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1 inquire
1) (to ask: He inquired the way to the art gallery; She inquired what time the bus left.) vprašati2) ((with about) to ask for information about: They inquired about trains to London.) poizvedovati3) ((with after) to ask for information about the state of (eg a person's health): He enquired after her mother.) pozanimati se4) ((with for) to ask to see or talk to (a person): Someone rang up inquiring for you, but you were out.) pozanimati se5) ((with for) to ask for (goods in a shop etc): Several people have been inquiring for the new catalogue.) povpraševati6) ((with into) to try to discover the facts of: The police are inquiring into the matter.) raziskovati•- inquiry- make inquiries* * *[inkwáiə]1.transitive verbpoizvedovati, preiskovati ( into); vprašati, povpraševati;2.intransitive verbpoizvedovati (of s.o. pri kom); raziskovati, izpraševati, pozanimati se (after, for za, about, concerning o)to inquire into — raziskovati, (temeljito) sprašati, izpraševati -
2 enquire
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3 after
1. preposition1) (later in time or place than: After the car came a bus.) po2) (following (often indicating repetition): one thing after another; night after night.) za3) (behind: Shut the door after you!) za4) (in search or pursuit of: He ran after the bus.) za5) (considering: After all I've done you'd think he'd thank me; It's sad to fail after all that work.) po6) ((American: in telling the time) past: It's a quarter after ten.) čez2. adverb(later in time or place: They arrived soon after.) zatem3. conjunction(later than the time when: After she died we moved house twice.) potem ko- afterthought
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- after all
- be after* * *I [á:ftə], American [aeftə]adverbkasneje, natoII [á:ftə], American [aeftə]adjectivekasnejši, naslednji; zadnjiIII [á:ftə], American [aeftə]prepositionpo, zaafter all — končno, navsezadnje, sicer, kljub temuto be after s.th. — nameravati nekaj, hrepeneti po čem, imeti nekaj za bregomafter hours — čas po policijski uri, ko so zaprte trgovineto look after — čuvati, pazitiwhat are you after? — kaj želiš?IV [á:ftə], American [aeftə]conjunctionpotem koafter having finished his work, he left — ko je končal delo, je odšel -
4 enquiry
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5 investigate
[in'vestiɡeit](to examine or inquire into carefully: The police are investigating the mystery.) preiskovati- investigator* * *[invéstigeit]transitive verbraziskati, raziskovati, izslediti, preiskovati, poizvedovati ( into) -
6 merit
['merit] 1. noun1) (the quality of worth, excellence or praiseworthiness: He reached his present position through merit.) zasluga2) (a good point or quality: His speech had at least the merit of being short.) odlika2. verb(to deserve as reward or punishment: Your case merits careful consideration.) zaslužiti* * *I [mérit]nounzasluga, vrednost, odlika, prednost, dobra stranjuridically the merits — bistvo, glavne točke (zadeve)juridically to inquire into the merits of a case — temeljito zadevo preučiti, iti stvari do dnaon its own merits — samo na sebi, v bistvuwithout merit — brez vrednosti, prazen, brez vsebine, neveljavento reward s.o. according to his merits — nagraditi koga po njegovih zaslugah, dati komu kar mu greeconomy merit pay — plačilo po učinkueconomy politics merit system — sistem nastavitve in napredovanja na temelju sposobnostiII [mérit]transitive verbzaslužiti (kazen, nagrado)
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