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1 plough
1. noun(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) plug2. verb1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) orati2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) prebijati se3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) zaleteti se* * *I [pláu]nounBritish English plug, oranica; obrezilnik (knjigoveznittvo)electrical tokovni odjemalnik; British English zavrnitev kandidata pri izpitu; astronomy the Plough — Veliki vozfiguratively to put one's hand to the plough — lotiti se česacolloquially to take a plough — pasti pri izpituII [pláu]1.transitive verb British Englishorati, preorati; plužiti, brazditi; figuratively utirati pot; nautical brazditi, sekati valove (ladja); slang vreči pri izpitu;2.intransitive verborati, plužiti, brazdati; truditi se, mučiti se, prebijati se; slang pasti pri izpituto plough ahead — neutrudno delati naprej, počasi napredovatito plough back — obogatiti zemljo (s travo, deteljo), figuratively ponovno vložiti dobiček v podjetjeto plough out — izkopati, preoratito plough under — podorati, spodkopatito plough through — prebijati se skozi, prebiti se -
2 sand
[sænd] 1. noun1) (a large amount of tiny particles of crushed rocks, shells etc, found on beaches etc.) prod2) (an area of sand, especially on a beach: We lay on the sand.) pesek2. verb(to smooth with eg sand-paper: The floor should be sanded before you varnish it.) obrusiti- sandy- sandbank
- sandcastle
- sandpaper 3. verb(to make smooth with sandpaper.) smirkati- sandstone
- sand-storm* * *I [sænd]nounpesek; prod; pesek ali prod na obrežju; poetically zrnca peska, čas; ure; plural (peščena) puščava ali ravnina, prod vzdolž morja, ob vodi; American slang hrabrost, pogum, energija, čvrstost značaja; slang denarbuilt on sand — zgrajen na pesku, nesigurenthe sands are running out (low) figuratively ura je potekla, gre h koncuhis sands are running out — njegove ure se iztekajo, so mu šteteto plough the sand(s) — pesek orati, figuratively nesmiselno se mučiti, garati brez koristiII [sænd]transitive verbposuti, zasuti s peskom, zakopati v pesek; pokriti, brusiti s peskom; commerce (goljufivo, sleparsko) primešati pesek, mešati s peskom (za otežitev); pustiti nasesti (ladjo) na sipini
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