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stickle [stikl] neprehodni glagol
trmasto se prepirati, pričkati (zlasti za malenkosti), ugovarjati, imeti pomisleke, (po)dvomiti

recalcitrant [rikǽlsitrənt]

1. pridevnik (recalcitrantly prislov)
uporen, nepokoren, neposlušen, neubogljiv; trdoglav, trmast, kljubovalen

to be recalcitrant to explanation trmasto se upirati neki razlagi (tolmačenju)

2. samostalnik
upornež, neposlušnež, trmoglavec

tooth¹ [tu:ɵ, ti:ɵ] samostalnik (množina teeth)
zob; tech zob (žage, glavnika itd.); zob kolesa; konica; kavelj; parožek
figurativno nagnjenje, posebna ljubezen (do)

tooth and nail figurativno z vso močjo; neizprosno
by the skin of one's teeth figurativno za las, komaj še (uiti)
in the teeth of kljub, navzlic; proti
the tooth of time zob časa
armed to the teeth oborožen do zob
long in the tooth star
a good set of teeth dobro zobovje
from the teeth outward figurativno površno
artificial tooth, false tooth umeten zob
corner (dog, eye, laniary) tooth podočnik
decayed tooth gnil zob
incisor (incision, cutting) tooth sekalec (zob)
loose tooth majav zob
milk (shedding) tooth mlečnik
molar (grinding) tooth kočnik
to clean one's teeth (o)čistiti si zobe
to clench one's teeth stisniti zobe
to cast s.th. in s.o.'s teeth komu kaj v zobe (v obraz) vreči; očitati
to cut one's (first) teeth dobi(va)ti (prve) zobe
to cut one's eye-teeth figurativno začeti spoznavati življenje
to draw s.o.'s teeth figurativno pristriči komu krila, napraviti koga neškodljivega
to escape by the skin of one's teeth za las uiti
to fight (to struggle) tooth and nail boriti se z vsemi močmi (zagrizeno, nepopustljivo)
to get one's teeth into s.th. zagristi se v kaj; trmasto (nepopustljivo) se česa lotiti
to grind one's teeth škripati z zobmi
to have a great tooth for fruit zelo rad imeti sadje
to have a sweet tooth biti sladkosneden, rad imeti sladkarije
to lie in one's teeth v obraz lagati; nesramno, predrzno lagati
to sail in the teeth of the wind pluti proti vetru
to set one's teeth stisniti zobe
this set my teeth on edge zaskominalo me je ob tem; to me je razburilo (ozlovoljilo)
to show ons's teeth pokazati zobe
to take the bit between one's teeth figurativno postati trmoglav; upreti se; osamosvojiti se