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1 gesture
['‹es ə] 1. noun(a movement of the head, hand etc to express an idea etc: The speaker emphasized his words with violent gestures.) kretnja2. verb(to make a gesture or gestures: He gestured to her to keep quiet.) (na)migniti* * *I [džésčə]noungib, poteza, kretnjaII [džéščə]transitive verb & intransitive verbz gibi rok izražati, gestikulirati -
2 magnanimous
[mæɡ'næniməs](noble and generous: a magnanimous gesture.) velikodušen- magnanimity* * *[mægnaeniməs]adjective ( magnanimously adverb)velikodušen, plemenit -
3 motion
['məuʃən] 1. noun1) (the act or state of moving: the motion of the planets; He lost the power of motion.) gibanje2) (a single movement or gesture: He summoned the waiter with a motion of the hand.) gib3) (a proposal put before a meeting: She was asked to speak against the motion in the debate.) predlog2. verb(to make a movement or sign eg directing a person or telling him to do something: He motioned (to) her to come nearer.) pomigniti- motion picture
- in motion* * *I [móušən]noungibanje; kretnja; hoja (težka, lahka); premik; zamah, pogon; figuratively spodbuda, nagib; juridically parliament predlog; medicine stolica; plural koraki, ravnanje, dejanjato go through the motions of — pretvarjati se, navidezno kaj delatiin motion — gibajoč, v pogonuof one's own motion — iz lastnega nagiba, prostovoljnoto put ( —ali set) in motion — sprožiti (postopek), začeti, razgibatito watch s.o.'s motions — budno spremljati dejanja kogatechnical idle motion — prazni tektechnical lost motion — mrtvi tekII [móušən]1.intransitive verbpomigniti ( with s, z), pokazati s kretnjo;2.transitive verbopozoriti s kretnjo, napotiti (to, towards, away, to do)to motion s.o. away — odsloviti koga z zamahom roke -
4 respond
[rə'spond]( with to)1) (to answer with words, a reaction, gesture etc: He didn't respond to my question; I smiled at her, but she didn't respond.) odzvati se2) (to show a good reaction eg to some course of treatment: His illness did not respond to treatment by drugs.) odzvati se (na kaj)3) ((of vehicles etc) to be guided easily by controls: The pilot said the plane did not respond to the controls.) odzivati se•- response- responsibility
- responsible
- responsibly
- responsive
- responsively
- responsiveness* * *[rispɔnd]1.nounecclesiasticresponzorij, odpevanje (med duhovnikom in verniki); architecture polsteber, ki rabi za oporo loku, oboku ali svodu;2.intransitive verb & transitive verbodgovoriti, dati odgovor (to na); American juridically dati zadoščenje; odgovarjati, jamčiti za; biti dovzeten (to za), reagirati na kaj; sprejeti -
5 significant
[siɡ'nifikənt]1) (important; having an important effect: a significant event/development.) pomemben2) (having a special meaning; meaningful: a significant look/smile.) pomenljiv3) (considerable; marked: There was no significant change in the patient's condition; There was a significant drop in the number of road accidents last year.) upoštevanja vreden* * *[signífikənt]adjective ( significantly adverb)značilen, važen ( for za), ki ima kak pomen, pomemben, pomenljiv; signifikanten -
6 signify
1) (to be a sign of; to mean: His frown signified disapproval.) pomeniti2) (to show; to make known by a sign, gesture etc: He signified his approval with a nod.) nakazati•- significant
- significantly* * *[sígnifai]transitive verb & intransitive verbnaznaniti, razglasiti; napovedati; namigniti, dati razumeti; pomeniti, biti znak; imeti važnost, biti važenwhat does it signify? — kakšno važnost ima to?he signified his wish to get rid of him — izrazil je željo, da bi se ga znebil -
7 sporting
1) (of, or concerned with, sports: the sporting world.) športen2) ((negative unsporting) showing fairness and kindness or generosity, especially if unexpected: a sporting gesture.) velikodušen* * *[spɔ:rtiŋ]adjective ( sportingly adverb)športen, športski, vreden športnika; ki se zanima za šport (lov, ribolov itd.); časten, pošten; colloquially nedoločen; negotova sporting chance — zelo majhna verjetnost, minimalna možnost, z rizikom povezana verjetnost uspehasporting house colloquially igralnica; javna hiša, bordel -
8 sweeping
1) (that sweeps: a sweeping gesture.) širok2) ((of changes etc) very great: a sweeping victory; sweeping reforms.) temeljit* * *[swí:piŋ]1.adjective ( sweepingly adverb)ki se tiče pometanja; figuratively poln poleta, zanosen; obsežen, prostran; daljnosežen; splošen, absoluten; radikalen, temeljit; velik (uspeh); silovit (veter)to speak too sweepingly — govoriti presplošno, preveč generalizirati;2.nounpometanje; plural smeti; (zaničljivo) izvržek, sodrgathe sweeping (of the gutter) figuratively izmečki (gošča) družbe -
9 wave
[weiv] 1. noun1) (a moving ridge, larger than a ripple, moving on the surface of water: rolling waves; a boat tossing on the waves.) val2) (a vibration travelling eg through the air: radio waves; sound waves; light waves.) valovanje3) (a curve or curves in the hair: Are those waves natural?) koder4) (a (usually temporary) rise or increase: the recent crime wave; a wave of violence; The pain came in waves.) val5) (an act of waving: She recognized me, and gave me a wave.) mahanje2. verb1) (to move backwards and forwards or flutter: The flags waved gently in the breeze.) plapolati2) (to (cause hair to) curve first one way then the other: She's had her hair waved; Her hair waves naturally.) kodrati (se)3) (to make a gesture (of greeting etc) with (eg the hand): She waved to me across the street; Everyone was waving handkerchiefs in farewell; They waved goodbye.) (po)mahati•- wavy- waviness
- waveband
- wave
- wavelength
- wave aside* * *I [wéiv]nounval (tudi figuratively); valovito gibanje; vibriranje; valovita črta, valovit okrasek; valovita črta (v tkanini, v kovini); mahanje, pomahanje, znakthe wave (s) poetically morje; American nautical ženska mornarin waves, wave after wave — val za valom, v zaporednih valovihlong, medium, short waves radio dolgi, srednji, kratki valoviII [wéiv]intransitive verbvalovati, delati valove; biti valovit; gibati se v valovih; zibati se; plapolati; (po)mahati, zamahnitito wave to s.o. — pomigniti komu; transitive verb mahati (z), vrteti (kaj); vihteti ( a sword — meč); vzvalovati; ondulirati (lase); vtisniti valovite črte (v tkanino), moarirati; vtisniti črte (v kovino), giljoširati; okrasiti z valovitimi črtamito wave welcome to s.o. — pomahati komu za dobrodošlicoto wave aside — poklicati na stran; odbiti (s kretnjo)to wave s.o. away — odbiti koga -
10 snap one's fingers
(to make a sharp noise by moving the thumb quickly across the top joint of the middle finger, as an informal gesture eg to attract someone's attention, mark the rhythm in music etc.) tleskniti s prsti
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