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1 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 -
2 home
[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) dom2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) domovina3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) dom4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) dom5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) stanovanje, hiša2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) domač2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) domač3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) domač3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) domov, doma2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) na cilj; do srca•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about* * *I [hóum]adjectivedomač, hišni, doma narejen; notranji; točen, odličen; primeren (opomba)Home Guard — rezervna vojska na domačih tleh med 2. svetovno vojnoII [hóum]adverbdoma, domov; na cilj, na cilju; v srce, točnoto bring a crime home to s.o. — dokazati komu zločinto bring s.th. home to s.o. — prepričati koga o čem, predočiti, dokazati komufiguratively to come home to — ganiti, občutiti, priti do srcacurses come home to roost — kdor drugemu jemlje čast, jo sam izgubito drive s.th. home to s.o. — prigovarjati, prepričevati kogato hit ( —ali strike) home — v živo zadeti, pravo zadetito see s.o. home — spremiti koga domovIII [hóum]noundom, domačija, stanovanje; domovina; zavetišče; figuratively domača streha; sport figuratively ciljat home — doma, v domoviniat home in ( —ali on, with) — vajen česa, doma (v računstvu)away from home — odsoten, odpotoval, v tujinicharity begins at home — vsakdo je samemu sebi najbližji, bog je najprej sebi brado ustvarilnot at home to — ne biti doma za goste, ne sprejemati gostovlong ( —ali last) home — zadnji dom, grobto draw to one's long home — bližati se koncu, umiratito eat s.o. out of the house and home — spraviti koga ob vse, živeti na tuj računto make o.s. at home — biti kakor doma, vgnezditi se pri komto make s.o. feel at home — potruditi se, da se kdo počuti kot domaIV [hóum]intransitive verb & transitive verbvrniti se domov, pripeljati domov, spraviti pod streho; voditi pristanek letala z radarjem -
3 nail
[neil] 1. noun1) (a piece of horn-like substance which grows over the ends of the fingers and toes to protect them: I've broken my nail; toe-nails; Don't bite your finger-nails.) noht2) (a thin pointed piece of metal used to fasten pieces of wood etc together: He hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture on it.) žebelj2. verb(to fasten with nails: He nailed the picture to the wall.) pribiti- nail-file
- nail-polish
- nail-varnish
- nail-scissors
- hit the nail on the head* * *I [néil]nountechnical žebelj; noht; zoology krempelj, trd izrastek na kljunu nekih ptic; stara dolžinska mera (0,057 m)a nail in one's coffin — vse, kar pospeši smrt; padec vlade, režimato fight tooth and nail — boriti se z zobmi in nohti, boriti se na vso močas hard as nails — trdnega zdravja, žilav, neusmiljen, trdto the nail — do konca, dokončan, dovršenright as nails — točen, v reduII [néil]transitive verbpribiti (on, to na), zabiti, obiti z žeblji, okovati (z žeblji); zakovati (tudi up)figuratively zgrabiti, prijeti (tatu), pograbiti (priliko); ukrasti; figuratively upreti pogled, obrniti pozornost (on, to na); colloquially ujeti na laži; slang ujeti, zasačiti (v šoli); figuratively to nail one's colours to the mast — ostati zvest svojim načelom, javno jih izpovedatifiguratively to nail a lie to the counter ( —ali barndoor) — dokazati ali razkrinkati (laž, prevaro)
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drive a nail home — v. certify, confirm serve as evidence, serve as proof … English contemporary dictionary
home — [hōm] n. [ME < OE hām, akin to Ger heim < Gmc * haim < IE base * kei , to lie, homestead > HIDE3, Gr keisthai, to lie down, rest, L civis, townsman, ON heimr, home, Goth haima, OHG heim: basic sense “place where one lies; dwelling”] 1 … English World dictionary
Home — Home, adv. 1. To one s home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home. [1913 Webster] 2. Close; closely. [1913 Webster] How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South. [1913 Webster] They come home to men s business… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
home — I. noun Etymology: Middle English hom, from Old English hām village, home; akin to Old High German heim home, Lithuanian šeima family, servants, Sanskrit kṣema habitable, kṣeti he dwells, Greek ktizein to inhabit Date: before 12th century 1. a.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
home — 1. As an adverb, home has many idiomatic uses as in come home and go home, see someone home, drive a nail (or point) home, etc. When the meaning is ‘in his or her home’ the British preference is to use at home (He stayed at home / Are they at… … Modern English usage
drive — [[t]dra͟ɪv[/t]] ♦ drives, driving, drove, driven 1) VERB When you drive somewhere, you operate a car or other vehicle and control its movement and direction. [V prep/adv] I drove into town and went to a restaurant for dinner... [V prep/adv] He… … English dictionary
drive — v. & n. v. (past drove; past part. driven) 1 tr. (usu. foll. by away, back, in, out, to, etc.) urge in some direction, esp. forcibly (drove back the wolves). 2 tr. a (usu. foll. by to + infin., or to + verbal noun) compel or constrain forcibly… … Useful english dictionary
drive home — verb a) To push to or into a target. He grunted as he drove each nail home. b) To emphasize (a point) with tangible or powerful demonstration. Karli shook himself, drove home the last nail with a flat stone, straightened up … Wiktionary
home — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or household. b a dwelling house. 2 the members of a family collectively; one s family background (comes from a good home). 3 the native land of a person or of … Useful english dictionary
To bring home — Home Home, adv. 1. To one s home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home. [1913 Webster] 2. Close; closely. [1913 Webster] How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South. [1913 Webster] They come home to men s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To come home — Home Home, adv. 1. To one s home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home. [1913 Webster] 2. Close; closely. [1913 Webster] How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South. [1913 Webster] They come home to men s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English