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101 septuagenarian
[septjuə‹i'neəriən, ]( American[) - uə-](a person from seventy to seventy-nine years old.) sedemdesetletnik* * *[septjuədžinʌ/əriən]1.nounsedemdesetletnik;2.adjectivesedemdesetleten, ki je v letih 69-70 -
102 serene
[sə'ri:n](happy and peaceful: a calm and serene person.) veder- serenely- sereneness
- serenity* * *[sirí:n]1.adjective ( serenely adverb)veder, jasen, miren; vesel, brezbriženall serene slang vse jasno!, vse v redu!to become serene — (raz)vedriti se;2.nounpoeticallyvedrost, jasnost;3.transitive verbrazvedriti, umiriti -
103 serviceable
1) (useful; capable of being used: This tractor is so old it is barely serviceable now.) uporaben2) (hard-wearing: He walks to school every day, so he must have serviceable shoes.) trpežen* * *[sɜ:visəbl]adjective ( serviceably adverb)uporaben, priročen, praktičen; uslužen; koristen; trajen, trpežen, soliden -
104 sour
1. adjective1) (having a taste or smell similar in nature to that of lemon juice or vinegar: Unripe apples are/taste very sour.) kisel2) (having a similar taste as a stage in going bad: sour milk.) kisel3) ((of a person, his character etc) discontented, bad-tempered or disagreeable: She was looking very sour this morning.) čemeren2. verb(to make or become sour.) skisati (se)- sourly- sourness* * *[sáuə]1.adjective ( sourly adverb)kisel, okisan, kiselkast; (o vinu) kisel, ciknjen; oster, jedek, trpek, hud; neugoden; grenak, mučen, težaven; zagrenjen, nezadovoljen, čemeren, slabe volje; neprijeten (vreme); vlažen (zemlja, tla)sour dock botany kislicasour grapes — kislo grozdje (tudi figuratively)a sour old man — čemernež, "kislica"sour-milk cheese — skuta;2.nounkar je kislo, kislinathe sour — tisto, kar je kislo; figuratively trdota, grenkoba; American kisla (alkoholna) pijačathe sweet and sour of life — sladkosti in grenkosti življenja;3.intransitive verb & transitive verbskisati (se), okisati (se); figuratively mrščiti se; zagreniti (se), biti čemern, slabe volje; spraviti (koga) v slabo voljo -
105 staid
[steid]((over-)serious or old-fashioned: A person of staid appearance/habits.) resen* * *[stéid]1.adjective ( staidly adverb)umirjen, miren; resen, resnoben, preudaren; (o barvi) neopozorljiv, nekričeč; (redko) stalen, trajen;2.preterite & past participle od to stay -
106 strain
I 1. [strein] verb1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) napeti (se)2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) pretegniti, napenjati3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) izkušati4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) precediti2. noun1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) napetost, obremenitev2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) preobremenjenost3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) izvin4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) obremenitev•- strained- strainer
- strain off II [strein] noun1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) vrsta2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) nagnjenje, poteza3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) zvoki* * *I [stréin]nounpritisk, vlek, poteg, natezanje, napetost, moč; obremenjenost; (pre)napenjanje, prizadevanje, trud, teženje; obremenitev, breme, napor; izpah, izvin; technical deformacija, poklina, razpoka, lom; izbruh, ploha (besedi), tirada, ton, stil, način izražanja; (često plural) zvoki, melodije; stih, verz, odstavek; razpoloženje; (redko) višek, stopnjaunder a strain — zdelan, živčno uničen, pri kraju z živcimartial strains — bojevite melodije, vojaška muzikathe strain on the rope — napetost, nategnjenost vrviit is a strain colloquially to človeka zdelato impose a strain on a machine — preobremeniti stroj, preveč zahtevati od strojaII [stréin]1.transitive verbnategniti, napeti; (pre)napenjati, pretegniti, (i)zviniti, izpahnitito strain every nerve — napeti vse živce, vse od sebe datito strain one's wrist — izviniti si zapestje; technical upogniti, zverižiti, (preveč) raztegniti, deformirati, preoblikovati; forsirati, silo delati; prekoračiti, preveč zahtevati, precenjevati, previsoko ocenitito strain the meaning of a word — forsirati, silo delati pomenu besedeto strain one's credit (one's powers, one's rights) — prekoračiti svoj kredit (svoja pooblastila, svoje pravice)to strain one's strength — precenjevati svojo moč; precediti, filtrirati, pasirati (tudi out)to strain out coffee grounds — (pre)filtrirati kavino goščo; (močno) stisniti (to k), objeti; obsolete (pri)siliti, primorati, priganjati;2.intransitive verbvleči, trgati; (do skrajnosti) se napenjati, si prizadevati, se truditi (for, after za), stremeti (for, after po); upogniti se, (s)kriviti se, zviti se; teči, curljati skozi, pronicati (o tekočini); ustrašiti se (at pred), osupniti, ostrmeti, ustaviti se (at ob), imeti preveč pomislekovhe strains too much after effect — on preveč stremi, se lovi za efektiIII [stréin]nounrod, družina, linija; biology rasa, čista linija; (rasni) znak, poteza, primes; poreklo, izvor; (dedno) nagnjenje, dispozicija, poteza (v značaju); soj, vrsta, sorta; obsolete oploditeva strain of Greek blood — (značilna) lastnost (poteza, kanec) grške krvia strain of fanaticism — sled (nadih, poteza) fanatičnosti -
107 strip
[strip] 1. past tense, past participle - stripped; verb1) (to remove the covering from something: He stripped the old varnish off the wall; He stripped the branch (of its bark) with his knife.)2) (to undress: She stripped the child (naked) and put him in the bath; He stripped and dived into the water; They were told to strip to the waist.)3) (to remove the contents of (a house etc): The house/room was stripped bare / stripped of its furnishings; They stripped the house of all its furnishings.)4) (to deprive (a person) of something: The officer was stripped of his rank for misconduct.)2. noun1) (a long narrow piece of (eg cloth, ground etc): a strip of paper.) trak2) (a strip cartoon.) strip3) (a footballer's shirt, shorts, socks etc: The team has a red and white strip.) dres•- strip-lighting
- strip-tease 3. adjectivea strip-tease show.) striptiz* * *I [strip]noundolg in ozek trak ali kos (zemljišča itd.); aeronautics pista, pomožno vzletišče; strip, risana zgodba z besedilom; (filatelija) vrsta (treh ali več) znamk; technical valjano tračno jeklo; American plenjenje, ropanje; American opustošenje, porušenjeair strip, landing strip — letalska (pomožna) pistastrip mining American mineralogy dnevni kopII [strip]transitive verbslačiti, sleči, ogoliti; (o)luščiti, (o)lupiti; odvzeti (of kaj), izropati; izprazniti (hišo); demontirati, razstaviti; razpremiti(ladjo); odkriti (ležišče premoga); figuratively razgaliti; do konca pomolsti (kravo); intransitive verb sleči se; olupiti se, oluščiti se, ogoliti se; zrahljati se (vijak)stripped — gol, nag, razgaljen (tudi figuratively)to strip s.o. of his office — odstraniti koga iz službeto strip s.o. naked, to strip s.o. to the skin — do golega koga slečito strip of wood — posekati, izkrčiti gozd -
108 superannuate
[su:pə'rænjueit](to retire (a person) from employment because of old age, especially with a pension.) upokojiti* * *[sjupəraenjueit]1.transitive verbupokojiti zaradi starosti; odbiti, odkloniti zaradi starosti; dati iz rabe; intransitive verb iti v pokoj, biti upokojen, doseči starost za upokojitev; juridically zastarati;2.nounupokojenec, -nka -
109 sweep
[swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) pometati2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) pomesti3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) pomesti4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) (pri)hrumeti2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) pometanje2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) zamah3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) dimnikar4) (a sweepstake.) stava pri konjskih dirkah•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep up* * *I [swi:p]nounpometanje, čiščenje, zamah z metlo; (krožna) kretnja, zamah; zavoj (reke, ceste), vijuga, krivina; razprostiranje, proženje, figuratively razsežnost; vplivno področje; obseg; doseg, domet; vršenje (vetra), šuštenje (obleke); plural smeti; dolgo veslo (za veslanje stojé); ročica sesalke; (kartanje) dobitje vseh vzetkov, vseh nagrad; British English pometač, dimnikar; colloquially (= sweepstake(s)) stava, nagrada iz stav pri dirkah in igrah; figuratively umazanec; slang čemernež, nejevoljnežat one sweep — z enim zamahom, udarcem; naenkratto make a clean sweep of the table figuratively pomesti s čim, odpraviti kajII [swi:p]transitive verb & intransitive verbpomesti, pometati, omesti, ometati, (po)čistiti; oplaziti, rahlo se dotakniti; (o vetru) mêsti, briti; odstraniti, s poti spraviti (zapreke itd.); z očmi, s pogledom preleteti; opazovati; (topništvo) gosto obsipavati z granatami; (o valu) preplaviti (čoln); iti (z roko) (on prek); križariti (po morju); vleči se (po tleh) (o obleki); z mrežo iti (po rečnem dnu); stoje poganjati (čoln) z veslom; dobiti večino (skoraj vse glasove) (pri glasovanju)at a sweeping reduction commerce po zelo znižani cenito sweep all before one figuratively doseči popoln uspehto sweep the board — dobiti vse vložke pri kaki igri, figuratively pobrati vse nagradeto sweep everything into one's net figuratively vse (zase) pobratito sweep the seas — prepluti morja v vseh smereh, križariti po morjihto sweep the strings — iti, preleteti z roko po strunah glasbila, brenkati po strunahthe procession swept up the nave of the church — procesija se je veličastno pomikala po cerkvi proti oltarjuthey swept the river to find his body — preiskali so rečno strugo, da bi našli njegovo truplo -
110 swine
1) ((plural swine) an old word for a pig.) svinja2) ((plural swines) an offensive word for a person who behaves in a cruel or disgusting way towards others.) svinja* * *plural swine [swáin]noun svinja; prašič (tudi figuratively); lopovhe eats like a swine — jé kot prašič, pravi požeruh je -
111 thee
[ði:](an old word for `you' used only when addressing one person, especially God (usually Thee), as the object of a verb: We thank Thee for Thy goodness.) Ti* * *[ði:]1.pronoun obsolete poetically Bible (3. in 4. sklon od thou) tebi, tebe; ti, te; dialectal tithe Lord be with thee — Gospod bodi s teboj;2.transitive verbuporabljatito thee and thou — reči (komu) ti, tikati (koga) -
112 thing
[miŋ]nounstvar, reč, predmet, stvor; bitje, oseba; posel, delo; colloquially oné, onegá; plural stvari, predmeti, obleka, pribor, potrebščine, hrana, lastnina; colloquially pohištvo; orodje; posodje; književna dela; stanje stvari, dejstvo; okolnosti, razmere, odnosi; svojstva; ureditev; misli, izjavethe thing — bistveno, prava stvarand the things colloquially in podobne stvari (podobno)for one thing — v prvi vrsti, prvothe first thing after — prva stvar nato, takoj natooh, poor thing! — o, revče!things person: juridically osebne, premične stvarithings real — nepremičnine, realitetethings political — stvari politike, politične zadeveof all the things to do! — in ravno to moraš napravitito have a thing about colloquially biti ves mrtev na (kaj); imeti strah pred; imeti (kaj) protito make a (good) thing of colloquially dobiti (izvleči) dobiček izto put things into s.o.'s head — vznemiriti koga (s kako novico) -
113 thou
(an old word for `you' used only when addressing one person, especially God (usually Thou), as the subject of a verb: Thou, O God.; Thou shalt not kill!) Ti* * *I [ðáu]1.pronoun dialectal poeticallyti;2.transitive verbtikati (koga), reči (komu) tito thou and thee — tikati (koga), biti familiaren ali intimen (s kom);3.intransitive verbuporabljati v nagovoru "thou"II [ðáu]nounslang tisoč, zlasti 1000 dolarjev -
114 thug
(a violent, brutal person: Where are the young thugs who robbed the old man?) nasilnež* * *[mʌg]noun(Indian) zavraten morilec, razbojnik, ubijalec, bandit, ropar; American roparski morilec; brutalnež, surovež, surovina -
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116 tramp
[træmp] 1. verb1) (to walk with heavy footsteps: He tramped up the stairs.) copotati2) (to walk usually for a long distance: She loves tramping over the hills.) potovati peš2. noun1) (a person with no fixed home or job, who travels around on foot and usually lives by begging: He gave his old coat to a tramp.) klatež2) (a long walk.) pohod3) (the sound of heavy footsteps.) topot4) ((also tramp steamer) a small cargo-boat with no fixed route.) tramper5) ((American) a prostitute or a woman who sleeps with a lot of men.) cipa* * *[træmp]1.nountopot, štorkljanje, čvrsti koraki; težka, glasna hoja; potovanje peš; nautical tramper, tovorna ladja (brez voznega reda); potepuh, klatež, tramp, vagabund; colloquially zanikrna, razuzdana ženska, cip(ic)ato be on the tramp — biti na potu in iskati delo; klatiti se, potepati seto go on a tramp — iti na potovanje;2.transitive verb (po)teptati; prepešačiti, peš prehoditi, prepotovatito tramp it — prepešačiti, peš prehoditito tramp grapes — teptati, mastiti grozdje; intransitive verb štorkljati, imeti težko hojo; stopiti (on, upon na); vleči se; iti peš, potovati peš, pešačiti; potepati se, klatiti se, potikati seto tramp on s.o.'s toe — stopiti komu na prste -
117 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 -
118 vagabond
['væɡəbond](an old word for a person having no settled home, or roving from place to place, especially in an idle or disreputable manner: rogues and vagabonds.) klatež* * *[vaegəbənd]1.nounpotepuh, klatež, potepin; colloquially pridanič;2.adjectivepotepuški, klateški, vagabundski; potujoč; nomadskito live a vagabond life — živeti vagabundsko, nomadsko življenje;3.intransitive verbpotepati se, klatiti se, potikati se, vagabundirati -
119 voyager
noun (an old word for a person making a voyage, or who has made several voyages.) potnik* * *[vɔiidžə]nounpotnik (po morju) -
120 Young
1. adjective(in the first part of life, growth, development etc; not old: a young person; Young babies sleep a great deal; A young cow is called a calf.) mlad2. noun plural(the group of animals or birds produced by parents: Most animals defend their young.) mladiči- the young* * *[jʌŋ]proper namedruž. ime
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