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1 be on the offensive
(to be making an attack: She always expects people to criticize her and so she is always on the offensive.) biti v napadu -
2 offensive
[-siv]1) (insulting: offensive remarks.) žaljiv2) (disgusting: an offensive smell.) zoprn3) (used to attack: an offensive weapon.) napadalen* * *I [əfénsiv]adjective ( offensively adverb)ofenziven, napadalen; žaljiv; neprijeten, odvratenII [əfénsiv]nounofenziva, napad; figuratively kampanja, gibanje ( peace ŋ) -
3 offend
[ə'fend] 1. verb1) (to make feel upset or angry: If you don't go to her party she will be offended; His criticism offended her.) užaliti2) (to be unpleasant or disagreeable: Cigarette smoke offends me.) motiti•- offence- offender
- offensive 2. noun(an attack: They launched an offensive against the invading army.) ofenziva- offensiveness
- be on the offensive
- take offence* * *[əfénd]1.transitive verbžaliti, užaliti, jeziti, razjeziti;2.intransitive verbzagrešiti, grešiti ( against)to be offended at ( —ali with) s.th. — biti jezen na kaj, biti užaljen radi česato be offended with ( —ali by) s.o. — biti jezen na koga, biti užaljen radi koga -
4 switch over
transitive verb preklopiti; prenesti (zanimanje) (from... to z ene stvari na drugo) -
5 black
[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) črn2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) temen3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) umazan4) (without milk: black coffee.) črn5) (evil: black magic.) črn6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) črnski7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) črn2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) črna (barva)2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) črna barva3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) črnec3. verb(to make black.) počrniti- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) dati na črno listo5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) izsiljevanje- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white* * *I [blæk]adjectivečrn; temen, mračen; jezen, srdit; obupan, žalostento be in s.o.'s black books — biti pri kom slabo zapisan, v nemilostithe devil is not so black as he is painted — stvar ni tako huda, kakor je videtia black letter day — nesrečni dan; delavnikblack look — čemeren, preteči pogledBlack Monday — nesrečen, kritični dan; prvi dan pouka v šolithe black ox has trodden on his foot — potrt, zaskrbljen jeblack rust botany pšenična snetBlack & Tans — vzdevek britanskih čet na Irskemto swear the black is white — prisegati, da je črno beloas black as thunder — skrajno razdražen, besenBlack Watch — 42. škotski polkII [blæk]nounčrna barva, črnota, črnina; črnec; loščiloIII [blæk]transitive verbpočrniti; zatemniti; loščiti čevljeto black out — zatemniti; prikrivati pred javnostjo; zbrisati, prepovedati -
6 pig
[piɡ] 1. noun1) (a kind of farm animal whose flesh is eaten as pork, ham and bacon: He keeps pigs.) prašič2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant, greedy or dirty person: You pig!) svinja•- piggy2. adjective(like a pig's: piggy eyes.) prašičji- piglet- piggyback
- pigheaded
- pigheadedness
- pigskin
- pigsty
- pigswill
- pigtail
- pigs might fly* * *I [pig]nounprašič, svinja; svinjina.; technical šibika, kos surovega železa, kalup za vlivanje; pomarančni krhelj; colloquially umazanec, požeruh, svinjaAmerican slang blind pig — skrivna točilnicafiguratively to carry pigs to market — hoteti kupčevatifiguratively to buy a pig in a poke — kupiti mačka v žakljupigs in clover — ljudje, ki so hitro obogateli, pa ne vedo kam z denarjem; vrsta družabne igreto go to pigs and whistles — iti rakom žvižgat, propastito make a pig of o.s. — požrešno jesti, žretiplease the pigs — če bo šlo vse po sreči, če bodo okoliščine dopuščaleII [pig]intransitive verboprasiti se -
7 rat
1. noun1) (a small animal with a long tail, like a mouse but larger: The rats have eaten holes in those bags of flour.) podgana2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant and untrustworthy person.) podgana2. verb1) (to break an agreement, promise etc.) prelomiti2) (to betray one's friends, colleagues etc: The police know we're here. Someone must have ratted.) izdati•- rat race- smell a rat* * *I [ræt]nounzoology podgana; figuratively parliament & politics prebežnik, odpadnik, uskok, izdajalec, kdor zapusti svoje politične prijatelje in se pridruži opoziciji; stavkokaz; tatrats! plural slang neumnost!, nesmisel!, neverjetno!as wet like a drowned rat — moker ko miš, do kože premočento have (to see) rats slang videti "bele miši"to smell a rat figuratively sumiti, da se pripravlja nekaj slabega ali nevarnega, vohati nevarnost, (za)čutiti prevaroII [ræt]intransitive verbloviti ali pobijati podgane; figuratively biti stavkokaz, parliament & politics zapustiti svojo stranko, kadar je v nevarnosti; postati uskok, uskočiti k, preiti k, menjati politično prepričanjeIII [ræt]interjectionsee drat vrag vzemi!, k vragu (z)...!rat the boy! — presneti fant! -
8 shit
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9 dirty
1) (not clean: dirty clothes.) umazan2) (mean or unfair: a dirty trick.) umazan, nizkoten3) (offensive; obscene: dirty books.) opolzek4) ((of weather) stormy.) slab* * *I [dɜ:ti]adjective ( dirtily adverb)umazan, blaten; figuratively prostaški, nizkoten, podel; grd; opolzekto do the dirty on s.o. — izrabiti stisko koga, grdo z njim ravnatidirty weather — deževno, slabo vremedirty work — umazano, neprijetno delo; lopovščinadirty trick — surovost, prostaštvoII [dɜ:ti]intransitive verb & intransitive verb umazati (se); osramotiti -
10 obnoxious
[əb'nokʃəs](offensive: an obnoxious man; The smell of that mixture is really obnoxious.) ostuden* * *[əbnɔkšəs]adjective ( obnoxiously adverb)gnusen, grd; osovražen, nepriljubljen (to pri); (redko) izpostavljen, podvržen (to čemu); archaic kazniv
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