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1 try
1. verb1) (to attempt or make an effort (to do, get etc): He tried to answer the questions; Let's try and climb that tree!) poskusiti2) (to test; to make an experiment (with) in order to find out whether something will be successful, satisfactory etc: She tried washing her hair with a new shampoo; Try one of these sweets.) preizkusiti3) (to judge (someone or their case) in a court of law: The prisoners were tried for murder.) postaviti pred sodišče4) (to test the limits of; to strain: You are trying my patience.) preizkušati2. noun1) (an attempt or effort: Have a try (at the exam). I'm sure you will pass.) poskus2) (in rugby football, an act of putting the ball on the ground behind the opponents' goal-line: Our team scored three tries.) poskus•- trier- trying
- try on
- try out* * *I [trái]nouncolloquially poskus, eksperiment; poskušnja; preizkušnjato have a try at s.th. — poskusiti kaj, napraviti poskus s čimhe had a good try — poskušal je, kolikor je mogelII [trái]transitive verbposkusiti, lotiti se, začeti; preizkusiti, raziskati; pokusiti (jed); ugotoviti (kaj) s poskusom, eksperimentirati z; juridically (sodno) preiskovati (primer), zasliševati, izpraševati pred sodiščem; soditi, voditi sodni postopek, postaviti pred sodišče ( for zaradi); odločiti, rešiti (spor, vprašanje); (po)skušati (kaj izvesti, doseči); (večinoma try up) (pre)čistiti, rafinirati (kovine, olje itd.), rektificirati (špirit), stopiti (mast, loj itd.); prenapenjati, utrujati (oči), mučiti, preveč zahtevati od, staviti na hudo preizkušnjo; (večinoma try up) tesati, strugati, stružiti, rezljati; intransitive verb poskusiti, napraviti poskus; truditi se ( for za), prizadevati si, mučiti se(at z)a tried friend — zvest, zanesljiv prijateljgo and try! — poskusi!try again! — poskusi še enkrat!try and repeat! colloquially poskusi ponoviti!I'll try my best ( —ali my hardest) — skušal bom napraviti vse, kar bo v moji močito try one's hand at — preizkusiti svojo spretnost v, poskusiti sevto be tried for one's life — biti sojen (biti pred sodiščem) zaradi zločina, ki se lahko kaznuje s smrtjoto try it on s.o. slang skušati koga prelisičitito try it on the dog figuratively koga uporabiti za poskusnega kunca; igrati gledališko igro za poskušnjo najprej na deželiI was afraid he was going to try s.th. wild — bal sem se, da bo napravil kako neumnostto try one's luck with s.o. — poskusiti svojo srečo pri komhe tried hard for a job — zelo si je prizadeval, da bi dobil (kako) delo (službo)try the ice before you skate figuratively premisli, preden kaj storiš!; -
2 however
1) (in spite of that: It would be nice if we had more money. However, I suppose we'll manage with what we have.) vendar2) ((also how ever) in what way; by what means: However did you get here?; However did you do that?) kako neki3) (to no matter what extent: However hard I try, I still can't do it.) kakorkoli* * *[hauévə]adverbkakorkoli, vendar, vseeno -
3 strive
past tense - strove; verb(to try very hard or struggle: He always strives to please his teacher.) prizadevati si* * *[stráiv]intransitive verbprizadevati si, truditi se, težiti ( after k); tekmovati ( with z); boriti se ( for za); ogorčeno se biti, upirati ( against čemu); prepirati se, pričkati seto strive against the stream — plavati proti toku (tudi figuratively)he strove to get there first — trudil se je, da bi prvi prispel tja -
4 bend/fall over backwards
(to try very hard: He bent over backwards to get us tickets for the concert.) vse sile napeti
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try — try1 W1S1 [traı] v past tense and past participle tried present participle trying third person singular tries ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(attempt)¦ 2¦(test/use)¦ 3¦(food/drink)¦ 4¦(try to find somebody/something)¦ 5¦(door/window)¦ 6¦( … Dictionary of contemporary English
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try — I UK [traɪ] / US verb Word forms try : present tense I/you/we/they try he/she/it tries present participle trying past tense tried UK [traɪd] / US past participle tried *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to attempt to do something I know she s… … English dictionary
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