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I [sto:k] noun(the stem of a plant or of a leaf, flower or fruit: If the stalk is damaged, the plant may die.) stebloII [sto:k] verb1) (to walk stiffly and proudly, eg in anger: He stalked out of the room in disgust.) prevzetno hoditi2) (to move menacingly through a place: Disease and famine stalk (through) the country.) širiti se3) (in hunting, to move gradually as close as possible to game, eg deer, trying to remain hidden: Have you ever stalked deer / been deer-stalking?) zalezovati•- stalker* * *I [stɔ:k]nounbotany steblo; kocen, pecelj, štor (pri zelju); zoology peresni tul(ec); stojalo čaše; visok tovarniški dimnik; archaic okrasek v obliki steblaoff stalk — (o rozinah itd.) ki nima pecljaII [stɔ:k]1.nounhuntingzalezovanje (divjačine), zalaz; gizdava (košata, arogantna) hoja, šopirjenje, košatenje;2.intransitive verb huntingiti na zalaz, prikrasti se do divjačine; prevzetno, ošabno hoditi, šopiriti se; figuratively širiti se (bolezen, lakota); transitive verb hunting zalezovati (divjad) prikrasti se do -
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I 1. [stem] noun1) (the part of a plant that grows upward from the root, or the part from which a leaf, flower or fruit grows; a stalk: Poppies have long, hairy, twisting stems.) steblo2) (the narrow part of various objects, eg of a wine-glass between the bowl and the base: the stem of a wine-glass / of a tobacco-pipe.) držalo3) (the upright piece of wood or metal at the bow of a ship: As the ship struck the rock, she shook from stem to stern.) ladijski kljun2. verb((with from) to be caused by: Hate sometimes stems from envy.) izvirati- - stemmedII [stem] past tense, past participle - stemmed; verb(to stop (a flow, eg of blood).)* * *I [stem]1.nounbotanysteblo, deblo; pecelj, rebro; zoology peresni tulec; trup (stebra); cev (termometra); cevka (pipe); držalo (čaše); kolesce na uri za navijanje in nameščanje kazalcev; grammar osnova, deblo, koren; izvor, rod, pleme, pokolenjeof noble stem — plemiškega rodu;2.transitive verbosvoboditi (od) peclja; intransitive verb izvirati, izhajati; imeti koren ( from v)II [stem]nounnautical ladijski kijun, sprednji del ladjefrom stem to stern — od ladijskega kljuna do krme, figuratively od enega konca (kraja) do drugegaIII [stem]1.transitive verbustaviti, zadržati, zajeziti (reko itd.) z nasipom; ustaviti (krvavenje); zamašiti (luknjo), zatesniti; figuratively preprečiti, ovirati, zadrževati (kaj); intransitive verb nautical pluti proti toku; nehati, ustaviti se (o krvavenju); brzdati se; upirati se (čemu)to stem the tide — boriti se proti toku, upirati se toku, figuratively zajeziti nadaljnje širjenje;2.nounzaviranje (pri smučanju) -
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[stro:]1) (( also adjective) (of) the cut stalks of corn etc, having many uses, eg as bedding for cattle etc, making mats and other goods etc: The cows need fresh straw; a straw hat.) slama2) (a single stalk of corn: There's a straw in your hair; Their offer isn't worth a straw!) slamnata bilka3) (a paper or plastic tube through which to suck a drink into the mouth: He was sipping orange juice through a straw.) slamica•* * *I [strɔ:]1.nounslamnata bilka, slama, pletena slama; slamica (za pitje); figuratively bilka, malenkost, mrvica; slamnikin the straw obsolete v porodni posteljia straw in the wind — slamica v vetru, figuratively majhna stvar, ki je znak prihodnjih velikih dogodkovthe last straw figuratively tisto, kar preseže merothe last straw that breaks the camel's back — majhen dodatek bremenu, ki zlomi kameli hrbet, figuratively tisto, kar sodu izbije dnoa man of straw — slamnati mož, lutka, slabič; ptičje strašiloto be (to lie) in the straw obsolete biti otročnicaI don't care a straw — še malo mi ni mar, požvižgam sea straw shows which way the wind blows — tudi majhna stvar pokaže (da slutiti) važne stvari (dogodke)it is not worth a straw — ni vredno prebite pare, počenega grošato be quite out of one's straw figuratively biti ves zmešan, zmedento split straws — cepiti slamice, figuratively ukvarjati se z nekoristnimi stvarmi, prepirati se zaradi malenkostito throw straws against the wind figuratively zaman se truditi;2.adjectiveslamnatII [strɔ:]transitive verbobsolete napolniti ali nastlati s slamo
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