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1 worse
((of things or people) to become better or worse: His fortunes have taken a turn for the better; Her health has taken a turn for the worse.) obrniti se na boljše/na slabše* * *I [wə:s]1.nounslabši, hujši; bolj bolan, slabšega zdravja; commerce slabši, nižji(not) to be the worse for — (ne) biti na slabšem (na škodi, trpeti) zaradithe worse for wear — obrabljen, ponošen;2.adverbslabše, hujšehe has lost his job and is worse off than ever — izgubil je službo in je na slabšem kot kdajkoli prejnone the worse — nič slabše (hujše), nič manjII [wə:s]nounslabše stanje, nekaj slabšega, nekaj hujšegato put to worse — potolči, premagatifor better, for worse, for better or (for) worse — v škodo ali korist, dobro ali slabo; kakor se (pač) vzame -
2 worse luck!
(most unfortunately!: He's allowing me to go, but he's coming too, worse luck!) na žalost! -
3 go from bad to worse
(to get into an even worse condition etc than before: Things are going from bad to worse for the firm - not only are we losing money but there's going to be a strike as well.) iti čedalje slabše -
4 none the worse for
(not in any way harmed by: The child was lost in the supermarket but fortunately was none the worse for his experience.) nič slabše -
5 the worse for wear
(becoming worn out: These chairs are the worse for wear.) obrabljen -
6 bad
[bæd]comparative - worse; adjective1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) slab2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) slab, grd3) (unpleasant: bad news.) slab4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) pokvarjen5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) škodljiv6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) bolan7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) slabo8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) težak9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) dvomljiv•- badly- badness
- badly off
- feel bad about something
- feel bad
- go from bad to worse
- not bad
- too bad* * *I [bæd]adjective (comparative worse —, superlative worst) slab, pokvarjen, škodljiv, ponarejen; hud, hudoben, krivičen; bolanbad blood — sovraštvo, huda krito be in s.o.'s bad books — biti pri kom slabo zapisanto go bad — pokvariti se; propasti, propadatibad language — zmerjanje, psovkeAmerican bad man — razbojnik, banditit is too bad — škoda, preneumnoII [bæd]nounzlo; primanjkljaj, zguba, pogubato go to the bad — propasti, propadati -
7 badly
comparative - worse; adverb1) (not well, efficiently or satisfactorily: He plays tennis very badly.) slabo2) (to a serious or severe extent: He badly needs a haircut; The dress is badly stained.) resno, pošteno* * *[baedli]to be badly off — slabo se imeti, trpeti pomanjkanje, živeti v bedi -
8 change
[ ein‹] 1. verb1) (to make or become different: They have changed the time of the train; He has changed since I saw him last.) spremeniti (se)2) (to give or leave (one thing etc for another): She changed my library books for me.) zamenjati3) ((sometimes with into) to remove (clothes etc) and replace them by clean or different ones: I'm just going to change (my shirt); I'll change into an old pair of trousers.) preobleči se4) ((with into) to make into or become (something different): The prince was changed into a frog.) spremeniti (se) v5) (to give or receive (one kind of money for another): Could you change this bank-note for cash?) zamenjati2. noun1) (the process of becoming or making different: The town is undergoing change.) sprememba2) (an instance of this: a change in the programme.) sprememba3) (a substitution of one thing for another: a change of clothes.) zamenjava4) (coins rather than paper money: I'll have to give you a note - I have no change.) drobiž5) (money left over or given back from the amount given in payment: He paid with a dollar and got 20 cents change.) ostanek6) (a holiday, rest etc: He has been ill - the change will do him good.) sprememba•- change hands
- a change of heart
- the change of life
- change one's mind
- for a change* * *I [čeindž]nounsprememba; menjava; borza; drobiž, prestop, prehod; astronomy mlaj; plural potrkavanje (z zvonovi)medicine change of life — klimakterijto get the change out of s.o. — ugnati kogato ring the changes — pogosto menjati službo, ponavljati isto z drugimi besedamito take a change out of s.o. — maščevati se nad kom; kaznovati kogato take the change on s.o. — (pre)varati kogaII [čeindž]1.transitive verb( from iz, into v) spremeniti, prenarediti; preurediti; zamenjati; railway prestopiti; oddojiti, odstaviti (dojenčka);2.intransitive verbspremeniti se; preobleči se; skisati seto change colour — prebledeti, zardetimotoring to change gears — menjati prestavoto change out of recognition — tako se spremeniti, da ga ni moči spoznatiall change! — vsi potniki prestopite!colloquially to change one's feet — preobuti se -
9 downhill
1) (down a slope: The road goes downhill all the way from our house to yours.) navzdol2) (towards a worse and worse state: We expected him to die, I suppose, because he's been going steadily downhill for months.) vedno slabše* * *I [dáunhil]adverbnavzdol; figuratively vedno slabšeII [dáunhil]adjectivenavzdolnji -
10 luck
1) (the state of happening by chance: Whether you win or not is just luck - there's no skill involved.) naklučje2) (something good which happens by chance: She has all the luck!) sreča•- luckless- lucky
- luckily
- luckiness
- lucky dip
- bad luck!
- good luck!
- worse luck!* * *[lʌk]nounsrečno naključje, sreča, usodagood luck! — srečno!bad ( —ali ill, hard) luck — smola, nesrečabad luck to him! — bes ga plentaj!in luck — srečen, ki ima srečojust my luck! — kakšna smola!out of luck — nesrečen, ki nima srečepure luck — slepa sreča, golo naključjeas luck would have it — k sreči, po nesreči (po vsebini)worse luck — na žalost, k nesreči -
11 the
[ðə, ði](The form [ðə] is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union [ðə'ju:njən]; the form [ði] is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour [ði 'onə]) ta, tisti1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!)2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.)3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).)4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.)5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.)6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.)•- the...- the...* * *I [mə pred soglasnikom, ði pred samoglasnikom, ði: poudarjeno]določni člen (včasih preveden s ta, to)the Browns — Brownovi, družina Brownthe King — kralj (angleški idr.)the saddle figuratively jezdenje, jahanjethe World — svet, SvetII [mi:, mi, me]adverbčim, temthe... the — čim... temthe more you get the more you want — čim več dobiš, tem več hočešthe more so as... — toliko več (bolj), ker... -
12 take a turn for the better
((of things or people) to become better or worse: His fortunes have taken a turn for the better; Her health has taken a turn for the worse.) obrniti se na boljše/na slabše -
13 aggravate
['æɡrəveit]1) (to make worse: His bad temper aggravated the situation.) poslabšati2) (to make (someone) angry or impatient: She was aggravated by the constant questions.) ogorčiti•* * *[aegrəveit]transitive verbotežiti; poslabšati, poostriti; colloquially dražiti, jeziti, vznejevoljiti -
14 alter
['o:ltə](to make or become different; to change: Will you alter this dress (to fit me)?; The town has altered a lot in the last two years.) spremeniti* * *[ɔ:ltə]transitive verb & intransitive verbspremeniti, spreminjati (se); prekrojiti, prenarediti -
15 bark
I 1. noun(the short, sharp cry of a dog, fox etc.) lajež2. verb1) (to make this sound: The dog barked at the stranger.) lajati2) (to utter abruptly: She barked a reply.) zabrusitiII 1. noun(the covering of the trunk and branches of a tree: He stripped the bark off the branch.) lubje2. verb(to take the skin off (part of the body) by accident: I barked my shin on the table.) odrgniti (kožo)* * *I [ba:k]nounskorja, lubje; skorja kininovca; slang koža, krznoAmerican a man with the bark on — neotesanecII [ba:k]transitive verblupiti drevesa; strojiti; colloquially luščiti kožoIII [ba:k]nounlajež, lajanje; regljanje (puške)IV [ba:k]intransitive verb (at) lajati, bevskati; kašljati; regljati (puška)to bark up the wrong tree — motiti se, biti na napačni slediV [ba:k]nountrojamborska jadrnica; poetically barka -
16 better
['betə]comparative; = good* * *I [bétə]nountisti, ki staviII [bétə]adjectiveboljši; primernejši; ki se bolje počutihe is better than his word — naredi še več, kot je obljubilthe better hand — prednost, premočIII [bétə]adverbbolje, primernejeto be better off — biti v boljšem položaju, biti premožnejšiI had better start — bolje bi bilo, če bi že začelyou had better not — bolje ne!, tega vam ne svetujemI know better — ne boste me ukanili, ne dam se potegniti za nosAmerican colloquially you'd better believe it — lahko mi verjamešso much the better, all the better — tem boljeIV [bétə]nounto get the better of — premagati, prekositiV [bétə]1.transitive verbpopraviti, izboljšati, izpopolniti, preseči;2.intransitive verbpopraviti, spopolniti, poboljšati se, napredovati -
17 bite
1. past tense - bit; verb(to seize, grasp or tear (something) with the teeth or jaws: The dog bit his leg; He was bitten by a mosquito.) ugrizniti, pičiti2. noun1) (an act of biting or the piece or place bitten: a bite from the apple; a mosquito bite.) ugriz, pik2) (the nibble of a fish on the end of one's line: I've been fishing for hours without a bite.) prijem (za trnek)•- biting- bite the dust* * *I [bait]1.transitive verbgristi, odgristi; pičiti, pikati; jedkati, razjedati; colloquially oslepariti; okužiti;2.intransitive verbgristi; peči, skeleti; figuratively pustiti se oslepariti; prijetito bite the dust — pasti na tla, valjati se po tleh, umretito bite one's lips — krotiti, premagovati seII [bait]nounugriz, pik, pekoča bolečina; grižljaj; prigrizek, hrana; figuratively zbadljivost, ostrost; jedkanjehis bark is worse than his bite — ni tako hud kakor je videti, pes, ki laja, ne grize -
18 bronchitis
(inflammation of the air passages in the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing: Wet weather makes his bronchitis worse.) bronhitis* * *[brɔŋkáitis]nounmedicine bronhitis, vnetje sapnika -
19 complication
1) (something making a situation etc more difficult: Taking the dog with us on holiday will be an added complication.) težava2) (a development (in an illness etc) which makes things worse.) komplikacija* * *[kɔmplikéišən]nounzaplet, težave; medicine komplikacija -
20 confusion
[-ʒən]noun zmeda* * *[kənfjú:žən]nounzmešnjava, zmeda; zamenjava; zmedenost; zadregaconfusion worse confounded — še večja zmešnjava, skrajna zmeda
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