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1 improvement
1) (the state or act of improving or being improved: There has been a great improvement in her work; The patient's condition shows some improvement.) izboljšanje2) (something which improves, or adds beauty, value etc: I've made several improvements to the house.) izboljšava* * *[imprú:vmənt]nounizboljšanje, izpopolnitev, polepšanje, oplemenitenje; napredek, dobit (in s.th. v čem; upon s.th. v primerjavi s čim); izkoriščanje, koristna uporaba; economy porast, dvig (cen); agronomy melioracijamilitary artificial improvements — umetno pojačenje terena -
2 room
[ru:m ]( in compounds rum, ( American[) ru:m)]1) (one part of a house or building, usually used for a particular purpose: This house has six rooms; a bedroom; a dining-room.) soba2) (the space or area in which a person, thing etc is or could be put etc: The bed takes up a lot of room; There's no room for you in our car; We'll move the bookcase to make room for the television.) prostor3) (a need or possibility (for something): There is room for improvement in his work.) prostor•- - roomed- roomful
- rooms
- roomy
- room-mate* * *I [rum, ru:m]nounprostor, mesto; soba, sobana; plural stanovanje, stanovanjski prostori; družba, stanovalci, ki so navzoči v sobi; figuratively možnost, prilika, ugoden trenutek; povod, vzrok (for za)in one's room, in the room of — namesto koga, v zameno za kogabachelor's rooms — garsonjera, samsko stanovanjedining-room — obednica, jedilnicaschool-room — šolska soba, učilnica, razredstanding-room only! — samo stojišča (so še na voljo!)there is room for improvement — lahko bi bilo bolje, ni ravno najboljethere is no room to swing a cat figuratively ni niti toliko prostora, da bi se človek obrnilwe'd rather have his room than his company — rajši bi videli, da on ne bi bil tuto make room for s.o. — napraviti komu prostor, mestoII [rum]intransitive verb & transitive verbAmerican stanovati (at pri); dati komu stanovanje; namestiti -
3 admit
[əd'mit]past tense, past participle - admitted; verb1) (to allow to enter: This ticket admits one person.) pripustiti2) (to say that one accepts as true: He admitted (that) he was wrong.) priznati•- admission
- admittance
- admittedly* * *[ədmít]transitive verb & intransitive verbpripustiti, pripuščati, dopustiti, priznati; upoštevati; sprejeti za članato admit s.o. into confidence — zaupati se komuto admit of improvement — dati se popraviti, izboljšati -
4 alleviate
[ə'li:vieit](to make an improvement by lessening (pain etc): The drugs will alleviate the pain.) (o)lajšati* * *[əlí:vieit]transitive verblajšati, blažiti, manjšati -
5 capable
['keipəbl]1) (clever especially in practical ways: She'll manage somehow - she's so capable!) sposoben2) ((with of) clever enough to; likely to; able to: He is capable of doing better; He is quite capable of cheating us.) sposoben (česa)•- capably- capability* * *[kéipəbl]adjective ( capably adverb)(of) zmožen, sposoben; ( for) primeren -
6 culture
1) (a form or type of civilization of a certain race or nation: the Jewish culture.) kultura2) (improvement of the mind etc by education etc: He was an enthusiastic seeker of culture.) kultura3) (educated taste in art, literature, music etc: He thinks that anyone who dislikes Bach is lacking in culture.) omikanost4) ((a) cultivated growth of bacteria etc.) kultura5) (the commercial rearing of fish, certain plants etc.) vzreja•- cultural- cultured* * *I [kʌlčə]nounobdelovanje; gojitev, sajenje, saditev, poljedelstvo; negaII [kʌlčə]transitive verbobdelovati, saditi; gojiti, negovati; omikati -
7 disputable
adjective (able to be argued about: Whether this change was an improvement is disputable.) sporen* * *[dispjú:təbl]adjective ( disputably adverb)sporen, negotov, dvomljiv -
8 doubtful
1) (feeling doubt; uncertain what to think, expect etc: He is doubtful about the future of the school.) negotov2) (able to be doubted; not clear: The outcome is doubtful; a doubtful result.) dvomljiv3) (uncertain but rather unlikely, unhopeful etc: It is doubtful whether this will work; a doubtful improvement.) vprašljiv4) (suspicious: He's rather a doubtful character.) sumljiv* * *[dáutful]adjective ( doubtfully adverb)dvomljiv, sumljiv; dvomeč, nezaupljiv, negotov -
9 dramatic
[drə'mætik]1) (of or in the form of a drama: a dramatic performance.) dramski2) (vivid or striking: a dramatic improvement; She made a dramatic entrance.) dramatičen3) ((of a person) showing (too) much feeling or emotion: She's very dramatic about everything.) vznesen* * *[drəmaetik]1.adjective ( dramatically adverb)dramski, dramatičen; gledališki, igralski;2.nounpluraldramska književnost -
10 improve
[im'pru:v](to (cause to) become better, of higher quality etc: His work has greatly improved; They recently improved the design of that car.) izboljšati (se)- improve on* * *[imprú:v]1.transitive verbizboljšati, popraviti, izpopolniti; (zlasti American) obdelati (zemljo), meliorirati; povečati vrednost, koristno uporabiti, izkoristiti; pomnožiti, povečati, zvišati; oplemenititi ( into); spremeniti (in v);2.intransitive verbizboljšati se, popraviti se, izpopolniti se; povečati se, napredovati; economy rasti (cene)to improve away ( —ali off, out) — s poskusi za izboljšanje pokvariti, poslabšati; pokvariti še tisto, kar je bilo dobrega -
11 marginal
adjective (small and almost non-existent or unimportant: a marginal improvement.) obroben* * *[má:džinəl]adjective ( marginally adverb)obroben, napisan na robu marginalen; postranski najmanjši (tudi figuratively); economy po lastni ceni, še komaj rentabilen, po nizki ceni; medicine marginalenmarginal note — obrobna opomba, obrobni pripismarginal laud — zemlja, ki se jo komaj splača obdelovati -
12 marked
adjective (obvious or easily noticeable: There has been a marked improvement in her work.) viden* * *[ma:kt]adjectivemarkanten, izrazit, odličen, jasen, viden, zaznamenovan (z žigom), žigosan; potrjen (ček) -
13 obvious
['obviəs](easily seen or understood; evident: It was obvious that she was ill; an obvious improvement.) očiten* * *[ɔbviəs]adjective ( obviously adverb)jasen, razumljiv, očiten; vsiljiv, kričeč (barva, reklama) -
14 progress
1. ['prəuɡres, ]( American[) 'pro-] noun1) (movement forward; advance: the progress of civilization.) napredek2) (improvement: The students are making (good) progress.) napredek2. [prə'ɡres] verb1) (to go forward: We had progressed only a few miles when the car broke down.) napredovati2) (to improve: Your French is progressing.) izboljšati (se)•3. noun(the progressive (tense) (also the continuous tense): The sentence `They were watching TV'. is in the progressive.) način za izražanje nedovršnega glagolskega dejanja- progressiveness
- in progress* * *I [próugres]noun(samo ednina) progres, napredek; razvoj, potek; military napredovanje; archaic potovanje, vožnja; British English history (tudi plural) službeno potovanje visoke osebnostiII [prəgrés]intransitive verbnapredovati (to), razvijati se -
15 rally
['ræli] 1. verb1) (to come or bring together again: The general tried to rally his troops after the defeat; The troops rallied round the general.) ponovno (se) zbrati2) (to come or bring together for a joint action or effort: The supporters rallied to save the club from collapse; The politician asked his supporters to rally to the cause.) zbrati (se)3) (to (cause to) recover health or strength: She rallied from her illness.) okrevati2. noun1) (a usually large gathering of people for some purpose: a Scouts' rally.) srečanje2) (a meeting (usually of cars or motorcycles) for a competition, race etc.) rally3) (an improvement in health after an illness.) okrevanje4) ((in tennis etc) a (usually long) series of shots before the point is won or lost.) izmenjavanje udarcev•* * *I [raeli]nounmilitary zbiranje, zbor, znak za zbor; sestanek, shod; srečanje, zasedanje; množičen sestanek; figuratively zbiranje novih moči, okrevanje; (tenis) ostra borba igralcev za točko, hitro menjavanje žog; (boksanje) izmenjavanje udarcev; vrvež (na odru)II [raeli]transitive verb & intransitive verbznova zbrati (razkropljene čete), zbrati (se) okoli; zbrati nove moči, nov pogum; priti zopet k sebi, zavedeti se, osvestiti se; popraviti se, okrevati, oživeti; pridružiti (se); oživiti, prebuditi, predramiti, zdramitito rally round (to) s.o.'s opinion — pridružiti se mnenju neke osebeIII [raeli]transitive verbdrážiti, zbadati, nagajati (za šalo); imeti za norca, zafrkavati, zbijati šale (s kom); intransitive verb (v šali) norčevati se -
16 refinement
1) (good manners, good taste, polite speech etc.) uglajenost2) ((an) improvement: to make refinements.) izboljšanje* * *[rifáinmənt]noun(o)čiščenje, prečiščenje, rafiniranje; oplemenitenje; finost, uglajenost; figuratively rafiniranost, premetenost; dlakocepstvo -
17 reform
[rə'fo:m] 1. verb1) (to improve or remove faults from: The criminal's wife stated that she had made great efforts to reform her husband.) izboljšati2) (to give up bad habits, improve one's behaviour etc: He admitted that he had been a criminal, but said that he intended to reform.) popraviti se2. noun1) (the act of improving: the reform of our political system.) izboljšanje2) (an improvement: He intends to make several reforms in the prison system.) reforma•- reformed
- reformer* * *[rifɔ:m]1.nounreforma, preureditev, predrugačenje, prenareditev; izboljšanjeadjective sweeping reform — temeljita reformareform school — mladinski vzgojni zavod, poboljševalnica;2.transitive verbpopraviti, preurediti, preobraziti, spremeniti, reformirati; izboljšati; odpraviti (zlo), ukiniti; popraviti (koga), spreobrniti ( from od); intransitive verb popraviti se, izboljšati se, postati boljši -
18 show
[ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) pokazati2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) biti viden3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) prikazati4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) pokazati5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) peljati6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) pokazati7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) dokazati8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) pokazati2. noun1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) predstava2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) prikaz3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) pretveza4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) vtis5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) izkazati se•- showy- showiness
- show-business
- showcase
- showdown
- showground
- show-jumping
- showman
- showroom
- give the show away
- good show!
- on show
- show off
- show up* * *I [šóu]1.nounkazanje; razkazovanje, bahanje, demonstracija; colloquially (gledališka, kino) predstava, revija; izvedba; prizor, pogled; razstava, sejemski prostor; (prazen) sijaj, (svečan) sprevod, parada, svečanost; gledališka ali cirkuška družina; colloquially šansa, prilika; dviganje rok (pri glasovanju); zunanjost, podoba, nekaj dozdevnega; hlinjenje, pretveza, izgovor; sled; slang pretep; slang podjetje, botega, krama; slang tretje ali boljše mesto pri konjskih dirkahin show — na videz, navideznoon show — razstavljen, na ogled, ki se more videtioh, bad show! — oh, slabó!good show! — bravo! sijajno! dobro storjeno!Lord Mayor's Show — svečan sprevod londonskega župana (9. XI.)there is some show of truth in what you say — je nekaj (videza) resnice v tem, kar praviteunder show of helping he was really hindering — pod pretvezo da pomaga, je dejansko metal polena pod nogeto make a show of (rage) — hliniti, delati se (besnega)to give away the show, to give the (whole) show away — izdati tajnost (slabosti, napake)to make o.s. understood by dumb show — sporazumeti se s kretnjamigive him a fair show! — dajte mu pravo priliko!to put on a show — hoteti napraviti vtis, postavljati sehe runs (bosses) the show — on vodi vse, on je glava (podjetja itd.)to pierce beneath the shows of s.th. — priti neki stvari do dnado you think we have got much of a show now? — mislite, da se sedaj lahko s čim posebno pohvalimo?to vote by show of hands — glasovati (voliti) z dviganjem rok;2.adjectivenavidezen, dozdeven; razstaven; igralski, hlinjenshow folk — igralci, umetnikiII [šóu]1.transitive verbpokazati, razkazati, razstaviti (blago), dati na razstavo; prikazovati; odkriti, dokazati, izpričati, razložiti; oznaniti; napraviti (uslugo); voditi, peljati, spremljati (koga);2.intransitive verb(po)kazati se, pojaviti se (v družbi), biti viden, videti se, zdeti se, izgledati ( like kot); dati predstavo; slang priti na cilj na tretjem ali boljšem mestu (na konjskih dirkah)to show o.s. — pokazati se (v javnosti)you'll have to show me! colloquially to mi boš moral šele dokazati!the dog he showed got the first prize — pes, ki ga je dal na razstavo, je dobil prvo nagradoto show cause — pokazati, navesti vzrok (razloge)to show s.o. the door — pokazati komu vratato show the white feathers figuratively pokazati svojo strahopetnostto show the flag slang uradno izobesiti britansko zastavo (npr. na ladji)to show one's hands — pokazati svoje karte (tudi figuratively), odkriti svoje načrteto show the hoof figuratively pokazati svojo zlobno naravoto show s.o. round (over) the house — razkazati komu hišoto show a leg colloquially vstati zjutraj iz postelje; slang hitetito show a clean pair of heels slang pokazati pete, pobrisati jodoes this spot show? — se ta madež vidi?to show one's teeth — pokazati zobe (tudi figuratively)to show s.o. about the town — razkazati komu mesto -
19 slight
1) (small; not great; not serious or severe: a slight breeze; We have a slight problem.) rahel2) ((of a person) slim and delicate-looking: It seemed too heavy a load for such a slight woman.) šibek•- slighting
- slightingly
- slightly
- in the slightest* * *I [sláit]1.noun(raz)žalitev; omalovaževanje, neupoštevanje; prezir(anje), podcenjevanje, ponižanje; figuratively madež na častito put a slight upon s.th. — vnemar pustiti, omalovaževati, ne se ozirati na, ne upoštevati (česa);2.transitive verbomalovaževati, prezirati, zapostavljati, vnemar pustiti, zanemarjati (delo), slabo ali nebrižno ravnati zII [sláit]adjective ( slightly adverb)tanek, vitek; slaboten, šibek; lahen, rahel, malo važen; nepomemben, neznaten, nezadosten; površen, bežena slight examination — bežen, površen pregled -
20 work
[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) delo2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) delo3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) delo4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) delo5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) delo6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) delo2. verb1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) delati; priganjati k delu2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) delati3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) delovati; upravljati4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) delovati5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) s težavo napredovati6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) postajati bolj in bolj7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) izdelati•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mehanizem2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) dela•- work-box
- workbook
- workforce
- working class
- working day
- work-day
- working hours
- working-party
- work-party
- working week
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanship
- workmate
- workout
- workshop
- at work
- get/set to work
- go to work on
- have one's work cut out
- in working order
- out of work
- work of art
- work off
- work out
- work up
- work up to
- work wonders* * *I [wə:k]noun(telesno ali duševno) delo; ukvarjanje, ustvarjanje, dejavnost; posel, zaposlitev; naloga; (žensko) ročno delo; delovni proces, rezultat dela, proizvod, izdelek; izdelava, obdelava, način izdelave; delovna sposobnost; težak posel, trud, muka; pogon (stroja); plural stavbna dela, stavbišče; javna dela; military utrdbe, utrdbena dela; (singular construction) tovarna, fabrika, obrat, delavnica; talilnica, livarna; technical mehanizem, gonilo, kolesje, zobčasti prenos; plural religion dobra delain work — zaposlen; (ki je) v pogonu (obratu)out of work — brez dela, brezposeln, nezaposlena work of art — umetniško delo, umetninaearth works architecture zemeljska delairon works — talilnica železa, železarnaout works architecture zunanja delaupper works nautical nadvodni del ladje; vrhnja gradba, deli ladje nad zgornjo palubowood works — lesena konstrukcija, leseni deli hiše, leseni predmetito be out of work — biti brez dela, biti brezposelnto be at work — delati, delovati, funkcioniratiit's all in the day's work — to ni (prav) nič nenavadnega, to je normalno, to je del (vsako)-dnevnega delato give s.o. the works American colloquially ozmerjati, premlatiti kogato get ( —ali to set) to work — lotiti se dela, začeti delatito make sad work of it figuratively vse uničitito make short ( —ali quick) work of — hitro opraviti z, hitro obvladatiII() [wə:k]1.transitive verbdelati (na čem), izdel(ov)ati, obdelati; narediti, proizvesti, proizvajati; poetically umetniško izdelati; plesti, tkati, izdelati na statvah; šivati; vesti; oblikovati, (iz)kovati; tiskati; mesiti; kopati (rudo), obdelovati (zemljo); commerce poslovati, poslovno potovati (po nekem področju); slang prodati; plačati (potovanje) z delom; preiskati, raziskati; mathematics izračunati, rešiti (nalogo); vplivati na (koga), nagovarjati (koga); slang prevarati, oslepariti; izvesti, uresničiti, izvršiti, povzročiti; streči (topu, stroju); uporabljati (žival) za delo, vpreči; izkoriščati (rudnik); pustiti koga, da težko dela; premikati, poganjati, gnati, gonitito work o.s. to death — ubi(ja)ti se z delom, garatito work o.s. into s.o.'s favour — pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebeto work o.s. into a rage — pobesnetito work a change — izvršiti, povzročiti spremembocan you work the screw loose? — lahko zrahljate vijak?to work a slave to death — do smrti priganjati sužnja k delu, ubiti ga z delomservants are not worked now as they were formerly — od služinčadi se danes ne zahteva več toliko dela kot nekočit is a good scheme, but can you work it? — to je dober načrt, toda, ali ga lahko izvedete?to work one's passage nautical zaslužiti svoj prevoz z delomto work one's social relations in business — izkoriščati svoje družabne zveze poslovno;2.intransitive verbdelati, delovati, biti zaposlen (s čim); baviti se (s čim); truditi se; funkcionirati, posrečiti se, uspeti; razviti se, dozoreti; vreti; biti v pogonu, delati (stroj), prijemati eden v drugega (zobata kolesa); šivati, vesti (vezem); prebijati se (z delom); razvleči se; trzati (se) (obraz); mahati (s čim); težko, z muko se premikati, gibati; nautical križariti; besneti, biti razburkan (morje); figuratively krčevito delatiI tried but it did not work — poskušal sem, a ni se mi posrečiloto work loose — zrahljati se (vijak itd.)that won't work with me — to ne bo vplivalo name (vžgalo pri meni);
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