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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, mezgaII [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.nounbotanyrastlinski, drevesni sok; beljava (v lesu); mlada letnica; mozeg, mezga, figuratively življenjski sok, kri, močthe sap of youth — mladostna življenjska moč (sila); American slang bedak, tepček; novinec, zelenec;2.transitive verbizsesati, izmozgati, izčrpati, spodkopati zdravje, življenjsko moč; odstraniti beljavo (z mladega stebla); American slang pretepsti, premikastitiII [sæp]1.nounrov (podzemeljski), podkop; prekop, jarek; kopanje rovov; figuratively počasno ali skrivno spodkopavanje (upanja, odločnosti itd.);2.intransitive verbkopati rov, prekop; transitive verb (s)podkopati (tudi figuratively), military minirati; spodjesti, oslabitiIII [sæp]1.nounslangguljenje (učenje), piljenje; gulež, pilež; garanje, muka, težko in enolično delo;2.intransitive verbguliti se, piliti se, sedeti vedno pri knjigah -
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.) spodkopati2) (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, uničitito undermine one's health — spodkopati, uničiti si zdravje
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