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1 action
['ækʃən]1) (something done: Action, not talking, is necessary if we are to defeat the enemy; Take action immediately; The firemen are ready to go into action.) dejanje2) (movement: Tennis needs a good wrist action.) delovanje3) (a legal case: He brought an action for divorce against his wife.) postopek4) (the events (of a play, film etc): The action of the play takes place on an island.) dogajanje5) (a battle; fighting: He was killed in action; Our troops fought an action against the enemy.) boj•- out of action* * *I [aekšən]noundejanje, delovanje; učinek; borba, boj; juridically proces, sodni postopek; hoja (npr. konja); mehanizemfull of action — delaven, prizadevenactions speak louder than words — po delu, ne po besedah cenimo človekaII [aekšən]transitive verb(ob)tožiti -
2 alert
[ə'lə:t] 1. adjective1) (quick-thinking: She's very old but still very alert.) živahen2) ((with to) watchful and aware: You must be alert to danger.) buden2. noun(a signal to be ready for action.) alarm3. verb(to make (someone) alert; to warn: The sound of gunfire alerted us to our danger.) opozoriti na- alertly- alertness
- on the alert* * *I [əlɜ:t]adjective ( alertly adverb)buden, čuječ, živahenII [əlɜ:t]nounalarm; pripravljenoston the alert — v pripravljenosti, čuječ, buden, na prežiIII [əlɜ:t]transitive verbpripraviti; zbuditi, alarmirati -
3 operation
1) (an action or process, especially when planned: a rescue operation.) akcija2) (the process of working: Our plan is now in operation.) pogon3) (the act of surgically cutting a part of the body in order to cure disease: an operation for appendicitis.) operacija4) ((often in plural) the movement, fighting etc of armies: The general was in command of operations in the north.) operacija* * *[ɔpəréišən]noundelovanje, učinkovanje (on na)juridically veljavnost; technical postopek, pogon, delo (pri stroju), ravnanje, potek; medicine military mathematics operacija; economy špekulacija, finančna transakcija; juridically by operation of law — po zakonuto come into operation — dobiti veljavo, začeti delatito be in operation — biti v pogonu, veljatiready for operation pripravljen — za pogon, v redu -
4 crouch
1) (to stand with the knees well bent; to squat: He crouched behind the bush.) počeniti2) ((of animals) to lie close to the ground, in fear, readiness for action etc: The tiger was crouching ready to spring on its prey.) prihuliti se* * *I [krauč]intransitive verbpočeniti, priviti, prihuliti se; figuratively (to) ponižati se, klečeplazitiII [krauč]nounpočep; figuratively poniževanje, klečeplaštvo -
5 mobilize
[-bi-]verb (to make (especially troops, an army etc), or become, ready for use or action.) mobilizirati* * *[móubilaiz]transitive verbmilitary mobilizirati; economy sprostiti, dati v obtok; razgibati -
6 stand-by
plural - stand-bys; noun1) (readiness for action: Two fire-engines went directly to the fire, and a third was on stand-by (= ready to go if ordered).) pripravljenost2) (something that can be used in an emergency etc: Fruit is a good stand-by when children get hungry between meals.) pomoč* * *[staendbai]1.nounpomoč, pomagač; oseba, na katero se lahko zanesemo; technical pomožni aparat, rezervno orodje, nadomestek; nautical nadomestna (rezervna) ladja;2.adjectivepomožen, nadomesten, zasilen -
7 mobilise
[-bi-]verb (to make (especially troops, an army etc), or become, ready for use or action.) mobilizirati
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