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41 temperature
['temprə ə]1) (the amount or degree of cold or heat: The food must be kept at a low temperature.) temperatura2) (a level of body heat that is higher than normal: She had a temperature and wasn't feeling well.) vročina•* * *[témpriča]nountemperatura, toplina; medicine telesna temperatura, zvišana temperatura, vročina; obsolete blagost (klime itd); obsolete zmernost; obsolete temperamentto have (to run) a temperature — imeti (zvišano) temperaturo, imeti vročinoto take s.o.'s temperature — meriti komu temperaturo -
42 trump
1. noun(in some card games, any card of a suit which has been declared to rank higher than the other suits: This time, hearts are trumps; ( also adjective) a trump card.) adut2. verb(to defeat (an ordinary card) by playing a card from the trump suit: He trumped (my king) with a heart.) prevzeti z adutom* * *I [trəmp]1.noun(kartanje) adut (tudi figuratively); colloquially dober, plemenit, krasen človek; zvesta (poštena) dušaall his cards are trumps, everything turns up trumps with him — njemu se vedno vse posreči, on ima vedno srečoto play trump — figuratively izigrati (svoj) zadnji adutto put s.o. to his trumps — prisiliti koga, da izigra svoje zadnje adute; figuratively spraviti koga v stisko, prisiliti ga, da uporabi svoja zadnja sredstvato turn up trumps — obrniti karto, da se odloči, katera barva bo adut; figuratively colloquially izkazati se kot najboljše imeti srečo;2.transitive verbprevzeti z adutom; figuratively prelisičiti, posekati (koga); intransitive verb izigrati adut, prevzeti z adutomto trump up obsolete izmisliti si, iz trte izvitiII [trəmp]1.nounpoeticallytrobenta; glas, zvok trobentethe last trump, the trump of doom — trobente, pozavne sodnega dne;2.intransitive verbtrobentati; transitive verb oznaniti (s trobentami) -
43 uphold
past tense, past participle - upheld; verb1) (to support (a person's action): His family upholds (him in) his present action.) podpirati2) (to confirm (eg a claim, legal judgement etc): The decision of the judge was upheld by the court.) potrditi3) (to maintain (eg a custom): The old traditions are still upheld in this village.) vzdrževati* * *[ʌphóuld]transitive verbdržati pokonci (kvišku), dvigniti kvišku; vzdrževati (običaj); zadržati (vrednost); potrditi, odobriti (sklep, sodbo); podpiratiuphold a cause — podpirati, braniti (neko) stvar -
44 upper
1. adjective(higher in position, rank etc: the upper floors of the building; He has a scar on his upper lip.) zgornji2. noun((usually in plural) the part of a shoe above the sole: There's a crack in the upper.) gornje usnje (čevlja)3. adverb(in the highest place or position: Thoughts of him were upper-most in her mind.) najprej- get/have the upper hand of/over someone
- get/have the upper hand* * *I [ʌpə]adjectivegornji, višji; figuratively višji, vzvišenejšiupper circle theatre drugi balkon, druga vrstaupper crust — skorja (kruha itd.), American slang premožni sloji družbeupper dog slang zmagovalecupper hand — premoč, nadvladaupper storey — gornje nadstropje; figuratively glava, pamet, možganithe upper ten (thousand) — plemstvo, aristokracija, bogataši in visoka družbaupper works nautical deli ladje nad vodno površinoto get the upper hand — dobiti premoč, zmagati, nadvladati; dobiti prvenstvoII [ʌpə]nountechnical gornje usnje (čevlja); colloquially zgornje ležišče (v spalnem vozu); medicine gornja čeljust, gornja proteza; plural gamaše iz blagato be (down) on one's uppers — strgati čevlje, figuratively biti popolnoma brez sredstev -
45 upward(s)
adverb ((facing) towards a higher place or level: He was lying on the floor face upwards; The path led upwards.) navzgor* * *[ʌpwəd(z)]adverbkvišku, gor, navzgor (tudi figuratively); dalje, naprej; proti vodnemu toku, ob vodi navzgor; proti notranjosti dežele; proti (glavnemu) mestufrom 10 dollars upward(s) — od 10 dolarjev naprej, dalje (više)from the l6th century upward(s) — od 16. stoletja daljemen of forty and upward(s) — možje, stari 40 let ali večupward(s) cercle sport veletoč -
46 A sharp
noun ((music) a note that is a semitone higher than A.) -
47 compressed air
(air which is at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure: Deep sea divers breathe compressed air.) stisnjen zrak -
48 in favour of
(in support of: I am in favour of higher pay.) ugoden -
49 press for
(to try to get; to keep demanding: The miners are pressing for higher wages.) zahtevati
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