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[ri: ] 1. verb1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?) dospeti2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) doseči3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) seči4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) stopiti v stik5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) segati2. noun1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) bližina2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) doseg3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) predeli* * *I [ri:č]noundoseg, sežaj, seganje; razsežnost, prostornost, širina, dolžina, daljina; raven, pregleden del reke med dvema zavojema; del prekopa med dvema zatvornicama; proizvodna, ustvarjalna sposobnost, proizvodnost; sfera vpliva; polje, obseg (moči, sposobnosti); nautical dolžina vrvi, s katero je privezan ogel jadra; archaic morski rokav, zalivout of reach, beyond reach — nedosegljiv, zunaj dosega; nedoumljivto be within (easy) reach — biti dosegljiv, biti blizu, v bližiniis not within my reach — to ni v moji moči, presega moje močito have a wide reach — daleč segati, se razprostiratiII [ri:č]1.transitive verbiztegniti (forth, out), izprožiti (roko); stegniti, razširiti; podati (komu kaj); postreči (komu s čim); odvzeti ( from komu ali čemu); dospeti kam, priti do, segati do, seči; priti do zaključka, razumeti, doumeti, pogruntati, dojeti; imeti vpliv, vplivati, pustiti vtis (na koga); doseči, zadeti, pogoditi (kaj); doživeti, dočakati (starost, dobo, novo izdajo)this book reached its 10 —th edition — ta knjiga je doživela 10. izdajoreach me that book, will you? — podaj mi ono knjigo, prosim!to reach forth one's hand — iztegniti (izprožiti, podati) rokothe water reached my knees — voda mi je segla do kolen;2.intransitive verbseči, poseči (after, at, for po); raztezati se (to k, do), prožiti se; priti (to do), (do)segati; nagniti se ( forward naprej, toward k, proti); figuratively težiti k čemu, iti (at, after za čem), napenjati se; prodreti ( into v), dojeti, doumeti, razumetithe country reaches from the sea to the mountains — dežela sega, se razprostira od morja do gorá
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