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1 pile up
phr.v. 1. (се) насобира, (се) натрупува (работа/обврски/долгови/докази): Work is really piling up Само се натрупува работа2. верижно се судрува: Ten cars piled up on the motorway Десет возила(верижно) се судрија на автопатот -
2 sth in a pile
прави куп од нешто: става нешто на куп; in a pile на куп: a (neat/untidy) pile of books/clothes (подреден/растурен) куп книги/алишта3. piles of (money/cash/work) купишта, еден куп (кеш/пари/работа): I've got piles of work to do Имам купишта работа да посвршам4. archil. (потпорен) колец, столб; built on piles изграден на колци5. огромно/импресивно здание: a rambling Victorian pile огромно викторијанско здание.; 6. elect, батерија.; 7. phys. (нуклеарен) реактор.; 8. piles inf. med. шуљеви, хемороиди.; 9. клада.; 10. text, влакно (од ткаенина); велвет, кадифе.; 11. (the) top/bottom of the pile од највисокото/најниското скалило (на општеството/организацијага); companies at the bottom of the financial pile компании на дното од финансиска та скала.; 12. make a pile inf. заработува цело (мало) богатство: сс опарува
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