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1 dead
[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) mrtev2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) pokvarjen3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) popoln2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.) popolnoma- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) zelo- dead end- dead-end
- dead heat
- dead language
- deadline
- deadlock* * *I [ded]adjectivemrtev, brez življenja, crknjen; nedostavljiv (pošiljka); popoln; izumrl, neveljaven; otopel, otrpel; zamolkel, moten; slep (okno); jalov (sloj); temen (noč); ugašajoč; globok (spanje); ovenel; neraben, slab, izločen; neodločen (tekma)American colloquially dead above the ears — neumen, topoglavdead end — slepa ulica; figuratively zagataAmerican dead freight — nepokvarljiv tovorAmerican slang dead from the neck up — trapast, butastmilitary dead ground — ozemlje, ki je zunaj streljajadead letter — nedostavljivo pismo; izumrl običaj; zakon, ki ga ne spoštujejodead level figuratively enoličnost, neučinkovitostto make a dead set on — napasti z vso odločnostjo; truditi se, da se komu približamocolloquially dead men ( —ali marines) — izpite, prazne steklenicedead nuts on — popolnoma zaverovan, navdušen za kajdead office — pogrebni obredi, zadušnicadead reckoning marine približna ocena (dolžine poti)dead stock — mrtvi kapital; neprodajno blagodead weight — lastna teža; figuratively huda ovira napredkadead wood — posušen les; izvržek, izbirekdead silence — popolna, mrtva tišinaII [ded]adverbskrajno, popolnoma, docelato cut s.o. dead — ignorirati koga, ne pozdraviti gaIII [ded]nounsmrtna tišina, mrtvilothe dead plural mrtvi, pokojniki, umrlicolloquially on the dead — odločno, resno; plural mineralogy jalovina -
2 season
['si:zn] 1. noun1) (one of the main divisions of the year according to the regular variation of the weather, length of day etc: The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter; The monsoon brings the rainy season.) letni čas2) (the usual, proper or suitable time for something: the football season.) sezona2. verb1) (to add salt, pepper, mustard etc to: She seasoned the meat with plenty of pepper.) začiniti2) (to let (wood) be affected by rain, sun etc until it is ready for use.) kondicionirati•- seasonal
- seasoned
- seasoning
- season ticket
- in season
- out of season* * *I [si:zn]nounletni čas, letna doba, sezona, sezija; čas dozorevanja (sadja, zelenja itd.); pravi čas za kako delo; čas, doba, razdobje; British English čas (božičnih, velikonočnih itd.) praznikov; archaic začimbain season — ravno prav, ob pravem času, v sezoni (npr. dozorelega sadja itd.)in good season, in due season — v pravem časuin season and out of season — ob vsakem času, kadarkoli; umestno ali neumestnothe season, London season — londonska sezona (od maja do julija)close season hunting lovopustcompliments of the season, season's compliments — pozdravi z voščili za praznikeholiday season — čas, doba počitnic, počitniška sezonaLenten season ecclesiastic postni časopen season, shooting season hunting lovna dobapairing season hunting čas parjenjato endure s.th. for a season — nekaj časa kaj prenašatithey will go back to London for the theatrical season — vrnili se bodo v London za gledališko in družabno sezono (maj - julij)I wish you the compliments of the season — želim vam vesele (božične, velikonočne) praznikeII [si:zn]1.transitive verbzačiniti, zabeliti, napraviti okusno, prijetno; dozoriti (plodove, vino); osušiti (les); aklimatizirati, privaditi, priučiti (to s.th. na kaj); archaic ublažiti, omilitito season one's remarks with jokes — zabeliti svoje opazke s šalami, z dovtipilet mercy season justice! — naj usmiljenje omili (ublaži) pravičnost!;2.intransitive verbdozore(va)ti; (p)osušiti se; privaditi se, aklimatizirati se, navaditi se (to na) -
3 beat
past tense; see beat* * *I [bi:t]nounudarec; bitje, utrip; nihanje (nihala); music ritem, takt; korak; območje, stroka, delokrog, revir, rajon; obhodna straža; American slang časopisna senzacija; American slang lenuh, postopačthat is not my beat, that is off ( —ali out of) my beat — to ni moja stroka, s tem se ne ukvarjam; to me ne zanimaII [bi:t]1.transitive verbtolči; udariti, udarjati; biti; utrti, utirati; premagati, prekositi, prekašati; (o)slepariti; obleteti; zbegati;2.intransitive verbbiti, utripati; mlatiti; trkati; taktirati; prebijati se; nautical laviratito beat the air — zaman se truditi, prazno slamo mlatitito beat the breast — trkati se po prsih, obžalovatidead beat — na smrt utrujen, onemogelto beat hollow (to smithereens, sticks, nothing, all to pieces, to ribands) dodobra premagatibeat it! — poberi se!to beat time — voditi, dirigirati, taktiratiAmerican slang can you beat it? — to je nezaslišano, kakšna predrznost!American slang to beat it — zbežati, popihati joIII [bi:t]preteriteod beat 2; adjective izčrpan -
4 nut
1) (a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell: a hazel-nut; a walnut.) oreh2) (a small round piece of metal with a hole through it, for screwing on the end of a bolt to hold pieces of wood, metal etc together: a nut and bolt.) matica vijaka•- nutty- nutcracker
- nutshell
- in a nutshell* * *I [nət]nounbotany oreh, lešniktechnical matica vijaka, pesto kolesa, luknja za ključavnico; economy plural kockovec (premog); figuratively trd oreh; slang glava, buča; slang gizdalin; slang plural nor; slang to be nuts — biti nor, biti neumenslang to be nuts to ( —ali for) — noro komu ugajati, biti užitek za kogaslang to be (dead) nuts on — biti nor na kaj, biti noro zaljubljenslang not for nuts — sploh ne, nikakorslang to go nuts — priti ob pamet, ponoretislang to drive s.o. nuts — spraviti koga ob pametslang off one's nut — ob pamet, norfiguratively a hard nut to crack — trd oreha tough nut — svojeglavec, trda bučaII [nət]intransitive verbnabirati orehe (lešnike) -
5 pyre
(a pile of wood on which a dead body is ceremonially burned: a funeral pyre) grmada* * *[páiə]noungrmada (zlasti za sežiganje mrličev) -
6 wall
[wo:l] 1. noun1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) zid2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) stena2. verb((often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall: We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.) ograditi z zidom- walled- - walled
- wallpaper 3. verb(to put such paper on: I have wallpapered the front room.) obložiti s tapetami- have one's back to the wall
- up the wall* * *I [wɔ:l]1.nounstena, zid (tudi figuratively); (trdnjavsko) obzidje; plural military utrdbe, nasip, okop; ločilna stena, pregraja, bariera; del pločnika ob ziduwithin the walls — znotraj zidov, v notranjosti mesta, figuratively znotraj (nekega področja)within four walls figuratively strogo zaupnowith one's back to the wall figuratively v težavnem položaju, v škripcihto be up against a brick wall figuratively ne moči (iti) naprejto give s.o. the wall — odstopiti komu prostor, da lahko gre ob zidu (kot počastitev), figuratively pustiti komu prednostto go to the wall figuratively biti pritisnjen ob zid, biti premagan, podleči, propasti; pasti pod stečajto meet a dead wall figuratively ne naleteti na razumevanjeto paint the devil on the wall figuratively slikati vraga na zidto run one's head against a wall figuratively hoteti z glavo skoz zid, skušati napraviti nekaj nemogočegato see through brick wall figuratively biti zelo bisterto send s.o. to the wall — pritisniti koga ob zid, pognati koga v škripceto take the wall of s.o. — ne odstopiti komu mesta ob zidu; imeti prednost pred kom;2.adjectivestenski; zidniwall crane technical konzolno dvigalowall fruit agronomy špalirsko sadjewall game sport vrsta nogometa (v Etonu)wall lizard zoology sivi kuščarwall newspaper — stenski časopis, stenčaswall painting — stensko slikarstvo, slika na zidu, freskaWall Street (W.S.) American finančna četrt v New Yorku; figuratively moč ameriškega kapitala (denarja, financ)wall tree agronomy špalirno drevowall walk — pokrit hodnik na grajskem, mestnem zidu za obramboII [wɔ:l]transitive verbobdati, utrditi z zidom ( a town — mesto); figuratively obkrožiti, obkoliti, zapreti
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