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1 fly in the face of
(to oppose or defy; to treat with contempt: He flew in the face of danger.) kljubovati -
2 fly
I plural - fliesnou)1) (a type of small winged insect.)2) (a fish hook made to look like a fly so that a fish will take it in its mouth: Which fly should I use to catch a trout?)3) ((often in plural) a piece of material with buttons or a zip, especially at the front of trousers.)•II past tense - flew; verb1) (to (make something) go through the air on wings etc or in an aeroplane: The pilot flew (the plane) across the sea.) leteti2) (to run away (from): He flew (the country).) pobegniti3) ((of time) to pass quickly: The days flew past.) minevati•- flyer- flier
- flying saucer
- flying visit
- frequent flyer/flier
- flyleaf
- flyover
- fly in the face of
- fly into
- fly off the handle
- get off to a flying start
- let fly
- send someone/something flying
- send flying* * *I [flai]nounzoology muha; dvokrilec; umetna muha; rastlinska bolezen, povzročena od drobnih žuželkfly agaric, fly anamita botany mušnicato break ( —ali crush) a fly on the wheel — uporabiti premočna sredstva; preveč si prizadevatia fly in amber — redka stvar, zanimiv ostaneka fly in the ointment — senčna stran, neprijetna zadevaslang there are ( —ali he has) no flies on him — zelo je spreten, nanj se lahko zaneseteII [flai]1.intransitive verbleteti, kriliti; hiteti; bežati; planiti, zagnati se; napasti; razpočiti, razleteti se; vihrati; plapolati;2.transitive verbstreljati; izobesiti; voditi, pilotirati; spuščati; s sokolom loviti; splašiti (ptiča); preletetito fly in the face of s.o. — rogati, ustavljati se komuto fly off the deep end ( —ali handle) — razjeziti se, planitito fly high ( —ali at high game) — visoko letati, biti častihlepento fly a kite — spuščati zmaja; slang preizkušati javno mnenje; sposoditi na menico brez kritjato let fly at figuratively napasti; streljati, sprožitito let money fly — pognati, zapraviti denarto fly out at s.o. — napasti kogaIII [flai]nounpolet; enovprežna kočija; šotorska pola; razporek; durnica; širina zastave; plural theatre sofita; prazen list na začetku in koncu knjige, spojni papir; technical zamašnjakon the fly — bežno, v nagliciIV [flai]adjectiveslang gibčen, okreten; bister, zvit, premeten -
3 face
[feis] 1. noun1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) obraz2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) sprednja stran3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) (rudniško) čelo2. verb1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) gledati na2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) soočiti se3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) spoprijeti se•- - faced- facial
- facing
- facecloth
- facelift
- face-powder
- face-saving
- face value
- at face value
- face the music
- face to face
- face up to
- in the face of
- lose face
- make/pull a face
- on the face of it
- put a good face on it
- save one's face* * *I [feis]nounobraz, lice; izraz obraza, spaka, zmrda; videz; sprednja (zgornja, prava) stran; zunanji del, pogled od spredaj; fasada, površina; številčnica; figuratively predrznost, nesramnost; brušena ploskevbefore the face of — v navzočnosti, pred (kom)to draw ( —ali pull, wear) a long face — biti videti potrt, kislo se držatiin the face of day — ob belem dnevu; odkritoto fly in (to) the face of s.o. — upreti se komu, razjeziti, razžaliti ganautical guide face — drsa zaporeto have the face to (do s.th.) — upati, drzniti si (kaj storiti)in (the) face of — vpričo, neglede na, vkljubto look in the face of s.o. — drzno koga gledatito make a wry face at s.th. — kislo kaj gledatiface to face with — naravnost, osebno, pred, vpričoon the face of it — očitno, na prvi pogledto put a new face on s.th. — postaviti kaj v drugo lučto set one's face against s.th. — upirati se čemuto shut the door in one's face — preprečiti nadaljnje razgovore, uresničenje načrtato show one's face — priti, prikazati seto s.o.'s face — odkrito, v navzočnosti kogato tell straight to s.o.'s face — naravnost komu povedatito throw s.th. in s.o.'s face — očitati, oponašati komu kajII [feis]1.transitive verbkljubovati, upirati se, spoprijeti se; soočiti; sprijazniti se, prenesti; obložiti, prevleči, pokriti; ostružiti, zgladiti;2.intransitive verbbiti obrnjen protimilitary obrniti se; American to face the music — prenesti očitke, sprijazniti se, ne pokazati strahuto face s.th. out — sam si pomagati v težavah, premagati kaj -
4 providence
[prɔvidəns]nounskrb, briga; previdnost (božja); predvidevanje; varčnost -
5 handle
['hændl] 1. noun(the part of an object by which it may be held or grasped: I've broken the handle off this cup; You've got to turn the handle in order to open the door.) ročaj2. verb1) (to touch or hold with the hand: Please wash your hands before handling food.) dotakniti se2) (to control, manage or deal with: He'll never make a good teacher - he doesn't know how to handle children.) ravnati z3) (to buy or sell; to deal in: I'm afraid we do not handle such goods in this shop.) trgovati4) (to treat in a particular way: Never handle animals roughly.) ravnati•- - handled- handler
- handlebars* * *I [hændl]nounroč, ročaj; ročica, kljukafiguratively opora, prijemališče; figuratively prilika, priložnost; humorously handle of the face — nosII [hændl]transitive verbprijeti, tipati, potipati, dotakniti; rokovati, ravnati s čim; obravnavati, baviti se s čim; barantati; voditi, trenirati (boksarja), dresirati (žival); economy trgovati s čimthe material handles smooth — blago je gladko pod prsti (čutiš, da je gladko, če ga potiplješ) -
6 smoke
[sməuk] 1. noun1) (the cloudlike gases and particles of soot given off by something which is burning: Smoke was coming out of the chimney; He puffed cigarette smoke into my face.) dim2) (an act of smoking (a cigarette etc): I came outside for a smoke.) kajenje2. verb1) (to give off smoke.) kaditi2) (to draw in and puff out the smoke from (a cigarette etc): I don't smoke, but he smokes cigars.) kaditi3) (to dry, cure, preserve (ham, fish etc) by hanging it in smoke.) dimiti•- smoked- smokeless
- smoker
- smoking
- smoky
- smoke detector
- smokescreen
- go up in smoke* * *I [smóuk]noundim, oblak dima; sopara; figuratively megla, koprena; familiarly cigareta, cigaralike smoke slang kot veter (hitro), hipoma, naenkrat; brez težav, gladkofrom smoke into smother — iz slabega v slabše, z dežja pod kapthere is no smoke without fire — kjer je dim, je tudi ogenjthat's all smoke slang vse to so same prazne besedeto end (to go up) in smoke figuratively razbliniti se, razpršiti se v dim, v ničit will all end in a smoke — vse se bo razblinilo v nič, iz vsega tega ne bo ničwe're getting on like smoke slang to gre kot namazanoII [smóuk]intransitive verb & transitive verbkaditi (tobak, pipo itd.); kaditi se, dimiti (se) ( with od); čaditi (se), okaditi (se); pariti (se); završeti; obsolete slutiti, domnevati; sušiti v dimu, prekajevati, prekaditi, dati okus po dimu; pregnati (razkužiti, uničiti) z dimom; British English obsolete drážiti, nagajati, imeti za norca (koga)to smoke like chimney figuratively kaditi kot Turek, biti strasten kadilecI soon began to smoke that something was wrong — kmalu sem zasumil, da nekaj ni v redu (da je nekaj narobe)I was the first to smoke him figuratively meni se je najprej zbudil sum o njem; prvi sem ga spregledalhe has smoked himself sick — toliko je kadil, da mu je postalo slaboput that in your pipe and smoke it figuratively tu imaš nekaj, o čemer lahko razmišljaš
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