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1 flare
[fleə]1) (to burn with a bright unsteady light: The firelight flared.) plameneti2) ((of a skirt, trousers etc) to become wider at the bottom edge: a flared skirt.) zvončasto padati•- flare up* * *I [flwə]nounplapolanje; svetlobni signal; širjenje; figuratively vzkip, prepir; colloquially bahanjeII [flwə]intransitive verb & transitive verbmigljati, plapolati, plamteti; slepiti; navzdol se širiti (krilo); razprostreti; napihniti se; močno razsvetliti; bleščati se; viseti čez kaj -
2 stretch
[stre ] 1. verb1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) raztegniti, stegniti (se)2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) raztezati se2. noun1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) pretegovanje2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) kos; obdobje•- stretchy
- at a stretch
- be at full stretch
- stretch one's legs
- stretch out* * *I [streč]1.nounraztezanje, raztegovanje, stegnjenje, natezanje; (pre)napenjanje, napetost, napor; prekoračenje; razpetina, razpon; neprekinjen odsek poti, daljava; ploskev, prostrana ravnina, ravni del dirkališča; neprekinjeno časovno razdobje (doba), nepretrgan čas; slang kazen, bivanje v kaznilnici, čas kazni v kaznilnici, v zaporu; nautical daljava, prejadrana pri enem potegu (kretnji) (pri jadranju proti vetru); sprehodat a stretch, at one stretch — brez prekinitve, naenkraton the stretch — napenjajoč vse sile; v veliki naglici, figuratively v veliki napetostia stretch of the imagination — prenapeta, prebujna domišljijaa fine stretch of country — lep košček zemlje, lepe pokrajineto be on the stretch — biti napet, v napetostiit is a good stretch from the village to the town — je lep, precejšen kos poti od vasi do mestato do a stretch British English odslužiti, izdržati kazen (enega leta)to give a stretch — natezati se, pretegniti seit takes a stretch of imagination to believe that — treba je precéj napeti svojo domišljijo, da to verjamešto work 8 hours at (on) a stretch — delati nepretrgano 8 ur;2.adjectiveraztegljivII [streč]1.transitive verbraztegniti, raztezati, razvleči, (raz)širiti; iztegniti (roko itd.) (često out); pretegniti (noge itd., o.s. se); nategniti (vrv itd.), peti, razpeti (platno itd.); z natezanjem izgladiti; figuratively nategovati, silo delati, iti predaleč (v čem), prenapenjati, pretiravati, po svoje krojiti (pravico, zakon); commerce prekoračiti (kredit); slang obesiti, usmrtiti;2.intransitive verbraztezati se, (raz)širiti se, segati; nategniti se; raztegniti se (rokavice), dati se raztegniti; potovati (to do); figuratively pretiravati, lagati; colloquially viseti, biti obešenstretched — iztegnjen, po dolgemto stretch one's arms — iztegniti, pretegniti si roketo stretch s.o. on the ground — z udarcem zrušiti koga na tlato stretch a point figuratively iti predaleč, pretiravati (v čem)I will stretch a point in your favour — potrudil se bom, da vam bom šel na rokoto stretch s.o. on the rack history razpeti koga za mučenje (na natezalnici)to stretch the truth — pretiravati, lagatito stretch away out of sight — razprostirati se, kakor daleč sega oko -
3 widen
verb (to make, or become, wide or wider: They have widened the road; The lane widens here.) razširiti (se)* * *[wáidən]transitive verb(raz)širiti, napraviti širše; povečati; poglobiti; intransitive verb razširiti se (tudi figuratively), poglobiti se; postati širok; povečati seto widen a breach figuratively poglobiti razdor
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