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61 relieve
[-v]1) (to lessen or stop (pain, worry etc): The doctor gave him some drugs to relieve the pain; to relieve the hardship of the refugees.) ublažiti2) (to take over a job or task from: You guard the door first, and I'll relieve you in two hours.) zamenjati3) (to dismiss (a person) from his job or position: He was relieved of his post/duties.) odstaviti4) (to take (something heavy, difficult etc) from someone: May I relieve you of that heavy case?; The new gardener relieved the old man of the burden of cutting the grass.) razbremeniti5) (to come to the help of (a town etc which is under siege or attack).) odrešiti* * *[rilí:v]1.transitive verbolajšati (pritisk itd.); osvoboditi koga ( from od, pred); military osvoboditi, rešiti (mesto) obleganja; pomagati, podpirati (reveže itd.); dati duška (svojim čustvom itd.); military izmenjati, zamenjati (stražo); figuratively razbremeniti, osvoboditi bremena ali tovora; ugrabiti, s silo vzeti; razrešiti, zamenjati, odstaviti koga (z dolžnosti, iz službe), odpustiti; poudariti, naglasiti, poživiti ( with s čim, by s pomočjo); pomiriti (po)tolažiti;2.intransitive verbto relieve nature, to relieve oneself — izprazniti si čreva ali mehur, opraviti veliko oziroma malo potreboto relieve one's feelings — dati duška svojim čustvom, olajšati si dušo (srcé)to relieve s.o. from a duty (responsibility) — oprostiti, razrešiti koga neke dolžnosti (odgovornosti)to relieve a sentry military izmenjati stražoI was much relieved to see... — zelo mi je odleglo, ko sem videl... -
62 resist
[rə'zist]1) (to fight against, usually successfully: The soldiers resisted the enemy attack; He tried to resist arrest; It's hard to resist temptation.) upirati se2) (to be able to stop oneself doing, taking etc (something): I couldn't resist kicking him when he bent down; I just can't resist strawberries.) upirati se3) (to be unaffected or undamaged by: a metal that resists rust/acids.) kljubovati•- resistant* * *I [rizíst]intransitive verb & transitive verbupirati se, upreti se, ustavljati se, ne poslušati, braniti se; nasprotovati, oponirati; preprečiti, zadržati, zaustaviti; ne popuščatito resist an attack — upreti se napadu, braniti se pred napadomto resist frost — upirati se mrazu, prenašati mrazif you can resist a cigarette — če se lahko uprete skušnjavi (kajenja) cigarete (se lahko odrečete cigareti)I cannot resist saying — ne morem si kaj, da ne bi rekelII [rizíst]nounsnov, s katero se prevleče površina, da se prepreči rja (rjavenje); zaščitna pasta -
63 smack
I 1. [smæk] verb(to strike smartly and loudly; to slap: She smacked the child's hand/bottom.) klofniti2. noun((the sound of) a blow of this kind; a slap: He could hear the smack of the waves against the side of the ship.) tlesk3. adverb(directly and with force: He ran smack into the door.) naravnost vII 1. [smæk] verb((with of) to have a suggestion of: The whole affair smacks of prejudice.) dišati po2. nounThere's a smack of corruption about this affair.) primes* * *I [smæk]1.noun(pri)okus (of po), zadah; buket; sled, majhna količina, malček, malce, mrvica; primes (of česa); nekaj, kar spominja nathere is a smack of the Bohemian in him — nekaj bohemskega (ciganskega) je v njem;2.intransitive verbimeti okus (of po); dišati po; spominjati na; dajati vtisII [smæk]1.nounplosk (glasen) udarec s plosko roko; tlesk(anje) (z jezikom), pok(anje) z bičem, cmok(anje), glasen poljub; colloquially poskus, drzno (tvegano) dejanjea smack in the eye (face) — udarec v obraz, klofutato catch s.o. a smack — klofniti kogato have a smack at s.th. — napraviti poskus s čim;2.adverbtlesk, bum, štrbunk;3.transitive verb & intransitive verboklofutati, klofniti (koga), prisoliti (komu) zaušnico; pomlaskati, pocmakati; švrkniti, oplaziti, tleskati (z bičem, jezikom); mlaskniti, cmoknitito smack s.o.'s face — pripeljati komu klofutoto smack the hands together — ploskniti, ploskati z rokamiIII [smæk]nounnautical ribiška ladja -
64 smear
[smiə] 1. verb1) (to spread (something sticky or oily) over a surface: The little boy smeared jam on the chair.) namazati2) (to make or become blurred; to smudge: He brushed against the newly painted notice and smeared the lettering.) razmazati3) (to try to discredit (a person etc) by slandering him: He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.) očrniti2. noun1) (a mark made by smearing.) madež2) (a piece of slander.) kleveta* * *[smíə]1.nounmaža, lepljiva tekočina; madež (od maščobe, umazanije), zamazek; ponesnaženje; figuratively klevetasmear campaign — premišljena kampanja, da se kdo očrni, okleveta;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbzamazati (se), umazati (se), pomastiti (se), oblatiti (se); namazati, vmazati (on, onto na); razmazati (pisavo, risbo itd.); American slang premagati, poraziti; colloquially očrniti, oklevetati -
65 stand up
1.intransitive verbvstati, dvigniti se; stati pokonci (lasje); pokonci se dvigniti (bodice itd.), dvigati se (dim); lotiti se, napasti (against s.o. koga); (javno) nastopiti, potegniti se ( for za)I'll stand up for him whatever happens — potegnil (zavzel) se bom zanj, naj se zgodi, kar hoče; (pogumno) nastopiti nasproti, upreti se (to čemu); sport postaviti se (o moštvu); colloquially postaviti se pred, stopiti pod (v dežju vedriti); American biti zraven; vzdržati (konj pri dirki itd.); plesati ( with z)to stand up in colloquially nositi na sebiI've only the clothes I stand up in — imam le obleko, ki jo nosim (imam) na sebi;2.transitive verb(le) zavlačevati; varati, slepiti; American colloquially pustiti na cedilu, pustiti zastonj čakati; American slang vzdrževati (koga), plačevati (za koga) -
66 swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) plavati2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) plavati3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) vrteti se2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) plavanje- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume* * *I [swim]nounplavanje; figuratively rahlo drsenje; rib polno mesto, globina v reki; (redko) plavalni mehur; figuratively tok dogodkov, tekoči posli, posel; figuratively vrtogavica, omoticato be in (out of) the swim colloquially (ne) poznati tekoče posle ali razmere, (ne) biti na tekočemto have (to take) a swim — kópati se, plavatiII [swim]1.intransitive verbplavati, priplavati, plavati na vodi, pluti; (prah ipd.) plavati, viseti v zraku; figuratively kópati se; figuratively čutiti vrtoglavico, biti vrtoglav, vrteti se (komu); plavati (in v), biti preplavljen, kópati se (in v);2.transitive verbpreplavati, plavati (neko razdaljo); prisiliti, nagnati (koga), da plava; plavati na tekomovanju, prepeljati s plavanjem ( across čez)to swim against the stream — plavati proti toku (tudi figuratively)to swim to the bottom — potoniti, potopiti seto swim like a tailor's goose figuratively plavati kot kamen, potopiti seto swim with the tide (the stream) — plavati s tokom (tudi figuratively); figuratively pridružiti se večinito swim the river, the Channel — preplavati reko, Rokavski prelivthe cellar was swimming in wine — klet je plavala v vinu, je bila preplavljena z vinommy head swims — vrti se mi v glavi, imam vrtoglavicothe room swam before my eyes — zdelo se mi je, da se soba vrti okoli meneshe swam up to him figuratively zdrsnila je k njemu, kot da bi plavala -
67 warning
1) (an event, or something said or done, that warns: He gave her a warning against driving too fast; His heart attack will be a warning to him not to work so hard.) opozorilo2) (advance notice or advance signs: The earthquake came without warning.) opozorilo* * *[wɔ:niŋ]1.nounsvarilo, posvaritev; svarilni signal; svarilen primer; poziv, opozorilo, namig, obvestilo; odpoved, odpust (iz službe)at a minute's warning — takoj, brez odlašanja, précejI would take warning by his misfortune — jaz bi si njegovo nesrečo vzel za svarilo;2.adjectivesvarilen ( warningly adverb)svarilen, opozarjajoč, opominjajoč; signalenwarning shot nautical svarilen strel -
68 whisper
['wispə] 1. verb1) (to speak or say very softly: You'll have to whisper or he'll hear you; `Don't tell him,' she whispered.) šepetati2) ((of trees etc) to make a soft sound in the wind: The leaves whispered in the breeze.) šelesteti2. noun(a very quiet sound, especially something said: They spoke in whispers.) šepet* * *I [wíspə]nounšepet, šepetanje; šušljanje; prišepetavanje; šum, šuštenje; skrivna opazka, prišepetana beseda; plural šušljanje, govoričenjein a whisper, in whispers — šepetajeII [wíspə]1.intransitive verbšepetati, šepniti, zašepetati, govoričiti, šušljati; poetically šušteti, šelesteti (drevo, veter itd.);2.transitive verbto whisper against s.o. — šušljati o kom; opravljati kogato whisper to s.o. — šepetati, šušljati s kom -
69 side with
(to give support to in an argument etc: Don't side with him against us!) držati z
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conspired against him — secretly planned together against him, undermined him, plotted against him … English contemporary dictionary
fought against him — warred against him, violently opposed him, battled him … English contemporary dictionary
Against — A*gainst (?; 277), prep. [OE. agens, ageynes, AS. ongegn. The s is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending. See {Again}.] 1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; in this sense often preceded by over. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Against the sun — Against A*gainst (?; 277), prep. [OE. agens, ageynes, AS. ongegn. The s is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending. See {Again}.] 1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; in this sense often preceded by over. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bumped against him — knocked into him, collided with him, hit him … English contemporary dictionary
has nothing against him — is not at all opposed to him, has absolutely no problem with him … English contemporary dictionary
competed against him — was in a contest with him … English contemporary dictionary
pleaded against him — claimed that he was guilty, accused him … English contemporary dictionary
rose against him — opposed him, rose in opposition … English contemporary dictionary
against — [[t]əge̱nst, əge͟ɪnst[/t]] ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, against is used in phrasal verbs such as come up against , guard against , and hold against .) 1) PREP If one thing is leaning or pressing against another, it is touching it. She… … English dictionary
against — a|gainst [ ə genst ] preposition *** 1. ) in opposition to someone or something a ) used for stating which plan, idea, or action someone opposes and thinks is wrong: Amnesty International has campaigned publicly against the death penalty. I m… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English