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swal·low¹ [ˈswɒləʊ] SAM.

swallow

lastovka ž. spol

I . swal·low² [ˈswɒləʊ] SAM.

1. swallow (action):

swallow

požiranje n

2. swallow (quantity):

swallow

požirek m. spol

II . swal·low² [ˈswɒləʊ] GLAG. preh. glag.

1. swallow:

swallow (eat)

požirati [dov. obl. požreti]

swallow (greedily)

goltati [dov. obl. pogoltniti]

2. swallow usu passive GOSP. fig. (take over):

swallow

prevzeti

to be swallowed [up] by sth

pripasti čemu

3. swallow fig. (engulf):

to swallow [up] ⇄ sb/sth

pogoltniti koga/kaj

4. swallow fig. (use up):

to swallow [up] ⇄ sth

porabiti kaj

5. swallow fig. pog. (believe unquestioningly):

swallow

verjeti

swallow

požreti

6. swallow fig. (suppress):

swallow disappointment

požreti

swallow disappointment

pogoltniti

swallow disappointment

potlačiti

disappointment to swallow one's pride

požreti ponos

to swallow one's words

ugrizniti se v jezik

to swallow one's words

pogoltniti odgovor

III . swal·low² [ˈswɒləʊ] GLAG. nepreh. glag.

swallow

požirati [dov. obl. požreti]

swallow

goltati [dov. obl. pogoltniti]

swallow down GLAG. preh. glag. to swallow down ⇄ sth

swallow

požreti kaj

swallow

potlačiti kaj

swallow (gulp down)

pogoltniti kaj

Primeri uporabe besede swallow

disappointment to swallow one's pride

požreti ponos

to swallow one's words

ugrizniti se v jezik

he wished the ground would open up and swallow him

želel si je, da bi se ugreznil v tla

Enojezični primeri (nepregledani od uredništva PONS)

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If the blood glucose falls too low a person can become disoriented and unable to swallow.

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All are colorful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.

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The cost of living in a care home is likely to swallow up half the value of a family house, say researchers.

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But it is not this big to swallow up mammals such as tree shrews or rats.

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The crag martin's flight appears relatively slow for a swallow.

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It has a slow buoyant flight compared to barn swallow.

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It appears some of the city's demands are too hard to swallow.

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For a time he wore large rimless glasses that seemed to swallow his eyes.

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When a dive is successful, gannets swallow the fish underwater before surfacing, and never fly with the fish in their bill.

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These fused bundles of several thousand large cilia are able to bite off pieces of prey that are too large to swallow whole almost always other ctenophores.

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