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1 lay down the law
(to state something in a way that indicates that one expects one's opinion and orders to be accepted without argument.) postavljati svoja pravila -
2 lay down
1) (to give up: They laid down their arms; The soldiers laid down their lives in the cause of peace.) položiti; žrtvovati2) (to order or instruct: The rule book lays down what should be done in such a case.) predpisati3) (to store: My father laid down a good stock of wine which I am now drinking.) ukletiti* * *transitive verb položiti, odložiti (orožje, položaj itd); opustiti (upanje); žrtvovati (življenje); položiti, zastaviti (denar); planirati, napraviti načrt; predpisati, določiti (pravila) postaviti (pogoje); ukletiti (vino), vložiti (jajca); posejati, zasaditi (in, to, with, under zemljo s, z)to lay down one's arms — položiti orožje, vdati seto lay down the law — samovoljno ukazovati, odločati, imeti glavno besedoto lay down an office — odreči se službi, pustiti službo -
3 law
[lo:]1) (the collection of rules according to which people live or a country etc is governed: Such an action is against the law; law and order.) pravo; zakon2) (any one of such rules: A new law has been passed by Parliament.) zakon3) ((in science) a rule that says that under certain conditions certain things always happen: the law of gravity.) zakon•- lawful- lawfully
- lawless
- lawlessly
- lawlessness
- lawyer
- law-abiding
- law court
- lawsuit
- be a law unto oneself
- the law
- the law of the land
- lay down the law* * *I [lɔ:]nounzakon, postava; pravo, pravoznanstvo; ( the) pravniki, pravniški poklic, American slang policija; sodni postopek, sodišče; načelo, pravilo; zakonitost; sport prednost (dana slabšemu tekmecu); figuratively milostni rok, odlogthe law of the Medes and Persians — nepreklicen zakon, stara navadato be a law unto o.s. — biti sam sebi zakon, ravnati po lastni voljito follow ( —ali go in for) the law — biti pravnik, študirati pravoto lay down the law — odločati, imeti glavno besedo, samovoljno ravnati, vsiliti svojo vouoletter of the law — dosledno, dobesednolaw and order — mir in red, spoštovanje zakonovDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) — doktor pravaAmerican to call in the law — poklicati policijoII [lo:]interjectionBritish English vulgar pojte no! (izraz začudenja)
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