-
1 fortune
['fo: ən]1) (whatever happens by chance or (good or bad) luck: whatever fortune may bring.) usoda2) (a large amount of money: That ring must be worth a fortune!) premoženje•- fortunately
- fortune-teller
- tell someone's fortune
- tell fortune* * *I [fɔ:čən]transitive verb & intransitive verbarchaic poetically dogoditi, dogajati se, pripetiti seto fortune upon s.th. — naleteti na kajII [fɔ:čən]nounusoda, sreča; premoženje, imetje, bogastvo, dota; ugodna ženitev (možitev)ill ( —ali bad) fortune — nesreča, smolacolloquially a small fortune — celo premoženje, velik znesek -
2 fortune-hunter
[fɔ:čənhʌntə]nountisti, ki išče bogato nevesto; pustolovec -
3 fortune-teller
-
4 fortune-telling
[fɔ:čənteliŋ]nounvedeževanje -
5 tell (someone's) fortune
(to foretell what will happen to someone in the future: The gypsy told my fortune.) vedeževati -
6 tell (someone's) fortune
(to foretell what will happen to someone in the future: The gypsy told my fortune.) vedeževati -
7 ill fortune
[ílfɔ:čən]nounnesreča, zla sreča -
8 hostage
['hosti‹](a person who is held prisoner in order to ensure that the captor's demands etc will be carried out: The terrorists took three people with them as hostages; They took / were holding three people hostage.) talec- take- hold someone hostage
- hold hostage* * *[hɔstidž]nountalec, -lka; zastavek, zalogto give hostages to fortune — obvezati se za kaj, izpostavljati se nevarnosti ali izgubitito hold s.o. hostage — imeti koga za talca -
9 smile
1. verb(to show pleasure, amusement etc by turning up the corners of the mouth: He smiled warmly at her as he shook hands; They all smiled politely at the joke; He asked her what she was smiling at.) smehljati se2. noun(an act of smiling, or the resulting facial expression: `How do you do?' he said with a smile; the happy smiles of the children.) nasmeh- smiling- be all smiles* * *I [smáil]nounnasmeh, nasmešek, smehljaj; prijazen pogled; (često plural) naklonjenost, milostshe is all smiles and graces — ona kar sije (žari, se topi) od prijaznostiII [smáil]intransitive verb & transitive verbsmehljati se, nasmehniti se; izraziti s smehljanjem, s smehljajem pripraviti (koga) do; biti naklonjen (on komu); imeti ljubezniv (blagohoten, vesel) videzto smile at (on) s.o. — nasmehniti se komushe smiled him into compliance — z nasmeškom ga je pripravila do tega, da ji je ugodilfortune smiled upon him — usoda (sreča) se mu je nasmehnila, mu je bila naklonjena -
10 spoil
[spoil]past tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) uničiti2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) razvaditi (otroka)•- spoils- spoilt
- spoilsport* * *I [spɔil]transitive verbopleniti, oropati, izropati, odvzeti; pokvariti, napraviti neuporabno, uničiti; slang pohabiti, ubiti (koga); figuratively pokvariti (otroka, zabavo, šalo); intransitive verb (po)kvariti se (sadje, ribe), zgnitito spoil s.o.'s appetite — pokvariti komu tekto spoil the Egyptians figuratively sovražniku kaj odvzetito spoil s.o. of his goods — oropati koga njegovega premoženjato spoil for (to be spoiling for) — zelo si želeti, koprneti po, komaj čakati, da...spare the rod and spoil the child — kdor ljubi, ta kaznujeII [spɔil]noun(navadno plural) plen ropanje; ukradeno blago; figuratively dobiček, pridobitev, korist ( of office od kake državne službe); neodločena igra; American plural odpadki, ostankispoils system American sistem, po katerem se ugodna službena mesta razdele privržencem stranke, ki je zmagala na volitvah; pomoč politični stranki zaradi osebnih koristi -
11 turn
[tə:n] 1. verb1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) obrniti2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) obrniti se3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) zaviti4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) usmeriti5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) zaviti okoli6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) spremeniti7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) postati2. noun1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) obrat2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) navoj3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) ovinek, odcep4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) (biti) na vrsti za5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) točka•- turnover
- turnstile
- turntable
- turn-up
- by turns
- do someone a good turn
- do a good turn
- in turn
- by turns
- out of turn
- speak out of turn
- take a turn for the better
- worse
- take turns
- turn a blind eye
- turn against
- turn away
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn loose
- turn off
- turn on
- turn out
- turn over
- turn up* * *I [tə:n]nounvrtljaj, vrtenje, obračanje, obrat; ovinek, zavoj, okljuk, vijuga, krivulja; figuratively izkrivljenje; (posebna) smer, sprememba smeri, obrnjena smer; preokret, preobrat; kriza; economy prodaja, promet; sprememba, menjava, redno menjavanje pri opravljanju (posla, službe), turnus, vrstni red; zamena, šiht, posada, delovna izmena; runda; (kratek) sprehod, pot, runda; zaposlenost (s čim), (prehoden) poklic; usluga; prilika, priložnost; točka v programu (varieteja); namen, namera, potreba; figuratively sposobnost, talent, dar ( for za), nagnjenje; oblika, obris; način mišljenja, razpoloženje; postopek; izraz; colloquially živčni pretres, šak, omotica, strah, močno razburjenje; skisanje (mleka); printing obrnjena črka, obrnjen tisk; sport trojka (pri drsanju); plural medicine menstruacija, mesečna čiščaturn (and turn) about — izmenoma, menjaje seat every turn — pri vsakem koraku, ob vsaki priliki, neprestano, ob vsakem časuby turns, in turns — izmenoma, zaporedoma; v turnusu, eno za drugimevery one in his turn! — vsakdo (vsi) po vrsti!in the turn of a hand — v hipu, kot bi trenilout of one's turn — zunaj, mimo svoje vrste; ne na mestua turn of fortune (of Fortune's wheel) — preobrat, preokret sreče, usodeturn of life medicine klimakterijthe turn of the tide — oseka, figuratively sprememba položaja, preobratto be on the turn — biti na preokretnici, prelomniciwhose turn is it? — kdo je na vrsti?to do s.o. a good (bad) turn — napraviti komu dobro (slabo) uslugohe did me an ill turn — škodoval mi je, eno mi je zagodelone good turn deserves another — roka roko umiva, usluga za uslugoto (a)wait one's turn — čakati, da pridemo na vrstoto give s.o. a turn — prestrašiti kogaleft (right) turn! British English military na levo (desno)!don't speak out of your turn! — ne govori, če nisi na vrsti!it serves my turn — to mi prav pride, mi dobro služi (koristi)to take a turn at s.th. — kratek čas se s čim ukvarjatito take the good (bad) turn, to take a turn for the good (bad) — obrniti se na boljše (slabše)II [tə:n]1.transitive verb(za)vrteti (v krogu); obrniti, obračati, narobe obrniti; preobrniti, prekopati; odbiti, odvrniti; spremeniti smer, dati drugo smer; odločiti; spremeniti (v), predrugačiti, pretvoriti; prevesti (tekst); skisati (mleko); prekoračiti, preiti; obiti, militaryobkoliti; izogniti se; zaviti okoli, obrniti, nameriti (korak itd.); napotiti, nagnati, spoditi ( into v); sport delati (prekuce, salte, kolo); otopiti, skrhati (nož); naščuvati, nahujskati ( against proti); zmešati (glavo), zmesti, znoriti; economy v denar spraviti, unovčiti; stružiti, zaokrogliti, zaobliti, dati okroglo obliko; lepo oblikovati; figuratively lepo formulirati (stavek); obsolete speljati na kriva pota, zapeljati; spreobrniti;2.intransitive verbvrteti se, dati se vrteti; obračati se, obrniti se; prevračati se, prevrniti se; figuratively postaviti se na glavo; postati omotičen; zaviti, kreniti, napraviti zavoj; zateči se (to k), obrniti se, pogledati nazaj; oprijeti se, lotiti se, ukvarjati se; spremeniti se, spremeniti naravo; skisati se (mleko), postati (žaltav itd.), pokvariti se; stružiti se, postati top, skrhati se (nož); obsolete prebegniti, postati uskok (odpadnik, dezerter)to turn an attack military odbiti napadto turn the ( —ali one's) back (up)on — hrbet obrniti (pokazati); obrniti se proč odto turn bankrupt — priti pod stečaj (v konkurz), bankrotirati, doživeti bankrot, priti na bobenhe turned many books in his life figuratively mnogo je prebral v svojem življenjuto turn s.o.'s brain — znoriti kogato turn bridle — obrniti se, začeti se umikatito turn bear (bull) economy špekulirati na padec (dvig) cen in tečajev na borzito turn into cash — spraviti v denar (gotovino), unovčitito turn the cat in the pan figuratively stvar (že nekako) urediti, v red spravitito turn the cheek figuratively obrniti (nastaviti) tudi drugo lice, požreti (kaj) zaradi (ljubega) miruto turn one's coat figuratively obrniti, obračati plašč (po vetru)he turned his coat — izneveril se je svoji stranki, postal je odpadnikto turn the corner figuratively srečno prebroditi krizoto turn a difficulty — izogniti se težavi, obiti težavoto turn a deaf ear — narediti se gluhega (to za), ne hoteti slišatito turn the edge of a remark — napraviti opazko manj ostro, omiliti opazkoto turn king's ( American state's) evidence juridically postati glavna obremenilna pričahe is just turning 50 — pravkar je prekoračil 50. letoto turn one's face to the wall — obrniti obraz proti steni, figuratively biti pripravljen za smrt, (hoteti) umretito turn s.o.'s tiank figuratively prelisičiti koga, premagati koga v debatito turn one's hand to s.th. — lotiti se, oprijeti se česashe can turn her hand to anything — ona je zelo spretna, praktičnanot to turn a hand to help s.o. — s prstom ne migniti, da bi komu pomagalito turn one's head — obrniti glavo, pogledati nazajto turn s.o.'s head — zmešati komu glavoto turn headsprings sport delati (vrteti) kolesato turn head over heels — prekucniti se, prekopicniti seto turn s.o.'s heart figuratively pregovoriti kogato turn s.th. inside out — obrniti kaj (narobe), zvrniti kajto turn to the left — obrniti se, kreniti, zaviti na levoto turn loose — odvezati, izpustiti koga (na prostost); popustiti; American streljati, ustrelitito turn s.o. mad — napraviti koga blaznegayou will turn me mad — zblaznel, znorel bom zaradi vasto turn s.th. in one's mind — premišljevati kajto turn s.th. to one's profit — obrniti kaj v svojo korist, izkoristiti kajto turn s.o. to religion — spreobrniti koga (k veri)to turn the scale — nagniti tehtnico, figuratively odločifi (kaj)to turn s.o. sick — povzročiti komu slabostshe turned sick — slabo ji je postalo, morala je bruhati; zbolela jeto turn a somersault — napraviti prekuc, saltomy stomach turns (at) — želodec se mi obrača (ob), vzdiguje se mito turn the tables (up)on s.o. figuratively obrniti argumente proti komu, obrniti položajto turn tail — obrniti se, stisniti rep med noge, zbežatithe tide has turned — nastopila je oseka, figuratively sreča se je obrnila (se obrača)to turn one's thumb down figuratively odkloniti, ne hotetito turn turtle nautical slang prevrniti seto turn upon s.th. — biti odvisen od česaI don't know which way to turn — ne vem, po kateri poti naj krenem, figuratively ne vem ne kod ne kam; ne vem, kaj naj naredimthe wind has turned — zapihal je drug veter (tudi figuratively)even a worm will turn — figuratively tudi najmirnejši človek se brani, če je napaden -
12 wheel
[wi:l] 1. noun1) (a circular frame or disc turning on a rod or axle, on which vehicles etc move along the ground: A bicycle has two wheels, a tricycle three, and most cars four; a cartwheel.) kolo2) (any of several things similar in shape and action: a potter's wheel; He was found drunk at the wheel (= steering-wheel) of his car.) kolovrat; volan2. verb1) (to cause to move on wheels: He wheeled his bicycle along the path.) voziti2) (to (cause to) turn quickly: He wheeled round and slapped me.) naglo (se) obrniti3) ((of birds) to fly in circles.) krožiti•- wheeled- - wheeled
- wheelbarrow
- wheelchair
- wheelhouse
- wheelwright* * *I [wi:l]nounkolo; krmarsko kolo (tudi figuratively); volan; kolo sreče; American colloquially bicikel; history kolo za mučenje; kolovrat; figuratively gibalna, vodilna sila; obračanje, obrat, krog, vrtenje; military obrat; figuratively preobrat; plural kolesje, gonilo, mehanizem (tudi figuratively), music refren, pripev; American slang dolaron wheels — na kolesih, z vozilom, figuratively kot namazano, hitro, brez trenjawheels within wheels — zelo zapletena aparatura (mehanizem), figuratively komplikacija za komplikacijo, zapletena stvar, položajwheel and axle — naprava za izkoriščanje sile vzvoda, na podlagi razlike v obsegu kolesa in njegove osia big wheel American colloquially figuratively visoka živina, vplivna osebaFortune's wheel, the wheel of Fortune — kolo sreče; usodaa fly on the wheel figuratively oseba, ki precenjuje svoj vplivthe man at the wheel — oseba pri krmilu; vozač, voznik, šoferto break a (butter)fly (up) on the wheel figuratively po nepotrebnem poseči po ostrih ukrepih, s topovi streljati na vrabceto break s.o. on the wheel history mučiti koga na kolesuto go on wheels figuratively iti kot po maslu (gladko, brez motenj)to put ( —ali to set) one's shoulder to the wheel — truditi se, napenjati seto put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel figuratively delati komu zapreke, metati komu polena pod nogeto take the wheel — sesti za volan, voziti, šofiratiII [wi:l]transitive verbobrniti, obračati okoli osi; vrteti v krogu; valiti, valjati; opremiti s kolesi; voziti ( a wheel chair stol na kolesih); kotaliti, prevažati na kolesihto wheel a victim history treti žrtev na kolesu; intransitive verb naglo se obrniti ( round okoli) -
13 adverse
['ædvə:s](unfavourable: adverse criticism.) nenaklonjen- adversity* * *[aedvə:s]adjective ( adversely adverb)(to čemu) nasproten, sovražen; priskuten; škodljiv, neugoden(commerce) adverse balance — pasivna bilancaadverse fate ( —ali fortune) — nezgoda, smolato be adverse to s.th. — nasprotovati čemu -
14 architect
(a person who designs buildings etc.) arhitekt- architectural* * *[á:kitekt]nounarhitekt(ka), stavbenik, -nica; figuratively povzročitelj(ica), začetnik, -nica -
15 born
III see bear I* * *I [bɔ:n]past participleod bearII [bɔ:n]adjectiverojen; po roduin all my born days — odkar sem na svetu, svoj živi danborn fool — popolnoma neumen, nor -
16 carve
1) (to make designs, shapes etc by cutting a piece of wood etc: A figure carved out of wood.) rezbariti2) (to cut up (meat) into slices: Father carved the joint.) razrezati•- carving- carve out* * *[ka:v]1.transitive verbrezljati, klesati, rezbariti, izklesati; rezati, sekati; figuratively ustvariti, ukrojiti, izdelati;2.intransitive verbrezbariti, klesati, rezati -
17 cast
past tense, past participle; see cast* * *I [ka:st]transitive verb & intransitive verbvreči, metati, lučati; odvreči, zavreči; povreči, splaviti; obsoditi; bljuvati; goliti, leviti se; zgubiti, zgubljati (zobe); deliti vloge; izračunati; odpustiti (vojake)juridically obsoditi na plačilo stroškov; uliti, ulivati; zviti se (les); križariti; preterite & past participle od castto cast aspersion on s.o. — očrniti kogajuridically to be cast — zgubiti pravdoto cast the blame on s.o. for s.th. — valiti krivdo na koga zaradi česato cast dust in s.o.'s eyes — metati komu pesek v očicast for s.th. — primeren za kajfiguratively cast in a cart — zapuščento cast into s.o.'s teeth — očitati komucast iron — lito železo, grodeljto cast spell on s.o. — ureči, začarati kogafiguratively to cast stones at s.o. — obsojati obnašanje kogaII [ka:st]nounmet, metanje; litje, odlitek; vrsta, oblika; zasedba (vlog); tveganje; štetje; vzorec; izraz (obraza); prelivanje barv, odtenek; trnek z vabocast of fortune — slučaj, naključje -
18 chance
1. noun1) (luck or fortune: It was by chance that I found out the truth.) sreča, naključje2) (an opportunity: Now you have a chance to do well.) priložnost3) (a possibility: He has no chance of winning.) možnost4) ((a) risk: There's an element of chance in this business deal.) tveganje2. verb1) (to risk: I may be too late but I'll just have to chance it.) tvegati2) (to happen accidentally or unexpectedly: I chanced to see him last week.) slučajno se zgoditi3. adjective(happening unexpectedly: a chance meeting.) naključen- chancy- chance on
- upon
- by any chance
- by chance
- an even chance
- the chances are* * *I [ča:ns]nounprilika; usoda, sreča; slučaj, naključje; priložnost, možnost, verjetnost; tveganje, upanjeby chance — slučajno, po naključjuon the chance that — v primeru, dathe chances are that — vse kaže, daII [ča:ns]1.transitive verb colloquiallytvegati, upati si, predrzniti si;2.intransitive verbzgoditi se, pripetiti se, primeriti seto chance upon — s.o. naleteti na kogaIII [čá:ns]adjectiveslučajen, naključen, nepričakovan -
19 chequered
[čékəd]adjectivekockast, karirast; pester, pisan; spremenljiv -
20 chevalier
См. также в других словарях:
fortune — [ fɔrtyn ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. fortuna « bonne ou mauvaise fortune » I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Puissance qui est censée distribuer le bonheur et le malheur sans règle apparente. ⇒ hasard, sort. Les caprices de la fortune. Être favorisé par la fortune … Encyclopédie Universelle
fortuné — fortune [ fɔrtyn ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. fortuna « bonne ou mauvaise fortune » I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Puissance qui est censée distribuer le bonheur et le malheur sans règle apparente. ⇒ hasard, sort. Les caprices de la fortune. Être favorisé par la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
fortune — Fortune. s. f. Cas fortuit, Hazard. Bonne fortune. mauvaise fortune. en cas de fortune. je me rencontray là par bonne fortune pour moy. s il arrivoit par fortune que. il donne tout à la fortune. les accidents de la fortune. Il se prend… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Fortune cookie — Fortune Cookies redirects here. For other uses, see Fortune Cookies (disambiguation). An unopened fortune cookie … Wikipedia
Fortune-telling — is the practice of predicting the future, usually of an individual, through mystical or supernatural means and often for commercial gain. It often conflates with the religious practice known as divination.European and Euro American fortune… … Wikipedia
Fortune Cookie — Un fortune cookie (biscuit chinois au Québec) est une confiserie, servie dans les restaurants chinois aux États Unis et au Canada, dans laquelle est insérée un petit morceau de papier où l on peut lire une prédiction ou une maxime, souvent… … Wikipédia en Français
fortune — Fortune, Fortuna, Sors. Bonne fortune ou bruit, Secundae fortunae. Fortune diverse, maintenant bonne, maintenant mauvaise, Varia fortuna. Fortune inconstante et qui n arreste point en un lieu, Fortuna volubilis. Mal fortune, Mala fortuna. Qui a… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Fortune (альбом) — Fortune … Википедия
Fortune — may refer to: * Luck, a chance happening, or that which happens beyond a person s controls * Fortune and Destiny (Gad (deity) and Meni), gods referred to in * Wealth, an abundance of items of economic value * Fortune (magazine), America s second… … Wikipedia
Fortune (Magazine) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Fortune. Fortune est le magazine mensuel américain consacré à l économie le plus ancien en Amérique du Nord. Henry Luce créa le magazine en 1930. Ses publications du monde des affaires regroupent les magazines… … Wikipédia en Français
Fortune Magazine — Fortune (magazine) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Fortune. Fortune est le magazine mensuel américain consacré à l économie le plus ancien en Amérique du Nord. Henry Luce créa le magazine en 1930. Ses publications du monde des affaires… … Wikipédia en Français