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1 plain
[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) preprost2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) jasen3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) odkrit4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) očiten5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) puščoben2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) ravnina2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) desna petlja•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain English* * *I [pléin]adjective ( plainly adverb)preprost, enostaven, navaden; brez okraskov, preprost (soba itd.); nevzorčast, enobarven (blago); črno-bel (fotografija, risba); nemikaven, neprivlačen, neuglajen (obraz, dekle); jasen, razumljiv, nedvoumen, brez ovinkov (pogovor), očiten, razločen; nerazredčen (alkohol); odkrit, pošten; srednji, nepomemben, povprečen; metallurgy nelegiran (npr. jeklo); raven, plosk (dežela); figuratively gol, čist (nesmisel)plain card — navadna karta (razen kralja, dame in fanta)as plain as plain can be — ali as plain as the nose on one's face — ali plain as a pikestaff — ali as plain as point — jasno kot beli danplain dealer — poštenjak, odkrit človekplain dealing — odkritost, iskrenost, pošteno trgovanjeplain sewing — bela vezenina, šivanje belega perilaII [pléin]adverbjasno, razumljivo; odkrito, poštenoIII [pléin]nounravnina, ravan, nižava, poljana; bojišče; plural prerijaIV [pléin]intransitive verb British English archaic & poetically žalovati, tožiti, tarnati -
2 broken
['brəukən]1) (see break: a broken window; My watch is broken.) razbit; pokvarjen2) (interrupted: broken sleep.) pretrgan3) (uneven: broken ground.) neraven4) ((of language) not fluent: He speaks broken English.) polomljen5) (ruined: The children come from a broken home (= their parents are no longer living together).) razdrt•* * *[bróukən]1.past participle od break;2.adjective ( brokenly adverb)zdrobljen, razklan, razbit; prekinjen, pretrgan; presekan; sunkovit; v ježi izurjen, ukročen; spremenljiv (vreme)broken bread, meat etc. — ostanki kruha, mesa itd.broken ground — neravna tla; gričevnata pokrajina; preorana zemljabroken spirit — pobitost, potrtostbroken wind — nadušljivost, naduha (konja) -
3 dead
[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) mrtev2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) pokvarjen3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) popoln2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.) popolnoma- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) zelo- dead end- dead-end
- dead heat
- dead language
- deadline
- deadlock* * *I [ded]adjectivemrtev, brez življenja, crknjen; nedostavljiv (pošiljka); popoln; izumrl, neveljaven; otopel, otrpel; zamolkel, moten; slep (okno); jalov (sloj); temen (noč); ugašajoč; globok (spanje); ovenel; neraben, slab, izločen; neodločen (tekma)American colloquially dead above the ears — neumen, topoglavdead end — slepa ulica; figuratively zagataAmerican dead freight — nepokvarljiv tovorAmerican slang dead from the neck up — trapast, butastmilitary dead ground — ozemlje, ki je zunaj streljajadead letter — nedostavljivo pismo; izumrl običaj; zakon, ki ga ne spoštujejodead level figuratively enoličnost, neučinkovitostto make a dead set on — napasti z vso odločnostjo; truditi se, da se komu približamocolloquially dead men ( —ali marines) — izpite, prazne steklenicedead nuts on — popolnoma zaverovan, navdušen za kajdead office — pogrebni obredi, zadušnicadead reckoning marine približna ocena (dolžine poti)dead stock — mrtvi kapital; neprodajno blagodead weight — lastna teža; figuratively huda ovira napredkadead wood — posušen les; izvržek, izbirekdead silence — popolna, mrtva tišinaII [ded]adverbskrajno, popolnoma, docelato cut s.o. dead — ignorirati koga, ne pozdraviti gaIII [ded]nounsmrtna tišina, mrtvilothe dead plural mrtvi, pokojniki, umrlicolloquially on the dead — odločno, resno; plural mineralogy jalovina -
4 decent
['di:snt]1) (fairly good; of fairly good quality: a decent standard of living.) dostojen2) (kindly, tolerant or likeable: He's a decent enough fellow.) ljubezniv3) (not vulgar or immoral; modest: Keep your language decent!) spodoben•- decency- decently* * *[dí:snt]adjective ( decently adverb)spodoben; primeren, zadovoljiv; zmeren, prijeten; ljubezniv; skromen; radodaren; colloquially čisto dober -
5 dictionary
['dikʃənəri]plural - dictionaries; noun1) (a book containing the words of a language alphabetically arranged, with their meanings etc: This is an English dictionary.) slovar2) (a book containing other information alphabetically arranged: a dictionary of place-names.) slovar* * *[díkšənri]nounbesednjak, slovar
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