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1 guarantee
1. noun1) (a statement by the maker that something will work for a certain period of time: This guarantee is valid for one year.) jamstvo2) (a thing that makes something likely or certain: It is no guarantee against failure.) jamstvo2. verb1) (to act as, or give, a guarantee: This watch is guaranteed for six months.) jamčiti2) (to state that something is true, definite etc: I can't guarantee that what he told me is correct.) jamčiti* * *I [gæræntí:]transitive verb(za)jamčiti; ( for) biti porokII [gæræntí:]nounjamstvo, poroštvo, garancija; porok -
2 flat
[flæt] 1. adjective1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) raven2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) dolgočasen3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) gladek4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) prazen5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) postan6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) znižan2. adverb(stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) plosko3. noun1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) stanovanje2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) nižaj3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) ploskev4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) ravnina•- flatly- flatten
- flat rate
- flat out* * *I [flæt]adjectiveraven, plosek, sploščen; medel, plehek, nezanimiv, pust, enoličen; prazen; razdišan; potrt; slab (prodaja); zvenečmusic molovski; za pol tona znižan; napačen (petje); razglašen; onemogel, izčrpan; brezobresten; odkrit; slang flat broke — brez pareto give a flat denial — gladko odkloniti, zanikatifiguratively he fell as flat as a pancake — popolnoma mu je spodleteloAmerican flat silver — srebrn priborII [flæt]adverbravno, plosko; na dolgo in široko; povsem, naravnost; prenizko (peti)to fall flat — pasti kot dolg in širok; figuratively ne se posrečiti, spodletetiIII [flæt]nounravnina, ploskev; plitvina; music nižaj; theatre zadnja kulisa; music črna klavirska tipka; plosek čoln; nizka košara; prazna zračnica; familiarly tepecIV [flæt]transitive verb & intransitive verbsploščiti (se)American to flat out — stanjšati se; figuratively izjaloviti seV [flæt]nounstanovanje (najeto); Scottish nadstropje -
3 secure
[si'kjuə] 1. adjective1) ((often with against or from) safe; free from danger, loss etc: Is your house secure against burglary?; He went on holiday, secure in the knowledge that he had done well in the exam.) varen2) (firm, fastened, or fixed: Is that door secure?) čvrst3) (definite; not likely to be lost: She has had a secure offer of a job; He has a secure job.) zanesljiv2. verb1) ((with against or from (something bad)) to guarantee or make safe: Keep your jewellery in the bank to secure it against theft.) zavarovati2) (to fasten or make firm: He secured the boat with a rope.) pritrditi•- securely- security
- security risk* * *I [sikjúə]adjectivevaren, zavarovan; siguren, gotov, zanesljiv, zagotovljen; zajamčen, miren, brezskrben; čvrst, nezavzemljiv (trdnjava); zaščiten, na varnem ( against proti); archaic ne sluteč, slepo zaupljiva secure existence — varen, brezskrben obstojto make s.th. secure — konsolidirati, utrditi, pritrditi, zapreti kajII [sikjúə]transitive verb(za)ščititi, zavarovati, spraviti na varno ( against proti, pred); military utrditi, obdati z zidom; (za)jamčiti, garantirati, preskrbeti, nabaviti, pobrigati se za, zagotoviti si; dobiti, zavzeti, prilastiti si, zasesti (mesto); izpodvezati (žilo)to secure the door — čvrsto zapreti, zakleniti vratato secure a majority — dobiti, zagotoviti si večinoto secure o.s. against loss — zavarovati se pred izguboto secure s.th. to s.o., to secure s.o. s.th. — (za)jamčiti komu kajto secure places — zagotoviti si prostore, sedeže, mestato secure valuables — spraviti na varno dragocenosti; intransitive verb biti varen ( against pred); priskrbeti si zaščito ( against pred) -
4 expressly
adverb (in clear, definite words: I expressly forbade you to do that.) izrecno* * *[iksprésli]adverbizrecno, jasno; namerno, nalašč -
5 neutral
['nju:trəl] 1. adjective1) (not taking sides in a quarrel or war: A neutral country was asked to help settle the dispute.) nevtralen2) ((of colour) not strong or definite: Grey is a neutral colour.) nevtralen3) ((in electricity) neither positively nor negatively charged.) nevtralen2. noun1) ((a person belonging to) a nation that takes no part in a war or quarrel.) nevtralec2) (the position of the gear of an engine in which no power passes to the wheels etc: I put the car into neutral.) prosti tek•- neutralize
- neutralise* * *I [njú:trəl]adjective ( neutrally adverb)nevtralen, nepristranski, neopredeljen, neudeležen; nedoločen, nejasen; chemistry electrical nevtralen; brezbrižen, mlačen, nezavzet (to do); technical prazni (tek); botany brezspolenII [njú:trəl]nounnevtralec, nevtralna država; technical prazni tek -
6 knock about/around
1) (to treat in a rough and unkind manner, especially to hit repeatedly: I've heard that her husband knocks her about.) pretepati2) (to move about (in) in a casual manner without a definite destination or purpose: He spent six months knocking around before getting a job.) potikati se3) ((with with) to be friendly with: I don't like the boys he knocks about with.) družiti se z
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