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pitch-thread [píčɵred] samostalnik
dreta

tacking-end [tǽkiŋend] samostalnik
dreta

thread¹ [ɵred] samostalnik
nit, nitka, sukanec, dreta, preja; vlakno; vlakno (v mesu, stročnicah); las, kocina, volna (ovce, koze, kamele); pajčevina
botanika prašnik
tehnično navoj (vijaka)
mineralogija tanka žila
figurativno nit (misli, govora), zveza, povezanost; življenjska nit

thread and thrum dobro in slabo
thread lace čipka iz platna, bombaža
the thread of life nit življenja
the thread of a screw navoj na vijaku
Lisle thread sukanec iz mesta Lille
my suit is worn to the last thread moja obleka je do kraja ponošena
to cut one's mortal thread figurativno napravili samomor, skrajšati si življenje
to gather up the threads figurativno sestaviti, povzeti
he had not a dry thread on him ene (same) suhe nitke ni bilo na njem
I haven't a thread fit to wear prav ničesar nimam, kar bi oblekel
his life hung by a thread njegovo življenje je viselo na nitki
to lose the thread of izgubiti nit (zvezo), zatakniti se, obtičati v (po)govoru
to take things thread and thrum figurativno vzeti dobro s slabim
to take up the thread of a narrative nadaljevati prekinjeno pripovedovanje

wax end [wǽksend] samostalnik
(čevljarska) dreta

end¹ [end] samostalnik
konec, kraj, zaključek; meja; propad, smrt; namen, cilj; izid, uspeh, posledica, korist

East End vzhodni del Londona
at the far end na drugem koncu
to be at one's wits' end ne vedeti, kako in kam
up to the bitter end, to the end of the chapter do samega konca, do smrti
to come to an end končati se
to come to the end of one's tether doseči skrajno mejo, biti na koncu
no end of a fellow sijajen dečko
pogovorno to go off the deep end razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
my hair stood on end lasje so mi stali pokonci
to have s.th. at one's fingers' end dobro vedeti ali znati
to get hold of the wrong end of the stick začeti na napačnem koncu
in the end na koncu, končno
geometrija the end of the line krajišče
no end of neskončno, neizmerno
the end justifies the means namen posvečuje sredstva
to keep one's end up pretolči, prebi(ja)ti se
the latter end starost, smrt
at a loose end brez posebnega opravila
to make both ends meet prebi(ja)ti se z denarjem
to no end zaman
shoemaker's end dreta
to the end that zato, da bi
to what end? čemu?
West End zahodni del Londona
end to end po dolžini, drug za drugim
at your end pri vas, v vašem kraju
to have at one's tongue's end imeti na koncu jezika

shoemaker [šú:meikə] samostalnik
čevljar

shoemaker's thread dreta
shoemaker's pride čevlji, ki škripljejo