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1 beggar
noun (a person who lives by begging: The beggar asked for money for food.) berač* * *I [bégə]nounberač; revež, revček; colloquially fant, možakset a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil — tisti, ki naglo obogatijo, so največji nadutežilittle beggars — otročički, živaliceto know s.o. (s.th.) as well as a beggar knows his bag — dodobra koga (kaj) poznatiII [bégə]transitive verbspraviti na beraško palico; oropati, odvzetito beggar o.s. — obubožatiit beggars all description — ne da se popisati, nepopisno je -
2 squat
[skwot] 1. past tense, past participle - squatted; verb(to sit down on the heels or in a crouching position: The beggar squatted all day in the market place.) čepeti2. adjective(short and fat; dumpy: a squat little man; an ugly, squat building.) čokat* * *[skwɔt]1.nounčepenje, počep; mineralogy plitev sklad rude; plitva luknja, jama (živali);2.adjectivečepeč; debelušast, čokat;3.intransitive verb & transitive verbčepeti, počepniti, sedeti s spodvitimi ali prekrižanimi nogami; colloquially sedeti; plaziti se tik ob zemlji; stisniti (o.s. — se), spraviti (koga) v čepeč položaj; naseliti se, vseliti se brez dovoljenja, brez zakonite pravice; Australian naseliti se na nenaseljeni zemlji -
3 use
I [ju:z] verb1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!) uporabiti2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.) porabiti•- usable- used
- user
- user-friendly
- user guide
- be used to something
- be used to
- used to II [ju:s]1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.) uporaba2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.) raba3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.) korist4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.) sposobnost uporabljati kaj5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.) uporaba•- useful- usefulness
- usefully
- useless
- be in use
- out of use
- come in useful
- have no use for
- it's no use
- make good use of
- make use of
- put to good use
- put to use* * *I [ju:s]nounraba, uporaba; uporabnost, korist(nost), prid; (poseben) namen, smoter; pripravnost; moč ali sposobnost uporabljati (kaj); navada, običaj, uzus; stalna ali ponovna uporaba; vaja; praksa; (pred)pravica uporabe (česa); juridically užitek; pravica, uživanje (posesti); dobiček; ecclesiastic obredi kake Cerkve, liturgijaof use — uporaben, koristenof no use — neuporaben, brezkoristenout of use — ne v rabi, ne več uporabenonce a use and ever a custum — česar se je Janezek naučil, to Janez znacan I be of use? — lahko (kaj) pomagam?is this of use to you? — lahko to kaj porabite?crying is no use — nima smisla jokati, zastonj je jokatiit is (of) no use (running) — brez koristi, zaman je (teči)what's the use (of it)? — kakšen smisel naj (sploh) to ima?to fall ( —ali to pass) out of use — postati neuporaben, zastaretiyou will find these shoes of use in the mountains — videli boste, da so ti čevlji zelo koristni v gorahI have no use for such people — nimam nobenega smisla za take ljudi, ne cenim (ne potrebujem) takih ljudihave you lost the use of your tongue? — si izgubil dar govora?to make use of s.th. — uporabiti (izkoristiti) kaj, posluževati se česato make use of s.o.'s name — sklicevati se na kogato put out of use — vzeti iz obtoka (kovance itd.)II [ju:z]transitive verbrabiti, uporabljati, porabiti, izkoristiti, posluževati se; zateči se k; ravnati z; potrošiti, izdati; gojiti (šport itd.); prebiti (čas); obsolete navaditi (to na)to use one's brains ( —ali wits) — uporabiti pamet, napeti (svoje) možganeuse your eyes! — odpri oči!to use one's best efforts — napraviti, kar se le da (kar je le možno)how did they use you? — kako so ravnali z vami?to use s.o. ill — slabo ravnati s komto use one's legs — peš iti, pešačitimay I use your name? — se lahko sklicujem na vas?how does the world use you? colloquially kako je z vami?, kako vam gre?; intransitive verb obsolete (razen v preteritu) biti vajen, imeti navado; (tudi za izražanje trajnega stanja v preteklosti)used you to know him? — ste ga vi poznali?there used to be a tree there — tam je nekoč bilo drevo;
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