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1 quarrel
['kworəl] 1. noun(an angry disagreement or argument: I've had a quarrel with my girl-friend.) prepir2. verb(to have an angry argument (with someone): I've quarrelled with my girl-friend; My girl-friend and I have quarrelled.) prepirati se- quarrelsomeness* * *I [kwɔrəl]nounto find quarrel in a straw — biti prepirljiv, iskati dlako v jajcuto have no quarrel with — ne imeti povoda za prepir, ne imeti kaj zameritito make ( —ali patch) up a quarrel — pomiriti se, izgladiti sporII [kwɔrəl]intransitive verbprepirati se, spreti se ( with s, z; for, about zaradi); pritoževati seto quarrel with one's bread and butter — pljuvati v lastno skledo, škodovati samemu sebiIII [kwɔrəl]nounhistory kratka puščica; rombasta ali kvadratna šipa; steklarski diamant; kamnoseško dleto -
2 patch up
1) (to mend, especially quickly and temporarily: He patched up the roof with bits of wood.) površno popraviti2) (to settle (a quarrel): They soon patched up their disagreement.) izgladiti -
3 shadow
['ʃædəu] 1. noun1) ((a patch of) shade on the ground etc caused by an object blocking the light: We are in the shadow of that building.) senca2) ((in plural with the) darkness or partial darkness caused by lack of (direct) light: The child was afraid that wild animals were lurking in the shadows at the corner of his bedroom.) mrak3) (a dark patch or area: You look tired - there are shadows under your eyes.) kolobar4) (a very slight amount: There's not a shadow of doubt that he stole the money.) trohica2. verb1) (to hide or darken with shadow: A broad hat shadowed her face.) skriti2) (to follow closely, especially as a detective, spy etc: We shadowed him for a week.) zasledovati•- shadowy- shadowiness
- worn to a shadow* * *I [šaedou]nounsenca (določene oblike); plural mrak, tema; figuratively varstvo, zaščita; figuratively imitacija, kopija, posnemanje; figuratively prazen sijaj, odraz tuje slave; malenkost, trohica, sled; duh, fantom, prikazen; stalni spremljevalec, "senca"; zasledovalec, špijon, detektivshadow boxing sport boksanje z namišljenim nasprotnikom (za trening)shadow cabinet figuratively kabinet, vlada v sencihe is but a shadow of his former self — on je le še senca tega, kar je prej bilthere never was a shadow between him and his friend — nikoli ni bilo kake sence (nesporazuma) med njim in njegovim prijateljemmay your shadow never grow less figuratively vso srečo (veliko uspeha) ti želim!to quarrel with one's own shadow figuratively biti zelo razdražljivto be reduced to a shadow — spremeniti se v kost in kožo, zelo shujšati, figuratively obstajati le po imenuto be worn to a shadow — zelo shujšati, postati pravi okostnjakII [šaedou]transitive verbzasenčiti, potemniti; archaic ščititi ( from pred), skri(va)ti; slediti (komu) kot sencato shadow forth (out) — nejasno napovedati, namigniti nahe shadowed forth his plans — dal je samo obrise svojih načrtov, le nakazal je svoje načrte
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