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1 appetite
(a desire for food: Exercise gives you a good appetite.) tek- appetiser
- appetizing
- appetising* * *[aepitait]noun( for) tek, apetit; poželenjethe appetite is concealed under the teeth, appetite comes with eating — šele ko začnemo jesti, dobimo tekto sharpen ( —ali whet) the appetite — povzročati, narediti tek -
2 appetizer
noun ((especially American) something eaten or drunk before or at the beginning of a meal in order to increase the appetite: They ate smoked salmon as an appetizer.) prigrizek, aperitiv* * *[aepitaizə]noundražilo za tek, aperitiv; predjed; American zakuska -
3 appetizing
adjective (which increases the appetite: an appetizing smell.) tek vzbujajoč, vabljiv* * *[aepitaiziŋ]adjective ( appetizingly adverb)ki zbuja tek, tečen, okusen; zaželen, privlačen -
4 canine
(like, or of, a dog or dogs: canine characteristics.) pasji* * *[kéinain, kaenain]adjectivepasji -
5 dull
1) (slow to learn or to understand: The clever children help the dull ones.) neumen2) (not bright or clear: a dull day.) pust3) (not exciting or interesting: a very dull book.) dolgočasen•- dully- dullness* * *I [dʌl]adjective ( dully adverb)topoglav, neumen, omejen; dolgočasen; moten, medel, temen, mrk; top; zaspan, len; mrtev (sezona); okoren; neurejen; neaktivenII [dʌl]1.transitive verbotopiti; ublažiti, omiliti, zmanjšati, oslabiti, skaliti;2.intransitive verbotopeti, oslabeti; poleči se (veter) -
6 edge
[e‹] 1. noun1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) rob2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) rezilo3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) ostrina2. verb1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) obrobiti2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) utirati (si)•- edging- edgy
- edgily
- edginess
- have the edge on/over
- on edge* * *I [edž]nounrob, greben; meja; ostrina; osornost, moč, strogost; plural obreza (knjige); American colloquially prednost, privilegijto give an edge to, to put on an edge — ostritito give the edge of one's tongue — ostro komu povedati, zabrusiti jih komuto have an edge on s.o. — imeti neznatno prednost pred kom(all) on edge — skrajno napet, živčennot to put a fine edge upon — jasno se izražati, odkrito povedatiII [edž]transitive verbbrusiti, ostriti; obrobiti; obrezati; figuratively razdražiti -
7 healthy
1) ((generally) having good health: I'm rarely ill - I'm really a very healthy person; My bank balance is healthier now than it used to be.) zdrav2) (causing or helping to produce good health: a healthy climate.) zdravilen3) (resulting from good health: a healthy appetite.) zdrav4) (showing a sensible concern for one's own well-being etc: He shows a healthy respect for the law.) koristen (zdravju)* * *[hélmi]adjective ( healthily adverb)zdrav, zdravilen; blagodejen (vpliv)colloquially not healthy — nevaren, "nezdrav" -
8 hearty
1) (very friendly: a hearty welcome.) prisrčen2) (enthusiastic: a hearty cheer.) navdušen3) (very cheerful; too cheerful: a hearty person/laugh.) živahen4) ((of meals) large: He ate a hearty breakfast.) obilen5) ((of a person's appetite) large.) velik* * *I [há:ti]adjective ( heartily adverb)prisrčen, topel, iskren; zdrav, močen, krepek; živahen, navdušen; obilen, hranljiv; rodoviten (zemlja); zdrav, dober (tek)hearty soil — rodovitna prst, zemljaII [há:ti]nountovariš, hraber človek, junak, mornar; British English slang športnik (univerze)my hearties! — tovariši!, junaki! (pozdrav mornarjem vojne mornarice) -
9 hors d'oeuvre
[o:'də:vr, ]( American[) o:r'də:rv]plural - hors d'oeuvre(s); noun(food eg olives, sardines etc served before or at the beginning of a meal in order to increase the appetite.) predjed* * *[ɔ:dɜ:vr]nounculinary predjed -
10 jaded
['‹eidid]((of eg a person or his interest, appetite etc) worn out and made tired and dull.) izčrpan* * *[džéidid]adjectiveizčrpan, utrujen, izmozgan; nasičen, kar postane plehko, preživel -
11 spoil
[spoil]past tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) uničiti2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) razvaditi (otroka)•- spoils- spoilt
- spoilsport* * *I [spɔil]transitive verbopleniti, oropati, izropati, odvzeti; pokvariti, napraviti neuporabno, uničiti; slang pohabiti, ubiti (koga); figuratively pokvariti (otroka, zabavo, šalo); intransitive verb (po)kvariti se (sadje, ribe), zgnitito spoil s.o.'s appetite — pokvariti komu tekto spoil the Egyptians figuratively sovražniku kaj odvzetito spoil s.o. of his goods — oropati koga njegovega premoženjato spoil for (to be spoiling for) — zelo si želeti, koprneti po, komaj čakati, da...spare the rod and spoil the child — kdor ljubi, ta kaznujeII [spɔil]noun(navadno plural) plen ropanje; ukradeno blago; figuratively dobiček, pridobitev, korist ( of office od kake državne službe); neodločena igra; American plural odpadki, ostankispoils system American sistem, po katerem se ugodna službena mesta razdele privržencem stranke, ki je zmagala na volitvah; pomoč politični stranki zaradi osebnih koristi -
12 voracious
[vəréišəs]adjective ( voraciously adverb)požrešen, nenasiten; lačen kot volk; figuratively pohlepen, lakomenvoracious appetite — nenavaden tek; volčja lakota; požrešnost -
13 whet
[wet]past tense, past participle - whetted; verb1) (to sharpen (a tool) by rubbing it on a grindstone or whetstone.) brusiti2) (to make (one's appetite) keen.) spodbuditi•* * *[wet]1.nounbrušenje, ostrenje; figuratively dražilo, sredstvo za draženje, spodbujanje (npr. apetita); požirek (žganja); dialectal poskus; prilikathis whet — tokrat, to pot;2.transitive verbbrusiti, ostriti; drážiti, stimulirati (npr. apetit); vzpodbuditi -
14 work up
1) (to excite or rouse gradually: She worked herself up into a fury. ( adjective worked-up: Don't get so worked-up!).) razburiti se; razburjen2) (to raise or create: I just can't work up any energy/appetite/enthusiasm today.) zbrati* * *transitive verb postaviti (z delom); figuratively vznemiriti, razburiti, naščuvatito work up o.s. up — razburiti se; porabiti, potrošiti (material), predelati, preštudirati, razširiti; culinary zmešati, premešati (jed); dvigniti (cene); intransitive verb figuratively počasi ali s težavo se podvizati (to do, k)to work up o.s. up to — z delom se povzpeti do -
15 appetiser
noun ((especially American) something eaten or drunk before or at the beginning of a meal in order to increase the appetite: They ate smoked salmon as an appetizer.) prigrizek, aperitiv -
16 appetising
adjective (which increases the appetite: an appetizing smell.) tek vzbujajoč, vabljiv
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