squinting imagination
| 11:40 Jan 18, 2007 |
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| 5 | profound |
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| 3 | iskrivljena mašta |
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2 hrs confidence: 
OXFORD says: Explanation: squint {speaker} verb, noun » verb 1 to look at sth with your eyes partly shut in order to keep out bright light or to see better 2 (of an eye) to look in a different direction from the other eye 3 to have eyes that look in different directions » noun 1 a disorder of the eye muscles which causes each eye to look in a different direction 2 a short look |
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13 hrs confidence:
profound Explanation: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/squinti... look at the photos either extremely smart "squinting brain" a profound imagination or totally stupid "someone is squinting eyes to appear smarter" ... in you case i think it means very clever or profound -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 hrs (2007-01-19 01:11:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Smiley -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 days (2007-01-22 17:07:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- mislim da je dovoljno "profound imagination" |
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658 days confidence:
iskrivljena mašta Explanation: Squinting has a negative connotation, and in literal terms it is an eye defect. Accordingly, in this context, this guy's imagination is defective in some way. So my guess is that the closest translation would be "iskrivljena" ili čak "izopačena mašta". |
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