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1 extreme
[ik'stri:m] 1. adjective1) (very great, especially much more than usual: extreme pleasure; He is in extreme pain.) izreden2) (very far or furthest in any direction, especially out from the centre: the extreme south-western tip of England; Politically, he belongs to the extreme left.) skrajen3) (very violent or strong; not ordinary or usual: He holds extreme views on education.) skrajen2. noun1) (something as far, or as different, as possible from something else: the extremes of sadness and joy.) skrajnost2) (the greatest degree of any state, especially if unpleasant: The extremes of heat in the desert make life uncomfortable.) najvišja stopnja•- extremism
- extremist
- extremity
- in the extreme
- to extremes* * *I [ikstrí:m]adjective ( extremely adverb)skrajen, zadnji; pretiran; radikalen; zelo strog, drastičen; brezkompromisenII [ikstrí:m]nounskrajnost, skrajna meja, najvišja stopnja; pretiravanje; nasprotjeto carry to extreme, to go to extreme — tirati do skrajnostiin the extreme, to an extreme — čezmerno, pretirano -
2 moderate
1. ['modəreit] verb(to make or become less extreme: He was forced to moderate his demands; Gradually the pain moderated.) omiliti, popustiti2. [-rət] adjective1) (keeping within reasonable limits; not extreme: The prices were moderate; moderate opinions.) zmeren2) (medium or average; not particularly good: workmanship of moderate quality.) srednji, povprečen3. noun(a person whose views are not extreme: Politically, she's a moderate.) zmernež- moderateness
- moderation* * *I [mɔdərit]adjective ( moderately adverb)zmeren, umerjen vzdržen, skromen; enostaven, preprost (življenje); srednji, majhen, nizekmeteorology moderate breeze — zmeren veter (jakosti ɔ)II [mɔdərit]nounzmernež, treznežIII [mɔdəreit]1.transitive verb(u)blažiti, umiriti, znižati (cene);2.intransitive verbumiriti se, ublažiti se, pomiriti se, popustiti (veter) -
3 extremity
[-'stre-]1) (the farthest point: The two poles represent the extremities of the earth's axis.)2) (an extreme degree; the quality of being extreme: Their suffering reached such extremities that many died.)3) (a situation of great danger or distress: They need help in this extremity.)4) (the parts of the body furthest from the middle eg the hands and feet.)* * *[ikstrémiti]nounskrajna meja, skrajna sila, konec; plural drastični ukrepi; anatomy udje, okončineto drive s.o. to extremity — spraviti koga v obup -
4 pitch
I 1. [pi ] verb1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) postaviti2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) vreči3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) pasti4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) zibati se5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) intonirati2. noun1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) igrišče2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) višina tona3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) stopnja4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) stojnica5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) met6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) zibanje (ladje)•- - pitched- pitcher
- pitched battle
- pitchfork II [pi ] noun(a thick black substance obtained from tar: as black as pitch.) katran- pitch-dark* * *I [pič]nounmineralogy smola (zemeljska), katran; botany drevesna smolaII [pič]transitive verbsmoliti, namazati s smolo, katraniziratiIII [pič]nounmet (žoge), lučaj (balinske krogle), metanje; nautical zibanje ladje; nagnjenost, strmec, strmina (strehe); višina, stopnja; music višina tona, uglašenost (glasbila); figuratively (najvišja ali najnižja) točka, najvišja stopnja, vrh, vrhunec; British English stojnica (uličnega prodajalca); economy ponudba blaga na tržišču; American slang hvalisanje blaga, reklamni oglas; American slang čenče, blebetanje; sport igrišče, (kriket) polje med vrati; razmak med luknjicami (na filmu), razmak med žlebiči (na gramofonski plošči)pitch level — višina tona, glasuto queer s.o.'s pitch — prekrižati komu načrteAmerican slang I get the pitch — razumemslang what's the pitch? — kaj se godi?IV [pič]1.transitive verbpostaviti (tabor, šotor, stojnico); zabiti, zasaditi (kole itd.); metati, vreči, zalučati (žogo, kovance itd.); naložiti (seno z vilami); postaviti v bojni red; določiti (po višini, vrednosti); (govor itd.) uglasiti, prilagoditi (on čemu); izraziti na poseben način, s posebnim stilom; music uglasiti (glasbilo), intonirati (pesem); sport meriti na cilj, zamahniti; figuratively usmeriti (misli; toward k); nasuti (cesto), tlakovati, asfaltirati; določiti adut (pri začetku igre); ponuditi, razstaviti, hvaliti blago; slang pripovedovati, izblebetati;2.intransitive verbpasti kakor dolg in širok; nautical zibati se (ladja); sport podati žogo metalcu, metati; nagniti se (streha); utaboriti seto pitch a story — pripovedovati laži, debele tvesti, izmisliti si zgodbofiguratively to pitch one's tent — naseliti seto pitch a yarn — debele tvesti, pripovedovati neverjetno zgodbo -
5 delicacy
plural - delicacies; noun1) (the state or quality of being delicate.) finost2) (something delicious and special to eat: Caviare is a delicacy.) poslastica* * *[délikəsi]nounprijeten na oko; slaščica, poslastica; nežnost, občutljivost; takt, skromnost; figuratively kočljivostdelicacy of mind — občutljivost, rahločutnost -
6 height
[hæit]1) (the distance from the bottom to the top of something: What is the height of this building?; He is 1.75 metres in height.) višina2) (the highest, greatest, strongest etc point: He is at the height of his career; The storm was at its height.) višek3) (the peak or extreme: dressed in the height of fashion; His actions were the height of folly.) vrh, višek4) (a high place: We looked down from the heights at the valley beneath us.) vrh•- heighten* * *[háit]nounvišina, višek, vrh, vrhunec; vzpetina; vzvišenostto draw o.s. up to one's full height — zravnati seprinting height to paper — standardna višina tiska -
7 instance
['instəns](an example, especially of a condition or circumstance: As a social worker, he saw many instances of extreme poverty.) primer* * *I [ínstəns]nounprimer, prilika; prošnja; juridically instancain the first instance — v prvi instanci, v prvi stopnji; figuratively najprejin the last instance — v zadnji instanci; figuratively na koncuII [ínstəns]transitive verbnavesti, navajati (kot primer) -
8 penalty
['penlti]plural - penalties; noun1) (a punishment for doing wrong, breaking a contract etc: They did wrong and they will have to pay the penalty; The death penalty has been abolished in this country.) kazen2) (in sport etc, a disadvantage etc that must be suffered for breaking the rules etc: The referee awarded the team a penalty; ( also adjective) a penalty kick) prekršek, enajstmetrovka* * *[pénəlti]nounkazen, globa, penalesport penalty area — kazenski prostorsport penalty kick — kazenski strel (nogomet) -
9 poverty
['povəti](the condition of being poor: They lived in extreme poverty; the poverty of the soil.) revščina* * *[pɔvəti]noun(tudi figuratively) revščina, beda, pomanjkanje (of, in česa) -
10 radical
['rædikəl] 1. adjective1) (relating to the basic nature of something: radical faults in the design.) bistven2) (thorough; complete: radical changes.) korenit3) (wanting or involving great or extreme political, social or economic changes.) radikalen2. noun(a person who wants radical political changes.) radikalec* * *[raedikəl]1.noungrammar & mathematicskoren; chemistry osnova, skupina atomov s prosto valenco; politics radikalec; (zlasti American) človek leve politične usmerjenosti;2.adjective mathematics & grammar & botanykorenski; ukoreninjen, prirojen; osnovni, temeljni; primaren, začetni, prvobiten (pojem); radikalen, temeljit, popoln (zdravljenje); politics radikalenradical party politics radikalna strankaradical sign mathematics korenski znakto undergo a radical change — doživeti temeljito spremembo, popolnoma se spremeniti -
11 tantrum
['tæntrəm](a fit of extreme rage, with eg shouting and stamping: That child is always throwing tantrums.) izbruh besa* * *[taentrəm]nouncolloquially nevolja, slaba volja; izbruh jeze, jeza, bes, togotato fly into a tantrum — dobiti napad besnosti. togotnosti; raztogotiti se -
12 wheel
[wi:l] 1. noun1) (a circular frame or disc turning on a rod or axle, on which vehicles etc move along the ground: A bicycle has two wheels, a tricycle three, and most cars four; a cartwheel.) kolo2) (any of several things similar in shape and action: a potter's wheel; He was found drunk at the wheel (= steering-wheel) of his car.) kolovrat; volan2. verb1) (to cause to move on wheels: He wheeled his bicycle along the path.) voziti2) (to (cause to) turn quickly: He wheeled round and slapped me.) naglo (se) obrniti3) ((of birds) to fly in circles.) krožiti•- wheeled- - wheeled
- wheelbarrow
- wheelchair
- wheelhouse
- wheelwright* * *I [wi:l]nounkolo; krmarsko kolo (tudi figuratively); volan; kolo sreče; American colloquially bicikel; history kolo za mučenje; kolovrat; figuratively gibalna, vodilna sila; obračanje, obrat, krog, vrtenje; military obrat; figuratively preobrat; plural kolesje, gonilo, mehanizem (tudi figuratively), music refren, pripev; American slang dolaron wheels — na kolesih, z vozilom, figuratively kot namazano, hitro, brez trenjawheels within wheels — zelo zapletena aparatura (mehanizem), figuratively komplikacija za komplikacijo, zapletena stvar, položajwheel and axle — naprava za izkoriščanje sile vzvoda, na podlagi razlike v obsegu kolesa in njegove osia big wheel American colloquially figuratively visoka živina, vplivna osebaFortune's wheel, the wheel of Fortune — kolo sreče; usodaa fly on the wheel figuratively oseba, ki precenjuje svoj vplivthe man at the wheel — oseba pri krmilu; vozač, voznik, šoferto break a (butter)fly (up) on the wheel figuratively po nepotrebnem poseči po ostrih ukrepih, s topovi streljati na vrabceto break s.o. on the wheel history mučiti koga na kolesuto go on wheels figuratively iti kot po maslu (gladko, brez motenj)to put ( —ali to set) one's shoulder to the wheel — truditi se, napenjati seto put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel figuratively delati komu zapreke, metati komu polena pod nogeto take the wheel — sesti za volan, voziti, šofiratiII [wi:l]transitive verbobrniti, obračati okoli osi; vrteti v krogu; valiti, valjati; opremiti s kolesi; voziti ( a wheel chair stol na kolesih); kotaliti, prevažati na kolesihto wheel a victim history treti žrtev na kolesu; intransitive verb naglo se obrniti ( round okoli) -
13 spastic
['spæstik]noun, adjective((a person) suffering from brain damage that causes extreme muscle spasms and/or muscular paralysis: Their youngest child is (a) spastic.) spastičen* * *[spaestik]adjectivemedicine krčevit, spastičen, spazmičen -
14 unction
[ʌŋkšən]nounmazanje, drgnjenje, masiranje; medicine mazilo; religion maziljenjeextreme unction religion sveto poslednje olje; figuratively pomirjenje, olajšanje, tolažba, balzam; pretirana čustvenost, nepristen patos, sentimentalnosta story told with unction — s patosom, pretirano čustveno pripovedovana zgodba
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