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61 differ
['difə]past tense, past participle - differed; verb1) ((often with from) to be not like or alike: Our views differ; Her house differs from mine.) razlikovati se2) (to disagree (with): I think we will have to agree to differ.) ne strinjati se* * *[dífə]transitive verb( from) razlikovati se; pričkati prepirati se, ne se strinjati, ne privolitiI beg to differ — oprostite, ne strinjam se -
62 discreet
[di'skri:t](wise, cautious and not saying anything which might cause trouble: My secretary won't let the secret out - she's very discreet.) previden, molčeč- discretion* * *[diskrí:t]adjective ( discreetly adverb)previden, oprezen; obziren, prizanesljiv; molčečen -
63 disinterested
[dis'intristid](not influenced by private feelings or selfish motives; impartial: It would be best if we let a disinterested party decide.) nepristranski* * *[disíntristid]adjective ( disinterestedly adverb)nesebičen, nepristranski; slang zdolgočasen -
64 dog
[doɡ] 1. noun(a domestic, meat-eating animal related to the wolf and fox.) pes2. adjective((usually of members of the dog family) male: a dog-fox.) samec3. verb(to follow closely as a dog does: She dogged his footsteps.) zasledovati- dogged- doggedly
- doggedness
- dog-biscuit
- dog collar
- dog-eared
- dog-tired
- a dog's life
- go to the dogs
- in the doghouse
- not a dog's chance* * *I [dɔg]nounzoology pes, volk, lisjak; plural kovinski podstavek za polena v kaminu; familiarly ničvrednež; slang zagovednež, cepec, tepec; plural slang noge; rudniški vozičekto give a dog a bad ( —ali an ill) name and hang him — zvaliti vso krivdo na človeka na slabem glasubarking dogs never bite — pes, ki laja, ne grizeto die a dog's death, to die like a dog — bedno poginitiAmerican military slang dog's face — navadni vojak, infanteristto go to the dogs — propasti, priti na psa, obubožati, priti k ničAmerican slang hot dog — vroča hrenovka v žemljito lead a cat and dog life — vedno se prepirati, živeti ko pes in mačkadog on it! — prekleto!slang to put on dog — šopiriti seto send s.th. to the dogs — potratiti, zapraviti, pognatilet sleeping dogs lie — kar je bilo, naj bo pozabljenoto take a hair of the dog that bit one — "mačka" z vinom preganjatito throw to the dogs — zavreči, na klin obesiti; figuratively žrtvovatitop dog — najvišja oseba, visoka živinawhose dog is dead? — kaj se dogaja?, kdo je umrl?II [dɔg]transitive verbbiti za petami, zasledovati; technical ujeti se v škripec -
65 explore
[ik'splo:]1) (to search or travel through (a place) for the purpose of discovery: The oceans have not yet been fully explored; Let's go exploring in the caves.) raziskovati2) (to examine carefully: I'll explore the possibilities of getting a job here.) raziskovati•- exploratory
- explorer* * *[iksplɔ:]transitive verbpreiskovati, raziskavati -
66 fallow
['fæləu]((of land) left to its own natural growth and not planted with seeds: We will let this field lie fallow for a year; fallow fields.) neobdelan* * *I [faelou]nounledina, neobdelan svetII [faelou]adjectiveneposajen, neobdelan, ledinski; (duševno) zaostal; figuratively neizkoriščenIII [faelou]adjectiverjavkastorumenIV [faelou]transitive verbpreorati, vendar ne posejati; pustiti kot ledino -
67 fellow
['feləu] 1. noun1) (a man: He's quite a nice fellow but I don't like him.) dečko2) ((often as part of a word) a companion and equal: She is playing with her schoolfellows.) sošolec, kolega3) (a member of certain academic societies; a member of the governing body or teaching staff of a college.) kolega2. adjective(belonging to the same group, country etc: a fellow student; a fellow music-lover.) pripadajoč (isti generaciji, deželi...)- fellow-feeling* * *I [félou]noundružabnik, tovariš; član; deček, fant, človek; štipendist; sodelavec, sošolec, sotrpin; par; član znanstvenega društva; visokošolski profesor; archaic surovežcolloquially let alone a fellow! — daj mi mir!II [félou]adjectiveistega mišljenja, istega poklica, somišljenik -
68 hold on
1) ((often with to) to keep (a grip on) (something): She held on to me to stop herself slipping; I couldn't hold on any longer, so I let go of the rope.) čvrsto se česa držati2) (to stop or wait: Hold on - I'm not quite ready yet; The operator asked the caller to hold on while she connected him.) počakati* * *transitive verb & intransitive verb obdržati, čvrsto se česa držati (to), vztrajati; ostati pri telefonucolloquially hold on! — počakaj!, stoj! -
69 interfere
[intə'fiə]1) ((often with in, with) to (try to) become involved in etc, when one's help etc is not wanted: I wish you would stop interfering (with my plans); Don't interfere in other people's business!) vmešavati se2) ((with with) to prevent, stop or slow down the progress of: He doesn't let anything interfere with his game of golf on Saturday mornings.) preprečiti•- interfering* * *[intəfíə]intransitive verbmotiti, ovirati ( with pri); nadlegovati, preprečiti, prekiniti; vtikati se, vmeša(va)ti se (in v), poseči vmes; politics intervenirati; ukvarjati se ( with s, z); figuratively kolidirati, nasprotovati si, priti navzkriž; American juridically uveljaviti prioritetno pravico (za iznajdbo); kresati se (konj); physics povzročiti interferenco, sovpadati (valovi); sport ovirati nasprotnika -
70 lady
['leidi]1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) gospa, ženska; ženski2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) dama3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) Lady; dama•- ladylike- Ladyship
- ladybird* * *I [léidi]noungospa, dama; plemkinja; naslov za žene angl. plemičev (nižjih od vojvod) in hčerke vojvod, markizov in grofov; gospodaricapoetically ženska; vulgar & archaic žena, soproga, zaročenka, draga, ljubljenka; za označevanje poklicev ženskega spola ( lady-doctor — zdravnica, lady-president — predsednica); colloquially his young lady — njegovo deklehumorously the old lady — moja "stara"Our Lady — Naša Gospa, mati božjaAmerican ladies' room — javno stranišče za ženskeII [léidi]intransitive verb to lady it — igrati damo -
71 man
[mæn] 1. plural - men; noun1) (an adult male human being: Hundreds of men, women and children; a four-man team.) mož2) (human beings taken as a whole; the human race: the development of man.) človek3) (obviously masculine male person: He's independent, tough, strong, brave - a real man!) moški4) (a word sometimes used in speaking informally or giving commands to someone: Get on with your work, man, and stop complaining!) človek5) (an ordinary soldier, who is not an officer: officers and men.) vojak6) (a piece used in playing chess or draughts: I took three of his men in one move.) figura2. verb(to supply with men (especially soldiers): The colonel manned the guns with soldiers from our regiment.) oskrbeti z moštvom- - man- manhood
- mankind
- manly
- manliness
- manned
- man-eating
- man-eater
- manhandle
- manhole
- man-made
- manpower
- manservant
- mansized
- mansize
- manslaughter
- menfolk
- menswear
- as one man
- the man in the street
- man of letters
- man of the world
- man to man
- to a man* * *I [mæn]noun(plural men) mož, človek, človeštvo; sluga, vojak, mornar; figura (šah, dama); history vazal; plural vojaki, mornarji, delavci, moštvoman alive! — človek božji!as one man — kot en mož, enoglasnoto be only half a man — biti nemožat, biti samo pol možainner man — duša, humorously želodeca man of straw — lutka, človek zvenečega imena a brez denarjaman about town — lahkoživec, gizdalinold man — botany božje drevce, nautical slang kapitanII [mæn]transitive verbmilitary & nautical oskrbeti z moštvom (posadko, vojaki, mornarji); nautical sklicati (mornarje) na mesta; zasesti delovno mesto, biti zaposlen s čim; figuratively okrepiti, ojunačitito man o.s. — ojunačiti seIII [mæn]adjectivemoškega spola (npr. man cook kuhar) -
72 odd
[od]1) (unusual; strange: He's wearing very odd clothes; a very odd young man.) nenavaden2) ((of a number) that cannot be divided exactly by 2: 5 and 7 are odd (numbers).) lih3) (not one of a pair, set etc: an odd shoe.) brez para4) (occasional; free: at odd moments.) priložnosten•- oddity- oddly
- oddment
- odds
- odd jobs
- odd job man
- be at odds
- make no odds
- oddly enough
- odd man out / odd one out
- odds and ends
- what's the odds?* * *I [ɔd]adjective ( oddly adverb)odvečen; lih, neparen, presežen, brez para, nadštevilen; priložnosten, prigoden; čuden, nenavaden, čudaškiodd jobs — priložnostni opravki, drobna delaodd man out — človek, ki je ostal brez paraat odd moments ( —ali times) — priložnostno, tu in tamodd months — meseci, ki imajo 31 dnieconomy odd lot — slab borzni zaključek; American malenkostna množinaII [ɔd]nounnekaj čudnega, nekaj nenavadnega; prednostni udarec (pri golfu) -
73 past
1. adjective1) (just finished: the past year.) pretekli2) (over, finished or ended, of an earlier time than the present: The time for discussion is past.) izteči se3) ((of the tense of a verb) indicating action in the past: In `He did it', the verb is in the past tense.) preteklik2. preposition1) (up to and beyond; by: He ran past me.) mimo2) (after: It's past six o'clock.) čez3. adverb(up to and beyond (a particular place, person etc): The soldiers marched past.) mimo4. noun1) (a person's earlier life or career, especially if secret or not respectable: He never spoke about his past.) preteklost2) (the past tense: a verb in the past.) preteklik•- the past* * *I [pa:st]adjectiveminuli, prejšnji, pretekligrammar past participle — pretekli deležnikgrammar past tense — pretekli čas, preteritumgrammar past perfect — predpretekli časII [pa:st]adverbmimo, čez meroIII [pa:st]nounpreteklost; prejšnje življenje; grammar pretekli časIV [pa:st]preposition (časovno) čez ( half past seven pol osmih, she is past forty ima čez 40 let); figuratively brez, izven (dosega, območja, področja)past endurance — neznosen, nevzdržencolloquially I wouldn't put it past him — to bi mu zlahka pripisal -
74 permit
1. [pə'mit] past tense, past participle - permitted; verb1) (to agree to (another person's action); to allow or let (someone do something): Permit me to answer your question; Smoking is not permitted.) dovoliti2) (to make possible: My aunt's legacy permitted me to go to America.) omogočiti2. ['pə:mit] noun(a written order allowing a person to do something: We have a permit to export our product.) pisno dovoljenje* * *I [pɜ:mit]noun(pismeno) dovoljenje, prepustnica, prehodnica; economy izvozno dovoljenjeII [pəmít]1.transitive verbdovoliti, dopustiti, privoliti; prenašati, trpeti kaj;2.intransitive verbdovoliti si; dopustiti (of)to permit o.s. s.th. — privoščiti si kajtime permitting — če bo čas dovolil, če bo čas -
75 pretend
[pri'tend]1) (to make believe that something is true, in play: Let's pretend that this room is a cave!; Pretend to be a lion!; He wasn't really angry - he was only pretending.) delati se2) (to try to make it appear (that something is true), in order to deceive: He pretended that he had a headache; She was only pretending to be asleep; I pretended not to understand.) pretvarjati se•- pretence- false pretences* * *[priténd]1.transitive verbdelati se, hliniti, varati, slepiti; predrzniti si, upati si;2.intransitive verbpretvarjati se; drzniti si, domišljati si, zahtevati, lastiti si, pretendirati na kaj (to)he pretends ignorance — dela se, da ne veI don't pretend to learning — ne domišljam si, da sem učen -
76 rap
[ræp] 1. noun(a quick, brief knock or tap: He heard a rap on the door.) lahen udarec2. verb(to hit or knock quickly and briefly: The teacher rapped the child's fingers with a ruler; He rapped on the table and called for silence.) lahno udariti- rap out* * *I [ræp]noun(kratek, lahen) udarec, trkanje (at na), udarjanje; (spiritizem) trkanje; slang kazen, kaznovanjea rap on (over) the knuckles figuratively ukor, opomin, kazento give a rap at the door — udariti s tolkačem po vratih, potrkati na vratato give s.o. a rap on the knuckles — dati jih komu po prstihto hang a rap on s.o. — skušati obremeniti kogato let s.o. take the rap — zvaliti krivdo na kogaII [ræp]transitive verbudarjati, krcati (po čem); ozmerjati, opsovati, grajati, ukoriti koga; intransitive verb udarjati, trkati (at na, on po); spiritiziratito rap s.o.'s fingers — udariti koga po prstih, figuratively komu jih po prstih datito rap at the door — udariti s tolkačem na vrata, potrkati na vratato rap the table — trkati, udarjati po mizito rap out transitive verb & intransitive verb izreči, izustiti, blekniti (kletvico ipd.); preklinjati, kleti, zmerjati, psovati; (spiritizem) poslati sporočila s trkanjem, z udarcito rap out an oath — naglo izustiti, bruhniti iz sebe kletvicoIII [ræp]nountrohica, mrvica, delček, atom; polpenijski (ponarejen) novec, počen groš, ničvredna stvarI don't care a rap! — briga me!, se požvižgam!, mi je vseeno!IV [ræp]transitive verbnavdušiti, očarati, prevzeti; archaic odvzeti, ukrastiV [ræp]noun120 jardov dolgo povesmo -
77 rent
I 1. [rent] noun(money paid, usually regularly, for the use of a house, shop, land etc which belongs to someone else: The rent for this flat is $50 a week.) najemnina2. verb(to pay or receive rent for the use of a house, shop, land etc: We rent this flat from Mr Smith; Mr Smith rents this flat to us.) najeti; dati v najem- rental- rent-a-car
- rent-free 3. adjective(for which rent does not need to be paid: a rent-free flat.) brez najemnine- rent outII [rent] noun(an old word for a tear (in clothes etc).) razporek* * *I [rent]nounrazporek; reža, razpoka; figuratively prelom, razkol, shizmaII [rent]1.nounnajem, najemnina, stanarina, zakup, zakupnina; American posestvo v zakupufor rent — odda se; (daje se) v zakupto let for rent — dati v zakup, v najemto take at rent — vzeti v zakup, v najem;2.transitive verbnajeti, v najem vzeti, v zakup vzeti ( from od); plač(ev)ati najemnino, zakupnino; American dati komu kaj v najem, v zakup; American posoditi; intransitive verb biti dan v najem, v zakup; biti v najemu, v zakuputhis house (apartment) rents for (at) — ta hiša (to stanovanje) se da v najem za...III [rent]preterite & past participleod to rend -
78 scarcely
1) (only just; not quite: Speak louder please - I can scarcely hear you; scarcely enough money to live on.) komaj2) (used to suggest that something is unreasonable: You can scarcely expect me to work when I'm ill.) težko* * *[skʌ/əsli]adverbkomaj, težkó, z muko, prav komaj; pač ne, komajscarcely anything — komaj kaj, skoraj ničhe had scarcely spoken when... — komaj je spregovoril, ko... -
79 score
[sko:] 1. plurals - scores; noun1) (the number of points, goals etc gained in a game, competition etc: The cricket score is 59 for 3.) rezultat2) (a written piece of music showing all the parts for instruments and voices: the score of an opera.) partitura3) (a set or group of twenty: There was barely a score of people there.) dvajseterica2. verb1) (to gain (goals etc) in a game etc: He scored two goals before half-time.) doseči2) ((sometimes with off or out) to remove (eg a name) from eg a list by putting a line through it: Please could you score my name off (the list)?; Is that word meant to be scored out?) prečrtati3) (to keep score: Will you score for us, please?) beležiti točke•- scorer- score-board
- on that score
- scores of
- scores
- settle old scores* * *I [skɔ:]nounhistory zareza, rovaš, palica z zarezami; brazda, brazgotina, praska, sled biča; račun, dolg; vzrok, razlog; dvajseterica, dvajset kosov (jardov, funtov); plural množica, veliko število, obilica; colloquially sreča, lahek uspeh; music partitura, nota, glasba, glasbeni del (operete); sport startna črta, mesto, kjer stoje tekmovalci pri streljanju; American dejanski položaj (situacija); neugodna resnica; nautical žleb v škripcuwhat a score! — kakšna sreča!three score and ten — 70 (let; normalna dolgost človeškega življenja)what is the score? — kakšen je rezultat? (pri igri, športu)he is too fond of making score — rad dosega lahke, cenene uspeheto go off at score figuratively razgreti se, zlasti pri razpravljanju o priljubljenem predmetuto pay off old scores — (od)plačati, poravnati stare račune (dolgove)to put down to s.o.'s score — komu v dolg beležiti (zapisati)to quit scores with figuratively poravnati stare dolgove (račune), povrniti (komu)II [skɔ:]1.transitive verbvrezati, zarezati, zabeležiti z zarezanimi črtami; zapisati; zabeležiti na rovašu; sport doseči, (za)beležiti točke; imeti korist; film dodati filmu glasbo;2.intransitive verbbeležiti komu v korist; doseči (točke, rezultat, uspeh), doživeti srečo ali uspeh; beležiti dolgove, voditi rovaš; archaic American delati dolgovewe shall score by it — s tem bomo imeli uspeh; -
80 secret
['si:krit] 1. adjective(hidden from, unknown to, or not told to, other people: a secret agreement; He kept his illness secret from everybody.) tajen2. noun1) (something which is, or must be kept, secret: The date of their marriage is a secret; industrial secrets.) tajnost2) (a hidden explanation: I wish I knew the secret of her success.) skrivnost•- secrecy- secretive
- secretively
- secretiveness
- secretly
- secret agent
- secret police
- in secret
- keep a secret* * *[sí:krit]1.nounskrivnost, tajnost; skritost, skrivnost; ecclesiastic tiha molitev; plural spolovila, intimni deli telesain secret — tajno, v tajnostithe secret of success — skrivnost uspeha, ključ k uspehuto keep s.th. a secret — nekaj držati v tajnostito let s.o. into a secret — uvesti koga v skrivnostto make a secret of s.th. — delati skrivnost iz česa;2.adjectivetajen, tajinstven; skriven; molčeč, molčav; skrit; intimen, diskreten (del telesa)to keep s.th. secret — držati kaj v tajnosti
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