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1 small
[smo:l]1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) majhen2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) majhen3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) malo4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) mali•- small arms
- small change
- small hours
- smallpox
- small screen
- small-time
- feel/look small* * *I [smɔ:l]adjectivemajhen (po velikosti, obsegu, številu, starosti, količini, pomembnosti); maloštevilen; kratek, kratkotrajen; redek, lahek, vodén (o pijači); dialectal ozek; figuratively nepomemben, malo važen, neznaten, brez večje vrednosti; ozkosrčen, ozkogruden, malenkosten; šibek, skromen, reven; nizek; majhne moralne vrednosti, podel; osramočenin a small way, on a small scale — v majhnem razmerju, v malem, skromno, maloon the small side — nezadostno velik, ne preveliksmall and early party — družba maloštevilnih gostov, ki se kmalu razide; intimna večerna zabavaa small beginning — majhen, skromen začeteksmall blame to them — ni se jim treba sramovati, to jim ne dela sramote; ni jim treba zameritiand no blame to him! — in kdo ga ne bi (po)karal!small farmer — mali kmet, mali posestniksmall hours — ure po polnoči, male urea small poetically nepomemben pesniksmall rain — dežek, droben dežsmall talk — kramljanje, klepet(anje)the small voice, the still small voice figuratively glas vestiit is small of him to remind me of it — malenkostno je od njega, da me spomni na toI call it small of him — smatram, da je to nizkotno od njegaI found the way at last, and small thanks to you for your directions — končno sem našel pot, in za to se mi ni treba zahvaliti vašim navodilomhe has small Latin and less Greek — latinski zna malo, grški pa še manjhe has too small a mind not to be jealous of your success — preozkosrčen je, da ne bi bil ljubosumen na vaš uspehto make s.o. feel small figuratively osramotiti kogato make o.s. small — napraviti se majhnegahe was surprised, and no small wonder — bil je presenečen, in nič čudnega (če je bil)everybody thought it small of him to refuse to help — vsakdo je smatral, da je grdó od njega, da je odklonil pomočII [smɔ:l]adverbmajhno, fino; (redko) malo, malce; ne glasno, slabotno; prezirljivoto cut small — razrezati, zrezatito sing small figuratively odnehati, znižati zahteve, postati manj glasen, postati majhento think small of s.o. — prezirljivo gledati na kogaIII [smɔ:l]nounnekaj majhnega; majhen (tanek, ozek) del (česa); majhna oseba; plural telesno perilo; drobnarije, drobno blago; plural Oxford university prvi od treh izpitov za akademsko stopnjo B. A.in small — v malem, v miniaturiby small and small — polagoma, počasithe small of the back anatomy križ -
2 little
['litl] 1. adjective1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) majhen2) (small in amount; not much: He has little knowledge of the difficulties involved.) malo3) (not important: I did not expect her to make a fuss about such a little thing.) nepomemben2. pronoun((only) a small amount: He knows little of the real world.) malo3. adverb1) (not much: I go out little nowadays.) malo2) (only to a small degree: a little-known fact.) malo3) (not at all: He little knows how ill he is.) sploh ne•- a little- little by little
- make little of* * *I [litl]adjectivemajhen, neznaten; kratek; malo; slaboten (glas); malenkosten, nepomemben; omejen; ironically reven, bedenthe little ones — otročički, malčkithe little — majhni, nepomembni ljudjea little man — mali mož, figuratively ničéa little while — kratek čas, trenuteklittle minds — omejenci, malenkostni ljudjecolloquially little Mary — želodec, prebavathe Little Masters — skupina nemških risarjev in bakrorezcev v 16. in 17. stoletjuastronomy Little Bear — Mali medvedastronomy Little Dipper — Mali vozpolitics history Little Entente — mala antantaLittle Russian — Malorus, Ukrajineclittle theater — mali oder, eksperimentalno gledališčeII [litl]adverbmalo, komaj kaj, slabo, sploh ne, redkolittle does he know — nima pojma, še sanja se mu neIII [litl]nounmalenkosta little — malo, nekajby littles — v majhnih količinah, po malem -
3 some
1. pronoun, adjective1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.) nekaj2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) nekaj; nekateri3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) nekaj4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) neki2. adjective1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) precej2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) neki3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) približno3. adverb((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) do neke mere- somebody- someday
- somehow
- someone
- something
- sometime
- sometimes
- somewhat
- somewhere
- mean something
- or something
- something like
- something tells me* * *[sʌm]1.adjectiveneki, nekak, nekateri, en; katerikoli, kakršenkoli; slang velik, silen, pomemben, odličen; (pred samostalnikom v množini) nekaj, neko število, nekoliko, malo (od njih), kakih, okrog, približnoat some time or other — enkrat pač, kadarkoli, prej ali slejin some way or other — na ta ali na oni način, tako ali takoto some extent — do neke mere, nekakosome few — maloštevilni, majhno številosome girl! — čedno dekle!some people — nekateri (ljudje), nekaj ljudiit is some five years since we saw each other — kakih pet let je, kar sva se (zadnjič) videlashall I give you some more tea? — naj vam dam še malo čaja?I call that some poem! — to (pa) je pesem!that's some hat! — to (pa) je klobuk (in pol)! to je kolosalen klobuk!as you say, it did cost some money — kot pravite, je to (res) stalo nekaj (= precéj) denarjathat will take you some time — to vam bo vzelo nekaj časa;2.pronounkaterikoli, neki, nekateri; American slang precéj, kar veliko, kar mnogo, še večsome... some — eni... drugisome of these days — te dni, v kratkem, kmalusome accepted, some refused — nekateri so sprejeli, drugi odkloniliif you have no money, I will give you some — če nimaš denarja, ti ga jaz nekaj dammay I have some of this cake? — lahko dobim nekaj tega kolača?he ran a mile and then some — tekel je eno miljo in nato še naprej;3.adverbnekaj; precéj, zelothat's going some! — to mi je všeč! to je sijajno! -
4 spot
[spot] 1. noun1) (a small mark or stain (made by mud, paint etc): She was trying to remove a spot of grease from her skirt.) madež2) (a small, round mark of a different colour from its background: His tie was blue with white spots.) pika3) (a pimple or red mark on the skin caused by an illness etc: She had measles and was covered in spots.) mozolj4) (a place or small area, especially the exact place (where something happened etc): There was a large number of detectives gathered at the spot where the body had been found.) kraj5) (a small amount: Can I borrow a spot of sugar?) kanček2. verb1) (to catch sight of: She spotted him eventually at the very back of the crowd.) zapaziti2) (to recognize or pick out: No-one watching the play was able to spot the murderer.) prepoznati•- spotless- spotlessly
- spotlessness
- spotted
- spotty
- spottiness
- spot check
- spotlight 3. verb1) (to light with a spotlight: The stage was spotlit.) osvetliti z reflektorjem2) (to show up clearly or draw attention to: The incident spotlighted the difficulties with which we were faced.) usmeriti pozornost na•- on the spot
- spot on* * *I [spɔt]1.nounmesto, kraj; košček zemljišča; medicine pega, mozoljček; figuratively madež; figuratively sramotni madež; lisa (na tkanini), pika, pikica; colloquially majhna količina, trohica; kanček, malce, kaplj(ic)a; bela žoga s črno piko (točko) (biljard), črna točka na enem krajn mize, enako oddaljena od obeh strani mize; plural commerce blago, ki se prodaja za gotovino in dobi takoj pri prodaji; sport slang napoved, kateri konj bo zmagal (na dirkah), napovedan zmagovalni konjon the spot — na mestu, brez odlašanja, takoj; American slang v (življenjski) nevarnosti, v stiski, v škripcihwithout spot — brez napake, neoporečena spot of whisky — požirek, kaplja whiskyjaa delightful spot — čudovit košček (konček, kotiček) zemljetender spot figuratively občutljivo mesto, Ahilova peta; tisto, za kar je nekdo občutljivthe people on the spot — ljudje iz določenega kraja, prebivalcito be on the spot — biti na mestu, biti dorasel položaju; sport biti v formican the leopard change his spot? — ali volk lahko spremeni svojo naravo?he has come out without a spot on his reputation — izvlekel se je iz zadeve brez madeža na svojem ugleduto put s.o. on the spot American slang spraviti koga v zadrego, ugnati ga v kozji rog, vzeti ga na piko;2.adjective economytakoj dobavljiv, dostavljiv; takoj plačljiv; gotovinski; krajevno omejen ( broadcasting — radijska reklama)II [spɔt]transitive verbnapraviti pisano z lisami, s pikami; zamazati, figuratively omadeževati; očistiti (kaj) od madežev (često out); colloquially zapaziti, prepoznati, odkriti narodnost kake osebe; colloquially napovedati (zmagovalca konjske dirke); postaviti na določeno mesto, plasirati; zadeti (tarčo); military točno lokaliziratito spot a criminal — odkriti, izslediti hudodelcahe spotted him at once as an American — takoj ga je prepoznal kot Amerikanca; intransitive verb zamazati se, dobiti madeže -
5 grain
[ɡrein]1) (a seed of wheat, oats etc.) zrno2) (corn in general: Grain is ground into flour.) žito3) (a very small, hard particle: a grain of sand.) zrnce4) (the way in which the lines of fibre run in wood, leather etc.) porazdelitev vlaken v materialu5) (a very small amount: There isn't a grain of truth in that story.) trohica•* * *I [grein]nounzrno; American žito; žitarica; figuratively zrnce, trohica, gran (utež); usmeritev ali porazdelitev vlaken (delcev) v materialu, struktura; granulacija; archaic škrlat; trajna barva; vlakno; značaj, narava, razpoloženje, nagnjenje k čemu; sestav, ustrojagainst the grain — proti volji, narobe, nesmiselnofiguratively dyed in the grain — zakrknjenin grain — po naravi, po značajuII [grein]transitive verbuzrniti; marmorirati; ostrgati dlako; krišpati (usnje) -
6 pinch
[pin ] 1. verb1) (to squeeze or press tightly (flesh), especially between the thumb and forefinger: He pinched her arm.) uščipniti2) (to hurt by being too small or tight: My new shoes are pinching (me).) tiščati3) (to steal: Who pinched my bicycle?) suniti2. noun1) (an act of pinching; a squeeze or nip: He gave her a pinch on the cheek.) uščip2) (a very small amount; what can be held between the thumb and forefinger: a pinch of salt.) ščepec•- pinched- feel the pinch* * *I [pinč]nounuščip, ščipanje, stiskanje, pritisk; ščepec; figuratively stiska, muka, sila; slang odvzem prostosti, aretacija; slang tatvinato give s.o. a pinch — uščipniti kogaslang a pinch of — trohica česaII [pinč]1.transitive verbščipati, uščipniti; stisniti, stiskati; figuratively utesniti, tlačiti, omejiti; figuratively ščipati (mraz), osmoditi (slana), mučiti (žeja, lakota); iztisniti denar od koga; slang ukrasti; slang zapreti, aretirati; British English priganjati konja;2.intransitive verbtiščati (čevelj, dolg itd.); figuratively biti v stiski, mučiti, boleti; skopariti; slang krastito be pinched — biti v stiski, biti na tesnem (for, in, of)to be pinched with cold — biti premražen, pomodreti od mrazato pinch and scrape — komaj izhajati, stiskati, trpeti pomanjkanje, ničesar si ne privoščitito pinch s.o. in (on, for) — držati koga na kratko -
7 tot
I [tot] noun1) (a small child: a tiny tot.) malček2) (a small amount of alcoholic drink: a tot of whisky.) požirekII [tot] past tense, past participle - totted(to add up: He totted up the figures on the bill.) sešteti* * *I [tɔt]nounmajhen otrok, malček; British English colloquially kozarček, požirček; majhna količina, malcetiny tot — otrok, ki je komaj shodilII [tɔt]1.nouncolloquially(skupna) vsota, seštevek; seštevanje; stolpec številk za seštevanje;2.colloquially transitive verb (večinoma tot up) sešteti, zbrati -
8 trickle
['trikl] 1. verb(to flow in small amounts: Blood was trickling down her face.) curljati2. noun(a small amount: a trickle of water; At first there was only a trickle of people but soon a crowd arrived.) curek; peščica* * *[trikl]1.nounkapljanje, curljanje; kaplja, solza; potočektrickle charge electrical trajno polnjenje (akumulatorja);2.intransitive verbkapljati, curljati, teči (down, along po, out iz); mozeti, pronicati; figuratively prihajati v majhnem številu; figuratively kapljati; transitive verb pustiti kapljati (curljati, pronicati); golf počasi kotaliti (žogo) -
9 any
['eni] 1. pronoun, adjective1) (one, some, no matter which: `Which dress shall I wear?' `Wear any (dress)'; `Which dresses shall I pack?' `Pack any (dresses)'.) katerikoli2) ((in questions and negative sentences etc) one, some: John has been to some interesting places but I've never been to any; Have you been to any interesting places?; We have hardly any coffee left.) noben; kakšen, kaj2. adjective(every: Any schoolboy could tell you the answer.) katerikoli, vsak3. adverb(at all; (even) by a small amount: Is this book any better than the last one?; His writing hasn't improved any.) sploh kaj; sploh nič- anybody- anyone
- anyhow
- anything
- anyway
- anywhere
- at any rate
- in any case* * *I [éni]adjective & pron1.v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih in po "if": neki, nekaj, nekdo; nič, nihče;2.v trdilnih stavkih: vsak, kdorkoli, karkoli; kakršenkolihave you any money? — imaš kaj denarja?is there any hope? — je sploh kaj upanja?no more than one if any — ne več kot eden, če sploh kajat any rate, in any case — v vsakem primeruII [éni]adverbnekoliko, količkaj -
10 dash
[dæʃ] 1. verb1) (to move with speed and violence: A man dashed into a shop.) planiti2) (to knock, throw etc violently, especially so as to break: He dashed the bottle to pieces against the wall.) vreči3) (to bring down suddenly and violently or to make very depressed: Our hopes were dashed.) razbiti2. noun1) (a sudden rush or movement: The child made a dash for the door.) sunek2) (a small amount of something, especially liquid: whisky with a dash of soda.) kanec3) ((in writing) a short line (-) to show a break in a sentence etc.) pomišljaj4) (energy and enthusiasm: All his activities showed the same dash and spirit.) zanos•- dashing- dash off* * *I [dæš]1.transitive verbtreščiti, vreči, metati; (po)škropiti; zbegati, (z)mešati; (raz)redčiti, primešati; načrtati; suniti; slang preklinjati; uničiti, razbiti;2.intransitive verbizbruhniti, počiti, brizgniti, pljusknitito s.o.'s hope — razočarati kogato dash one's spirits — užalostiti, pobitidash it!, dash you! — vraga!, presneto!II [dæš]nounsunek, udarec; trčenje, tresk; tek na kratke proge; zanos, naval, napad, zagon; kanec, trohica; primes; familiarly sijaj, odličnost; pomišljajto make a dash for ( —ali at) — planiti kam; gnati se za čim; hitro se lotitidash-and-dot line — pikčasta in črtkasta črta (-.-.-.-)a dash of rain — naliv, plohaIII [dæš]interjectiončof!, pljusk! -
11 embolism
['embəlizm](a medical condition in which a mass of clotted blood or a small amount of air blocks a blood-vessel.) embolija* * *[émbəlizəm]noundodajanje dneva ali meseca za uskladitev koledarja; kratka molitev za odvrnitev zla; medicine embolija, začepitev žile -
12 hint
[hint] 1. noun1) (a statement that passes on information without giving it openly or directly: He didn't actually say he wanted more money, but he dropped a hint.) namig2) (a helpful suggestion: I can give you some useful gardening hints.) napotek3) (a very small amount; a slight impression: There was a hint of fear in his voice.) za spoznanje2. verb(to (try to) pass on information without stating it openly or directly: He hinted that he would like more money; He hinted at possible changes.) namigniti* * *I [hint]nounmigljaj; navodilo (on za); namigavanje, namig, aluzija (at na); figuratively sled (of česa)there is a hint of trouble — videti je, da bodo težaveII [hint]transitive verb & intransitive verbnamigniti, namigavati, aludirati (at na); nakazati kaj, cikati na kaj -
13 inch
[in ] 1. noun1) ((often abbreviated to in when written) a measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot (2.54 centimetres).) palec2) (a small amount: There is not an inch of room to spare.) ped2. verb(to move slowly and carefully: He inched (his way) along the narrow ledge.) počasi se premikati* * *I [inč]nounpalec, cola (2,ɜɔ cm); malenkost; plural rast, postavaevery inch a — popoln, od glave do petegive him an inch and he will take an ell — če mu ponudiš prst, zagrabi celo rokoto flog s.o. within an inch of his life — prebičati koga skoraj do smrtiwithin an inch — za las, skorajII [inč]intransitive verb & transitive verbpočasi (se) premikatiIII [inč]nounScottish otoček -
14 jot
[‹ot] 1. noun(a small amount: I haven't a jot of sympathy for him.) kanček2. verb((usually with down) to write briefly or quickly: He jotted (down) the telephone number in his notebook.) zabeležiti- jotter* * *I [džɔt]nounpičica, malenkostnot a jot — še za joto ne, niti najmanjII [džɔt]transitive verbzapisati, zabeležiti -
15 scattering
noun (a small amount scattered here and there: a scattering of sugar.) ščepec* * *[skaetəriŋ]adjective ( scatteringly adverb)razpršen, raztresen; politics razdeljen (o volilnih glasovih); redek -
16 spare rib
(a rib of pork with only a small amount of meat left on it.) svinjsko rebrce* * *[spʌ/ərib]nounkos svinjskih reber, prašičje rebrce -
17 sprinkling
noun (a small amount or a few: There were mostly women at the meeting but there was a sprinkling of men.) nekaj* * *[spríŋkliŋ]nounškropljenje; kropljenje; pršenje, rosenje (dežja); figuratively kapljica, trohica, mrvica, majhna količina, malce -
18 trace
[treis] 1. noun1) (a mark or sign left by something: There were traces of egg on the plate; There's still no trace of the missing child.) sled2) (a small amount: Traces of poison were found in the cup.) sled2. verb1) (to follow or discover by means of clues, evidence etc: The police have traced him to London; The source of the infection has not yet been traced.) (iz)slediti2) (to make a copy of (a picture etc) by putting transparent paper over it and drawing the outline etc: I traced the map.) prekopirati•- tracing- trace elements
- tracing-paper* * *I [tréis]nounsled; stopinja; kolesnica, kolovoz, tirnica; figuratively sled, znak, (pre)ostanek; American steza markirana pot; osnovni načrt, skica, tloris; malenkost, majhna količinato be hot on the trace of s.o. — biti komu za petami, preganjati kogaII [tréis]nounzaprežna, vlečna vrvin the traces — vprežen (tudi figuratively)III [tréis]transitive verbslediti, iti po sledi (osebe, živali), zasledovati; raziskovati, odkriti, najti, zaslediti, ugotoviti; zaznati, opaziti, najti sledove ali znake (česa); (za)beležitito trace the cause of a disease — ugotoviti vzrok bolezni; (tudi trace out) narisati, skicirati; technical (tudi trace over) prerisati (skozi papir), kopiratito trace back — iti po sledovih nazaj (to do), zasledovati nazajto trace out — poiskati, najti, odkriti; intransitive verb hoditi, iti, zaslediti sethe earliest form cannot trace back earlier than the sixth ceutury — najzgodnejša oblika se da zaslediti šele v 6. stoletju -
19 by a short head
(by a very small amount: to win by a short head.) za las -
20 remnant
['remnənt](a small piece or amount or a small number left over from a larger piece, amount or number: The shop is selling remnants of cloth at half price; the remnant of the army.) ostanek* * *[rémnənt]noun(beden, žalosten) ostanek, preostanek; commerce ostanek blaga; poslednji ostanek ali sled (of česa)remnant sale commerce prodaja ostankov
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