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nestŕpen nestrpljív impatient; anxious; figurativno eager (za for); intolerant (do of)

nestŕpno prislov impatiently; intolerantly

pričakovánje expectation; waiting, looking forward to, anticipation; (dobitka) expectancy; (dediščine) expectation, expectations pl

v pričakovánju in expectation (of)
razočaran v pričakovánju disappointed
proti vsemu pričakovánju contrary to expectation
ves nestrpen od napetega pričakovánja agog with expectation
v pričakovánju velikih dogodkov in expectation of great events
izpolniti pričakovánja to answer (ali to meet, to come up to) one's (oziroma someone's) expectation(s)
ne izpolniti pričakovánj to fall short of (ali not to come up to) one's (oziroma someone's) expectations
preseči vsa pričakovánja to exceed all expectations
tresti se od pričakovánja to be all of a dither

šivánka sewing needle

vdeti šivánko to thread a needle
sedeti, biti kot na šivánkah (figurativno, biti skrajno nestrpen) to seethe with impatience
iskati šivánko v kupu slame (figurativno) to look for a needle in a haystack