niz biserov

1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) vrvica

2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) vlakno

3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; ( also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) struna

4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) vrsta

1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) nanizati

2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) napeti

3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) odstraniti nitke

4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) obesiti

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- strings

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vrvica, vezalka, trak, nit, žica; music struna, žica; tetiva (pri loku); botany vlakno, nit (stroka); niz (biserov itd.) (tudi figuratively); garnitura; serija; dolga vrsta; truma (živali); (večinoma plural) American colloquially pogoj, težava, tajna klavzula; American slang bahanje, (pretirana) lažna zgodba

in a long string — v dolgi vrsti

with a string tied to it — s pogojem

no strings attached — brez klavzul ali pogojev

the strings plural music godala

a string of beads (pearls) — niz biserov

a string of lies — vrsta, niz laži

a string of onions — venec čebule

a string of carriages — povorka kočij

heart-strings plural figuratively najgloblja, najnežnejša čustva, srcé

third-string — tretjevrsten

to be a second string — spadati k drugi garnituri, biti drugovrsten, figuratively igrati drugo violino

to harp on one (on the same) string figuratively neprestano govoriti o isti stvari, vedno isto gósti

to have s.o. on a string — imeti koga na vrvici

he has all the world in a string figuratively vse mu gre po želji

to have s.o. on the string figuratively pustiti koga v negotovosti

to have (to lead) s.th. in (by) a string — brzdati, obvladati, biti gospodar (česa)

to have two strings to one's bow — imeti dvoje železij v ognju

to keep s.o. on a string figuratively držati koga dolgo časa v negotovosti

to hold all the strings — držati vse niti v rokah, upravljati, voditi (kaj)

to have a string (attached) to it — biti oviran, ne iti gladko

to pull (the) strings — premikati lutke (v lutkovnem gledališču); figuratively biti neviden, a glavni vodja

to touch a string — udariti na struno, figuratively zadeti v živec, na občutljivo mesto (čustva itd.)

to touch the strings — gosti (na godalo);

godalen

string playing — igranje na godalu

string wire — žična struna

opremiti s strunami (violino itd.) ali z žicami; opremiti (lok) s tetivo; nategniti, napeti (vrvico, tetivo itd.); zadrgniti, zavezati; privezati z vrvico; odstraniti nitke (pri fižolu); poetically uglasiti (violino itd.); razširiti, nategniti, figuratively napeti (živce, moči itd.); (na)nizati (bisere), obesiti ( across prek); figuratively povezati; American slang za nos koga voditi, norčevati se iz;

postati vlaknat; razvleči se (lepilo itd.); tvoriti vrsto ali verigo

stringed instruments music godala, godalni instrumenti

to string a room with festoons — obesiti girlande na sobne stene

to string one's shoes — zavezati si čevlje

strung up — napet, živčen, razburjen, razburljiv

to string along with American colloquially pridružiti se (komu), iti s kom, plesati, kot (nekdo) žvižga

to string out — napeti, nategniti

to string up — napeti (živce itd.); pripravljati (koga) na kaj, spodbujati; colloquially obesiti

to string o.s. up for a deed — opogumiti se za neko dejanje

to be strung up — biti v stiski, v zagati, v težavah

1) (to tie or fasten with a rope: He roped the suitcase to the roof of the car.) privezati

2) (to catch with a rope; to lasso: to rope a calf.) ujeti z vrvjo

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- rope-ladder

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vrv, konopec, motvoz; niz; figuratively smrt z obešenjem; (v cirkusu) akrobatska vrv; laso; plezalna vrv, naveza; plural slang prijem, zvijača; (o vinu, pivu) židkost

on the high rope — zviška, ošabno; besno

the rope — vrv za obešanje, kazen obešanja

the ropes sport vrvi okoli ringa; boks(anje)

a rope of sand figuratively podpora brez prave pomoši, nezanesljiva pomoč, varljiva sigurnost

a rope of pearls — niz biserov

bell-rope — vrvica za zvonec

plenty of (enough) rope to hang oneself figuratively možnost, da sami sebi škodimo, drvimo v pogubo

to be on the rope — (alpinizem) biti v navezi

to be on the ropes — (v ringu) viseti na vrveh, figuratively slang biti v brezupnem položaju

to be on the high ropes figuratively prevzetovati, napihovati se, šopiriti se, biti ohol

to be at the end of one's rope — biti na koncu svojih sredstev, svojega življenja

to give s.o. rope (plenty of rope) — dati komu (popolno) svobodo delovanja (zlasti, da se kompromitira)

to give s.o. rope enough to hang himself — dati komu dovolj prilike, da se uniči, ugonobi

to know the ropes — biti na tekočem; dobro se spoznati na, biti dobro uveden (v stvari, ki jih drugi poznajo), poznati vse prijeme (zvijače); dobro vedeti, kaj je treba narediti

to learn the ropes — uvesti se v delo

name not a rope where one has hanged himself — ne omenjaj vrvi v hiši, v kateri se je nekdo obesil

to put s.o. up to the ropes — uvesti koga v, dati komu vse potrebne podatke

to show s.o. the ropes — uvesti koga v (neko) delo

transitive verb & intransitive verb

pritrditi (povezati, zvezati) z vrvjo, navezati (se) v navezo; nanizati na vrv(ico); figuratively pritegniti, premamiti koga ( into v); sport zadrževati konja, namenoma počasi jahati ali teči; ne razviti vseh svojih moči (o tekaču); postati židek (pivo, vino);

1) (to move (a boat) through the water using oars: He rowed (the dinghy) up the river.) veslati

2) (to transport by rowing: He rowed them across the lake.) peljati v čolnu

- rower

1) (a noisy quarrel: They had a terrible row; a family row.) prepir

2) (a continuous loud noise: They heard a row in the street.) vpitje, kraval

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veslanje; vožnja, izlet s čolnom na vesla

to go for a row on the river — iti na veslanje (čolnarjenje) na reki

intransitive verb & transitive verb

veslati; voziti (čoln, koga v čolnu); voziti se v čolnu

a boat rowing eight oars — čoln na osem vesel

to row s.o. across the river — prepeljati koga s čolnom čez reko

to row against the tide figuratively veslati proti toku, boriti se s težavami

to row s.o. for s.th. — (tekmovalno) veslati s kom za kaj

I'll row you if you like — tekmoval bom s teboj v veslanju, če hočeš

to row dry British English colloquially suho (= brez špricanja z vesli) veslati

to row wet British English colloquially pri veslanju špricati z vesli

to row in the same boat figuratively biti v istem položaju, imeti isto usodo

to row a fast (long) stroke — hitro (počasi) veslati

to row a race — udeležiti se veslaških tekem

this boat rows easily — ta čoln je lahkó veslati

to row down s.o. — prehiteti koga v veslanju, preveslati koga (zlasti pri tekmovanju), biti boljši v veslanju

to be rowed out — biti popolnoma izčrpan (po veslaški tekmi)

to row over — zmagati v veslaški tekmi

vrsta; niz; kolona (številk); vrsta hiš; ulica (med dvema vrstama hiš)

in rows — v vrstah, po vrsti, zapovrstjo, po redu

a row of beads — niz biserov, bisernik

a row of poplars — vrsta topolov

a row of seats — vrsta sedežev

a hard (a long) row to hoe figuratively težak, naporen (dolgotrajen) posel (opravilo, stvar), težka naloga

to hoe one's own row figuratively American brigati se za svoje lastne zadeve

to set in a row — postaviti v vrsto, razvrstiti

to sit in the front row — sedeti v prvi vrsti;

postaviti (posaditi) v vrstah (v eni vrsti); nanizati

vpitje, kričanje, kraval, hrup; glasen prepir, pretep, rabuka, ravs; graja, zmerjanje, oštevanje

family row — družinski prepir (scena)

what's the row? — kaj se je zgodilo?, kaj je narobe?, kaj pa je?

to get into a row — nakopati si grajo

I got into an awful row — pošteno so me ošteli (ozmerjali)

to kick up (to make) a row — dvigniti, napraviti hrup, kraval; kričati, vpiti, hrupno ugovarjati

they kicked up a tremendous row — dvignili so peklenski hrup;

intransitive verb & transitive verb

colloquially razgrajati, prepirati se; napraviti (izzvati, povzročiti) hrup, škandal; grajati, (o)zmerjati, levite brati; archaic pretepsti

- be stranded

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obala, obrežje; plaža, peščina ob vodi, ob morju;

vreči na obalo, zapeljati (ladjo) na sipino; figuratively vreči; intransitive verb nasesti, obtičati na sipini (ladja); figuratively obtičati, spodleteti; figuratively ostati brez sredstev

to get stranded — nasesti

to be stranded — biti v stiski, v škripcih

vrv, konopec; štrena (las); sukljaj (vrvi); niz (biserov);

pretrgati (vrv); sukati (vrv) iz pramenov