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121 power
1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) kraft; evne2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) kraft; -kraft; -drevet3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) magt4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) ret5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) magtfuld person6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) magt7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) potens•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
- be in power* * *1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) kraft; evne2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) kraft; -kraft; -drevet3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) magt4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) ret5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) magtfuld person6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) magt7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) potens•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
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122 prowess
(skill or ability: athletic prowess.) overlegenhed* * *(skill or ability: athletic prowess.) overlegenhed -
123 reading
1) (the act of reading.) læsning2) (the reading of something aloud, as a (public) entertainment: a poetry reading.) oplæsning3) (the ability to read: The boy is good at reading.) læsning4) (the figure, measurement etc on a dial, instrument etc: The reading on the thermometer was -5° C.) måling; visning* * *1) (the act of reading.) læsning2) (the reading of something aloud, as a (public) entertainment: a poetry reading.) oplæsning3) (the ability to read: The boy is good at reading.) læsning4) (the figure, measurement etc on a dial, instrument etc: The reading on the thermometer was -5° C.) måling; visning -
124 resistance
1) (the act of resisting: The army offered strong resistance to the enemy; ( also adjective) a resistance force.) modstand; modstands-2) (the ability or power to be unaffected or undamaged by something: resistance to disease.) modstandsdygtighed3) (the force that one object, substance etc exerts against the movement of another object etc.) modstand* * *1) (the act of resisting: The army offered strong resistance to the enemy; ( also adjective) a resistance force.) modstand; modstands-2) (the ability or power to be unaffected or undamaged by something: resistance to disease.) modstandsdygtighed3) (the force that one object, substance etc exerts against the movement of another object etc.) modstand -
125 upstart
(a person who has risen quickly to wealth or power but seems to lack dignity or ability: I shall leave the firm if that little upstart becomes manager.) opkomling* * *(a person who has risen quickly to wealth or power but seems to lack dignity or ability: I shall leave the firm if that little upstart becomes manager.) opkomling -
126 imagination
1) ((the part of the mind which has) the ability to form mental pictures: I can see it all in my imagination.) domišljija2) (the creative ability of a writer etc: This book shows a lot of imagination.) domišljija3) (the seeing etc of things which do not exist: There was no-one there - it was just your imagination.) domišljija* * *[imædžinéišən]noundomišljija, fantazija; predstava; ustvarjalni duhstretch of the imagination — iznajdljivost, domiselnostuse your imagination! — domisli se česa -
127 tolerance
1) (the ability to be fair and understanding to people whose ways, opinions etc are different from one's own: We should always try to show tolerance to other people.) strpnost2) (the ability to resist the effects of eg a drug: If you take a drug regularly, your body gradually acquires a tolerance of it.) odpornost* * *[tɔlərəns]nountoleranca; strpnost, prenašanje, obzirnost (of do); medicine odpornost (proti strupu ipd.); (redko) prenašanje (vročine itd.); dopusten, zakonit odstop od predpisane teže, merein tolerance of — dopuščajoč, dovoljujočtolerance test medicine tolerančni test -
128 resilience
1) (elasticity) Elastizität, die2) (fig.) Unverwüstlichkeit, die* * *re·sili·ence[rɪˈzɪliən(t)s, AM -jən(t)s]re·sili·en·cy[rɪˈzɪliən(t)si, AM -jən-]n no pl2. (ability to recover) Widerstandskraft f, Zähigkeit f, Durchhaltevermögen nt, Widerstandsfähigkeit f* * *[rI'zIlɪəns]n1) (of material) Federn nt* * *1. Elastizität f:a) Rückfederung f, Spannkraft f (auch fig)b) fig Unverwüstlichkeit f2. Zurückschnellen n, -federn n* * *noun, no pl.1) (elasticity) Elastizität, die2) (fig.) Unverwüstlichkeit, die* * *n.Elastizität f.Spannkraft f.
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