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81 arbitrary
(not decided by rules or laws but by a person's own opinion: He made a rather arbitrary decision to close the local cinema without consulting other people.) samovoljen* * *[á:bitræri]adjective ( arbitrarily adverb)poljuben; samovoljen, neomejen; kontrasten (tiskarske črke) -
82 arched
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83 architectural
adjective arhitektonski, arhitekturen* * *[a:kitékčərəl]adjective ( architecturally adverb)arhitektonski -
84 arctic
1) (of the area round the North Pole: the Arctic wilderness.) arktičen2) ((no capital) very cold: arctic conditions.) leden, polaren•* * *I [á:ktik]adjectivearktičen; polaren, tečajen, severen; leden, mrzelII [á:ktik]nounpolarni krog; polarni kraji; American snežka (obuvalo) -
85 ardent
(enthusiastic; passionate: an ardent supporter of a political party.) vnet- ardently* * *[á:dənt]adjective ( ardently adverb)vroč, goreč, žareč; vnet, navdušen, strastento be ardent for s.th. — navduševati se za kaj -
86 arduous
(difficult; needing hard work: an arduous task.) težaven- arduousness* * *[á:djuəs]adjective ( arduously adverb)težaven, naporen; archaic strm; vztrajen, marljiv, energičen -
87 arguable
adjective (able to be put forward in argument: It is arguable that he would have been better to go.) ki se da zagovarjati* * *[á:gjuəbl]adjectivesporen, izpodbiten; figuratively prav verjeten, možen -
88 armed
adjective (having a weapon or weapons: An armed man robbed the bank; Armed forces entered the country.) oborožen* * *[á:md]adjective1.oborožen, opremljenarmed at all points — pripravljen za vsak primer;2.ki ima rokeshort armed — kratkih rok; kratkih rokavov -
89 armoured
1) ((of vehicles etc) protected by armour: an armoured car.) blindiran2) (made up of armoured vehicles: an armoured division of an army.) oklopen* * *[á:məd]adjectiveoklopen, armiranarmoured car — oklepen, blindiran avtoAmerican military slang armoured milk — kondenzirano mleko -
90 arterial
adjective arterial disease; arterial roads.) arterijski* * *[a:tíəriəl]adjectivearterijski, arterialen, utripalničen -
91 artful
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92 artificial
(made by man; not natural; not real: artificial flowers; Did you look at the colour in artificial light or in daylight?) umeten- artificiality
- artificial respiration* * *[a:tifíšəl]adjective ( artificially adverb)umeten, izumetničen; zlagan, hinavski, neodkritartificial person — pravna oseba, zadruga -
93 artistic
1) (liking or skilled in painting, music etc: She draws and paints - she's very artistic.) umetniško nadarjen2) (created or done with skill and good taste: That flower-arrangement looks very artistic.) umetniški* * *[a:tístik]adjective ( artistically adverb)umetniški; artističen -
94 ascertainable
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95 ashen
adjective ((of someone's face etc) very pale with shock etc.) prsten, bled* * *[æšn]adjectivepepelnat; bled; jesenov, figuratively mrtvaško bled -
96 assumed
adjective (pretended; not genuine: assumed astonishment; He wrote under an assumed name (= not using his real name).) izposojen, lažen* * *[əsjú:md]adjective ( assumedly adverb)izmišljen, domneven, lažen, nepraviassumed name — lažno, prevzeto ime -
97 assured
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98 asthmatic
adjective astmatičen* * *I [æsmaetik]adjective ( asthmatically adverb)nadušen, astmatičenII [ æsmaetik]nounnadušljivec, astmatik -
99 astonishing
adjective an astonishing sight.) presenetljiv* * *[əstɔnišiŋ]adjective ( astonishingly adverb)presenetljiv, nepričakovan; čudovit -
100 astounding
adjective an astounding piece of news.) osupljiv* * *[əstáundiŋ]adjective ( astoundingly adverb)presenetljiv, osupljiv; čudovit
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