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1 discover
1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) odkriti2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) odkriti•* * *[diskʌvə]transitive verbodkriti, najti; opaziti, spoznati; archaic izdati -
2 find out
1) (to discover: I found out what was troubling her.) odkriti2) (to discover the truth (about someone), usually that he has done wrong: He had been stealing for years, but eventually they found him out.) odkriti* * *transitive verb odkriti, spoznati; zalotitifind out about — zvedeti (o kom, čem) -
3 check-up
noun (a medical examination to discover the state of a person's health: my annual check-up.) pregled* * *[čék3p]nounAmerican (on) pregled, kontrola -
4 come upon
(to meet, find or discover by chance: She came upon a solution to the problem.) naleteti na kaj* * *intransitive verb naleteti na koga ali kaj, srečati; presenetiti -
5 detect
[di'tekt](to notice or discover: She thought she could detect a smell of gas.) odkriti- detention* * *[ditékt]transitive verbodkriti, najti; zalotiti, zasačiti, razkrinkati -
6 exposé
[ik'spəuz]1) (to uncover; to leave unprotected from (eg weather, danger, observation etc): Paintings should not be exposed to direct sunlight; Don't expose children to danger.) izpostaviti2) (to discover and make known (eg criminals or their activities): It was a newspaper that exposed his spying activities.) razkriti3) (by releasing the camera shutter, to allow light to fall on (a photographic film).) osvetliti•- exposure* * *[ekspóuzei]nounporočilo, razlaga, pojasnilo; razkritje, razkrinkanje -
7 expose
[ik'spəuz]1) (to uncover; to leave unprotected from (eg weather, danger, observation etc): Paintings should not be exposed to direct sunlight; Don't expose children to danger.) izpostaviti2) (to discover and make known (eg criminals or their activities): It was a newspaper that exposed his spying activities.) razkriti3) (by releasing the camera shutter, to allow light to fall on (a photographic film).) osvetliti•- exposure* * *I [ikspóuz]transitive verbizpostaviti; razstaviti; razkrinkati, odkri(va)ti; kompromitirati; photography osvetliti, eksponiratito expose o.s. — pokazati svojo slabo stranII [ikspóuz]nounAmerican poročilo, razlaga, pojasnilo -
8 find
1. past tense, past participle - found; verb1) (to come upon or meet with accidentally or after searching: Look what I've found!) najti2) (to discover: I found that I couldn't do the work.) ugotoviti3) (to consider; to think (something) to be: I found the British weather very cold.) ugotoviti2. noun(something found, especially something of value or interest: That old book is quite a find!) najdba- find out* * *I [faind]1.transitive verbnajti, nahajati, odkriti, odkrivati; spoznati, opaziti; ugotoviti, izvedeti; misliti, soditi; odločiti; nabaviti, oskrbeti, opremiti; izreči, izraziti; iti po kaj;2.intransitive verbzaslediti divjačino; juridically odločiti, razsoditi; zdeti seto find favour — imeti podporo, zaščitojuridically to find s.o. guilty — spoznati, da je kdo krivcolloquially to find one's feet — pridobiti zaupanje v samega sebe, uveljaviti sejuridically to find a true bill — izjaviti, da je vzrok tožbe utemeljento find s.o. in s.th. — oskrbeti koga s čimhow do you find yourself? — kako se imaš?I trust this finds you well — upam, da boste dobrega zdravja, ko boste dobili to pismoto find o.s. — sam se oskrbeti; znajti seto find pleasure in s.th. — imeti s čim veseljeII [faind]nounnajdba; dragoceno odkritje -
9 inquire
1) (to ask: He inquired the way to the art gallery; She inquired what time the bus left.) vprašati2) ((with about) to ask for information about: They inquired about trains to London.) poizvedovati3) ((with after) to ask for information about the state of (eg a person's health): He enquired after her mother.) pozanimati se4) ((with for) to ask to see or talk to (a person): Someone rang up inquiring for you, but you were out.) pozanimati se5) ((with for) to ask for (goods in a shop etc): Several people have been inquiring for the new catalogue.) povpraševati6) ((with into) to try to discover the facts of: The police are inquiring into the matter.) raziskovati•- inquiry- make inquiries* * *[inkwáiə]1.transitive verbpoizvedovati, preiskovati ( into); vprašati, povpraševati;2.intransitive verbpoizvedovati (of s.o. pri kom); raziskovati, izpraševati, pozanimati se (after, for za, about, concerning o)to inquire into — raziskovati, (temeljito) sprašati, izpraševati -
10 living
1) (having life; being alive: a living creature; The aim of the project was to discover if there was anything living on Mars.) živ2) (now alive: the greatest living artist.) živeč* * *I [líviŋ]adjectiveživ, živeč, življenjski, živahen; verenII [liviŋ]nounživljenje, preživljanje, vsakdanji kruh; ecclesiastic dohodek, nadarbinato make a living out of — preživljati se s čim, živeti od česa -
11 scent
[sent] 1. verb1) (to discover by the sense of smell: The dog scented a cat.) zavohati2) (to suspect: As soon as he came into the room I scented trouble.) zavohati3) (to cause to smell pleasantly: The roses scented the air.) odišaviti2. noun1) (a (usually pleasant) smell: This rose has a delightful scent.) vonj2) (a trail consisting of the smell which has been left and may be followed: The dogs picked up the man's scent and then lost it again.) vonj3) (a liquid with a pleasant smell; perfume.) dišava•- scented- put/throw someone off the scent
- put/throw off the scent* * *I [sent]nounduh, vonj, parfum, dišava; zadah; hunting voh, vohanje, figuratively nos, sledfalse scent — napačna sled (tudi figuratively)to follow up the scent — iti za sledjo, iti po slediII [sent]transitive verb(za)vohati (tudi figuratively), zaduhati; priti na sled; prepojiti z dišavo (vonjem), nadišavitito scent a job — zaslediti, najti službothe rose scents the air — vrtnica širi prijeten vonj v zraku; intransitive verb dišati, imeti vonj (duh); hunting iti za sledjo -
12 solve
[solv]1) (to discover the answer to (a problem etc): The mathematics teacher gave the children some problems to solve.) rešiti2) (to clear up or explain (a mystery, crime etc): That crime has never been solved.) razrešiti* * *[sɔlv]transitive verb(raz)rešiti (problem), najti izhod (iz težav); archaic razplesti, razvozlati, najti razlago za; plačati, poravnati (dolg) -
13 strike
1. past tense - struck; verb1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) udariti2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) udariti3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) prižgati; ukresati4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) stavkati5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) naleteti na6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) udariti7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) napraviti vtis8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) kovati9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) kreniti10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) spustiti; podreti2. noun1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) stavka2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) najdba•- striker- striking
- strikingly
- be out on strike
- be on strike
- call a strike
- come out on strike
- come
- be within striking distance of
- strike at
- strike an attitude/pose
- strike a balance
- strike a bargain/agreement
- strike a blow for
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strike fear/terror into
- strike home
- strike it rich
- strike lucky
- strike out
- strike up* * *I [stráik]nounudarec (at proti), zamah, zadetek; udarec, bitje (ure, zvona); economy stavka, štrajk; sport prazen udarec; srečno naključje, sreča (v špekulaciji); military (zračni) napad; American najdba (rud, nafte); ugriz (ribe); geology smer (plasti, slojev), vodoraven sloj; American prevara, bluf; kvalitetasit-down strike — stavka, v kateri delavci nočejo zapustiti prostore, kjer delajoII [stráik]1.transitive verbudariti, dati udarec (komu), zadeti; prizadeti, napasti (o bolezni); biti (uro); odbiti z udarcem, udarjati (na boben); kovati (denar, medalje); igrati (harfo itd.); začeti (pesem, muziko); prekiniti (delo); nautical spustiti (jadro, zastavo); podreti (tabor, šotor); potegniti (črto), prečrtati; izravnati, razati; izgladiti; izkresati (ogenj), prižgati (vžigalico, luč); napolniti; zapičiti zob strupnik v (o kači); zabosti (nož itd.), harpunirati (kita); oddajati (toploto); naleteti na, zadeti ob; udariti v (o streli); napraviti vtis, pretresti, prizadcti (koga), pasti (komu) v oči, spraviti v začudenje, osupiti; pasti (komu) na parnet, (za)zdeti se (komu); menjati, odnesti (kulise); economy zaključiti (račun); nenadoma ali dramatično (kaj) izzvati; American doseči, najti, odkriti; slang prositi ( for za); obsolete božati, (po)gladiti z roko;2.intransitive verbudariti ( against ob, on na, po), udarjati, tolči, nameriti udarec (at proti), razbijati; stavkati; biti se, boriti se ( for za); biti, tolči (srce), udariti (strela); nautical military spustiti belo zastavo, figuratively predati se; kreniti, iti, oditi (to proti); nenadoma začeti prodirati, prebijati se ( through skozi) (svetloba, toplota); padati (on na); širiti roke, plavati; vžgati se (vžigalica); držati se za podlago (školjka); pihati (veter); nasesti (ladja); medicine izbruhniti (epidemija); ugrizniti, prijeti (o ribi); figuratively pasti v oči, biti opozorljiv (nenavaden, čuden); American military biti častniški slugato strike all of a heap figuratively zbegati, presenetiti, osupitito strike a ball out of court sport suniti žogo v outto strike a bargain — skleniti kupčijo; doseči sporazumto strike s.o. blind (deaf, dumb) — z udarcem koga oslepiti (oglušiti, onemiti)to strike s.o. dead figuratively pošteno osupiti kogato strike s.o.'s eye — pasti komu v očito strike s.o. in the face — udariti koga po obrazuto strike s.o.'s fancy — ugajati, biti všeč komuto strike one's flag — spustiti zastavo, figuratively predati seto be struck in a girl slang biti zatreskan v (neko) dekleto strike hands obsolete udariti v roko (v znak sporazuma)how does it strike you? — kako se vam zdi?to strike s.o.'s name in the newspaper — naleteti na ime neke osebe v časopisuto strike oil — naleteti na nafto, figuratively imeti srečo, uspeti; obogatetito strike the sands — nasesti, obtičati na sipinito strike sail — spustiti, zviti jadro; priznati porazto strike a snag slang naleteti na nepričakovano težavoto strike tents — podreti šotore, taborto strike terror into s.o. — navdati koga z grozo (s strahom)to strike a vein — naleteti, odkriti žilo (rude)what struck me was... — kar me je osupilo, je bilo...to strike at the root — posekati korenino, figuratively udariti na najbolj občutljivo mestoto strike work — ustaviti delo, stavkatistrike while the iron is hot — kuj železo, dokler je vročc -
14 trace
[treis] 1. noun1) (a mark or sign left by something: There were traces of egg on the plate; There's still no trace of the missing child.) sled2) (a small amount: Traces of poison were found in the cup.) sled2. verb1) (to follow or discover by means of clues, evidence etc: The police have traced him to London; The source of the infection has not yet been traced.) (iz)slediti2) (to make a copy of (a picture etc) by putting transparent paper over it and drawing the outline etc: I traced the map.) prekopirati•- tracing- trace elements
- tracing-paper* * *I [tréis]nounsled; stopinja; kolesnica, kolovoz, tirnica; figuratively sled, znak, (pre)ostanek; American steza markirana pot; osnovni načrt, skica, tloris; malenkost, majhna količinato be hot on the trace of s.o. — biti komu za petami, preganjati kogaII [tréis]nounzaprežna, vlečna vrvin the traces — vprežen (tudi figuratively)III [tréis]transitive verbslediti, iti po sledi (osebe, živali), zasledovati; raziskovati, odkriti, najti, zaslediti, ugotoviti; zaznati, opaziti, najti sledove ali znake (česa); (za)beležitito trace the cause of a disease — ugotoviti vzrok bolezni; (tudi trace out) narisati, skicirati; technical (tudi trace over) prerisati (skozi papir), kopiratito trace back — iti po sledovih nazaj (to do), zasledovati nazajto trace out — poiskati, najti, odkriti; intransitive verb hoditi, iti, zaslediti sethe earliest form cannot trace back earlier than the sixth ceutury — najzgodnejša oblika se da zaslediti šele v 6. stoletju -
15 unearth
(to discover (something) or remove it from a place where it is put away or hidden: During his studies, he unearthed several new facts about the history of the place.) odkriti* * *[ʌnɜ:m]transitive verbizkopati (iz zemlje); odkriti; izgnati žival iz luknje; ekshumirati; figuratively prinesti na svetlo, na dan -
16 upon
1) (to meet by accident: I chanced on a friend of yours.) naleteti na2) (to discover by accident: I chanced upon some information.) naleteti na* * *I [əpɔn]preposition (= on) na; na osnovi, na temelju; za; priloss upon loss — izguba za izgubo, stalne izgubeupon this — nato, nakarupon inspection — na temelju inšpekcije, takoj po inšpekcijito draw one's sword upon s.o. — izvleči (potegniti) svoj meč proti komuto live upon s.o. — živeti na račun kake osebeupon my word (of honour)! — častna (moja) beseda!II [əpɔn]adverbnato -
17 chance on
1) (to meet by accident: I chanced on a friend of yours.) naleteti na2) (to discover by accident: I chanced upon some information.) naleteti na -
18 get to the bottom of
(to discover the explanation or the real facts of (a mystery etc).) priti stvari do dna -
19 sniff out
(to discover or detect (by using the sense of smell): The police used dogs to sniff out the explosives.) izvohati
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