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zídanje building, construction

bricklaying [bríkleiiŋ] samostalnik
zidanje

brickwork [bríkwə:k] samostalnik
zidanje; stavba iz opeke
množina opekarna

building [bíldiŋ] samostalnik
zidanje, gradnja; zgradba, poslopje

building lot (ali land) gradbišče
building contractor stavbenik
building material gradivo

building-up [bíldiŋʌp] samostalnik
graditev, zidanje; montaža strojev

erection [irékšən] samostalnik
zidanje, postavitev; zgradba, poslopje; ustanovitev
tehnično sestavljanje, montaža
fiziologija erekcija

elektrika erection conductor montažni vod

masonry [méisnri] samostalnik
zidarstvo, zidanje; zidovje; prostozidarstvo

grád (fevdalen, utrjen) castle; (kraljev, knežji) palace; castle; (graščina) manor; (podeželski) country seat

grádovi na reki Loire Loire-valley chateaus (ali chateaux), chateaus on the Loire
Versajski grád the palace of Versailles
zidanje grádov v oblake (figurativno) wishful thinking; building (of) castles in the air
obljubljati komu zlate grádove to promise someone the earth
sesuti se kot grád iz kart to collapse like a house of cards
zidati grádove v oblake to build castles in the air (ali in Spain)
ne zidaj grádov v oblake! don't count your chickens before they're hatched!, arhaično sell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear

oblák cloud

brez obláka, oblákov cloudless, serene
nizko ležeči obláki aeronavtika low cloud level
gradovi v oblákih (figurativno) castles in Spain
tvorba oblákov cloud formation
utrganje oblákov a cloudburst
zidanje gradov v obláke (figurativno) building castles in the air, wishful thinking
dvigati se visoko pod obláke to rise high into the sky
kriki so se dvignili do oblákov the shouts made the welkin ring
leteti nad obláki aeronavtika žargon to fly over the top
(po)let nad obláki over-the-top flight
obláki se kopičijo the clouds are baking up
iz oblákov pasti (figurativno) to drop from the clouds
oblák se je utrgal there was a violent downpour
zidati gradove v obláke to build castles in the air
živeti v oblákih (figurativno) to be (ali to have one's head) in the clouds

wishful [wíšful] pridevnik (wishfully prislov)
željan, poln želja; poželjiv, hrepeneč, koprneč

wishful thinking figurativno zidanje gradov v oblake, varanje samega sebe; iluzije
that's a piece of wishful thinking to se pravi smatrati svoje želje za resničnost, to so pobožne želje