die

I present participle - dying; verb

1) (to lose life; to stop living and become dead: Those flowers are dying; She died of old age.) umreti

2) (to fade; to disappear: The daylight was dying fast.) pojemati, izginjati

3) (to have a strong desire (for something or to do something): I'm dying for a drink; I'm dying to see her.) hrepeneti

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- diehard

- die away
- die down
- die hard
- die off
- die out II noun

(a stamp or punch for making raised designs on money, paper etc.) matrica

III see dice

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I [dai]

intransitive verb (of od, zaradi) umreti, izdihniti, poginiti; ugasniti, ugašati; umiriti se; (o)veneti; colloquially hrepeneti

to die in one's boots, to die with the boots ( —ali shoes) on — umreti nasilne smrti

to die in the last ditch — vzdržati do konca

to die game — hrabro umreti; ostati zvest

to die hard — biti trdoživ

to die in harness — umreti sredi dela

to die in one's bed — umreti naravne smrti

never say die — nikoli ne obupuj

to be dying for s.th. — hrepeneti po čem

to die by one's hand — narediti samomor

to die of laughing — počiti od smeha

a die wish — zadnja želja (pred smrtjo)

were I to die for it — četudi bi moral z življenjem poplačati

II [dai]

noun

matrica, vrezilo

III

plural dice [dai, dais]

noun igralna kocka

the die is cast — kocka je padla, nazaj ni poti

as straight as a die — čisto raven; velik poštenjak

upon the die — na kocki, v nevarnosti

to risk all on a turn ( —ali the throw) of a die — vse staviti, vse prepustiti naključju

the dice are loaded against him — nima sreče, usoda mu ni naklonjena