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21 fancy
['fænsi] 1. plural - fancies; noun1) (a sudden (often unexpected) liking or desire: The child had many peculiar fancies.)2) (the power of the mind to imagine things: She had a tendency to indulge in flights of fancy.)3) (something imagined: He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching.)2. adjective(decorated; not plain: fancy cakes.) pisan3. verb1) (to like the idea of having or doing something: I fancy a cup of tea.) želeti si2) (to think or have a certain feeling or impression (that): I fancied (that) you were angry.) domnevati3) (to have strong sexual interest in (a person): He fancies her a lot.) želeti si•- fanciful- fancifully
- fancy dress
- take a fancy to
- take one's fancy* * *I [faensi]nounfantazija, domišljija, predstava; domislek; muhe; poželenje; pristranost, naklonjenost, nagnjenjethe fancy — navdušenci; navijačito take ( —ali please, tickle, strike) s.o.'s fancy — ugajati, prikupiti se komuto take a fancy to s.th. — vzljubiti kajII [faensi]adjectivefantastičen; neskromen; izbran, razkošen, potraten, ekstravaganten, moden; maškaraden; muhastIII [faensi]intransitive verbpredstavljati si, domnevati, domišljati si; rad imeti; poželeti si(just) fancy!, fancy that! — pomisli(te)!, kaj takega!to fancy o.s. — biti domišljav -
22 loop-line
[lú:plain]nounodcep železniške proge (ali telegrafske žice), ki se pozneje zopet združi z glavno progo (linijo) -
23 nose
[nəuz] 1. noun1) (the part of the face by which people and animals smell and usually breathe: She held the flower to her nose; He punched the man on the nose.) nos2) (the sense of smell: Police dogs have good noses and can follow criminals' trails.) nos3) (the part of anything which is like a nose in shape or position: the nose of an aeroplane.) kljun2. verb1) (to make a way by pushing carefully forward: The ship nosed (its way) through the ice.) iti previdno2) (to look or search as if by smelling: He nosed about (in) the cupboard.) vohljati•- - nosed- nosey
- nosy
- nosily
- nosiness
- nose-bag
- nosedive
- nose job 3. verb(to make such a dive: Suddenly the plane nosedived.) pikirati- lead by the nose
- nose out
- pay through the nose
- turn up one's nose at
- under a person's very nose
- under very nose
- under a person's nose
- under nose* * *I [nóuz]nounnos, smrček; figuratively voh; konica, osina, kljun (ladijski); odprtina (cevi); slang vohljač; British English duh po čaju (senu)to bite ( —ali snap) s.o.'s nose off — ostro napasti, obregniti se ob kogato cut off one's nose to spite one's face — samemu sebi škoditi, obrisati se pod nosomto count ( —ali tell) noses — šteti prisotne, šteti privrženceto follow one's nose — hoditi za nosom, delati po nagonuto have a good nose for s.th. — imeti dober nos za kaj, vse izvohatito lead s.o. by the nose — imeti koga na vajetihAmerican colloquially on the nose — točento pay through the nose — preplačati, mastno plačatito poke ( —ali push, thrust) one's nose into — vtakniti nos v vsako reč, vmešavati senot to see beyond one's nose — ne videti delj od svojega nosu, imeti ozko obzorjeto speak through one's nose — govoriti skozi nos, nosljatito put s.o.'s nose out of joint — izpodriniti kogaright under one's (very) nose — pred nosom, pred očminose of wax — mehak ko vosek, slabičII [nóuz]1.transitive verbvohati, zavohati, ovohavati; dotakniti se z nosom; figuratively izvohati, odkriti, najti; izgovarjati skozi nos;2.intransitive verbvohati, iskati (after, for)to nose on — s.o. ovaditi koga -
24 option
['opʃən](choice: You have no option but to obey him.) izbira- optional* * *[ɔpšən]nounizbira, izbor, svobodna izbira, pravica do izbire; juridically možnost; izhod; economy predkupna pravica, pravica do opcije, pravica do prodaje in nakupa po določem ceni v določenem rokuI had no option but to — moral sem; nisem imel druge izbire, kot daeconomy plain option — enostaven premijski poseleconomy double option — dvojni premijski posel -
25 penny
['peni]plurals - pence; noun1) (in British currency, the hundredth part of `1: It costs seventy-five pence; Oranges, 12p each.) peni2) (in certain countries, a coin of low value.) novčič3) (the value of such a coin.) peni•* * *[péni]noun(plural pennies, pence) peni (angleški drobiž, 1/100 funta); American cent (kovanec); figuratively majhna vsota, denarin for a penny, in for a pound — kdor reče A, mora reči tudi B; začeto delo je treba končatia penny for your thoughts — če bi le vedel, kaj mislišhistory Peter's penny — letni davek za papeža; prispevek za dobrodelne in cerkvene namene -
26 pikestaff
[páiksta:f]noundrog kopja; izletniška palica z železno konicofiguratively as plain as a pikestaff — jasno ko beli dan -
27 P/L
abbreviationeconomy profit and loss; plain language -
28 plump
I adjective(pleasantly fat and rounded; well filled out: plump cheeks.) rejen- plumply- plumpness
- plump up II* * *I [plʌmp]adjective ( plumply adverb)debel, okrogel, rejenII [plʌmp]transitive verb & intransitive verbzrediti (se); dozoreti (sadje)to plump out ( —ali up) — zrediti se, odebeliti seIII [plʌmp]adjective ( plumply adverb)jasen, neposreden, odkrit (odklonitev)IV [plʌmp]nountežek padec, štrbunkV [plʌmp]adverb štrbunk; colloquially jasno, odkrito, naravnostto tell s.o. plump and plain — naravnost komu povedatiVI [plʌmp]1.intransitive verbtelebniti, telebiti; parliament glasovati za naprej izbranega kandidata ( for);2.transitive verbspustiti na tla, vreči; colloquially naravnost povedati, blekniti ( out); American slang čez mero hvaliti -
29 sailing
noun (the activity or sport of navigating a ship or boat that has sails: Sailing is one of his hobbies.) jadranje* * *[séiliŋ]1.nounjadranje; plovba, navigacija; odplutje, odhod ladje; umetnost jadranjaplain sailing, plane sailing figuratively lahka naloga, stvar (zadeva) brez ovir;2.adjectiveki ima jadra, se premika s pomočjo jader; ki se tiče jadranjasailing directions — navodila, priročnik za jadranjesailing orders — ukaz za odhod ladje, za izplutje; naročilo plovbe -
30 savanna(h)
[sə'vænə](a grassy plain with few trees: the savanna(h)s of Central America.) savana* * *[səvaenə]noungeography savana, stepa -
31 service
(the ships of a country that are employed in trading, and their crews: His son has joined the merchant navy.) trgovska mornarica* * *I [sɜ:vis]nounbotany (= service-tree) oskoruš, jerehika, jerebikovecII [sɜ:vis]1.nounslužba, služenje; posel, delo; javna, državna služba; usluga, podpora, pomoč, ustrežljivost; nasvet; servis, namizni pribor; (po)strežba; servis, stalna služba prometnih sredstev na kaki progi; sport servis; juridically dostavitev, vročitev; dovod, oskrba (z vodo, plinom, elektriko itd.); nautical vrvice za povezovanjc koncev vrvi, da se ne trgajo; ecclesiastic maša, obred, ceremonija; plural vojska, mornarica in letalstvoservice in the field — vojna služba, na bojiščuservice by publication — objava, oznanilo po tiskuactive service — aktivna služba, službovanjethe Civil Service — civilne (nevojaške) službe (ustanove), civilna upravadivine service ecclesiastic maša, služba božjafull (plain) service ecclesiastic péta (tiha, brana) mašaOn Her (His) Majesty's Service — (krajšava: O. H. M. S.) "uradno", poštnina plačana pavšalno (napis na uradnih pošiljkah)public services — javne službe, ustanovewill you do me a service? — mi hočete (boste) napravili uslugo?to hold (to conduct) a service ecclesiastic maševatiI hope it may be of service to you — upam, da vam bo to kaj koristiloto see (much) service — (dolgo) služiti (službovati); imeti izkušnje (zlasti kot vojak ali mornar)to take service with s.o. — vzeti službo pri komto take s.o. into one's service — vzeti koga v (svojo) službo;2.adjectiveki je v aktivni službi; služabniški, poselski; služben, obraten, poslovenservice work — socialno skrbstvo v obratu (tovarni);3.transitive verb technicalnatančno pregledati (popraviti) ( a car avto); vzdrževati v dobrem stanju -
32 severe
[sə'viə]1) ((of something unpleasant) serious; extreme: severe shortages of food; a severe illness; Our team suffered a severe defeat.) težek2) (strict or harsh: a severe mother; severe criticism.) strog3) ((of style in dress etc) very plain: a severe hairstyle.) preprost•- severely- severity* * *[sivíə]adjective ( severely adverb)strog, neprizanesljiv, brezobziren (on, upon do, v); natančen, strikten; zelo hladen, trd, oster, težak; nevihten (vreme); preprost, zmeren, brez (odvečnega) okrasja (slog); piker, ujedljiv, sarkastičen; naporen, mučen, težaven; bolesten; resen (bolezen)a severe blow — hud (močan, trd) udareca severe examination — strog, težak izpita severe remark — pikra, zbadljiva opazkaa severe winter — huda, ostra zimato leave severely alone — načelno ne hoteti nobenega opravka z; striktno se izogibati, (ironično) napraviti velik ovinek okoli -
33 simple
['simpl]1) (not difficult; easy: a simple task.) enostaven2) (not complicated or involved: The matter is not as simple as you think.) preprost3) (not fancy or unusual; plain: a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.) preprost4) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) čist5) (trusting and easily cheated: She is too simple to see through his lies.) lahkoveren6) (weak in the mind; not very intelligent: I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.) neveden•- simplicity
- simplification
- simplified
- simplify
- simply
- simple-minded
- simple-mindedness* * *I [simpl]adjective ( simply adverb)enostaven, preprost, nekompliciran; jasen, čist, nepotvorjen (resnica); brez okraskov; nesestavljen, nespojen, brez primesi; nepokvarjen, neafektiran, naraven, preprost; naiven, neveden, bedast, neumen, lahkoveren, bebastin simple beauty — neokrašen, v naravni lepotisimple eye — eno od očes, ki tvorijo oko žuželkesimple equation — enačba 1. stopnjesimple madness — čista, prava norostpure and simple — čist, popolnI am not so simple as to believe that... — nisem tako naiven, da bi verjel, da...II [simpl]nounnaivnež, bedak, norec; preprost človek; zdravilna rastlina; plural zdravilne rastline, zelišča; plural norosti, norčije, neumnosti -
34 speak
[spi:k]past tense - spoke; verb1) (to say (words) or talk: He can't speak; He spoke a few words to us.) govoriti2) ((often with to or (American) with) to talk or converse: Can I speak to/with you for a moment?; We spoke for hours about it.) govoriti z3) (to (be able to) talk in (a language): She speaks Russian.) govoriti4) (to tell or make known (one's thoughts, the truth etc): I always speak my mind.) povedati5) (to make a speech, address an audience: The Prime Minister spoke on unemployment.) govoriti•- speaker- speaking
- spoken
- - spoken
- generally speaking
- speak for itself/themselves
- speak out
- speak up
- to speak of* * *[spi:k]1.intransitive verbgovoriti, besediti; imeti govor; pogovarjati se (with, to z; about, of o); izraziti se; music (o glasbilih) dati glas od sebe, slišati se, zadoneti; dati se čutiti; (o portretu) biti kot živ; nautical signalizirati, dati znak; British English dati glas, oglasiti se (o psu);2.transitive verb(iz)reči, izgovoriti, povedati, govoriti (kaj); izražati, izjaviti, najaviti; dokazovati, pričati, potrditi, pokazati; nautical poklicati (ladjo)generally (strictly) speaking — splošno (točno, strogo) povedano (vzeto)roughly speaking — v grobem (približno, grosso modo) povedanonot to speak of... — da (niti) ne govorimo o...nothing to speak of — nič važnega, ni vredno niti omembeto speak back — (nazaj) odgovarjati (na očitke ipd.)to speak by the book — govoriti z rokopisa, čitati (govor), govoriti s točnim poznavanjemto speak bluntly — naravnost, brez ovinkov govoritito speak by the card — z veliko natančnostjo govoriti, biti precizento speak in s.o.'s cast — prekiniti kogato speak comfort to... — imeti tolažilne besede za...my dog speaks only when I order him — moj pes zalaja le, če mu ukažemto speak in s.o.'s ear — komu (kaj) prišepniti na uho, skrivaj govoriti s komto speak for s.o. — govoriti komu v korist, reči dobro besedo za kogathat speaks for itself — to govori samo za sebe, tega ni treba (še) pojasnjevati (priporočati)I found nobody to speak to — nikogar nisem našel, da bi z njim govorilto speak by hearsay — govoriti, kar smo od drugih slišalithis speaks a man of honour — to kaže (izdaja) človeka, ki ni brez častito your praise be it spoken... — v vašo pohvalo bodi povedano...you might as well speak to a stone figuratively prav tako bi lahko govoril stenito speak to — govoriti komu, potrditi kajI cannot speak to the truth of that — ne morem z gotovostjo reči (jamčiti), da je to resto speak volumes for — jasno (prepričljivo) govoriti za, pričati o, dokazovati (kaj)who is speaking? — (pri telefonu) kdo je pri aparatu?, kdo govori (tam)? -
35 steppe
[step](a dry, grassy plain, as in the south-east of Europe and in Asia.) stepa* * *[step]nounstepa, pusta, pušča -
36 stretch
[stre ] 1. verb1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) raztegniti, stegniti (se)2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) raztezati se2. noun1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) pretegovanje2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) kos; obdobje•- stretchy
- at a stretch
- be at full stretch
- stretch one's legs
- stretch out* * *I [streč]1.nounraztezanje, raztegovanje, stegnjenje, natezanje; (pre)napenjanje, napetost, napor; prekoračenje; razpetina, razpon; neprekinjen odsek poti, daljava; ploskev, prostrana ravnina, ravni del dirkališča; neprekinjeno časovno razdobje (doba), nepretrgan čas; slang kazen, bivanje v kaznilnici, čas kazni v kaznilnici, v zaporu; nautical daljava, prejadrana pri enem potegu (kretnji) (pri jadranju proti vetru); sprehodat a stretch, at one stretch — brez prekinitve, naenkraton the stretch — napenjajoč vse sile; v veliki naglici, figuratively v veliki napetostia stretch of the imagination — prenapeta, prebujna domišljijaa fine stretch of country — lep košček zemlje, lepe pokrajineto be on the stretch — biti napet, v napetostiit is a good stretch from the village to the town — je lep, precejšen kos poti od vasi do mestato do a stretch British English odslužiti, izdržati kazen (enega leta)to give a stretch — natezati se, pretegniti seit takes a stretch of imagination to believe that — treba je precéj napeti svojo domišljijo, da to verjamešto work 8 hours at (on) a stretch — delati nepretrgano 8 ur;2.adjectiveraztegljivII [streč]1.transitive verbraztegniti, raztezati, razvleči, (raz)širiti; iztegniti (roko itd.) (često out); pretegniti (noge itd., o.s. se); nategniti (vrv itd.), peti, razpeti (platno itd.); z natezanjem izgladiti; figuratively nategovati, silo delati, iti predaleč (v čem), prenapenjati, pretiravati, po svoje krojiti (pravico, zakon); commerce prekoračiti (kredit); slang obesiti, usmrtiti;2.intransitive verbraztezati se, (raz)širiti se, segati; nategniti se; raztegniti se (rokavice), dati se raztegniti; potovati (to do); figuratively pretiravati, lagati; colloquially viseti, biti obešenstretched — iztegnjen, po dolgemto stretch one's arms — iztegniti, pretegniti si roketo stretch s.o. on the ground — z udarcem zrušiti koga na tlato stretch a point figuratively iti predaleč, pretiravati (v čem)I will stretch a point in your favour — potrudil se bom, da vam bom šel na rokoto stretch s.o. on the rack history razpeti koga za mučenje (na natezalnici)to stretch the truth — pretiravati, lagatito stretch away out of sight — razprostirati se, kakor daleč sega oko -
37 style
1. noun1) (a manner or way of doing something, eg writing, speaking, painting, building etc: different styles of architecture; What kind of style are you going to have your hair cut in?; a new hairstyle.) slog2) (a fashion in clothes etc: the latest Paris styles; I don't like the new style of shoe.) moda3) (elegance in dress, behaviour etc: She certainly has style.) stil2. verb1) (to arrange (hair) in a certain way: I'm going to have my hair cut and styled.) modno oblikovati2) (to design in a certain style: These chairs/clothes are styled for comfort.) oblikovati•- stylish- stylishly
- stylishness
- stylist
- in style* * *I [stáil]nounslog, stil, način (govora, pisanja, življenja itd.); dober, pravilen način; architecture slog; moda, model, kroj; sport stil, tehnika; uglajeno vedenje, fin način, okus, eleganca, imenitnost; (službeni) naslov, naziv, ogovarjanje, titula; economy juridically tvrdka, ime tvrdke; vrsta, kategorija; štetje časa (koledar); history pisalo, poetically pero ali svinčnik; igla (bakrorezna, gramofonska itd.); medicine sonda; kazalec sončne ure; printing stil pisanja in pravopisunder the style of — pod naslovom (imenom, firmo)that's the style! colloquially tako je (prav)!the matter is worth more than the style figuratively vsebina je več vredna kot oblikamy style is plain John Smith — moje ime je preprosto J. S.to put on style American colloquially delati se finegaII [stáil]transitive verbnazivati, ogovarjati, da(ja)ti naslov, titulirati, naslavljati, imenovati, označiti; narediti (zasnovati, ukrojiti) po najnovejši modi; economy American slang delati reklamo zathe King's eldest son is styled the Prince of Wales — najstarejši kraljev sin ima naslov P. of. W. (knez Valizije, valizijski princ)to style a new type of shoe — uvesti, spraviti v modo nov tip čevlja -
38 take up
1) (to use or occupy (space, time etc): I won't take up much of your time.) vzeti2) (to begin doing, playing etc: He has taken up the violin/teaching.) začeti3) (to shorten (clothes): My skirts were too long, so I had them taken up.) skrajšati4) (to lift or raise; to pick up: He took up the book.) dvigniti* * *transitive verb dvigniti, pobrati; gor odnesti, vzeti s seboj gor; vpi(ja)ti, absorbirati (tekočino, vlago); zavzemati, jemati (čas, prostor); vzeti (na ladjo, na vlak itd.) (potnike); ujeti, prijeti, aretirati; prekinitit, pasti v besedo, ugovarjati, motiti, popraviti (govornika); vzeti (koga) za varovanca; začeti (študij, branje itd.), lotiti se (posla, poklica, dela), vzeti v roke; baviti se (s čim); nadaljevati (govor, preiskavo, izpraševanje, zasliševanje itd.); medicine podvezati (žilo); povzeti (refren); pobrati (zanko); prevzeti (delnice); zategniti (jermen); pokupiti (knjige); sprejeti (službo); stanovati v; technical zatesniti; grajati; intransitive verb zadovoljiti se, strinjati se ( with z), vdati se v; technical zapreti se sam od sebe (spah, stik, vrzel); colloquially začeti ljubezensko razmerje; American začeti se (šola)to take up the cudgels for figuratively krepko, goreče braniti, se zavzemati zato take up the gauntlet ( —ali glove) — pobrati rokavico, figuratively sprejeti izzivanjeto take up a thief — prijeti, ujeti tatuto take up time — vzeti, jemati často take up under debate economy diskontirati (menico)to be taken up with — biti zaposlen z, biti poglobljen vthe train stopped to take up passengers — vlak se je ustavil, da bi vzel (nove) potnike -
39 term
[tə:m] 1. noun1) (a (usually limited) period of time: a term of imprisonment; a term of office.) doba2) (a division of a school or university year: the autumn term.) semester3) (a word or expression: Myopia is a medical term for short-sightedness.) izraz•- terms2. verb(to name or call: That kind of painting is termed `abstract'.)- in terms of* * *I [tə:m]nountermin, strokoven izraz; beseda, izraz; plural izrazi, način izražanja, govor(jenje); termin, rok, čas (doba) trajanja; commerce plačilni rok, čas dospelosti menice; plural določbe, pogoji (v pogodbi); cena; honorar; odnosi; British English kvartal, plačilni dan, termin za plačanje; juridically zasedanje, čas (sodnega) zasedanja; določeni čas posesti (zakupa, najema); British English university trimesečje, trimester; semester; mathematics člen; logic pojem; medicine obsolete menstruacija; obsolete mejnik, mejni kamen; geography skrajna, končna črta ali točkain plain terms — odkrito, naravnostnot on any terms — pod nobenimi pogoji, za nobeno cenoinclusive terms — skupaj s postrežbo, z razsvetijavoreasonable terms — pametne, sprejemljive ceneterms of delivery economy dobavni pogojito be on good (bad) terms with s.o. — biti s kom v dobrih (slabih) odnosihto be on (familiar) terms with s.o. — biti prijatelj s komto be not on speaking terms with s.o. — ne govoriti s kom, biti sprt (skregan) s komwhat are your terms? — kakšne so vaše cene? kaj zahtevate?to bring s.o. to terms — naložiti komu svoje pogojeto come to terms — popustiti, odnehatito make terms, to come to terms with s.o. — pogoditi se, sporazumeti se s komto set a term to s.o. — staviti komu terminII [tə:m]transitive verbimenovati, označevati -
40 top liner
[tɔplainə]nouncolloquially prominenten zvezdnik
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Plain Chant — • Description and history of the precursor to Gregorian chant Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Plain Chant Plain Chant † … Catholic encyclopedia
Plain — Plain, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Plain dealing — Plain Plain, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English