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1 curiosity
[-'o-]1) (eagerness to learn: She was very unpopular because of her curiosity about other people's affairs.)2) (something strange and rare: That old chair is quite a curiosity.)* * *[kjuəriɔsiti]nounradovednost; redkost, znamenitost, posebnost, čudo -
2 satisfy
1) (to give (a person) enough of what is wanted or needed to take away hunger, curiosity etc: The apple didn't satisfy my hunger; I told him enough to satisfy his curiosity.) zadovoljiti2) (to please: She is very difficult to satisfy.) zadovoljiti•- satisfactory
- satisfactorily
- satisfied
- satisfying* * *[saetisfai]1.transitive verbzadovoljiti (koga), ugoditi (komu); nasititi (koga), potešiti (glad); dati zadovoljstvo; odstraniti (sum, dvom, strah); prepričati (of o); zagotoviti ( that da); izpolniti (pričakovanja, prošnjo); popraviti (krivico); juridically odškodovati (koga), izplačati (koga), poravnati (dolg); zadostiti (obveznostim);2.intransitive verbzadovoljiti, biti zadovoljiv, ne biti pomanjkljiv; ecclesiastic delati pokoroto satisfy one's curiosity — utešiti, nasititi svojo radovednostI am satisfied that he is wrong — prepričan sem, da on nima prav -
3 interest
['intrəst, ]( American[) 'intərist] 1. noun1) (curiosity; attention: That newspaper story is bound to arouse interest.) zanimanje2) (a matter, activity etc that is of special concern to one: Gardening is one of my main interests.) zanimanje3) (money paid in return for borrowing a usually large sum of money: The (rate of) interest on this loan is eight per cent; ( also adjective) the interest rate.) obresti; obresten4) ((a share in the ownership of) a business firm etc: He bought an interest in the night-club.) delež5) (a group of connected businesses which act together to their own advantage: I suspect that the scheme will be opposed by the banking interest (= all the banks acting together).) interesi2. verb1) (to arouse the curiosity and attention of; to be of importance or concern to: Political arguments don't interest me at all.) zanimati2) ((with in) to persuade to do, buy etc: Can I interest you in (buying) this dictionary?) zbuditi zanimanje•- interesting
- interestingly
- in one's own interest
- in one's interest
- in the interests of
- in the interest of
- lose interest
- take an interest* * *I [íntrist]nouninteres, zanimanje (in za); udeležba; važnost, pomen; economy udeležba, delež, pravica do deleža (in); economy (samo singular) obresti; vpliv ( with na), oblast ( with nad); prid, korist, dobiček; juridically pravica, zahteva (in)ex interest, free of interest — brez obrestifiguratively to return s.th. with interest — vrniti kaj z obrestmito be of interest to — biti zanimiv za, mikati kogato study the interest of s.o. — imeti korist nekoga pred očmito have an interest in s.th. — imeti delež v čemto take an interest in sth. — zanimati se za kaj, potegovati se za kajto make interest with s.o. — vplivati na kogato have interest with s.o. — imeti vpliv pri komto excite s.o.'s interest — zbuditi zanimanje pri komto obtain s.th. through interest with s.o. — dobiti kaj po zvezahto use one's interest with one for s.o. — zavzeti se za koga pri kompolitics sphere of interest — interesna sferaII [íntrist]transitive verbzbuditi zanimanje (in za); zanimati, zainteresirati; vplivati, privlačitito interest o.s. in — zanimati se za -
4 appease
[ə'pi:z](to calm or satisfy (a person, desire etc) usually by giving what was asked for or is needed: She appeased his curiosity by explaining the situation to him.) pomiriti* * *[əpí:z]transitive verbpomiriti, ublažiti; spraviti, pobotati se; zadovoljiti, utešiti -
5 curious
['kjuəriəs]1) (strange; odd: a curious habit.) nenavaden2) (anxious or interested (to learn): I'm curious (to find out) whether he passed his exams.) radoveden•- curiosity* * *[kjúəriəs]adjective ( curiously adverb)radoveden; znamenit, redek; čuden, nenavaden; ličen, izbran, prefinjen; euphemistically erotičen, pornografskicuriously enough — čudno, presenetljivo -
6 devouring
[diváuriŋ]adjective ( devouringly adverb)požrešen; koprneč, goreč -
7 idle
1. adjective1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) neizkoriščen2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) len3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) prazen4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) prazen2. verb1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) lenariti2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) biti v prostem teku, teči v prazno•- idler- idleness
- idly
- idle away* * *I [áidl]adjective ( idly adverb)brezdelen, nezaposlen, brezposeln; nedelaven, len; ničeven, prazen, nepomemben; nesmiseln, nekoristen; economy neproduktiven, neizrabljen, mrtev (kapital); technical ki stoji (stroj), v praznem teku; agronomy neobdelaneconomy idle capital — mrtev kapitalto lie ( —ali stand), idle — stati, ne delati (stroj)economy idle time — zgubljen časII [áidl]1.intransitive verblenariti, ne delati; technical biti v praznem teku (stroj);2.transitive verbzapravljati čas ( away), izgubljati (ure, čas); pustiti stroj v praznem teku -
8 interested
1) ((often with in) showing attention or having curiosity: He's not interested in politics; Don't tell me any more - I'm not interested; I'll be interested to see what happens next week.) ki se zanima (za)2) ((often with in) willing, or wanting, to do, buy etc: Are you interested in (buying) a second-hand car?) zainteresiran3) (personally involved in a particular business, project etc and therefore likely to be anxious about decisions made regarding it: You must consult the other interested parties (= the other people involved).) udeležen* * *[íntristid]adjective ( interestedly adverb)zavzet; zainteresiran (in za), udeležen (in pri); sebičen; pristranski (priča) -
9 intrigue
1. [in'tri:ɡ, 'intri:ɡ] noun(the activity of plotting or scheming; a plot or scheme: He became president as a result of (a) political intrigue.) spletka2. [in'tri:ɡ] verb1) (to fascinate, arouse the curiosity of or amuse: The book intrigued me.) pritegniti2) (to plot or scheme.) spletkariti•* * *I [intrí:g]nounspletka, rovarstvo, intriga; skrivna ljubezen; theatre zapletII [intrí:g]1.intransitive verbspletkariti, rovariti, intrigirati, imeti skrivno ljubezensko razmerje ( with s, z);2.transitive verbzbuditi komu zanimanje za kaj, zainteresirati; zbegati, zmešati koga; doseči kaj s spletkarjenjem -
10 regard
1. verb1) ((with as) to consider to be: I regard his conduct as totally unacceptable.) imeti za2) (to think of as being very good, important etc; to respect: He is very highly regarded by his friends.) ceniti3) (to think of (with a particular emotion or feeling): I regard him with horror; He regards his wife's behaviour with amusement.) gledati na4) (to look at: He regarded me over the top of his glasses.) opazovati5) (to pay attention to (advice etc).) upoštevati2. noun1) (thought; attention: He ran into the burning house without regard for his safety.) ozir2) (sympathy; care; consideration: He shows no regard for other people.) obzirnost3) (good opinion; respect: I hold him in high regard.) spoštovanje•- regardless
- regards
- as regards
- with regard to* * *I [rigá:d]noun(pomenljiv) pogled; ozir, obzir (for, to do), odnos; vzrok, motiv; pozornost, obzirnost (for, to do, za); posebno spoštovanje, čislanje, cenjenje; history nadzor(stvo) gozdaregards plural (zlasti v pismih) (spoštljivi) pozdraviin every regard — v vsakem oziru, pogleduin regard to (of) — gledé, kar se tičein this regard — v tem oziru, pogledu, kar se tega tiče, tozadevnoout of regard to — iz obzirnosti, spoštovanja dowith kind regards to s.o. — s srčnimi pozdravi komuto have regard to (for) — ozirati se na, upoštevatito have no regard for s.o.'s feelings — ne se ozirati na čustva kake osebeto hold s.o. in high regard — visoko koga cenitito pay no regard to — ne se ozirati na, ne upoštevatiII [rigá:d]1.transitive verb(po)gledati, motriti, opazovati; imeti (as za), smatrati za; ceniti, čislati, spoštovati; ozirati se na, upoštevati, uvaževati;2.intransitive verbtikati se (to česa), zadevati (kaj), nanašati se (to na)as regards (your letter) — kar se tiče (vašega pisma, dopisa)I regard him kindly — do njega imam, gojim prijateljska čustvaI regard it as impudence (as negligible) — to smatram, imam za nesramnost (za nebistveno)your affairs do not regard me — vaše zadeve se me ne tičejo, me ne brigajo -
11 restrain
[rə'strein](to prevent from doing something; to control: He was so angry he could hardly restrain himself; He had to be restrained from hitting the man; He restrained his anger with difficulty.) zadržati (se), obvladati (se)* * *[ristréin]transitive verbzadržati, zaustaviti, ovirati ( from pred), preprečiti; obrzdati, ukrotiti, držati v šahu, v mejah; zapreti, vreči v ječo; postaviti pod nadzorstvo, internirati (blazneža); omejiti (moč), zmanjšati (pravice); obvladati, zatreti (čustva)to restrain one's feelings — krotiti, zatreti, obvladati svoja čustvato restrain s.o. of his liberty — odvzeti komu prostost, svobodo -
12 stir up
(to cause (trouble etc): He was trying to stir up trouble at the factory.) izzvati* * *transitive verb (dobro) premešati; pretresti; zbuditi, izzvatito stir up a liquid — premešati, pretresti tekočinoto stir s.o. up — ostrašiti kogato stir up a revolt — izzvati, podnetiti uporto stir up s.o. — zbuditi koga iz mrtvila; razburiti, razjeziti kogato stir up strife — podnetiti, razvneti prepir -
13 tickle
['tikl] 1. verb1) (to touch (sensitive parts of someone's skin) lightly, often making the person laugh: He tickled me / my feet with a feather.) žgečkati2) ((of a part of the body) to feel as if it is being touched in this way: My nose tickles.) ščegetati3) (to amuse: The funny story tickled him.) zabavati2. noun1) (an act or feeling of tickling.) žgečkanje2) (a feeling of irritation in the throat (making one cough).) ščegetanje•- ticklish- be tickled pink* * *[tikl]1.nounščeget(anje), žgečkanje, draženje, draž; srbenje; (cricket) rahel dotik žoge s kijem; British English slang tatinski plen;2.adjective obsoletenegotov, nezanesljiv, majav, spremenljiv;3.transitive verbščegetati, žgečkati, dražiti; prijetno vzburiti; figuratively prijati, biti všeč, goditi; zabavati, razvedriti; laskati; loviti (postrvi) z rokami; obsolete jeziti, izzivati; intransitive verb ščegetati, srbeti, biti ščegetljivtickled pink slang ves iz sebe od veseljait tickled my curiosity — to je dražilo, zbudilo mojo radovednostto tickle the palate — dražiti nebo v ustih, zbujati tekto tickle s.o.'s palm, to tickle s.o. in the palm colloquially figuratively podkupiti koga; dati komu napitninoto tickle the soles of s.o.'s fect — ščegetati koga po podplatih -
14 tiptoe
['tiptəu](to walk on the toes, usually in order to be quiet: He tiptoed past her bedroom door.) hoditi po prstih- walk- stand on tiptoes
- stand on tiptoe* * *[típtou]1.nounkonica prsta na nogion tiptoe, a-tiptoe — na (po) prstih; figuratively radovedno, napeto, previdno, skrivaj, tihoto be on tiptoe with curiosity — koprneti, goreti od radovednostito walk on tiptoe — po prstih hoditi;2.adjectivena prstih (stoječ)tiptoe step — koraki po prstih;3.adverbnapeto, previdno, skrivaj, tiho;4.intransitive verbhoditi po prstih -
15 wonder
1. noun1) (the state of mind produced by something unexpected or extraordinary: He was full of wonder at the amazing sight.) začudenje2) (something strange, unexpected or extraordinary: the Seven Wonders of the World; You work late so often that it's a wonder you don't take a bed to the office!) čudo3) (the quality of being strange or unexpected: The wonder of the discovery is that it was only made ten years ago.) nenavadnost2. verb1) (to be surprised: Caroline is very fond of John - I shouldn't wonder if she married him.) čuditi se2) (to feel curiosity or doubt: Have you ever wondered about his reasons for wanting this money?) spraševati se3) (to feel a desire to know: I wonder what the news is.) hoteti vedeti•- wonderfully
- wonderingly
- wonderland
- wondrous
- no wonder* * *I [wʌndə]nounčudo; nekaj čudovitega, osupljivega; čudežen dogodek, čudežno delo, čudež; (za)čudenje, začudenostfor a wonder — čudežno; presenetljivo; čudno(it is) no wonder that... — nič čudnega (ni), da...he kept his word, for a wonder — za čuda je držal svojo besedohe swore and no wonder — zaklel je, in nič čudnega (če je)II [wʌndə]intransitive verb (za)čuditi se (at, about s.th. čemu); razmišljati (o čem), hoteti vedeti, biti radoveden, spraševati seOh! I just wondered! — O, nič! kar takó, samo vpraševal sem seI wonder who said it — rad bi vedel (sprašujem se, bogve), kdo je to rekelIs that true? -- I wonder. — Je to res? -- Bogve.well, I wonder — no, ne vem (prav)I have often wondered what would happen if... — često sem se spraševal, kaj bi se zgodilo, če... -
16 out of
1) (from inside: He took it out of the bag.) iz2) (not in: Mr Smith is out of the office; out of danger; out of sight.) zunaj3) (from among: Four out of five people like this song.) od4) (having none left: She is quite out of breath.) brez5) (because of: He did it out of curiosity/spite.) zaradi6) (from: He drank the lemonade straight out of the bottle.) iz -
17 wonderingly
adverb (with great curiosity and amazement: The children gazed wonderingly at the puppets.) začudeno
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