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1 gap
[ɡæp](a break or open space: a gap between his teeth.) reža, vrzel* * *[gæp]nounodprtina, razpoka, reža, škrbina, vrzel, praznina; American soteska, globelto stop ( —ali fill up, close) a gap — zamašiti luknjo, poravnati primanjkljajto leave a gap in s.th. — pustiti praznino v čem -
2 the generation gap
noun (the difference in views and the lack of understanding between younger and older people.) prepad med generacijama -
3 water gap
[wɔ:təgæp]noundeber, soteska, skozi katero teče reka -
4 stopgap
noun (a person or thing that fills a gap in an emergency: He was made headmaster as a stopgap till a new man could be appointed; ( also adjective) stopgap arrangements.) mašilo; začasna rešitev -
5 bridge
[bri‹] 1. noun1) (a structure carrying a road or railway over a river etc.) most2) (the narrow raised platform for the captain of a ship.) (poveljniški) most3) (the bony part (of the nose).) nosni koren4) (the support of the strings of a violin etc.) kobilica2. verb1) (to build a bridge over: They bridged the stream.) zgraditi most2) (to close a gap, pause etc: He bridged the awkward silence with a funny remark.) premostiti, zapolniti* * *I [bridž]nounmost, mostič; kobilica (gosli); nautical poveljniški mostgold ( —ali silver) bridge figuratively častni umiktemporary bridge — začasen, zasilni mostII [bridž]transitive verb( over) premostiti; most zgraditiIII [bridž]nounvrsta igre kart -
6 spark
1. noun1) (a tiny red-hot piece thrown off by something burning, or when two very hard (eg metal) surfaces are struck together: Sparks were being thrown into the air from the burning building.) iskra2) (an electric current jumping across a gap: a spark from a faulty light-socket.) iskra3) (a trace (eg of life, humour): a spark of enthusiasm.) iskra2. verb1) (to give off sparks.) iskriti se2) ((often with off) to start (a row, disagreement etc): Their action sparked off a major row.) sprožiti* * *I [spa:k]1.nouniskra; majhen bleščeč se predmet, zlasti diamant; figuratively mrvica, trohica, sled; figuratively duhovit domislek; plural colloquially radiotelegrafist (na ladji)as the sparks fly upward figuratively (to je) stoodstotno dognanofairy spark — fosforescentna luč (gnijočega lesa itd.)not a spark — niti malo, niti trohice, prav ničto strike a spark out of s.o. — spodbuditi koga k živahnemu pogovoru;2.intransitive verbiskriti se, metati iskre; motoring vžgati; transitive verb razvneti, podžgati, spodbuditi, navdušitito spark off — vžgati; sprožitiII [spa:k]1.nounlahkoživec, veseljak; dvorljivec, ženskar, babjak; gizdalin; ljubimec; čedna, duhovita mlada ženska;2.intransitive verbbiti lahkoživec (gizdalin); American dvoriti, osvajati, ljubimkati, igrati ljubimca -
7 breach
[bri: ] 1. noun1) (a breaking (of a promise etc).) kršitev2) (a gap, break or hole: a breach in the castle wall; a breach in security.) razpoka, vrzel2. verb(to make an opening in or break (someone's defence).) predreti, prebiti (se)* * *I [bri:č]nounzlom, prelom; odprtina, luknja, razpoka, vrzel; figuratively prekinitev, presledek; razdor, nesloga; prestopek, kršitev, prekršek; military prodor; skok kita iz vode; nautical valovi ob ladjia custom more honoured in the breach than in the observance — navada, ki jo je bolje opustitibreach of the peace — nemir, uporto stand in the breach — pretrpeti prvi sunek napada, figuratively biti na branikuwithout breach of continuity — nenehno, nepretrganojuridically breach of promise — neizpolnjena obljuba zakonaII [bri:č]transitive verb & intransitive verbpredreti, prebiti (se); iz vode skočiti (kit) -
8 hole
[həul] 1. noun1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) luknja2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) luknja3) ((in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.) zadetek; luknja2. verb1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) preluknjati2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.) zadeti v luknjo•- hole out* * *I [hóul]nounluknja, jama; ječa; figuratively bedno stanovanje, luknja; skrivališče; (golf) luknjica, zadetek; slang zadrega, škripecfull of holes — preluknjan, figuratively pomanjkljiv, majav; economy zadolžen, bankrotiranto make a hole in — izprazniti žepe, imeti velike stroškemoney burns a hole in his pocket — denar mu ne vzdrži v žepu, hitro zapravi ves denarto put s.o. in a hole — spraviti koga v škripceII [hóul]1.transitive verbpreluknjati, izkopati jamo, dolbsti, izdolbsti; nagnati žival v luknjo; (golf) zadeti v luknjo; American colloquially zapreti (up);2.intransitive verbskriti se v jamo (zlasti z up) -
9 interlude
['intəlu:d](a usually short period or gap, eg between the acts of a play etc: We bought an ice-cream during the interlude; an interlude of calm during the violence.) odmor* * *[íntəlu:d]nountheatre medigra; history vmesna igra v srednjeveški drami, interludij; music medigra, intermezzo; figuratively presledek, epizoda -
10 intermission
[intə'miʃən](a usually short pause or gap between two (television or radio) programmes, parts of a programme, play etc.) premor* * *[intəmíšən]nounprekinitev, odmor, presledek; meddobjewithout intermission — nenehno, neprestano, brez odmora -
11 jump
1. verb1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) skočiti; pripraviti k skoku2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) skočiti3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) poskočiti4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) preskočiti2. noun1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) skok2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) preskok3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) skok4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) poskok5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) skok•- jumpy- jump at
- jump for joy
- jump on
- jump the gun
- jump the queue
- jump to conclusions / jump to the conclusion that
- jump to it* * *I [džʌmp]nounskok, preskok, skok s padalom; skok (cen itd.); nagel prehod na daljinsko snemanje (film); zdrzljaj; udarec nazaj (strelno orožje)American colloquially prednost, uspešen začetek; slang the jumps — delirium tremenssport high jump — skok v višinosport pole jump — skok s palicoAmerican slang (always) on the jump — (vedno) v naglici, v razburjenjuto keep s.o. on the jump — imeti koga na vajetihto give s.o. a jump — prestrašiti koga (da se zdrzne, poskoči)to get the jump on s.o. — imeti prednost pred kom, prehiteti kogaAmerican from the jump — od začetkaII [džʌmp]1.intransitive verbskočiti (tudi cene), skakati, poskakovati, skakljati, poskočiti, odskočiti, skočiti na noge; vskočiti (in), skočiti mimo ( past), priskočiti (to); figuratively trzniti, zdrzniti se, kvišku planiti, prestrašiti se (at); figuratively preskočiti (to na), preskočiti vrsto pri branju; tresti, zibati se (voz); izskočiti, iztiriti se (vlak); figuratively razbijati (srce);2.transitive verbpreskočiti (across, over), pomagati komu skočiti, pripraviti konja k skoku; s silo vzeti, prisvojiti si; zibati, ujčkati; zviševati ceneto jump clear of s.th. — odskočiti od česaslang to jump to it — z vnemo se česa lotitiAmerican to jump channels — preskočiti službeno stopnjoBritish English to jump the queue — ne držati se vrste zriniti se naprejto jump a claim — prisvojiti si tujo parcelo (zlatokopa itd.)to jump s.o. into s.th. — nagovoriti koga k čemudon't jump my nerves! — ne žri mi živcev!American to jump the gun — prenagliti se -
12 space
[speis] 1. noun1) (a gap; an empty or uncovered place: I couldn't find a space for my car.) prostor2) (room; the absence of objects; the area available for use: Have you enough space to turn round?; Is there space for one more?) prostor3) ((often outer space) the region outside the Earth's atmosphere, in which all stars and other planets etc are situated: travellers through space.) vesolje2. verb((also space out) to set (things) apart from one another: He spaced the rows of potatoes half a metre apart.) razmakniti- spacing- spacious
- spaciously
- spaciousness
- space-age
- spacecraft
- spaceship
- spacesuit* * *I [spéis]1.nounprostor; prostranost, širina; vsemirje, medplanetarni prostor, vesolje; omejena površina; medprostor, razmik; printing razmik med črkami ali vrsticami; časovni razmik, razdobje, kratek čas, hip; trajanje, rok; prostor (v vagonu, letalu); American slang prostor za reklame (v časopisih); obsolete priložnost, šansain a space of 3 ft. — v razmiku treh čevljevfor a space — (za) nekaj časa, za hipwithin the space of... — v mejah...to fill out blank spaces — izpolniti (v spisu) prazna mesta;2.adjectivevesoljski, medplanetaren, vsemirskiII [spéis]transitive verb & intransitive verbpustiti razmik (prazen prostor), razmaknjeno (časovno ali prostorsko) razporediti; printing spacionirati, razpreti (tisk)to space out — razmakniti, razmaknjeno razporediti; printing razprto (na)tiskati -
13 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) ustaviti2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) zaustaviti3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) prenehati4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) zamašiti5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) pritisniti na struno/odprtino6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) ostati, ustaviti se2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) ustavitev2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) postaja3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) pika4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) poklopec, dušilec5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) zagozda, zapora•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up* * *I [stɔp]nounustavitev, prekinitev, prestanek, pavza, zastoj, konec; ustavljanje, mirovanje, bivanje, pomuda, čas bivanja; postaja, postajališče; gostišče; zapora, blokiranje, ovira; aretacija; naprave za zapiranje; photography zaslonka; music sprememba višine tona, ki nastane s pritiskom na struno ali žico; (orgelski) register, figuratively register; luknja, poklopec (pri pihalih); grammar ločilo, interpunkcija; phonetics zapornik (soglasnik); figuratively način govorato be at a stop — biti ustavljen, stati, ne moči naprej (dalje)to come to a full (dead) stop — popolnoma se ustaviti (prenehati, ponehati)to pull out all the stops to save s.o. — z vsemi sredstvi poskušati koga rešitito put a stop to s.th. — ustaviti kaj, napraviti konec čemuto put a stop on s.th. — zadržati, ustaviti kaj, zapleniti kajhe put on the pathetic stop — udaril je na patetično struno, prešel je v patetičen tonII [stɔp]1.transitive verbustaviti, zaustaviti; prekiniti, ovirati, zadrževati; prenehati s čim; zamašiti (z zamaškom), začepiti (često up), zatesniti; plombirati (zob); zapolniti, zapreti, ustaviti (krvavenje itd.); zastavljati, zadrževati (promet); prestreči, odbiti, parirati (udarec); odtrgati, zadržati, prikrajšati (plačo, podporo itd.); zapreti (plin, paro, vodo); odvrniti ( from od); nautical privezati (ladjo); grammar označiti z ločili, staviti interpunkcijo, ločila; music pritisniti na (žico, struno), spremeniti višino tona s pritiskom na struno; udušiti (glas);2.intransitive verbustaviti se, obstati; colloquially ostati (v postelji, pri kom itd.), biti na obisku; nastaniti se (with s.o. pri kom); (pre)nehati, prekiniti se, napraviti prekinitev (odmor, pavzo), pavzirati; zamašiti se (cev)a badly spelt and badly stopped letter — pismo, polno pravopisnih in interpunkcijskih napakstop thief! — primite tatu!to stop a blow — odbiti, parirati udarecto stop a blow with one's head jocosely dobiti udarec po glavito stop s.o.'s breath — sapo komu zapreti; zadušiti kogato stop a bullet slang biti zadet od krogle, biti ustreljento stop a car — ustaviti, stopati avtoto stop dead (short) — nenadoma se ustaviti, obstati kot ukopanto stop doing s.th. — prenehati s čimshall you stop for dinner? — boste ostali na večerji?to stop one's ears — (za)mašiti si ušesa, figuratively ne hoteti slišatito stop a gap — zamašiti vrzel (luknjo), nadomestovati v potrebito stop s.o.'s mouth — zamašiti komu ustado stop that noise! — nehajte vendar s tem hrupom (ropotom)!stop your nonsense! — dovolj je vaših neumnosti!he stopped me from speaking — preprečil mi je, da bi povedal svoje mnenjehe never stops to think — nikoli si ne vzame časa, da bi premislil (za premislek)to stop the way — zastaviti, zapreti pot, ovirati napredovanje
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