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thirst
noun
thirst
verb

thirst [θɜ:st] N no pl

1. thirst (need for a drink):

thirst
žeja f
to die of thirst
umreti od žeje
to quench one's thirst
pogasiti žejo

2. thirst (strong desire):

thirst
žeja f
thirst
želja f
to have a thirst for adventure
imeti željo po pustolovščinah
thirst for knowledge
želja po znanju
thirst for power
želja po moči
thirst intr
biti žejen, žejati
thirst (after, for) (fig.) intr
hlepeti (po)

Usage examples with thirst

to die of thirst
umreti od žeje
to quench one's thirst
pogasiti žejo
thirst for knowledge
želja po znanju
thirst for power
želja po moči
to stay one's hunger/thirst
[začasno] potešiti lakoto/žejo
to have a thirst for adventure
imeti željo po pustolovščinah

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More new drafts arrived to replace casualties, but this did not relieve the intense hunger, thirst and exhaustion suffered much of the time.
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False and exaggerated rumours were also rampant and many died from thirst and disease.
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He had fond memories of the fifteen years spent there, in the prime of his life, in pursuit of his insatiable thirst for knowledge.
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Early symptoms include headache, a thick-feeling tongue, thirst, sweating, and vomiting.
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His boys later inherits their father's thirst for power and rebel against him by stealing his chrono-cube.
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Jones would go to extreme lengths for a drink if the thirst was on him.
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His main greed, however, was thirst for knowledge.
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In addition to thirst, the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis and the subfornical organ contribute to fluid balance by vasopressin release.
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Fissures opened like parched mouths thirsting for water.
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Ghosts are thus bodiless oversouls; poltergeists, bodiless undersouls; vampires bodies without undersouls (thirsting for emotions); and zombies, bodies without oversouls.
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