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1 awkward
['o:kwəd]1) (not graceful or elegant: an awkward movement.) neroden2) (difficult or causing difficulty, embarrassment etc: an awkward question; an awkward silence; His cut is in an awkward place.) mučen•- awkwardness* * *[ɔ:kwəd]adjective ( awkwardly adverb)okoren, neroden, nespreten; colloquially nevljuden mučen; nevarenthe awkward age — "telečja" letathe awkward squad — še nepreoblečeni novinci, rekruti; zelenci, novincian awkward question to answer — vprašanje, na katero ni lahko odgovoriti -
2 bedfellow
[bédfelou]nounsoprenočevalec; soprog(a)he is an awkward ( —ali a strange) bedfellow — z njim ni prijetno živeti, z njim ni dobro češnje zobati -
3 bridge
[bri‹] 1. noun1) (a structure carrying a road or railway over a river etc.) most2) (the narrow raised platform for the captain of a ship.) (poveljniški) most3) (the bony part (of the nose).) nosni koren4) (the support of the strings of a violin etc.) kobilica2. verb1) (to build a bridge over: They bridged the stream.) zgraditi most2) (to close a gap, pause etc: He bridged the awkward silence with a funny remark.) premostiti, zapolniti* * *I [bridž]nounmost, mostič; kobilica (gosli); nautical poveljniški mostgold ( —ali silver) bridge figuratively častni umiktemporary bridge — začasen, zasilni mostII [bridž]transitive verb( over) premostiti; most zgraditiIII [bridž]nounvrsta igre kart -
4 bulky
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5 clumsy
(awkward in movement etc: He's very clumsy - he's always dropping things.) neroden- clumsily- clumsiness* * *[klʌmzi]adjective ( clumsily adverb)okoren, neroden, neokreten, štorast; zavaljen; neobziren, netakten; nebogljen, top -
6 ease
[i:z] 1. noun1) (freedom from pain or from worry or hard work: a lifetime of ease.) mir2) (freedom from difficulty: He passed his exam with ease.) lahkota3) (naturalness: ease of manner.) neprisiljenost2. verb1) (to free from pain, trouble or anxiety: A hot bath eased his tired limbs.) sprostiti2) ((often with off) to make or become less strong, less severe, less fast etc: The pain has eased (off); The driver eased off as he approached the town.) popustiti, zmanjšati hitrost3) (to move (something heavy or awkward) gently or gradually in or out of position: They eased the wardrobe carefully up the narrow staircase.) previdno premikati•- easily- easiness
- easy 3. interjection(a command to go or act gently: Easy! You'll fall if you run too fast.) počasi- easy-going
- at ease
- easier said than done
- go easy on
- stand at ease
- take it easy
- take one's ease* * *I [i:z]nounmir, počitek; udobnost; lagodnost, zadovoljstvo; neprisiljenost, lahkota, olajšanjeat one's ease — udobno, mirno, brez zadregemilitary at ease! — voljno!to set ( —ali put) at ease — hrabriti; zadovoljitiwith ease — lahko, brez težavII [í:z]1.transitive verblajšati, miriti, blažiti; rahljati;2.intransitive verbpopustitito ease one's mind — pomiriti se, dušo si olajšatinautical ease her! — počasneje!to ease s.o. of his purse — oskubsti kogato ease o.s. — opraviti telesno potreboto ease s.o. of s.th. — ukrasti komu kaj -
7 gauche
[ɡəuʃ](awkward and clumsy: a gauche young woman.) neroden* * *[gouš]adjectiveneroden, netakten -
8 gawky
['ɡo:ki]((of a person) looking clumsy or awkward: She is tall and gawky.) štorast* * *[gɔ:ki]1.adjective ( gawkily adverb)neroden, štorast, budalast;2.nounneroda, tepec -
9 inconvenient
[inkən'vi:njənt] 1. adjective(causing trouble or difficulty; awkward: He has come at a very inconvenient time.) neprimeren2. verb(to cause trouble or difficulty to: I hope I haven't inconvenienced you.) nadlegovati* * *[inkənví:njənt]adjective ( inconveniently adverb)neudoben (to za); nadležen, siten, neprijeten, neprikladen, neugoden -
10 nasty
1) (unpleasant to the senses: a nasty smell.) neprijeten2) (unfriendly or unpleasant in manner: The man was very nasty to me.) zoprn3) (wicked; evil: He has a nasty temper.) grd4) ((of weather) very poor, cold, rainy etc.) zoprn5) ((of a wound, cut etc) serious: That dog gave her a nasty bite.) grd6) (awkward or very difficult: a nasty situation.) neprijeten•- nastily- nastiness* * *[ná:sti]adjective ( nastiliy adverb)umazan, gnusen, oduren; opolzek, nespodoben, grd (značaj); zloben (to do); grozeč, nevaren (morje), viharen (vreme), težek, hud (nesreča); neprijetenin a nasty fix — v hudih škripcih, v kašia nasty one — zelo neprijeten (udarec, graja, zavrnitev itd.) -
11 situation
[sitju'eiʃən]1) (circumstances; a state of affairs: an awkward situation.) položaj2) (the place where anything stands or lies: The house has a beautiful situation beside a lake.) lega3) (a job: the situations-vacant columns of the newspaper.) delovno mesto•- situated* * *[sitjuéišən]nounsituacija, položaj, lega, mesto, kraj, predel; stanje, razmere, okolnosti; namestitev, služba; theatre dramatična situacija, višek v dramiI am in a situation (to do s.th.) — morem (kaj napraviti) -
12 squad
[skwod]1) (a small group of soldiers drilled or working together: The men were divided into squads to perform different duties.) vod2) (a group of people, especially a working-party: a squad of workmen.) skupina•* * *[skwɔd]1.nounmilitaryoddelek, vod; delovna skupina; sport moštvo; figuratively družbica, klikathe awkward squad military vojaški novinci, rekruti; neizurjeno, neizvežbano moštvocolumn of squads American kolona po vodihsanitary squad — sanitetna četa (oddelek);2.transitive verb military (po)razdeliti (vojake) na vode, na oddelke -
13 sticky
1) (able, or likely, to stick or adhere to other surfaces: He mended the torn book with sticky tape; sticky sweets.) lepljiv2) ((of a situation or person) difficult; awkward.) težaven* * *[stíki]adjective ( stickily adverb)(pri)lepljiv, lepek; vlažen, soparen; lesen, tog (tudi figuratively); colloquially kritičen; nepopustljiv, oklevajoč; slang težaven, neprijeten, zoprn, odbijajoč -
14 ungainly
(awkward, clumsy or ungraceful: She is rather large and ungainly.) neroden, kladast* * *[ʌngéinli]1.adjectivenespreten, neroden, štorast, negraciozen;2.adverbbrez gracioznosti -
15 unwieldy
(large and awkward to carry or manage: A piano is an unwieldy thing to move.) okoren* * *[ʌnwíldi]adjective (- dily adverb)neroden, okoren, počasen (zaradi svoje teže, debelosti), zavaljen, težak; nepripraven, nepriročen (zaradi oblike, teže), prevelik -
16 wriggle
['riɡl] 1. verb(to twist to and fro: The child kept wriggling in his seat; How are you going to wriggle out of this awkward situation?) zvijati se; izviti se2. noun(a wriggling movement.) zvijanje- wriggler* * *I [rigl]nounzavoj, vijuga, ovinek; gibanje, premikanje v vijugah, zvijanjeII [rigl]1.intransitive verbvijugati se, viti se, zvijati se, prerivati se, riniti se; prilizovati se; po kačje se premikati naprej; figuratively plaziti se, po krivih potih iti;2.transitive verbpremikati, viti, zvijatito wriggle into — vsiliti se v, z zvijačo si pridobiti (naklonjenost)to wriggle out of — spretno se umakniti iz, zmuzniti se odto wriggle through — preriniti se skozi, izmotati se -
17 be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
(to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things: He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.) biti nespretenEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
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18 gangling
['ɡæŋɡliŋ](tall, very thin and usually awkward.) pretegnjen
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