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1 undertaking
1) (a task or piece of work: I didn't realize what a large undertaking this job would be.) podvig2) (a promise: He made an undertaking that he would pay the money back.) obveza* * *[ʌndəteikiŋ]1.nounpogrebni zavod;2.[ʌndətéikiŋ]noun prevzem; podjetje; podvig; obveza, garancija, jamstvo -
2 mastermind
noun (the person planning and controlling an undertaking or scheme: He was the mastermind behind the scheme.) vodilna osebnost* * *[má:stəmaind]1.nounvodilna osebnost, vodilni duh;2.transitive verbvoditi, biti duševni vodja -
3 spirit
['spirit]1) (a principle or emotion which makes someone act: The spirit of kindness seems to be lacking in the world nowadays.) duh2) (a person's mind, will, personality etc thought of as distinct from the body, or as remaining alive eg as a ghost when the body dies: Our great leader may be dead, but his spirit still lives on; ( also adjective) the spirit world; Evil spirits have taken possession of him.) duh3) (liveliness; courage: He acted with spirit.) elan•- spirited- spiritedly
- spirits
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- spirit level* * *I [spírit]nounduh; duša; prikazen, duh, nadnaravno bitje, demon; genij, velik duh; smisel, duh (zakona); figuratively polet, elan, pogum, morala, ognjevitost, energija; figuratively življenjska moč, volja; figuratively gonilna moč, duša (podviga, podjetja); plural razpoloženje; veter, sapicaout of spirits — potrt, deprimiranabsent in body, but present in spirit — telesno odsoten, duhovno pa prisotenastral spirits — duhovi, za katere verujejo, da žive med zvezdamifamiliar spirits — duhovi, ki spremljajo čarovnice ali jim služijogreat spirits — véliki duhovi (razumniki, velikani duha)high spirits — dobro, veselo razpoloženje, veselostthe Holy Spirit ecclesiastic sv. duhlow spirits — potrtost, deprimiranosta master-spirit — človek izredne pameti, ki drugim vsiljuje svoje mnenjethe poor in spirit — ubogi na duhu, ponižnipoor spirits — pobitost, potrtostto be in poor (low) spirits — biti potrt (pobit, malodušen, deprimiran)II [spírit]transitive verbnavdihniti, inspirirati; priganjati, siliti (on k)to spirit away (off) — skrivaj in hitro odvesti, pustiti izginitito spirit a child — odvesti, ugrabiti otrokato spirit a prisoner — pustiti, da ujetnik izgineIII [spírit]nounchemistry destilat; špirit; American alkohol, alkoholna pijača; plural alkoholne, opojne pijače, spirituozespirit of ether medicine Hoffmannove kapljicespirit(s) of wine — vinski cvet, alkoholardent spirits — močne, zelo opojne pijačea glass of spirits and water — kozarec alkoholne pijače, mešane z vodo -
4 adventure
[əd'ven ə](a bold or exciting undertaking or experience: He wrote a book about his adventures in the Antarctic.) dogodivščina- adventurous
- adventurously* * *I [ədvénčə]nounpripetljaj, dogodivščina, pustolovščina; naključje; špekulacija; marine manjši tovor, ki se prevaža zastonj; mornarska prtijagaII [ədvénčə]1.transitive verbizpostaviti (nevarnosti), na kocko postavitito adventure one's life — postaviti življenje na kocko;2.intransitive verb(on, upon) upati si, poskusiti; (in, into) tvegati, izpostaviti se nevarnosti -
5 joint
[‹oint] 1. noun1) (the place where two or more things join: The plumber tightened up all the joints in the pipes.) spoj2) (a part of the body where two bones meet but are able to move in the manner of eg a hinge: The shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles are joints.) sklep3) (a piece of meat for cooking containing a bone: A leg of mutton is a fairly large joint.) pečenka2. adjective1) (united; done together: the joint efforts of the whole team.) skupen2) (shared by, or belonging to, two or more: She and her husband have a joint bank account.) skupen3. verb(to divide (an animal etc for cooking) at the, or into, joints: Joint the chicken before cooking it.) razkosati- jointed- jointly
- out of joint See also:- join* * *I [džɔint]adjective ( jointly adverb)skupen, združen; spojen, sestavljen; solidareneconomy joint account — skupen računjoint venture — združeno podjetje, priložnostna trgovska družbajuridically joint and several — skupen dolgjuridically joint and several liability — skupno poroštvo za plačilo dolgajuridically joint and several note — skupna obveza za plačilo dolgajuridically joint offender — sokrivecjuridically joint plaintiff — sotožnikII [džɔint]nounstik, stikališče, vez, člen; utor; zgib, sklep (tudi anatomy); tirni stik; British English kos mesa (mesarski), stegno; botany kolence; geology razpoka v steni; American slang beznicaout of joint — izpahnjen; figuratively v neredu, v slabem stanjuto put s.o.'s nose out of joint — spodriniti kogaIII [džɔint]transitive verbspojiti, sestaviti; razkosati živino, razrezati, razsekati; izgladiti, zamazati sklepe (pri deskah) -
6 scope
[skəup]1) ((often with for) the opportunity or chance to do, use or develop: There's no scope for originality in this job.) možnost2) (the area or extent of an activity etc: Few things are beyond the scope of a child's imagination.) doseg* * *[skóup]nounpodročje (delovanja), območje, delokrog; duševno obzorje; obseg, prostor, okvir; doseg, domet, streljaj; nautical dolžina verige ali vrvi; (redko) cilj, (glavni) namento give scope to s.o. — da(ja)ti, nuditi široko polje delovanja komu -
7 venture
['ven ə] 1. noun(an undertaking or scheme that involves some risk: his latest business venture.) podvig2. verb1) (to dare to go: Every day the child ventured further into the forest.) drzniti si2) (to dare (to do (something), especially to say (something)): He ventured to kiss her hand; I ventured (to remark) that her skirt was too short.) drzniti si3) (to risk: He decided to venture all his money on the scheme.) tvegati* * *I [vénčə]noundrzno, tvegano dejanje, drznost, riziko, tveganost; smel podvig, pustolovščina, avantura; stavljenje na kocko; komercialna špekulacija; obsolete srečen slučaj, srečaat a venture — na slepo (srečo); po grobi ocenitvihe is not a man to undertake any venture — on ni človek, ki bi se spuščal v kakršnokoli tveganjehe has lost all his ventures — izgubil je vse, kar je angažiral (v posle)II [vénčə]transitive verbupati si, drzniti se; odločiti se (on za); drzniti se napraviti; izraziti, dovoliti si; tvegati, riskirati, staviti na kocko; (redko) zanesti se na, prepustiti slučaju; špekulirati; intransitive verb upati si, prevzeti rizikoto venture away — upati si oditi (se oddaljiti, se umakniti) ( from od)I venture to say that... — upam si reči, da...may I venture to ask you? — vas smem vprašati?nothing venture, nothing have — kdor nič ne tvega, nič nimanever venture to oppose him — nikoli si ne dovolite, da bi mu ugovarjali
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