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[mins] 1. verb1) (to cut into small pieces or chop finely: Would you like me to mince the meat for you?) sesekljati2) (to walk with short steps, in an unpleasantly dainty or delicate way: She minced over to him.) drobencljati2. noun(meat (usually beef) chopped up into small pieces: mince and potatoes.) sesekljano meso- mincer- mincing
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- mincemeat* * *I [mins]noun(zlasti British English) sesekljano mesoII [mins]1.transitive verb(se)sekljati, razkosati, zmleti meso; figuratively olepšati, ublažiti;2.intransitive verbvesti se prisiljenonot to mince one's words ( —ali matters) — povedati brez ovinkov, naravnost povedatito mince one's steps — drobno hoditi, drobneti
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