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1 brain drain
(the loss of experts to another country (usually in search of better salaries etc): As a result of the brain drain Britain does not have enough doctors.) beg možganov -
2 damage
['dæmi‹] 1. noun1) (injury or hurt, especially to a thing: The storm did/caused a lot of damage; She suffered brain-damage as a result of the accident.) škoda2) ((in plural) payment for loss or injury suffered: The court awarded him $5,000 damages.) odškodnina2. verb(to make less effective or less usable etc; to spoil: The bomb damaged several buildings; The book was damaged in the post.) poškodovati- damaged* * *I [daemidž]noun(to) škoda, zgubaplural odškodnina, kompenzacija; vrednost, cena; colloquially what's the damage? — koliko stane?damage by sea — havarija, poškodba ladjeII [daemidž]transitive verb(po)škodovati, (po)kvariti; (o)klevetati, (o)sramotiti -
3 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) rez; prekinitev; striženje; znižanje2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) kroj3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) kos•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) žaljiv- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) neusmiljen- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short* * *I [kʌt]nounkroj, rez, izrez, vrez; reženj, kos, odrezek; znižanje, zmanjšanje, odtegnitev; privzdignjenje (kart); udarec (pri tenisu ipd.); ignoriranje, prezir; American predor, tunel; slang delež; kanal; grafika; gravura; American izostanek iz predavanjato give s.o. the cut — pretrgati stike s komthe cut of one's jib ( —ali rig) — obraz, zunanjostfiguratively to make a cut in — zmanjšati, zreduciratiII [kʌt]1.transitive verb(od)rezati, (od)sekati, (pri)striči, rezbariti, (po)kositi, (po)žeti; (na)brusiti; gravirati, vrezovati; (pri)krojiti; skopiti, kastrirati; zbosti, zbadati; prizadeti; tepsti, bičati; figuratively izogniti, izogibati se, ne pozdraviti; zmanjšati, znižati; odložiti; izpustiti, opustiti;2.intransitive verbrezati, sekati; zbadati; žeti, kositi; slang zbežati, ucvreti, pobrisati jo; privzdigniti (karte)to cut after s.o. — letati za komto cut at s.o. — udariti koga (z mečem); figuratively prizadeti kogafiguratively to cut one's cable — umretito cut capers ( —ali didoes) — prevračati kozolce; smešne uganjati, norce britito cut s.o.'s claws — pristriči komu krempljeto cut (dead) — ne pozdraviti, ignoriratito cut a figure ( —ali splash, show, flash) — imeti vlogo, postavljati se na vidno mestoto cut it fine — premalo časa si vzeti; natanko preračunatifiguratively to cut one's fingers — opeči seto cut the ground under s.o.'s feet — pokvariti komu načrteslang to cut no ice — ne imeti vplivato cut it ( —ali the matter) short — na kratko, skratkacut it! — molči(te)!figuratively to cut the knot — odločno rešiti vprašanjeto cut a loss — odreči se, sprijazniti se z izguboto cut one's wisdom teeth ( —ali eyeteeth) — spametovati, izučiti seIII [kʌt]preterite & past participleod cutIV [kʌt]adjectivenarezan; skrajšan, zmanjšan, zreduciran; brušen; skopljen; ostrižencut and dried — pripravljen; dolgočasen, šablonskicut out for s.th. — ustvarjen za kajto have one's work cut out — s trudom izvršiti; imeti mnogo dela -
4 toll
I [təul] verb(to ring (a bell) slowly: The church bell tolled solemnly.) zvonitiII [təul] noun1) (a tax charged for crossing a bridge, driving on certain roads etc: All cars pay a toll of $1; ( also adjective) a toll bridge.) cestnina2) (an amount of loss or damage suffered, eg as a result of disaster: Every year there is a heavy toll of human lives on the roads.) davek•* * *I [tóul]1.nounsvečano zvonjenje (zlasti umrlemu); bitje zvona, ure;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbpočasi, enakomerno zvoniti; zvoniti mrliču; biti (o uri, o zvonu) oznanjati (smrt), klicati, vabitiII [tóul]1.nounmitnina, carina, pristojbina, taksa; cestnina, mostnina, sejmarina, mletvina; (pre)voznina; history dajatev, davek; figuratively davek, dolg, žrtevthe toll of the road, the road toll — figuratively cestni davek; žrtve, število mrtvih v prometnih nesrečahto take toll — pobirati mitnino (carino, pristojbino)to take toll of — pridržati, zadržati, odtegniti (kaj)to take toll of s.o. figuratively zdelati, zmučiti kogathoughts pay no toll — figuratively misli so oproščene carine;2.intransitive verbplačati ali pobirati javne dajatve (mitnino, carino, mostnino itd.)
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