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1 little
['litl] 1. adjective1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) majhen2) (small in amount; not much: He has little knowledge of the difficulties involved.) malo3) (not important: I did not expect her to make a fuss about such a little thing.) nepomemben2. pronoun((only) a small amount: He knows little of the real world.) malo3. adverb1) (not much: I go out little nowadays.) malo2) (only to a small degree: a little-known fact.) malo3) (not at all: He little knows how ill he is.) sploh ne•- a little- little by little
- make little of* * *I [litl]adjectivemajhen, neznaten; kratek; malo; slaboten (glas); malenkosten, nepomemben; omejen; ironically reven, bedenthe little ones — otročički, malčkithe little — majhni, nepomembni ljudjea little man — mali mož, figuratively ničéa little while — kratek čas, trenuteklittle minds — omejenci, malenkostni ljudjecolloquially little Mary — želodec, prebavathe Little Masters — skupina nemških risarjev in bakrorezcev v 16. in 17. stoletjuastronomy Little Bear — Mali medvedastronomy Little Dipper — Mali vozpolitics history Little Entente — mala antantaLittle Russian — Malorus, Ukrajineclittle theater — mali oder, eksperimentalno gledališčeII [litl]adverbmalo, komaj kaj, slabo, sploh ne, redkolittle does he know — nima pojma, še sanja se mu neIII [litl]nounmalenkosta little — malo, nekajby littles — v majhnih količinah, po malem -
2 precious few/little
(very few/little: I've precious little money left.) vražje malo -
3 think little of / not think much of
(to have a very low opinion of: He didn't think much of what I had done; He thought little of my work.) ne cenitiEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > think little of / not think much of
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4 ignorant
['iɡnərənt]1) (knowing very little: He's really very ignorant - he ought to read more; I'm ignorant about money matters.) neveden2) ((with of) unaware: He continued on his way, ignorant of the dangers which lay ahead.) ne zavedajoč se•- ignorance* * *[ígnərənt]adjective ( ignorantly adverb)neveden, neumen, nešolan, nepoučen, ne zavedajoč seto be ignorant of s.th. — ne vedeti za kajhe is not ignorant of what happened — on dobro ve, kaj se je zgodilo -
5 pick at
(to eat very little of (something): He was not very hungry, and just picked at the food on his plate.) pojesti nekaj malega* * *intransitive verb počasi jesti; American colloquially gnjaviti, sekirati -
6 trifle
1) (anything of very little value: $100 is a trifle when one is very rich.) malenkost2) ((a dish of) a sweet pudding made of sponge-cake, fruit, cream etc: I'm making a trifle for dessert.) sadni kolač•- trifling* * *[tráifl]1.nounmalenkost, bagatela, nepomembnost; figuratively majhna vsota; figuratively mrvica, košček; culinary narastek, napihnjen kolač; plural posoda, predmeti iz kositrato waste one's time on trifles — zapravljati čas z malenkostmi;2.intransitive verb & transitive verbigra(čka)ti se; šaliti se, delati (počenjati) šale, norčije, burke ( with z); zabavati se; flirtati; površno delati; čas tratitihe is not to be trifled with — z njim se ni šaliti, on ne pozna šale -
7 trivial
1) (of very little importance: trivial details.) nepomemben2) ((especially of people) only interested in unimportant things; not at all serious: She's a very trivial person.) trivialen* * *[triviəl]adjective ( trivially adverb)trivialen, banalen, navaden, vsakdanji, enoličen; obrabljen; neznaten, nepomemben; beden, ničeven, nič vreden; plehek, neduhovit, plitev, cenen; botany & zoology (o imenih) ljudskithe trivial round — vsakdanjost, vsakdanje življenje, rutina življenja -
8 keep oneself to oneself
(to tell others very little about oneself, and not to be very friendly or sociable.) držati se sam zase -
9 curl
[kə:l] 1. verb1) (to twist or turn (especially hair) into small coils or rolls: My hair curls easily.) kodrati (se)2) ((sometimes with up) to move in curves; to bend or roll: The paper curled (up) at the edges.) zviti se2. noun1) (a coil of hair etc.) koder2) (the quality of being curled: My hair has very little curl in it.) kodravost•- curler- curly
- curliness
- curl up* * *I [kə:l]nounkoder, kodrček; spirala; obroček; šobljenje, zavijanjeII [kə:l]1.transitive verbkodrati, gubati; šobiti; valoviti; grbančiti;2.intransitive verbgubati, kodrati, grbančiti se; valovatito make one's hair curl — povzročiti, da se človeku lasje ježijocurl your hair with it! — solit se pojdi!to curl up — skodrati; zviti se; slang sport prevrniti se, pasti -
10 desert
I [di'zə:t] verb1) (to go away from and leave without help etc; to leave or abandon: Why did you desert us?) zapustiti2) (to run away, usually from the army: He was shot for trying to desert.) dezertirati•- deserted- deserter
- desertion II ['dezət] noun(an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain: Parts of the country are like a desert; ( also adjective) desert plants.) puščava* * *I [dizɜ:t]transitive verb & intransitive verb( from) opustiti, opuščati, zapustiti; military dezertirati; izneveriti seII [dézət]1.adjectivezapuščen, pust;2.nounpuščava; poetically miren kotiček; figuratively puščoba, pusta stvarIII [dizɜ:t]nounzasluga; nagrada, plačilo, kazen; plural zaslužni ljudjeto meet with one's deserts, to get one's deserts — dobiti, kar smo zaslužili -
11 Grace
[ɡreis] 1. noun1) (beauty of form or movement: The dancer's movements had very little grace.) gracioznost2) (a sense of what is right: At least he had the grace to leave after his dreadful behaviour.) vljudnost3) (a short prayer of thanks for a meal.) molitev pred jedjo in po njej4) (a delay allowed as a favour: You should have paid me today but I'll give you a day's grace.) odlog5) (the title of a duke, duchess or archbishop: Your/His Grace.) Vaša milost6) (mercy: by the grace of God.) milost•- graceful- gracefully
- gracefulness
- gracious 2. interjection(an exclamation of surprise.) za božjo voljo!- graciousness
- with a good/bad grace
- with good/bad grace* * *[greis]proper namež. ime -
12 grace
[ɡreis] 1. noun1) (beauty of form or movement: The dancer's movements had very little grace.) gracioznost2) (a sense of what is right: At least he had the grace to leave after his dreadful behaviour.) vljudnost3) (a short prayer of thanks for a meal.) molitev pred jedjo in po njej4) (a delay allowed as a favour: You should have paid me today but I'll give you a day's grace.) odlog5) (the title of a duke, duchess or archbishop: Your/His Grace.) Vaša milost6) (mercy: by the grace of God.) milost•- graceful- gracefully
- gracefulness
- gracious 2. interjection(an exclamation of surprise.) za božjo voljo!- graciousness
- with a good/bad grace
- with good/bad grace* * *I [greis]nounmilina, dražest, privlačnost, ljubkost; okras; milost, naklonjenost, usluga; usmiljenje; molitev pred jedjo in po njej; British English dovoljenje, odločba; vljudnost; igra z obročem; naslov vojvode ali nadškofa (Your, His Grace)with a bad grace — nevljudno, neprijaznoto be in s.o.'s grace — biti v milosti pri komgrace to boot! — bog se nas usmili!in s.o.'s good graces — v milosti pri komII [greis]( with)okrasiti; počastiti; podpreti, podpirati; obdariti; poveličati -
13 peck
[pek] 1. verb1) ((of birds) to strike or pick up with the beak, usually in order to eat: The birds pecked at the corn; The bird pecked his hand.) kljuvati2) (to eat very little: She just pecks (at) her food.) zobati3) (to kiss quickly and briefly: She pecked her mother on the cheek.) cmokniti2. noun1) (a tap or bite with the beak: The bird gave him a painful peck on the hand.) udarec s kljunom2) (a brief kiss: a peck on the cheek.) poljubček•- peckish* * *I [pek]nounmera za žito (ca 9 litrov); figuratively množinaII [pek]nounkljuvanje, kavsanje, grizljanje; figuratively poljub, dotik z ustnicami; slang hranaIII [pek]1.transitive verbkljuvati, kavsniti, kavsati; glasno poljubiti, cmokniti koga; pojesti (hitro, malo), zobati;2.intransitive verbkavsniti, kljuvati (at)figuratively to peck at s.o. — zbadati, gristi kogato peck up — zobati, požrešno jesti; prekopati zemljoIV [pek]1.transitive verb slangmetati (kamne);2.intransitive verbobmetavati se s kamni -
14 petty
['peti]1) (of very little importance; trivial: petty details.) nepomemben2) (deliberately nasty for a foolish or trivial reason: petty behaviour.) malenkosten•- pettily- pettiness
- petty cash* * *[péti]adjective ( pettily adverb)neznaten, nepomemben, droben, majhen; malenkosten, dlakocepskinautical petty officer — mornariški podčastnikjuridically nautical petty average — majhna havarijajuridically petty jury — mala porota (12 članov)juridically petty sessions — proces brez porote, razprava pred mirovnim sodnikomjuridically petty larceny — majhna tatvinajuridically petty offence — majhen prekršekeconomy petty cash — majhni zneski, črni fondeconomy petty wares (goods) — drobno blago -
15 remain
[rə'mein]1) (to be left: Only two tins of soup remain; Very little remained of the cinema after the fire; A great many things still remain to be done.) preostati2) (to stay; not to leave: I shall remain here.) ostati3) (to continue to be: The problem remains unsolved.) ostajati•- remains* * *I [riméin]noun(večinoma plural) (pre)ostanek; poslednji ostanki; preživela oseba, preživelec; zapuščina (književnih del)the remains of a meal, of an army — ostanki obeda, vojskeII [riméin]intransitive verb (pre)ostati; preosta(ja)tito remain on hand commerce ostati neprodan (o blagu)I remain yours truly N.N. — (na koncu pisma) ostajam Vaš vdani N. N.it remains to be seen, it remains to be proved — to bomo (še) videli, to je treba še dokazatiis there any oil remaining in the cruet? — je ostalo še kaj olja v steklenički?the only pleasure that remains to an old man — edino veselje, ki (še) preostane staremu človeku -
16 zombie
['zombi](a slow-moving person of very little intelligence.) klada* * *[zɔmbi]nounAmerican slang bedak, bebec, butec, neumnež; močna pijača iz ruma, vinskega žganja in sadnih sokov -
17 in effect
1) ((of a rule etc) in operation: That law is no longer in effect.) veljaven2) (in truth or in practical terms: In effect our opinions differed very little.) dejansko -
18 in reality
(really; actually: He pretends to be busy, but in reality he has very little to do.) v resnici -
19 on a shoestring
(with or using very little money: He has to live on a shoestring.) z malo denarja -
20 light
I 1. noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) svetloba2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) luč3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) ogenj4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) luč2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) svetel2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) svetel3. [lit] verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) razsvetliti2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) prižgati (se)•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to II1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) lahek2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) lahek3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) lahek4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) lažji5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) lahek6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) lahkoten7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) veder, lahek8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) lahen9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) prhek•- lightly- lighten- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.)* * *I [lait]adjective ( lightly adverb)lahek; majhne specifične teže, pod predpisano težo; nepomemben, neznaten, lahek (bolezen, kazen, napaka, delo itd.); zabaven, lahek (glasba, knjiga); prhek, rahel (zemlja, sneg, kruh); vitek, nežen, graciozen, okreten, uren; brezskrben, veder (srce); lahkomišljen, lahkoživ, frfrast (ženska); malo otovorjen, neotovorjen; nenaglašen (zlog)electrical light current — šibki tokfiguratively a light hand — obzirnost, taktlight in hand — poslušen (konj), lahko vodljivmilitary in light marching order — na pohodu z malo tovoraII [lait]adverbnalahko, rahlo, lahkolight come, light go — kakor pridobljeno, tako izgubljenoto get off light — srečno jo odnesti, biti malo kaznovanIII [lait]adjectivesvetel, jasenIV [lait]nounsvetloba, luč, razsvetljava; vir svetlobe (okno, sonce, svetilka, vžigalica, sveča, ogenj); dnevna, sončna svetloba; nautical svetilnik; iskrenje, sijaj (oči); poetically vid, nebesno telo; figuratively luč, prosvetljenjstvo, jasnost, prosvetljenec, genij; ključna beseda akrostiha; plural spoznanja, nova odkritja, nova dejstva, (umske) sposobnosti, zmožnosti; plural slang očihe appears in the light of (a scoundrel) videti je (lopov)by the light of nature — po naravni nadarjenosti, s prirojeno bistroumnostjoto bring to light — odkriti, odkopatito come to light — priti na svetlo, biti odkritpoetically light of one's eyes — vidfiguratively the light of my eyes — punčica mojega očesato give light to — razložiti, razjasnitito give s.o. a light — prižgati komu cigaretoto hide one's light under a bushel — biti preskromen, skrivati svoje sposobnostithe light of s.o.'s countenance — naklonjenost koga (uživati)to place s.th. in a good light — postaviti kaj v lepo lučto put a light to s.th. — prižgati, zažgati kajto see the light — roditi se; American spremeniti svoje stališče; religion biti prosvetljen, sprevidetito see the light of day — biti objavljen, biti prvič uprizorjento stand in s.o.'s light — jemati komu luč, biti komu na poti, figuratively motiti kogato strike a light — prižgati (vžigalico, vžigalnik)to throw ( —ali shed) light on s.th. — razložiti, razjasniti kajget out of the light! — ne jemlji mi svetlobe!, ne moti!light and shade — svetloba in senca, nasprotjaAncient Lights — opozorilen napis, da se ne sme jemati luči, ki prihaja skozi oknaV [lait]1.transitive verbprižgati, razsvetliti, vneti;2.intransitive verbprižgati se, vneti se, posvetiti, posijati;VI [lait]intransitive verb
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