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1 cheerful
adjective (full of, or causing, happiness: a cheerful smile; cheerful news.) vesel* * *[číəful]adjective ( cheerfully adverb)veder, vesel; ironically "lep" žalosten, ubog -
2 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) -
3 alacrity
[ə'lækrəti](quick and cheerful willingness: He obeyed with alacrity.) vnema* * *[əlaekriti]nounživahnost, vedrost; pripravljenost, prizadevnost -
4 altogether
[o:ltə'ɡeðə]1) (completely: I'm not altogether satisfied.) popolnoma2) (on the whole and considering everything: I'm wet, I'm tired and I'm cold. Altogether I'm not feeling very cheerful.) skratka* * *I [ɔ:ltəgéðə]adverbskupaj, popolnoma, povsemII [ɔ:ltəgéðə]nouncelota; colloquially akt (podoba golega telesa) -
5 booster
1) (a person or thing that boosts: That was a real morale booster for me (= That made me feel more cheerful and optimistic).) okrepčilo2) (a device for increasing power, force etc: I've fixed a booster on the TV aerial to improve the signal.) ojačevalec3) (the first stage of a rocket that works by several stages.) lansirna raketa* * *[bú:stə]noundodatni dinamo; radijski ojačevalec; colloquially navdušen podpornik -
6 bright
1) (shining with much light: bright sunshine.) bleščeč2) ((of a colour) strong and bold: a bright red car.) svetel3) (cheerful: a bright smile.) žareč4) (clever: bright children.) bister•- brightly- brightness
- brighten* * *I [brait]adjective ( brightly adverb)jasen, svetel; lesketajoč se, žareč; bister, pameten, duhovit; živ (barva); vesel, živahen; slavenII [brait]adverbjasno, svetlo -
7 cheer
[ iə] 1. noun1) (a shout of approval, encouragement or welcome: Three cheers for the Queen!) vzklik2) (mood: Be of good cheer.) razpoloženje2. verb(to give a shout of approval etc (to): The crowd cheered the new champion.) vzklikati- cheerful- cheerfully
- cheerfulness
- cheerless
- cheers!
- cheery
- cheerily
- cheeriness
- cheer up* * *I [číə]1.transitive verbrazveseliti; podžigati, spodbujati, tolažiti;2.intransitive verbveseliti se, vzklikati, odobravati, ploskatiII [číə]nounrazpoloženje, vedrost, veselost; odobravanje; navijanje (na tekmi); pogostitev, jedto give s.o. a cheer — nazdraviti komuto make good cheer — pirovati, gostiti sewhat cheer? — kako se imaš? -
8 cheer up
(to make or become (more cheerful): He cheered up when he saw her; The flowers will cheer her up.) razveseliti (se)* * *transitive verb & intransitive verb opogumiti, potolažiti, razveseliti (se)cheer up! — le pogum! -
9 chipper
[' ipə(r)](cheerful and lively: You seem very chipper today.) živahen* * *I [čípə]adjectiveAmerican slang živahen, veselII [čípə]intransitive verbcvrčati, cvrkutatito chipper up — oživiti; ohrabriti se -
10 dark
1. adjective1) (without light: a dark room; It's getting dark; the dark (= not cheerful) side.) temen2) (blackish or closer to black than white: a dark red colour; a dark (= not very white or fair) complexion; Her hair is dark.) temen3) (evil and usually secret: dark deeds; a dark secret.) temen2. noun(absence of light: in the dark; afraid of the dark; He never goes out after dark; We are in the dark (= we have no knowledge) about what is happening.) tema- darken- darkness
- keep it dark* * *I [da:k]adjective ( darkly adverb)temen, temnolas, temačen, mračen, mrk; žalosten, obupan; skrit, skrivnosten, nerazumljiv, nejasen; neznan; negotov; neprosvetljen; zloben, zločinskia dark horse — nepričakovan zmagovalec (v dirki); American malo znan kandidat za prezidentathe Dark Blues — študenti iz Oɔforda; srednješolci iz Harrowato keep s.th. dark — skrivati nekaj; obdržati skrivnost zaseAmerican dark and bloody ground — KentuckyII [da:k]nountema, mrak; senca; figuratively negotovost, neznanje; nejasnost, skrivnostnostto keep s.o. in the dark — skrivati, tajiti pred komin the dark of the moon — v mlaju; v temi kot v roguto be in the dark — ne vedeti, ne se znajti, ne biti poučenfiguratively to leave s.o. in the dark — pustiti koga v negotovosti -
11 gay
[ɡei] 1. adjective1) (happy or making people happy: The children were gay and cheerful; gay music.) vesel2) (bright: gay colours.) vesel3) (homosexual: gay liberation; gay rights.) gejevski, homoseksualen2. noun(homosexual.) homoseksualec- gaily- gaiety* * *[gei]adjective ( gaily adverb)vesel, pester; lahkoživ, nemoralen, razuzdan -
12 grim
[ɡrim]1) (horrible; very unpleasant: The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses.) zoprn2) (angry; fierce-looking; not cheerful: The boss looks a bit grim this morning.) srdit3) (stubborn, unyielding: grim determination.) nepopustljiv•- grimness- grimly
- like grim death* * *[grim]adjective ( grimly adverb)srdit, hud, krut, neusmiljen, nepopustljiv, strog; čemeren, mračen; ostudenMr. Grim — smrt -
13 happy-go-lucky
adjective (not worrying about what might happen: cheerful and happy-go-lucky.) brezskrben* * *[haepigoulʌki]adjective & adverbbrezskrben, -no, lahkomiseln, -lno -
14 heart
1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) srce2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) središče, jedro3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) srce4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) srčnost5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) srce6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) srce•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) odkritosrčen pogovor- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
- with all one's heart* * *[ha:t]nounsrce, srčni prekat; čud, duša; ljubezen, naklonjenost; usmiljenje, sočutje; hrabrost, srčnost; razum; jedro, središče, osrčje; srčevina, srčika (debla, rastline), srce (solate); bistvo, bit; srček, dragec, dragica; srčen, pogumen človek; predmet oblike srca; rodovitnost (zemlje); plural srčne karteafter one's own heart — po želji, kot srce poželiat heart — v duši, v srcu, po srcubless my heart! — za boga!from one's heart — iskreno, iz srcaheart of oak — srčika hrasta, figuratively srčen človek; leseno ladjevjethe land is in good heart — zemlja je rodovitna, ni izčrpanain one's heart of hearts — v dnu duše, zareslight of heart — vesel, brezbrižennautical my hearts! — tovariši!, pogumni fantje!near one's heart — všeč, pri srcuout of heart — malodušen; nerodoviten, izčrpan (zemlja)sick at heart — potrt, žalostensearchings of heart — tesnoba, sumto one's heart's content — do mile volje, kot srce poželiwith all one's heart — iz vsega srca, srčno radmedicine disordered heart — srčna nevroza;Z glagoli: to break s.o.'s heart — streti komu srceto clasp s.o. to one's heart — prižeti koga na srceto cut s.o. to the heart — zadeti koga v srce, užalitito do one's heart good — dobro deti, osrečitito give one's heart to s.o. — dati komu srceto grow out of heart — postajati malodušen; izčrpavati se (zemlja)have a heart! — usmili se!to have no heart — biti brez srca, neusmiljento have s.th. at heart — srčno kaj želetito have one's heart in one's mouth — v grlu stiskati, biti zelo prestrašento have s.o.'s good at heart — brigati se za dobro nekogato lay s.th. to heart — na srce položitito open one's heart to s.o. — razkriti komu srce, biti velikodušento put s.o. in good heart — razveseliti, razvedriti kogato put one's heart into s.th. — biti pri stvari z dušo in telesomto set one's heart on s.th. — iz vsega srca kaj želetito set one's heart at rest — umiriti se, pomiriti seto take s.th. to heart — k srcu si kaj gnati, v srce si vtisnitito take heart (of grace) — zbrati pogum, opogumiti seto win s.o.'s heart — srce osvojitiwhat the heart thinketh, the mouth speaketh — povedati, kar ti leži na srcu -
15 irrepressible
[iri'presəbl](not able to be subdued; very cheerful.) neukrotljiv* * *[iriprésəbl]adjective ( irrepressibly adverb)nezadržen, neukrotljiv -
16 jaunty
['‹o:nti](cheerful, bright, lively: a jaunty mood/hat.) živahen- jauntily- jauntiness* * *[džɔ:nti]1.adjective ( jauntily adverb)živahen, objesten; eleganten;2.nounBritish English nautical slangladijski policaj -
17 jolly
['‹oli] 1. adjective(merry and cheerful: He's in quite a jolly mood today.) vesel2. adverb(very: Taste this - it's jolly good!) zelo- jollity* * *I [džɔli]adjective ( jollily adverb)vesel, razposajen, razpoložen, zadovoljen; prijazen, prijeten; British English colloquially sijajen, krasen; natrkanII [džɔli]adverb British English colloquially zelo, vražjea jolly good fellow — vražji fant, odličen fantyou will jolly well have to do it — hočeš nočeš, moraš to storitiIII [džɔli]nounBritish English slang vojak britanske mornariccIV [džɔli]transitive verbcolloquially zbadati (z besedo), posmehovati se, nagajati; American slang razveseliti koga; laskati komu, prilizovati se (večinoma z along) -
18 light
I 1. noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) svetloba2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) luč3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) ogenj4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) luč2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) svetel2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) svetel3. [lit] verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) razsvetliti2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) prižgati (se)•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to II1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) lahek2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) lahek3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) lahek4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) lažji5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) lahek6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) lahkoten7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) veder, lahek8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) lahen9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) prhek•- lightly- lighten- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.)* * *I [lait]adjective ( lightly adverb)lahek; majhne specifične teže, pod predpisano težo; nepomemben, neznaten, lahek (bolezen, kazen, napaka, delo itd.); zabaven, lahek (glasba, knjiga); prhek, rahel (zemlja, sneg, kruh); vitek, nežen, graciozen, okreten, uren; brezskrben, veder (srce); lahkomišljen, lahkoživ, frfrast (ženska); malo otovorjen, neotovorjen; nenaglašen (zlog)electrical light current — šibki tokfiguratively a light hand — obzirnost, taktlight in hand — poslušen (konj), lahko vodljivmilitary in light marching order — na pohodu z malo tovoraII [lait]adverbnalahko, rahlo, lahkolight come, light go — kakor pridobljeno, tako izgubljenoto get off light — srečno jo odnesti, biti malo kaznovanIII [lait]adjectivesvetel, jasenIV [lait]nounsvetloba, luč, razsvetljava; vir svetlobe (okno, sonce, svetilka, vžigalica, sveča, ogenj); dnevna, sončna svetloba; nautical svetilnik; iskrenje, sijaj (oči); poetically vid, nebesno telo; figuratively luč, prosvetljenjstvo, jasnost, prosvetljenec, genij; ključna beseda akrostiha; plural spoznanja, nova odkritja, nova dejstva, (umske) sposobnosti, zmožnosti; plural slang očihe appears in the light of (a scoundrel) videti je (lopov)by the light of nature — po naravni nadarjenosti, s prirojeno bistroumnostjoto bring to light — odkriti, odkopatito come to light — priti na svetlo, biti odkritpoetically light of one's eyes — vidfiguratively the light of my eyes — punčica mojega očesato give light to — razložiti, razjasnitito give s.o. a light — prižgati komu cigaretoto hide one's light under a bushel — biti preskromen, skrivati svoje sposobnostithe light of s.o.'s countenance — naklonjenost koga (uživati)to place s.th. in a good light — postaviti kaj v lepo lučto put a light to s.th. — prižgati, zažgati kajto see the light — roditi se; American spremeniti svoje stališče; religion biti prosvetljen, sprevidetito see the light of day — biti objavljen, biti prvič uprizorjento stand in s.o.'s light — jemati komu luč, biti komu na poti, figuratively motiti kogato strike a light — prižgati (vžigalico, vžigalnik)to throw ( —ali shed) light on s.th. — razložiti, razjasniti kajget out of the light! — ne jemlji mi svetlobe!, ne moti!light and shade — svetloba in senca, nasprotjaAncient Lights — opozorilen napis, da se ne sme jemati luči, ki prihaja skozi oknaV [lait]1.transitive verbprižgati, razsvetliti, vneti;2.intransitive verbprižgati se, vneti se, posvetiti, posijati;VI [lait]intransitive verb -
19 merry
['meri]1) (cheerful; noisily or laughingly lively etc: merry children; a merry party.) vesel2) (slightly drunk: He's been getting merry on whisky.) v rožicah•- merrily- merriness
- merriment
- merry-go-round
- merrymaking
- merrymaker* * *I [méri]nounbotany črna divja češnjaII [méri]adjective ( merrily adverb)vesel, živahen; natrkan; smešen, zabaven; archaic prijetento make merry — zabavati se, veseliti seto make merry over — smejati se komu, norčevati se iz kogaa merry Christmas (to you)! — vesel božič!Merry England — vesela, stara Anglija (zlasti za časa Elizabete I.)the Merry Monarch — vzdevek Charlesa II. -
20 outwardly
adverb (in appearance: Outwardly he is cheerful, but he is really a very unhappy person.) na zunaj* * *[áutwədli]adverbna zunaj, zunaj, ven
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