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žétev harvest, harvest time; harvesting, reaping; crop

obilna žétev rich harvest
slaba žétev bad harvest
rekordna žétev bumper harvest
praznik žétve harvest home, (cerkveno) Harvest Festival
žétev je pospravljena the harvest is gathered in
obeta se bogata žétev it promises to be a bumper crop
kakršna setev, takšna žétev as you have sown, so shall you reap
toča je uničila vso žétev the hail has ruined the whole crop
spraviti žétev pod streho to gather in the harvest

žívec nerve

slušni (vidni, vonjalni) žívec auditory (optic, olfactory) nerve
napeti žívci strained nerves
občutljivi žívci delicate (ali excitable) nerves
razrvani žívci disordered nerves
ki gre na žívce (razburljiv) nerve-racking, nerve-wracking
na koncu z žívci (figurativno) under a strain
imeti napete žívce to have one's nerves on edge, to be strung up
biti prenapetih žívcev to suffer from nerves
imeti zelo občutljive žívce to be highly strung
iti komu na žívce to get on someone's nerves
ona mi gre na žívce she gets on my nerves, she wears me down
imeti močne žívce to have steady nerves
žívci so mu odpovedali his nerves snapped
on trpi na žívcih he has trouble with his nerves, he is suffering from a nervous complaint
izgubiti žívce to lose one's nerve
denar je žívec vojne money is the sinews of war
človek železnih žívcev a man with iron nerves (ali with nerves of steel)

žúlj (vodén) blister; (trd) callus, callosity; hardened (ali horny) part of skin

to so moji žúlji (figurativno) these are my hard-won earnings
od dolge hoje je dobil žúlje his feet were blistered (ali sore) after a long hike (ali after walking a long distance)
živeti od žúljev ljudstva to live by the sweat of the people

žvenketáti to clank, to clatter, to clink, to chink; to rattle

okna so žvenketala v svojih okvirjih the windows rattled in their frames
žvenketáti z verigo, s sabljo to rattle a chain, the sabre