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I [ʃriŋk] verb1) (to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller: My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?) skrčiti (se)2) (to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.) odskočiti3) (to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.) nerad kaj napraviti•- shrunken II [ʃriŋk] noun((slang) a psychiatrist.) psihiater* * *I [šriŋk]nounskrčenje, zoženje, uskočenje; zgrozitev, oplašitevII [šriŋk]1.intransitive verbumakniti se, odmakniti se, odskočiti ( from od, pred); uskočiti se, skrčiti se (tkanina pri pranju), zmanjšati se; zapreti se vase; figuratively plašiti se, bati se, zgroziti se, zlesti vase (od strahu), nerad, proti svoji volji napraviti;2.transitive verbpustiti, da se kaj uskoči, skrči, stisne; dekatirati (blago); zožiti, skrajšati, zmanjšatito shrink back — ustrašiti se, zgroziti se ( from ob, pred)to shrink from doing s.th. — nerad kaj napravitithey shrank under his glance — videti je bilo, da bi se pod njegovim pogledom najrajši udrli v zemljoto shrink on a hoop — napeti, montirati obroč (na kolo)
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