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1 wife
plural - wives; noun(the woman to whom one is married: Come and meet my wife; He is looking for a wife.) žena- wife-battering* * *plural wives [wáif, wáivz]noun žena, soproga; ženska; stara (kmečka, klepetava) ženska; zoology samicaall the world and his wife — ves modni, elegantni svetto make a good wife — biti dobra žena (to komu) -
2 wife-battering
noun (the crime of beating one's own wife.) pretepanje žene -
3 wife-ridden
[wáifridn]adjectivefiguratively copatarski, (ki je) pod žensko vlado -
4 child-wife
[čáildwaif]nounzelo mlada žena -
5 concubine
1) (an old word for a woman who lives with a man as his lover but is not his wife.) priležnica2) ((among peoples and religions that allow men to have more than one wife) a secondary wife.) druga žena* * *[kɔnkjubain]nounpriležnica -
6 adultery
(sexual intercourse between a husband and a woman who is not his wife or between a wife and a man who is not her husband.) prešuštvo* * *[ədʌltəri]nounprešuštvo, nezvestoba, zakonolom, nečistovanje -
7 family
['fæməli]plural - families; noun1) ((singular or plural) a man, his wife and their children: These houses were built for families; The (members of the) Smith family are all very athletic; ( also adjective) a family holiday.) družina2) (a group of people related to each other, including cousins, grandchildren etc: He comes from a wealthy family; ( also adjective) the family home.) rodbina, rodbinski3) (the children of a man and his wife: When I get married I should like a large family.) družina4) (a group of plants, animals, languages etc that are connected in some way: In spite of its name, a koala bear is not a member of the bear family.) rod•- family tree* * *[faemili]noundružina, rodbina, rodovina, rod; družinski članiin a family way — neprisiljeno, po domačeAmerican the President's official family — člani kabinetafamily allowance — družinska, otroška doklada -
8 marry
['mæri]1) (to take (a person) as one's husband or wife: John married my sister; They married in church.) poročiti se2) ((of a clergyman etc) to perform the ceremony of marriage between (two people): The priest married them.) poročiti3) (to give (a son or daughter) as a husband or wife: He married his son to a rich woman.) poročiti•- married* * *I [maeri]1.transitive verbporočiti, omožiti, oženiti; figuratively tesno povezati (to, with s, z); pomešati različna vina;2.intransitive verbporočiti se; figuratively združiti seto be married to — biti poročen s, zto get married to — poročiti se s, zto marry off — spraviti (hčer) v zakon, poročitiII [maeri]interjectionarchaic sveta nebesa! (vzklik presenečenja)marry come up! — k vragu! -
9 separate
1. ['sepəreit] verb1) ((sometimes with into or from) to place, take, keep or force apart: He separated the money into two piles; A policeman tried to separate the men who were fighting.) ločiti2) (to go in different directions: We all walked along together and separated at the cross-roads.) ločiti se3) ((of a husband and wife) to start living apart from each other by choice.) ločiti se2. [-rət] adjective1) (divided; not joined: He sawed the wood into four separate pieces; The garage is separate from the house.) ločen2) (different or distinct: This happened on two separate occasions; I like to keep my job and my home life separate.) različen•- separable
- separately
- separates
- separation
- separatist
- separatism
- separate off
- separate out
- separate up* * *I [séprit]1.adjectiveoddeljen, oddvojen, ločen ( from od), izoliran; separaten, poseben; posamičen, posamezenseparate maintenance juridically alimenti (ločeno živeče žene)the separate volumes of a book — posamični zvezki knjige;2.nounprintingposeben odtis članka iz revije ali iz zbornika, separat; plural dvodelna oblekaII [sépəreit]1.transitive verbločiti ( from od), oddeliti, razdeliti ( into v), razdružiti; odbrati, izolirati, centrifugirati (mleko); odpustiti iz vojaške službe; juridically (zakonsko) ločitito separate cream from milk — posneti smetano z mleka;2.intransitive verbločiti se, oddeliti se, oddvojiti se, razdružiti se, odcepiti se; (zakonsko) se ločiti -
10 sister-in-law
plural - sisters-in-law; noun1) (the sister of one's husband or wife.) svakinja2) (the wife of one's brother.) svakinja* * *plural sisters-in-law [sístərinlɔ:]noun svakinja, moževa sestra, ženina sestra -
11 survive
1) (to remain alive in spite of (a disaster etc): Few birds managed to survive the bad winter; He didn't survive long after the accident.) preživeti2) (to live longer than: He died in 1940 but his wife survived him by another twenty years; He is survived by his wife and two sons.) preživeti•- survival- surviving
- survivor* * *[səváiv]1.transitive verbpreživeti (koga ali kaj); živeti dljè kot;2.intransitive verbostati pri življenju; obdržati se (npr. običaj) -
12 wives
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13 common-law
adjective (referring to a relationship between two people who are not officially married, but have the same rights as husband and wife: a common-law marriage; a common-law wife/husband.) zunajzakonski -
14 action
['ækʃən]1) (something done: Action, not talking, is necessary if we are to defeat the enemy; Take action immediately; The firemen are ready to go into action.) dejanje2) (movement: Tennis needs a good wrist action.) delovanje3) (a legal case: He brought an action for divorce against his wife.) postopek4) (the events (of a play, film etc): The action of the play takes place on an island.) dogajanje5) (a battle; fighting: He was killed in action; Our troops fought an action against the enemy.) boj•- out of action* * *I [aekšən]noundejanje, delovanje; učinek; borba, boj; juridically proces, sodni postopek; hoja (npr. konja); mehanizemfull of action — delaven, prizadevenactions speak louder than words — po delu, ne po besedah cenimo človekaII [aekšən]transitive verb(ob)tožiti -
15 affair
[ə'feə]1) (happenings etc which are connected with a particular person or thing: the Suez affair.) zadeva2) (a thing: The new machine is a weird-looking affair.) stvar3) ((often in plural) business; concern(s): financial affairs; Where I go is entirely my own affair.) zadeva4) (a love relationship: His wife found out about his affair with another woman.) razmerje* * *[əfʌ/ə]nounstvar, zadeva, afera; posel; skrb; military bojaffair of honour — častna zadeva, dvobojaffair of love — ljubezenska zadeva, ljubimkanje -
16 agree
[ə'ɡri:]past tense, past participle - agreed; verb1) ((often with with) to think or say the same (as): I agreed with them that we should try again; The newspaper report does not agree with what he told us.) strinjati se2) (to say that one will do or allow something: He agreed to go; He agreed to our request.) privoliti (v)3) ((with with) to be good for (usually one's health): Cheese does not agree with me.) prijati, koristiti4) (to be happy and friendly together: John and his wife don't agree.) razumeti se•- agreeably
- agreement* * *[əgrí:]1.intransitive verb(to v) privoliti; ( with s) strinjati se, skladati se, soglašati; (on, upon, about o) dogovoriti, sporazumeti se; grammar ( with) skladati se;2.transitive verb(to, with s) izravnati, pomiriti, v sklad spraviti, uskladitiagreed! — velja!to agree to differ — ne se več truditi, da bi prepričal drug drugega, poravnati spor -
17 alienate
[-neit]verb (to make someone feel unfriendly to one: He alienated his wife by his cruelty to her.) odtujiti si* * *[éiliəneit]transitive verb( from) odtujiti; oddati; odbijati; zapleniti; odsvojitito alienate s.o. — odtujiti se komu -
18 antisocial
[ænti'səuʃəl]1) (against the welfare of the community etc: It is antisocial to drop rubbish in the street.) družbi škodljiv2) (not wanting the company of others: Since his wife died, he has become more and more antisocial.) nedružaben* * *[aentisóušəl]adjective ( antisocially adverb)antisocialen, netovariški; nedružaben, neprijazen -
19 apron-string
[éiprənstriŋ]nountrak na predpasnikuto be tied ( —ali pinned) to one's mother's (wife's) apron-string — s držati se materinega (ženinega) krila, biti nesamostojen; biti pod copato -
20 aunt
(the sister of one's father or mother, or the wife of one's uncle: My Aunt Anne died last week; The child went to the circus with her aunt.) teta- auntie- aunty* * *[a:nt], American [æ:nt]nounteta, strina, ujnaslang to see one's aunt — iti na straniščemy aunt! — zaboga!
См. также в других словарях:
Wife — Wife, n.; pl. {Wives}. [OE. wif, AS. wif; akin to OFries. & OS. wif, D. wijf, G. weib, OHG. w[=i]b, Icel. v[=i]f, Dan. viv; and perhaps to Skr. vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. vibrare to vibrate, E. vibrate. Cf. Tacitus, [… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wife — W1S1 [waıf] n plural wives [waıvz] [: Old English; Origin: wif woman, wife ] the woman that a man is married to →↑husband, spouse ↑spouse ▪ Have you met my wife? ▪ a refuge for battered wives ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
wife|ly — «WYF lee», adjective, li|er, li|est. of a wife; like a wife; suitable for a wife. –wife´li|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
WIFE — can refer to:* WIFE (AM), a radio station at 1580 AM licensed to Connersville, Indiana * WIFE FM, a radio station at 94.3 FM licensed to Rushville, Indiana * WMOJ FM, an FM radio station formerly known as WIFE FM from 1994 2006 … Wikipedia
wife — [ waıf ] (plural wives [ waıvz ] ) noun count *** the woman that a man is married to: I d better phone my wife and tell her I ll be late. wife of: a reception for the wives of the ambassadors … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wife — (n.) O.E. wif woman, from P.Gmc. *wiban (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. wif, O.N. vif, Dan., Swed. viv, M.Du., Du. wijf, O.H.G. wib, Ger. Weib), of uncertain origin. Du. wijf now means, in slang, girl, babe, having softened somewhat from earlier sense of… … Etymology dictionary
wife — [wīf] n. pl. wives [wīvz] [ME < OE wif, woman, akin to Swed viv, Ger weib < ? IE base * weip , to twist, turn, wrap, in sense “the hidden or veiled person”] 1. a woman: still so used in such compounds as midwife, housewife, etc. 2. a… … English World dictionary
wife — index consort, spouse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wife — has the plural form wives … Modern English usage
wife — [n] married woman bride, companion, consort, helpmate, mate, monogamist, other half*, partner, roommate, spouse; concepts 414,415 Ant. husband … New thesaurus
wife — ► NOUN (pl. wives) 1) a married woman considered in relation to her husband. 2) archaic or dialect a woman, especially an old or uneducated one. DERIVATIVES wifely adjective. ORIGIN Old English, «woman» … English terms dictionary