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1 silver
['silvə] 1. noun1) (an element, a precious grey metal which is used in making jewellery, ornaments etc: The tray was made of solid silver.) srebro2) (anything made of, or looking like, silver especially knives, forks, spoons etc: Burglars broke into the house and stole all our silver.) srebrnina2. adjective1) (made of, of the colour of, or looking like, silver: a silver brooch; silver stars/paint.) srebrn2) ((of a wedding anniversary, jubilee etc) twenty-fifth: We celebrated our silver wedding (anniversary) last month.) srebrn•- silvery- silver foil/paper* * *I [sílvə]1.nounsrebro; srebrni denar; srebrni jedilni pribor, srebrna posoda; srebrn sijaj (barva); photography srebrni nitratGerman silver, nickel silver — zlitina nikla za jedilni pribor, nepravo srebroloose silver — posamezni srebrni kovanci, srebrn drobižher uncle gave her most of his silver — stric ji je dal večino svoje srebrnine;2.adjectivesrebrn, srebrnkast; (glas) zvonek; figuratively srebrn (2ɜ-letni jubilej; plasiran na drugem mestu)the silver age — srebrna doba; doba rimske književnosti po Avgustusilver basis economy srebrna valutaa silver tone — srebrn, zvonek glasa silver-tongue colloquially oseba, ki zna dobro govoritito have a silver tongue — biti dober, vešč govornikto be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth figuratively biti rojen pod srečno zvezdoevery cloud has its silver lining figuratively vsaka nesreča ima nekaj tolažilnega, ni nesreče brez srečeII [sílvə]transitive verb & intransitive verbposrebriti (se), prevleči s srebrom, obložiti s srebrnimi lističi, dati srebrn sijaj; napraviti (lase) srebrne, sive; postati kot srebro; osiveti, pobeliti (se) -
2 shine
1. past tense, past participle - shone; verb1) (to (cause to) give out light; to direct such light towards someone or something: The light shone from the window; The policeman shone his torch; He shone a torch on the body.) svetiti2) (to be bright: She polished the silver till it shone.) svetiti se3) ((past tense, past participle shined) to polish: He tries to make a living by shining shoes.) loščiti4) ((often with at) to be very good (at something): He shines at games; You really shone in yesterday's match.) blesteti2. noun1) (brightness; the state of being well polished: He likes a good shine on his shoes; a ray of sunshine.) sijaj2) (an act of polishing: I'll just give my shoes a shine.) loščenje•- shining- shiny
- shininess* * *I [šáin]noun(sončni) sij, sijaj, blišč, lesk; figuratively prestiž; lepo vreme; čiščenje čevljev; slang prepir, direndaj, hrup; senzacija; American objestno dejanje, burka; American slang nagnjenost, naklonjenost, kaprica (to za)to give s.o.'s shoes a shine — očistiti, naloščiti komu čevljewe will go, rain or shine — šli bomo ob vsakem vremenuhave a shine? — čiščenje čevljev, prosim?to kick up no end of a shine slang delati velik kravalto take the shine out of s.o. — zatemniti, zasenčiti koga, nadkriliti, prekositi koga; odvzeti čar novosti (out of s.th. čemu)to take a shine to s.o. — dobiti simpatije za kogaII [šáin]1.intransitive verbsijati, svetiti ( upon na), blesteti, svetiti se, izsevati, žareti (out, forth); jasno se kazati; briljirati, izkazati se, odlikovati se;2.transitive verbosvetljevati, (o)čistiti (da se sveti), (na)loščitishining faces — sijoči, žareči obrazito shine shoes — čistiti, loščiti čevlje
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