ne želeti imeti s kom opravka

1) (fine grains of earth, sand etc: The furniture was covered in dust.) prah

2) (anything in the form of fine powder: gold-dust; sawdust.) prah

- duster

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prah; British English smeti; botany cvetni prah; slang denar; figuratively zemlja; figuratively posmrtni ostanki

to bite the dust — zgruditi se ranjen ali mrtev, iti v krtovo deželo

to kick up ( —ali make, raise) a dust — vzdigniti prah, razburiti

to throw dust into s.o.'s eyes — vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga

to shake the dust off one's feet — jezen oditi

American to give the dust to s.o. — prehite(va)ti koga

American to take s.o.'s dust — zaostajati

to lick the dust — prilizovati se

honoured dust — posmrtni ostanki

in the dust — ponižan

to make the dust fly — švigniti, energično nastopiti

down with the dust! — denar na roko!

humbled in ( —ali to) the dust — ponižan

to fall to dust — razpasti

transitive verb & intransitive verb

prah brisati, omesti, oprašiti; potresti; American slang švigniti, zbežati, uiti

to dust s.o.'s coat ( —ali jacket) — naklestiti koga

to dust the eyes of s.o. — varati, slepiti koga

to dust one's hands of s.o. — ne želeti imeti s kom opravka

1) (having or causing a great deal of heat: a hot oven; That water is hot.) vroč

2) (very warm: a hot day; Running makes me feel hot.) vroč

3) ((of food) having a sharp, burning taste: a hot curry.) pekoč

4) (easily made angry: a hot temper.) vroč

5) (recent; fresh: hot news.) svež

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- hotly

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adjective ( hotly adverb)

vroč; oster, pekoč, začinjen (jed); razgret, razvnet, strasten; figuratively oster, živ, kričeč (barva); razburjen, jezen; pohoten, vročekrven, ki se goni (žival); najnovejši (novica), svež (sled); slang odličen, izvrsten; opolzek (npr. gledališka igra); colloquially nevaren, neprijeten; American slang ukraden ali pretihotapljen; zasledovan (policijsko); radioaktiven; electrical pod električno napetostjo (žica); music ognjevit, hiter

I am hot — vroče mi je

hot and hot — zelo vroč, naravnost s štedilnika

like a cat on hot bricks — nestrpen, kakor na trnju

in hot blood — v afektu, v hudem razburjenju

to be hot for ( —ali on) — biti zagledan v kaj, goreče kaj želeti

to be hot in ( —ali on) — biti odličen (v stroki)

he is not so hot — ni tako odličen

colloquially hot under the collar — besen, razjarjen

to drop s.th. like a hot potato — naglo kaj izpustiti

a hot favourite — velik favorit, verjeten zmagovalec

to be in hot water — biti v škripcih

to get into hot water for — zaiti v težave zaradi

to get into hot water with s.o. — imeti s kom opravka

figuratively hot water — nesreča, težava, škripec

to get hot over s.th. — razburiti se, razvneti se

to get too hot — prevroče (neprijetno) postati

it goes like hot cakes — gre dobro v prodajo

you are getting hot — si blizu cilja, "vroče" (v igri)

in hot haste — v veliki naglici

to make it hot for s.o. — podkuriti komu

hot news — senzacionalne novice

news hot from the press — pravkar objavljena novica

the place was getting too hot for him — tla so mu postajala prevroča

in hot pursuit of — tesno za petami

a hot patriot — goreč rodoljub

hot spices — pekoče začimbe

to strike while the iron is hot — kovati železo, dokler je vroče

hot and strong — silovit(o)

slang hot stuff — odličen, izvrsten, prima

a hot scent ( —ali trail) — sveža sled

hot on the track of — na sveži sledi, za petami

hot temper — ognjevit temperament, vročekrvnost

I went hot and cold — srh me je spreletel

hot words — ostre besede

hot work — težko delo

vroče, silno, močno

to blow hot and cold — obračati se po vetru

to get it hot — pošteno jo izkupiti

to give it s.o. hot — strogo koga kaznovati ali ozmerjati

hot on the heels — tesno za petami

the sun shines hot — sonce pripeka

(zlasti British English) pogreti; American slang pognati v tek