biti v prostem teku

1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) neizkoriščen

2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) len

3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) prazen

4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) prazen

1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) lenariti

2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) biti v prostem teku, teči v prazno

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- idler

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adjective ( idly adverb)

brezdelen, nezaposlen, brezposeln; nedelaven, len; ničeven, prazen, nepomemben; nesmiseln, nekoristen; economy neproduktiven, neizrabljen, mrtev (kapital); technical ki stoji (stroj), v praznem teku; agronomy neobdelan

idle attempt — nesmiseln poskus

economy idle capital — mrtev kapital

an idle compliment — prazna pohvala

idle current — prazen tok

idle curiosity — gola radovednost

idle hands — brezposelni delavci

to lie ( —ali stand), idle — stati, ne delati (stroj)

idle motion — prazen tek

idle rumour — prazna govorica

to run idle — v prazno teči (stroj)

idle talk — prazen pogovor

economy idle time — zgubljen čas

lenariti, ne delati; technical biti v praznem teku (stroj);

zapravljati čas ( away), izgubljati (ure, čas); pustiti stroj v praznem teku

1) (allowed to move where one wants; not shut in, tied, fastened etc: The prison door opened, and he was a free man.) prost

2) (not forced or persuaded to act, think, speak etc in a particular way: free speech; You are free to think what you like.) svoboden

3) ((with with) generous: He is always free with his money/advice.) velikodušen

4) (frank, open and ready to speak: a free manner.) odkrit

5) (costing nothing: a free gift.) brezplačen

6) (not working or having another appointment; not busy: I shall be free at five o'clock.) prost

7) (not occupied, not in use: Is this table free?) prost

8) ((with of or from) without or no longer having (especially something or someone unpleasant etc): She is free from pain now; free of charge.) razbremenjen; brezplačen

1) (to make or set (someone) free: He freed all the prisoners.) osvoboditi

2) ((with from or of) to rid or relieve (someone) of something: She was able to free herself from her debts by working at an additional job.) rešiti

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- freedom

- Freepost

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adjective ( freely adverb)

(from, of) prost; svoboden brezplačen; prostovoljen; neomejen, neodvisen; nezaposlen, brezdelen; nezaseden, prazen; neprisiljen, neoviran; radodaren; ljubek; surov, neprijazen; chemistry nevezan

to be free to... — smeti

free booze — pijača zastonj

I am free to confess — rad priznavam

free and easy — neformalen, nekonvencionalen, naraven

Free Church — cerkev, ki je ločena od države; British English neanglikanska cerkev

to make free of the city — podeliti častno meščanstvo

free delivered — dostava zastonj

free of duty — prost carine

free fight — pretep, ravs in kavs

free from ( —ali of) — brez, prost česa; izven, zunaj

free hand — proste roke, posebna svoboda dejanja

free living — uživanje

free and unencumbered — brez hipoteke

to make s.o. free of one's house — dati komu na razpolago svojo hišo, povabiti koga za poljubno dobo

to make free with — preveč si dovoliti

free pass — brezplačna vstopnica

free in one's speech — nepreviden v govoru

free wind — ugoden veter

to set ( —ali make) free — osvoboditi

free labour — delavstvo, ki ni včlanjeno v sindikatih

free thought — svobodomiselnost

free trade — prosta trgovina; tihotapstvo

free on board — franko ladja

free on rail — franko vagon

free alongside ship commerce prost prevoz do ladje

to make free use of — brez oklevanja uporabljati

post free — poštnina plačana vnaprej

free station — franko postaja

adverb ( from) prosto, neovirano; brezplačno, zastonj

motoring to run free — biti v prostem teku

(of, from) rešiti, oprostiti, osvoboditi; izločiti; odpreti (pot)

1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) sposobnost

2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) moč

3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) oblast

4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) pooblastilo

5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) velika živina

6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) sila

7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 2³ is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) potenca

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- powered

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moč, sila, sposobnost (telesna in duševna); plural zmožnosti, sposobnosti, dar, talent; vlada, oblast, gospostvo ( over nad); vpliv; juridically polnomočje, pooblastilo; politics moč, sila, oblast ( power politics politika sile); država, velesila ( great ŋs velesile); vplivna oseba, vplivno mesto; višja sila, božanstvo, duhovi ( the ŋs above višja sila, bogovi); colloquially množina, sila česa ( a power of people sila ljudi); mathematics potenca ( ɔ to the power of three ɔ na tretjo potenco); physics sila, energija, zmogljivost; electrical (jaki) tok; technical mehanična, gonilna sila ( horse ŋ konjska sila); optics zmogljivost povečanja leče

within (out of) my power — (ni) v moji moči

colloquially more power to you ( —ali to your elbow) ! — srečno!, mnogo uspeha!

to do all in one's power — storiti, kar je komu mogoče

absolute power — neomejena oblast

to be in power — biti na oblasti, biti na krmilu

to be in s.o.'s power — biti v oblasti koga

to come into power — priti na oblast

to have s.o. in one's power — imeti koga v oblasti

to have (no) power over s.o. — (ne) imeti oblast(i) nad kom, (ne) imeti vpliv(a) pri kom

juridically full power, s — polnomočje

juridically power of attorney — pooblastilo, polnomočje

the powers that be — oblast, oblastniki

technical mechanical powers — stroji

power on — z motorjem v teku

power off — v prostem teku (motor)

under one's own power — z lastno silo (tudi figuratively)

the A.B.C. powers — Argentina, Brazilija, Čile

oskrbeti z mehanično silo, z električno energijo

rocket-powered — na raketni pogon