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1 powder
1. noun1) (any substance in the form of fine particles: soap powder; milk-powder.) prah2) (a special kind of substance in this form, used as a cosmetic etc: face-powder; talcum powder.) puder3) (formerly, gunpowder: powder and shot.) smodnik2. verb(to put powder on (one's face or body): She powdered her nose.) pudrati (se)- powdered- powdery
- powder puff
- powder room* * *I [páudə]nounprah, prašek; smodnik; pharmacology prašek; puder; zagon, poletthe smell of powder — borbeno izkustvo, ognjeni krstslang to take a powder — izginiti, pobrisati jocolloquially not worth powder and shot — ni vredno trudafood powder — hrana za topove, vojakisport to put more powder into it — močneje udariti, igrati z več poletaII [páudə]1.transitive verbzdrobiti v prah; napudrati; potresti ( with);2.intransitive verbzdrobiti se v prah, (na)pudrati sewill you powder your nose? — greste na stranišče? (rečeno ženski)III [páudə]intransitive verb British English dialectal hiteti -
2 burn
[bə:n] 1. past tense, past participles - burned, burnt; verb1) (to destroy, damage or injure by fire, heat, acid etc: The fire burned all my papers; I've burnt the meat.) zažgati2) (to use as fuel.) prižgati3) (to make (a hole etc) by fire, heat, acid etc: The acid burned a hole in my dress.) narediti (luknjo)4) (to catch fire: Paper burns easily.) vžgati se2. noun(an injury or mark caused by fire etc: His burns will take a long time to heal; a burn in the carpet.) opeklina, ožganina- burner* * *I [bə:n]nounScottish dialectal poetically potočekII [bə:n]1.transitive verbzažgati, sežgati; pražiti; vžgati, ožigosati; spaliti;2.intransitive verbgoreti, smoditi se, žareti, skeleti, peči; plamteti, razplameniti, razvneti seto burn to ashes — upepeliti; v prah zgoretito burn the candle at both ends — naporno delati, preveč se truditiAmerican to burn powder — zapravljati strelivoIII [bə:n]nounopeklina; vžgano znamenje; požiganje; žigto give s.o. a burn — ošiniti koga z uničujočim pogledom -
3 dust
1. noun1) (fine grains of earth, sand etc: The furniture was covered in dust.) prah2) (anything in the form of fine powder: gold-dust; sawdust.) prah2. verb(to free (furniture etc) from dust: She dusts (the house) once a week.) obrisati prah- duster- dusty
- dustiness
- dustbin
- dust-jacket
- dustman
- dustpan
- dust-up
- dust down
- throw dust in someone's eyes* * *I [dʌst]nounprah; British English smeti; botany cvetni prah; slang denar; figuratively zemlja; figuratively posmrtni ostankito bite the dust — zgruditi se ranjen ali mrtev, iti v krtovo deželoto kick up ( —ali make, raise) a dust — vzdigniti prah, razburitito throw dust into s.o.'s eyes — vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti gaAmerican to give the dust to s.o. — prehite(va)ti kogaAmerican to take s.o.'s dust — zaostajatito make the dust fly — švigniti, energično nastopitidown with the dust! — denar na roko!II [dʌst]transitive verb & intransitive verbprah brisati, omesti, oprašiti; potresti; American slang švigniti, zbežati, uitito dust the eyes of s.o. — varati, slepiti kogato dust one's hands of s.o. — ne želeti imeti s kom opravka -
4 meal
I [mi:l] noun(the food taken at one time: She eats three meals a day.) obrok- make a meal of something
- make a meal of II [mi:l] noun(the edible parts of grain ground to a coarse powder: a sack of meal; oatmeal.) moka- mealy* * *I [mi:l]nounobrok, jed, obed; agronomy količina mleka ene kravje molžeII [mi:l]intransitive verbjesti, obedovatiIII [mi:l]noungrobo mleta moka (ne pšenična); American koruzni zdrobin meal or in malt — tako ali drugače, na vsak način -
5 washing
1) ((an) act of cleaning by water: I don't mind washing, but I hate ironing.) pomivanje2) (clothes washed or to be washed: I'll hang the washing out to dry.) perilo* * *[wɔšiŋ]nounpranje, umivanje, izpiranje; izplakovanje, čiščenje; perilo za pranje, oprano perilo; kroženje, udarjanje valov ob obalo; tanka prevleka barve; geology vodna erozija; plural pomije, oplaknica, odplake; voda od pranja; naplavina, naplavljen mulj, odplavljena gmota; odpadkito take in one another's washing colloquially medsebojno si pomagati
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