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1 character
['kærəktə] 1. noun1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) značaj; vrsta2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) značaj3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) dober glas4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) oseba (v igri)5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) čudak6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) črka•2. noun(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) značilnost- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation* * *I [kaeriktə]nounznak, pisava, črka, številka; dostojatnstvo, stan, položaj; značaj; oseba, igralec, -lka; dober glas; čudak; spričevalo; opis; kakovost, lastnostto see s.th. in its true character — videti kaj v pravi lučifiguratively to set the character of s.th. — vtisniti čemu pečatto give s.o. a good character — dati komu dobro spričevaloII [kaeriktə]transitive verbpoetically archaic opisati -
2 plot
[plot] 1. noun1) (a plan, especially for doing something evil; a conspiracy: a plot to assassinate the President.) zarota2) (the story of a play, novel etc: The play has a very complicated plot.) zaplet3) (a small piece of land eg for use as a gardening area or for building a house on.) parcela2. verb1) (to plan to bring about (something evil): They were plotting the death of the king.) snovati zaroto2) (to make a plan, map, graph etc of: The navigator plotted the course of the ship.) načrtovati* * *I [plɔt]nounmajhen kos zemljišča, parcela; (zlasti American) gradbeni načrt, načrt, tloris, grafični prikaz; spletka, zarota; zasnova, razplet, zaplet, zgodba (drame, romana itd.)II [plɔt]1.transitive verbnapraviti načrt, planirati, zasnovati; načrtati, napisati, registrirati (priprava); grafično prikazati; trasirati, zakoličiti; razkosati zemljišče, parcelirati ( out); kovati spletke, snovati zaroto; razviti, razplesti, zasnovati (roman, dramo);2.intransitive verbsodelovati v zaroti, zarotiti se ( against proti) -
3 print
[print] 1. noun1) (a mark made by pressure: a footprint; a fingerprint.) odtis2) (printed lettering: I can't read the print in this book.) tisk3) (a photograph made from a negative: I entered three prints for the photographic competition.) kopija4) (a printed reproduction of a painting or drawing.) grafični odtis2. verb1) (to mark (letters etc) on paper (by using a printing press etc): The invitations will be printed on white paper.) tiskati2) (to publish (a book, article etc) in printed form: His new novel will be printed next month.) izdati3) (to produce (a photographic image) on paper: He develops and prints his own photographs.) kopirati4) (to mark designs on (cloth etc): When the cloth has been woven, it is dyed and printed.) potiskati5) (to write, using capital letters: Please print your name and address.) tiskati•- printer- printing
- printing-press
- print-out
- in / out of print* * *I [print]nounprinting tisk, tiskanje; tiskovina; American tiskana stvar, časopis, revija; odtis, vtisk, znak, sled (npr. noge); art grafični list; časopisni papir; tiskanina (blago), katun; photography kopija; technical kalup, model, žigAmerican daily prints — dnevno časopisjein print — v tisku, v prodaji (knjiga)figuratively in cold print — v črno belemII [print]1.transitive verbtiskati, dati v tisk, natisniti; odtisniti, potiskati; pisati s tiskanimi črkami; vtisniti (on; žig); pustiti sled (on), natiskati vzorec (in v); vtisniti (on s.o.'s mind komu v spomin), pustiti sled, odtis; phot kopirati (off, out); kalupiti (npr. maslo);2.intransitive verbtiskati, izdajati knjige itd.; biti v tisku ( the book is ŋing knjiga je v tisku) -
4 extract
1. [ik'strækt] verb1) (to pull out, or draw out, especially by force or with effort: I have to have a tooth extracted; Did you manage to extract the information from her?) izpuliti2) (to select (passages from a book etc).) izbrati3) (to take out (a substance forming part of something else) by crushing or by chemical means: Vanilla essence is extracted from vanilla beans.) izločiti2. ['ekstrækt] noun1) (a passage selected from a book etc: a short extract from his novel.) izvleček2) (a substance obtained by an extracting process: beef/yeast extract; extract of malt.) ekstrakt•* * *I [ékstrækt]nounizvleček, povzetek; citat, izpis; ekstraktII [ikstraekt]transitive verb( from) izvleči, izruvati, ven potegniti; iztisniti; chemistry izločiti; narediti izvleček, povzeti; izbirati; mathematics koreniti -
5 film
[film] 1. noun1) ((a thin strip of) celluloid made sensitive to light on which photographs are taken: photographic film.) film2) (a story, play etc shown as a motion picture in a cinema, on television etc: to make a film; ( also adjective) a film version of the novel.) film, filmski3) (a thin skin or covering: a film of dust.) sloj, plast2. verb1) (to make a motion picture (of): They are going to film the race.) snemati2) ((usually with over) to cover with a film: Her eyes gradually filmed (over) with tears.) prekriti (se)•- filmy- filmstar* * *I [film]nounkožica, mrena; prevleka; meglenina; film; filmska predstavaII [film]1.transitive verbs kožico prevleči; filmati, snemati;2.intransitive verbs kožico, mreno se prevleči; zamegliti se (oko); biti primeren za filmanje -
6 reprint
1. [ri:'print] verb(to print more copies of (a book etc): We are reprinting his new novel already.) ponatisniti2. ['ri:print] noun(a copy of a book etc made by reprinting the original without any changes.) ponatis* * *[rí:print]1.nounponatis, nova in nespremenjena izdaja; (filatelija) ponatis (serije znamk);2.transitive verb [ri:prínt] ponatisniti, ponovno (na)tiskati, nanovo izdati -
7 straight
[streit] 1. adjective1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) raven2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) odkrit3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) poravnan4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) urejen, jasen5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) čist6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) resen7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) dramski2. adverb1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) naravnost2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) takoj3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) pošteno3. noun(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) ravnina- straightness
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight talking
- go straight
- straight away
- straighten out/up
- a straight fight
- straight off* * *I [stréit]adjectiveraven, prem, premočrten; gladek (lasje); resen (obraz); pokončen; urejen, v redu, reden, na pravem mestu, v pravi višini; simetričen; direkten, neposreden; figuratively odkrit, pošten, iskren, preprost, nekompliciran; colloquially zanesljiv, resničen (poročilo); dosleden; American slang brezkompromisen; pravi, neponarejen, nepopačen, neizkrivljen, dobljen iz prvega vira; popoln; nerazredčen, čist brez vode (whisky itd.)in a straight line — v premi, ravni črtistraight angle — iztegnjeni kot (180°)a straight back — raven, neukrivljen (negrbast) hrbetstraight face — negiben, resen obraza straight knee — ravno, neupognjeno kolenostraight line mathematics premicaa straight tip slang zanesljiv namig (nasvet), informacija iz prvega (zanesljivega) viraa straight path — ravna, prema stezaa straight race — dirka, v kateri se udeleženci na vse pretege trudijo za zmagoa straight Republican American slang brezkompromisen republikanec, republikanec skoz in skozthe straight ticket American pravi, uradni program strankeis everything straight? — je vse v redu?to keep a straight face — resno se držati, zadržati smehto keep s.o. straight — držati koga na uzdito set a room straight — urediti, pospraviti soboto vote a straight ticket American glasovati za nespremenjeno kandidatno listoII [stréit]adverbpremo, ravno, naravnost, v pravi smeri; točno, pravilno; neposredno, direktno; figuratively odkrito, iskreno, jasno, pošteno; obsolete takoj, precej, na mestu, nemudoma; brez ovinkov, brez ovinkarjenjastraight away — takoj, na mestu, precejstraight off — takoj, prècej, brez pomišljanjastraight from the horse's mouth slang iz prvega virato come straight to the point — jasno in brez oklevanja, naravnost pojasnitito ride straight on — jahati naravnost naprej, čez vse ovireto run straight — moralno, pošteno živetito speak straight out — odkrito, brez ovinkov govoritiI cannot tell you straight off — ne morem vam povedati kar takoj (pri priči, prècej)III [stréit]1.nounpremost; premica, ravnina; zadnji (ravni) del dirkališča za konjske dirke; American slang resnica, prava ugotovitev; sport po vrsti doseženi uspehi; (karte, poker) sekvenca petih kartout of the straight — neraven; poševen, nagnjen; grbav; figuratively nepošten;2.interjectionzares!, resnično!, v resnici! -
8 depict
[di'pikt]1) (to paint, draw etc.) slikati2) (to describe: Her novel depicts the life of country people.) opisovati* * *[dipíkt]transitive verb(na)slikati, (na)risati, upodobiti, opisati -
9 excerpt
['eksə:pt](a part taken from a book etc: I heard an excerpt from his latest novel on the radio.) odlomek, izvleček* * *I [éksə:pt]nounizvleček, izpisek, citat, odlomek; separatII [eksɜ:pt]transitive verbizpisati, narediti izvleček, citirati -
10 mystery
['mistəri]plural - mysteries; noun1) (something that cannot be, or has not been, explained: the mystery of how the universe was formed; the mystery of his disappearance; How she passed her exam is a mystery to me.) skrivnost2) (the quality of being impossible to explain, understand etc: Her death was surrounded by mystery.) skrivnost•- mysteriously* * *I [místəri]nounskrivnost, tajna, uganka (to komu)plural skrivnostni obredi; misterij, verska igra; American mystery novel — kriminalni romanII [místəri]nounarchaic ceh, obrt -
11 pattern
['pætən]1) (a model or guide for making something: a dress-pattern.) model, kroj2) (a repeated decoration or design on material etc: The dress is nice but I don't like the pattern.) vzorec3) (an example suitable to be copied: the pattern of good behaviour.) vzor•* * *I [paetən]nounvzorec, predloga, model; economy vzorec, vzorčni primerek; figuratively vzor, ideal, primer; American kos blaga za obleko (bluzo itd.); kroj; poskusni model kalupa za ulivanje kovanca; technical šablona; struktura, sestava, zasnovaeconomy by pattern post — kot vzorec brez vrednostisentence pattern — stavčni vzorec, stavčna strukturaII [paetən]transitive verbnapraviti po vzorcu, krojiti po vzorcu (after, upon), kopirati; okrasiti z vzorcem; posnemati -
12 proof
[pru:f]1) ((a piece of) evidence, information etc that shows definitely that something is true: We still have no proof that he is innocent.) dokaz2) (a first copy of a printed sheet, that can be corrected before the final printing: She was correcting the proofs of her novel.) krtačni odtis3) (in photography, the first print from a negative.) poskusna kopija•- - proof* * *I [pru:f]noundokaz, potrdilo; juridically dokaz, dokazilo, (pismena) izjava prič; poskus, preizkus (tudi mathematics technical); printing krtačni odtis; photography poskusna kopija; poskusno kovanje (kovancev); standardna količina alkohola, predpisan odstotek alkohola; military preizkus strelnega orožjaproof to the contrary — nasproten dokaz, protidokazproof positive — jasen, nedvoumen dokazthe proof of the pudding is in the eating — kakovost spoznamo šele, ko se o njej sami prepričamoprinting clean proof — pregledna polaprinting to correct proofs — opraviti korekturoabove (under) proof — z večjim (manjšim) odstotkom alkohola, kot je predpisanoII [pru:f]adjectivetrden, odporen ( against proti), neprodušen, neprepusten; varen, zavarovan (npr. pred vremenom; against); figuratively nedostopen; poskusen, preizkušen, potrjen; vsebujoč predpisan odstotek alkohola, v redu; American ki ima predpisan odstotek zlata ali srebra (kovanec)fire-proof — odporen proti ognju, nezgorljiv, nevnetljivIII [pru:f]transitive verbimpregnirati -
13 publish
1) (to prepare, print and produce for sale (a book etc): His new novel is being published this month.) objaviti2) (to make known: They published their engagement.) objaviti•- publishing* * *[pʌbliš]transitive verbobjaviti, naznaniti, priobčiti, publicirati; juridically širiti žaljive vesti o kom -
14 purpose
['pə:pəs]1) (the reason for doing something; the aim to which an action etc is directed: What is the purpose of your visit?) namen2) (the use or function of an object: The purpose of this lever is to stop the machine in an emergency.) namen3) (determination: a man of purpose.) odločnost•- purposefully
- purposeless
- purposely
- purpose-built
- on purpose
- serve a purpose
- to no purpose* * *I [pɜ:pəs]nounnamen, cilj, nakana; učinek; vsebina, smiselfor what purpose? — čemu?to the purpose — stvarno, o pravem časuof set purpose — (zlasti juridically) premišljeno, namernoto turn s.th. to good purpose — dobro kaj uporabiti ali izkoristitiII [pɜ:pəs]transitive verbnameravati, določiti, nameniti, odločiti -
15 railway
1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; ( also adjective) a railway station.) železnica2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) železnica* * *I [réilwei]nounBritish English železniška proga, železnicaat railway speed — s hitrostjo železnice, figuratively z veliko hitrostjo, bliskovito, hitrocable-railway, electric street railway, elevated railway, narrow-gauge railway, rack-railway, suspended railway, underground railway — žična, električna cestna, nadzemeljska, ozkotirna, zobata, viseča, podzemeljska železnicaII [réilwei]adjectiveželezniškirailway board — žel. direkcijarailway car — železniški voz, vagonrailway company — žel. družbarailway crossing — žel. križiščerailway-engine — žel. lokomotivarailway gauge — širina žel. tirarailway guard — žel. čuvaj ali sprevodnikrailway guide British English žel. vozni redrailway junction — žel. križiščerailway-line — žel. progarailway sleeper — žel. pragrailway station — žel. postajarailway switch — žel. kretnicarailway ticket — žel. vozovnicarailway time-table — žel. vozni redrailway terminus — končna žel. postajarailway traffic — žel. prometIII [réilwei]intransitive verbpotovati, peljati se z železnico; graditi železniške proge -
16 standard
['stændəd] 1. noun1) (something used as a basis of measurement: The kilogram is the international standard of weight.) mera2) (a basis for judging quality, or a level of excellence aimed at, required or achieved: You can't judge an amateur artist's work by the same standards as you would judge that of a trained artist; high standards of behaviour; His performance did not reach the required standard.) merilo3) (a flag or carved figure etc fixed to a pole and carried eg at the front of an army going into battle.) prapor2. adjective((accepted as) normal or usual; The Post Office likes the public to use a standard size of envelope.) običajen, standardiziran- standardise
- standardization
- standardisation
- standard-bearer
- be up to / below standard
- standard of living* * *I [staendəd]1.nounstandard; norma, pravilo, merilo; enotna (uzakonjena, običajna) mera ali teža; vzorec, vzor, splošno veljaven tip; smernica; (minimalne) zahteve; denarna podlaga; veljava; nivó; (šolski) razred, stopnja; vrsta blaga določene, stalne kvaliteteto set a high standard figuratively veliko zahtevati;2.adjectivenormalen, standarden; zgleden, klasičenII [staendəd]1.nounstandarta, prapor (zlasti konjenice); polkovna zastava; ozka, trikotna zastavica; žival v grbu; simbol; pokončen steber, podstavek, stojalo; jambor; drevešček, drevoto raise the standard of liberty figuratively dvigniti zastavo svobode;2.adjectivestoječ, pokončen; ki ima pokončno steblo ali deblo, visokoraselstandard rose — (visok) rožni grm (vrtna roža, vrtnica) -
17 thriller
noun (an exciting novel or play, usually about crime, detectives etc: I always take a thriller to read on the train.) srhljivka* * *[mrílə]nouncolloquially grozljiv, srhljiv roman, film; grozljivka; pesem, melodija, ki vzburja, šlager -
18 volume
['voljum]1) (a book: This library contains over a million volumes.) knjiga2) (one of a series of connected books: Where is volume fifteen of the encyclopedia?) zvezek (knjige)3) (the amount of space occupied by something, expressed in cubic measurement: What is the volume of the petrol tank?) prostornina4) (amount: A large volume of work remains to be done.) količina5) (level of sound eg on a radio, television etc: Turn up the volume on the radio.) jakost zvoka* * *[vɔljum]noun(posamezna) knjiga, zvezek (knjige); history zvitek (pergamenta); vsebina, volumen, prostornina; obseg, volumen; (velika) množina ali količina, masa, figuratively morje, veliko število; music obseg, polnost, volumen (glasu); radio jakost zvokaa work in four volumes — delo v ɔ zvezkih (delih, knjigah)to speak volumes for — zelo govoriti za (v korist), jasno dokazovatiher donations to charity speak volumes for her generosity — njeni darilni prispevki v dobrodelne namene jasno govore o njeni plemenitosti -
19 in the form of
(having the shape, character, style etc of: He wrote a novel in the form of a diary.) v obliki
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