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1 upper
1. adjective(higher in position, rank etc: the upper floors of the building; He has a scar on his upper lip.) zgornji2. noun((usually in plural) the part of a shoe above the sole: There's a crack in the upper.) gornje usnje (čevlja)3. adverb(in the highest place or position: Thoughts of him were upper-most in her mind.) najprej- get/have the upper hand of/over someone
- get/have the upper hand* * *I [ʌpə]adjectivegornji, višji; figuratively višji, vzvišenejšiupper circle theatre drugi balkon, druga vrstaupper crust — skorja (kruha itd.), American slang premožni sloji družbeupper dog slang zmagovalecupper hand — premoč, nadvladaupper storey — gornje nadstropje; figuratively glava, pamet, možganithe upper ten (thousand) — plemstvo, aristokracija, bogataši in visoka družbaupper works nautical deli ladje nad vodno površinoto get the upper hand — dobiti premoč, zmagati, nadvladati; dobiti prvenstvoII [ʌpə]nountechnical gornje usnje (čevlja); colloquially zgornje ležišče (v spalnem vozu); medicine gornja čeljust, gornja proteza; plural gamaše iz blagato be (down) on one's uppers — strgati čevlje, figuratively biti popolnoma brez sredstev -
2 upper class
((of) the highest rank of society; (of) the aristocracy: The upper classes can no longer afford to have many servants; He speaks with an upper-class accent.) visoka družba -
3 class
1. plural - classes; noun1) (a group of people or things that are alike in some way: The dog won first prize in its class in the dog show.) razred2) ((the system according to which people belong to) one of a number of economic/social groups: the upper class; the middle class; the working class; ( also adjective) the class system.) razred; razreden3) (a grade or rank (of merit): musicians of a high class.) razred4) (a number of students or scholars taught together: John and I are in the same class.) razred, letnik5) (a school lesson or college lecture etc: a French class.) učna ura6) ((American) a course or series of lectures, often leading to an examination.) predavanje; tečaj2. verb(to regard as being of a certain type: He classes all women as stupid.) imeti za- class-room* * *I [kla:s], American [klæs]nounrazred, skupina, kategorija, vrsta; letnik (študentov); predavanje, pouk, učna ura; tečaj; military naborniki istega rojstnega leta; slang imenitnostin the same class with — iste vrste kakor, prav tak kotAmerican first class mail — pismaII [kla:s], American [klæs]transitive verbrazvrstiti, razporediti, urediti; oceniti, klasificiratito class with — postaviti poleg, smatrati za istovrednoIII [kla:s], American [klæs]adjectiverazreden; prvovrsten, eliten
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