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1 matter
['mætə] 1. noun1) (solids, liquids and/or gases in any form, from which everything physical is made: The entire universe is made up of different kinds of matter.) materija2) (a subject or topic (of discussion etc): a private matter; money matters.) zadeva3) (pus: The wound was infected and full of matter.) gnoj2. verb(to be important: That car matters a great deal to him; It doesn't matter.) pomeniti- be the matter
- a matter of course
- a matter of opinion
- no matter
- no matter who
- what
- where* * *I [maetə]nounmaterija, snov, stvar; medgnoj; juridically zadeva, predmet; plural (brez člena) stvari, reči; povod, vzrok ( for za); predmet, tema, vsebina (knjige); printing rokopis, stavek; važnost (of)juridically matter in controversy — sporna zadevajuridically matter in issue — sporna zadeva; stvar, ki jo je treba še dokazatiprinted matter — tiskovina, tiskovinepostal matter — vse stvari, ki se lahko pošiljajo po poštias near as no matter — skoraj, za lasas a matter of fact — v resnici, pravzaprava hanging matter — zločin, ki se kaznuje s smrtjono laughing matter — ni šala, resna zadevanot to mince matters — ne slepomišiti, povedati odkritoto take matters easy — nalahko jemati, ne delati si skrbiwhat matter? — in kaj potem?what's the matter? — kaj pa je?what's the matter with this? — je kaj narobe s tem?II [maetə]intransitive verbbiti važen, pomeniti (to komu, za); medgnojiti sedoes it matter? — ali je važno?it doesn't matter — nič ne de, ni važno -
2 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 -
3 how
1. adverb, conjunction1) (in what way: How do you make bread?) kako2) (to what extent: How do you like my new hat?; How far is Paris from London?) kako3) (by what means: I've no idea how he came here.) kako4) (in what condition: How are you today?; How do I look?) kako5) (for what reason: How is it that I am the last to know about this?) kako•- however2. conjunction(in no matter what way: This painting still looks wrong however you look at it.) kakorkoli- how come
- how do you do?* * *I [háu]adverbkako (vprašanje in vzklik)how about...? — kako pa kaj...?how are you? — kako se počutiš?how much?, how many? — koliko?how many times? — kolikokrat?how ever do you do it? — kako le to narediš?how goes it? — kako kaj gre?how in the world? — kako vendar?how is that? — odloči se že (pri kriketu); kako pa to?how now? — kako to?, kaj naj to pomeni?and how! — in še kako!here's how! colloquially na zdravje (pri pitju)that's how — tako, na tak načincolloquially a nice how-do-you-do ( —ali how-do-'ye-do, how-d'ye-do) — no, lepa reč!, kakšna godlja!II [háu]nounnačin postopkathe how of it — način, kako se kaj naredi -
4 inquire
1) (to ask: He inquired the way to the art gallery; She inquired what time the bus left.) vprašati2) ((with about) to ask for information about: They inquired about trains to London.) poizvedovati3) ((with after) to ask for information about the state of (eg a person's health): He enquired after her mother.) pozanimati se4) ((with for) to ask to see or talk to (a person): Someone rang up inquiring for you, but you were out.) pozanimati se5) ((with for) to ask for (goods in a shop etc): Several people have been inquiring for the new catalogue.) povpraševati6) ((with into) to try to discover the facts of: The police are inquiring into the matter.) raziskovati•- inquiry- make inquiries* * *[inkwáiə]1.transitive verbpoizvedovati, preiskovati ( into); vprašati, povpraševati;2.intransitive verbpoizvedovati (of s.o. pri kom); raziskovati, izpraševati, pozanimati se (after, for za, about, concerning o)to inquire into — raziskovati, (temeljito) sprašati, izpraševati -
5 question
['kwes ən] 1. noun1) (something which is said, written etc which asks for an answer from someone: The question is, do we really need a computer?) vprašanje2) (a problem or matter for discussion: There is the question of how much to pay him.) vprašanje3) (a single problem in a test or examination: We had to answer four questions in three hours.) vprašanje4) (criticism; doubt; discussion: He is, without question, the best man for the job.) dvom5) (a suggestion or possibility: There is no question of our dismissing him.) možnost2. verb1) (to ask (a person) questions: I'll question him about what he was doing last night.) spraševati2) (to regard as doubtful: He questioned her right to use the money.) dvomiti•- questionably
- questionableness
- question mark
- question-master
- questionnaire
- in question
- out of the question* * *I [kwésčən]nounvprašanje; (sporno) vprašanje, problem ( the Negro ŋ črnsko vprašanje); zadeva, stvar ( only a question of time samo stvar časa); dvomjuridically preiskava, zasliševanje; parliament predlog (dan na glasovanje), interpelacija; parliament question! — k zadevi! (vzklik govorniku)parliament to put the question — dati na glasovanjejuridically question of law — pravno vprašanjejuridically leading question — sugestivno vprašanjehistory juridically to put s.o. to the question — zasliševati, mučiti kogato beg the question — narediti prenagljen sklep, predpostavljatibeside the question — neprikladen, nevaženbeyond ( —ali past) question — nedvomno, nespornoto call in question — spodbijati, dvomitito come into question — priti v pretres, postati važnoin question — omenjen, za katerega greout of the question — nemogoče, ne pride v poštevto put a question to s.o. — vprašati koga kajwhat is the question? — za kaj gre?II [kwésčən]transitive verb & intransitive verbvprašati, spraševati; juridically izpraševati, zasliševati; dvomiti, podvomiti, vpraševati seit cannot be questioned but (that) — ni dvoma, da -
6 thin
[Ɵin] 1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) tenek2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) mršav3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) redek4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) redek5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) prazen2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) razredčiti (se)- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin out* * *I [min]1.adjective ( thinly adverb)tanek; vitek, mršav, suh; lahek (obleka); nežen, fin, prozoren (tkanina); droben; redek, pičel; slabo obiskan (gledališka predstava ipd.); slab, lahek (pijača), razredčen, precéj redek, vodén; photography nejasen, brez kontrastov; agronomy reven, nerodoviten (zemlja); ničen, prazen (izgovor); plitev, brez vsebine (knjiga)thin attendance — slab obisk (predstave itd.)thin captain figuratively British English majhen ploščat prepečeneca thin house — slabo zasedena, prazna gledališka hišaon thin ice figuratively na nevarnih tleh, v kočljivem položajuthe thin end of the wedge figuratively prvi začetek, prvi korakthrough thick and thin — skozi ogenj in vodo, čez vse zapreke (težave)that is too thin — slang to je preveč prozorno;2.adverb (le v sestavljenkah) tanko, slabo, redko, neznatnothin-faced — ozkega, mršavega obrazaII [min]transitive verb(s)tanjšati; razredčiti (gozd); figuratively zmanjšati; intransitive verb (s)tanjšati se; razredčiti se, postati pičel (redek); zmanjšati se, oslabeti, upasti, shujšati; figuratively klinasto se stanjšatihis hair is thinning — lasje se mu redčijo;
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