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1 dear
[diə] 1. adjective1) (high in price: Cabbages are very dear this week.) drag2) (very lovable: He is such a dear little boy.) ljubek3) ((with to) much loved: She is very dear to me.) ljubezniv4) (used as a polite way of addressing someone, especially in a letter: Dear Sir.) spoštovani2. noun1) (a person who is lovable or charming: He is such a dear!) srček, ljubica2) (a person who is loved or liked (especially used to address someone): Come in, dear.) dragi, draga•- dearly- dear
- dear! / oh dear!* * *I [diə]adjective ( dearly adverb)drag, dragocen; ljubljen; očarljiv, ljubek; visok (cena); spoštovanII [diə]adverbdrago; zelofiguratively to pay dear for — drago plačatiIII [diə]nounljubček, ljubica; očarljiva osebawhat dears they are! — kako so ljubki!IV [diə]interjectionoh dear!, dear me!, dear heart alive! — jojmene, za božjo voljo! -
2 life
plural - lives; noun1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) življenje2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) življenje3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) življenje4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) življenje5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) doba6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) življenje7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) biografija8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) dosmrtna ječa•- lifeless- lifelike
- life-and-death
- lifebelt
- lifeboat
- lifebuoy
- life-cycle
- life expectancy
- lifeguard
- life-jacket
- lifeline
- lifelong
- life-saving
- life-sized
- life-size
- lifetime
- as large as life
- bring to life
- come to life
- for life
- the life and soul of the party
- not for the life of me
- not on your life!
- take life
- take one's life
- take one's life in one's hands
- to the life* * *[laif]nounživljenje; človeško življenje ( lives — življenja); figuratively življenjskost, živahnost; življenjepis; živ model; economy trajanje, rok uporabe, življenjska doba (tudi stroja); življenjski zavarovanecto come to life — osvestiti se, roditi sefor life — dosmrten, za celo življenjeas large as life — v naravni velikosti; osebnoa new lease on life — novo življenje, nova življenjska silato take s.o.'s life — ubiti kogato seek s.o.'s life — streči komu po življenjuto take one's life in one's hands — igrati se z življenjem, postaviti svoje življenje na kockoto the life — zvesto, natančno (upodobiti)walk of life — družben položaj, poklicart still life — tihožitjeupon my life! — pri moji duši!to stake one's life on s.th. — glavo staviti za kaj -
3 fight
1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) pretepati se2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) upirati se3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) prepirati se2. noun1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) spopad2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) boj3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) bojevitost4) (a boxing-match.) dvoboj•- fighter- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight* * *I [fait]nounboj, borba, bitka, spopad, dvoboj, mečevanje; prepir, pretep; tekma; bojevitostcolloquially a dog fight — borba v zrakuto show fight — pokazati pripravljenost za boj, pokazati zobesham fight — manever, navidezna bitkahand-to-hand fight — pretep, boj na nožII [fait]transitive verb & transitive verb(against, about, for, with, on behalf of) boriti, vojskovati se; odbijati; braniti (se); priboriti si; premagati; pestiti se, boksati; prepirati sethat cock won't fight — to ne bo držalo; tukaj nekaj ni v reduto fight with one's gloves off — ne izbirati sredstev za boj, ne prijemati koga z rokavicamito fight a lone hand — boriti se sam, brez pomočito fight shy of s.o. — izogibati se koga -
4 me
[mi:]((used as the object of a verb or preposition and sometimes instead of I) the word used by a speaker or writer when referring to himself: He hit me; Give that to me; It's me; He can go with John and me.) jaz* * *[mi(:)]personal pronoun mene, me, meni, miah me!, dear me! — joj, jojmene!colloquially poor me — jaz ubožec, -žicaarchaic & poetically I sat me down — sedel sem -
5 sell
[sel]past tense, past participle - sold; verb1) (to give something in exchange for money: He sold her a car; I've got some books to sell.) prodati2) (to have for sale: The farmer sells milk and eggs.) prodajati3) (to be sold: His book sold well.) prodajati se4) (to cause to be sold: Packaging sells a product.) prodajati•- sell-out- be sold on
- be sold out
- sell down the river
- sell off
- sell out
- sell up* * *I [sel]nounslang prevara, goljufija, sleparijawhat a sell! — kakšna sleparija!II [sel]1.transitive verbprodati, prodajati (at po, to s.o. komu), trgovati s čim; izdati koga (za denar ali za kaj drugega); slang speljati koga na led, prevarati, opehariti, ukaniti, prelisičiti, ogoljufati koga; American zvabiti koga k nakupusold again! slang spet prevaran (ogoljufan, opeharjen)!sold on colloquially navdušen zato sell, to be sold — na prodajto sell goods retail (wholesale, for cash, on credit) — proda(ja)ti blago na drobno (na debelo, za gotovino, na kredit)to sell the grass figuratively izneveriti se zavezniku ali idejito sell s.o. a gold brick figuratively prevarati, ogoljufati, opehariti kogato sell the public on s.th. American slang javnosti nekaj (največkrat nevrednega) hvalisatito be sold slang figuratively nasesti, biti opeharjen, prevaranto sell against a purchaser American prodajati delnice pri manjših kolebanjih tečaja;2.intransitive verbproda(ja)ti se, iti v prodajohis book is selling like hot cakes (like a wildfire) — njegova knjiga gre za med, trgajo se za njegovo knjigogoods that do not sell — blago, ki ne gre v prodajo, nekurantno blago;
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