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1 almost
['o:lməust](nearly but not quite: She is almost five years old; She almost fell under a moving car.) skoraj* * *[ɔ:lmoust, ɔlməst]adverbdomala, skoraj -
2 as good as
(almost: The job's as good as done.) tako rekoč -
3 close on
(almost; nearly: She's close on sixty.) skoraj -
4 next to nothing
(almost nothing: The child was wearing next to nothing.) skoraj nič -
5 within an inch of
(almost; very near(ly): He came within an inch of failing the exam.) za las -
6 hardly
1) (almost no, none, never etc: Hardly any small businesses are successful nowadays; I hardly ever go out.) skoraj nikoli2) (only just; almost not: My feet are so sore, I can hardly walk; I had hardly got on my bicycle when I got a puncture.) komaj3) (probably not: He's hardly likely to forgive you after what you said about him.) težko* * *[há:dli]adverbkomaj, le malo, s težavo, trdo, težko -
7 be on the tip of one's tongue
(to be almost, but usually not, spoken or said: Her name is on the tip of my tongue (= I can't quite remember it); It was on the tip of my tongue to tell him (= I almost told him).) imeti na koncu jezikaEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > be on the tip of one's tongue
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8 anthracite
(a kind of very hard coal that burns almost without any smoke or flames.) antracit* * *[aenmrəsait]nounantracit -
9 desperate
['despərət]1) ((sometimes used loosely) despairingly reckless or violent: She was desperate to get into university; a desperate criminal.) neizprosen, obupno si prizadevajoč2) (very bad or almost hopeless: We are in a desperate situation.) obupen3) (urgent and despairing: He made a desperate appeal for help.) obupen•- desperation* * *[déspərit]1.adjective ( desperately adverb)obupen; drzen, vratolomen, brezobziren, grozen, strašen;2.adverb familiarlystrašno, grozno, skrajno -
10 directly
1) (in a direct manner: I went directly to the office.) naravnost2) (almost at once: He will be here directly.) takoj* * *[diréktli, dairéktli, drékli]1.adverbnaravnost; jasno, nemudoma, takoj;2.conjunction colloquiallybržko -
11 do for
(to kill or cause the end of: That attack of flu almost did for him.) pokončati* * *intransitive verb familiarly voditi gospodinjstvo; skrbeti za koga; skaziti, pogubiti; ugajati, dobro deti; zadostovati -
12 ebony
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13 equator
[i'kweitə]((with the) an imaginary line (or one drawn on a map etc) passing round the globe, at an equal distance from the North and South poles: Singapore is almost on the equator.) ekvator* * *[ikwéitə]nounravnik, polutnik, ekvator -
14 eradicate
(to get rid of completely: Smallpox has almost been eradicated.) izkoreniniti* * *[iraedikeit]transitive verbizkoreniniti, zatreti, zatirati -
15 gag
[ɡæɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - gagged; verb1) (to prevent (a person) talking or making a noise, by putting something in or over his mouth: The guards tied up and gagged the prisoners.) zamašiti usta2) (to choke and almost be sick.) daviti se2. noun(something which is put in or over a person's mouth to prevent him talking or making a noise.) čep za usta* * *I [gæg]nounzatik, mašilo, začepek, čep, zamašek; figuratively zaviranje, obstrukcija; theatre slang improvizacija, šala; slang prevaraII [gæg]1.transitive verbzavezati komu usta; slang varati, prekaniti, preslepiti;2.intransitive verb theatre slangimprovizirati; daviti se -
16 give up
1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) opustiti2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) odreči se3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) predati (se)4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) posvetiti5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) imeti za* * *transitive verb & intransitive verb opustiti, odreči se; prenehati -
17 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) polovica, pol2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) polčas2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) pol2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) pol3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) polovičen3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) na pol2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) na pol•- half-- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half* * *I [ha:f, haæf]noun(plural halves) polovica; polletje; sport polčas; izenačenost (golf); juridically strankaone's better half — boljša polovica, ženathe larger half — večja polovica, večji delto do s.th. by halves — površno, na pol kaj nareditito go halves with s.o. — razdeliti si s kom na polin half, in halves — razpolovljenII [ha:f, hæf]adjectivepolovičen; površen, nepopolnat half the price — za pol cene, po polovični cenito gain half the battle — polovico že dobiti, opraviti že pol delahalf a loaf is better than no bread — boljši vrabec v roki, kot golob na strehito see with half an eye — takoj sprevideti, videti brez najmanjšega trudanautical half three — tri in pol sežnjaIII [ha:f, hæf]adverbpol, na pol; precej; skorajnot half — kar se da, strašnocolloquially not half bad — precej dobronot half big enough — sploh ne, še zdaleč nedo you like whisky? Oh, not half! — imate radi viski? Pa še kako!nautical east half-south — ɜ ɜ/8 stopinj jugovzhodno -
18 helpless
adjective (needing the help of other people; unable to do anything for oneself: A baby is almost completely helpless.) nebogljen* * *[hélplis]adjective ( helplessly adverb)nebogljen, nemočen, brez pomoči -
19 human
['hju:mən] 1. adjective(of, natural to, concerning, or belonging to, mankind: human nature; The dog was so clever that he seemed almost human.) človeški2. noun(a person: Humans are not as different from animals as we might think.) človek- humanly- human being
- human resources* * *I [hjú:mən]adjective ( humanly adverb)človeškiII [hjú:mən]nounhumorously človek -
20 illegible
[i'le‹əbl]((almost) impossible to read; not legible: His writing is illegible.) nečitljiv- illegibility* * *[ilédžibl]adjective ( illegibly adverb)nečitljiv
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