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1 not be oneself
(to look or feel ill, anxious etc: I'd better go home - I'm not myself today.) slabo se počutiti -
2 put on airs / give oneself airs
(to behave as if one is better or more important than others: She gives herself such airs that everyone dislikes her.) šopiriti seEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > put on airs / give oneself airs
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3 sight
1. noun1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) vid2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) vidik3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) znamenitost4) (a view or glimpse.) prizor5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) nenavaden prizor6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) muha2. verb1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) opaziti2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) nameriti•- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of* * *I [sáit]nounvid, figuratively oko, doseg oči; vidik, dogled, pogled, ogled; prizor, ogleda vredna znamenitost; plural znamenitosti ( of a town kakega mesta); colloquially nenavaden ali žalosten pogled (prizor), grda zunanjost, strašilo; muha (na puški), merjenje, viziranje; photography iskalo; colloquially masa, množina, kup; American slang šansain sight — v bližini, na dosegu, na dogleduat (first) sight — na prvi pogled, brez pripraveout of sight — iz vida, zunaj obzorjawithin sight of — v vidiku, v vidua (long) sight colloquially (zelo) mnogo ( of money denarja)a sight for sore eyes — zelo prijeten prizor (pogled), privlačna osebasight unseen figuratively maček v žaklju; kupljen na slepothe loss of sight — izguba vida; oslepitevsecond sight figuratively preroški darout of my sight! — izgubi se mi izpred oči!out of sight out of mind — daleč od oči, daleč od srcait is a sight better than it was — mnogo bolje je, kot je biloit was quite a sight! — bil je to prizor za bogove!to catch sight of — zagledati, ugledati (koga, kaj)to find favour in s.o.'s sight — pridobiti si naklonjenost koga, prikupiti se, ugajati komuto get sight of s.o. — zagledati, opaziti kogato heave in sight — pojavljati se, prikazovati se, postajati videnwhat a sight you look! — kakšen pa si!, kot strašilo si videti!to lose sight of — izgubiti iz vida, ne več videti, figuratively pozabitito make a sight of oneself — smešno se obleči, osmešiti seto play (to sing) at sight — igrati na prvi pogled, brez pripraveto put out of sight — skriti, ne posvečati pozornostito see the sights — videti, ogledati si znamenitostito take a sight — nameriti, ciljati; obrniti pogledto take a sight at s.o. slang osle pokazati komuII [sáit]transitive verbzagledati, ugledati, opaziti, opazovati, ogledovati; meriti višino zvezde; vzeti na muho, pomeriti na, ciljati, vizirati; commerce predložiti ali akceptirati (menico); transitive verb vizirati, ciljatiyou should sight before you shoot — najprej pomeri (premisli), nato ustreli (stori) -
4 carry
['kæri]1) (to take from one place etc to another: She carried the child over the river; Flies carry disease.) nositi2) (to go from one place to another: Sound carries better over water.) nesti3) (to support: These stone columns carry the weight of the whole building.) podpirati4) (to have or hold: This job carries great responsibility.) vsebovati5) (to approve (a bill etc) by a majority of votes: The parliamentary bill was carried by forty-two votes.) izglasovati6) (to hold (oneself) in a certain way: He carries himself like a soldier.) nositi se•((slang) a fuss; excited behaviour.)
prevelika gorečnost- carry-cot((of bags or cases) that passengers can carry with them on board a plane.)
ročna prtljaga
- be/get carried away
- carry forward
- carry off
- carry on
- carry out
- carry weight* * *I [kaeri]nounstreljaj, lučaj; Scottish voziček; podenje oblakovII [kaeri]1.transitive verbnositi, nesti; s seboj vzeti, peljati, prevažati; donašati, obroditi; doseči; podpirati, pospeševati; zmagati; zaslediti; izglasovati, sprejeti;2.intransitive verbsegati; aportirati, nesti; slang nadaljevatito carry all before one — imeti velik uspeh, biti zelo priljubljen, premagati vse zapreketo carry coals to Newcastle — zaman se truditi, vodo v morje nositito carry the House — navdušiti, zase pridobiti parlamentto carry o.s. — vesti, obnašati seto carry a thing too far — iti predaleč, pretiravatito carry weight — biti vpliven, narediti vtisto fetch and carry — prinesti, aportirati; biti pokoren, vršiti podrejeno službo -
5 flatter
['flætə]1) (to praise too much or insincerely: Flatter him by complimenting him on his singing.) laskati2) (to show, describe etc someone or something as being better than someone etc really is: The photograph flatters him.) laskati3) (to be pleased to say about (oneself) (that one can do something): I flatter myself that I can speak French perfectly.) laskati si•- flattery* * *[flaetə]transitive verblaskati, dobrikati se, prilizovati se; zadovoljiti, ugajati, dobro deti, goditito flatter o.s. that — domišljati si, dato flatter s.o.'s hopes — zbujati komu neosnovano upanjeto flatter o.s. on — čestitati si k -
6 reserve
[rə'zə:v] 1. verb1) (to ask for or order to be kept for the use of a particular person, often oneself: The restaurant is busy on Saturdays, so I'll phone up today and reserve a table.) rezervirati2) (to keep for the use of a particular person or group of people, or for a particular use: These seats are reserved for the committee members.) rezervirati2. noun1) (something which is kept for later use or for use when needed: The farmer kept a reserve of food in case he was cut off by floods.) zaloga2) (a piece of land used for a special purpose eg for the protection of animals: a wild-life reserve; a nature reserve.) rezervat3) (the habit of not saying very much, not showing what one is feeling, thinking etc; shyness.) zadržanost4) ((often in plural) soldiers, sailors etc who do not belong to the regular full-time army, navy etc but who are called into action when needed eg during a war.) rezervist(i)•- reserved
- have
- keep in reserve* * *I [rizɜ:v]nounrezerva, zaloga, prihranek (of česa), presežek; plural rezerve; military rezerva; sport namestnik, rezervni igralec, zamenjava, rezerva; rezervat, rezervirano področje ( for za); zadržanost, (skrajna) zaprtost, molčečnost; opreznost, prekanjenost, rezerviranost, rezervain reserve — v rezervi, na zalogi, v pripravljenostiwith all proper reserves — z vsemi pridržki, brez odobravanja, brez podpore, brez strinjanjawithout reserve — popolnoma, povsemreserve part (piece, unit) technical rezervni delreserve price economy najmanjša ponudba, izklicna cena (na dražbi)reserve ration military železna rezerva, obrok (hrane)II [rizɜ:v]transitive verbpridržati, prihraniti, dati na stran, rezervirati kaj (for, to za), nameniti ( for za); pustiti za pozneje; odgoditi, odložiti, zadržati ( for a time za nekaj časa)to be reserved for — biti rezerviran za, biti privilegij zahe was reserved for great things, for a better destiny — usojena mu je bila velika bodočnost, boljša usodait was reserved to him to... — usojeno mu je bilo, da...comment is being reserved — za sedaj se še ne da noben komentar; trenutno brez komentarjaI will reserve to speak — (trenutno) ne bom nič rekel, ne bom govoril -
7 keep on the right side of
(to make (someone) feel, or continue to feel, friendly or kind towards oneself: If you want a pay rise, you'd better get on the right side of the boss.) pridobiti/ohraniti naklonjenost
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