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1 meaningless
adjective (without meaning or reason; of no importance: meaningless chatter.) nepomemben* * *[mí:niəlis]adjective ( meaninglessly adverb)nepomemben; brezizrazen (obraz) -
2 cliché
['kli:ʃei, ]( American[) kli:'ʃei](a phrase which has been used too often, and has become meaningless.)* * *[klí:šei]nounkliše, šablona; fraza; figuratively puhlost, plehkost -
3 doodle
['du:dl] 1. verb(to make meaningless drawings and scribbles, usually while thinking, talking on the telephone etc.) čečkati2. noun(a drawing of this sort.) čečkarija* * *I [dú:dl]nouncolloquially butecII [dú:dl]transitive verb & intransitive verbarchaic dudati; slang norčevati se; pohajkovati; čečkati -
4 gibber
['‹ibə](to make meaningless noises: He was gibbering with fear.) blebetati* * *[džíbə]1.intransitive verbklepetati, žlobudrati, čenčati;2.nounklepet, žlobudranje, čenče -
5 mean
[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skop2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) grd3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) popadljiv4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) reven•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) srednji2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) povprečen2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) sredinaIII 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) pomeniti2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) nameravati•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) pomenljiv- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well* * *I [mi:n]adjectivenizek, navaden, manjvreden (stan, rod); boren, reven, oguljen, odrgnjen, umazan; nepomemben; prostaški, nizkoten, podel; skop, stiskaški; American colloquially popadljiv, hudoben (konj); American colloquially bolehenno mean foe — sovražnik, ki ni za podcenjevanjeno mean scholar — pametna glava. pomemben učenjakAmerican mean white — siromašen belec na jugu ZDAAmerican to feel mean over — sramovati se česaII [mi:n]adjectivesrednji, povprečenIII [mi:n]nounsredina; povprečje, povprečnost; (plural z glagolom v singular) sredstvo, način; plural premoženjeto be a means of — bitt česa kriv, biti povod za kajby all (manner of) means — vsekakor, na vsak način, za vsako cenoBritish English means test — preveritev premoženjskih razmer delavca, ki prejema socialno podporoIV [mi:n]1.transitive verbnameravati, imeti vmislih, kaniti, hoteti; (zlasti pasiv) nameniti ( for za); meniti, misliti; pomeniti;2.intransitive verbpomeniti (to komu)to mean mischief — imeti zlobne namene, imeti kaj za bregomto mean well (ill) by ( —ali to) s.o. — dobro (slabo) komu želeti, biti komu (ne)naklonjenwhat do you mean by it? — kaj hočeš s tem reči?, kaj naj to pomeni?to mean little to s o. — komu malo pomenitiI mean you to go — želim, da greš -
6 scribble
['skribl] 1. verb1) (to write quickly or carelessly: He scribbled a message.) načečkati2) (to make meaningless marks with a pencil etc: That child has scribbled all over the wall.) čečkati2. noun1) (untidy, careless handwriting.) čečkarija2) (a mark etc made by scribbling.) čačka•* * *I [skribl]1.nounpisarjenje, čečkanje, čečkarija; v naglici napisano pismo;2.transitive verb & intransitive verb (na)čečkati, pisariti (kaj); v naglici napisati ( a letter — pismo)II [skribl]transitive verbgrobo mikati, česati, gradašati (volno) -
7 vain
[vein]1) (having too much pride in one's appearance, achievements etc; conceited: She's very vain about her good looks.) domišljav2) (unsuccessful: He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning woman.) brezuspešen3) (empty; meaningless: vain threats; vain promises.) prazen•- vainly- vanity
- in vain* * *[véin]adjective ( vainly adverb)brezuspešen, jalov, brez koristi, zastonjski; nadut, domišljav, nečimrn, bahaški; prazen, plitev, puhel, ničev; nepomemben, nebistven (razlika); (redko) bedast, trivialenin vain, obsolete for vain — zaman, zastonjit was vain to protest — protesti so bili zaman, niso nič zaleglito take God's name ( —ali the name of the Lord) in vain religion po nemarnem izgovarjati božje ime (imenovati boga)
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