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smejáti se to laugh

v pest smejáti se to laugh up one's sleeve
od srcá smejáti se to laugh heartily
temu se ni smejáti se it's nothing to laugh at
smejáti se komu v brk to laugh someone in the face, figurativno to dare (ali to defy, to challenge) someone
smejáti se kot nóri to laugh like anything
smejáti se na ves glas to roar with laughter
hrupno smejáti se to laugh like a horse, to guffaw
pridušeno smejáti se to giggle, to snigger
kislo smejáti se to laugh on the other side of one's face
smejal sem se mu I laughed at him
njemu se vsi smejejo he is everybody's laughingstock
zlobno smejáti se to grin balefully, to give a baleful (ali malicious) grin
kdor se zadnji smeje, se najslajše smeje he laughs best who laughs last
čemu se smeješ? what are you laughing at?
smejáti se komu v obraz to laugh someone in the face
posmehljivo smejáti se to sneer
on se lahko smeje he can afford to laugh

laugh² [la:f]

1. neprehodni glagol
smejati se

2. prehodni glagol
s smehom povedati

to laugh one's head off umirati od smeha, zvijati se od smeha
to make s.o. laugh spraviti koga v smeh
he laughs best who laughs last kdor se zadnji smeje, se najslajše smeje
to laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth (ali face) kislo se smejati
to laugh in one's sleeve v pest se smejati
he laughed his thanks s smehom se je zahvaljeval
to laugh a bittter laugh grenko se smejati
to laugh in s.o.'s face smejati se komu v obraz
to laugh to scorn rogati se

laugh at neprehodni glagol
smejati se komu, posmehovati se komu

laugh away

1. prehodni glagol
s smehom pregnati (skrbi, žalost)

2. neprehodni glagol
smejati se kar naprej

laugh away! kar smej se!

laugh over neprehodni glagol
smejati se čemu, s smehom o čem razpravljati

beard¹ [biəd] samostalnik
brada; osina, resa; zobec; škrbina (na nožu); škrge (ostrige)

to laugh in one's beard v pest se smejati
to speak in one's beard zase mrmrati
to laugh at s.o.'s beard smejati se komu v brk, skušati koga naplahtati
to pluck (ali take) by the beard odločno napasti

bŕk

v bŕk (naravnost) (straight) from the shoulder
v bŕk reči, povedati to tell someone to his (ali her) face, to tell someone openly (ali without reserve)
v bŕk sem mu povedal I told him point-blank
laže mi v bŕk he lies in my face (ali without batting an eyelid)
smejati se komu v bŕk to laugh in someone's face

merry² [méri] pridevnik (merrily prislov)
vesel, živahen; natrkan; smešen, zabaven
arhaično prijeten

as merry as a cricket (ali lark); ali as merry as the day is long zelo vesel, židane volje
to make merry zabavati se, veseliti se
to make merry over smejati se komu, norčevati se iz koga
a merry Christmas (to you)! vesel božič!
Merry England vesela, stara Anglija (zlasti za časa Elizabete I.)
the Merry Monarch vzdevek Charlesa II.

uproarious [ʌprɔ́:riəs] pridevnik (uproariously prislov)
bučen (smeh), hrupen, buren, viharen (pozdrav, aplavz); povzročajoč nemir

uproarious merriment hrupno, prekipevajoče veselje
to laugh uproariously krohotati se, smejati se na ves glas