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1. adjective(higher in position, rank etc: the upper floors of the building; He has a scar on his upper lip.) zgornji2. noun((usually in plural) the part of a shoe above the sole: There's a crack in the upper.) gornje usnje (čevlja)3. adverb(in the highest place or position: Thoughts of him were upper-most in her mind.) najprej- get/have the upper hand of/over someone
- get/have the upper hand* * *I [ʌpə]adjectivegornji, višji; figuratively višji, vzvišenejšiupper circle theatre drugi balkon, druga vrstaupper crust — skorja (kruha itd.), American slang premožni sloji družbeupper dog slang zmagovalecupper hand — premoč, nadvladaupper storey — gornje nadstropje; figuratively glava, pamet, možganithe upper ten (thousand) — plemstvo, aristokracija, bogataši in visoka družbaupper works nautical deli ladje nad vodno površinoto get the upper hand — dobiti premoč, zmagati, nadvladati; dobiti prvenstvoII [ʌpə]nountechnical gornje usnje (čevlja); colloquially zgornje ležišče (v spalnem vozu); medicine gornja čeljust, gornja proteza; plural gamaše iz blagato be (down) on one's uppers — strgati čevlje, figuratively biti popolnoma brez sredstev
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