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1 nutshell
noun (the hard covering of a nut.) orehova lupina* * *[nʌtšel]nounbotany orehova lupina; figuratively majhna stvarcain a nutshell — jedrnato, na kratko -
2 in a nutshell
(expressed, described etc very briefly: I'll tell you the story in a nutshell.) jedrnato -
3 nut
1) (a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell: a hazel-nut; a walnut.) oreh2) (a small round piece of metal with a hole through it, for screwing on the end of a bolt to hold pieces of wood, metal etc together: a nut and bolt.) matica vijaka•- nutty- nutcracker
- nutshell
- in a nutshell* * *I [nət]nounbotany oreh, lešniktechnical matica vijaka, pesto kolesa, luknja za ključavnico; economy plural kockovec (premog); figuratively trd oreh; slang glava, buča; slang gizdalin; slang plural nor; slang to be nuts — biti nor, biti neumenslang to be nuts to ( —ali for) — noro komu ugajati, biti užitek za kogaslang to be (dead) nuts on — biti nor na kaj, biti noro zaljubljenslang not for nuts — sploh ne, nikakorslang to go nuts — priti ob pamet, ponoretislang to drive s.o. nuts — spraviti koga ob pametslang off one's nut — ob pamet, norfiguratively a hard nut to crack — trd oreha tough nut — svojeglavec, trda bučaII [nət]intransitive verbnabirati orehe (lešnike) -
4 lie
I 1. noun(a false statement made with the intention of deceiving: It would be a lie to say I knew, because I didn't.) laž2. verb(to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.) lagati- liarII present participle - lying; verb1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) leči, ležati2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) nahajati se, biti3) (to remain in a certain state: The shop is lying empty now.) ostati4) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.) biti v•- lie back- lie down
- lie in
- lie in wait for
- lie in wait
- lie low
- lie with
- take lying down* * *I [lai]nounlaž, neresnica, izmišljotinawhite lie — nedolžna laž, laž v silito give s.o. the lie — postaviti koga na lažto give the lie to s.th. — postaviti kaj na lažII [lai]1.transitive verblagati (to komu), nalagati;2.transitive verbz lažmi zmamiti ( into v, k)he lies like a book — laže, da sam sebi verjamehe lies like a gasmeter — laže, kakor pes tečeto lie o.s. out of — z lažmi se izvleči iz česahumorously to lie in one's throat ( —ali teeth) — lagati komu v obraz, predrzno lagatiIII [lai]nounlega, položaj; počivališče (živali, ptic, rib)figuratively the lie of the land — situacija, stanje, razmereIV [lai]intransitive verbležati, počivati; nahajati se, biti v; težiti, ležati (on na duši, v želodcu); peljati (pot); juridically biti dopusten, biti dovoljen, priti v poštev; archaic prenočiti, prespati; hunting ne vzleteti (ptice); military & nautical stati, ležati (čete, ladje)to lie hid — pritajiti se, skriti seslang to lie doggo — negibno ležati, pritajiti seas far as in me lies — po svojih najboljših močeh, kolikor le moremto lie on s.o.'s hands — ležati pri kom brez koristi (nerabljeno, neprodano)to lie idle — biti neizkoriščen, mirovati (zemlja, stroj), lenuharitimilitary to lie perdu — ležati v skriti izvidniški točkiit lies with you to do it — na tebi je, da to storišjuridically to lie on s.o. — biti komu obvezanto lie in s.o.'s way — biti komu pri roki; biti komu na potiyou will lie on the bed you have made — kakor si boš postlal, tako boš ležal
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Nutshell — Nut shell , n. 1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo[ o]l.) A shell of the genus Nucula. [1913 Webster] {in a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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