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1 ambitious
adjective He is very ambitious; That plan is too ambitious.) ambiciozen* * *[æmbíšəs]adjective ( ambitiously adverb)(of po) častihlepen; hrepeneč, stremljiv, željan; prizadevento be ambitious of — hlepeti, hrepeneti po čemambitious of power — vladohlepen, gospodovalen -
2 ambition
[æm'biʃən]1) (the desire for success, fame, power etc: He is full of ambition and energy.) ambicija2) (the desire eventually to become or do something special: His ambition is to be Prime Minister.) tiha želja•- ambitiously
- ambitiousness* * *[æmbíšən]noun( for) častihlepnost; srčna želja -
3 aspire
((usually with to) to try very hard to reach (something difficult, ambitious etc): He aspired to the position of president.) prizadevati si za kaj* * *[əspáiə]intransitive verb (after, to) prizadevati si, hrepeneti, težiti za čim; dvigati se -
4 climber
1) (a person who climbs (mountains).) plezalec2) (a climbing plant.) plezalka3) ((usually social climber) an ambitious person who tries to improve his/her social status.) povzpetnik* * *[kláimə]nounplezalec, hribolazec; botany plezalka; colloquially komolčar -
5 pawn
[po:n] 1. verb(to give (an article of value) to a pawnbroker in exchange for money (which may be repaid at a later time to get the article back): I had to pawn my watch to pay the bill.) zastaviti2. noun1) (in chess, one of the small pieces of lowest rank.) kmet2) (a person who is used by another person for his own gain, advantage etc: She was a pawn in his ambitious plans.) figura•- pawnshop
- in pawn* * *I [pɔ:n]nounkmet (šah); figuratively nepomemben človek, figura, orodje (človek)II [pɔ:n]nounzastava, zastavljena stvar, zastavljanjeIII [pɔ:n]transitive verbzastaviti; figuratively zastaviti (besedo); economy lombardirati -
6 yuppie
plural - yuppies; noun(a young, ambitious, professional person who earns a lot of money and spends it on fashionable things.) japi -
7 yuppy
plural - yuppies; noun(a young, ambitious, professional person who earns a lot of money and spends it on fashionable things.) japi
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