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1 boredom
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2 refuge
['refju:‹]((a place which gives) shelter or protection from danger, trouble etc: The escaped prisoner sought refuge in the church.) zatočišče- refugee* * *[réfju:dž]1.nounzatočišče, pribežališče, zavetišče ( from pred); zavetišče v gorah; azil; figuratively pomožno sredstvo, izhod, rešitev; cestni ulični prometni otok (za pešce, ki gredo čez cesto, ulico)to take refuge from boredom in reading — v dolgočasju najti zatočišče v branju;2.transitive verb (redko) dati komu zavetje ali zatočišče; intransitive verb (redko) iskati zavetje (zatočišče) -
3 relief
[rə'li:f]1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) olajšanje2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) pomoč3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) zamenjava4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) osvoboditev5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relief•- relieve- relieved* * *I [rilí:f]nounrelief, reliefno izbočeno delo; geography izbočenost zemeljske skorje (površine), relief, nadvig, plastična zemljepisna karta; printing reliefni tisk; figuratively živost, plastičnost, reliefnostto stand out in bold relief against the background — močno (jasno) se odražati (očrtavati) od ozadjaII [rilí:f]nounolajšanje, olajšava, osvoboditev, rešitev ( from iz, od); ublažitev; tolažba; juridically podpora, pomoč, lek; oprostitev ( from od); odškodnina; figuratively počitek, počivanje, okrevanje; ugodna sprememba; military osvoboditev, odrešitev (obleganega mesta, trdnjave); zamenjava (posadke, straže); pojačanje, rezervaa relief to the eye — blagodejnost, užitek za okoit was a relief to see... — bilo je olajšanje videti... -
4 restive
['restiv](beginning to show displeasure, impatience, boredom etc eg at delay, discipline etc; restless.) nestrpen- restiveness* * *[réstiv]adverb ( restively adverb)nemiren, nestrpen, nervozen ( over zaradi, od); uporen, trmoglav, nepokoren, neposlušen, samovoljen; muhast, štatljiv; (o konju) trmast, neubogljiv -
5 restless
1) (always moving; showing signs of worry, boredom, impatience etc: a restless child; He's been doing the same job for years now and he's beginning to get restless.) nemiren2) (during which a person does not sleep: a restless night.) nemiren* * *[réstlis]adverb ( restlessly adverb)nemiren, vznemirjen, nervozen; nespokojen, nezadovoljen; neprestan, brez konca; ki ne nudi miru, neudobena restless night — noč brez spanja, brez počitka -
6 set in
(to begin or become established: Boredom soon set in among the children.) nastopiti* * *transitive verb vstaviti, vnesti, vložiti; intransitive verb nastopiti, začeti se; nautical iti proti kopnemu (veter, tok) -
7 suggestion
[- ən]1) (the act of suggesting.) sugestija2) (something that is suggested; a proposal or idea: Has anyone any other suggestions to make?; What a clever suggestion!) predlog3) (a slight trace or sign: There was a suggestion of boredom in his tone.) kanček* * *[sədžéščən]nounpredlog, sugestija; domneva, hipoteza; pobuda, nagovarjanje; namig, nasvet; domislek; spominjanje na, predstava, slutnja (of česa); nadih, sledfull of suggestions — zelo sugestiven, spodbudensuggestion box — pisemski nabiralnik (za pritožbe, predloge v podjetjih itd.) -
8 tedium
noun (boredom; tediousness: the tedium of a long journey.) dolgočasnost* * *[tí:diəm]nounsee tediousness -
9 yawn
[jo:n] 1. verb(to stretch the mouth wide and take a deep breath when tired or bored: He yawned and fell asleep.) zehati2. noun(an act of yawning: a yawn of boredom.) zehanje- yawning* * *[jɔ:n]1.nounzehanje, zevanje; figuratively zevajoča odprtina, razpoka, brezno; figuratively dolgočasje, dolgočasnost;2.intransitive verbzehati, zevati, zehniti; na široko odpreti usta; zazevati; poetically na široko in globoko se odpreti; obsolete poželeti, biti lakomen na; transitive verb široko odpreti; reči z zehanjemto make s.o. yawn — dolgočasiti, moriti koga -
10 while away
(to pass (time) without boredom: He whiled away the time by reading.) prijetno preživeti
См. также в других словарях:
Boredom — Bore dom, n. 1. The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui. Dickens. [1913 Webster] 2. The realm of bores; bores, collectively. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boredom — index disinterest (lack of interest) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
boredom — state of being bored, 1852, from BORE (Cf. bore) (v.1) + DOM (Cf. dom). It also has been employed in a sense bores as a class (1883) and practice of being a bore (1864, a sense properly belonging to boreism, 1833) … Etymology dictionary
boredom — *tedium, ennui, doldrums Antonyms: amusement Contrasted words: diversion, entertainment, recreation (see under AMUSE) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
boredom — [n] disinterest; weariness apathy, detachment, disgust, distaste, doldrums, dullness, ennui, fatigue, flatness, incuriosity, indifference, irksomeness, jadedness, lack of interest, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, monotony, pococurantism,… … New thesaurus
boredom — ► NOUN ▪ the state of feeling bored … English terms dictionary
boredom — [bôr′dəm] n. the condition of being bored; ennui … English World dictionary
Boredom — Boring redirects here. For other uses, see Boring (disambiguation). For the Buzzcocks song, see Spiral Scratch (EP) … Wikipedia
boredom — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure (esp. AmE), sheer, utter ▪ terminal VERB + BOREDOM ▪ prevent ▪ alleviate … Collocations dictionary
boredom — n. 1) complete, sheer, utter boredom 2) out of boredom (he started drinking again out of boredom) * * * [ bɔːdəm] sheer utter boredom complete out of boredom (he started drinking again out of boredom) … Combinatory dictionary
boredom — bore|dom [ˈbo:dəm US ˈbo:r ] n [U] the feeling you have when you are bored, or the quality of being boring ▪ a game to relieve the boredom of a long journey ▪ the sheer boredom of being in jail boredom with ▪ his boredom with life in a small town … Dictionary of contemporary English