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1 sink
[siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) potopiti (se)2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) spustiti se3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) potopiti, zasaditi4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) izgubiti pogum5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) vložiti2. noun(a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) pomivalno korito- sunken- be sunk
- sink in* * *I [siŋk]noun(kuhinjski) izlivek, luknja za umazano vodo; odtok, odtočna cev, odtočni kanal; kloaka, greznica; geology kotlina; (zlasti) figuratively mlak(už)a, močvirjeII [siŋk]1.intransitive verb(po)toniti, potopiti se, utoniti; upasti (o reki), znižati se, zmanjšati se; padati (cene); pasti (ugled); zaiti (sonce); spustiti se na zemljo (mrak); usesti se; ponehati (vihar); vpiti se (barva); pogrezniti se, udirati se, sesesti se; pasti ( into v); slabeti, giniti, onemoči, bližati se koncu; podirati se, rušiti se; podleči, kloniti; veniti, hirati, propadati;2.transitive verbpotopiti (ladjo), pogrezniti, uničiti, pokvariti, povesiti (glavo); znižati, spustiti dol (cene); vrtati, dolbsti (vodnjak, luknjo); vrezati (žig itd.); pustiti ob strani, ne posvečati pozornosti (čemu); pozabiti (prepir); neugodno naložiti (kapital), izgubiti (denar); skrivati, prikriti, zamolčatisink or swim! — ali plavaš (se rešiš, prideš na zeleno vejo), ali pa utoneš!here goes, sink or swim — zdaj gre za biti ali ne bitito sink beneath the burden — kloniti, zrušiti se pod bremenomto sink all considerations — na nič se ne ozirati, iti prek vsegato sink an important fact — zamolčati (izpustiti, ne omeniti) važno dejstvoto sink into the grave — zgruditi se v grob, umretito sink one's own interests — pozabiti na (žrtvovati) svoje lastne interese, biti nesebičenthe old man is sinking rapidly — starček rapidno slabi, hirato sink money — vložiti svoj denar v nekaj, iz česar ga ni lahko dobiti; izgubiti svoj denar pri takem posluto sink the shop — ne govoriti o strokovnih stvareh; tajiti, skrivati svoj poklicto sink one's title — prikriti, zamolčati svoj naslov (naziv) -
2 scuttle
I verb(to hurry with short, quick steps.) bežatiII verb((of a ship's crew) to make a hole in (the ship) in order to sink it: The sailors scuttled the ship to prevent it falling into enemy hands.) (prostovoljno) potopiti* * *I [skʌtl]noun(= coal-scuttle) vedro, posoda za premog pri peči; široka, plitva košaraII [skʌtl]1.nounodprtina s pokrovom v zidu ali na strehi hiše, na palubi ali v boku ladje; pokrov, poklopec kake odprtine;2.transitive verb nauticalpreluknjati dno ladje, potopiti ladjo (na ta način)III [skʌtl]1.nounnenaden odhod ali beg, hitra hoja, hitenje, tek; nagel umik;2.intransitive verb(z)bežati pred nevarnostjo; izogibati se, odtegovati se dolžnostim; umakniti se z begom, s tekom (away, off); slang politics hitro se umakniti ( out iz) -
3 go down
1) ((with well/badly) to be approved or disapproved of: The story went down well (with them).) biti dobro/slabo sprejet2) ((of a ship) to sink: They were lost at sea when the ship went down.) potopiti se3) ((of the sun or moon) to go below the horizon.) zaiti4) (to be remembered: Your bravery will go down in history.) ostati v spominu5) ((of places) to become less desirable: This part of town has gone down in the last twenty years.) propadati* * *intransitive verb zaiti, zahajati (sonce); utoniti; odnehati; propasti, propadati; (s)plahneti; colloquially končati, zapustiti univerzo; ostati v spominu; ( before) pokleknitiit doesn't go down with me — tega ne verjamem; ne ugaja mi -
4 sunken
1) (sunk under water: a sunken ship.) potopljen2) (below the level of the surrounding area: a sunken garden.) udrt* * *[sʌŋkən]1.obsolete past participle od to sink;2.adjectivepotopljen; upadel, udrta sunken battery military vkopana baterijaa sunken face — upadel, udrt obrazsunken rock — podvodna skala (greben, čer)
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