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[ə'mju:z]1) (to make (someone) laugh: I was amused at the monkey's antics.) zabavati2) (to interest or give pleasure to (for a time): They amused themselves playing cards.) zabavati (se)•- amusing
- amusingly* * *[əmjú:z]transitive verbzabavatito be amused at ( —ali by, with) — zabavati se; zanimati se -
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['ænikdout](a short amusing story, especially a true one: He told us anecdotes about politicians that he knew.) anekdota* * *[aenikdout]nounanekdota, zgodbica -
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['kærəktə] 1. noun1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) značaj; vrsta2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) značaj3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) dober glas4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) oseba (v igri)5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) čudak6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) črka•2. noun(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) značilnost- characterize
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- characterisation* * *I [kaeriktə]nounznak, pisava, črka, številka; dostojatnstvo, stan, položaj; značaj; oseba, igralec, -lka; dober glas; čudak; spričevalo; opis; kakovost, lastnostto see s.th. in its true character — videti kaj v pravi lučifiguratively to set the character of s.th. — vtisniti čemu pečatto give s.o. a good character — dati komu dobro spričevaloII [kaeriktə]transitive verbpoetically archaic opisati -
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['komədi]plural - comedies; noun1) (a play of a pleasant or amusing kind: We went to see a comedy last night.) komedija2) (humour: They all saw the comedy of the situation.) smešnost•- comedian* * *[kɔmidi]nounveseloigra, komedija; smešen dogodek -
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['komik] 1. adjective1) (of comedy: a comic actor; comic opera.) komičen2) (causing amusement: comic remarks.) smešen2. noun1) (an amusing person, especially a professional comedian.) komik, komedijant2) (a children's periodical containing funny stories, adventures etc in the form of comic strips.) strip•- comical- comic strip* * *I [kɔmik]adjectivesmešen, komičen; šegav, šaljivcomic actor — igralec veseloiger, komikII [kɔmik]nounkomik; American plural strip, šaljiva risanka -
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noun (one who gives amusing performances professionally.) komik, zabaviščnik* * *[entətéinə]noungostitelj; zabavnik -
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adjective (amusing: entertaining stories.) zabaven* * *[entətéiniŋ]adjective ( entertainingly adverb)zabaven, zanimiv, prijeten -
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1) (amusing; making one laugh: a funny story.) zabaven2) (strange; peculiar: I heard a funny noise.) nenavaden* * *I [fʌni]adjective ( funnily adverb)smešen, zabaven, šegav; nenavaden, čuden, čudaški; American noro zaljubljen, zatelebanII [fʌni]British English vrsta čolniča na dve vesli -
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noun (a person who writes or tells amusing stories, jokes etc.) humorist* * *[hjú:mərist]nounhumorist(ka) -
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adjective (funny; amusing: a humorous situation/remark.) šaljiv* * *[hjú:mərəs]adjective ( humorously adverb)šaljiv, šegav -
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adjective (curious or amusing: an intriguing idea.) mikaven* * *[intrí:giŋ]adjective ( intriguingly adverb)zanimiv, mikaven; ki zbega; spletkarski, intrigantski -
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1) (ridiculous or deserving scorn: Her attempts at drawing were laughable.) smešen2) (amusing; comical.) smešen* * *[lá:fəbl]adjective ( laughably adverb)smešen, zabaven, šaljiv -
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['pærədi] 1. plural - parodies; noun1) (an amusing imitation of a serious author's style of writing: He writes parodies of John Donne's poems.) parodija2) (a very bad imitation: a parody of the truth.) parodija2. verb(to make a parody of (something or someone).) parodirati* * *[paerədi]1.nounparodija (of); figuratively prevračanje v smešno;2.transitive verbparodirati -
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[rə'vju:](an amusing, not very serious, theatre show.) revija* * *[rivjú:]nountheatre (komična ali satirična kabaretna) revija -
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1. noun(a solemn promise, especially one made to God: The monks have made/taken a vow of silence; marriage vows.) svečana obljuba2. verb1) (to make a solemn promise (that): He vowed that he would die rather than surrender.) zaobljubiti (se)2) (to threaten: He vowed revenge on all his enemies.) zaobljubiti se* * *I [váu]nounsvečana obljuba, prisega; religion zaobljubavow of secrecy — obljuba tajnosti, molčečnostito take the vows religion zaobljubiti se (za redovnika, -ico), iti v samostanI have taken a solemn vow not to smoke any more — svečano sem obljubil, da ne bom več kadilII [váu]transitive verbzaobljubiti (se), slovesno (s prisego) obljubiti; priseči; obvezati se s slovesno obljubo; slovesno zatrjevati, zagotavljati, prepričevati ( that da); obsolete prizna(va)tihe vowed to avenge the insult — prisegel (si) je, da se bo maščeval za žalitevI vow, you are vastly amusing — zares, vi ste nad vse zabavni -
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[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) duhovitost2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) duhovitež3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) zdrav razum•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits* * *I [wit]nounpamet, razumnost, bistrost, inteligenca, razsodnost; duševna sposobnost; zdrav razum; duhovitost, domiselnost; duhovitež, duhovit, odrezav človek, inteligentna oseba, duhovna veličinathe five wits obsolete petero čutovto be at one's wit's end — ne vedeti kako in kaj, ne se znajtiI am at my wit's end — sem pri kraju s svojo pametjo, ne znam si več pomagatito be out of one's wits — izgubiti pamet (glavo), ne biti pametenhe has his wits about him — on si zna vedno pomagati, prisotnost duha ga nikoli ne zapusti, on je vedno buden (oprezen)to have wit to — imeti dovolj pameti za (da...)he has not the wit to see... — nima toliko pameti, da bi uvidel...to live by one's wits — živeti od svoje prebrisanosti (prevar, goljufij), več ali manj pošteno se prebijati skozi živijenjeII [wit]obsolete transitive verb & intransitive verb (sed. čas I (he) wot, preterite in past participle wist, — sed. deležnik witting) vedetito wit — to je, namreč; kot sledi; in to -
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['æntiks](odd or amusing behaviour: The children laughed at the monkey's antics.) burke
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Amusing — A*mus ing, a. Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story. {A*mus ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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amusing — [ə myo͞o′ziŋ] adj. 1. entertaining; diverting 2. causing laughter or mirth SYN. FUNNY amusingly adv … English World dictionary
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amusing — a•mus•ing [[t]əˈmyu zɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) pleasantly entertaining or diverting 2) causing laughter or mirth: an amusing joke[/ex] • Etymology: 1590–1600 a•mus′ing•ly, adv. a•mus′ing•ness, n. syn: amusing, comical, droll describe that which causes… … From formal English to slang