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1 sheer
I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) skrajen2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) zelo strm3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) zelo fin2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) navpičnoII [ʃiə]* * *I [šíə]1.nounnauticalodklon (odmik) od določene smeri, nagel obrat ali odklon od ravne poti;2.intransitive verb nauticalnapraviti nagel odklon od določene smeri ali ravne poti; figuratively odmakniti se, oddaljiti se ( from od), ločiti seto sheer off — oditi, oddaljiti se, ločiti se; nautical odmakniti se od določene smerito sheer up nautical bližati se od straniII [šíə]1.adjective(zelo) strm, navpičen; skrajen; tanek, zelo fin (tkanina); pravi, pravcat; čist, nepomešan, nerazredčen, neponarejen; popoln, sam, golby sheer necessity — iz čiste (same, gole, absolutne) potrebesheer rock — čista (sama, prava, pravcata, gola) skalait is sheer nonsense — to je pravi nesmisel;2.adverbnavpično; popolnoma, čisto; naravnost, direktnorocks rise sheer from the valley — skale se dvigajo navpično iz doline;3.nounprozorna (bombažna ali platnena) tkanina -
2 waste
[weist] 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) zapravljati2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) odpadki; odpaden2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) zapravljanje3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) pustinja•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste away* * *I [wéist]1.nounrazsipavanje, tratenje, trošenje, zapravljanje (denarja, časa, moči); izguba, odpad; zmanjšanje; propadanje, propast; obsolete opustošenje, razdejanje; juridically škoda, zmanjšanje vrednosti (posesti, zemljišča) zaradi nemarnosti; odpadki (volne, svile ipd.); makulatura; odplake, pomije; pustinja, neobdelan svet, zapuščeno polje; geology mel, melišče; velika površina ( of waters vodá)to go ( —ali to run) to waste — tratiti se, razsipavati se; v prelogu ležati; podivjati; odtekatiwilful waste makes woeful want — kdor lahkomiselno denar zapravlja, se od premoženja že poslavlja;2.adjectivepust, neobdelan, neploden; nenaseljen, opustošen; odvečen, brezkoristen, neuporaben, izgubljen, odtočenwaste land — pustina, pustota, neobdelana zemljawaste materials — odpadni material, odpad(ki)waste paper — makulaturni papir, odpadki papirjato lie waste — biti (ležati) neobdelan, neizkoriščenII [wéist]1.transitive verbrazsipavati, zapravljati (denar, moč), tratiti (čas) zaman; trošiti, ne izkoristiti (prilike); slabiti, poslabšati; pustiti, da (kaj) propade; zapustiti (posestvo, zemljo itd.) zaradi nemarnosti; American zamuditi ( an opportunity priliko); (o)pustošiti, razoratito be wasted — biti brezkoristen, neuporaben; ostati brez učinka (on na)this is wasted on me — iz tega si nič ne storim, tega mi ni mar;2.intransitive verbslabeti, upadati, propadati, pojemati, izgubiti na teži (s treningom); trošiti se, razsipavati se, tratiti se, zapravljati se; biti zapravljiv, trošiti denar; izgubljati se, izginjati; giniti; obsolete minevati (čas)the day wastes obsolete dan se nagiblje h krajuto waste away — hirati; figuratively pojemati, upadatiwaste not, want not — varčuj, kadar imaš, da ne boš brez v potrebi
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