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1 figure
['fiɡə, ]( American[) 'fiɡjər] 1. noun1) (the form or shape of a person: A mysterious figure came towards me; That girl has got a good figure.) postava2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) lik3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) številka4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) prikaz2. verb1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) nastopati2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) računati•- figuratively
- figurehead
- figure of speech
- figure out* * *I [fígə]nounpostava; slika, risba; podoba, lik, kip; videz; vzorec, diagram; številka; znesek, cena; vloga; ugled; simbol; pesniška figura; plesna figura; sijaj; osebnostto cut ( —ali make) a figure — imeti vlogo, predstavljati, biti videtia man of figures, clever at figures — dober računarwhat's the figure? — koliko stane?, kakšen je račun?II [fígə]1.transitive verbtvoriti, predstavljati; (na)slikati, oblikovati, (na)risati; ilustrirati; z diagrami pojasniti; izračunati;2.intransitive verbračunati; delati se, igrati vlogo, nastopati; delati figure (pri plesu, na ledu); krasitito figure o.s. — predstavljati si -
2 figure-dance
[fígəda:ns]nounples s figurami -
3 figure-head
[fígəhed]nounglava kot okras na ladijskem nosu; figuratively izobesek; "figura" -
4 figure-skater
[fígəskeitə]nounumetnostni drsalec, umetnostna drsalka -
5 figure-skating
[fígəskeitiŋ]nounumetnostno drsanje -
6 academy-figure
[əkaedəmifigə]nounakt (slika) v polovici naravne velikosti -
7 lay-figure
[léifigə]nounlutka s premičnimi udi; figuratively nesamostojen lovek, ničè -
8 approximation
1) (a figure, answer etc which is not (intended to be) exact: This figure is just an approximation.) približek2) (the process of estimating a figure etc: We decided on a price by a process of approximation.) približno vrednotenje* * *[əprɔksiméišən]noun(to) približevanje; približnost, približna ocena; mathematics približna vrednost -
9 punch
(the name of a comic figure in a puppet-show (traditionally known as a Punch and Judy show).) pavliha* * *I [pʌnč]1.nounluknjarice (škarje), luknjač, klinčar, šilo, prebijalo, štanca, punec;2.transitive verbpreluknjati, prebiti, štancati, punciratiII [pʌnč]1.nounudarec s pestjo; colloquially sila, polet, energija;2.transitive verbudariti s pestjo; tolči (npr. po pisalnem stroju); American gnati živino s palicoIII [pʌnč]nounpunč (pijača)IV [pʌnč]nounBritish English kratkonog, okoren vlečni konj; dialectal majhen zavaljen človek -
10 diamond
1) (a very hard, colourless precious stone: Her brooch had three diamonds in it; ( also adjective) a diamond ring.) diamant2) (a piece of diamond (often artificial) used as a tip on eg a record-player stylus.) diamant3) (a kind of four-sided figure or shape; ♦: There was a pattern of red and yellow diamonds on the floor.) karo4) (one of the playing-cards of the suit diamonds, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) karo•- diamonds* * *I [dáiəmənd]nounmineralogy diamant, demant; mathematics romb; karo (karte); printing vrsta črk; American baseballsko igrišče; plural poševno sečišče dveh progdiamond cut diamond, diamond against diamond — zvijača proti zvijači, kosa na kamencutting diamond, glazier's diamond — steklarski demantEnglish diamonds, black diamonds — črni premogfiguratively rough diamond — neolikan, a pošten človekII [dáiəmənd]adjectivedemantenAmerican Diamond State — DelawareIII [dáiəmənd]transitive verb(o)krasiti z demanti -
11 fun
(enjoyment; a good time: They had a lot of fun at the party; Isn't this fun!) hec, zabava- funny- funnily
- fun and games
- for fun
- in fun
- make fun of* * *I [fʌn]nounšala, zabava, kratek čas, razvedrilo; zabaven človekto make fun, to be in fun — norčevati, šaliti seto poke fun at s.o. — osmešiti kogafor fun, in fun — za šalolike fun — kar se da, na vso moč; živahno, močnoII [fʌn]intransitive verb (po)šaliti se; poigrati se; pozabavati -
12 grapevine
1) (an informal means of passing news from person to person: I hear through the grapevine that he is leaving.) govorice2) (a vine.) vino* * *[gréipvain]nounvinska trta; American ilegalno poročanje, tajna pošta; vrsta figure na ledu -
13 Punch
(the name of a comic figure in a puppet-show (traditionally known as a Punch and Judy show).) pavliha* * *[pʌnč]noungroteskna grbasta lutka, pavliha -
14 reading
1) (the act of reading.) branje2) (the reading of something aloud, as a (public) entertainment: a poetry reading.) branje3) (the ability to read: The boy is good at reading.) branje4) (the figure, measurement etc on a dial, instrument etc: The reading on the thermometer was -5° C.) odčitek* * *[rí:diŋ]1.nounbranje, čitanje; pregledovanje; čtivo, lektira; način branja; načitanost; predavanje; recitiranje; dobeseden tekst; tolmačenje, interpretacija, razlaga, pojasnilo; korektura; razumevanje, dojemanje, doumevanje (of česa); odčitek; stanje (barometra)this book is poor reading — ta knjiga se slabo bere, ni zanimivaI took a reading from the barometer — odčital sem stanje barometra;2.adjectiveki (mnogo, rad) bere ali študira; bralen, za branjehe is a reading man British English on mnogo bere (študira) -
15 scarecrow
noun (a figure set up eg in a field, to scare away birds and stop them eating the seeds etc.) strašilo* * *[skʌ/əkrou]nounptičje strašilo; figuratively strašilo, čudno oblečen stvor; mršav človek -
16 triangle
1) (a two-dimensional figure with three sides and three angles.) trikotnik2) (a musical instrument consisting of a triangular metal bar that is struck with a small hammer.) triangel•* * *[tráiæŋgl]nountrikotnik; music triangl; history (trikoten) spinet; military history trinožnik, ki so nanj privezali vojake za bičanje; figuratively trikot(niško razmerje) (v ljubezni)equilateral, isosceles, right-angled, scalene triangle — enakostraničen, enakokrak, pravokoten, raznostraničen trikotnik -
17 Reading
1) (the act of reading.) branje2) (the reading of something aloud, as a (public) entertainment: a poetry reading.) branje3) (the ability to read: The boy is good at reading.) branje4) (the figure, measurement etc on a dial, instrument etc: The reading on the thermometer was -5° C.) odčitek* * *[rédiŋ]proper namekraj. ime -
18 figurehead
1) (a person who is officially a leader but who does little or has little power: She is the real leader of the party - he is only a figurehead.) lutka2) (an ornamental figure (usually of carved wood) attached to the front of a ship.) figura na kljunu -
19 billion
['biljən] 1. plurals billion (1, 3), billions (2, 3) - noun1) (often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000: a billion; several billion.) bilijon; (ZDA) milijarda2) (often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000.) bilijon; (ZDA) milijarda3) (a billion pounds or dollars: The sum involved amounts to several billion(s).) bilijon; (ZDA) milijarda2. adjective(often in the United Kingdom, 1,000,000,000,000 in number; in the United States and often in the United Kingdom, 1,000,000,000 in number: a few billion stars.) bilijonski; (ZDA) milijardni- billionth* * *[bíljən]nounBritish English bilijon; American milijarda -
20 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) rez; prekinitev; striženje; znižanje2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) kroj3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) kos•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) žaljiv- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) neusmiljen- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short* * *I [kʌt]nounkroj, rez, izrez, vrez; reženj, kos, odrezek; znižanje, zmanjšanje, odtegnitev; privzdignjenje (kart); udarec (pri tenisu ipd.); ignoriranje, prezir; American predor, tunel; slang delež; kanal; grafika; gravura; American izostanek iz predavanjato give s.o. the cut — pretrgati stike s komthe cut of one's jib ( —ali rig) — obraz, zunanjostfiguratively to make a cut in — zmanjšati, zreduciratiII [kʌt]1.transitive verb(od)rezati, (od)sekati, (pri)striči, rezbariti, (po)kositi, (po)žeti; (na)brusiti; gravirati, vrezovati; (pri)krojiti; skopiti, kastrirati; zbosti, zbadati; prizadeti; tepsti, bičati; figuratively izogniti, izogibati se, ne pozdraviti; zmanjšati, znižati; odložiti; izpustiti, opustiti;2.intransitive verbrezati, sekati; zbadati; žeti, kositi; slang zbežati, ucvreti, pobrisati jo; privzdigniti (karte)to cut after s.o. — letati za komto cut at s.o. — udariti koga (z mečem); figuratively prizadeti kogafiguratively to cut one's cable — umretito cut capers ( —ali didoes) — prevračati kozolce; smešne uganjati, norce britito cut s.o.'s claws — pristriči komu krempljeto cut (dead) — ne pozdraviti, ignoriratito cut a figure ( —ali splash, show, flash) — imeti vlogo, postavljati se na vidno mestoto cut it fine — premalo časa si vzeti; natanko preračunatifiguratively to cut one's fingers — opeči seto cut the ground under s.o.'s feet — pokvariti komu načrteslang to cut no ice — ne imeti vplivato cut it ( —ali the matter) short — na kratko, skratkacut it! — molči(te)!figuratively to cut the knot — odločno rešiti vprašanjeto cut a loss — odreči se, sprijazniti se z izguboto cut one's wisdom teeth ( —ali eyeteeth) — spametovati, izučiti seIII [kʌt]preterite & past participleod cutIV [kʌt]adjectivenarezan; skrajšan, zmanjšan, zreduciran; brušen; skopljen; ostrižencut and dried — pripravljen; dolgočasen, šablonskicut out for s.th. — ustvarjen za kajto have one's work cut out — s trudom izvršiti; imeti mnogo dela
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