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1 up-and-down
[ʌpənddáun]adjective (ki vozi, gre) gor in dol, sem in tja, tja in nazaj; neraven, nepravilen; pokončen, navpičen; American colloquially odprt, pošten -
2 down
I 1. adverb1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) dol; navzdol2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) na tla; na tleh3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) nazaj4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) navzdol5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) dol2. preposition1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) spodaj2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) navzdol3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) vzdolž3. verb(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) zvrniti- downward- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjectiveHe is a downright nuisance!) pravcat- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) puh- downie®- downy* * *I [daun]nounpuhII [daun]nounsipina; (navadno plural) (golo) gričevjeIII [daun]adverb & prepositiondol, doli; spodaj, navzdol; na tleh; na tla; v postelji; do kraja; tik doto drop down on s.o. — strogo koga grajatito get down — spustiti se; pogoltnitidown to the ground — popolnoma, temeljitoto look down upon s.o. — zaničevati, omalovaževati kogadown and out — popolnoma brez sredstev, gladujoč, sestradan; uničen; za borbo nesposobento run s.o. down — slabo o kom govoritito take s.o. down the peg — ponižati kogato talk down to s.o. — razumljivo komu govoritidown town — v mesto, v središče mestadown under — pri antipodih, v AvstralijiIV [daun]adjectivenavzdol usmerjen; ležeč; bolan, v posteljidown train — vlak, ki pelje iz Londonato be down on s.o. — jeziti se na kogaV [daun]transitive verbcolloquially zrušiti; opustiti, odložiti; spustiti, spuščati se; dol vreči, zvrnitito down s.o. — pobiti, premagati kogato down tools — prenehati z delom, stavkatiVI [daun]nounsmola, neuspehcolloquially to have a down on s.o. — imeti koga na pikiVII [daun]interjectiondol!; lezi! (pes)down with him! — dol z njim! -
3 down-and-out
noun, adjective ((a person) having no money and no means of earning a living: a hostel for down-and-outs.) brezdomec -
4 down-to-earth
adjective (practical and not concerned with theories, ideals etc: She is a sensible, down-to-earth person.) stvaren* * *[dáuntuɜ:m]adjectivetrezen, preudaren, stvaren, realen -
5 down the drain
(wasted: We had to scrap everything and start again - six months' work down the drain!) proč vržen -
6 down tools
(to stop working: When the man was sacked his fellow workers downed tools and walked out.) prenehati z delom -
7 down-at-heel
adjective (shabby, untidy and not well looked after or well-dressed.) beden -
8 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) umiriti (se)2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) namestiti se3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) posvetiti se* * *intransitive verb usedati se, padati (usedlina, gošča); znajti se (in v), vrniti se v vsakdanje življenje, (nikalno) ne se umiriti; posvetiti se, ponovno začeti (to kaj); poročiti se; umiriti se (v nekem stanju)he settled down — oženil se je, osnoval si je dom -
9 break down
1) (to use force on (a door etc) to cause it to open.) vdreti2) (to stop working properly: My car has broken down.) pokvariti se3) (to fail: The talks have broken down.) spodleteti4) (to be overcome with emotion: She broke down and wept.) izgubiti živce* * *transitive verb & intransitive verb porušiti, podreti; obtičati; odpovedati, zgruditi se; analizirati, razčleniti; porazdeliti; narazen vzeti -
10 set down
((of a bus etc) to stop and let (passengers) out: The bus set us down outside the post-office.) odložiti* * *transitive verb zapisati; vnesti; dol položiti, odložiti (breme); določiti; smatrati, oceniti (as, for kot, za); pripisovati (to s.th. čemu); intransitive verb sesti; odložiti potnike (o avtobusu)I set it down to caprice — pripisoval sem to kaprici, muhavosti -
11 take down
(to make a note or record of: He took down her name and address.) zabeležiti* * *transitive verb sneti; technical demontirati, razstaviti; podreti (drevo); zabeležiti, zapisati; vzeti v zapisnik; colloquially ponižati; (s težavo) pogoltniti (zdravilo); peljati (damo) k mizi -
12 be down
intransitive verb živeti v revščini; astronomy zaiti; znižati se (cene); poleči se; ležati bolan; biti slabe volje, potrtbe down on s.o. — preganjati, ne marati koga -
13 touch down
1) ((of aircraft) to land: The plane should touch down at 2 o'clock.) pristati2) (in rugby and American football, to put the ball on the ground behind the opposite team's goal line (noun touch-down).) dotakniti se zemlje z žogo* * *intransitive verb rugby dotakniti se zemlje z žogo; aero pristati; -
14 bear down on
1) (to approach quickly and often threateningly: The angry teacher bore down on the child.) planiti na2) (to exert pressure on: The weight is bearing down on my chest.) pritiskati na -
15 boil down to
(to amount to; to indicate as a final analysis or judgement: It all boils down to money; What it boils down to is that you have to make a choice between family and career.) končati se pri -
16 shoot down
(to hit (a plane) with eg a shell and cause it to crash.) sestreliti* * *transitive verb ustreliti (koga); intransitive verb planiti, šiniti z višine (o letalu itd.)to shoot down in flames slang ozmerjati -
17 dust down
(to remove the dust from with a brushing action: She picked herself up and dusted herself down.) otresti prah -
18 get down to brass tacks
(to deal with basic principles or matters: Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks.) govoriti o bistvenem -
19 put one's foot down
(to be firm about something: I put my foot down and refused.) biti odločen -
20 in black and white
(in writing or print: Would you put that down in black and white?) črno na belo
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