc) by discharging a bullet etc from it: He fired his revolver three times.) ustreliti

4) (to send out or discharge (a bullet etc) from a gun etc: He fired three bullets at the target.) sprožiti, izstreliti

5) ((often with at or on) to aim and operate a gun at; to shoot at: They suddenly fired on us; She fired at the target.) streljati na, v

6) (to send away someone from his/her job; to dismiss: He was fired from his last job for being late.) odpustiti

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- fire alarm

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ogenj, plamen, požar; streljanje; figuratively gorečnost, navdušenje, vnema, razburjenje; vročica; pekel; smrt na grmadi

to add fuel to the fire — prilivati olje v ogenj; poslabšati; razpihovati strasti

medicine St. Anthony's fire — šen

between two fires — med dvema ognjema

a burnt child dreads the fire — kdor se opeče, je drugič previden

to catch ( —ali take) fire — vneti se

fire control — stolp, s katerega vodijo streljanje; boj proti gozdnim požarom

fire department — požarni oddelek

to go through fire and water — mnogo pretrpeti

to lay a fire — pripraviti za zakurjenje

to open fire — začeti obstreljevati

out of the frying-pan into the fire — z dežja pod kap

to pour oil on fire — prilivati olje na ogenj, razdražiti, podpihovati

to set on fire, to set fire to — zažgati, prižgati

military blind fire — streljanje brez cilja, na slepo

to keep up a fire — vzdrževati ogenj; nenehno obstreljevati

to be on fire — goreti

there's no smoke without fire — kjer je dim, je tudi ogenj; iz nič ni nič

to set the Thames on fire — narediti nekaj izrednega, iznajti smodnik

to strike fire — izkresati ogenj

withering fire — uničevalen ogenj

running fire — salva strelov; zapovrstni napadi kritike

zanetiti, zažgati; izžigati; kuriti nalagati; (at, upon) streljati; rdeče barvati; slang ( from) odpustiti, spoditi;

zanetiti, osmoditi, razbeliti se

military to fire salute — izstreliti salvo

marine to fire broadside — izstreliti salvo iz vseh topov na eni strani

to fire with s.th. — navdušiti za kaj

noun potepuh

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morski razbojnik, gusar; archaic gusarska ladja

klatež, potepuh, potepin, vagabund; starejši skavt (nad 17 let); tarča, cilj za daljinsko streljanje

to shoot at rovers — streljati na oddaljeno tarčo; streljati na slepo

predpredilec; technical stroj za grobo predenje (bombaža, volne itd.)

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strel; izstrelek, projektil, krogla, šibra (šibre), sekanci; sport met, udarec, strel; sport krogla; strelec; colloquially fotografija; filmski posnetek, snemanje; doseg, domet, streljaj; figuratively poskus; poteza v igri; colloquially ugibanje; technical razstrelitev; slang vbrizg, injekcija, doza (mamila); colloquially kozarček, požirek ( of gin brinovca)

at a shot — s prvim strelom (udarcem), s prvim strelom

a shot at the goal — strel (met) na gól

a shot in the locker — še ena krogla za izstrelitev, figuratively colloquially denar v žepu, zadnja rezerva

like a shot colloquially kot iz puške, kot strela, bliskovito, hitro, takoj

by a long shot slang daleč; zelo

not by a long shot — še zdaleč ne, nikakor ne

at the third shot — pri tretjem poskusu

out of shot — zunaj streljaja ali dometa

within shot — v dometu

within ear-shot — dovolj blizu, da se more slišati; v slišaju

a shot of cocaine — vbrizg kokaina

shot of distress — alarmni strel v sili

bow shot — strel iz loka

a crack shot, a dead shot — mojstrski strelec, ki nikoli ne zgreši

flying shot — strel na premičen cilj

hail of shots — toča strelov (krogel)

random shot — na slepo dan strel (figuratively opazka); figuratively ugibanje

he is an excellent shot — on je odličen strelec

he is no shot — on ne zna streljati

he is a poor shot at solving problems — on slabo rešuje probleme

he was (he went) off like a shot — kot strela je šinil proč

to be nearer the bull's eye at each shot figuratively pri(haja)ti vedno bliže svoji sreči

I would do it like a shot — jaz bi to storil brez pomišljanja

he got several shot(s) in the leg — dobil je več šiber v nogo

they did not fire a single shot — niti enega strela niso dali

to have a shot at — streljati na, figuratively poskusiti

not to have a shot in the locker — biti brez streliva, figuratively biti "suh", brez cvenka (denarja)

you have made a bad shot — zgrešili ste, niste zadeli (pogodili); zmotili ste se

to put the shot sport suniti kroglo;

nabiti (puško); obtežiti s svinčenimi šibrami; oskrbeti z municijo

zapitek, zapitnina, del računa (plačila), ki pripade posamezniku; račun v gostilni

shot-free — brezplačno, ne da bi kaj morali plačati, ne da bi kaj plačali

to pay one's shot — plačati svoj zapitek

to stand shot for s.o. — plačati zapitek za koga

preterite & past participle od to shoot;

adjective (= shot through) prepleten, pretkan; pisan (z raznobarvnani nitmi); spreminjajoč barvo; (o orožju) izstreljen; botany vzbrstel; slang nadelan, pijan, kaput

shot silk — svila prelivajočih se barv

1) (to bend (the head and often also the upper part of the body) forwards in greeting a person etc: He bowed to the ladies; They bowed their heads in prayer.) prikloniti se

2) ((with to) to accept: I bow to your superior knowledge.) ukloniti se

- bowed

1) (a springy curved rod bent by a string, by which arrows are shot.) lok

2) (a rod with horsehair stretched along it, by which the strings of a violin etc are sounded.) godalni lok

3) (a looped knot of material: Her dress is decorated with bows.) vozel

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lok; music godalni lok, godalo; mavrica; pentlja, obroček; roč, držaj; plural okvir za naočnike; vulgar trebuh, vamp

bow and arrow period — obdobje uporabe loka in puščice

to draw ( —ali pull, shoot with) the long bow — pretiravati, širokoustiti se

to draw a bow at a venture — streljati ali kaj reči na slepo srečo, tja v tri dni

to have two strings to one's bow — imeti dve železi v ognju

wide on the bow hand — daleč od cilja

bow instrument — godalo

bows on — z glavo naprej

bows under — premagan, ki težko napreduje

slang bow window — velik trebuh, vamp

to tie a bow — zavezati pentljo

music gosti; usločiti

poklon, klanjanje; spoštovanje

to make one's bow — umakniti se, oditi, posloviti se

to take a bow — priklanjati se (pred zastorom)

to make one's first bow — prvič nastopiti

intransitive verb & transitive verb

pripogniti, pripogibati se; (to, before) pokloniti, klanjati se, spokoriti, ukloniti se; v sobo (ali iz sobe) koga peljati, vljudno odsloviti

a bowing acquaintance — površno poznanstvo

to bow and scrape — ponižati se, biti pretirano vljuden

to bow one's assent — s priklonom izraziti svoje dovoljenje

to bow one's thanks — s priklonom se zahvaliti

to be on bowing terms — le površno poznati

nautical ladijski nos, kljun, krn, premec; veslač, ki sedi najbliže premcu