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1 cautious
adjective (having or showing caution; careful: She used to trust everyone but she's more cautious now; a cautious driver.) previden* * *[kɔ:šəs]adjective ( cautiously adverb)previden, oprezen, obvarovalen -
2 careful
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3 caution
['ko:ʃən] 1. noun1) (carefulness (because of possible danger etc): Exercise caution when crossing this road.) previdnost2) (in law, a warning: The policeman gave him a caution for speeding.) opomin2. verb(to give a warning to: He was cautioned for drunken driving.) opomniti- cautious
- cautiously* * *I [kɔ:šən]nounsvarilo, opomin; preprečitev, obvarovanje pred čim; ( towards) opreznost, previdnost; poroštvo, jamstvo; slang nenavaden človek ali rečII [kɔ:šən]transitive verb(against, not to do) (po)svariti, opomniti, opominjati; opozoriti; preprečiti, obvarovati; odvračati -
4 chary
[' eəri]((with of) cautious: Be chary of lending money to someone you don't know very well.) previden* * *[čaeri]adjective ( charily adverb)(of) varčen, skop; previden; mečkav, neodločen -
5 deliberate
[di'libərət]1) (intentional and not by accident: That was a deliberate insult.) nameren2) (cautious and not hurried: He had a very deliberate way of walking.) preudaren•* * *I [dilíbərit]adjective ( deliberately adverb)premišljen, preudaren, oprezen; počasen, miren; namerenII [dilíbəreit]transitive verb & intransitive verb(on) razmišljati, tehtati, preudarjati, presojati, posvetovati se -
6 discreet
[di'skri:t](wise, cautious and not saying anything which might cause trouble: My secretary won't let the secret out - she's very discreet.) previden, molčeč- discretion* * *[diskrí:t]adjective ( discreetly adverb)previden, oprezen; obziren, prizanesljiv; molčečen -
7 guarded
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8 incautious
[in'ko:ʃəs](acting or done without thinking; not cautious: an incautious action/remark/person.) nepreviden* * *[inkɔ:šəs]adjective ( incautiously adverb)nepreviden, prenagljen -
9 indiscreet
[indi'skri:t]1) (giving too much information away: an indiscreet remark.) nepremišljen2) (not wise or cautious: indiscreet behaviour.) netakten•* * *[indiskrí:t]adjective ( indiscreetly adverb)nepreviden, nepremišljen, brezobziren, netakten, indiskreten; klepetav, preradoveden -
10 ultra-
1) (beyond, as in ultraviolet.) ultra-2) (very or excessively: He's ultra-cautious when he drives a car.) čezmerno* * *[ʌltrə](predpona) čezmerno, pretirano; prek-, čez-, ultra- -
11 unwary
(not cautious: If you are unwary he will cheat you.) nepreviden- unwarily- unwariness* * *[ʌnwʌ/əri]adjectiveneoprezen, nepremišljen, nepreviden, prenagljen -
12 wary
['weəri](cautious or on one's guard (about or concerning): Be wary of lending money to him.) oprezen- warily- wariness* * *[wʌ/əri]adjective (- rily adverb)oprezen, pazljiv, pozorento be wary of — čuvati se (česa), paziti (na) -
13 watchful
adjective (alert and cautious: watchful eyes; If you are watchful you will not be robbed.) pazljiv* * *[wɔčful]adjective ( watchfully adverb)pazljiv, oprezen, buden; obsolete prečut (noč) -
14 keep one's wits about one
(to be cautious, alert and watchful.) biti buden -
15 take care
(to be cautious, watchful, thorough etc: Take care or you will fall!) paziti
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