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s 1. ptica 2. [sl] djevojka / little # = neki nepoznati doušnik; [fig] old # = lukavac, lisac, oprezan čovjek; #s of a feather = ljudi istoga kova; #s of a feather flock together = svaka ptica svome jatu leti; # in hand = siguran dobitak; # in bush = na vrbi svirala, nesigurna stvar; a # in the hand is worth two in the bush = bolji je vrabac u ruci nego golub na grani; early # = [fig] rana ptica, ranoranilac; the early # catches the worm = tko rano rani dvije sreće grabi; the # has (is) flown = [fig] ptičica je odletjela, zatvorenik je pobjegao; [fig] to kill two #s with one stone = jednim udarcem ubiti dvije muhe; [fig] to give the person the # = koga izviždati, isfućkati; to get the # = biti izviždan, biti isfućkan; # of Jove = orao; # of Juno = paun; # of paradise = rajska ptica; [fig] fine feathers make fine #s = odijelo čini čovjeka; [fig] a little # told me = neki neznanac mi je to rekao, moj mali prst mi je to rekao; to do something like a # = učiniti što drage volje; to sing like a # = pjevati kao ptica; # of prey = ptica grabljivica; # of passage = ptica selica ([fig])* * *
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2 smoke
vi/t I. [vi] pušiti, pušiti se, dimiti se (with od), kaditi se; [school sl] pocrvenjeti II. [vt] kaditi, zadimiti, sušiti u dimu što; tjerati što dimom; pušiti (lulu,duhan); [school sl] naslutiti što, nanjušiti /to # oneself = pušenjem se dovesti u neko stanje (the has # d himself ill); smoked wood = dimljeno drvo; smoked glass = začađeno staklo; put that in your pipe and # it = razmisliti o tome (osobito o opomeni ili prijekoru); to # something out = istjerati dimom* * *
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