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1 better
['betə]comparative; = good* * *I [bétə]nountisti, ki staviII [bétə]adjectiveboljši; primernejši; ki se bolje počutihe is better than his word — naredi še več, kot je obljubilthe better hand — prednost, premočIII [bétə]adverbbolje, primernejeto be better off — biti v boljšem položaju, biti premožnejšiI had better start — bolje bi bilo, če bi že začelyou had better not — bolje ne!, tega vam ne svetujemI know better — ne boste me ukanili, ne dam se potegniti za nosAmerican colloquially you'd better believe it — lahko mi verjamešso much the better, all the better — tem boljeIV [bétə]nounto get the better of — premagati, prekositiV [bétə]1.transitive verbpopraviti, izboljšati, izpopolniti, preseči;2.intransitive verbpopraviti, spopolniti, poboljšati se, napredovati -
2 elder
I 1. ['eldə] adjective((often of members of a family) older; senior: He has three elder sisters; He is the elder of the two.) starejši2. noun1) (a person who is older: Take the advice of your elders.) starejši2) (an office-bearer in Presbyterian churches.) član sveta (prezbiterijanske cerkve)•- elderly- eldest
- the elderly II ['eldə] noun(a kind of shrub or tree with purple-black fruit. (elderberries).) bezeg* * *I [éldə]adjectivestarejšielder statesman — upokojeni državnik, ki ima funkcijo svetnikaII [éldə]nounprednik; starešina; starec, starkaIII [éldə]nounbotany bezeg
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