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1 minority
[mi'no-, mæi'no-]noun (a small number; less than half: Only a minority of people live in the countryside; a racial/political minority.) manjšina* * *[mainɔriti]nounmanjšina; juridically mladoletnosteconomy minority share — delnica, ki je premajhna, da bi dovoljevala vpogled v poslovanje -
2 be in the minority
(to be in the smaller of two groups: Women were in the minority at the meeting.) biti v manjšini -
3 minor
1. adjective1) (less, or little, in importance, size etc: Always halt when driving from a minor road on to a major road; She has to go into hospital for a minor operation.) manj pomemben2) ((American) a secondary subject that a student chooses to study at university or college: Her major is in physics, but she has a minor in computer science.)2. verb((American) to study something as a minor subject: He is minoring in French.) imeti za stranski predmet3. noun(a person who is not yet legally an adult.) mladoletnik- minority- be in the minority* * *I [máinə]adjectivemanjši, majhen, manj pomemben, podrejen; mladoleten, mlajšifiguratively conversation in a minor key — žalosten (pridušen) pogovorAmerican minor subject — stranski predmet na univerzijuridically minor offence — manjši prekršekgrammar minor sentence — nepopoln stavekII [máinə]nounmladoletnik; podrejeni; American stranski predmet na univerzi; music molova skala; American sport druga ligaMinor — minorit, frančiškanIII [máinə]intransitive verb American to minor in — imeti kot stranski predmet na univerzi -
4 religious
1) (of religion: religious education; a religious leader/instructor.) verski2) (following the rules, forms of worship etc of a religion: a religious man.) pobožen* * *[rilídžəs]1.adjective ( religiously adverb)pobožen, religiozen; ecclesiastic redovniški, duhoven, cerkven, verski; vestenwith religious care — zelo vestno, nadvse skrbnoreligious order — redovniški, samostanski redthe religious wars — verske vojne;2.nounredovništvo, redovni duhovniki; redovnik, menih -
5 wasp
[wosp](White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; a term used critically (often by minority groups) to refer to the members of the privileged upper middle class in the USA.) pripadnik visokega srednjega razreda- Waspish- waspish
- waspishly
- waspishness* * *[wɔsp]nounzoology osa; figuratively (hitro) razdražljiv človekwasp's nest — osir, osišče, osje gnezdowasp waist figuratively tanek, zelo vitek stas -
6 WASP
[wosp](White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; a term used critically (often by minority groups) to refer to the members of the privileged upper middle class in the USA.) pripadnik visokega srednjega razreda- Waspish- waspish
- waspishly
- waspishness* * *abbreviationAmerican Women's Air Service Pilots
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