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ovínek turn, turning; detour; corner; (dolg) roundabout way; (cestni) bend, twist, wind; (rečni) meander

brez ovínkov (figurativno) bluntly, straight
po ovínkih (figurativno) indirectly, in a devious way
oster ovínek a hairpin bend
nepregleden ovínek blind corner
velik ovínek a long way round, a roundabout way (ali route)
napraviti ovínek to make a detour
napraviti velik ovínek to go a long way round
morali smo napraviti ovínek we had to take a roundabout way
je le majhen ovínek it's only a short way round
povem brez ovínkov I don't mince my words
po ovínkih sem zvedel, da... I have learned by devious ways that...
izjaviti brez ovínkov to declare bluntly
govoriti brez ovínkov to speak straight out
rezati ovínek to cut a corner
zaviti na desno po ovínku to take a right turn round the bend, to take the right turn

césten road; street

céstni delavec roadman, pl -men, navvy, ZDA road laborer
céstni govornik street orator, ZDA pogovorno soapbox orator, soapboxer
céstni gramoz road metal, ballast, macadam
céstno ozko grlo road bottleneck
césten jarek road ditch, road drain
céstno križišče crossing; crossroads pl (s konstr. v sg)
céstni hrup street noise
céstni most viaduct; highway (ali road) bridge
céstni obvoz (namenoma zgrajen) bypass; (začasen) diversion, detour
céstni nadvoz road overpass, viaduct
céstni odcep branch road, side road, place where side road branches off; branching off
céstna mreža road system, road network
céstni muzikant itinerant musician, busker
céstni ovinek road turn, road curve, road bend, sharp turn
céstni nadzornik road surveyor
céstni pometač scavenger; street (ali road) sweeper, ZDA street cleaner
céstni prehod street crossing
céstni podvoz underpass, subway, tunnel
céstna pregrada street barricade
céstni promet road (ali highway) traffic, (v mestu) street traffic
céstni red traffic regulations pl
céstni rob roadside, road border, verge of the road
céstna razsvetljava lighting of the streets, street lighting
céstni red rule of the road
céstni rop highway robbery
céstni ropar highway man, pl -men, bandit, robber, ZDA road agent, humoristično knight of the road
céstna svetilka street lamp
céstni valjar road roller, (parni) steamroller
céstni prometni zastoj traffic jam
céstno vozilo road vehicle
voz céstne železnice tramcar, tram, ZDA trolley, streetcar
céstna železnica tramway, tramline, ZDA trolley line
céstna zapora blocking of streets

dólg -a, -o long; ➞ dolgo

prilično dólg, -a, -o lengthy; (dolgotrajen) of long standing; (bolezen) lingering
dólg, -a, -oo (mnogo) poprej (pozneje) long before (after)
dólg, -a, -o (velik) ovinek a long way round
dólg, -a, -o rok long term
za dólg, -a, -oo časa for long
na dólg, -a, -oo in široko far and wide, at length
pripovedovati na dólg, -a, -oo in široko to spin out at great length
dan postaja dólg, -a, -o the days are getting longer (ali are lengthening)
soba je 20 čevljev dólg, -a, -oa the room is 20 feet long
imeti dólg, -a, -o jezik to know all the answers, to be a chatterbox (ali gossip)
imeti dólg, -a, -oe prste (figurativno krasti) to have light fingers, to steal
iti na dólg, -a, -oo potovanje to go on a long journey
padel je, kot je dólg, -a, -o in širok he fell spread-eagled on the ground

nepregléden badly arranged, muddled; involved, hard to follow; difficult to scan; complex; unclear

nepregléden ovinek a blind corner

óster (orodje) sharp, cutting, edged, keen; (koničast) pointed, peaked; (strog) strict, rigid, austere, severe; (bolečina) acute, intense, smart, severe, keen; (glas) sharp, biting, piercing, rigorous, severe; (jezik) sharp; (beseda) poignant, acrimonious; (pogled) penetrating; (poteze v obrazu) cleancut; (zrak) bracing; (kazen) severe; (veter) biting, keen; (popran) hot, piquant, peppery; (vonj ali okus) acrid

óstra konkurenca keen competition
óstri kót an acute angle
óster kis strong vinegar
óster kot meč sharp as a sword
óster mraz sharp frost
óster naboj ball cartridge
óstri ukrepi stern (ali rigorous) measures pl
ona ima zelo óster jezik she has a very sharp tongue
óster ovinek (zavoj) a sharp curve