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hair [hɛə] samostalnik
las, lasje, dlaka

figurativno against the hair ne pogodu, kar ti ne gre v račun
by (ali within) a hair za las
to a hair točno, natančno
to comb s.o.'s hair for him ozmerjati koga
to do one's hair frizirati se
to get s.o. by the short hairs dobiti koga v oblast
to get in s.o.'s hair (raz)dražiti koga, razjeziti
ameriško to have s.o. in one's hair imeti koga na vratu
to keep one's hair on obrzdati se, ostati miren
to let down one's hair olajšati si srce, postati zaupljiv; prirodno se vesti
to lose one's hair izgubiti lase, postati plešast; pogovorno razburiti se
to make s.o.'s hair curl (ali stand on end) prestrašiti koga, da se mu lasje ježijo; prestrašiti koga, da mu gredo lasje pokonci
to put (ali turn) up one's hair po žensko se počesati (dekle, ko odraste)
to split hairs dlako cepiti
to take hair of the dog that bit you klin s klinom izbijati (pijača)
figurativno to tear one's hair lase si puliti
not to touch a hair of s.o.'s head tudi lasu komu ne skriviti
not to turn a hair niti z očesom ne treniti, obvladati se
without turning a hair ne da bi trenil

logic [lɔ́džik] samostalnik
logika; doslednost, prepričevalnost

to chop logic dlako cepiti

straw¹ [strɔ:]

1. samostalnik
slamnata bilka, slama, pletena slama; slamica (za pitje)
figurativno bilka, malenkost, mrvica; slamnik

in the straw zastarelo v porodni postelji
a straw in the wind slamica v vetru, figurativno majhna stvar, ki je znak prihodnjih velikih dogodkov
the last straw figurativno tisto, kar preseže mero
the last straw that breaks the camel's back majhen dodatek bremenu, ki zlomi kameli hrbet, figurativno tisto, kar sodu izbije dno
a man of straw slamnati mož, lutka, slabič; ptičje strašilo
to be (to lie) in the straw zastarelo biti otročnica
I don't care a straw še malo mi ni mar, požvižgam se
to catch at (to cling to) a straw oprije(ma)ti se bilke (da bi se rešili)
to draw straws vleči (žrebati) slamice
my eyes draw straws oči se mi zapirajo (od zaspanosti)
a straw shows which way the wind blows tudi majhna stvar pokaže (da slutiti) važne stvari (dogodke)
it is not worth a straw ni vredno prebite pare, počenega groša
to be quite out of one's straw figurativno biti ves zmešan, zmeden
I have a straw to break with you s teboj imam majhen obračun
to split straws cepiti slamice, figurativno ukvarjati se z nekoristnimi stvarmi, prepirati se zaradi malenkosti
to throw straws against the wind figurativno zaman se truditi

2. pridevnik
slamnat

straw cutter slamoreznica
straw mattress slamnjača
straw worker slamopletec