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1 alleviate
[ə'li:vieit](to make an improvement by lessening (pain etc): The drugs will alleviate the pain.) (o)lajšati* * *[əlí:vieit]transitive verblajšati, blažiti, manjšati -
2 buffer
(an apparatus for lessening the force with which a moving object strikes something.) blažilec* * *[bʌfə]nounrailway odbojnik, odbijač, blažilec; puška, pokalica; slang starokopitnež; nautical slang krmarjev pomočnik; fante -
3 decline
1. verb1) (to say `no' to (an invitation etc); to refuse: We declined his offer of a lift.) odkloniti2) (to become less strong or less good etc: His health has declined recently; Our profits have temporarily declined.) poslabšati se, zmanjšati se2. noun(a gradual lessening or worsening (of health, standards, quantity etc): There has been a gradual decline in the birthrate.) padec* * *I [dikláin]1.intransitive verbsklanjati, nagibati se; biti naklonjen; pojemati; padati (cene); nazadovati, propadati; oslabeti, obnemoči;2.transitive verbnagniti; odkloniti, odbiti; grammar sklanjatiII [dikláin]nounupadanje, pojemanje, upad, padec (cen); medicine tuberkuloza, zavratna bolezento be on the decline — upadati, propadatito fall ( —ali go) into a decline — začeti propadati, hirati; bolehati za jetikodecline of day — večer, mrak -
4 diminution
[dimi'nju:ʃən](lessening: a diminution in the birth rate.) zmanjšanje* * *[diminjú:šən]nounmanjšanje, pojemanje, tanjšanje, zožitev -
5 relief
[rə'li:f]1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) olajšanje2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) pomoč3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) zamenjava4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) osvoboditev5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relief•- relieve- relieved* * *I [rilí:f]nounrelief, reliefno izbočeno delo; geography izbočenost zemeljske skorje (površine), relief, nadvig, plastična zemljepisna karta; printing reliefni tisk; figuratively živost, plastičnost, reliefnostto stand out in bold relief against the background — močno (jasno) se odražati (očrtavati) od ozadjaII [rilí:f]nounolajšanje, olajšava, osvoboditev, rešitev ( from iz, od); ublažitev; tolažba; juridically podpora, pomoč, lek; oprostitev ( from od); odškodnina; figuratively počitek, počivanje, okrevanje; ugodna sprememba; military osvoboditev, odrešitev (obleganega mesta, trdnjave); zamenjava (posadke, straže); pojačanje, rezervaa relief to the eye — blagodejnost, užitek za okoit was a relief to see... — bilo je olajšanje videti... -
6 remission
[-ʃən]1) (a lessening in the severity of an illness etc.) popuščanje2) (a shortening of a person's prison sentence.) znižanje (kazni)3) (the act of remitting.) izročitev* * *[rimíšən]nounodpuščanje, odpustitev ( of sins grehov); oprostitev, spregled (kazni, dolga); znižanje, zmanjšanje (davka); popuščanje, ponehavanje, jenjavanje, ublažitev (vročine ipd.), slabljenje, slabenje (marljivosti); upadanje, pešanje; nakazilo (denarja); medicine remisija
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