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1 pigs might fly
(said of something very unlikely to happen: `We might have fine weather for our holidays.' `Yes, and pigs might fly!') pa kaj še! -
2 pig
[piɡ] 1. noun1) (a kind of farm animal whose flesh is eaten as pork, ham and bacon: He keeps pigs.) prašič2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant, greedy or dirty person: You pig!) svinja•- piggy2. adjective(like a pig's: piggy eyes.) prašičji- piglet- piggyback
- pigheaded
- pigheadedness
- pigskin
- pigsty
- pigswill
- pigtail
- pigs might fly* * *I [pig]nounprašič, svinja; svinjina.; technical šibika, kos surovega železa, kalup za vlivanje; pomarančni krhelj; colloquially umazanec, požeruh, svinjaAmerican slang blind pig — skrivna točilnicafiguratively to carry pigs to market — hoteti kupčevatifiguratively to buy a pig in a poke — kupiti mačka v žakljupigs in clover — ljudje, ki so hitro obogateli, pa ne vedo kam z denarjem; vrsta družabne igreto go to pigs and whistles — iti rakom žvižgat, propastito make a pig of o.s. — požrešno jesti, žretiplease the pigs — če bo šlo vse po sreči, če bodo okoliščine dopuščaleII [pig]intransitive verboprasiti se -
3 copper
I 1. ['kopə] noun1) (an element, a metal of a brownish-red colour: This pipe is made of copper.) baker2) ((a piece of) money made of copper or a substitute: Have you any coppers in your change?) (bakren) novec2. adjective1) (made of copper: a copper pipe.) bakren2) ((also copper-coloured) of the colour of copper.) bakrenII ['kopə] noun(a British nickname for a policeman: Run - there's a copper after you!) kifeljc* * *I [kɔpə]nounchemistry baker; bakrena posoda, kotel; bakreni denar, drobiž; spajalec; plural drobiž (iz bakra)hot coppers — po pijančevanju izsušeno grlo, mačekII [kɔpə]nounslang policaj, stražnikIII [kɔpə]adjectivebakren, bakrovcopper Indian — Indijanec, rdečekožecIV [kɔpə]transitive verbbakriti -
4 drive
1. past tense - drove; verb1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) voziti2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) peljati3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) voditi4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) udariti5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) gnati2. noun1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) vožnja2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) dovoz3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) zagon4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) kampanja5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) udarec6) ((computers) a disk drive.) pogon•- driver- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
- drive on* * *I [draiv]1.transitive verbgnati, goniti, pognati; zabiti; vreči, zagnati (žogo); vbiti; voditi, upravljati, šofirati; pregnati, spoditi; siliti; peljati; preutruditi; graditi (cesto); vrtati (predor);2.intransitive verbpeljati se; hiteti; voziti se; meriti, ciljatito drive to the wall ( —ali into the corner) — pritisniti ob zid, ugnati v kozji rogto drive s.o. mad — razbesniti kogato drive s.th. into s.o. — vbiti komu kaj v glavoto drive s.o. hard — zatirati kogato drive s.o. to despair — spraviti koga v obupII [draiv]noungonja; vožnja, ježa; gonilo, pogon; dovoz, vozna pot; pritisk; energija, napor; težnja; American nabiralna akcija; kampanja -
5 farm
1. noun1) (an area of land, including buildings, used for growing crops, breeding and keeping cows, sheep, pigs etc: Much of England is good agricultural land and there are many farms.) posestvo2) (the farmer's house and the buildings near it in such a place: We visited the farm; ( also adjective) a farm kitchen.) kmetija2. verb(to cultivate (the land) in order to grow crops, breed and keep animals etc: He farms (5,000 acres) in the south.) kmetovati- farmer- farming
- farmhouse
- farmyard* * *I [fa:m]nounposestvo, kmetija, gospodarstvo; gojišče; American letoviška hišica; cenene zasebne jasli za zapuščene otrokeII [fa:m]1.transitive verbvzeti ali dati v zakup; obdelovati zemljo; pobirati davke in druge dajatve; vzeti otroke v rejo;2.intransitive verbkmetovati, gospodariti -
6 fowl
plurals - fowl, fowls; noun(a bird, especially domestic, eg hens, ducks, geese etc: He keeps fowls and a few pigs.) perutnina* * *I [faul]nounzoology archaic ptič; kokoš, petelin, perutninaII [faul]transitive verbptiče loviti ali streljati -
7 grub
1. noun1) (the form of an insect after it hatches from its egg: A caterpillar is a grub.) ličinka2) (a slang term for food: Is there any grub in the house?) hrana2. verb(to search by digging: The pigs were grubbing around for roots.) riti* * *I [grʌb]1.intransitive verbkopati, riti; (along, away, on) garati, mučiti, guliti se;2.transitive verbprekopati, izkrčiti, opletito grub up — izkopati, odkritiII [grʌb]nounzoology ogrc, ličinka, črvič; umazanec, -nkatechnical grub screw — krilata maticaIII [grʌb]slang1.nounhrana, priboljšek;2.intransitive verb & transitive verbhraniti (se) -
8 grunt
1. verb1) (to make a low, rough sound: The pigs grunted when the farmer brought their food.) kruliti2) ((of people) to say in a way that sounds like grunting: He grunted that he was too busy to talk to me.) godrnjati2. noun(a low, rough sound: a grunt of disapproval.) godrnjanje* * *[grʌnt]1.intransitive verb & transitive verbkruliti; godrnjati;2.nounkruljenje; godrnjanje; zoology razne vrste rib, ki zakrulijo, kadar jih potegnejo iz vode -
9 kill
[kil] 1. verb(to cause the death of: He killed the rats with poison; The outbreak of typhoid killed many people; The flat tyre killed our hopes of getting home before midnight.) ubiti2. noun(an act of killing: The hunter was determined to make a kill before returning to the camp.) uboj- killer- kill off
- kill time* * *I [kil]nounAmerican dialectal kanal, potok, rekaII [kil]nounubijanje; ubita divjad, ulov; military uničenje; nautical potopitev ladjeon the kill — z ubijalskim namenom, na lovu za plenomIII [kil]1.transitive verbubiti, ubijati; klati, zaklati (živino); ubiti, ustreliti (divjad); military uničiti, potopiti (ladjo); pokončati, ugonobiti, udušiti, zatreti; figuratively preklicati, stornirati, razveljaviti, črtati; figuratively potlačiti, zadušiti (čustva), obsipati (s pretirano dobroto); olajšati, ublažiti (bolečino), nevtralizirati (barvo, hrup); odbiti, preprečiti (zakonski osnutek), prekrižati (načrt); sport zaustaviti (žogo); zabiti čas; American colloquially popiti celo steklenico;2.intransitive verbpovzročiti smrt; colloquially biti neudržljiv, biti očarljivto kill the fatted calf for s.o. — z veseljem sprejeti, sprejeti kot izgubljenega sinato kill s.o. with kindness — škoditi komu s preveliko dobrotodressed up to kill — zapeljivo oblečen, gizdavo oblečen -
10 livestock
noun (domestic animals, especially horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs.) živina* * *[láivstak]nounživina, živ inventar; slang živad -
11 pigsty
plural - pigsties, pigstyes; noun1) (a building in which pigs are kept.) svinjak2) (a dirty, untidy place: This room is a pigsty!) svinjak* * *[pígstai]nounsvinjak (tudi figuratively) -
12 raise
[reiz] 1. verb1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) dvigniti2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) povišati3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) rediti4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) vzgojiti5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) postaviti (vprašanje)6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) zbrati7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) povzročiti8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) dvigniti9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) postaviti10) (to give (a shout etc).) zvišati (glas itd.)11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) vzpostaviti zvezo (z)2. noun(an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) povišek- raise hell/Cain / the roof
- raise someone's spirits* * *I [réiz]nounpovišanje; povišanje plače (mezde); vložki (pri pokerju), licitiranje (pri bridžu); vzpetina, višinaraise in wages — povišanje mezd, plačII [réiz]transitive verbdvigniti, pokonci postaviti; povišati, zvišati, povečati, izboljšati (plačo, slavo itd.); zgraditi; osnovati, ustanoviti; povzročiti (prepir ipd.), začeti; rediti, gojiti, vzgajati, vzrediti; sejati (žito), saditi, obdelovati (povrtnine); novačiti, zbrati vojsko; zbudit, razvneti za, podpihovati, dvigniti ( against proti); podreti (tabor), kreniti; opustiti, ukiniti blokado, obleganje; klicati (duhove); širiti (vonj); vzeti (posojilo); inkasirati, izterjati (denar, davek); nautical zagledati, opaziti (kopno, zemljo)with a raised voice — glasno, z jeznim glasomto raise Cain (the devil, hell, the mischief) — strašanski hrup (trušč, kraval) dvignitito raise a dust (hell) figuratively dvigniti prahto raise one's eyebrows — predrzno (domišljavo, užaljeno) pogledati, namrščiti obrvito raise s.o.'s fame — povečati slavo kake osebeto raise funds — zbirati denar, prispevketo raise one's glass to a guest — napiti, nazdraviti gostuto raise one's hand — dvigniti roko (na koga), udariti (koga)to raise one's hat to s.o. — odkriti se komuto raise a loan — razpisati, vzeti posojiloto raise a mine nautical dvigniti minoto raise money — pobirati, zbirati denarto raise to the second power mathematics dvigniti na drugo potencoto raise the roof slang dvigniti do neba segajoč hrup, strašansko razsajatito raise ship (land) nautical priti na vidik ladje (zemlje)to raise s.o. out of his sleep — zbuditi koga iz spanjato raise one's voice against — dvigniti svoj glas, protestirati protito raise the wind figuratively priskrbeti si nujno potrebni denar (sredstva)to raise up transitive verb ustvariti, napraviti, poklicati v živijenje, zbuditi -
13 root
I 1. [ru:t] noun1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) korenina2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) korenina3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) izvor4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) korenine2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) ukoreniniti (se)- root crop
- root out
- take root II [ru:t] verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) riti2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) brskati* * *I [ru:t]nounkorenika, korenina, koren; figuratively koren, izvor, poreklo, izvirna oblika; vzrok; temelj, osnova, jedro, srž, bit; mathematics & grammar koren; plural vznožje (gore)root and branch figuratively korenito, temeljito, popolnoma, radikalnoroot of the matter — jedro, bistvo stvaricube root, third root mathematics kubični korenDutch roots plural cvetlične čebulicesecond root, square root mathematics kvadratni korento destroy root and branch — popolnoma uničiti (iztrebiti, izkoreniniti)to lay axe at the root of — posekati korenine (zla itd.)to strike at the root (of) — udariti po korenini, odrezati korenino (česa)to take (to strike) root — pognati korenine, ukoreniniti seto take root from — imeti svoj izvor v, bazirati nato tear up the roots — izkoreniniti; iztrebitiII [ru:t]1.transitive verb & intransitive verbgloboko posaditi, vsaditi, ukoreniniti; vcepiti, vliti; ukopati, pribiti, prikovati koga (kot s korenino);2.intransitive verbukoreniniti seobedience rooted in fear — pokorščina, ki je osnovana na strahuto stand rooted to the spot — biti, stati kot v zemljo ukopanto root out (up) — izruvati, izpuliti, izkoreniniti, uničiti, iztrebiti;3.adjectivesestavljen iz korenin; korenski; figuratively osnovenroot extraction mathematics korenjenjeIII [ru:t]intransitive verb & intransitive verb (o prašiču) riti (z gobcem)to root about figuratively riti, bezati, brskati, drezatito root out, to root up — izbrskati, izbezati, izkopatiIV [ru:t]intransitive verb American slang sport navijati ( for za), želeti uspeh; podpirati, zagovarjati, odobravati -
14 swill
[swil] 1. verb(to (cause to) flow around: Water was swilling around in the bottom of the boat.) pljuskati2. noun1) (a rinse: He brushed his teeth and then gave his mouth a swill.) izplakovanje2) ((also pigswill) semi-liquid food given to pigs.) pomije•* * *[swil]1.nounpomije, odplaka, kuhinjski odpadki; slaba pijača; (redko) popivanje;2.transitive verb & intransitive verb (tudi swill out) izpirati, izprati, splakniti; izliti vodo čez, na; pohlepno piti, lokati, žlampatito swill o.s. drunk — opiti se, opijaniti se -
15 unclean
((eg of food) not pure: The Jews are not allowed to eat pork, as pigs are considered unclean.) nečist* * *[ʌnklí:n]adjectiveumazan, nečist; medicine obložen (jezik); figuratively moralno nečist, nečeden, umazan, obscen
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