pokvariti si glas

1) (a spot or stain (often of ink): an exercise book full of blots.) packa

2) (something ugly: a blot on the landscape.) madež

1) (to spot or stain, especially with ink: I blotted this sheet of paper in three places when my nib broke.) popackati

2) (to dry with blotting-paper: Blot your signature before you fold the paper.) popivnati

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- blotter

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madež, packa; figuratively sramota, moralni madež; šibka točka

to cast a blot upon s.o.'s character — obrekovati, očrniti koga

a blot upon s.o.'s scutcheon — sramota

a blot on the landscape — iznakaženost pokrajine

umazati, popackati, oskruniti; (s pivnikom) osušiti

to blot out — prečrtati, izbrisati; uničiti, zatreti

to blot out one's copy-book — pokvariti si glas

kocka na izpostavljeni točki pri igri triktrak; figuratively šibka točka v strategiji

1) (a broken, collapsed or decayed state: the ruin of a city.) razvalina

2) (a cause of collapse, decay etc: Drink was his ruin.) poguba

3) (financial disaster; complete loss of money: The company is facing ruin.) polom

1) (to cause ruin to: The scandal ruined his career.) uničiti

2) (to spoil; to treat too indulgently: You are ruining that child!) razvajati

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- ruination

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razvalina, kup ruševin, ruševina, podrtija; razpad, propad(anje), razsulo, rušenje, uniče(va)nje, ugonabljanje; zlom, poguba; onečaščenje; trpljenje; figuratively onemogočenje, izjalovitev, spodlet, vzrok propada; plural razvaline, ruševine, ostanki

in ruins — v ruševinah, podrt, razrušen

blue ruin — slab gin (vrsta brinovca)

to be the ruin of s.o. — uničiti koga

he will be the ruin of me — on bo moja poguba

he is but a ruin of his former self (what he was) — on je le senca tega, kar je bil

to bring to ruin — povzročiti propad (uničenje, pogubo), privesti do propada

to be on the brink (verge) of ruin — biti na robu propada

to fall to ruins — razpasti v razvaline (ruševine)

to go (to run) to ruin — razpasti; konec vzeti

to lay in ruins — spremeniti v ruševine, v razvaline

to lie in ruins — biti v razvalinah

to tumble into ruin — razpadati v ruševine

porušiti, spremeniti v ruševine, razdejati, podreti, uničiti, opustošiti; pokvariti; onemogočiti, preprečiti, spodnesti; povzročiti propad, ruinirati, uničiti, pogubiti (koga); zapeljati (dekle)

to ruin oneself — uničiti se

a ruined house — hiša v ruševinah

to ruin one's clothes — uničiti si obleko

to ruin one's eyes — pokvariti si oči

to ruin a girl — zapeljati dekle

to ruin one's health — uničiti si zdravje

to ruin s.o.'s reputation — spraviti koga ob (uničiti komu) dober glas; intransitive verb propasti; biti uničen (ruiniran); poetically zrušiti se

1) (to be unsuccessful (in); not to manage (to do something): They failed in their attempt; I failed my exam; I failed to post the letter.) spodleteti

2) (to break down or cease to work: The brakes failed.) pokvariti se

3) (to be insufficient or not enough: His courage failed (him).) pustiti na cedilu

4) ((in a test, examination etc) to reject (a candidate): The examiner failed half the class.) vreči (na izpitu)

5) (to disappoint: They did not fail him in their support.) pustiti na cedilu

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- failing

- failure

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manjkati, ne zadostovati; prenehati, pešati, slabeti, slabšati se, ne moči; (in) ponesrečiti se, spodleteti, ne uspeti; pasti pri izpitu;

izneveriti se, razočarati, pustiti na cedilu; pustiti pasti (pri izpitu); ne imeti; doživeti denarni polom

to fail to come — ne priti

not to fail to do it — gotovo narediti

you cannot fail to find — gotovo boste našli

I fail to see — ne morem razumeti

to fail in duty — zanemarjati svojo dolžnost

to fail in one's word — besedo snesti

my heart has failed me — nisem imel dovolj poguma

his voice failed — glas mu je odpovedal

to fail in business — propasti, bankrotirati

the prophesy failed — napoved se ni izpolnila

see failure, neuspeh; napaka; nesrečnik, - nica

without fail — čisto gotovo

1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) potopiti (se)

2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) spustiti se

3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) potopiti, zasaditi

4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) izgubiti pogum

5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) vložiti

- sunken

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(kuhinjski) izlivek, luknja za umazano vodo; odtok, odtočna cev, odtočni kanal; kloaka, greznica; geology kotlina; (zlasti) figuratively mlak(už)a, močvirje

a sink of iniquity — brlog (jama) pregrehe

(po)toniti, potopiti se, utoniti; upasti (o reki), znižati se, zmanjšati se; padati (cene); pasti (ugled); zaiti (sonce); spustiti se na zemljo (mrak); usesti se; ponehati (vihar); vpiti se (barva); pogrezniti se, udirati se, sesesti se; pasti ( into v); slabeti, giniti, onemoči, bližati se koncu; podirati se, rušiti se; podleči, kloniti; veniti, hirati, propadati;

potopiti (ladjo), pogrezniti, uničiti, pokvariti, povesiti (glavo); znižati, spustiti dol (cene); vrtati, dolbsti (vodnjak, luknjo); vrezati (žig itd.); pustiti ob strani, ne posvečati pozornosti (čemu); pozabiti (prepir); neugodno naložiti (kapital), izgubiti (denar); skrivati, prikriti, zamolčati

sink or swim! — ali plavaš (se rešiš, prideš na zeleno vejo), ali pa utoneš!

here goes, sink or swim — zdaj gre za biti ali ne biti

to sink beneath the burden — kloniti, zrušiti se pod bremenom

her cheeks have sunk — lica so ji upadla

to sink all considerations — na nič se ne ozirati, iti prek vsega

the dagger sank in to the hilt — bodalo se je zadrlo do držaja

to sink a die — izrezati žig

to sink one's differences — odložiti ali poravnati svoje spore

the dye sinks — barva se vpija

he sank in my estimation — padel je v mojih očeh (moji cenitvi)

this event sank into my mind (memory) — ta dogodek se mi je globoko vtisnil v spomin

to sink an important fact — zamolčati (izpustiti, ne omeniti) važno dejstvo

to sink into the grave — zgruditi se v grob, umreti

this ground sinks little by little — ta tla se polagoma ugrezajo

she sank her head in her hands — povesila je glavo v roke

to sink one's individuality — ne poudarjati svoje osebnosti

to sink into insignifcance — postati nepomemben

to sink one's own interests — pozabiti na (žrtvovati) svoje lastne interese, biti nesebičen

to sink on one's knees — spustiti se (pasti) na kolena

the light is sinking — svetloba pojema

the old man is sinking rapidly — starček rapidno slabi, hira

to sink money — vložiti svoj denar v nekaj, iz česar ga ni lahko dobiti; izgubiti svoj denar pri takem poslu

to sink one's money in a life annuity — naložiti svoj denar v dosmrtno rento

to sink into oblivion (poverty) — pasti (priti) v pozabo (v revščino)

to sink an oil-well — izvrtati petrolejski vrelec

to sink a post — zabiti drog v zemljo

to sink the prices — znižati cene

to sink a ship — potopiti ladjo

to sink the shop — ne govoriti o strokovnih stvareh; tajiti, skrivati svoj poklic

to sink into a deep sleep — pogrezniti se v globoko spanje

his spirits sank — pogum mu je upadel

the stain has sunk in — madež je globoko prodrl

the storm is sinking — vihar ponehuje

the sun sank below the horizon — sonce je utonilo (zašlo) pod obzorje

to sink one's title — prikriti, zamolčati svoj naslov (naziv)

to sink one's voice — znižati svoj glas