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81 convention
[kən'venʃən]1) (a way of behaving that has become usual; (an) established custom: Shaking hands when meeting people is a normal convention in many countries; He does not care about convention.) navada2) (in the United States a meeting of delegates from a political party for nominating a presidential candidate.) politični shod3) (an assembly of people of a particular profession etc.) kongres•- conventionality* * *[kənvénšən]nounshod, zbor, sestanek; zborovanje; dogovorAmerican nominating convention — politični shod, na katerem imenujejo kandidata za prezidenta -
82 cook
[kuk] 1. verb(to prepare (food) or become ready by heating: She cooked the chicken; The chicken is cooking in the oven.) kuhati2. noun(a person who cooks, especially for a living: She was employed as a cook at the embassy.) kuhar- cooker- cookery
- cookery-book
- cook up* * *I [kuk]1.intransitive verbkuhati, pripravljati jedila, peči, cvreti, pražiti; figuratively (po)pačiti, ponarediti; izumiti, izmisliti, skuhati;2.intransitive verbkuhati, peči, cvreti seto cook s.o.'s goose — uničiti koga; pokvariti komu načrte, obračunati s komto cook up — pogreti; figuratively izmisliti si; slang ponarediticolloquially to cook accounts — ponarediti obračunII [kuk]nounkuhar(ica) -
83 corrupt
1. verb(to make or become evil or bad: He was corrupted by the bad influence of two friends.) pokvariti (se), podkupiti2. adjective1) (bad or evil: The government is corrupt.) pokvarjen2) (impure: a corrupt form of English.) popačen•- corruptibility
- corruption* * *I [kərʌpt]1.transitive verbpokvariti, poslabšati; razkrojiti; spačiti; podkupiti;2.intransitive verbpokvariti se, zgniti, strohnetiII [kərʌpt]adjective ( corruptly adverb)pokvarjen, slab, okužen; nepošten, nemoralen, podkupljivjuridically corrupt in blood — brez državljanskih pravic -
84 crease
[kri:s] 1. noun1) (a mark made by folding or doubling something: a smart crease in his trousers; My dress was full of creases after being in my suitcase.) guba2) (in cricket, a line showing the position of the batsman or bowler.) črta2. verb(to make or become creased: You've creased my newspaper; This fabric creases easily.) mečkati (se)* * *I [kri:s]nounguba, zgib; pregib; uho (zavihan rob v knjigi)(cricket) bowling crease — črta pod vratiII [kri:s]transitive verb & intransitive verbgubati, mečkati (se) -
85 crumple
(to make or become wrinkled or creased: This material crumples easily; She crumpled up the piece of paper.) mečkati (se)* * *I [krʌmpl]1.transitive verbmečkati, gubati, krčiti; figuratively premagati, uničiti;2.intransitive verbmečkati, gubati seto crumple up — (s)krčiti, zrušiti se; popustiti; razpastiII [krʌmpl]nounguba -
86 crystallize
1) (to form (into) crystals: He crystallized the salt from the sea water.) kristalizirati2) (to cover with a coating of sugar crystals: crystallized fruits.) kandirati3) (to make or become definite or clear: He tried to crystallize his ideas.) izoblikovati* * *[krístəlaiz]intransitive verb & transitive verbkristalizirati; kandirati; izkristalizirati se -
87 cult
(a particular system of (religious) belief or worship: a strange new religious cult; Physical fitness has become a cult with him.) kult* * *[kʌlt]noun(of) češčenje, oboževanje, kult; občudovanje; strast, moda -
88 dampen
1) (to make damp.) ovlažiti2) (to make or become less fierce or strong (interest etc): The rain dampened everyone's enthusiasm considerably.) zmanjšati* * *[daempən]transitive verb & intransitive verbovlažiti (se); figuratively potreti, pobiti -
89 darken
verb (to make or become dark or darker.) zatemniti* * *[dá:kən]1.transitive verb(za)temniti, (o)slepiti, (o)mračiti; skaliti, umazati; figuratively (z)begati;2.intransitive verb (po)temneti; zmračiti seto darken s.o.'s door — prestopiti prag koga -
90 date
I 1. [deit] noun1) ((a statement on a letter etc giving) the day of the month, the month and year: I can't read the date on this letter.) datum2) (the day and month and/or the year in which something happened or is going to happen: What is your date of birth?) datum3) (an appointment or engagement, especially a social one with a member of the opposite sex: He asked her for a date.) zmenek2. verb1) (to have or put a date on: This letter isn't dated.) datirati2) ((with from or back) to belong to; to have been made, written etc at (a certain time): Their quarrel dates back to last year.) izvirati3) (to become obviously old-fashioned: His books haven't dated much.) zastareti•- dated- dateline
- out of date
- to date
- up to date II [deit] noun(the brown, sticky fruit of the date palm, a kind of tree growing in the tropics.) datelj* * *I [deit]nounbotany dateljevec; dateljII [deit]transitive verb & intransitive verbdatirati; izvirati; domeniti se za sestanek; zastaretito date in advance ( —ali forward) — zapisati zgodnejši datum, antedatiratito date back — zapisati poznejši datum, postdatiraticolloquially we've got him dated — poznamo tega tičaIII [deit]nounrok, datum, doba; American sestanekout of date — zastarel, nemoderen, staromodencommerce date of the bill (of exchange) — dan izdaje meniceAmerican without date — odložen na nedoločen časof recent date — nov, moderenup to date — sodoben, moderen -
91 decay
[di'kei] 1. verb(to (cause to) become rotten or ruined: Sugar makes your teeth decay.) gniti2. noun(the act or process of decaying: tooth decay; in a state of decay.) gnitje* * *I [dikéi]intransitive verbrazpadati, razkrajati se, propadati, gniti, kvariti se; izumiratiII [dikéi]nounrazpad, gnitje, razkroj, kvarjenje; propadto fall into decay — propasti, propadati -
92 decline
1. verb1) (to say `no' to (an invitation etc); to refuse: We declined his offer of a lift.) odkloniti2) (to become less strong or less good etc: His health has declined recently; Our profits have temporarily declined.) poslabšati se, zmanjšati se2. noun(a gradual lessening or worsening (of health, standards, quantity etc): There has been a gradual decline in the birthrate.) padec* * *I [dikláin]1.intransitive verbsklanjati, nagibati se; biti naklonjen; pojemati; padati (cene); nazadovati, propadati; oslabeti, obnemoči;2.transitive verbnagniti; odkloniti, odbiti; grammar sklanjatiII [dikláin]nounupadanje, pojemanje, upad, padec (cen); medicine tuberkuloza, zavratna bolezento be on the decline — upadati, propadatito fall ( —ali go) into a decline — začeti propadati, hirati; bolehati za jetikodecline of day — večer, mrak -
93 decrease
1. [di'kri:s] verb(to make or become less: Their numbers had decreased over the previous year.) zmanjšati2. ['di:kri:s] noun(a growing less: a decrease of fifty per cent; a gradual decrease in unemployment.) zmanjšanje* * *I [di:krís]1.transitive verbmanjšati, (z)nižati;2.intransitive verbmanjšati se, upadati, pešati, pojematiII [dí:kri:s]nounmanjšanje, upadanje, pešanje, pojemanje -
94 deepen
1) (to make or become deeper: He deepened the hole.) poglobiti2) (to increase: His troubles were deepening.) poglobiti se* * *[dí:pən]1.transitive verbpoglobiti, znižati; potemniti;2.intransitive verbpoglobiti se; znižati se; potemneti; prizadevati si -
95 develop
[di'veləp]past tense, past participle - developed; verb1) (to (cause to) grow bigger or to a more advanced state: The plan developed slowly in his mind; It has developed into a very large city.) razvijati (se)2) (to acquire gradually: He developed the habit of getting up early.) pridobiti si3) (to become active, visible etc: Spots developed on her face.) pokazati se4) (to use chemicals to make (a photograph) visible: My brother develops all his own films.) razvijati•* * *[divéləp]1.transitive verbrazvijati; izdelovati, sestavljati, pripraviti, pripravljati; natanko razložiti, odkriti; military začeti napad; nakopati si;2.intransitive verbrazvijati se; povečati se; (do)zoreti; na dan priti -
96 die
I present participle - dying; verb1) (to lose life; to stop living and become dead: Those flowers are dying; She died of old age.) umreti2) (to fade; to disappear: The daylight was dying fast.) pojemati, izginjati3) (to have a strong desire (for something or to do something): I'm dying for a drink; I'm dying to see her.) hrepeneti•- diehard- die away
- die down
- die hard
- die off
- die out II noun(a stamp or punch for making raised designs on money, paper etc.) matricaIII see dice* * *I [dai]intransitive verb (of od, zaradi) umreti, izdihniti, poginiti; ugasniti, ugašati; umiriti se; (o)veneti; colloquially hrepenetito die game — hrabro umreti; ostati zvestto be dying for s.th. — hrepeneti po čemII [dai]nounmatrica, vreziloIIIplural dice [dai, dais]noun igralna kockathe die is cast — kocka je padla, nazaj ni potias straight as a die — čisto raven; velik poštenjakupon the die — na kocki, v nevarnostito risk all on a turn ( —ali the throw) of a die — vse staviti, vse prepustiti naključjuthe dice are loaded against him — nima sreče, usoda mu ni naklonjena -
97 dilate
(to make or become larger: The sudden darkness made the pupils of his eyes dilate.) razširiti se* * *[dailéit]transitive verb & intransitive verbraztegniti, razširiti, razprostreti (se); figuratively (on, upon) na dolgo in široko razlagati -
98 dim
[dim] 1. adjective1) (not bright or distinct: a dim light in the distance; a dim memory.) nejasen2) ((of a person) not intelligent: She's a bit dim!) zabit, omejen2. verb(to make or become dim: Tears dimmed her eyes; He dimmed the lights in the theatre.) zamegliti (se); zasenčiti- dimly- dimness* * *I [dim]intransitive verb & transitive verbzatemniti, zakaliti, zamegliti (se); zasenčiti lučiII [dim]adjective ( dimly adverb)temen, mračen, moten, meglen, nejasen; bled; slang bedast; pesimističento take a dim view — pesimistično, skeptično gledati -
99 diminish
[di'miniʃ](to make or become less: Our supplies are diminishing rapidly.) zmanjšati (se)* * *[dimíniš]transitive verb & intransitive verb(z)manjšati, (s)tanjšati, (z)ožiti (se); pojemati -
100 dirt
[də:t] 1. noun(any unclean substance, such as mud, dust, dung etc: His shoes are covered in dirt.) umazanija- dirty2. verb(to make or become dirty: He dirtied his hands/shoes.) umazati (se)- dirt-cheap
- dirt track* * *[də:t]nounnesnaga, umazanija, blato, prah; zemlja; ničvredna stvar; umazanost, nesnažnost; nespodobne besedeto eat dirt — požreti žalitev, biti ponižanto fling ( —ali throw) dirt at s.o. — poniževati, blatiti kogato fling dirt about — obrekovati, opravljatiAmerican dirt farmer — poljedelecAmerican dirt road — netlakovana cestaAmerican mineralogy pay dirt — zemlja bogata zlatato treat s.o. like dirt — slabo s kom ravnati
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