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1 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 -
2 electricity
[elek'trisəti](a form of energy used to give heat, light, power etc: worked by electricity; Don't waste electricity.) električni tok- electric- electrical
- electrically
- electrician
- electrified
- electrify
- electrification
- electrifying
- electric chair* * *[ilektrísiti]nounelektrika
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