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1 contract
1. [kən'trækt] verb1) (to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc: Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.) skrajšati, skrčiti (se)2) ( to promise legally in writing: They contracted to supply us with cable.) obvezati se3) (to become infected with (a disease): He contracted malaria.) nalesti4) (to promise (in marriage).) zaročiti se2. ['kontrækt] noun(a legal written agreement: He has a four-year contract (of employment) with us; The firm won a contract for three new aircraft.) pogodba, sporazum- contractor* * *I [kɔntrækt]noundogovor, sporazum; zaroka; sezonska kartato enter into contract with, to make a contract with s.o. — dogovoriti, sporazumeti se s kommarriage contract, matrimonial contract — zakonska pogodbaII [kəntraekt]1.transitive verbskrčiti, zožiti, stisniti, zgostiti; nagubati, namrščiti, grbančiti; skup potegniti, vleči, (z)manjšati; pridobiti, nalesti;2.intransitive verbzmanjšati, skrčiti se; sporazumeti se; obvezati se; technical sprijemati se -
2 fall off
(to become smaller in number or amount: Audiences often fall off during the summer.) zmanjšati se* * *intransitive verb odpasti; zapustiti; upadati; poslabšati se; izumreti; nautical priti v zavetrje -
3 outwards
adverb (towards the outside edge or surface: Moving outwards from the centre of the painting, we see that the figures become smaller.) ven* * *[áutwədz]adverbven, navzven -
4 shrink
I [ʃriŋk] verb1) (to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller: My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?) skrčiti (se)2) (to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.) odskočiti3) (to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.) nerad kaj napraviti•- shrunken II [ʃriŋk] noun((slang) a psychiatrist.) psihiater* * *I [šriŋk]nounskrčenje, zoženje, uskočenje; zgrozitev, oplašitevII [šriŋk]1.intransitive verbumakniti se, odmakniti se, odskočiti ( from od, pred); uskočiti se, skrčiti se (tkanina pri pranju), zmanjšati se; zapreti se vase; figuratively plašiti se, bati se, zgroziti se, zlesti vase (od strahu), nerad, proti svoji volji napraviti;2.transitive verbpustiti, da se kaj uskoči, skrči, stisne; dekatirati (blago); zožiti, skrajšati, zmanjšatito shrink back — ustrašiti se, zgroziti se ( from ob, pred)to shrink from doing s.th. — nerad kaj napravitithey shrank under his glance — videti je bilo, da bi se pod njegovim pogledom najrajši udrli v zemljoto shrink on a hoop — napeti, montirati obroč (na kolo) -
5 shrunken
adjective (having been made or become smaller.) skrčen* * *[šrʌŋkən]adjectiveshujšan, upadel (obraz) -
6 wane
[wein]((of the moon) to appear to become smaller as less of it is visible.) pojemati* * *I [wéin]nounupadanje, pojemanje, popuščanje, slabitev, pešanje, zmanjševanje; propadanje, izginjanjeto be on ( —ali at, in) the wane — upadati, pojemati (luna); iti h koncu, izginjati, izgubljati se, propadatiII [wéin]intransitive verbpojemati (luna), upadati, pešati, popuščati, manjšati se; bledeti (svetloba); bližati se koncu, izginjati, izgubljati se, propadati; zmanjkovati -
7 tail off
1) (to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end): His interest tailed off towards the end of the film.) zmanjšati se2) ((also tail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent: His voice tailed away into silence.) potihniti* * *intransitive verb see tail away -
8 lag
[læɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - lagged; verb((often with behind) to move too slowly and become left behind: We waited for the smaller children, who were lagging behind the rest.) zaostati2. noun(an act of lagging or the amount by which one thing is later than another: There is sometimes a time-lag of several seconds between our seeing the lightning and our hearing the thunder.) zamik* * *I [læg]1.nounzaostajanje, obotavljanje; physics retardacija;2.intransitive verbII [læg]1.nounkaznjenec;2.transitive verb slangobsoditi na zaporno kazen, zapreti, deportiratiIII [læg]1.noundoga za sode; technical pažnica;2.transitive verbobiti z dogami; technical obiti, opažiti; izolirati (bojler proti vročini)
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