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1 fat
[fæt] 1. noun1) (an oily substance made by the bodies of animals and by some plants: This meat has got a lot of fat on it.) maščoba2) (a kind of such substance, used especially for cooking: There are several good cooking fats on the market.) mast2. adjective1) (having a lot of fat on one's body; large, heavy and round in shape: He was a very fat child.) debel2) (large or abundant: Her business made a fat profit; A fat lot of good that is! (= That is no good at all)) masten•- fatness- fatten
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- fat-head* * *I [fæt]adjectivemasten, tolst, debel, rejen; rodoviten, ploden, obilen, donosen; neumen, trapast; neobčutljivAmerican smolnat; slang a fat chance — bore malo ali nič upanjaslang a fat lot — presneto maloto cut it fat — pretiravati; živeti ko vrabec v prosuII [fæt]nounmaščoba, tolšča, mast; maža, mazilo; najboljši del; theatre važna vloga v igriall the fat is in the fire — vse je pokvarjeno, ogenj je na strehia bit of fat — nepričakovana sreča, prijetno in donosno deloto live on the fat of the land — razkošno živeti, vse si privoščitifat cat — človek, ki daje denar za politične spletkefat fryer — človek, ki dobiva denar za politične spletkeIII [fæt]transitive verb & intransitive verbpitati; rediti (se)to kill the fatted calf for s.o. — z veseljem koga sprejeti -
2 live (up) on
transitive verb živeti od česa; prehraniti se s čim; biti odvisen od koga
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