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1 Canada
[kaenədə]proper nameime dežele -
2 cable
['keibl] 1. noun1) ((a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, especially a ship.) žična vrv2) ((a set of) wires for carrying electric current or signals: They are laying (a) new cable.) kabel3) ((a rope made of) strands of metal wound together for supporting a bridge etc.) žična vrv4) ((also cablegram) a telegram sent by cable.) kabelska brzojavka5) (cable television.) kabelska televizija2. verb(to telegraph by cable: I cabled news of my mother's death to our relations in Canada.) brzojaviti- cable television
- cable TV* * *I [kéibl]nounvrv, kabel; sidrenjak, vrv za sidro; globinska mera 231 m; kablogramcable's length — dolžinska mera (American 720 feet, British English 606 feet [1/4 milje])cable way ( —ali car) — žičnica, vzpenjačaII [kéibl]transitive verb & intransitive verbs kablom vezati; telegrafirati, brzojaviti po kablu -
3 Can.
abbreviationCanada; canon; canto -
4 country
plural - countries; noun1) (any of the nations of the world; the land occupied by a nation: Canada is a larger country than Spain.)2) (the people of a country: The whole country is in agreement with your views.)3) ((usually with the) districts where there are fields, moors etc as opposed to towns and areas with many buildings: a quiet holiday in the country; ( also adjective) country districts.)4) (an area or stretch of land: hilly country.)•- countryman
- countryside* * *I [kʌntri]noundežela, domovina, pokrajina; podeželje, vasfiguratively področje; parliament British English to appeal to the country — razpustiti parlament; razpisati nove volitve; British English parliament raziti sein the country — na deželi, na vasiAmerican God's own country — ZDAII [kʌntri]adjectivepodeželski, pokrajinski; domovinskicountry cousin humorously podeželan, ki je ves zgubljen v mestnem vrvežu -
5 dominion
[də'minjən]1) (rule or power: There was no-one left to challenge his dominion.) gospostvo2) (a self-governing country of the British Commonwealth: the Dominion of Canada.) dominion* * *[dəmínjən]noungospostvo; ozemlje, področje, dominion -
6 introduce
[intrə'dju:s]1) ((often with to) to make (people) known by name to each other: He introduced the guests (to each other); Let me introduce you to my mother; May I introduce myself? I'm John Brown.) predstaviti2) ((often with into) to bring in (something new): Grey squirrels were introduced into Britain from Canada; Why did you introduce such a boring subject (into the conversation)?) vpeljati3) (to propose or put forward: He introduced a bill in Parliament for the abolition of income tax.) predložiti4) ((with to) to cause (a person) to get to know (a subject etc): Children are introduced to algebra at about the age of eleven.) uvajati•- introductory* * *[intrədjú:s]transitive verb -
7 L.C.
abbreviationAmerican Library of Congress; Lord Chancellor; Lower Canada; Lord Chamberlain; level crossing -
8 M.N.D.
abbreviation"Shakespeare's" Midsummer Night's Dream; Minister of National Defence (Canada) -
9 M.P.C.
abbreviationMember of Parliament, Canada -
10 N.W.M.P.
abbreviation -
11 N.W.T.
abbreviation -
12 parallel
['pærəlel] 1. adjective1) ((of straight lines) going in the same direction and always staying the same distance apart: The road is parallel to/with the river.) vzporeden2) (alike (in some way): There are parallel passages in the two books.) podoben2. adverb(in the same direction but always about the same distance away: We sailed parallel to the coast for several days.) vzporedno3. noun1) (a line parallel to another: Draw a parallel to this line.) vzporednica2) (a likeness or state of being alike: Is there a parallel between the British Empire and the Roman Empire?) podobnost3) (a line drawn from east to west across a map etc at a fixed distance from the equator: The border between Canada and the United States follows the forty-ninth parallel.) vzporednik4. verb(to be equal to: His stupidity can't be paralleled.) primerjati* * *I [paerəlel]adjectiveparalelen, vzporeden ( with)figuratively analogen, ustrezen, podoben (to); sport parallel bars — bradljatechnical parallel ruler — ravnilo za črtanje paralelII [paerəlel]nounmathematics figuratively paralela, vzporednica; figuratively paralelnost, enakost, analognost; geography vzporednik (tudi parallel of latitude); primerjava; printing znak || (opomin na kaj)to draw a parallel between — napraviti paralelo s čim, primerjatiin parallel with — ustrezen, analogenwithout parallel — edinstven, ki se ne da primerjatiIII [paerəlel]transitive verbvzporediti, primerjati ( with s, z); ustrezati, izenačiti se; American colloquially paralelno teči -
13 plain
[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) preprost2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) jasen3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) odkrit4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) očiten5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) puščoben2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) ravnina2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) desna petlja•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain English* * *I [pléin]adjective ( plainly adverb)preprost, enostaven, navaden; brez okraskov, preprost (soba itd.); nevzorčast, enobarven (blago); črno-bel (fotografija, risba); nemikaven, neprivlačen, neuglajen (obraz, dekle); jasen, razumljiv, nedvoumen, brez ovinkov (pogovor), očiten, razločen; nerazredčen (alkohol); odkrit, pošten; srednji, nepomemben, povprečen; metallurgy nelegiran (npr. jeklo); raven, plosk (dežela); figuratively gol, čist (nesmisel)plain card — navadna karta (razen kralja, dame in fanta)as plain as plain can be — ali as plain as the nose on one's face — ali plain as a pikestaff — ali as plain as point — jasno kot beli danplain dealer — poštenjak, odkrit človekplain dealing — odkritost, iskrenost, pošteno trgovanjeplain sewing — bela vezenina, šivanje belega perilaII [pléin]adverbjasno, razumljivo; odkrito, poštenoIII [pléin]nounravnina, ravan, nižava, poljana; bojišče; plural prerijaIV [pléin]intransitive verb British English archaic & poetically žalovati, tožiti, tarnati -
14 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) četrtina2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) 25 centov3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) četrt4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) smer5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) milost6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) del živali7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) krajec8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) četrtina9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) četrtletje2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) razrezati na štiri dele2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) razdeliti na štiri dele3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) nastaniti•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) četrtletno4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) četrtletnik- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters* * *I [kwɔ:tə]nounčetrtina, četrt ( a quarter of an hour četrt ure; for quarter the price, for a quarter of fhe price za četrtino cene); četrtina funta (0,113 kg); četrtina milje, tek na četrt milje ( he won the ŋ zmagal je v teku na četrt milje); mera za tkanine, četrtina jarda (22,8 cm); trgovska mera, četrtina stota (28 funtov, 12,7 kg, American 2ɜ funtov, 11,ʌɔ kg; British English 2,91 hl); American Scottish šolsko četrtletje; četrtletje, kvartal; četrtina zaklane živali, ena od štirih nog, hrbet konja; heraldry eno od štirih polj grba; astronomy lunin krajec ( first ŋ prvi krajec, last ŋ zadnji krajec); American četrt dolarja, novec za 25 centov; mestna četrt, kvart ( residential ŋ stanovanjska četrt); stran neba, smer vetra (what quarter is the wind in? iz katere strani piha?, figuratively od kje piha veter?); predel, kraj ( in this ŋ v teh krajih), smer ( in that ŋ v ono smer), stran ( from another ŋ z druge strani); vir ( from a good ŋ iz dobrega vira); družbeni krog ( in government ŋs v vladnih krogih); usnje za peto (čevlja); technical ɔ palce širok kos lesa (v tesarstvu); military (zlasti plural) stan, bivališče ( to be confined to ŋs biti v hišnem priporu); (zlasti military) milost, prizanašanje, pomilostitev ( to find no quarter with ne najti milosti pri); nautical bok krme ( on the port ŋ na levi strani krme); nautical borbeni položaj posadke ( to beat to ŋs sklicati posadko na položaje)to give quarter — izkazati milost, pomilostitiat close quarters — od blizu, v neposrednem stiku (spopadu)II [kwɔ:tə]1.transitive verbrazdeliti na štiri dele; razkosati, razčetveriti (izdajalca); heraldry razdeliti na štiri polja (grb); vzeti pod streho; military (prisilno) nastaniti (at, in a place; to be ŋed at (in) stanovati kje); pretakniti, preiskati teren (lovski psi); nautical določiti borbeni položaj posadke;2.intransitive verbstanovati, živeti (at pri); tekati sem in tja (psi)figuratively to quarter o.s. on s.o. — vseliti se pri kom -
15 surplus
['sə'pləs](the amount left over when what is required has been used etc: Canada produces a surplus of raw materials; ( also adjective) surplus stocks; The country had a trade surplus (= exported more than it imported) last month.) presežek; presežen* * *[sɜ:pləs]1.nouneconomypresežek, prebitek; preostanek;2.adjectivepresežen -
16 trunk
1) (the main stem (of a tree): The trunk of this tree is five metres thick.) deblo2) (a large box or chest for packing or keeping clothes etc in: He packed his trunk and sent it to Canada by sea.) zaboj3) (an elephant's long nose: The elephant sucked up water into its trunk.) rilec4) (the body (not including the head, arms and legs) of a person (and certain animals): He had a powerful trunk, but thin arms.) trup5) ((American) a boot (of a car): Put your baggage in the trunk.) prtljažnik•- trunks* * *I [trʌŋk]noundeblo, steblo, čok; trup; telo; glavni del; railway glavna proga; telefonski daljinski vod; medkrajevna linija; zaboj, skrinja, (potovalni) kovček; (slonov) trobec, rilec slang "nos"; plovna struga (reke, kanala); architecture podnožje, podstavek; mineralogy cev za ventilacijo, dušnik; anatomy glavni del arterije, živca itd.; plural (= trunk hose) history široke hlače (do kolen); American plural kopalne hlačke, kopalketrunks, please! — telefonski urad, prosim!II [trʌŋk]transitive verbločiti, izpirati (rudo) (v koritu) -
17 U.C.
abbreviationUpper Canada; University College, London -
18 be sold on
(to be enthusiastic about: I'm sold on the idea of a holiday in Canada.) navdušen
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