Franja

pléva chaff; figurativno husk (zlasti pl)

ločiti pleve od zrnja to winnow chaff from grain; (dobro od slabega) to sift the wheat from the chaff

chaff¹ [ča:f] samostalnik
pleva, rezanica
figurativno malenkost, ničvredna stvar; draženje, nagajanje

a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff kapljica v morju
I am too old a bird to be caught with chaff nisem tako neumen, ne grem na limanice
to sort the wheat from the chaff ločiti zrnje od plev

glume [glu:m] samostalnik
botanika pleva, mekina