življenje nižjih slojev

1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) življenje

2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) življenje

3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) življenje

4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) življenje

5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) doba

6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) življenje

7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) biografija

8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) dosmrtna ječa

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- lifeless

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življenje; človeško življenje ( lives — življenja); figuratively življenjskost, živahnost; življenjepis; živ model; economy trajanje, rok uporabe, življenjska doba (tudi stroja); življenjski zavarovanec

to amend one's life — poboljšati se

to be in danger of one's life — biti v življenjski nevarnosti

to be the life and soul of a party — biti duša družbe

to bring to life — spraviti k zavesti

change of life — klimakterij

to come to life — osvestiti se, roditi se

my early life — moja mladost

early in life — v mladih letih

to escape with life and limb — odnesti celo kožo

expectation of life — predvidena življenjska doba

he was given a life — dobil je še eno priliko

for the life of me — pri svoji najboljši volji

for life — dosmrten, za celo življenje

to have the time of one's life — odlično se zabavati

high life — življenje visoke družbe

in life — za časa življenja

as large as life — v naravni velikosti; osebno

to lay down one's life — žrtvovati življenje

to lead a dog's life — pasje živeti

a new lease on life — novo življenje, nova življenjska sila

low life — življenje nižjih slojev

it was a matter of life and death — šlo je za življenje ali smrt

not for the life of me — za nič na svetu

not on your life — za živ svet ne

nothing in life — sploh ne

with all the pleasure in life — z največjim veseljem

to risk one's life — tvegati življenje

to run for dear ( —ali for one's) life — bežati na žive in mrtve

to see life — spoznati (ali uživati) življenje

to sell one's life dear (lifely) — drago prodati svoje življenje

to show (signs of) life — kazati znake življenja

to take s.o.'s life — ubiti koga

to take one's own life — življenje si vzeti

to seek s.o.'s life — streči komu po življenju

to take one's life in one's hands — igrati se z življenjem, postaviti svoje življenje na kocko

to the life — zvesto, natančno (upodobiti)

walk of life — družben položaj, poklic

art still life — tihožitje

upon my life! — pri moji duši!

pool-player has three lives — igralec biljarda lahko še trikrat poskusi

to stake one's life on s.th. — glavo staviti za kaj

1) (not at or reaching up to a great distance from the ground, sea-level etc: low hills; a low ceiling; This chair is too low for the child.) nizek

2) (making little sound; not loud: She spoke in a low voice.) tih

3) (at the bottom of the range of musical sounds: That note is too low for a female voice.) nizek

4) (small: a low price.) nizek

5) (not strong; weak or feeble: The fire was very low.) šibek

6) (near the bottom in grade, rank, class etc: low temperatures; the lower classes.) nizek

- lower

low-tech industries/skills.) tehnološko nezahteven

- low tide/water

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nizek; globok (poklon, izrez obleke); tih, globok (glas); plitev (voda); majhen (hitrost); nizko ležeč; skoraj prazen (posoda); komaj zadosten (zaloga), neizdaten (hrana); podhranjen; slab, slaboten (pulz); razmeroma nov ali mlad; potrt; prezirljiv (mnenje); manj vreden; preprost, primitiven; vulgaren, prostaški (značaj)

in low spirits — potrt

at the lowest — najmanj, minimalno, po najnižji ceni

figuratively at a low ebb — izčrpan (sredstva)

of low birth — nizkega rodu

low in cash — skoraj brez denarja

low diet — proprosta ali neizdatna hrana

to belong to a lower date — biti novejšega datuma

low dress — globoko izrezana obleka

low forms of life — nižje oblike življenja

the glass is low — nizek tlak

low gear — prva prestava (avto)

high and low — vsakdo

low latitudes — blizu ekvatorja

low life — življenje nižjih slojev

Low Mass — tiha maša

low pulse — slab pulz

low race — primitivna rasa

low relief — basrelief

low voice — nizek glas, globok glas

figuratively in low water — brez denarja, v škripcu

low shoe — polčevelj

Low Sunday — bela nedelja

Low Week — teden po beli nedelji

nizko, globoko, tiho; economy poceni; borno, ubožno, ponižno; prostaško

to bring s.o. low — ponižati, oslabiti, potlačiti koga

to burn low — dogorevati

to feel low — biti potrt

to lay low — podreti, ubiti

to lie low — biti ponižan, slang skrivati se, pritajiti se

to live low — borno živeti

to play low — igrati za malo denarja

to play it low — ravnati nizkotno s kom

to run low — zmanjkovati

to sell low — poceni prodati

figuratively the sands are running low — čas je skoraj potekel, konec se bliža

prva prestava (avto); meteorology nizek zračni pritisk, depresija; American najnižje stanje, minimum

mukanje;

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