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1 brush
1. noun1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.) krtača2) (an act of brushing.) krtačenje3) (a bushy tail of a fox.) rep4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.) praska2. verb1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.) krtačiti2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.) pomesti3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!) skrtačiti4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.) oplaziti•- brush away
- brush up
- give
- get the brush-off* * *I [brʌš]nounkrtača, ščetka, čopič, metlica; lisičji rep; grmičje, goščava, dračje; oplaz, pretep, praska, spopad; figuratively slikar, slikarstvoat a brush, at the first brush — v prvem zamahuto give s.o. a brush — grdo s kom ravnati, tepsti gatarred with the same brush — enak, prav takto give it another brush — še enkrat obdelati, izdelatito give s.o. a brush-down — okrtačiti kogaII [brʌš]1.transitive verb(o)krtačiti, (o)ščetkati, očistiti; dotakniti se, oplaziti; naprej gnati;2.intransitive verbmimo švigniti, pohiteti -
2 brush up
( with on) (to refresh one's knowledge of (eg a language): He brushed up his Spanish before he went on holiday.) osvežiti* * *transitive verb & intransitive verb skrtačiti, oščetkati, oprašiti; figuratively ponoviti, osvežiti spomin; znova se lotiti -
3 brush against
intransitive verb rahlo zadeti suniti -
4 brush aside
(to pay no attention to: She brushed aside my objections.) ne upoštevati* * *transitive verb otresti se česa, odstraniti kaj; odriniti vstran; figuratively ne upoštevati, ignorirati -
5 brush away
(to wipe off: She brushed away a tear; She brushed it away.) obrisati; ne upoštevati* * *transitive verb pomesti; odriniti; figuratively ne upoštevati, ignorirati; odreti, ostrgati -
6 brush by
intransitive verb mimo švigniti -
7 brush off
transitive verb skrtačiti; figuratively otresti se; zbežati -
8 brush over
transitive verb poslikati, pobarvati; skrtačiti -
9 sweep
[swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) pometati2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) pomesti3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) pomesti4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) (pri)hrumeti2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) pometanje2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) zamah3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) dimnikar4) (a sweepstake.) stava pri konjskih dirkah•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep up* * *I [swi:p]nounpometanje, čiščenje, zamah z metlo; (krožna) kretnja, zamah; zavoj (reke, ceste), vijuga, krivina; razprostiranje, proženje, figuratively razsežnost; vplivno področje; obseg; doseg, domet; vršenje (vetra), šuštenje (obleke); plural smeti; dolgo veslo (za veslanje stojé); ročica sesalke; (kartanje) dobitje vseh vzetkov, vseh nagrad; British English pometač, dimnikar; colloquially (= sweepstake(s)) stava, nagrada iz stav pri dirkah in igrah; figuratively umazanec; slang čemernež, nejevoljnežat one sweep — z enim zamahom, udarcem; naenkratto make a clean sweep of the table figuratively pomesti s čim, odpraviti kajII [swi:p]transitive verb & intransitive verbpomesti, pometati, omesti, ometati, (po)čistiti; oplaziti, rahlo se dotakniti; (o vetru) mêsti, briti; odstraniti, s poti spraviti (zapreke itd.); z očmi, s pogledom preleteti; opazovati; (topništvo) gosto obsipavati z granatami; (o valu) preplaviti (čoln); iti (z roko) (on prek); križariti (po morju); vleči se (po tleh) (o obleki); z mrežo iti (po rečnem dnu); stoje poganjati (čoln) z veslom; dobiti večino (skoraj vse glasove) (pri glasovanju)at a sweeping reduction commerce po zelo znižani cenito sweep all before one figuratively doseči popoln uspehto sweep the board — dobiti vse vložke pri kaki igri, figuratively pobrati vse nagradeto sweep everything into one's net figuratively vse (zase) pobratito sweep the seas — prepluti morja v vseh smereh, križariti po morjihto sweep the strings — iti, preleteti z roko po strunah glasbila, brenkati po strunahthe procession swept up the nave of the church — procesija se je veličastno pomikala po cerkvi proti oltarjuthey swept the river to find his body — preiskali so rečno strugo, da bi našli njegovo truplo -
10 still
I 1. [stil] adjective1) (without movement or noise: The city seems very still in the early morning; Please stand/sit/keep/hold still while I brush your hair!; still (= calm) water/weather.) miren2) ((of drinks) not fizzy: still orange juice.) nepeneč se2. noun(a photograph selected from a cinema film: The magazine contained some stills from the new film.) fotografija- stillborn II [stil] adverb1) (up to and including the present time, or the time mentioned previously: Are you still working for the same firm?; By Saturday he had still not / still hadn't replied to my letter.) še vedno2) (nevertheless; in spite of that: Although the doctor told him to rest, he still went on working; This picture is not valuable - still, I like it.) kljub temu3) (even: He seemed very ill in the afternoon and in the evening looked still worse.) še* * *I [stil]1.nounmiren, nepremičen, negiben; tih, nem, molčeč; nemoten; nepeneč se (pijača)the still small voice figuratively glas vestibe still! — molči!keep still! — bodi mirento keep still about s.th. — molčati o čcmto stand still — mirno, nepremično stati, ustaviti se, ne se več premaknitistill waters run deep — tiha voda bregove podira;2.nounpoeticallymir, tišina, molk; photography posamična fotografija, kamera za posamične posnetke; film fotografija, reklamna fotografija (nepremična) za film; colloquially tihožitje; American tih alarm ob požaruin the still of night — v nočni tišini, sredi noči;3.transitive verb & intransitive verbumiriti, pripraviti k molku, utišati; utihniti, umiriti seII [stil]1.adverbše vedno, še (pred primernikom), doslej;2.conjunctionvendar, vendarle, kljub temuit is mild today, still I should take my coat if I were you — ni hladno danes, vendar bi jaz na vašem mestu vzel površnikIII [stil]1.nounchemistryretorta, aparat za destiliranje; kotel za kuhanje žganja; destilarna; žganjarna;2.transitive verb & intransitive verb obsoletedestilirati, prekapati; napraviti pijačo z destilacijo -
11 paint
[peint] 1. noun(a colouring substance in the form of liquid or paste: The artist's clothes were covered in paint; ( also adjective) a paint pot.) barva2. verb1) (to spread paint carefully on (wood, walls etc): He is painting the kitchen.) barvati2) (to make a picture (of something or someone) using paint: She painted her mother and father.) naslikati•- painter- painting
- paint-box
- paint-brush* * *I [péint]nounbarva, belež; ličilo za avtomobile; ličilo, šminkawet paint! — sveže pobarvano!colloquially as fresh as paint — svež in čilII [péint]1.transitive verbslikati, naslikati, barvati, pobarvati; pleskati, popleskati; lakirati, ličiti (avto); figuratively slikovito opisati, orisati; medicine namazati (z mazilom, jodom itd.); naličiti, našminkati;2.intransitive verbslikati, pleskati; ličiti se, šminkati seto paint the lily — pretirano hvaliti, polepšatinautical slang to paint the lion — sleči in namazati s katranom (kazen) -
12 scrub
1. past tense, past participle - scrubbed; verb1) (to rub hard in order to clean: She's scrubbing the floor.) ribati2) (to remove by scrubbing: She scrubbed the mess off the carpet.) drgniti3) (to cancel: We planned to go but had to scrub the idea.) preklicati2. noun(an act of scrubbing.) ribanje* * *I [skrʌb]1.nounribanje, pranje s ščetko, temeljito čiščenje; ščetka; American sport rezervni igralec, rezervno moštvoscrub game — igra z rezervnim moštvom;2.adjective American sportna hitro, brez prejšnjega treninga sestavljenII [skrʌb]transitive verbribati, drgniti; močno s ščetko sestrugati ( off), dobro oprati, (i)zdrgniti; intransitive verb ribati, dobro oprati; figuratively mučiti se, garatito scrub for one's living — mučiti se za svoj življenjski obstanek, za svoj vsakdanji kruhIII [skrʌb]1.noungrmovje, goščava, hosta; stara, izrabljena metla; kratki brki; zakrnel stvor, pritlikavec (žival); zakrnela rastlina;2.adjectivezakrnel, kržljav, boren, zaostal -
13 stroke
[strəuk] I noun1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) udarec2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) udarec3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) udarec4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) poteza5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) zamah6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) zamah7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) trud8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) napad•II 1. verb(to rub (eg a furry animal) gently and repeatedly in one direction, especially as a sign of affection: He stroked the cat / her hair; The dog loves being stroked.) božati2. noun(an act of stroking: He gave the dog a stroke.) božanje* * *I [stróuk]nounudarec (s šibo, z bičem), sunek; močan zamah (pri plavanju, z veslom, s krilom); bitje (ure); utrip (žile); poteza (s peresom, čopičem itd.), figuratively poteza; medicine napad, šok, kap, poškodba; veslač, ki daje takt za veslanje; takt; mathematics vektor; electrical razelektritev; stil, manira; (redko) značilna poteza, znak; božanje, ljubkovanje, glajenje (z roko)at a stroke, at one stroke — z enim udarcem, zamahoma stroke of business — dobra kupčija, dober posela stroke of apoplexy (paralysis) medicine kapa stroke of genius — genialna poteza, izvirna idejaaa stroke of luck — srečen slučaj, (nepričakovana) srečaa stroke of piston mechanics pot bata od začetnega položaja do konca valja in spet nazajstroke of wit — duhovita opazka, duhovitosta clever stroke — spretna, vešča potezafinishing stroke — milostni, smrtonosni udarecfinishing strokes — zadnje poteze, dovrševanjea stroke of liglttning — udar strele, strelasun-stroke medicine sončaricato have a stroke medicine biti zadet od kapito put (to add) the finishing stroke (s) to s.th. — dokončati kajII [stróuk]transitive verbsport dajati takt (pri veslanju); označiti s črto, prečrtati; biti (o uri); (po)molsti (kravo); (po)gladiti (z roko), (po)božati (lase, žival, gube); ljubkovati; intransitive verb veslati, dajati tempo veslačemto stroke a boat (a race, a crew) — veslati in dajati takt veslanja v čolnu (pri tekmovanju, moštvu)to stroke s.o. (s.o.'s hair) the wrong way — (raz)dražiti, (raz)jeziti kogato stroke s.o. down — pomiriti koga, omehčati, pridobiti koga z laskanjemIII [stróuk]obsolete preterite & past participle od to strike -
14 tar
1. noun(any of several kinds of thick, black, sticky material obtained from wood, coal etc and used eg in roadmaking.) katran2. verb(to cover with tar: The road has just been tarred.) premazati s katranom- tarry* * *[ta:]1.nounkatran, smola; figuratively mornaran old weather-beaten tar — star morski volk (mornar);2.transitive verbpremazati, namazati s katranomthey are tarred with the same brush figuratively imata (imajo) iste napake, našla sta se dva enakato tar and feather — namazati (koga) s katranom in posuti (ga) s perjem (kot kazen); intransitive verb postati katran; dajati katran;3.adjectivekatranski -
15 bristle
['brisl](a short, stiff hair on an animal or brush: The dog's bristles rose when it was angry.) kocina- bristly* * *I [brísl]nounkocina, ščetina; plural razdražljiva čudto set up s.o.'s bristles — razdražiti kogato set up one's bristles — razjeziti, naježiti seII [brísl]intransitive verb & transitive verbježiti, namrščiti seto bristle with dangers (difficulties, mistakes) — biti poln nevarnosti (težav, napak) -
16 groom
[ɡru:m] 1. noun1) (a person who looks after horses: a groom at the stables.) konjušnik2) (a bridegroom, male partner of the bride.) ženin2. verb1) (to clean, brush etc a horse's coat: The horses were groomed for the horse show.) krtačiti2) (to prepare for some task, purpose etc: She's being groomed as a possible successor to our head of department.) pripraviti* * *I [gru:m, grum]nounarchaic sluga; konjušnik; zaročenec, ženin; dvorjanII [gru:m, grum]transitive verboskrbovati konje; negovati; American pripravljati za kandidaturowell groomed — negovan, lepo oblečen -
17 nail
[neil] 1. noun1) (a piece of horn-like substance which grows over the ends of the fingers and toes to protect them: I've broken my nail; toe-nails; Don't bite your finger-nails.) noht2) (a thin pointed piece of metal used to fasten pieces of wood etc together: He hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture on it.) žebelj2. verb(to fasten with nails: He nailed the picture to the wall.) pribiti- nail-file
- nail-polish
- nail-varnish
- nail-scissors
- hit the nail on the head* * *I [néil]nountechnical žebelj; noht; zoology krempelj, trd izrastek na kljunu nekih ptic; stara dolžinska mera (0,057 m)a nail in one's coffin — vse, kar pospeši smrt; padec vlade, režimato fight tooth and nail — boriti se z zobmi in nohti, boriti se na vso močas hard as nails — trdnega zdravja, žilav, neusmiljen, trdto the nail — do konca, dokončan, dovršenright as nails — točen, v reduII [néil]transitive verbpribiti (on, to na), zabiti, obiti z žeblji, okovati (z žeblji); zakovati (tudi up)figuratively zgrabiti, prijeti (tatu), pograbiti (priliko); ukrasti; figuratively upreti pogled, obrniti pozornost (on, to na); colloquially ujeti na laži; slang ujeti, zasačiti (v šoli); figuratively to nail one's colours to the mast — ostati zvest svojim načelom, javno jih izpovedatifiguratively to nail a lie to the counter ( —ali barndoor) — dokazati ali razkrinkati (laž, prevaro) -
18 broom
[bru:m]1) (a wild shrub of the pea family with (usually yellow) flowers: The hillside was covered in broom.) košeničica2) (a long-handled sweeping brush.) metla* * *I [bru:m]nounbotany košeničicaII [bru:m]nounmetlaIII [bru:m]transitive verbpometati, pomesti
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