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1 crescent
['kresnt]1) (( also adjective) (having) the curved shape of the growing moon: the crescent moon; crescent-shaped earrings.) polmesec2) ((abbreviated to Cres. when written in street-names) a curved street.) (zavita) ulica* * *I [krésnt]adjectivepoetically naraščajoč, polmesečen, srpastII [krésnt]nounpolmesec, naraščajoči mesec, stari mesecAmerican rogljiček; British English trg ali ulica polmesečne oblike; American Crescent City — New Orleans -
2 incorporator
[inkɔ:pəreitə]nounAmerican soustanovitelj; British English član univerze, ki je priključena drugi -
3 izzard
[ízəd]nounAmerican colloquially British English archaic črka zfrom A to izzard — popolnoma, od A do Ž -
4 letter-carrier
[létəkæriə]nounAmerican pismonoša; British English razbiralec pisem -
5 octillion
[ɔktíljən]nounmathematics oktilijon (American 27, British English 48 ničel) -
6 staff
I 1. noun or noun plural(a group of people employed in running a business, school etc: The school has a large teaching staff; The staff are annoyed about the changes.) osebje2. verb(to supply with staff: Most of our offices are staffed by volunteers.) oskrbeti z osebjemII plural - staves; noun(a set of lines and spaces on which music is written or printed.) notno črtovje* * *Iplural staffs, staves [sta:f; -s, stéivz]noun palica, krepelec; drog (za zastavo); kol, opornik; simbol oblasti, žezlo; figuratively opora; naprava za določanje položaja na morju; music črtovje, notni sistem; naprava za merjenje oddaljenosti in višineat staff's end obsolete v primerni, spodobni razdaljithe staff of life — kar je najpotrebnejše, najvažnejše v življenju (npr. kruh, hrana)Jacob's staff — lesena palica, na katero se nameščajo geodetske napravequarter-staff history čvrsta palica, dolga 6 do 8 čevljev, ki so jo nekoč uporabljali kot orožjeII [sta:f]1.nounmilitaryštab; commerce uprava, nameščenci, osebje, personal; university učno osebje, kolegij; osebje uredništva, uredništvostaff college military šola za generalštabne častnike, višja vojaška šolastaff sergeant military American narednik, British English višji narednikmedical staff, hospital staff medicine zdravniško, bolnišnično osebjeteaching staff — učno osebje;2.transitive verboskrbeti z osebjem; military organizirati štab za -
7 Z, z
British English [zed]; American [zi:]plural Z's Zs, z's, zs British English [zedz]; American [zi:z]1.noun(črka) Z, z; mathematics neznanka z; predmet v obliki črke Z;2.adjectiveki ima obliko črke Z; šestindvajsetifrom A to Z — od A do Ž, od začetka do konca -
8 flag-lieutenant
British English [flæglefténənt], American [flæglju:ténənt]nounmilitary admiralov adjutant -
9 schedular
British English [šédjulə], American [skédžulə]adjectivetabelaričen -
10 schizofrene
British English [skítsəfri:n], American [skízəfri:n]nounmedicine shizofrenik -
11 zenithal
British English [zéniməl], American [zí:-]adjective zeniten, ki se tiče zenita; figuratively najvišji -
12 hall
[ho:l]1) (a room or passage at the entrance to a house: We left our coats in the hall.) predsoba2) ((a building with) a large public room, used for concerts, meetings etc: a community hall.) dvorana3) (a building with offices where the administration of a town etc is carried out: a town hall; (American) the city hall.) magistrat4) ((American) a passageway through a building; a corridor.) hodnik5) (a building of a university, college etc, especially one in which students etc live.) študentski dom•- hallmark- hallway* * *I [hɔ:l]noundvorana; vestibul, veža, predsoba, preddverje; sodna dvorana; predavalnica; magistratBritish English dvorec, dédina; tržnica; cehovska hiša; študentovski dom, stanovanjska zgradba za študente ali predavatelje; skupna obednica univerzitetnih študentov, skupen obed v tej obednici; American vsako univerzitetno poslopje, inštitut; British English booking hall — kolodvorska dvorana za prodajo vozovnicAmerican the Hall of Fame — hram slaveto earn o.s. a place in the Hall of Fame — postati nesmrtenLiberty Hall — prostor, kjer vsak lahko počne, kar hočeII [hɔ:l]transitive verbvtisniti žig zlatarskega ceha -
13 marshal
1. noun1) (an official who arranges ceremonies, processions etc.) ceremoniar2) ((American) an official with certain duties in the lawcourts.) šerif3) ((American) the head of a police or fire department.) načelnik (policije, gasilcev)2. verb1) (to arrange (forces, facts, arguments etc) in order: Give me a minute to marshal my thoughts.) urediti2) (to lead or show the way to: We marshalled the whole group into a large room.) usmeriti* * *I [má:šəl]nounmilitary maršalBritish English juridically sodni zapisnikar; American juridically zvezni izvršni uradnik, predstojnik okrajne policije; ceremoniar; history dvorni ceremoniar, maršal; British English knight marshal — dvorni maršalBritish English Earl Marshal — dvorni ceremoniarAmerican city marshal — mestni policijski predstojnikAmerican fire marshal — poveljnik gasilcevII [má:šəl]1.transitive verbrazporediti, postaviti v vrsto, postrojiti; (metodično) urediti; svečano pripeljati ( into v);2.intransitive verbrazporediti se, postaviti se v vrsto -
14 make
[meik] 1. past tense, past participle - made; verb1) (to create, form or produce: God made the Earth; She makes all her own clothes; He made it out of paper; to make a muddle/mess of the job; to make lunch/coffee; We made an arrangement/agreement/deal/bargain.) narediti2) (to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something): They made her do it; He made me laugh.) pripraviti koga do česa3) (to cause to be: I made it clear; You've made me very unhappy.) narediti4) (to gain or earn: He makes $100 a week; to make a profit.) zaslužiti5) ((of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to: 2 and 2 make(s) 4.) znašati6) (to become, turn into, or be: He'll make an excellent teacher.) postati7) (to estimate as: I make the total 483.) oceniti8) (to appoint, or choose, as: He was made manager.) imenovati9) (used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed: He made several attempts (= attempted several times); They made a left turn (= turned left); He made (= offered) a suggestion/proposal; Have you any comments to make?)2. noun(a (usually manufacturer's) brand: What make is your new car?) znamka- maker- making
- make-believe
- make-over
- makeshift
- make-up
- have the makings of
- in the making
- make a/one's bed
- make believe
- make do
- make for
- make it
- make it up
- make something of something
- make of something
- make something of
- make of
- make out
- make over
- make up
- make up for
- make up one's mind
- make up to* * *I [méik]noundelo, izdelovanje; economy izdelek, fabrikat, proizvod, (tovarniška) znamka; kroj, fasona; technical vrsta, oblika, tip, proizvodnja; postava, stas; zgradba (zgodbe); electrical spoj, kontakt; napoved aduta (bridge), mešanje kartof best English make — najboljše angl. kvaliteteelectrical to be at make — biti spojenslang to be on the make — biti na lovu za denarjem, za dobičkom; vzpenjati se (družbeno)British English nautical make and mend — prost čas za mornarjeII [méik]1.transitive verbdelati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz); predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v); pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti; figuratively napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.); povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti ( she ŋs him a good wife); znesti, znašati; imenovati za ( he was made a general); (z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk); meniti, misliti, predstavljati si ( what do you make of it); colloquially imeti koga za kaj ( I make him an honest man); zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot); slang zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči; nautical zagledati (kopno); British English jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte; electrical spojiti American slang identificirati koga;2.intransitive verbnameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to); nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda); figuratively povzročiti, pripeljati doto make allowance for — upoštevati, biti uvidevento make amends for — odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kajto make as if ( —ali as though) — pretvarjati se, hlinitias you make your bed so you must lie upon it — kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležalto make believe — pretvarjati se, hlinitito make a bid for — truditi se za, potegovati se za kajto make bold — drzniti si, upati sito make no bones about — povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kajto make or break s.o. — pripeljati koga do uspeha ali polomato make a clean breast of — priznati, olajšati si srceto make the best of — izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čimto make clear — objasniti, razložitito make the door upon s.o. — zapreti komu vratato make a difference to — biti važno, spremeniti stvarto make both ends meet — shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkomto make eyes at — spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledatito make excuses — opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati seto make an exhibition of o.s. — spozabiti seto make a fool of o.s. — biti za norcato make a fool of s.o. — imeti koga za norcato make free with — brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čimto make fun ( —ali game) of — zasmehovati koga, zafrkavatito make s.th. good — povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditito make a hash of — pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)American to make a hit — postati popularento make o.s. at home — biti kakor domaAmerican to make it — uspetinautical to make it so — izvršiti nalogto make it hot for s.o. — naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati kogato make things humorously gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)to make known — sporočiti, objavitito make land — zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristaniščeto make light ( —ali little) of — podcenjevati, nalahko jematislang to make like — posnematito make one's own life — živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo potto make love to — ljubimkati, spolno občevati s komto make one's mark — napraviti karijero, izkazati seto make merry — hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veselitito make minoemeat of — izpodbiti, popolnoma premagatito make money — dobro zaslužiti, obogatetito make s.o.'s mouth water — vzbuditi zavist ali željoto make move — lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, krenitito make much of — ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristito make a name for o.s. — napraviti si imeto make a noise in the world — postati slaven, zaslovetito make nothing of — ne razumeti, biti zmedento make of — tolmačiti, razlagati sito make the pace — voditi, diktirati tempoto make passes at — objemati, ljubkovati, dvoritito make one's pile — obogateti, spraviti denar na kupto make a plunge — lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko stavitinautical to make port — pripluti v pristaniščeto make a point of — vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditito make a practice of — imeti navado, navaditi seto make a racket — biti zelo hrupen, razgrajatito make sail — odpluti, odjadratito make o.s. scarce — izginitito make no secret of — ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedatito make shift with — pomagati si, nekako ureditito make s.o. sit up — koga zelo presenetitito make s.o. sore — razjeziti koganautical to make sternway — ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovatito make a stand — zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)to make a clean sweep of — dobro pomesti, vse odstranitito make a touch — sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditito make hacks for — odpraviti se kam, napotiti seAmerican to make the team — biti sprejet v moštvoto make a trial of — poskusiti, preizkusiti kajto make o.s. understood — jasno se izrazitito make way — utreti si pot, napredovatito make s.o. out of his wits — spraviti koga ob pamet -
15 junior
['‹u:njə] 1. noun, adjective((a person who is) younger in years or lower in rank or authority: He is two years my junior; The school sent two juniors and one senior to take part; junior pupils; He is junior to me in the firm; the junior school.) mlajši; podrejen2. adjective((often abbreviated to Jnr, Jr or Jun. when written) used to indicate the son of a person who is still alive and who has the same name: John Jones Junior.) mlajši3. noun((especially American) a name for the child (usually a son) of a family: Do bring Junior!) naslednik* * *I [džú:njə]adjectivemlajši; podrejen, nižji po činusport juniorski; American mladosten, mlad; American colloquially manjši; American junior books — knjige za mladoletnikejunior clerk — pomožni knjigovodja; odvetniški pripravnikBritish English junior forms — nižji razred (šole)American junior high school — nižja gimnazija, zadnji razredi osemletkeAmerican a junior hurricane — manjši orkanAmerican junior miss — damica, odraščajoče deklejunior service British English vojska, armadajunior soph — študent(ka) 2. letnika v CambridgeuAmerican junior skin — mladostna poltII [džú:njə]nounmlajši (od dveh), junior; študent tretjega letnika; mlajši uslužbenec, podrejenimy juniors — ljudje, mlajši od meneeconomy junior bondholder — novi lastnik zadolžnic -
16 kick
[kik] 1. verb1) (to hit or strike out with the foot: The child kicked his brother; He kicked the ball into the next garden; He kicked at the locked door; He kicked open the gate.) brcniti2) ((of a gun) to jerk or spring back violently when fired.) nazaj udariti2. noun1) (a blow with the foot: The boy gave him a kick on the ankle; He was injured by a kick from a horse.)2) (the springing back of a gun after it has been fired.)3) (a pleasant thrill: She gets a kick out of making people happy.)•- kick off
- kick up* * *I [kik]nounbrcasport strel (nogomet), American spurt; udarec, sunek, sunkovita vožnja; sunek, udarec nazaj (strelno orožje); udarna moč, odporna sila, elan, energija; American slang opojnost alkoholne pijače; dražljaj, mik; American ugovor, očitek, pritožba; British English slang kovanec za 6 penijev; British English najnovejša moda; American to get a kick out of — uživati v čemslang to get the kick — biti vržen iz službelet's have one more kick! — poskusimo še enkrat!sport free kick — prosti strel (nogomet)II [kik]1.intransitive verbbrcati, ritati; colloquially braniti se, upirati se (at, against); godrnjati, ugovarjati, pritoževati se ( about); odskočiti, nazaj udariti (puška); visoko leteti (žoga); American slang umreti;2.transitive verbbrcniti; streljati (na gol); nazaj udariti, poriniti; pognati, priganjatito make s.o. kick the beam — izpodriniti kogaAmerican slang plačati podkupnino; slang to kick the bucket — umretislang to kick to it — umretito kick s.o. downstairs — koga ven vreči, vreči koga po stopnicahto kick s.o. upstairs — odpustiti koga iz službe in dati v zameno časten naslovto kick down the ladder — pozabiti na ljudi, ki so ti pomagali naprejto kick one's heels — nestrpno čakati, zapravljati čas z brezplodnim čakanjemIII [kik]nounvdolbina na dnu steklenice -
17 national
['næʃənəl]adjective (of or belonging to a particular nation: national government; national pride.) naroden; nacionalen* * *I [naešənəl]adjective ( nationally adverb)naroden, nacionalenpolitics national assembly — narodna skupščinapolitics American national convention — shod politične stranke za imenovanje predsedniškega kandidataeconomy national debt — državni dolgeconomy national economy — narodno gospodarstvoeconomy national income — narodni dohodekAmerican National Guard — narodna stražaBritish English National Health Service — državna zdravstvena službaBritish English National Insurance — socialno skrbstvomilitary national service — vojaška služba, vojaška obveznostmilitary national service man — vojaški obveznikII [naešənəl]noundržavljan(ka); British English plural (so-) državljani -
18 post
I [pəust] noun(a long piece of wood, metal etc, usually fixed upright in the ground: The notice was nailed to a post; a gate-post; the winning-post.) drog- keep somebody posted
- keep posted II 1. [pəust] noun((the system of collecting, transporting and delivering) letters, parcels etc: I sent the book by post; Has the post arrived yet?; Is there any post for me?) pošta2. verb(to send (a letter etc) by post: He posted the parcel yesterday.) poslati- postage- postal
- postage stamp
- postal order
- postbox
- postcard
- postcode
- post-free
- post-haste
- posthaste
- postman
- postmark
- postmaster
- post office III 1. [pəust] noun1) (a job: He has a post in the government; a teaching post.) služba2) (a place of duty: The soldier remained at his post.) mesto3) (a settlement, camp etc especially in a distant or unpopulated area: a trading-post.) postojanka2. verb(to send somewhere on duty: He was posted abroad.) namestitiIV [pəust]* * *I [póust]noundrog, steber, kol; sport vratnica gola, startno mesto ( starting-ŋ), ciljna črta ( winning-ŋ); mineralogy navpičen sloj premoga (rude), podpornik v rudnikubetween you and me and the bed-post — na štiri oči, med nama, zaupnoII [póust]transitive verbrazglasiti, oznaniti, objaviti, afiširati; nalepiti plakate (up); American prepovedati vstop z napisno tabloposted property — posest, kjer je vstop prepovedanIII [póust]nounmilitary stražarsko mesto, vojaška postojanka, vojaška posadka na postojanki, garnizija; American military kantina, trgovska postaja; vojna pošta (Post Eɔchange, Pɔ); British English military trobljenje ( first ŋ budnica, last ŋ znak za spanje, the last ŋ zadnji pozdrav s trobento); položaj, služba; službeno mesto, postaja (npr. first-aid ŋ nezgodna postaja); economy prostor za borznega senzala na borzi; nautical čin, položaj kapitanaIV [póust]transitive verbmilitary postaviti stražo; naložiti dolžnost, naložiti delo; nautical postaviti za kapitanaV [póust]noun(zlasti British English) pošta (pisma itd.); history poštna kočija, poštna postaja, poštni sel, kurir; pisemski papir (format 16 x 20)general post — jutranja pošta; figuratively slepe miši (igra)VI [póust]1.intransitive verbpotovati s poštno kočijo; hiteti na potovanju;2.transitive verb British Englishoddati pošto, poslati po pošti; obvestiti koga; economy vknjižiti v glavno knjigo (up)to keep s.o. posted — stalno koga obveščatiVII [póust]adverbhitro, po pošti, s poštno kočijoto ride post — hiteti na cilj, hiteti na potovanju -
19 treasury
[tréžri]nounzakladnica; trezor; državna zakladnica, zaklad; državna blagajna, fisk(us), državne finance, finančno ministrstvo; figuratively knjiga, ki je prava zakladnica znanja, navodil itd.; antologijaTreasury Board British English ministrstvo za financeTreasury Department American ministrstvo za financeSecretary of the Treasury American sekretar (minister) za financetreasury bill — menica, nakaznica za državno blagajnotreasury bench British English parliament ministrska klop v Spodnjem domutreasury note British English bankovec (za 1 funt ali za 10 šilingov) -
20 red
[red]noun, adjective1) ((of) the colour of blood: a red car/dress / cheeks; Her eyes were red with crying.) rdeč2) ((of hair or fur) (of) a colour which varies between a golden brown and a deep reddish-brown.) rdečkast3) ((a) communist: Red China; A lot of his university friends are Reds.) rdečkar•- redden
- reddish
- redness
- redcurrant
- redhead
- red herring
- red-hot
- Red Indian
- red-letter day
- red tape
- be in the red
- catch red-handed
- see red* * *I [red]adjective ( redly adverb)rdeč; rus; pordečen ( with od); okrvavljen, krvav; rdeče razžarjen ali razbeljen; politics rdeč, komunističen, sovjetski; anarhističen, revolucionaren; marksističenred cap British English vojaški policist, American postrešček, nosač na postajired coats slang vojakired eye American slang cenen viskired flannel slang jezikred hat — kardinalski klobuk, kardinal(ska čast); British English slang štabni častnikred herring — prekajen slanik, figuratively nekaj, kar odvrača pozornost od neprijetnega, nevarnega predmetared handed — krvavih rok, hudodelski, ki je pri hudodelskem dejanjured meat — govedina, bravinaa red radical politics hud, zagrizen radikalred rag (to a bull) — rdeča krpa (ki razdraži bika), figuratively nekaj, kar človeka razdražired, white and blue slang mrzla soljena govedinaneither fish, flesh nor good red herring — ne ptič ne miš, nekaj nedoločljivegato draw a red herring across the track (the path) — s kako stransko stvarjo odvrniti pozornost od glavne stvari; z veščim manevrom odvrniti pozornost, zabrisati sledto have red hands — imeti krvave roke, zakriviti smrt kake osebeto paint the town red — hrupno veseljačiti, razgrajati, delati kraval po mestuto see red figuratively pobesnetito see the red light figuratively videti, spoznati pretečo nevarnostto turn red — postati rdeč, zardetiII [red]intransitive verb aeronautics dobiti nenaden naval krvi v glavoIII [red]nounrdeča barva, rdečilo; rdečica; American rdeča tinta; politics ironically rdečkar, socialist, komunist, hud radikal, revolucionar, anarhist; (često Red) marksist, boljševik, sovjetski RusReds plural Rdečekožci, Indijancireds plural rdeče vrste (vina); rdeči, tj. socialisti, komunistithe red — stran dolgov (v kontu), izguba, deficit, dolgovito be in the red figuratively imeti deficit, dolgove, izguboto be out of the red — biti, izvleči se iz dolgovto come out of the red American izkazati dobičekto see red figuratively pobesneti
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American English — n. United States English, U.S. English, form of the English language which is used in the United States (as opposed to British English) … English contemporary dictionary