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1 burden
['bə:dn] 1. noun1) (something to be carried: He carried a heavy burden up the hill; The ox is sometimes a beast of burden (= an animal that carries things).) tovor2) (something difficult to carry or withstand: the burden of taxation.) breme2. verb(to put a responsibility etc on (someone): burdened with cares.) obremeniti, naprtiti* * *I [bɜ:dn]nounbreme, tovor; tonaža; figuratively gorje, tegoba; režijski stroški; geology jalova plast; music refren, pripev, spremljava; figuratively osnovna misel, glavni motiv; jedro, bitto be a burden to s.o. — biti komu v bremejuridically burden of proof — obveznost, da se dokaže neutemeljenost nasprotne trditveII [bɜ:dn]transitive verb(o)bremeniti, (na)tovoriti, (ob)težiti, naložiti, nakladati, naprtiti; figuratively zatirati, tlačiti; obdavčiti -
2 millstone
1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) mlinski kamen2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) kamen* * *[mílstoun]nounmlinski kamen, žrmeljhard as the nether millstone — trd ko kamen, neusmiljenfiguratively between upper and nether millstone — med mlinskimi kamnito see into a millstone — vse spregledati, ironically slišati travo rasti -
3 weigh
[wei] 1. verb1) (to find the heaviness of (something) by placing it on a scale: He weighed himself on the bathroom scales; You must have your luggage weighed at the airport.) tehtati (se)2) (to be equal to in heaviness: This parcel weighs one kilo; How much / What does this box weigh?) tehtati3) (to be a heavy burden to: She was weighed down with two large suitcases.) obremeniti•- weight2. verb1) (to attach, or add, a weight or weights to: The plane is weighted at the nose so that it balances correctly in flight.) obtežiti2) (to hold down by attaching weights: They weighted the balloon to prevent it from flying away.) obtežiti•- weightlessness
- weighty
- weightily
- weightiness
- weighing-machine
- weightlifting
- weigh anchor
- weigh in
- weigh out
- weigh up* * *I [wéi]1.nountehtanje;2.transitive verbtehtati ( on a scale na tehtnici); pretehtati, odtehtati, potehtati ( in one's hand v roki); odmerjati, odmeriti; (pre)ceniti, presoditi; razsoditi; upoštevati; dvigniti (sidro); pritisniti ( to the ground k tlom)to weigh one's words — (pre)tehtati svoje besede; intransitive verb tehtati; težiti, biti težak, imeti težo; figuratively biti tehten, važen, vreden; imeti velik vpliv, biti odločilne važnosti, biti odločilen; pritiskati, tiščati; nautical dvigniti sidro, odpluti, odjadrati; sport tehtati se (boksar itd.)to weigh heavy — težiti, težko bremenitiII [wéi]noun(= way)under weigh — na poti, na vožnji -
4 relieve
[-v]1) (to lessen or stop (pain, worry etc): The doctor gave him some drugs to relieve the pain; to relieve the hardship of the refugees.) ublažiti2) (to take over a job or task from: You guard the door first, and I'll relieve you in two hours.) zamenjati3) (to dismiss (a person) from his job or position: He was relieved of his post/duties.) odstaviti4) (to take (something heavy, difficult etc) from someone: May I relieve you of that heavy case?; The new gardener relieved the old man of the burden of cutting the grass.) razbremeniti5) (to come to the help of (a town etc which is under siege or attack).) odrešiti* * *[rilí:v]1.transitive verbolajšati (pritisk itd.); osvoboditi koga ( from od, pred); military osvoboditi, rešiti (mesto) obleganja; pomagati, podpirati (reveže itd.); dati duška (svojim čustvom itd.); military izmenjati, zamenjati (stražo); figuratively razbremeniti, osvoboditi bremena ali tovora; ugrabiti, s silo vzeti; razrešiti, zamenjati, odstaviti koga (z dolžnosti, iz službe), odpustiti; poudariti, naglasiti, poživiti ( with s čim, by s pomočjo); pomiriti (po)tolažiti;2.intransitive verbto relieve nature, to relieve oneself — izprazniti si čreva ali mehur, opraviti veliko oziroma malo potreboto relieve one's feelings — dati duška svojim čustvom, olajšati si dušo (srcé)to relieve s.o. from a duty (responsibility) — oprostiti, razrešiti koga neke dolžnosti (odgovornosti)to relieve a sentry military izmenjati stražoI was much relieved to see... — zelo mi je odleglo, ko sem videl... -
5 bear
I [beə] past tense - bore; verb1) ((usually with cannot, could not etc) to put up with or endure: I couldn't bear it if he left.) prenesti2) (to be able to support: Will the table bear my weight?) vzdržati3) ((past participle in passive born [bo:n]) to produce (children): She has borne (him) several children; She was born on July 7.) roditi (se)4) (to carry: He was borne shoulder-high after his victory.) nositi5) (to have: The cheque bore his signature.) nositi6) (to turn or fork: The road bears left here.) zaviti (proti)•- bearable- bearer
- bearing
- bearings
- bear down on
- bear fruit
- bear out
- bear up
- bear with
- find/get one's bearings
- lose one's bearings II [beə] noun(a large heavy animal with thick fur and hooked claws.) medved- bearskin* * *I [bwə]nounzoology medved; figuratively neotesanec, neroda; borzni špekulant na padec vrednot; nautical slang metlaa bear leader — inštruktor in spremljevalec mladeniča, spremljevalec blaziranega tujcasell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear — ne delaj računa brez krčmarja, ne zidaj gradov v oblakihastronomy Great (Little) Bear — Veliki (Mali) vozcommerce bear operation — borzna špekulacija na padec cenhad it been a bear it would have bitten you — zmotil si se; ni bilo tako strašno kot je kazaloII [bwə]transitive verb & intransitive verbcommerce špekulirati na borzi na padec cen; znižati vrednost papirjev na borzi, zbijati cene na tržiščuIII [bwə]1.transitive verbnositi, nesti; prenesti, pretrpeti, prenašati; podpreti, podpirati; dopustiti, dopuščati; roditi; pridelati; občutiti;2.intransitive verbzdržati; trpeti; peljati (pot); usmeriti se; biti ploden, (ob)roditi; uspetito bear the blame — biti kriv, vzeti krivdo naseto bring to bear — vplivati; uveljaviti, ureditito bear evidence ( —ali witness) — pričati, dokaz(ov)atito bear no grudge against s.o. — ne zameriti komuto bear in hand — imeti v oblasti; pomagatito bear in mind — misliti na kaj, upoštevatito bear o.s. well — dobro se držatito bear a part — biti deležen; imeti vlogo -
6 massive
['mæsiv](huge or heavy: a massive building; a massive burden of taxation.) masiven- massiveness* * *[maesiv]adjective ( massively adverb)masiven; čist (kovina); figuratively težak, čvrst, mogočen, okoren; mineralogy gost, masiven; psychology močen, vztrajen -
7 weight
[weit]1) (the amount which a person or thing weighs: He's put on a lot of weight (= got much fatter) over the years.) teža2) (a piece of metal etc of a standard weight: seven-pound weight.) utež3) (a heavy object, especially one for lifting as a sport: He lifts weights to develop his muscles.) utež4) (burden; load: You have taken a weight off my mind.) breme5) (importance: Her opinion carries a lot of weight.) teža* * *I [wéit]nounteža; tehtanje, merjenje; odtehtana količina; telesna teža; mera za težo; utež; težina, breme, pritisk; figuratively breme, odgovornost; pomen, pomembnost, važnost, vrednost; vpliv, ugledunder weight commerce pod težo, prelahekweight of metal — teža granat, ki jih ladijski topovi lahko izstrelijo naenkratgross, net weight — bruto, neto težaman of weight — vpliven, pomemben človekputting the weight sport met krogleto lose weight — izgubiti na teži, shujšatito lose in weight figuratively izgubiti na važnostiwhat is your weight? — koliko tehtate?to pull one's weight figuratively pošteno se lotitito put the weight sport metati kroglo, kladivoto put on ( —ali to gain) weight — pridobiti na (telesni) teži, zrediti seto try the weight of s.th. — potežkati, v roki tehtati kajII [wéit]transitive verbobtežiti ( a net mrežo) (tudi figuratively); povečati težo s primesmi; zaliti s svincem ( a stick palico); dati določeno težo ( a horse konju); obremeniti, prenesti težo na (smučko); (pre)tehtati, ocenitito weight the scales in favour of s.o. — priskrbeti komu (nedovoljeno) prednost
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