card

noun

1) (thick paper or thin board: shapes cut out from card.) lepenka

2) ((also playing card) a small piece of such paper etc with designs, used in playing certain games: a pack of cards.) karta

3) (a similar object used for eg sending greetings, showing membership of an organization, storing information etc: a birthday card; a membership card; a business card.) čestitka, izkaznica, vizitka

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- cards

- cardboard

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I [ka:d]

noun

karta, vizitka, izkaznica; lepenka; program; American časopisna objava; familiarly človek, dečko; čudak

compass card — vetrovnica (na kompasu)

to fling ( —ali throw up) one's cards — opustiti igro

to have all one's cards in one's hand — imeti vse prednosti

figuratively a house of cards — negotov položaj ali načrt

it is ( —ali that's) the card — tako kaže, to je pravo, to je treba

it is on the card — to je mogoče

a lively card — veseljak

pack of cards — igra kart

to play at cards — kvartati

to tell fortunes upon cards — vedeževati iz kart

to play one's best cards — uporabiti svoje najboljše možnosti

to play one's cards well (badly) — biti spreten (nespreten)

to speak by the card — jasno se izražati

to throw one's cards (on the table) — vse odkrito povedati, priznati

a queer card — čudak

trump card — adut

to have a card up one's sleeve — imeti nekaj za bregom

a knowing card — navihanec

to lay one's cards on the table — igrati z odprtimi kartami

a loose card — razuzdanec

a sure card — zanesljiv človek

to speak by the card — jasno se izražati

to leave cards on s.o. — obiskati koga

to make a card — vzeti (pri kartah)

visiting card — vizitka

ration card — živilska nakaznica

II [ka:d]

1.

noun

mikalnik; strgača; gradaše;

2.

transitive verb

mikati, grebenati