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1 Kilkenny cats
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2 cat
[kæt]1) (a small, four-legged, fur-covered animal often kept as a pet: a Siamese cat.) maček, mačka2) (a large wild animal of the same family (eg tiger, lion etc): the big cats.) mačka•- catty- catcall
- catfish
- catgut
- catsuit
- cattail
- let the cat out of the bag* * *I [kæt]nounmačka, maček; bič, korobač; colloquially prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnikwhen the cat's away the mice will play — kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejoto wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps — čakati na ugodno priložnostto grin like a Cheshire cat — režati se, kazati zobeenough to make a cat laugh — smešen, da bi se se krave smejaleto shoot the cat — bljuvati, urha klicatias sick as a cat — hudo bolan; slabe voljeto turn a cat in the pan — postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti seslang cat's whiskers — nekaj imenitnegaslang not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance — prav nič upanjaII [kæt]transitive verb & intransitive verbvulgar bljuvati, urha klicati; s korobačem pretepsti; nautical dvigniti sidro do izbočene grediIII [kæt]nounAmerican colloquially traktor goseničarslang cat skinner — traktorist
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