napredovati v položaj pilota

1) (one of the arm-like limbs of a bird or bat, which it usually uses in flying, or one of the similar limbs of an insect: The eagle spread his wings and flew away; The bird cannot fly as it has an injured wing; These butterflies have red and brown wings.) perut

2) (a similar structure jutting out from the side of an aeroplane: the wings of a jet.) krilo

3) (a section built out to the side of a (usually large) house: the west wing of the hospital.) krilo

4) (any of the corner sections of a motor vehicle: The rear left wing of the car was damaged.) stran

5) (a section of a political party or of politics in general: the Left/Right wing.) krilo

6) (one side of a football etc field: He made a great run down the left wing.) krilo

7) (in rugby and hockey, a player who plays mainly down one side of the field.) krilo

8) (in the air force, a group of three squadrons of aircraft.) skupina treh eskadrilj

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- winged

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perut, krilo (tudi figuratively); okrilje; stran, krilo (vrat, zgradbe, vojske); theatre odrska stran, stranska kulisa; humorously laket (človeka); slang sprednja noga (štirinožca); aeronautics krilo, nosilna površina; colloquially pilotski znak; sport krilo; aeronautics skupina treh (American šestih) eskadrilj; (po)let, letenje; plural theatre stranske kulise

on the wing — v (po)letu, leteč; figuratively na potovanju

birds are on the wing — ptice so v poletu, leté

under s.o.'s wing(s) — pod okriljem koga

to clip s.o.'s wings figuratively pristriči komu krila

he is always on the wing — on nikoli ne miruje

to come on the wings of the wind — privihrati kot veter, priti na krilih vetra

the news spread on the wings of the wind — vest se je bliskovito razširila

to get the wings — napredovati v položaj pilota

to lend ( —ali to add) a wing to s.th. — pospešiti kaj

fear lent her wings — strah ji je dal hitrost

riches take wings — bogastvo hitro skopni

to take wings — vzleteti, poleteti, odleteti

to take under one's wings — vzeti pod svoje okrilje

leteti; hiteti kot na krilih; transitive verb opremiti, oskrbeti s krili, s perjem (npr. strelico); dati krila (čemu); pospešiti; nositi na krilih; preleteti, leteti skozi; izstreliti (odpeti) (strelico); odposlati (ekspresno pismo); zadeti ptico v krilo; colloquially raniti v ramo, v roko (zlasti v dvoboju); sestreliti (letalo); theatre popolnoma se zanesti na suflerja (pri vlogi)

to wing an arrow — izstreliti puščico v zrak

to wing one's way — (od)leteti

fear winged his steps — strah je dal krila njegovim korakom