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21 barn-door
[bá:ndɔ:]nounskedenjska vrata; figuratively tarča, ki je ni moči zgrešiti -
22 beyond
[bi'jond]1) (on the farther side of: My house is just beyond those trees.) onstran2) (farther on than (something) in time or place: I cannot plan beyond tomorrow.) dlje kot3) (out of the range, power etc of: beyond help.) zunaj4) (other than: What is there to say beyond what's already been said?) razen•- beyond expectation
- beyond one's means* * *I [bijɔnd]adverbna drugi strani, onstran, prekoII [bijɔnd]prepositionveč kot, razen; na oni strani, nasprotiit is beyond my depth — tega ne razumem, ne dojamemIII [bijɔnd]nounonstranstvo, posmrtno življenjeat the back of beyond — na koncu sveta, bogu za hrbtom -
23 bird
[bə:d](a two-legged feathered creature, with a beak and two wings, with which most can fly: Kiwis and ostriches are birds which cannot fly.) ptič* * *[bə:d]nounptič, ptičicaslang deklica, dečko, oseba; American slang navdušenec; čudak; figuratively old bird — lisjak, zvitorepec, tičto do s.th. like a bird — zelo rad, z lahkoto kaj nareditibirds of a feather flock together — ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo, Šimen Šimnu godeto give the bird — zavrniti, odkloniti, izžvižgatia bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — boljši danes vrabec kakor jutri zajec, bolje drži ga kot lovi gato kill two birds with one stone — dve stvari hkrati opraviti, dve muhi naenkrat ubitia little bird told me so — nekdo (ne smem ali nočem povedati, kdo) mi je povedalbird of paradise — rajska ptica, rajčica -
24 blood
1) (the red fluid pumped through the body by the heart: Blood poured from the wound in his side.) kri2) (descent or ancestors: He is of royal blood.) rod•- bloody
- bloodcurdling
- blood donor
- blood group/type
- blood-poisoning
- blood pressure
- bloodshed
- bloodshot
- bloodstained
- bloodstream
- blood test
- bloodthirsty
- bloodthirstiness
- blood transfusion
- blood-vessel
- in cold blood* * *I [blʌd]nounkri; figuratively prelivanje krvi, pokol, umor; sorodstvo, rasa, rod; izvor; pogum, strast; rastlinski sok; gizdalinblood donor — krvodajalec, -lkablood bespotted — okrvavljen, krvavcold blood — hladnokrvnost; premišljenostbad ( —ali ill) blood — sovraštvo, prepiryou cannot make blood out of a stone — kjer nič ni, še vojska ne vzameto have s.o.'s blood on one's head — imeti koga na vestiblood shed — prelivanje krvi, pokolnautical slang Nelson's blood — rumcolloquially young blood — vročekrvnežII [blʌd]transitive verbkri jemati, kri puščati; okrvaviti, s krvjo umazati; (psa) dresirati; figuratively navaditi -
25 but
1. conjunction(used to show a contrast between two or more things: John was there, but Peter was not.) toda2. preposition(except (for): no-one but me; the next road but one.) razen* * *I [bʌt]conjunctionampak, toda, temveč, marveč, pač panot only... but also — ne samo..., ampak tudithere is no doubt but (that) she is ill — ni dvoma, da je bolnait is not so late but they may come — ni še tako pozno, da ne bi mogli še pritiwho knows but he may be angry? — kdo ve, če ni morda hud?II [bʌt]prepositionrazen, mimo, izvzemšiall but he ( —ali him) — vsi razen njega, samo on neIII [bʌt]adverbsamo, le, šeleall but — skoraj, domalaIV [bʌt]nounugovor, pomislekbut me no buts! — nobenih ugovorov!V [bʌt]Scottish1.adjectivezunanji;2.nounzunanja soba, kuhinjabut and ben — zunanji in notranji deli stanovanja, vsa hiša -
26 cake
[keik] 1. noun1) (a food made by baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar etc: a piece of cake; a plate of cream cakes; a Christmas cake.) kolač2) (a piece of other food pressed into shape: fishcakes; oatcakes.) pecivo3) (a flattened hard mass: a cake of soap.) kos2. verb(to cover in the form of a dried mass: His shoes were caked with mud.) strditi se* * *I [keik]nounpecivo, pogača, kolač; kos (mila), tablica (čokolade); tropinemy cake is dough — zelo sem razočaran, ni se mi posrečilocake and ale — veselje, zabavaI wish my cake were dough again — škoda, da ni več tako kakor je bilofamiliarly to take the cake — dobiti prvo nagrado, biti sijajenII [keik]1.intransitive verbstrditi, zlepiti, stisniti, sesiriti, sesesti se;2.transitive verbstrditi, speči, spojiti; zlepiti -
27 can't
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28 certainty
plural - certainties; noun1) (something which cannot be doubted: It's a certainty that he will win.) gotovost2) (freedom from doubt: Is there any certainty of success?) zanesljivost* * *[sɜ:tnti]noungotovost, varnost; stalnost; določenostto ( —ali of, for) a certainty — gotovo, zanesljivowith certainty — brez dvoma, zanesljivo -
29 checkmate
noun (in chess, a position from which the king cannot escape.) šah mat* * *[čékmeit]1.noun& interjectionšah-mat;2.transitive verbmatirati, premagati -
30 choose
[ u:z]past tense - chose; verb1) (to take (one thing rather than another from a number of things) according to what one wants: Always choose (a book) carefully.) izbrati2) (to decide (on one course of action rather than another): If he chooses to resign, let him do so.) odločiti se•* * *[ču:z]1.transitive verb( between) izbrati, izbirati, izvoliti si; hoteti; raje imeti;2.intransitive verb( between) imeti na izbiro; blagovolitiI cannot choose but — nujno moram, prisiljen sem, ne morem si kaj, da ne bi -
31 cold
[kəuld] 1. adjective1) (low in temperature: cold water; cold meat and salad.) hladen2) (lower in temperature than is comfortable: I feel cold.) hladen3) (unfriendly: His manner was cold.) hladen2. noun1) (the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings: She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.) mraz2) (an illness with running nose, coughing etc: He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.) prehlad•- coldly- coldness
- cold-blooded
- cold war
- get cold feet
- give someone the cold shoulder
- give the cold shoulder
- in cold blood* * *I [kould]adjective ( coldly adverb)hladen, mrzel; (to) ravnodušen, brezčuten, trezen; nezavestento give ( —ali show, turn) s.o. the cold shoulder — prezirati koga, hladno ga sprejetislang cold feet — strah, tremaas cold as charity — brezsrčen, hladen, neusmiljencold pig — polivanje spečega z mrzlo vodo; mrzla prhato throw cold water on s.o. — vzeti komu pogumAmerican cold snap(s) — hladen valcolloquially cold without — alkohol z vodoII [kould]nounmraz; medicine prehlad, nahodto leave s.o. out in the cold — ne posvetiti komu pozornosti, pustiti ga na cedilufiguratively out in the cold — zapuščen, zanemarjen -
32 compare
[kəm'peə]1) (to put (things etc) side by side in order to see to what extent they are the same or different: If you compare his work with hers you will find hers more accurate; This is a good essay compared with your last one.) primerjati2) (to describe as being similar to: She compared him to a monkey.) primerjati (z)3) (to be near in standard or quality: He just can't compare with Mozart.) primerjati se•- comparative
- comparatively
- comparison* * *I [kəmpʌ/ə]1.transitive verb(with, to) primerjati; grammar stopnjevati;2.intransitive verb( with) dati se primerjati; tekmovaticolloquially to compare notes — debatiratiII [kəmpʌ/ə]nounpoetically primerjava -
33 dispute
[di'spju:t] 1. verb1) (to argue against or deny: I'm not disputing what you say.) spodbijati2) (to argue (about): They disputed the ownership of the land for years.) prepirati se2. noun((an) argument or quarrel: a dispute over wages.) spor- disputation* * *I [dispjú:t]1.intransitive verb(with, against s, proti; on, about o) prepirati, pričkati se, razpravljati;2.transitive verbrazlagati, pretresati; pobijati; spodbijati, oporekati; braniti, boriti seII [dispjú:t]nounpretresanje, razprava; prerekanje, pričkanje, prepir, spor -
34 done
1) (finished or complete: That's that job done at last.) opravljen2) ((of food) completely cooked and ready to eat: I don't think the meat is quite done yet.) kuhan/pečen3) (socially accepted: the done thing.) sprejemljiv* * *[dʌn]past participledone! — velja!when all is (said and) done — končno, na koncu koncevdone for — uničen, mrtev, ubitdone to the wide ( —ali world) — popolnoma poražen, v zadnjih vzdihljajihit's not done, it's not a done thing — to je nezaslišanodone up — izčrpan; obnovljenwhat's done cannot be undone — kar je, jewell done, done to a turn — dobro pečen ali kuhanwell done! — dobro!, odlično! -
35 eat
[i:t] 1. past tense - ate; verb(to (chew and) swallow; to take food: They are forbidden to eat meat; They ate up all the cakes; We must eat to live.) jesti- eatable2. noun((in plural) food: Cover all eatables to keep mice away.) jestvine- eat into- eat one's words* * *[i:t]1.transitive verbjesti, pojesti, žreti, glodati; trošiti; chemistry razjedati, uničiti; American hraniti; figuratively mučiti;2.intransitive verbjesti, hraniti se; colloquially imeti dober okusto eat one's head off — pojesti več, kakor je vredno njegovo delo, ne se izplačatito eat humble pie — opravičiti se, postati ponižento eat s.o.'s salt — živeti na tuj računto eat s.o. out of house and home — spraviti koga na beraško palico -
36 element
['eləmənt]1) (an essential part of anything: Sound teaching of grammar is one of the elements of a good education.) sestavni del2) (a substance that cannot be split by chemical means into simpler substances: Hydrogen, chlorine, iron and uranium are elements.) prvina3) (surroundings necessary for life: Water is a fish's natural element.) življenjsko okolje4) (a slight amount: an element of doubt.) drobec5) (the heating part in an electric kettle etc.) upor•- elements
- in one's element* * *[élimənt]nounprvina, živelj; element, sestavni del; osnova, sestavina; plural osnovni pojmi; figuratively delokrogthe devouring element — požar, ogenjto be in one's element — biti zadovoljen, dobro se počutiti -
37 emu
['i:mju:](a type of Australian bird which cannot fly.) emu* * *[í:mju:]nounzoology avstralski noj, emu -
38 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 -
39 equal
['i:kwəl] 1. adjective(the same in size, amount, value etc: four equal slices; coins of equal value; Are these pieces equal in size? Women want equal wages with men.) enak2. noun(one of the same age, rank, ability etc: I am not his equal at running.) vrstnik3. verb(to be the same in amount, value, size etc: I cannot hope to equal him; She equalled his score of twenty points; Five and five equals ten.) biti enak- equality- equalize
- equalise
- equally
- equal to* * *I [í:kwəl]adjective ( equally adverb)(to) enak, enakovreden; ravnodušen, miren; primeren, sposoben; archaic pravičenequal laws — zakoni, ki veljajo za vsakogarto be equal to doing s.th. — biti zmožen kaj nareditiII [í:kwəl]nounvrstnik, -nica, bližnjikto have no equal, to be without equals — ne imeti tekmecaIII [í:kwəl]transitive verbbiti enak; izenačiti, izravnati -
40 exclude
[ik'sklu:d]1) (to prevent (someone) from sharing or taking part in something: They excluded her from the meeting.) izključiti2) (to shut out; to keep out: Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.) odstraniti3) (to leave out of consideration: We cannot exclude the possibility that he was lying.) izključiti•- excluding* * *[iksklú:d]transitive verb( from) izključiti; ne priznati, ne upoštevati, ne dopuščati; prepovedati vstop
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cannot — is usually written as one word, although can not occurs from time to time in letters, examination scripts, etc. The contraction can t is fairly recent (around 1800) and does not occur (for example) in Shakespeare. Can t is often articulated even… … Modern English usage
cannot — [kan′ät΄, kə nät′] can not cannot but have no choice but to; must … English World dictionary
Cannot — Can not [Can to be able + not.] Am, is, or are, not able; written either as one word or two. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cannot — c.1400, from CAN (Cf. can) (v.) + NOT (Cf. not). O.E. expressed the notion by ne cunnan … Etymology dictionary
cannot — ► CONTRACTION ▪ can not … English terms dictionary
cannot — can|not [ kæ,nat, kə nat ] modal verb *** the negative form of CAN. The less formal way of saying and writing this is can t: Please don t tell me what I can and cannot do! What if the parties cannot agree? You cannot escape the law. cannot (help) … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cannot */*/*/ — UK [ˈkænɒt] / US [ˈkæˌnɑt] / US [kəˈnɑt] modal verb the negative form of can. The less formal way of saying and writing this is can t Please don t tell me what I can and cannot do! What if the parties cannot agree? You cannot escape the law. •… … English dictionary
cannot — /kan ot, ka not , keuh /, v. 1. a form of can not. 2. cannot but, have no alternative but to: We cannot but choose otherwise. [1350 1400; ME] Usage. CANNOT is sometimes also spelled CAN NOT. The one word spelling is by far the more common:… … Universalium
cannot — can|not [ˈkænət, nɔt US na:t] modal v 1.) a negative form of can ▪ Mrs Armstrong regrets that she cannot accept your kind invitation. 2.) cannot but formal used to say that you feel you have to do something ▪ One cannot but admire her… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cannot — This term should be spelled as one word (cannot) unless you wish to emphasize not. Such usage is rare, but it is permissible in a statement such as I can hear you, but I can not understand you. Use of can t for cannot is sanctioned by widespread… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
cannot — contraction can not. Usage Both the one word form cannot and the two word form can not are acceptable, but cannot is far more common. Reserve the two word form for constructions in which not is part of a set phrase, such as ‘not only … but… … English new terms dictionary
