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adj željezan (i fig), gvozden; tvrd, krut, neslomljiv / the Iron Age = željezno doba; met # casting = lijevano željezo; # castings = željezni odljevci; the Iron Duke = prvi vojvoda od Wellingtona; # horse = lokomotiva; [fig] curtain = željezna zavjesa; [med] # lung = čelična pluća, aparat za umjetno disanje; # metallurgy = crna metalurgija; [mil] # rations = željezna zaliha; to rule with an # hand = vladati željeznom rukom (krajnjom strogosti); an # fist in a velvet glove = krutost ili odlučan značaj iza prividno blage vanjštine* * *
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