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1 accent
1. ['æksənt] noun1) ((a mark used to show) the stress on a syllable: The accent is on the second syllable.) naglas2) (a mark used to show the pronunciation of a letter in certain languages: Put an accent on the e in début.) poudarek3) (emphasis: The accent must be on hard work.) poudarek4) (a special way of pronouncing words in a particular area etc: an American accent.) naglas2. [ək'sent] verb(to pronounce with stress or emphasis: The second syllable is accented.) poudariti* * *I [aeksənt]nounnaglas, poudarek, akcent; plural poetically jezikII [æksént]transitive verbnaglasiti, naglašati, poudariti, poudarjati -
2 disguise
1. verb1) (to hide the identity of by altering the appearance etc: He disguised himself as a policeman; She disguised her voice with a foreign accent.) preobleči se v; prekriti2) (to hide (eg one's intentions etc): He tried hard to disguise his feelings.) skrivati2. noun1) (a disguised state: He was in disguise.) preobleka2) (a set of clothes, make-up etc which disguises: He was wearing a false beard as a disguise.) krinka* * *I [disgáiz]transitive verbpreobleči, prikri(va)ti; hliniti; (po)pačiti; potvarjatito disguise o.s. as — preobleči se vto disguise the truth from s.o. — skrivati resnico pred komII [disgáiz]nounpreobleka; pretvara; pretveza, hlimba, krinkaa blessing in disguise — le navidezno zlo, sreča v nesrečito travel in disguise — potovati pod tujim imenom, inkognito -
3 sentence
['sentəns] 1. noun1) (a number of words forming a complete statement: `I want it', and `Give it to me!' are sentences.) stavek2) (a punishment imposed by a lawcourt: a sentence of three years' imprisonment; He is under sentence of death.) kazen2. verb((usually with to) to condemn to a particular punishment: He was sentenced to life imprisonment.) obsoditi* * *I [séntəns]nounmoder, poučen (iz)rek, sentenca; grammar stavek; juridically sodba, razsodba, obsodba, kazen; archaic mišljenje, mnenje, odločitev za neko stvar ali proti njejsimple (compound, principal, subordinate) sentence — prost (zložen, glaven, podreden) stavekto pass sentence on, to pronounce sentence on — izreči sodbo nad, obsoditito serve one's sentence (of imprisonment) — (od)služiti (prestajati, odsedeti) svojo (zaporno) kazenII [sentəns]transitive verbobsoditi -
4 syncopate
['siŋkəpeit](to alter the rhythm of (music) by putting the accent on beats not usually accented.) sinkopirati* * *[síŋkəpeit]transitive verbgrammar skrajšati (besedo) z izpustitvijo glasu ali zloga; kontrahirati besedo; music sinkopirati (noto, takt itd.)
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