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61 promise
['promis] 1. verb1) (to say, or give one's word (that one will, or will not, do something etc): I promise (that) I won't be late; I promise not to be late; I won't be late, I promise (you)!) obljubiti2) (to say or give one's assurance that one will give: He promised me a new dress.) obljubiti3) (to show signs of future events or developments: This situation promises well for the future.) obetati2. noun1) (something promised: He made a promise; I'll go with you - that's a promise!) obljuba2) (a sign of future success: She shows great promise in her work.) obet•* * *I [prɔmis]nounobljuba (to komu); figuratively obet, obetanje (of)II [prɔmis]1.transitive verbobljubiti, dati besedo (to komu);2.intransitive verbvzbujati upanje, obetaticolloquially I promise you — to ti zagotavljamto promise o.s. s.th. — nadejati se česa, obetati si kajthe weather promises fine — videti je, da bo lepo vremePromised Land — obljubljena dežela (tudi figuratively) -
62 rat
1. noun1) (a small animal with a long tail, like a mouse but larger: The rats have eaten holes in those bags of flour.) podgana2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant and untrustworthy person.) podgana2. verb1) (to break an agreement, promise etc.) prelomiti2) (to betray one's friends, colleagues etc: The police know we're here. Someone must have ratted.) izdati•- rat race- smell a rat* * *I [ræt]nounzoology podgana; figuratively parliament & politics prebežnik, odpadnik, uskok, izdajalec, kdor zapusti svoje politične prijatelje in se pridruži opoziciji; stavkokaz; tatrats! plural slang neumnost!, nesmisel!, neverjetno!as wet like a drowned rat — moker ko miš, do kože premočento have (to see) rats slang videti "bele miši"to smell a rat figuratively sumiti, da se pripravlja nekaj slabega ali nevarnega, vohati nevarnost, (za)čutiti prevaroII [ræt]intransitive verbloviti ali pobijati podgane; figuratively biti stavkokaz, parliament & politics zapustiti svojo stranko, kadar je v nevarnosti; postati uskok, uskočiti k, preiti k, menjati politično prepričanjeIII [ræt]interjectionsee drat vrag vzemi!, k vragu (z)...!rat the boy! — presneti fant! -
63 Sabbath
['sæbəƟ]((usually with the) a day of the week regularly set aside for religious services and rest - among the Jews, Saturday; among most Christians, Sunday.) sabat* * *[saebəm]nounecclesiastic sabat, dan počitka, Gospodov dan; nedelja ali katerikoli dan v tednu namenjen počitku (npr. petek pri muslimanih); archaic figuratively počitek počivanjeSabbath day's journey — pot, ki jo je smel prehoditi Žid na sabat (2000 vatlov) -
64 sever
['sevə]1) (to put an end to: He severed relations with his family.) prekiniti2) (to cut or break off: His arm was severed in the accident.) odrezati•* * *[sévə]1.transitive verbločiti, oddeliti, odvojiti; pretrgati, prekiniti; prerezati; juridically porazdeliti;2.intransitive verbločiti se ( from od), iti narazen, razstati seto sever o.s. from the church — izstopiti iz cerkve -
65 shin
[ʃin] 1. noun(the front part of the leg below the knee: He kicked him on the shins.) golenica2. verb((usually with up) to climb by alternate movements of both arms and both legs: He shinned up the tree.) plezati* * *[šin]1.noungolenica (kost)to break shins slang izvleči, izvabiti denar;2.intransitive verbplezati, vzpenjati se (up po), plaziti se ( down dol, po); American peš iti, tečito shin up a tree — plezati na drevo, po drevesu; transitive verb udariti (koga) po golenici; splezati na (kaj)to shin o.s. — z golenico udariti ob (kaj)to shin round American tekati, dirjati, krevsati okoli -
66 slot
[slot] 1. noun1) (a small narrow opening, especially one to receive coins: I put the correct money in the slot, but the machine didn't start.) reža za kovance2) (a (usually regular) position (in eg the schedule of television/radio programmes): The early-evening comedy slot.) termin2. verb((with in or into) to fit (something) into a small space: He slotted the last piece of the puzzle into place; I managed to slot in my tea-break between two jobs.) vstaviti* * *I [slɔt]1.nountechnicalrazpoka, reža ali odprtina (za vlaganje kovancev v avtomat, za spuščanje pisem v poštni nabiralnik); žlebič, utor, zareza; theatre zaklopna vratca (v odrskem podu);2.transitive verbzarezati, napraviti ozko podolgovato odprtino (režo)II [slɔt]nounhunting sled ali steza (jelena, damjaka itd.) -
67 straw
[stro:]1) (( also adjective) (of) the cut stalks of corn etc, having many uses, eg as bedding for cattle etc, making mats and other goods etc: The cows need fresh straw; a straw hat.) slama2) (a single stalk of corn: There's a straw in your hair; Their offer isn't worth a straw!) slamnata bilka3) (a paper or plastic tube through which to suck a drink into the mouth: He was sipping orange juice through a straw.) slamica•* * *I [strɔ:]1.nounslamnata bilka, slama, pletena slama; slamica (za pitje); figuratively bilka, malenkost, mrvica; slamnikin the straw obsolete v porodni posteljia straw in the wind — slamica v vetru, figuratively majhna stvar, ki je znak prihodnjih velikih dogodkovthe last straw figuratively tisto, kar preseže merothe last straw that breaks the camel's back — majhen dodatek bremenu, ki zlomi kameli hrbet, figuratively tisto, kar sodu izbije dnoa man of straw — slamnati mož, lutka, slabič; ptičje strašiloto be (to lie) in the straw obsolete biti otročnicaI don't care a straw — še malo mi ni mar, požvižgam sea straw shows which way the wind blows — tudi majhna stvar pokaže (da slutiti) važne stvari (dogodke)it is not worth a straw — ni vredno prebite pare, počenega grošato be quite out of one's straw figuratively biti ves zmešan, zmedento split straws — cepiti slamice, figuratively ukvarjati se z nekoristnimi stvarmi, prepirati se zaradi malenkostito throw straws against the wind figuratively zaman se truditi;2.adjectiveslamnatII [strɔ:]transitive verbobsolete napolniti ali nastlati s slamo -
68 treaty
['tri:ti]plural - treaties; noun(a formal agreement between states or governments: They signed a peace treaty.)* * *[trí:ti]noun(zlasti državna) pogodba; dogovor; (redko) pogajanje, dogovarjanje; razpravljanje; economy pogodba o pozavarovanjutreaty powers politics pogodbene siletreaty port — dogovorjeno pristanišče, kjer imajo pripadniki dogovorjenih držav svobodno trgovanjetreaty maker — pogodbenik; sestavljavec pogodbeto be in treaty with s.o. for s.th. — dogovarjati se s kom o čemto break a treaty — prekršiti dogovor, pogodbo -
69 window
['windəu](an opening in the wall of a building etc which is fitted with a frame of wood, metal etc containing glass or similar material, that can be seen through and usually opened: I saw her through the window; Open/Close the window; goods displayed in a shop-window.) okno- window-dressing
- window-dresser
- window-frame
- window-ledge
- window-pane
- window-shopping
- window-sill* * *I [wíndou]nounokno; okenska šipa; commerce izložba, izložbeno okno; okence pri blagajni; figuratively odprtinabay window, bow window — okno na zaprtem balkonuin the window — v izložbenem oknu, v vitrinito have all one's goods in the window figuratively biti površenyou make a better door than a window figuratively ironically nisi prozoren, nisi iz steklato put all one's knowledge in the window figuratively bahati se s svojim znanjemII [wíndou]transitive verbvstaviti okno; (redko) postaviti v okno; (redko) preluknjati
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