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1 finalist
noun (a person who reaches the final stage in a competition: It was difficult to decide which of the two finalists was the better tennis player.) finalist* * *[fáinəlist]nounšportnik v finalu, finalist(ka) -
2 passable
1) (fairly good: a passable tennis player.) zadovoljiv2) ((of a river, road etc) able to be passed, travelled over etc: The mud has made the roads no longer passable.) prehoden* * *[pá:səbl]adjective ( passably adverb)prehoden, dostopen; povprečen, srednji, znosen; economy veljaven (kovanec) -
3 on balance
(having taken everything into consideration: On balance I think Miss Smith is a better tennis player than my sister.) če vse pretehtamo -
4 ace
[eis]1) (the one in playing-cards: the ace of spades.) as2) (a person who is expert at anything: He's an ace with a rifle.) as3) (a serve in tennis in which the ball is not touched by the opposing player.) as4) (the ``one'' on dominoes or dice.)* * *I [eis]adjectiveodličenII [eis]nounas; enica (na kocki); malenkost, drobec; uspešen letalec, asace of spades — pikov as; jocosely vdova v globoki žalostiwithin an ace of — za las, skoraj -
5 play
[plei] 1. verb1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) igrati se2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) igrati3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) igrati4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) igrati5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) igrati6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) potegniti koga za nos7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) igrati proti komu8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) poigravati se9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) usmeriti10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) igrati2. noun1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) igra2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) gledališka igra3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) tekma4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) delovanje•- player- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up* * *I [pléi]nounigra (na srečo, za stavo, za zabavo, športna), zabava, šala; igranje, kvartanje, poteza (pri šahu); figuratively igra (besed, barv, valov, žarkov itd.); theatre gledališka igra, predstava; music igranje, predvajanje, glasbeno delo; spretno ravnanje s čim (običajno v sestavljenkah npr. swordplay); delovanje, dejavnost, torišče; technical toleranca; figuratively svoboda gibanja; American slang manever, (zvijačen) poskus za dosego česa; American slang publiciteta, poznanost, propagandato bring ( —ali call, put) into play — spraviti v pogon, izkoristitito come into play — začeti delati, stopiti v akcijochild's play — otročarija, igračkanjein full play — v polnem teku, v polnem pogonufiguratively to hold in play — zaposliti (koga s čim)in play — še v igri (kvartanje), za šaloit is your play — ti imaš potezo (šah), ti igraš (karte)to make play — imeti uspeh; utruditi preganjalce (pri lovu)to make play with — postavljati se, bahati seII [pléi]1.intransitive verbigrati ( for za), šaliti se, zabavati se, igračkati se; začeti igrati (karte), napraviti potezo, biti na potezi (šah); poigravati se (barve, valovi, žarki itd.); streljati (top), brizgati (vodomet), sijati; technical imeti prostor za gibanje, imeti toleranco, premikati se (bat), biti v pogonu; biti primeren za igro (igrišče);2.transitive verb theatreigrati, uprizoriti; sport nastopiti, igrati proti, sprejeti igralca v moštvo; uperiti (žaromet, luč, vodni curek) na koga; ustreliti (iz topa); technical spraviti v pogon, upravljati (stroj), obvladatito play along with — sodelovati, v en rog trobiti s komto play it cagey — biti previden, omahovatifiguratively to play both ends against the middle — previdno, rafinirano ravnatito play ball with s.o. — pošteno postopati s komfiguratively to play one's cards well (badly) — (ne)spretno manevriratito play s.o. dirt — izigrati kogato play s.o. false — izdati kogato play the game — držati se pravil, pošteno ravnatito play into s.o.'s hands — koristiti drugemu, pomagati komuto play one's hand for all it is worth — izrabiti vsako priliko, uveljaviti vse svoje zmožnostislang to play it (low) on — izigrati koga, zlorabitito play a part — igrati vlogo, pretvarjati seto play safe — previdno ravnati, ne tvegatito play for time — zavlačevati, poskušati pridobiti na časuto play s.o. a mean trick — prevarati kogato play (up)on — igrati na, figuratively izrabljati kogato play (up)on words — zbijati šale, igrati se z besedamito play with — igrati se s, z; lahkomiselno ravnati s -
6 seed
[si:d] 1. noun1) (the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown: sunflower seeds; grass seed.) seme2) (the beginning from which anything grows: There was already a seed of doubt in her mind.) kal3) ((in a sporting competition etc) a seeded player.) igralec, ki ima kvalifikacijo2. verb1) ((of a plant) to produce seed: A plant seeds after it has flowered.) iti v seme2) (in golf, tennis etc, to arrange (good players) in a competition so that they do not compete against each other till the later rounds.) oddeliti•- seeded- seedling
- seedy
- seediness
- seedbed
- go to seed* * *[si:d]1.nounseme, semenje; kal; pečka; ikra; zoology seme, sperma; botany diaspora; Bible potomstvo; figuratively začetek, izvorto raise (up) seed figuratively zaploditi; roditi otroke, potomstvoto run (to go) to seed — iti v seme, v cvet; figuratively podivjati, izroditi se; figuratively popustiti v dejavnostihe goes to seed figuratively z njim gre navzdolto sow the seed of discord — sejati seme razdora;2.intransitive verbiti v (pognati) seme, dati seme, obroditi; osuti se; transitive verb posejati, zasejati; odstraniti, izluščiti seme (pečke iz sadja); drzati, smukati (lan); sport ločiti, oddeliti slabše tekmovalce od boljših -
7 swell
[swel] 1. past tense - swelled; verb(to make or become larger, greater or thicker: The insect-bite made her finger swell; The continual rain had swollen the river; I invited her to join us on the excursion in order to swell the numbers.) narasti, oteči2. noun(a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) valovanje3. adjective((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) imeniten- swelling- swollen
- swollen-headed
- swell out
- swell up* * *I [swel]1.nounoteklina, oteklost, nabreklost, otòk; otekanje; nautical valovanje po viharju; architecture izboklina, izbočina, izbok; rahla strmina, vzpetina (zemljišča); figuratively porast, naraščanje; music crescendo, za katerim pride diminuendo; (o orglah) naprava za jačanje in slabljenje zvoka; colloquially imetnik, odličnik, mojster, fin gospod, fina dama; slang gizdalin, elegan, gizdalinka, modna dama; poznavaleca swell at s.th. — poznavalec, mojster česa, zelo dober igralec ( at tennis tenisa)a swell in politics figuratively visoka živina v politikia big swell figuratively visoka, vplivna osebawhat a swell you are! — kako si eleganten!there was a heavy swell on — valovi so bili zelo veliki;2.adjective slangtiptop, šik, zelo eleganten, moden; imeniten, odličen, sijajena swell person — imenitna oseba, odličnikswell society — elegantna, fina družbaswell mob colloquially hohštaplerji, kriminalci, lepo oblečeni lopoviII [swel]1.intransitive verb(tudi swell up, swell out) oteči, otekati, nabrekniti; napihniti se, napeti se, nabuhniti, napenjati se; (voda) narasti; (jadro) napeti se, napihniti se; rasti, prerasti ( into v), narasti, povečati se; izbruhniti (izvirek, solze); architecture izbočiti se; figuratively kipeti (čustva); (srce) napenjati se, (hoteti) počiti ( with od); biti poln ( with česa), figuratively napihovati se, hvalisati se, bahati se;2.transitive verb (tudi swell up, swell out) napihniti, napeti; razširiti, povečati ( into do), zvišati, pomnožitiswelled head slang nadutost, domišljavostto swell note music peti (igrati) noto izmenoma crescendo in diminuendoto suffer from swelled head figuratively biti nadut, domišljav -
8 singles
1) (( also noun singular) in tennis etc, a match or matches with only one player on each side: The men's singles are being played this week; ( also adjective) a singles match.) igra posameznikov2) ((especially American) unmarried (usually young) people: a bar for singles; ( also adjective) a singles holiday/club.) samci
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