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  • 1 sap

    I [sæp] noun
    (the liquid in trees, plants etc: The sap flowed out when he broke the stem of the flower.) rastlinski sok, mezga
    II [sæp] past tense, past participle - sapped; verb
    (to weaken or destroy (a person's strength, confidence, courage etc): The disease slowly sapped his strength.) oslabiti
    * * *
    I [sæp]
    1.
    noun
    botany
    rastlinski, drevesni sok; beljava (v lesu); mlada letnica; mozeg, mezga, figuratively življenjski sok, kri, moč
    the sap of youth — mladostna življenjska moč (sila); American slang bedak, tepček; novinec, zelenec;
    2.
    transitive verb
    izsesati, izmozgati, izčrpati, spodkopati zdravje, življenjsko moč; odstraniti beljavo (z mladega stebla); American slang pretepsti, premikastiti
    II [sæp]
    1.
    noun
    rov (podzemeljski), podkop; prekop, jarek; kopanje rovov; figuratively počasno ali skrivno spodkopavanje (upanja, odločnosti itd.);
    2.
    intransitive verb
    kopati rov, prekop; transitive verb (s)podkopati (tudi figuratively), military minirati; spodjesti, oslabiti
    III [sæp]
    1.
    noun
    slang
    guljenje (učenje), piljenje; gulež, pilež; garanje, muka, težko in enolično delo;
    2.
    intransitive verb
    guliti se, piliti se, sedeti vedno pri knjigah

    English-Slovenian dictionary > sap

  • 2 undermine

    1) (to make (eg a building) insecure by digging away or destroying the base or foundations: The road was being undermined by a stream.) spodkopati
    2) (to weaken (eg a person's health or authority): Constant hard work had undermined his health.) spodkopati
    * * *
    [ʌndəmáin]
    transitive verb
    (pod)minirati; spodkopati (voda), izdolbsti; figuratively spodkopati, oslabiti, uničiti
    to undermine one's health — spodkopati, uničiti si zdravje

    English-Slovenian dictionary > undermine

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