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[həul] 1. noun1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) luknja2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) luknja3) ((in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.) zadetek; luknja2. verb1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) preluknjati2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.) zadeti v luknjo•- hole out* * *I [hóul]nounluknja, jama; ječa; figuratively bedno stanovanje, luknja; skrivališče; (golf) luknjica, zadetek; slang zadrega, škripecfull of holes — preluknjan, figuratively pomanjkljiv, majav; economy zadolžen, bankrotiranto make a hole in — izprazniti žepe, imeti velike stroškemoney burns a hole in his pocket — denar mu ne vzdrži v žepu, hitro zapravi ves denarto put s.o. in a hole — spraviti koga v škripceII [hóul]1.transitive verbpreluknjati, izkopati jamo, dolbsti, izdolbsti; nagnati žival v luknjo; (golf) zadeti v luknjo; American colloquially zapreti (up);2.intransitive verbskriti se v jamo (zlasti z up) -
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[skweə] 1. noun1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) kvadrat2) (something in the shape of this.) kvadrat3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) trg4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) kvadrat2. adjective1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) kvadraten2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) izenačen; bot3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) kvadraten, na kvadrat4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) staromoden3. adverb1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) pravokotno2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) naravnost4. verb1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) dati kvadratasto obliko2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) poravnati3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) ujemati se4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) kvadrirati (število)•- squared- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
- go back to square one
- a square deal* * *I [skwʌ/ə]1.nounmathematicskvadrat; četverokotnik; četverokoten trg z drevjem ali obkrožen s stanovanjskimi poslopji; American četverokoten blok hiš, obkrožen od štirih ulic; polje na šahovnici; kotnik, oglomer, naprava v obliki črke L —, ali T — za dobivanje ali preverjanje pravih kotov; mathematics kvadratno število; površinska mera (100 kvadratnih čevljev); military četverokotna razporeditev vojakov, karé; črke, razporejene v četverokotniku tako, da navpično in vodoravno dajejo iste besede; slang malomeščan, buržuj, filisterby the square — točno, natančnoon the square — pravokotno; figuratively odkrito, pošteno, lojalno, fairout of square — ne pod pravim kotom, figuratively ne takó kot običajno, ne v redutwo squares up American dva bloka hiš naprej (dlje, dalje)to act on the square figuratively pošteno (lojalno) ravnatito be on the square — biti prostozidar; military defilirati za pregledto raise to a square mathematics kvadrirati;2.adjective ( squarely adverb)kvadraten, četverokoten, četveroogeln, štirioglat, ki je pod pravim kotom (to k, do), pravokoten; oglat; četveren; mathematics kvadraten; figuratively odkrit, jasen, brez ovinkov ali namigovanj; reden, urejen, pošten, pravičen, vrl, iskren; popoln, temeljit, izdaten (obrok), obilen; močan, plečat, širok(ih pleč); pomemben; ki je plačal dolg, uredil račune, se je poravnal ( with z), poravnan, bot, slang staromoden, filistrskisquare dance — kvadrilja, četvorka (ples)the square man in the square hole figuratively pravi mož na pravem mestua square meal — izdaten, obilen jedilni obrok, obedsquare measure — ploščinska, površinska meraa square peg in a round hole — oglat klin v okrogli luknji, figuratively oseba, ki po svoji sposobnosti ne ustreza svojemu (službenemu) položaju, svojemu poslusquare root mathematics kvadratni korena square refusal — jasna, gladka odklonitevto be square with all the world — biti v složnosti z vsemi ljudmi; nikomur ne biti nič dolžanI expect a square deal — pričakujem pošten, pravičen postopekto get square with s.o. — poravnati račune s kom, poplačati koga, biti bot s komI put everything square before I left — preden sem odpotoval, sem vse spravil v red;3.adverbpravokotno, pod pravim kotom; figuratively spodobno, odkrito, pošteno; American naravnost, direktno, gladkoII [skwʌ/ə]1.transitive verbdati (čemu) kvadratasto ali četverokotno (četverooglato) obliko, napraviti (kaj), otesati četverooglato; dati (čemu) pravokotne robove; položiti (kaj) pravokotno; mathematics kvadrirati (število); karirati (papir); urediti, razporediti (kaj) (by po, v skladu z); prilagoditi, prirediti (kaj) (to čemu); izravnati; uskladiti ( with z); saldirati; izplačati, zadovoljiti (koga); sport končati (tekmo) neodločeno; slang utišati, podkupiti (koga), "mazati" (komu); nautical namestiti križe jambora pravokotno na ladijski trup;2.intransitive verbnapraviti, delati pravi kot; imeti četverooglato obliko; poševno sedeti (na sedlu); skladati se, ujemati se (o računu); biti v skladu ( with z); spraviti se v sklad; urediti svoje zadeveto square (up) accounts with s.o. — poravnati račune s kom (tudi figuratively), obračunati s komto square the circle — kvadrirati krog, figuratively lotiti se nečesa nemogočegato square one's elbows — razširiti komolce, s komolci si napraviti (dobiti) prostorto square o.s. with s.o. — pogoditi se s kom, (zopet) se zlágati s komhe tried to square the police slang skušal je podkupiti policijoto square one's shoulders figuratively ostati trdovraten, hoteti doseči svojeto square a theory to fit the facts — prilagoditi teorijo, da ustrera dejstvom (praksi)to square one's way of living to ( —ali with) one's square means — svoje življenje prilagoditi ali urediti ustrezno svojim dohodkom; -
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[peɡ] 1. noun1) (a usually short, not very thick, piece of wood, metal etc used to fasten or mark something: There were four pegs stuck in the ground.) klin2) (a hook on a wall or door for hanging clothes etc on: Hang your clothes on the pegs in the cupboard.) kljuka3) ((also clothes-peg) a wooden or plastic clip for holding clothes etc to a rope while drying.) kljukica za perilo2. verb(to fasten with a peg: She pegged the clothes on the washing-line.) obesiti- take someone down a peg or two- take down a peg or two
- take someone down a peg
- take down a peg* * *I [peg]nounklin, klinček, količ, zatič, čep; kljukica za perilo; music ključ na violini; sponka; figuratively predmet pogovora, pretveza; colloquially lesena noga; British English kozarček (zlasti whiskey s sodo)to take s.o. down a peg or two — ponižati kogaoff the peg — z obešalnika, konfekcijamilitary slang to put a man on the peg — dati koga na raportfiguratively a peg to hang on — predmet pogovora, pretvezaII [peg]1.transitive verbzakoliti, pribiti; zakoličiti (zemljo); economy umetno zadržati ceno (na borzi); slang metati kamne (at na);2.intransitive verbtruditi se; meriti (at na)to peg down — zakoliti; figuratively omejiti, odrediti smernice (dela itd.)to peg s.o. down — priviti kogato peg out — omejiti, zakoličiti (mejo itd.); sport končati igro (kroket); slang umreti, izdihniti; biti uničen, izčrpan
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