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1 sheer
I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) skrajen2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) zelo strm3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) zelo fin2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) navpičnoII [ʃiə]* * *I [šíə]1.nounnauticalodklon (odmik) od določene smeri, nagel obrat ali odklon od ravne poti;2.intransitive verb nauticalnapraviti nagel odklon od določene smeri ali ravne poti; figuratively odmakniti se, oddaljiti se ( from od), ločiti seto sheer off — oditi, oddaljiti se, ločiti se; nautical odmakniti se od določene smerito sheer up nautical bližati se od straniII [šíə]1.adjective(zelo) strm, navpičen; skrajen; tanek, zelo fin (tkanina); pravi, pravcat; čist, nepomešan, nerazredčen, neponarejen; popoln, sam, golby sheer necessity — iz čiste (same, gole, absolutne) potrebesheer rock — čista (sama, prava, pravcata, gola) skalait is sheer nonsense — to je pravi nesmisel;2.adverbnavpično; popolnoma, čisto; naravnost, direktnorocks rise sheer from the valley — skale se dvigajo navpično iz doline;3.nounprozorna (bombažna ali platnena) tkanina -
2 sheer-hulk
[šíəhʌlk]nounnautical ladja brez jambora z dvigalom na tri krake -
3 sheer-legs
[šíəlegz]nounnautical dvigalo na tri krake, ki rabi za postavljanje jambora ali postavitev strojev v ladjo -
4 sheer off/away
(to turn aside or swerve: The speed-boat sheered off course.) zaviti iz smeri -
5 application
[æpli-]1) (a formal request; an act of applying: several applications for the new job; The syllabus can be obtained on application to the headmaster.) kandidatura; prošnja2) (hard work: He has got a good job through sheer application.) prizadevanje3) (an ointment etc applied to a cut, wound etc.) nanos* * *[æplikéišən]noun(to za) uporaba; medicine nameščanje, polaganje obkladkov; obkladek, obveza; sredstvo; marljivost; ( for) prošnja; aplikacija, našiv -
6 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) kaplja2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) kaplja3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) padec4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) spust2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) spustiti2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) pasti3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) opustiti4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) odložiti (koga)5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) napisati (nekaj besed)•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out* * *I [drɔp]1.intransitive verb( from) kapljati, kaniti; ( with) cediti se, teči; pasti, spustiti se; padati (cene); (from, out of) ven pasti, izpasti; prenehati; pasti v nezavest, zrušiti se; figuratively umreti;2.transitive verbpokapati; prelivati; izpustiti; opustiti, prekiniti; spustiti se; splaviti, povreči; oglasiti se pri kom; namignitito drop from sight — izginiti, zgubiti sedrop it! — nehaj že!figuratively to drop a brick — narediti nerodno napako, ustreliti kozla, bleknitito drop short — ne zadostovati; ne doseči ciljafiguratively to drop the curtain — narediti konecII [drɔp]nounkaplja, kapljica; gledališki zastor; padec; poklopna vrata; obesek, uhan; bonbon; odpadlo sadje ali zrnje; špranja (za novec v avtomatu)at the drop of a hat — nemudoma, takojto get the drop on s.o. — izrabiti neprilike kogato have a drop too much — nekoliko preveč ga imeti, biti v rožicahAmerican slang to have a drop on s.o. — imeti koga v rokahslang to have a drop in one's eye — kazati, da je kdo preveč pil -
7 greed
[ɡri:d](a (too) great desire for food, money etc: Eating five cakes is just sheer greed.) lakomnost- greedy- greedily
- greediness* * *[gri:d]nounpohlep, lakomnost, poželjivost, požrešnost -
8 main
[mein] 1. adjective(chief, principal or most important: the main purpose; the main character in the story.) glaven2. noun((also mains) the chief pipe or cable in a branching system of pipes or cables: The water's been turned off at the main(s); ( also adjective) the mains electricity supply.) glavni vod napeljave- mainly- mainland
- mainspring
- mainstream* * *I [méin]adjective ( mainly adverb)glaven, najvažnejši, bistven, največjito have an eye to the main chance — delati v svojo korist, dobro poskrbeti zaseII [méin]noun(zlasti plural) glavni vod napeljave (vodovodne, odtočne, plinske, električne), omrežje; glavni vod, glavna cev, glavni kabel; American glavna železniška proga; archaic moč, sila; glavna, bistvena stvar; poetically odprto morje; kopnoin the main — v glavnem, večinomaIII [méin]nounpetelinov boj; prvi met kocke (pri kockanju) -
9 sheers
[šíəz]nounplural see sheer-legs -
10 slavery
1) (the state of being a slave.) suženjstvo2) (the system of ownership of slaves.) sužnjelastništvo3) (very hard and badly-paid work: Her job is sheer slavery.) suženjsko delo* * *I [sléivəri]nounsuženjstvo; hlapčevstvo, hlapčevanje (to čemu), suženjska odvisnost (to od), suženjsko deloII [slaevəri]adjectiveslinav, slinast; figuratively lizunski, prilizovalen, petolizniški, hlapčevski -
11 waste
[weist] 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) zapravljati2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) odpadki; odpaden2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) zapravljanje3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) pustinja•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste away* * *I [wéist]1.nounrazsipavanje, tratenje, trošenje, zapravljanje (denarja, časa, moči); izguba, odpad; zmanjšanje; propadanje, propast; obsolete opustošenje, razdejanje; juridically škoda, zmanjšanje vrednosti (posesti, zemljišča) zaradi nemarnosti; odpadki (volne, svile ipd.); makulatura; odplake, pomije; pustinja, neobdelan svet, zapuščeno polje; geology mel, melišče; velika površina ( of waters vodá)to go ( —ali to run) to waste — tratiti se, razsipavati se; v prelogu ležati; podivjati; odtekatiwilful waste makes woeful want — kdor lahkomiselno denar zapravlja, se od premoženja že poslavlja;2.adjectivepust, neobdelan, neploden; nenaseljen, opustošen; odvečen, brezkoristen, neuporaben, izgubljen, odtočenwaste land — pustina, pustota, neobdelana zemljawaste materials — odpadni material, odpad(ki)waste paper — makulaturni papir, odpadki papirjato lie waste — biti (ležati) neobdelan, neizkoriščenII [wéist]1.transitive verbrazsipavati, zapravljati (denar, moč), tratiti (čas) zaman; trošiti, ne izkoristiti (prilike); slabiti, poslabšati; pustiti, da (kaj) propade; zapustiti (posestvo, zemljo itd.) zaradi nemarnosti; American zamuditi ( an opportunity priliko); (o)pustošiti, razoratito be wasted — biti brezkoristen, neuporaben; ostati brez učinka (on na)this is wasted on me — iz tega si nič ne storim, tega mi ni mar;2.intransitive verbslabeti, upadati, propadati, pojemati, izgubiti na teži (s treningom); trošiti se, razsipavati se, tratiti se, zapravljati se; biti zapravljiv, trošiti denar; izgubljati se, izginjati; giniti; obsolete minevati (čas)the day wastes obsolete dan se nagiblje h krajuto waste away — hirati; figuratively pojemati, upadatiwaste not, want not — varčuj, kadar imaš, da ne boš brez v potrebi -
12 by dint of
(by means of: He succeeded by dint of sheer hard work.) s pomočjo
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