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1 calf
I plural - calves; noun1) (the young of a cow, elephant, whale etc.) tele, mladič2) ((also calfskin) leather made from the skin of the young of a cow.) telečje usnje•- calveII plural - calves; noun(the thick fleshy back part of the leg below the knee: She has slim ankles but fat calves.) meča* * *Iplural calves [ka:f, ka:vz]noun tele; mladič večjih sesalcev; teletina (usnje); figuratively tepecIIplural calves [ka:f, ka:vz]anatomy meča -
2 kill
[kil] 1. verb(to cause the death of: He killed the rats with poison; The outbreak of typhoid killed many people; The flat tyre killed our hopes of getting home before midnight.) ubiti2. noun(an act of killing: The hunter was determined to make a kill before returning to the camp.) uboj- killer- kill off
- kill time* * *I [kil]nounAmerican dialectal kanal, potok, rekaII [kil]nounubijanje; ubita divjad, ulov; military uničenje; nautical potopitev ladjeon the kill — z ubijalskim namenom, na lovu za plenomIII [kil]1.transitive verbubiti, ubijati; klati, zaklati (živino); ubiti, ustreliti (divjad); military uničiti, potopiti (ladjo); pokončati, ugonobiti, udušiti, zatreti; figuratively preklicati, stornirati, razveljaviti, črtati; figuratively potlačiti, zadušiti (čustva), obsipati (s pretirano dobroto); olajšati, ublažiti (bolečino), nevtralizirati (barvo, hrup); odbiti, preprečiti (zakonski osnutek), prekrižati (načrt); sport zaustaviti (žogo); zabiti čas; American colloquially popiti celo steklenico;2.intransitive verbpovzročiti smrt; colloquially biti neudržljiv, biti očarljivto kill the fatted calf for s.o. — z veseljem sprejeti, sprejeti kot izgubljenega sinato kill s.o. with kindness — škoditi komu s preveliko dobrotodressed up to kill — zapeljivo oblečen, gizdavo oblečen -
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4 fat
[fæt] 1. noun1) (an oily substance made by the bodies of animals and by some plants: This meat has got a lot of fat on it.) maščoba2) (a kind of such substance, used especially for cooking: There are several good cooking fats on the market.) mast2. adjective1) (having a lot of fat on one's body; large, heavy and round in shape: He was a very fat child.) debel2) (large or abundant: Her business made a fat profit; A fat lot of good that is! (= That is no good at all)) masten•- fatness- fatten
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- fat-head* * *I [fæt]adjectivemasten, tolst, debel, rejen; rodoviten, ploden, obilen, donosen; neumen, trapast; neobčutljivAmerican smolnat; slang a fat chance — bore malo ali nič upanjaslang a fat lot — presneto maloto cut it fat — pretiravati; živeti ko vrabec v prosuII [fæt]nounmaščoba, tolšča, mast; maža, mazilo; najboljši del; theatre važna vloga v igriall the fat is in the fire — vse je pokvarjeno, ogenj je na strehia bit of fat — nepričakovana sreča, prijetno in donosno deloto live on the fat of the land — razkošno živeti, vse si privoščitifat cat — človek, ki daje denar za politične spletkefat fryer — človek, ki dobiva denar za politične spletkeIII [fæt]transitive verb & intransitive verbpitati; rediti (se)to kill the fatted calf for s.o. — z veseljem koga sprejeti
См. также в других словарях:
kill the fatted calf — To celebrate or welcome lavishly or extravagantly • • • Main Entry: ↑calf kill the fatted calf see under ↑calf1 • • • Main Entry: ↑fat kill the fatted calf See under ↑calf1 • • • … Useful english dictionary
kill the fatted calf — If you kill the fatted calf, you have a celebration, usually to welcome someone who s been away a long time … The small dictionary of idiomes
kill the fatted calf — ► kill the fatted calf produce one s best food to celebrate, especially at a prodigal s return. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the Gospel of Luke, chapter 15.] Main Entry: ↑fat … English terms dictionary
kill the fatted calf — to celebrate in order to welcome a friend or relative that you have not seen for a long time. Annie s coming home, let s kill the fatted calf! … New idioms dictionary
kill the fatted calf — verb To begin a festive celebration and rejoicing for someones long awaited return … Wiktionary
kill the fatted calf — produce one s best food to celebrate, especially at a prodigal s return. [with biblical allusion to Luke 15.] → fat … English new terms dictionary
kill the fatted calf — Celebrate (usu. someone s return) … A concise dictionary of English slang
calf — [ka:f US kæf] n plural calves [ka:vz US kævz] [Sense: 1; Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: kalfi] [Sense: 2 3; Origin: Old English cealf] 1.) the part of the back of your leg between your knee and your ↑ankle … Dictionary of contemporary English
calf — calf1 [kaf, käf] n. pl. calves or, esp. for 4, calfs [ME < OE cealf & ON kalfr < IE * geleb(h) < base * gel , to swell, form a ball (hence swelling, fetus, offspring) > CLUB, L globus] 1. a young cow or bull 2. the young of some other … English World dictionary
kill — kill1 W1S1 [kıl] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(make somebody/something die)¦ 2 kill yourself 3¦(make something stop/fail)¦ 4¦(be angry with somebody)¦ 5¦(annoyed/sad)¦ 6 would/could kill for something 7 my head/back etc is killing me 8 kill time/an hour etc 9… … Dictionary of contemporary English
calf — noun plural calves, (C) 1 the part of the back of your leg between your knee and your ankle 2 the baby of a cow, or of some other large animals such as the elephant 3 be in calf if a cow is in calf, it is going to have a baby see also: kill the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English