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1 clockwork
noun (machinery similar to that of a clock: a toy which works by clockwork.) urni mehanizem* * *[klɔkwə:k]nounkolesje urelike clockwork — kakor ura točen, avtomatičen, mehaničen -
2 like clockwork
(very smoothly and without faults: Everything went like clockwork.) kot po maslu -
3 clock
[klok] 1. noun1) (an instrument for measuring time, but not worn on the wrist like a watch: We have five clocks in our house; an alarm clock (= a clock with a ringing device for waking one up in the morning).) (stenska, namizna) ura2) (an instrument for measuring speed of a vehicle or distance travelled by a vehicle: My car has 120,000 miles on the clock.) števec2. verb(to register (a time) on a stopwatch etc.) meriti čas (s štoparico)- clockwork
- clock in
- out/on
- off
- clock up
- like clockwork
- round the clock* * *I [klɔk]noun(stenska, stolpna) ura; taksimeteraround the clock — dan in noč, nenehnowhat o'clock is it? — koliko je uraII [klɔk]transitive verbIII [klɔk]nounvezen okras na gležnju nogavice; hroščIV [klɔk]intransitive verb & transitive verbvaliti jajca; kokati -
4 regular
['reɡjulə] 1. adjective1) (usual: Saturday is his regular day for shopping; That isn't our regular postman, is it?) običajen2) ((American) normal: He's too handicapped to attend a regular school.) navaden3) (occurring, acting etc with equal amounts of space, time etc between: They placed guards at regular intervals round the camp; Is his pulse regular?) pravilen4) (involving doing the same things at the same time each day etc: a man of regular habits.) vsakdanji5) (frequent: He's a regular visitor; He's one of our regular customers.) reden6) (permanent; lasting: He's looking for a regular job.) stalen7) ((of a noun, verb etc) following one of the usual grammatical patterns of the language: `Walk' is a regular verb, but `go' is an irregular verb.) pravilen8) (the same on both or all sides or parts; neat; symmetrical: a girl with regular features; A square is a regular figure.) pravilen, simetričen9) (of ordinary size: I don't want the large size of packet - just give me the regular one.) navaden10) ((of a soldier) employed full-time, professional; (of an army) composed of regular soldiers.) poklicen2. noun1) (a soldier in the regular army.) poklicni vojak2) (a regular customer (eg at a bar).) stalni gost•- regularly
- regulate
- regulation
- regulator* * *I [régjulə]1.adjectivepravilen, regularen, reden; urejen, običajen, normalen, vsakdanji; predpisan, točen; zakonit; izučen; simetričen; American colloquially popoln, pravi pravcati, skoz in skozregular soldier — reden, poklicni vojakhe is a regular bear figuratively on je pravi (pravcati) medvedto lead a regular life — živeti redno, urejeno življenje;2.adverbredno; zaresII [régjulə]nounmilitary vojak redne vojske; plural redne čete; colloquially stalni nameščenec, redno zaposlena oseba, stalen gost, stalen odjemalec; ecclesiastic redovnik, redovni duhovnik, regulár; American politics zvest privrženec stranke
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