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1 famine
['fæmin]((a) great lack or shortage especially of food: Some parts of the world suffer regularly from famine.) lakota* * *[faemin]nounlakota, glad, pomanjkanje, umiranje zaradi lakote; draginja zaradi pomanjkanja -
2 reduce
[rə'dju:s]1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) zmanjšati2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) shujšati3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) pritirati (do)•- reduction* * *[ridjú:s]1.transitive verbzmanjšati, znižati, skrčiti; mathematics & chemistry (z)reducirati, spremeniti (v); privesti (nazaj na), vrniti v prejšnje stanje; prignati, pritirati (k), zlomiti odpor; prisilno koga premestiti, prisiliti, privesti (to k); podvreči, podjarmiti; izreči sodbo; rešiti; sneti; pomanjšati, napraviti v manjšem merilu, v manjši obliki; omejiti (to na); stisniti, zategniti; oslabiti, izčrpati; razredčiti (barve); medicine uravnati; znižati, spustiti (cene); archaic spraviti na pravo pot; archaic zopet poklicati v spomin; military (redko) degradirati, znižati (odvzeti) službeno stopnjo; military (redko) odpustiti, razpustitiin reduce circumstances — obubožan, v bedi, v stiski (po obilju)in a reduced state — v slabem stanju, oslabljenon a reduced scale — v zmanjšanem merilu, v malemto reduce to ashes — spremeniti v pepel, sežgatito reduce to beggary — privesti, spraviti na beraško palicoto reduce clerks — zmanjšati število uslužbencev, odpustiti uslužbenceto reduce to despair — pritirati, spraviti v obupto reduce to distress — onesrečiti (s.o. koga)to reduce a fraction — reducirati, skrčiti ulomekto reduce money — preračunati šilinge v penije ipd.to reduce to order — spraviti v red, ureditito reduce a town military streti odpor mestato reduce to writing — spraviti v pismeno obliko;2.intransitive verbshujšati; zmanjšati se, reducirati se -
3 reign
[rein] 1. noun(the time during which a king or queen rules: in the reign of Queen Victoria.) vladavina2. verb1) (to rule, as a king or queen: The king reigned (over his people) for forty years.) vladati2) (to be present or exist: Silence reigned at last.) vladati* * *I [réin]nounvladanje, doba vladanja; vlada, gospostvo; vladavina, upravljanje; suverenost; področje; (redko) državaII [réin]intransitive verbvladati, gospodovati ( over nad) (tudi figuratively); prevladovati -
4 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... -
5 stalk
I [sto:k] noun(the stem of a plant or of a leaf, flower or fruit: If the stalk is damaged, the plant may die.) stebloII [sto:k] verb1) (to walk stiffly and proudly, eg in anger: He stalked out of the room in disgust.) prevzetno hoditi2) (to move menacingly through a place: Disease and famine stalk (through) the country.) širiti se3) (in hunting, to move gradually as close as possible to game, eg deer, trying to remain hidden: Have you ever stalked deer / been deer-stalking?) zalezovati•- stalker* * *I [stɔ:k]nounbotany steblo; kocen, pecelj, štor (pri zelju); zoology peresni tul(ec); stojalo čaše; visok tovarniški dimnik; archaic okrasek v obliki steblaoff stalk — (o rozinah itd.) ki nima pecljaII [stɔ:k]1.nounhuntingzalezovanje (divjačine), zalaz; gizdava (košata, arogantna) hoja, šopirjenje, košatenje;2.intransitive verb huntingiti na zalaz, prikrasti se do divjačine; prevzetno, ošabno hoditi, šopiriti se; figuratively širiti se (bolezen, lakota); transitive verb hunting zalezovati (divjad) prikrasti se do -
6 visitation
[vizitéišən]nounobiskovanje (zlasti uradno); obhod (za inšpiciranje), vizitacija; ecclesiastic službeni obiskVisitation religion obisk Device Marije; preiskava, pregled (tuje ladje, ladijskih dokumentov); colloquially dolg nadležen obisk; masovna priselitev (ptic itd.); religion božja milost, blagoslov; kazen, šiba božjavisitation of locusts — naval, vdor kobilicthe famine was a visitation of God for their sins religion lakota je bila božja kazen za njihove greheright of visitation nautical pravica preiskave, inšpekcije
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famine — [ famin ] n. f. • 1155; du rad. du lat. fames « faim » 1 ♦ Manque d aliments qui fait qu une population souffre de la faim. ⇒ disette. Pays qui souffre de la famine. ⇒ faim. Famine endémique. La famine règne dans tout le pays. Les grandes famines … Encyclopédie Universelle
famine — Famine. s. f. Disette publique, de pain & des autres choses necessaires à la nourriture. Il y eut une grande famine cette année là. par un temps de famine. la famine est un des fleaux dont Dieu chastie les hommes. la famine se mit dans la ville.… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Famine — Fam ine, n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. ????? want, need, Skr. h[=a]ni loss, lack, h[=a] to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. Worn with famine. Milton. [1913 Webster] There was a famine in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
famine — mid 14c., from O.Fr. famine hunger (12c.), from V.L. *famina, from L. fames hunger, starvation, famine, of unknown origin … Etymology dictionary
famine — Famine, Fames. La famine est ensuyvie, Secuta est fames. Apporter famine aux citoyens, Famem ciuibus inferre … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Famine — Famine, s. Port Famine … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Famīne — Famīne, Hafen an der Ostküste der südlichsten Halbinsel von Patagonien (Südamerika); hier errichteten 1582 die Spanier das Fort Ciudad del Rey Felipe; doch starb die Besatzung von 400 bis auf 24 wegen Mangels an Lebensmitteln aus, u. als 1587 die … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
famine — index paucity, poverty, privation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
famine — [n] hunger dearth, destitution, drought, misery, paucity, poverty, scarcity, starvation, want; concepts 674,709 Ant. feast, plenty, stores, supply … New thesaurus
famine — ► NOUN 1) extreme scarcity of food. 2) archaic hunger. ORIGIN Old French, from faim hunger , from Latin fames … English terms dictionary
famine — [fam′in] n. [ME < OFr < VL * famina < L fames, hunger < IE base * dhē , to wither away > DAZE] 1. an acute and general shortage of food, or a period of this 2. any acute shortage 3. Archaic starvation … English World dictionary