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1 act
[ækt] 1. verb1) (to do something: It's time the government acted to lower taxes.) ukrepati2) (to behave: He acted foolishly at the meeting.) vesti se3) (to perform (a part) in a play: He has acted (the part of Romeo) in many theatres; I thought he was dying, but he was only acting (= pretending).) igrati2. noun1) (something done: Running away is an act of cowardice; He committed many cruel acts.) dejanje2) ((often with capital) a law: Acts of Parliament.) ukrep3) (a section of a play: `Hamlet' has five acts.) dejanje4) (an entertainment: an act called `The Smith Family'.) veseloigra•- acting- actor
- act as
- act on
- act on behalf of / act for
- in the act of
- in the act
- put on an act* * *I [ækt]noundelo; dejanje; zakon, listina; svečanost; sodba; teza za disertacijoact and deed — uradna listina, obveznostin act — v resnici, dejanskoII [ækt]1.transitive verbigrati, predstavljati; hliniti;2.intransitive verbdelovati, služiti, vesti se; (on na) vplivati; ( upon po) ravnati se; pretvarjati seto act upon s.o.'s advice — ravnati se po nasvetu kogato act up to one's reputation — ravnati, kakor smo pričakovali -
2 play
[plei] 1. verb1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) igrati se2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) igrati3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) igrati4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) igrati5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) igrati6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) potegniti koga za nos7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) igrati proti komu8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) poigravati se9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) usmeriti10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) igrati2. noun1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) igra2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) gledališka igra3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) tekma4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) delovanje•- player- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up* * *I [pléi]nounigra (na srečo, za stavo, za zabavo, športna), zabava, šala; igranje, kvartanje, poteza (pri šahu); figuratively igra (besed, barv, valov, žarkov itd.); theatre gledališka igra, predstava; music igranje, predvajanje, glasbeno delo; spretno ravnanje s čim (običajno v sestavljenkah npr. swordplay); delovanje, dejavnost, torišče; technical toleranca; figuratively svoboda gibanja; American slang manever, (zvijačen) poskus za dosego česa; American slang publiciteta, poznanost, propagandato bring ( —ali call, put) into play — spraviti v pogon, izkoristitito come into play — začeti delati, stopiti v akcijochild's play — otročarija, igračkanjein full play — v polnem teku, v polnem pogonufiguratively to hold in play — zaposliti (koga s čim)in play — še v igri (kvartanje), za šaloit is your play — ti imaš potezo (šah), ti igraš (karte)to make play — imeti uspeh; utruditi preganjalce (pri lovu)to make play with — postavljati se, bahati seII [pléi]1.intransitive verbigrati ( for za), šaliti se, zabavati se, igračkati se; začeti igrati (karte), napraviti potezo, biti na potezi (šah); poigravati se (barve, valovi, žarki itd.); streljati (top), brizgati (vodomet), sijati; technical imeti prostor za gibanje, imeti toleranco, premikati se (bat), biti v pogonu; biti primeren za igro (igrišče);2.transitive verb theatreigrati, uprizoriti; sport nastopiti, igrati proti, sprejeti igralca v moštvo; uperiti (žaromet, luč, vodni curek) na koga; ustreliti (iz topa); technical spraviti v pogon, upravljati (stroj), obvladatito play along with — sodelovati, v en rog trobiti s komto play it cagey — biti previden, omahovatifiguratively to play both ends against the middle — previdno, rafinirano ravnatito play ball with s.o. — pošteno postopati s komfiguratively to play one's cards well (badly) — (ne)spretno manevriratito play s.o. dirt — izigrati kogato play s.o. false — izdati kogato play the game — držati se pravil, pošteno ravnatito play into s.o.'s hands — koristiti drugemu, pomagati komuto play one's hand for all it is worth — izrabiti vsako priliko, uveljaviti vse svoje zmožnostislang to play it (low) on — izigrati koga, zlorabitito play a part — igrati vlogo, pretvarjati seto play safe — previdno ravnati, ne tvegatito play for time — zavlačevati, poskušati pridobiti na časuto play s.o. a mean trick — prevarati kogato play (up)on — igrati na, figuratively izrabljati kogato play (up)on words — zbijati šale, igrati se z besedamito play with — igrati se s, z; lahkomiselno ravnati s -
3 shield
[ʃi:ld] 1. noun1) (a broad piece of metal, wood etc carried as a protection against weapons.) ščit2) (something or someone that protects: A thick steel plate acted as a heat shield.) ščitnik3) (a trophy shaped like a shield won in a sporting competition etc: My son has won the archery shield.) ščit2. verb1) (to protect: The goggles shielded the motorcyclist's eyes from dust.) ščititi2) (to prevent from being seen clearly: That group of trees shields the house from the road.) skrivati* * *[ši:ld]1.nounščit; ščitnik; zaščitnik, zaščita, okrilje; zaslon; zoology oklep (žuželk, rakov itd.); heraldry ščit z narisanim grbomthe other side of the shield figuratively druga plat medalje;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbščititi, braniti, nudi zaščito, vzeti pod okrilje; archaic odvrniti (zlo, nesrečo), zabraniti, preprečiti ( that da) -
4 foil
I [foil] verb(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) porazitiII [foil] noun1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) folija2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) (grdo) nasprotjeIII [foil] noun(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) floret* * *I [fɔil]nounkovinski listič, staniol, folija; amalgamska prevleka zrcala; archaic listast okrasek; figuratively (for, to) kontrastno ozadjeII [fɔil]transitive verbpokriti s tenko kovinsko plastjo; speljati na napačno sled, prelisičiti, ukaniti; pokvariti, preprečiti; odbitiIII [fɔil]nounsled zasledovane divjačineto run upon the foil — teči po lastni sledi; speljati lovceIV [fɔil]nounrapir, mečV [fɔil]nounporaz, neuspeh -
5 size up
(to form an opinion about a person, situation etc: He sized up the situation and acted immediately.) presoditi* * *transitive verb & intransitive verb določiti velikost, težo; colloquially oceniti, preceniti (kaj), presoditi; doseči (with s.th. kaj); postati večji; military razvrstiti (vojake) po velikosti -
6 decoy
['di:koi](anything intended to lead someone or something into a trap: The policewoman acted as a decoy when the police were trying to catch the murderer.) vaba* * *I [dikɔi]transitive verbmamiti, (z)vabiti, zapeljevatiII [dikɔi]nounvaba, mamilo -
7 spirit
['spirit]1) (a principle or emotion which makes someone act: The spirit of kindness seems to be lacking in the world nowadays.) duh2) (a person's mind, will, personality etc thought of as distinct from the body, or as remaining alive eg as a ghost when the body dies: Our great leader may be dead, but his spirit still lives on; ( also adjective) the spirit world; Evil spirits have taken possession of him.) duh3) (liveliness; courage: He acted with spirit.) elan•- spirited- spiritedly
- spirits
- spiritual
- spiritually
- spirit level* * *I [spírit]nounduh; duša; prikazen, duh, nadnaravno bitje, demon; genij, velik duh; smisel, duh (zakona); figuratively polet, elan, pogum, morala, ognjevitost, energija; figuratively življenjska moč, volja; figuratively gonilna moč, duša (podviga, podjetja); plural razpoloženje; veter, sapicaout of spirits — potrt, deprimiranabsent in body, but present in spirit — telesno odsoten, duhovno pa prisotenastral spirits — duhovi, za katere verujejo, da žive med zvezdamifamiliar spirits — duhovi, ki spremljajo čarovnice ali jim služijogreat spirits — véliki duhovi (razumniki, velikani duha)high spirits — dobro, veselo razpoloženje, veselostthe Holy Spirit ecclesiastic sv. duhlow spirits — potrtost, deprimiranosta master-spirit — človek izredne pameti, ki drugim vsiljuje svoje mnenjethe poor in spirit — ubogi na duhu, ponižnipoor spirits — pobitost, potrtostto be in poor (low) spirits — biti potrt (pobit, malodušen, deprimiran)II [spírit]transitive verbnavdihniti, inspirirati; priganjati, siliti (on k)to spirit away (off) — skrivaj in hitro odvesti, pustiti izginitito spirit a child — odvesti, ugrabiti otrokato spirit a prisoner — pustiti, da ujetnik izgineIII [spírit]nounchemistry destilat; špirit; American alkohol, alkoholna pijača; plural alkoholne, opojne pijače, spirituozespirit of ether medicine Hoffmannove kapljicespirit(s) of wine — vinski cvet, alkoholardent spirits — močne, zelo opojne pijačea glass of spirits and water — kozarec alkoholne pijače, mešane z vodo
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