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41 catch someone's eye
(to attract someone's attention: The advertisement caught my eye; I couldn't catch the waiter's eye and so we were last to be served.) pritegniti pozornost -
42 for love or money
(in any way at all: We couldn't get a taxi for love or money.) za nič na svetu -
43 help oneself
1) ((with to) to give oneself or take (food etc): Help yourself to another piece of cake; `Can I have a pencil?' `Certainly - help yourself; He helped himself to (= stole) my jewellery.) postreči si2) ((with cannot, could not) to be able to stop (oneself): I burst out laughing when he told me - I just couldn't help myself.) ne moči se upirati -
44 in place of
(instead of: We advise discussion in place of argument; John couldn't go, so I went in his place.) namesto -
45 make much of
1) (to make a fuss of (a person) or about (a thing).) pretiravati2) (to make sense of; to understand: I couldn't make much of the film.) razumeti -
46 make (oneself) understood
(to make one's meaning or intentions clear: He tried speaking German to them, but couldn't make himself understood.) sporazumeti se -
47 make (oneself) understood
(to make one's meaning or intentions clear: He tried speaking German to them, but couldn't make himself understood.) sporazumeti se -
48 no wonder
(it isn't surprising: No wonder you couldn't open the door - it was locked!) nič čudnega -
49 not for the life of me
(not even if it was necessary in order to save my life: I couldn't for the life of me remember his name!) nikakor -
50 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) iz godlje -
51 sixth sense
(an ability to feel or realize something apparently not by means of any of the five senses: He couldn't hear or see anyone, but a sixth sense told him that he was being followed.) šesti čut -
52 tear (oneself) away
(to leave a place, activity etc unwillingly: I couldn't tear myself away from the television.) odtrgati se od -
53 tear (oneself) away
(to leave a place, activity etc unwillingly: I couldn't tear myself away from the television.) odtrgati se od
См. также в других словарях:
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couldn't — by 1670s, contraction of COULD (Cf. could) + NOT (Cf. not) … Etymology dictionary
couldn't — (could not) v. used to express the fact that one is unable or unwilling to do something; used to express the impossibility of an occurrence … English contemporary dictionary
couldn't — ► CONTRACTION ▪ could not … English terms dictionary
couldn't — [kood′ nt] contraction could not … English World dictionary
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couldn't — [[t]k ʊd(ə)nt[/t]] Couldn t is the usual spoken form of could not … English dictionary
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