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41 jabber
['‹æbə](to talk idly, rapidly and indistinctly: The women are always jabbering with one another.) klepetati* * *[džaebə]1.nounklepetanje, čenčanje, brbranje;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbklepetati, čenčati, brbrati -
42 lecture
['lek ə] 1. noun1) (a formal talk given to students or other audiences: a history lecture.) predavanje2) (a long and boring or irritating speech, warning or scolding: The teacher gave the children a lecture for running in the corridor.) pridiga2. verb(to give a lecture: He lectures on Roman Art; She lectured him on good behaviour.) poučevati, predavati- lecturer* * *I [lékčə]nounpredavanje (on); grajato give a lecture — (on o, to komu) predavatito read s.o. a lecture — narediti komu pridigo, grajatiII [lékčə]transitive verb & intransitive verbpredavati (on — o); grajati, narediti komu pridigo -
43 of
[əv]1) (belonging to: a friend of mine.) od2) (away from (a place etc); after (a given time): within five miles of London; within a year of his death.) iz; od3) (written etc by: the plays of Shakespeare.)4) (belonging to or forming a group: He is one of my friends.) od5) (showing: a picture of my father.)6) (made from; consisting of: a dress of silk; a collection of pictures.) iz7) (used to show an amount, measurement of something: a gallon of petrol; five bags of coal.)8) (about: an account of his work.) o9) (containing: a box of chocolates.) s, z10) (used to show a cause: She died of hunger.) zaradi11) (used to show a loss or removal: She was robbed of her jewels.)12) (used to show the connection between an action and its object: the smoking of a cigarette.)13) (used to show character, qualities etc: a man of courage.)14) ((American) (of time) a certain number of minutes before (the hour): It's ten minutes of three.) pred* * *[əv]preposition1.od ( north ŋ);2.genetiv ( the master of the house);3.apozicija (the City of London, the month of May);4.(poreklo, izvor) od, iz, genetiv (of good family, Mr. Smith of London);5.(vzrok, posledica) zaradi, od, na (to die of hunger, to be ashamed of s.th., proud ŋ);6.(snov, material) od, iz (made of steel, a dress of silk);7.(lastnost) s, z (a man of courage, a man of no importance, a fool of a man);8.(avtorstvo, način) od, svojilni pridevnik (the works of Byron, of o.s. sam od sebe);9.(mera) genetiv (two feet of snow, a glass of wine);10.o (talk of peace, news of success);11.(čas) večinom genetiv, od (of an evening, of late years, your letter of March);12.American colloquiallypred, do ( ten minutes of three);13.of course — seveda, se razumein face of, in spite of — vkljubon account of, because of — zaradito be on the point of (going) — biti na tem, da bo (šel), biti na (odhodu) -
44 passing
1) (going past: a passing car.) ki gre mimo2) (lasting only a short time: a passing interest.) bežen3) ((of something said) casual and not made as part of a serious talk about the subject: a passing reference.) bežen* * *I [pá:siŋ]1.adjectiveminljiv, bežen, nestalen, površen; zadovoljiv (ocena);2.adverb archaiczeloII [pá:siŋ]nounminevanje, potekanje; izginjanje, umiranje, smrt; prenos (lastništva); sprejetje (zakona), uzakonjenjein passing — spotoma, mimogrede -
45 rant
[rænt](to talk angrily: He's still ranting (and raving) about the damage to his car.) besneti* * *[rænt]1.nounnapihnjenost, nadutost, oholost, bahavost, hvaličavost; bombastičnost; kričav govor brez pravega smisla, bombastičen govor, prazno govoričenje; ploha besed, brbljanje; tirada;2.intransitive verbbombastično, napihnjeno, bahavo, hvalačavo govoriti; vpiti, kričati; bučati, besneti; archaic glasno zmerjati, zabavljati (at, against proti); transitive verb teatralno pridigati, predavati -
46 report
[rə'po:t] 1. noun1) (a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: a child's school report; a police report on the accident.) poročilo2) (rumour; general talk: According to report, the manager is going to resign.) govorica3) (a loud noise, especially of a gun being fired.) pok2. verb1) (to give a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: A serious accident has just been reported; He reported on the results of the conference; Our spies report that troops are being moved to the border; His speech was reported in the newspaper.) poročati2) (to make a complaint about; to give information about the misbehaviour etc of: The boy was reported to the headmaster for being rude to a teacher.) prijaviti (koga)3) (to tell someone in authority about: He reported the theft to the police.) prijaviti4) (to go (to a place or a person) and announce that one is there, ready for work etc: The boys were ordered to report to the police-station every Saturday afternoon; Report to me when you return; How many policemen reported for duty?) javiti (se)•- reporter- reported speech
- report back* * *I [ripɔ:t]nounporočilo; novica, vest (of, on o); letno poročilo; šolsko izpričevalo; zapisnik, protokol; izvid, poročilo o preiskavi, o pregledu; opis, pripoved, zgodba; ljudski glas, govorica, fama (of, about o); zvok, odmev; tresk, pok ( of a gun puške), detonacijaaccording to a current report — po govorici, ki se širito draw up a report on s.th. — napisati poročilo o čemthe report goes that... — govori se, pravijo, kroži govorica, da...to file a report — vložiti, izročiti poročilothey are people of good (evil) report — to so ljudje, ki so na dobrem (slabem) glasuII [ripɔ:t]transitive verbporočati, sporočiti, naznaniti, javiti; prijaviti (to pri, for zaradi); tožiti; raportirati; opisati, prikazati, predstaviti; protokolirati; pripovedovati; intransitive verb napraviti, predložili poročilo (on o), reportažo; reportirati (on, upon o); prijaviti se, javiti se na raport; delati kot poročevalec (za časopis)to report oneself — javiti se, predstaviti seI reported him — prijavil sem ga; tožil sem gahe is reported as saying... — pravijo, da je on rekel (izjavil)he is reported to be very ill — o njem se govori, da je zelo bolanhe reports for the "Times" — on je poročevalec za (časopis) "Times"it is reported that... — govori se, da...to report progress to s.o. — poročati komu o stanju (neke) stvari -
47 retire
1) (stop working permanently, usually because of age: He retired at the age of sixty-five.) upokojiti se2) (to leave; to withdraw: When he doesn't want to talk to anyone, he retires to his room and locks the door; We retired to bed at midnight; The troops were forced to retire to a safer position.) umakniti se•- retired- retirement
- retiring* * *I [ritáiə]transitive verbmilitary umakniti nazaj; odkupiti, izplačati (menico); upokojiti ( an officer častnika); umakniti iz prometa (plačilno sredstvo); intransitive verb military umakniti se, izvesti umik; odstopiti, oddaljiti se, oditi; iti k počitku, iti spat; zapustiti službo, iti v pokoj, upokojiti seto retire s.o. from the active list — izbrisati koga iz seznama aktivnih častnikovto retire a bill commerce odkupiti, plačati menicothe army retired (before the enemy) in good order — vojska se je (pred sovražnikom) umaknila v lepem reduII [ritáiə]nounmilitary znak za umik; umikto sound the retire — (za)trobiti a) k umiku, b) k nočnemu počitku -
48 spout
1. verb1) (to throw out or be thrown out in a jet: Water spouted from the hole in the tank.) (iz)brizgati2) (to talk or say (something) loudly and dramatically: He started to spout poetry, of all things!) deklamirati2. noun1) (the part of a kettle, teapot, jug, water-pipe etc through which the liquid it contains is poured out.) dulec2) (a jet or strong flow (of water etc).) curek* * *I [spáut]noundulec, kljun, ustnik, nos (lonca, vrča, posode itd.); (odtočna) cev; nosna odprtina kita; močan curek vode; izliv; (redko) pljusk, naliv dežja; majhen slap, kaskada; drča; history poševna cev, po kateri se spuščajo predmeti na določeno mesto (zlasti v zastavljalnici), figuratively zastavljalnicaup the spout — izčrpan, v veliki stiski, v škripcih; zastavljento go up the spout colloquially biti zastavljen v zastavljalniciII [spáut]transitive verb -
49 stoop
[stu:p] 1. verb1) (to bend the body forward and downward: The doorway was so low that he had to stoop (his head) to go through it; She stooped down to talk to the child.) skloniti se2) (to lower one's (moral) standards by doing something: Surely he wouldn't stoop to cheating!) ponižati se2. noun(a stooping position of the body, shoulder etc: Many people develop a stoop as they grow older.) sključena drža- stooped* * *I [stu:p]noun(Južna Afrika) verandaII [stu:p]1.nounsključena drža ali hoja; pripognjenost, sključenost gornjega dela telesa; bliskovit napad (z višine) (ptiča) (on, at na);2.intransitive verbskloniti se, pripogniti se, sključiti se, zgrbiti se, imeti upognjeno držo, sključeno hoditi; obsolete & poetically bliskovito planiti na, napasti (at, on na) (o pticah); figuratively vreči se, planiti (on na); figuratively podvreči se, popustiti, biti ponižen, ponižati se, blagovoliti; transitive verb skloniti (glavo); nagniti (sod); (redko) ponižati, potlačitito stoop to conquer — ponižati se, da bi zmagali; doseči cilj ali premoč s ponižnostjoIII [stu:p]nounAmerican odprta veranda; nepokrit, raven prostor pred hišo; hodnik pred vežnimi vrati, preddurje, pridvorIV [stu:p]nounsee stoup čaša, kupa, vrč; kropilnica -
50 stuff
I noun1) (material or substance: What is that black oily stuff on the beach?; The doctor gave me some good stuff for removing warts; Show them what stuff you're made of! (= how brave, strong etc you are).) snov2) ((unimportant) matter, things, objects etc: We'll have to get rid of all this stuff when we move house.) navlaka3) (an old word for cloth.) blago•- that's the stuff! II verb1) (to pack or fill tightly, often hurriedly or untidily: His drawer was stuffed with papers; She stuffed the fridge with food; The children have been stuffing themselves with ice-cream.) nabasati (se)2) (to fill (eg a turkey, chicken etc) with stuffing before cooking.) napolniti3) (to fill the skin of (a dead animal or bird) to preserve the appearance it had when alive: They stuffed the golden eagle.) nagačiti•- stuffing- stuff up* * *I [stʌf]nounsnov; material, masa; surovina; predmet, stvar; gradivo, snov; hrana, pijača; (volneno) blago, sukno, tkanina; roba; familiarly lek, zdravilo, zdravila; nič vredna stvar, izmeček; stavbni les; nadev (za pečenko); (časnikarstvo) rokopis, (časopisni) članek; figuratively sposobnost, zmožnost, (dobra) lastnost; figuratively nesmisel, neumnost, bedastočathe stuff colloquially gotovina; tisto, kar je pravostuff and nonsense! — kakšen nesmisel!food stuff — živila, proviantgarden stuff, green stuff — zelenjava, povrtninahousehold stuff obsolete hišna posoda, pohištvohot stuff slang duhovit (energičen, spreten, pripraven) človek; opolzka knjiga ali gledališka igranone of your stuff! — nehaj že s svojimi neumnostmi!don't talk such a stuff! — ne govori takih bedastoč!to know one's stuff colloquially spoznati se (na svoje stvari)do your stuff! — pokaži, kaj znaš!that is the stuff to give him figuratively tako je treba z njim govoriti (ravnati)II [stʌf]transitive verbnabasati, natrpati, natlačiti ( into v), napolniti, napolniti (perutnino) z nadevom, nadevati; pitati (žival), pitati (koga) z lažmi itd.; tapecirati (pohištvo), nagačiti (žival); American slang napolniti volilno žaro s ponarejenimi glasovnicami; intransitive verb (na)basati se (z jedjo), preveč jesti; natlačiti se, nabasati se ( into v)stuffed shirt American slang naduta, domišljava, napihnjena osebato stuff o.s. — prenajesti seto stuff s.o. colloquially natvesti komu (kaj), zlagáti se komu -
51 town
1) (a group of houses, shops, schools etc, that is bigger than a village but smaller than a city: I'm going into town to buy a dress; He's in town doing some shopping.) mesto2) (the people who live in such a group of houses etc: The whole town turned out to greet the heroes.) mesto3) (towns in general as opposed to the countryside: Do you live in the country or the town?) mesto•- town hall
- townsfolk
- townspeople
- go to town* * *[táun]nounmestothe town — mesto, mestno življenje; mestna občina (uprava); mestno prebivalstvo; mestni volivcito town — v mesto, British English zlasli v Londonout of town — zunaj mesta, ne v mestu, na deželi, na potovanjutown crier — mestni izklicevalec, oklicevalectown house — hiša v mestu (v nasprotju s hišo na deželi); British English rotovž; American euphemistically mestna ubožnicatown major British English military poveljnik mestagirl of town, woman of town — prostitutkaman about town — svetski človek, lahkoživec; eleganten brezdelnežto go up to town — iti v mesto, (zlasti British English) v Londonto go to towns! — imeti uspeh, uspešno (kaj) opravitito paint the townred — vznemiriti mesto z velikim hrupom, z razgrajanjemto take to town — slang zmesti, zmešati, zbegati -
52 wild
1) ((of animals) not tamed: wolves and other wild animals.) divji2) ((of land) not cultivated.) divji3) (uncivilized or lawless; savage: wild tribes.) divji4) (very stormy; violent: a wild night at sea; a wild rage.) divji5) (mad, crazy, insane etc: wild with hunger; wild with anxiety.) blazen6) (rash: a wild hope.) divji7) (not accurate or reliable: a wild guess.) na slepo8) (very angry.) divji•- wildly- wildness
- wildfire: spread like wildfire
- wildfowl
- wild-goose chase
- wildlife
- in the wild
- the wilds
- the Wild West* * *I [wáild]1.adjective ( wildly adverb)divji, neukročen, neudomačen; neciviliziran, barbarski, neizobražen; plašen, plah, plašljiv (divjačina); neobljuden, pust, neobdelan (zemlja); neurejen, zmršen, skuštran (lasje); neobrzdan, razuzdan; svojeglav; figuratively razburjen, besen; buren, silovit; brezumen, nor, strasten; slučajen, naključen, nesmotrn, nepremišljen; colloquially hlepeč po, divji (nor) naa wild guess — čisto, golo ugibanjewild honey — divji, gozdni meda wild life — divje, razuzdano življenjewild pain — divja, blazna bolečinato drive s.o. wild — spraviti koga v besnost, razbesniti kogato settle down after a wild youth — umiriti se po vihravi mladosti;2.adverbdivje; nepremišljeno, brez glave; nesmotrno, tjavdanto run wild — divje rasti, figuratively rasti brez nadzorato shoot wild — streljati na slepo, brez ciljaII [wáild]noundivjina; (peščena) pustinja, puščava; neobdelana zemlja -
53 generalise
1) (to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases: He's trying to generalize from only two examples.) posplošiti2) (to talk (about something) in general terms: We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.) govoriti na splošno -
54 joking apart/aside
(let us stop joking and talk seriously: I feel like going to Timbuctoo for the weekend - but, joking apart, I do need a rest!) šalo na stran
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