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1 engage
[in'ɡei‹]1) (to begin to employ (a workman etc): He engaged him as his assistant.) zaposliti2) (to book; to reserve: He has engaged an entertainer for the children's party.) rezervirati3) (to take hold of or hold fast; to occupy: to engage someone's attention.) pritegniti4) (to join battle with: The two armies were fiercely engaged.) spopasti se5) (to (cause part of a machine etc to) fit into and lock with another part: The driver engaged second gear.) vklopiti•- engaged- engagement
- engaging* * *[ingéidž]1.transitive verbzaposliti, dolžnost naložiti; rezervirati; obljubiti, jamčiti; napeljati, pritegniti; napasti; zaročiti;2.intransitive verb(in) zaposliti se; obvezati se; sodelovati; lotiti se; zaplesti se; spopasti se; zaročiti seto engage for s.o. — jamčiti za kogato engage with s.o. — spopasti se s komto engage s.o. in conversation — začeti s kom pogovor -
2 pre-engage
[pri:ingéidž]1.transitive verbvnaprej naložiti dolžnost; economy naprej naročiti;2.intransitive verbvnaprej se obvezati -
3 re-engage
[ri:ingéidž]transitive verbvzeti zopet v službo, zopet angažirati; zopet obvezati -
4 preoccupy
(to engage or occupy (a person's mind etc) or the attention of (someone) completely: His mind was preoccupied with plans for his holiday.) zaposlovati, obremenjevati* * *[pri:ɔkjupai]transitive verbprej zasesti; prevzeti (misel); delati komu skrbi -
5 wage
I [wei‹] verb(to carry on or engage in (especially a war): The North waged war on/against the South.) spustiti se vII [wei‹]((also wages noun plural) a regular, usually weekly rather than monthly, payment for the work that one does: He spends all his wages on books; What is his weekly wage?) plača* * *I [wéidž]noun(večinoma plural) plača; dnina, dnevni zaslužek; mezda; (tedenska) plača fizičnega delavca, služinčadi; plačilo, nagrada; povračilo; obsolete zalog, zastava, varščinawage freeze — začasna zamrznitev, prepoved povečanja mezd, plačliving wages — plača, ki je zadostna za življenjeto earn the wages of sin figuratively biti obešen ali obsojen na smrtII [wéidž]transitive verbspustiti se v (voditi, podvzeti) (vojno) (on proti); obsolete zastaviti; tvegati; najeti, vzeti v službo, namestiti; intransitive verb boriti se, vojskovati seto wage peace — boriti se za mir, čuvati mirto wage effective war on s.th. figuratively resno se lotiti česa
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