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1 silk
[silk]1) (very fine, soft threads made by silkworms.) svila2) (thread, cloth etc made from this: The dress was made of silk; ( also adjective) a silk dress.) svila•- silky- silkiness
- silkworm* * *[silk]1.nounsvila; svilena nit, svilena preja; plural svilena tkanina, svileno blago, svilene obleke; svilena obleka; colloquially državni odvetnikin silks and satins — v baržunu in svili, odlično oblečento hit the silk aeronautics slang odskočiti s padalomto make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — iz kremena izbrusiti (narediti) diamant, figuratively zahtevati lastnosti od koga (česa), ki jih le-ta ne more imeti, pričakovati od koga več, kot obetajo njegove sposobnostito take silk colloquially postati državni višji odvetnik;2.adjectivesvilensilk gown British English svilena halja državnega višjega odvetnikasilk stockings — svilene nogavice;3.transitive verbpokriti s svilo, obleči (koga) v svilo; intransitive verb American cveteti (o koruzi) -
2 velvet
['velvit]noun, adjective((of) a type of cloth made from silk etc with a soft, thick surface: Her dress was made of velvet; a velvet jacket.) žamet- velvety* * *[vélvit]1.nounbaržun, žamet, žametu podobna tkanina; zoology baržunast ovoj na novih rogovih srnjakov; figuratively baržunasta površina (ki se vda pod prstom)black velvet slang pijača sekta in močnega piva; slang lahkó pridobljen dobičeksilk velvet — svileni žamet;2.adjectivebaržunast, žametast; mehek; figuratively priliznjen, hinavski; v ugodnem finančnem položajua velvet tread figuratively tiha in mehka hojavelvet paws figuratively žametaste tačke, uglajeno vedenje (manire)to handle s.o. with velvet gloves — ravnati s kom z žametastimi rokavicamian iron hand in a velvet glove — železna roka v žametasti rokavici, figuratively krutost, skrita pod lepimi besedami, milim vedenjem itd. -
3 bolt
[boult] 1. noun1) (a bar to fasten a door etc: We have a bolt as well as a lock on the door.) zapah2) (a round bar of metal, often with a screw thread for a nut: nuts and bolts.) vijak3) (a flash of lightning.) blisk4) (a roll (of cloth): a bolt of silk.) bala2. verb1) (to fasten with a bolt: He bolted the door.) zapahniti2) (to swallow hastily: The child bolted her food.) pogoltniti3) (to go away very fast: The horse bolted in terror.) splašiti se•- bolt-upright- boltupright
- a bolt from the blue* * *I [boult]nounzapah; sornik; puščica, strela; beg; snop, sveženj; bala tkanine (30 yardov); vijak z maticobehind bolt and bar — za zapahi, v ječito do a bolt — zbežati, popihati joII [boult]transitive verb & intransitive verbzapahniti; planiti, zbežati, odkuriti jo; splašiti se (konj); American izstopiti iz strankeIII [boult]adverbpopolnoma, čistoIV [boult]1.transitive verbsejati, rešetati; zasledovatito bolt the brain — preučevati;2.nounsito, rešeto -
4 length
[leŋƟ]1) (the distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time etc: What is the length of your car?; Please note down the length of time it takes you to do this.) dolžina2) (a piece of something, especially cloth: I bought a (3-metre) length of silk.) odmerjen kos (blaga)3) (in racing, the measurement from end to end of a horse, boat etc: He won by a length; The other boat is several lengths in front.) dolžina•- lengthen- lengthways/lengthwise
- lengthy
- at length
- go to any lengths* * *[leŋm]noundolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)at length — nadrobno; končnoat arm's length — na doseg roke; čim delj od sebeto keep s.o. at arm's length — ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljskito know the length of s.o.'s foot — koga dobro poznatiat great ( —ali some, full) length — na drobno, na dolgo in širokoto go to great length — daleč iti; zelo se potruditito go to the length of — mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, dato win by a length — zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)when will you come our length? — kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam? -
5 sheer
I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) skrajen2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) zelo strm3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) zelo fin2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) navpičnoII [ʃiə]* * *I [šíə]1.nounnauticalodklon (odmik) od določene smeri, nagel obrat ali odklon od ravne poti;2.intransitive verb nauticalnapraviti nagel odklon od določene smeri ali ravne poti; figuratively odmakniti se, oddaljiti se ( from od), ločiti seto sheer off — oditi, oddaljiti se, ločiti se; nautical odmakniti se od določene smerito sheer up nautical bližati se od straniII [šíə]1.adjective(zelo) strm, navpičen; skrajen; tanek, zelo fin (tkanina); pravi, pravcat; čist, nepomešan, nerazredčen, neponarejen; popoln, sam, golby sheer necessity — iz čiste (same, gole, absolutne) potrebesheer rock — čista (sama, prava, pravcata, gola) skalait is sheer nonsense — to je pravi nesmisel;2.adverbnavpično; popolnoma, čisto; naravnost, direktnorocks rise sheer from the valley — skale se dvigajo navpično iz doline;3.nounprozorna (bombažna ali platnena) tkanina -
6 stain
[stein] 1. verb1) (to leave a (permanent) dirty mark or coloured patch on eg a fabric: The coffee I spilt has stained my trousers.) zamazati2) (to become marked in this way: Silk stains easily.) zamazati se3) (to dye or colour (eg wood): The wooden chairs had been stained brown.) pobarvati2. noun(a dirty mark on a fabric etc that is difficult or impossible to remove: His overall was covered with paint-stains; There is not the slightest stain upon her reputation.) madež* * *I [stéin]nounmadež (tudi figuratively), pega; barva (za les, za steklo); figuratively sramotni madež; medicine (pigmentno) znamenjeII [stéin]transitive verbumazati, zamazati, omadeževati; pobarvati (kaj) (na zidu, na steklu, papirju); tiskati pisane vzorce (na blagu, tapetah); figuratively omadeževati; intransitive verb (za)mazati se, popackati se, delati ali dobiti madeže; figuratively omadeževati sestained with vice — poln pregreh, grešen, sprijen -
7 stuff
I noun1) (material or substance: What is that black oily stuff on the beach?; The doctor gave me some good stuff for removing warts; Show them what stuff you're made of! (= how brave, strong etc you are).) snov2) ((unimportant) matter, things, objects etc: We'll have to get rid of all this stuff when we move house.) navlaka3) (an old word for cloth.) blago•- that's the stuff! II verb1) (to pack or fill tightly, often hurriedly or untidily: His drawer was stuffed with papers; She stuffed the fridge with food; The children have been stuffing themselves with ice-cream.) nabasati (se)2) (to fill (eg a turkey, chicken etc) with stuffing before cooking.) napolniti3) (to fill the skin of (a dead animal or bird) to preserve the appearance it had when alive: They stuffed the golden eagle.) nagačiti•- stuffing- stuff up* * *I [stʌf]nounsnov; material, masa; surovina; predmet, stvar; gradivo, snov; hrana, pijača; (volneno) blago, sukno, tkanina; roba; familiarly lek, zdravilo, zdravila; nič vredna stvar, izmeček; stavbni les; nadev (za pečenko); (časnikarstvo) rokopis, (časopisni) članek; figuratively sposobnost, zmožnost, (dobra) lastnost; figuratively nesmisel, neumnost, bedastočathe stuff colloquially gotovina; tisto, kar je pravostuff and nonsense! — kakšen nesmisel!food stuff — živila, proviantgarden stuff, green stuff — zelenjava, povrtninahousehold stuff obsolete hišna posoda, pohištvohot stuff slang duhovit (energičen, spreten, pripraven) človek; opolzka knjiga ali gledališka igranone of your stuff! — nehaj že s svojimi neumnostmi!don't talk such a stuff! — ne govori takih bedastoč!to know one's stuff colloquially spoznati se (na svoje stvari)do your stuff! — pokaži, kaj znaš!that is the stuff to give him figuratively tako je treba z njim govoriti (ravnati)II [stʌf]transitive verbnabasati, natrpati, natlačiti ( into v), napolniti, napolniti (perutnino) z nadevom, nadevati; pitati (žival), pitati (koga) z lažmi itd.; tapecirati (pohištvo), nagačiti (žival); American slang napolniti volilno žaro s ponarejenimi glasovnicami; intransitive verb (na)basati se (z jedjo), preveč jesti; natlačiti se, nabasati se ( into v)stuffed shirt American slang naduta, domišljava, napihnjena osebato stuff o.s. — prenajesti seto stuff s.o. colloquially natvesti komu (kaj), zlagáti se komu
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