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poach¹ [póuč] prehodni glagol
skrkniti (jajce)

poached egg skrknjeno jajce

podóben resembling, similar, alike, like

podóben kot jajce jajcu as like as two peas
na podóben način likewise, in like manner
podóbni trikotniki similar triangles pl
bolj podóben bogu kot človeku more like to god than man
podóbna sta si they are cast in the same mould
biti podóben to be alike, to look like, to resemble, to bear a likeness (ali resemblance) (komu to someone)
podóbna vsota a similar sum, a like amount
biti komu zelo podóben to bear (ali to have) a strong resemblance to someone
fant je podóben očetu the boy takes after his father
podóben ti je kot jajce jajcu he is the dead spit and image of you
niti najmanj si nista podóbna there is not the slightest resemblance between them
to mu ni prav nič podóbno that is very unlike him
to je (čisto) njemu podóbno that is just like him
portret je čisto podóben originalu (osebi) the portrait is a speaking likeness
in (ali) podóbno and (or) suchlike, and (or) the like
briga se le za (mar so mu le) karte, biljard in podóbno he cares for nothing but cards, billiards and suchlike

pričárati to conjure (up)

pričárati scenerijo tropičnega gozda to conjure up the scenery of a tropical forest
pričárati jajce iz klobuka to conjure an egg out of a hat
pričárati izginitev žepnega robca to make a handkerchief disappear

ptíčji bird(-); of a bird; birdlike

ptíčje gnezdo bird's nest
ptíčji gnoj bird droppings pl
ptíčje jajce bird's egg
ptíčja jata flock of birds
ptíčja kletka (velika) aviary, (majhna) cage
ptíčji klic birdcall
ptíčja krma birdseed
ptíčji lép birdlime
ptíčje mleko (ki ga ni!) pigeon's milk
ptíčji (po)let bird flight
ptíčje petje bird song
ptíčja perspektiva bird's-eye view
ptíčje strašilo scarecrow
iti nabirat ptíčja gnezda to go bird('s) nesting

púta (kokoš) hen

jajce več ve kot púta (figurativno) he's teaching his grandmother to suck eggs
kurnik za púte hen coop, hen house
zaklati púto, ki nese zlata jajca (figurativno) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
pútka pullet

rotten [rɔtn] pridevnik (rottenly prislov)
gnil, črviv, trohnel, razpadel; onemogel, izčrpan (od starosti ali uporabe)
pogovorno grd (o vremenu)
figurativno pokvarjen, ničvreden, podel, hudoben
sleng beden, odvraten, gnusen

a rotten business umazan posel (zadeva)
rotten egg gnilo jajce
rotten luck grda (vražja) smola
a rotten play strašansko slaba gledališka igra
Rotten Row jahalna pot v Hydeparku
rotten to the core do stržena gnil, figurativno skoz in skoz pokvarjen
a rotten trick surovo, objestno dejanje
rotten weather zelo grdo vreme
to get rotten zgniti; pokvariti se
something is rotten in the state of Denmark nekaj je gnilega v državi Danski

set² [set] pridevnik
določen, odrejen (čas), ustaljen, predpisan; pravilen, konvencionalen; tog, nepremičen; stalen (o ceni)
ameriško trmast; premišljen, pripravljen (govor); zaseden (with z)
zavzet, (popolnoma) zaposlen, okupiran (on, upon s.th. s čim)

at the set day na določeni dan
set egg jajce z razvitim piščetom v lupini
set fair stalno lepo vreme
set form predpisan formular
set piece (gradbeni) oder, na katerem se delajo razne figure za ognjemet
set phrase ustaljen izraz (reklo, fraza)
set scene kulise, sestavljene iz bolj ali manj gotovih delov
set resolution trden sklep
set speech vnaprej pripravljen, naštudiran govor
set time dogovorjen (odrejen, določen) čas
close-set na gosto postavljen
hard-set v škripcih
people with set opinions ljudje z ustaljenimi nazori
well-set stasit, lepe rasti, postaven
well set up in wine dobro založen, oskrbljen z vinom
I am set on s.th. srčno si želim česa, mnogo mi je do česa, hlepim po čem
his teeth were set stiskal je zobe

slíčen alike, like; resembling; similar; analogous, parallel

in slíčno, in slíčni and the like, and suchlike
na slíčen način in like manner, similarly
biti slíčen to be similar, to bear a resemblance to
to je čisto njemu slíčno that's just like him
slíčna sta si kot jajce jajcu they are as like as two peas
slíčno se s slíčnim druži (figurativno) birds of a feather flock together

smrdljív stinking, malodorous; fetid; smelling, foulsmelling

smrdljívo jajce addled (ali rotten) egg

spit² [spit] samostalnik
pljuvanje; pljunek, slina; jezno pihanje (zlasti mačke); droben dež, dežek, rahlo sneženje; jajčeca nekaterih žuželk, zaplod, zapljunek, ličinka
figurativno kratka oddaljenost
pogovorno natančna podoba

spit and polish temeljito čiščenje in loščenje
a spit away malo proč (stran)
he is the dead spit of you podoben ti je kot jajce jajcu
he is the very spit of his father prav tak je kot njegov oče; izrezan oče je

spoon¹ [spu:n] samostalnik
žlica; predmet žličaste oblike (npr. veslo); vrsta palice za golf
(= spoon bait) blestivka
pogovorno bedak, tepec
ameriško, sleng zaljubljenec

dessert spoon žlica srednje velikosti
egg-and-spoon race tekma v teku, pri kateri udeleženci nosijo jajce v žlici
table-spoon namizna žlica (normalne velikosti)
tea-spoon (čajna) žlička
wooden spoon zgodovina lesena žlica, ki so jo (v Cambridgeu) dajali najslabšemu na izpitu iz matematike
to be spoons on s.o. ameriško biti zateleban v koga, noreti za kom
to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth figurativno roditi se kot bogataš
he must have a long spoon that sups with the devil nevarno je z vragom buče saditi, z bikom se ni bosti

suròv raw, crude; figurativno rough, rude; (grób) coarse, uncouth; (brutalen) brutal; (neobdelan ipd.) unwrought, in the raw (ali natural) state, unfinished, unpolished, crude, rough; figurativno ill-mannered, uncivil, gross, bearish, ill-bred, boorish, churlish, barbarous

v suròvem stanju in a rough state
suròv diamant rough diamond
suròv bombaž raw cotton
suròv proizvod raw product
suròv kavčuk crude (ali raw) rubber
suròvo maslo (fresh ali freshly made) butter
suròva (nestrojena) koža rawhide
suròva sila brute force
suròvo olje crude (ali rock) oil, crude petroleum, naphtha
suròvo ravnanje raw deal
suròvo jajce raw egg
suròvo meso raw meat
suròva šala horseplay
suròve šege uncouth (ali rude, coarse) manners pl
suròva volna raw wool
suròvo železo pig iron
suròvo igrati šport to play rough
suròva hrana uncooked vegetarian food
suròva svila raw silk
suròvo stanje raw state

trdó prislov

trdó kuhano jajce hard-boiled egg
trdó delati to labour hard, to drudge; to grub

umésti to churn

umésti smetano v maslo to churn butter (from cream)
umésti jajce to beat an egg

usmrajèn stinking; tainted; malodorous; putrid, rotten

usmrajèno jajce rotten egg