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[stro:]1) (( also adjective) (of) the cut stalks of corn etc, having many uses, eg as bedding for cattle etc, making mats and other goods etc: The cows need fresh straw; a straw hat.) slama2) (a single stalk of corn: There's a straw in your hair; Their offer isn't worth a straw!) slamnata bilka3) (a paper or plastic tube through which to suck a drink into the mouth: He was sipping orange juice through a straw.) slamica•* * *I [strɔ:]1.nounslamnata bilka, slama, pletena slama; slamica (za pitje); figuratively bilka, malenkost, mrvica; slamnikin the straw obsolete v porodni posteljia straw in the wind — slamica v vetru, figuratively majhna stvar, ki je znak prihodnjih velikih dogodkovthe last straw figuratively tisto, kar preseže merothe last straw that breaks the camel's back — majhen dodatek bremenu, ki zlomi kameli hrbet, figuratively tisto, kar sodu izbije dnoa man of straw — slamnati mož, lutka, slabič; ptičje strašiloto be (to lie) in the straw obsolete biti otročnicaI don't care a straw — še malo mi ni mar, požvižgam sea straw shows which way the wind blows — tudi majhna stvar pokaže (da slutiti) važne stvari (dogodke)it is not worth a straw — ni vredno prebite pare, počenega grošato be quite out of one's straw figuratively biti ves zmešan, zmedento split straws — cepiti slamice, figuratively ukvarjati se z nekoristnimi stvarmi, prepirati se zaradi malenkostito throw straws against the wind figuratively zaman se truditi;2.adjectiveslamnatII [strɔ:]transitive verbobsolete napolniti ali nastlati s slamo
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