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1 a tight corner/spot
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2 sit
[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sedeti; posaditi2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) ležati3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) biti član4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) sedeti5) (to undergo (an examination).) opravljati (izpit)6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) pozirati7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) zasedati•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit up* * *I [sit]1.intransitive verbsedeti; (o kokoši) sedeti na jajcih, valiti; čepeti; sedeti kot model (slikarju); biti za vzorec; imeti sedež, bivati; ležati; pristajati (o obleki); opravljati službo (navadno) sedé; biti član kakega telesa ( on a jury porote); zastopati v parlamentu ( for koga); imeti sejo, zasedati; sesti (on na); zaposliti se ( over s čim); študirati ( under pri kom);2.transitive verbsedeti (v sedlu), imeti sedež na ( a mule mezgu); posaditi ( the hen on eggs kokošja jajca)to sit on the bench figuratively biti sodnikto sit on the fence politics slang figuratively stati ob strani, ne se opredeliti, biti nevtralento sit in judgement on s.o. — lastiti si pravico sojenja drugih, soditi, kritizirati kogato sit on one's hands figuratively ne aplavdiratito sit for one's picture — dati se slikati, sedeti (pozirati) za svojo sliko (portret)he is sitting pretty — on je v dobrem položaju, ima dober položajto sit pretty slang imeti dobre karte, figuratively dobro se goditi (komu)to sit upon s.o. figuratively sedeti na kom, jahati kogadon't you be sat upon! colloquially ne pusti se hruliti!to sit tight colloquially ostati neomahljivo na svojem mestu, vztrajati pri stvarito sit on the throne — sedeti na prestolu, vladatiII [sit]nounslang see situation -
3 tense
[tens] I noun(a form of a verb that shows the time of its action in relation to the time of speaking: a verb in the past/future/present tense.) glagolski časII 1. adjective1) (strained; nervous: The crowd was tense with excitement; a tense situation.) napet2) (tight; tightly stretched.) napet2. verb(to make or become tense: He tensed his muscles.) napeti (se)- tensely- tenseness
- tension* * *I [tens]noungrammar slovniški (glagolski) čas; obsolete časII [tens]1.adjective ( tensely adverb)napet (tudi figuratively) nategnjen, zategnjen; tog, trda tense moment — napet trenutek; linguistics zaprt (glas);2.transitive verb & intransitive verbnapeti (se), nategniti (se)
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