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121 jaywalker
['‹eiwo:kə](a person who walks carelessly among traffic: She never looks to see if there's a car coming before she crosses the road - she's a jaywalker.) nepreviden pešec -
122 roadworthy
adjective (good enough or safe to be used on the road: Is this car roadworthy?) primeren za vožnjo -
123 speed bump
noun (a raised part across the road to make drivers slow down.) hitrostna ovira -
124 by
1. preposition1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) poleg, blizu, pri2) (past: going by the house.) mimo3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) po4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) od5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) s, z6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) po7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) do8) (during the time of.) med9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) do, za10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) krat11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) na12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) po2. adverb1) (near: They stood by and watched.) blizu, zraven2) (past: A dog ran by.) mimo3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) poleg, na stran•- bypass 3. verb(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) obiti- bystander
- by and by
- by and large
- by oneself
- by the way* * *I [bai]prepositionblizu, pri, ob, od, do, med, po, s, polegby s.o.'s bedside — ob postelji kogaby blood — po izvoru, po roduby the by(e) — mimogrede povedano, da ne pozabimby chance — po naključju, slučajnoby dint of — zaradi, s pomočjoby George! — pri moji veri!by Jove! — pri moji veri!by leaps and bounds — skokoma, hitroby letter — pismeno, s pismomby means of — s pomočjo, sby now — sedaj, že, medtemone by one — drug za drugim, posameznoby o.s. — sam zase, sam od sebeby sea — po morju, z ladjoby stealth — kradoma, skrivajby this time — medtem; že; ob tem časuby turns — menjaje, drug za drugim, po vrstitwo by two, by twos — po dvaby the way — mimogrede, približnoII [bai]adverbblizu, v bližini, poleg, zraven; mimoby and by — kmalu nato, kasnejefiguratively to pass s.o. by — prezreti koga -
125 approach
[ə'prəu ] 1. verb(to come near (to): The car approached (the traffic lights) at top speed; Christmas is approaching.) (pri)bližati se2. noun1) (the act of coming near: The boys ran off at the approach of a policeman.) prihod2) (a road, path etc leading to a place: All the approaches to the village were blocked by fallen rock.) dostop3) (an attempt to obtain or attract a person's help, interest etc: They have made an approach to the government for help; That fellow makes approaches to (= he tries to become friendly with) every woman he meets.) poskus(i) približanja, prizadevanje•- approaching* * *I [əpróuč]1.transitive verbpribližati; ogovoriti koga, obrniti se na koga; predlagati;2.intransitive verbpribližati se; mejiti na kaj; narediti prvi korakII [əpróuč]nounbližanje, dostop, pot, vhod; zbliževanje; poskus; ukrep; stališče; način obdelave; (golf) igra okoli jamiceit was his nearest approach to crying — malo je manjkalo, pa bi se bil zjokal -
126 follow
['foləu] 1. verb1) (to go or come after: I will follow (you).) slediti2) (to go along (a road, river etc): Follow this road.) iti po3) (to understand: Do you follow (my argument)?) slediti4) (to act according to: I followed his advice.) držati se•- follower- following 2. adjective1) (coming after: the following day.) naslednji2) (about to be mentioned: You will need the following things.) naslednji3. preposition(after; as a result of: Following his illness, his hair turned white.) zaradi4. pronoun(things about to be mentioned: You must bring the following - pen, pencil, paper and rubber.) naslednje- follow up* * *I [fɔlou]1.transitive verbslediti, iti po sledi, spremljati koga; priključiti se; ubogati, pokoriti se; prizadevati si za kaj; iti za čim; ( from) izhajati, izvirati; biti posledica; ukvarjati se, posvetiti se; preganjati; dojeti, razumeti; strinjati se;2.intransitive verbslediti, kasneje se zgoditito follow s.o.'s advice — ravnati se po nasvetu kogaas follows — kakor sledi, sledečeII [fɔlou]nounsledenje; udarec (biljard); colloquially dodatek k obroku hrane -
127 lane
[lein]1) (a narrow road or street: a winding lane.) ozka ulica2) (used in the names of certain roads or streets: His address is 12 Penny Lane.) ulica3) (a division of a road for one line of traffic: The new motorway has three lanes in each direction.) vozni pas4) (a regular course across the sea taken by ships: a regular shipping lane.) redna pomorska linija* * *[léin]nounpodeželska cesta, kolovoz, ozka ulica; špalir; redna pomorska (zračna) linija; sport proga za tekit is a long lane that has no turning — nobena nesreča ne traja večno, enkrat se vse obrne -
128 tarmac
(the surface of a road, runway at an airport etc: The plane was waiting on the tarmac.) steza* * *[tá:mæk]nountechnical British English = tar macadam road
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