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21 open
['əupən] 1. adjective1) (not shut, allowing entry or exit: an open box; The gate is wide open.) odprt2) (allowing the inside to be seen: an open book.) odprt3) (ready for business etc: The shop is open on Sunday afternoons; After the fog had cleared, the airport was soon open again; The gardens are open to the public.) odprt4) (not kept secret: an open show of affection.) odkrit5) (frank: He was very open with me about his work.) odkrit6) (still being considered etc: Leave the matter open.) odprt7) (empty, with no trees, buildings etc: I like to be out in the open country; an open space.) odprt2. verb1) (to make or become open: He opened the door; The door opened; The new shop opened last week.) odpreti2) (to begin: He opened the meeting with a speech of welcome.) začeti•- opener- opening
- openly
- open-air
- open-minded
- open-plan
- be an open secret
- bring something out into the open
- bring out into the open
- in the open
- in the open air
- keep/have an open mind
- open on to
- the open sea
- open to
- open up
- with open arms* * *I [óupən]adjective ( openly adverb)odprt (tudi medicine npr. rana); svoboden, javen, dostopen (to komu; npr. park); odprt (morje); nezavarovan, izpostavljen (motor); nezložen, odprt (časopis); prost, nezaseden (službeno mesto); figuratively dovzeten (to za); figuratively izpostavljen (to čemu); odkrit, neprikrit, očiten (zaničevanje, skrivnost itd.); odkrit, odkritosrčen (značaj, pismo itd.); radodaren, darežljiv; odprt, neodločen, nerešen (vprašanje, borba itd.); figuratively prost, dovoljen (lov, ribolov itd.); prost (čas); vrzelast, škrbast (zobovje); ne gosto naseljen; luknjičav (tkanina, ročno delo); economy odprt, tekoč (račun); grammar odprt (vokal, zlog); nautical ploven, nezaledenel, brez meglewith open arms — z razprostrtimi rokami, z ljubeznijoopen book — odprta knjiga, figuratively odkrit človekjuridically in open court — v javni razpravijuridically open and shut case — nezapleten primereconomy politics the open door — politika svobodne trgovinewith open eyes — zavestno, z odprtimi očmifiguratively to keep one's eyes (ears) open — imeti kaj pred očmi, budno paziti na kajwith open hands — z odprtimi rokami, darežljivoto lay open — razodeti, odkriti, pokazatito lay o.s. open to — izpostavljati se čemuopen ice — led, skozi katerega je še možna plovbato leave o.s. wide open to s.o. — pokazati komu svojo slabo straneconomy open market — svoboden trgmilitary open order — razmaknjena vojaška formacijaAmerican open shop — podjetje, ki ne dela razlik med sindikalisti in nesindikalistiopen town military odprto mesto, American mesto kjer je vse dovoljeno (hazardiranje prostitucija itd.)open time — čas, dovoljen za lovto throw open for — urediti, pripraviti, odpreti komujuridically open verdict — uraden odlok o smrti brez navedbe vzrokaopen water — plovna, nezaledenela vodaII [óupən]nounthe open — odprt prostor, svež zrak; odprto morje; javnostto come into the open (with s.th.) — razkriti se, biti popolnoma odkritosrčen, razglasiti (kaj)in the open — na prostem, na zrakuIII [óupən]1.transitive verbodpreti (tudi economy npr. račun); začeti, odpreti (tržišče, pogajanja itd.); razkriti (čustva, misli); juridically pustiti odprto; nautical zagledati (skrit objekt);2.intransitive verbodpreti se; figuratively razkriti se (to komu); odpirati se v, na; gledati kam, voditi kam (vrata, okno); nautical prikazati se (kopno)to open the ball — začeti prepir, biti spredajto open the eyes of s.o. — odpreti komu očimilitary to open fire — začeti streljatito open one's heart to — odpreti srce, odkriti svoja čustvato open o.s. to s.o. — zaupati (razodeti) se komu -
22 renew
[rə'nju:]1) (to begin, do, produce etc again: He renewed his efforts; We must renew our attack on drug abuse.) obnoviti2) (to cause (eg a licence) to continue for another or longer period of time: My television licence has to be renewed in October.) podaljšati3) (to make new or fresh or as if new again: The panels on the doors have all been renewed.) obnoviti•- renewal* * *[rinjú:]transitive verb & intransitive verbobnoviti (se), renovirati (se), preroditi (se); izpopolniti, nadoknaditi; popraviti (pohištvo); podaljšati (menico, pogodbo), commerce prolongirati; znova začeti, nanovo oživiti; zopet dobitito renew a stock of goods — obnoviti, izpopolniti zalogo blagato renew a subscription — obnoviti, podaljšati naročninoto renew s.o.'s spirits — dati komu novih moči, opogumiti, ohrabriti kogato renew the tyres (tires) — obnoviti, menjati pnevmatike (koles) -
23 resume
[rə'zju:m](to begin again after stopping: After tea, the meeting resumed; We'll resume the meeting after tea.) nadaljevati* * *[rizjú:m]transitive verb & intransitive verbzopet dobiti (moč itd.), zopet zavzeti (mesto, položaj), zopet prevzeti; zopet začeti, se oprijeti, se lotiti (posla itd.); povzeti, nadaljevati; na kratko ponoviti (prikazati, razložiti), dati kratek, zgoščen pregled; rezimiratilet us resume where we left off — nadaljujmo, kjer smo nehalito be resumed — se bo nadaljevalo, nadaljevanje sledi -
24 sail
[seil] 1. noun1) (a sheet of strong cloth spread to catch the wind, by which a ship is driven forward.) jadro2) (a journey in a ship: a sail in his yacht; a week's sail to the island.) plovba3) (an arm of a windmill.) krilo, lopata (vetrnice)2. verb1) ((of a ship) to be moved by sails: The yacht sailed away.) jadrati2) (to steer or navigate a ship or boat: He sailed (the boat) to the island.) krmariti3) (to go in a ship or boat (with or without sails): I've never sailed through the Mediterranean.) pluti4) (to begin a voyage: The ship sails today; My aunt sailed today.) odpluti5) (to travel on (the sea etc) in a ship: He sailed the North Sea.) pluti6) (to move steadily and easily: Clouds sailed across the sky; He sailed through his exams; She sailed into the room.) drseti•- sailing
- sailing-
- sailor
- in full sail* * *I [séil]nounjadro; (vsa) jadra (ladje); (pri številu) ladje plural; krilo mlina na veter; dimnik za zračenje na ladji ali v rudniku; vožnja zjadrnico, z ladjo, potovanje z ladjo; poetically krilo, perutin full sail — s polnimi jadri, figuratively s polno parounder sail — pod jadri, na vožnji, na potiunder full sail, with all sails set — s polnimi jadria fleet of 100 sail — brodovje, flota 100 ladijto go for a sail — iti na jadranje, na vožnjo z ladjoto loosen, to unfurl the sails — odvezati, razviti jadrato lower, to strike sail — spustiti jadroto make sail — odpluti, iti na morjeto set sail for England — odjadrati, odpluti v Anglijoto set up one's sail to every wind figuratively obračati plašč po vetruto shorten, to take in sail — skrajšati jadroto take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figuratively prekrižati komu načrte, pokvariti komu dobro priložnostto take in sail — sneti jadro, figuratively staviti manjše zahteveII [séil]intransitive verbjadrati, odjadrati, odpluti, pluti, potovati z ladjo; drseti, plavati po zraku, leteti (ptice, oblaki, letalo); odplavati (o ribah); figuratively dostojanstveno hoditi (zlasti o ženskah)she sailed into the room slang "priplavala", dostojanstveno je prišla v sobo; transitive verb prejadrati, prepluti; preleteti; krmariti, upravljati (z ladjo); manevrirati (zjadrnico)to sail near the wind slang figuratively povedati "tvegano" zgodbo; biti komaj še na robu poštenega ravnanjato sail into s.o. slang začeti zmerjati koga, napasti koga -
25 shift
[ʃift] 1. verb1) (to change (the) position or direction (of): We spent the whole evening shifting furniture around; The wind shifted to the west overnight.) premikati2) (to transfer: She shifted the blame on to me.) preložiti3) (to get rid of: This detergent shifts stains.) odstraniti2. noun1) (a change (of position etc): a shift of emphasis.) sprememba2) (a group of people who begin work on a job when another group stop work: The night shift does the heavy work.) izmena3) (the period during which such a group works: an eight-hour shift; ( also adjective) shift work.) izmena•- shiftlessness
- shifty
- shiftily
- shiftiness* * *I [šift]nounpremik, premestitev; sprememba (mesta, položaja); zamenjava; menjanje perila; history ženska srajca; izmena, posad, šiht, delovni čas ene izmene, dnevni delovni čas; sredstvo, pomoč v sili, pomagalo, pripomoček; domislica, prevara, zvijača, trik, pretveza, izgovorshift of crop agronomy kolobarjenjeto be driven (to be brought) to one's last shift figuratively nobenega drugega sredstva (izhoda) ne več imetihe is full of shifts and devices figuratively on si zna na vse načine pomagatito make shift — znati si pomagati, znajti seII [šift]transitive verbpremakniti, premikati, premestiti, spremeniti položaj, prestaviti, prevreči, preložiti (odgovornost from... to — od... na); obrniti ( one's attention — svojo pozornost); menjati (mesto, položaj), odstraniti (koga), osvoboditi se, znebiti se (koga); preobleči; slang pobiti, umoriti; intransitive verb menjati mesto (položaj), premestiti se, premikati se sem in tja; preseliti se; menjati se; obrniti se; preobleči se; znati si pomagati, zateči se k pomagalom; linguistics premakniti se (o glasu)I must shift as I can — moram si pomagati, kot vem in znam, moram se znajtito shift one's ground figuratively spremeniti (svoje) stališče, menjati svoje argumente v dokazovanjuto shift one's lodging — menjati stanovanje, preseliti seto shift for oneself (for a living) — sam skrbeti zase, sam si pomagati, se prebijati v stiski, sam se znajti -
26 slither
['sliðə](to slide or slip while trying to walk (eg on mud): The dog was slithering about on the mud.) zdrsniti* * *[slíðə]intransitive verb colloquially zdrsniti (dol); drseti, drsati se; loviti ravnotežje, nesigurno, drsavo hoditi; transitive verb spraviti v drsenje (polzenje)to begin to slither — začenjati izgubljati tla pod nogami (polzeti, drseti) -
27 spring
[spriŋ] 1. past tense - sprang; verb1) (to jump, leap or move swiftly (usually upwards): She sprang into the boat.)2) (to arise or result from: His bravery springs from his love of adventure.)3) (to (cause a trap to) close violently: The trap must have sprung when the hare stepped in it.)2. noun1) (a coil of wire or other similar device which can be compressed or squeezed down but returns to its original shape when released: a watch-spring; the springs in a chair.) vzmet2) (the season of the year between winter and summer when plants begin to flower or grow leaves: Spring is my favourite season.) pomlad3) (a leap or sudden movement: The lion made a sudden spring on its prey.) skok4) (the ability to stretch and spring back again: There's not a lot of spring in this old trampoline.) prožnost5) (a small stream flowing out from the ground.) izvir•- springy- springiness
- sprung
- springboard
- spring cleaning
- springtime
- spring up* * *I [spriŋ]1.nounpomlad (tudi figuratively)the spring of life — mladost;2.adjectivespomladanskiII [spriŋ]1.nounskok, odskok; zalet; technical vzmet, pero; elastičnost, prožnost; figuratively duševna prožnost, energija; figuratively impulz, podnet, spodbuda, nagib, motiv, povod; vir, izvir, studenec; plural čas plime; figuratively izvor, poreklo; začetek; razpoka, reža (v lesu); zvitost, zvijanje (deske, grede); obsolete jutranji svit, svitanjeair spring — pnevmatična vzmet (zavora, blažilnik tresenja ali udarcev)day-spring poetically svitanje, svithot springs — topli izviri, toplicemineral springs — slatinski, mineralni izviri (vrelci)spring bed, spring mattress — vzmetna postelja, vzmetna žimnicathe spring has gone out of his step figuratively njegova hoja je izgubila svojo elastičnostto rise with a spring — naglo vstati, skočitito stand up with a spring — planiti kvišku, skočiti na nogeto take a spring — vzeti zalet, skočiti;2.adjectiveelastičen, prožen; vzmetni; (od)skočen; zagonskiIII [spriŋ]1.intransitive verbskočiti, priskočiti; pognati se, planiti (kvišku); nepričakovano postati ( into kaj), hitro priti v neko stanje ali položaj; izvirati, privreti na, izhajati, imeti svoj izvor (poreklo), nastati ( from iz); nepričakovano se pojaviti (priti), pokukati; pognati, poganjati, priti na dan, zrasti, (vz)brsteti, vzkliti; figuratively priti do česa; izbočiti se, pokati, klati se, zviti se, skriviti se (o lesu); military eksplodirati (o mini); veterinary biti brej, brejiti; obsolete daniti se, svitati se;2.transitive verbsprožiti; hunting dvigniti, splašiti (ptice) z ležišča; pognati (konja) v dir; preskočiti (ogrado); skriviti, zlomiti (lesen predmet); technical opremiti z vzmetmi; British English colloquially "olajšati" koga ( for a quid za funt); figuratively nepričakovano (kaj) iznesti, načeti, sprožiti; postaviti (teorijo)to be sprung slang biti vinjen, pijanto spring to attention military skočiti v pozorto spring to s.o.'s assistance — priskočiti komu na pomočto spring a covey of partridges — dvigniti, preplašiti jato jerebicto spring to the eyes figuratively v oči pastito spring a mine upon s.o. figuratively presenetiti koga; prilomastiti v njegovo hišohe sprang another three shillings, and I accepted — ponudil (primaknil) je še tri šilinge, in jaz sem sprejelto spring a surprise on s.o. — presenetiti koga, pripraviti komu presenečenjethe tears sprang to her eyes — solze so ji stopile v oči, so jo oblilewhere did you spring from? — od kod si se pa (ti) vzel?; -
28 stagger
['stæɡə]1) (to sway, move or walk unsteadily: The drunk man staggered along the road.) opotekati se2) (to astonish: I was staggered to hear he had died.) osupiti3) (to arrange (people's hours of work, holidays etc) so that they do not begin and end at the same times.) razporediti•* * *I [staegə]nounopotekanje; figuratively oklevanje, omahovanje, kolebanje, obotavljanje; plural vrtoglavica, omotica; tiščavka (konjska bolezen); metljavost (pri ovcah)II [staegə]intransitive verbopotekati se; figuratively omahovati, oklevati, obotavljati se, kolebati, biti neodločen, dvomiti; ženirati se; umakniti se (o četah); transitive verb vznemiriti, razburiti, zmesti, osupiti, zbegati, spraviti iz ravnotežja, omajati (vero itd.); razvrstiti (kaj) v cikcaku (da se izognemo sovpadanju)to stagger to s.o.'s feet — s težavo se dvigniti (spraviti) na nogeto stagger office hours — razporediti delovne ure tako, da se izognemo navalu v konicah zvečer in zjutraj -
29 light up
1) (to begin to give out light: Evening came and the streetlights lit up.) prižgati se2) (to make, be or become full of light: The powerful searchlight lit up the building; She watched the house light up as everyone awoke.) razsvetliti, biti razsvetljen3) (to make or become happy: Her face lit up when she saw him; A sudden smile lit up her face.) razjasniti (se)* * *1.transitive verb(zelo) razsvetliti, obsijati;2.intransitive verb colloquiallyprižgati si pipo (cigareto), zasijati (oči) -
30 menstruate
['menstrueit](to discharge blood monthly from the uterus: Many girls begin to menstruate at the age of 12 or 13.) imeti menstruacijo* * *[ménstrueit]intransitive verb medicine menstruirati, imeti čiščo -
31 proceed
[prə'si:d, 'prousi:d]1) (to go on; to continue: They proceeded along the road; They proceeded with their work.) nadaljevati2) (to follow a course of action: I want to make a cupboard, but I don't know how to proceed.) postopati3) (to begin (to do something): They proceeded to ask a lot of questions.) začeti4) (to result: Fear often proceeds from ignorance.) izvirati5) (to take legal action (against): The police decided not to proceed against her.) začeti postopek•- proceeds* * *[prəsí:d]intransitive verbnadaljevati pot, napotiti se (to); figuratively nadaljevati se, napredovati; uspeti, iti po sreči, priti naprej; nadaljevati ( with kaj); nadaljevati govor ( he ŋed to say nadaljeval je, nato je rekel); ravnati, delati po načrtu; preiti (to k), lotiti se, nameniti se (to do s.th. kaj storiti); izvirati ( from); juridically začeti sodni postopek ( against proti)to proceed with s.th. — lotiti se česa, izvesti kajto proceed to business — lotiti se dela, začetiBritish English to proceed to a degree — doseči višjo akademsko stopnjo -
32 resort
[rə'zo:t] 1. verb((with to) to begin to use, do etc as a way of solving a problem etc when other methods have failed: He couldn't persuade people to do what he wanted, so he resorted to threats of violence.) zateči se (k čemu)2. noun(a place visited by many people (especially for holidays): Brighton is a popular (holiday) resort.) letovišče* * *I [rizɔ:t]noun(splošno) obiskovan kraj; zatočišče, pribežališče, zavetje; zatekanje (k); sredstvo v sili, poslednje sredstvo; možnost; zbiranje (ljudi); sestajanjein the last resort — kot zadnje sredstvo, ko ni nič drugega uspelo, ko je vse odpovedaloa resort of thieves — gnezdo, brlog tatovhealth resort — (klimatsko) zdravilišče, okrevališčeseaside resort — morsko zdravilišče, kopališčewithout resort to force — brez uporabe sile; brez zatekanja k silito have resort to force — zateči se k sili, uporabiti siloto make resort to s.o. — obrniti se na kogathis was my last resort — to je bilo, kar mi je še edino ostalo napravitiII [rizɔ:t]intransitive verbzateči se (to k); poslužiti se (česa); iti, kreniti, napotiti se, romati (to v); često obiskovati, zahajati (v)to resort to force — zateči se k sili, uporabiti siloto resort to an inn — zahajati v krčmo, gostilno -
33 set about
(to begin: She set about planning her holiday; How will you set about this task?) lotiti se* * *transitive verb colloquially napasti, navaliti na (koga); pripraviti (koga) doto set s.o. about a task — pripraviti koga do (nekega) dela; intransitive verb lotiti se (dela), začetiI don't know how to set about it — ne vem, kako naj začnem -
34 set in
(to begin or become established: Boredom soon set in among the children.) nastopiti* * *transitive verb vstaviti, vnesti, vložiti; intransitive verb nastopiti, začeti se; nautical iti proti kopnemu (veter, tok) -
35 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 -
36 enter into
1) (to take part in: He entered into an agreement with the film director.) sodelovati2) (to take part enthusiastically in: They entered into the Christmas spirit.) poglobiti se3) (to begin to discuss: We cannot enter into the question of salaries yet.) (začeti) obravnavati4) (to be a part of: The price did not enter into the discussion.) vključiti (se)* * *intransitive verb prodreti; sodelovati; lotiti seI enter into your feelings — razumem vas, sočustvujem z vamienter into correspondence with s.o. — začeti si s kom dopisovati -
37 get into
1) (to put on (clothes etc): Get into your pyjamas.) obleči2) (to begin to be in a particular state or behave in a particular way: He got into a temper.) postati3) (to affect strangely: I don't know what has got into him) obsesti* * *intransitive verb vstopiti; colloquially obleči -
38 go about
1) (to (begin to) work at: I don't know the best way to go about the job!) lotiti se2) ((of a ship) to change direction or turn around.) spremeniti smer* * *intransitive verb krožiti; širiti se (govorice); nautical križariti; spremeniti smer -
39 go off
1) ((of a bomb etc) to explode: The little boy was injured when the firework went off in his hand.) sprožiti se2) ((of an alarm) to ring: When the alarm went off the thieves ran away.) sprožiti se3) (to leave: He went off yesterday.) oditi4) (to begin to dislike: I've gone off cigarettes.) začutiti odpor do5) (to become rotten: That meat has gone off.) pokvariti se6) (to stop working: The fan has gone off.) pokvariti se* * *intransitive verb oditi, zbežati, odpeljati se; prodajati se (blago); sprožiti se, razpočiti se; prenehati; umreti; omedleti; zaspati; colloquially popuščati; potekati; slabšati sego off the deep end — razburiti, razjeziti se -
40 move off
((of vehicles etc) to begin moving away: The bus moved off just as I got to the bus stop.) odpeljati* * *intransitive verb oddaljiti se, oditi
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begin — verb 1) we began work Syn: start, commence, set about, go about, embark on, launch into, get down to, take up; initiate, set in motion, institute, inaugurate, get ahead with; informal get cracking on, get going on Ant … Thesaurus of popular words
begin — verb 1) we began work Syn: start, commence, set about, go about, embark on, launch into, get down to, take up, initiate, set in motion, get going, get off the ground, lead off, institute, inaugurate, open; informal get crackin … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
begin — [[t]bɪgɪ̱n[/t]] ♦ begins, beginning, began, begun 1) VERB To begin to do something means to start doing it. [V to inf] He stood up and began to move around the room... [V to inf] The weight loss began to look more serious... [ … English dictionary
begin — [c]/bəˈgɪn / (say buh gin) verb (began, begun, beginning) –verb (i) 1. to enter upon an action; take the first step; commence; start. 2. to come into existence; arise; originate. –verb (t) 3. to take the first step in; set about; start; commence …
begin — be|gin [ bı gın ] (past tense be|gan [ bı gæn ] ; past participle be|gun [ bı gʌn ] ; present participle be|gin|ning) verb *** 1. ) transitive to start doing something: begin doing something: He began shouting at them. begin to do something:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English