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1 needs
[ni:dz]adverb (samo z glagolom must) nujno, brezpogojno -
2 devil
['devl]1) (the spirit of evil; Satan: He does not worship God - he worships the Devil.) vrag2) (any evil or wicked spirit or person: That woman is a devil!) hudič3) (a person who is bad or disapproved of: She's a lazy devil.) vrag4) (an unfortunate person for whom one feels pity: Poor devils! I feel really sorry for them.) revež* * *I [dévl]nounvrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jedbetween the devil and the deep sea — med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdodevil's advocate — zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugodevil's books — karte, hudičeve podobicewhat comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly — kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima tekato hold a candle to the devil — pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinuzoology colloquially devil's darning needle — kačji pastirdevil's delight — pretep, prepiras the devil likes Holy Water — sploh ne, prav ničlucky devil — srečnik, -nicathe devil of a — velikanski; ogromno, neznanskoto paint the devil blacker than he is — smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na stenothe devil to pay — velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenjemilitary slang devil's piano — strojnicato play the devil with — nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnatiprinter's devil — tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurirpull devil, pull baker — see bakerII [dévl]intransitive verb & transitive verbgarirati, ocvreti in začiniti; opravljati podrejeno delo za drugega; garati; trgati krpe (stroj)to devil s.o. — prisiliti koga, da gara za druge -
3 need
[ni:d] 1. negative short form - needn't; verb1) (to require: This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help?) potrebovati2) (to be obliged: You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present.) morati2. noun1) (something essential, that one must have: Food is one of our basic needs.) potreba2) (poverty or other difficulty: Many people are in great need.) pomanjkanje3) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) potreba•- needless- needlessly
- needy
- a need for
- in need of* * *I [ni:d]nounpotreba, sila nuja (of, for po); pomanjkanje (of, for česa)to have no need to do s.th. — ne čutiti potrebe kaj nareditito fail s.o. in his need — pustiti koga na cediluII [ni:d]1.intransitive verb archaicbiti potrebno; biti v stiski, primanjkovati česa;2.transitive verbpotrebovati; zahtevati;3.auxiliary verb (z nedoločnikom s to v trdilnih, brez to v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih) morati, treba je -
4 recruit
[rə'kru:t] 1. noun1) (a person who has (just) joined the army, air force etc.) novinec2) (a person who has (just) joined a society, group etc: Our party needs new recruits before the next election.) novinec2. verb(to cause to join the army, a society etc: We must recruit more troops; Can't you recruit more members to the music society?) novačiti* * *I [rikrú:t]nounmilitary rekrut, vojaški novinec; American navaden vojak, borec; na novo sprejet član (društva itd.); začetnik, novinec; (redko) okrepitev (tudi military archaic), prirastek, obogatitevII [rikrú:t]transitive verbmilitary novačiti, dopolniti, izpopolniti (z novimi vojaki), nabirati vojake, rekrutirati; skušati pridobiti za člana, za privrženca; popraviti, obnoviti (zalogo), zopet oskrbeti ( with z); okrepiti, poživiti, figuratively (zdravstveno) zopet postaviti na noge; intransitive verb archaic okrepiti se, opomoči si, zbrati si novih moči; rekrutirati seto recruit a regiment — številčno okrepiti, ojačiti polkto be recruited from — rekrutirati se iz, figuratively biti sestavljen izhe went to the country to recruit — šel je na deželo, da bi se (zdravstveno) okrepil
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