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1 slope
[sləup] 1. noun1) (a position or direction that is neither level nor upright; an upward or downward slant: The floor is on a slight slope.) nagnjenost2) (a surface with one end higher than the other: The house stands on a gentle slope.) pobočje2. verb(to be in a position which is neither level nor upright: The field slopes towards the road.) nagibati se- sloping* * *I [slóup]nounnagnjenost, nagib, breg, pobočje, poševnost, strmina, padec, višinska razlika; poševen rov (v rudniku); military poševni položaj pušketo carry one's rifle at the slope military nositi puško poševno na ramito climb a slope — vzpenjati se po strmini, po breguto give a slope to — napraviti (nekaj) stnno, dati nagib (čemu)II [slóup]transitive verb & intransitive verbdati poševno obliko, narediti (zemljišče) poševno, nagnjeno; nagniti (se), biti nagnjen (strm), nagibati (se), poševno (strmo) padati ali se spuščati; military položiti puško poševno na ramo; American slang (= slope off) pobrisati jo, izginitito slope about — pohajkovati, postopati, kolovratiti okolislope arms! military puške (poševno) na rame! -
2 trend
[trend](a general direction or tendency: She follows all the latest trends in fashion; an upward trend in share prices.) splošna smer- trendy* * *[trend]1.nountok, (po)tek; economy razvoj, tendenca; trend; poševna smer; figuratively obče nagnjenje, težnja, smer, tendenca, orientacija, prizadevanjethe trend of public opinion — usmerjenost, orientacija, nagibanje javnega mnenja;2.intransitive verbimeti določeno smer; nagibati se k, težiti k; razprostirati se, raztezati se; iti v neko smer; figuratively imeti občo tendenco, biti usmerjen ( towards k, proti)
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