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1 river
['rivə](a large stream of water flowing across country: The Thames is a river; the river Thames; the Hudson River; ( also adjective) a river animal.) reka- riverside* * *I [rívə]1.nounreka; potok (tudi figuratively); figuratively velika množinathe river Thames British English reka TemzaHudson River American reka Hudsonup the river — po reki (vodi) navzgor, proti vodito cross the river — iti čez reko, figuratively umretito sell s.o. down the river American slang popolnoma koga na cedilu pustiti, prevarati, izdati, zlorabitito send s.o. up the river American slang vtakniti koga v ječo, v zapor;2.adjectiverečniriver rat slang tat, ki deluje zlasti na rečnih bregovihII [rávə]nouncepilec (lesa, drv); kdor cepi, kolje, trga -
2 swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) plavati2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) plavati3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) vrteti se2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) plavanje- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume* * *I [swim]nounplavanje; figuratively rahlo drsenje; rib polno mesto, globina v reki; (redko) plavalni mehur; figuratively tok dogodkov, tekoči posli, posel; figuratively vrtogavica, omoticato be in (out of) the swim colloquially (ne) poznati tekoče posle ali razmere, (ne) biti na tekočemto have (to take) a swim — kópati se, plavatiII [swim]1.intransitive verbplavati, priplavati, plavati na vodi, pluti; (prah ipd.) plavati, viseti v zraku; figuratively kópati se; figuratively čutiti vrtoglavico, biti vrtoglav, vrteti se (komu); plavati (in v), biti preplavljen, kópati se (in v);2.transitive verbpreplavati, plavati (neko razdaljo); prisiliti, nagnati (koga), da plava; plavati na tekomovanju, prepeljati s plavanjem ( across čez)to swim against the stream — plavati proti toku (tudi figuratively)to swim to the bottom — potoniti, potopiti seto swim like a tailor's goose figuratively plavati kot kamen, potopiti seto swim with the tide (the stream) — plavati s tokom (tudi figuratively); figuratively pridružiti se večinito swim the river, the Channel — preplavati reko, Rokavski prelivthe cellar was swimming in wine — klet je plavala v vinu, je bila preplavljena z vinommy head swims — vrti se mi v glavi, imam vrtoglavicothe room swam before my eyes — zdelo se mi je, da se soba vrti okoli meneshe swam up to him figuratively zdrsnila je k njemu, kot da bi plavala -
3 wade
[weid]1) (to go or walk (through water, mud etc) with some difficulty: He waded across the river towards me; I've finally managed to wade through that boring book I had to read.) (pre)bresti2) (to cross (a river etc) by wading: We'll wade the stream at its shallowest point.) prebresti•- wader* * *[wéid]1.nounbredênje, gaženje; čofotanje; plitvo mesto, brod;2.transitive verbprebresti; intransitive verb bresti; gaziti; čofotati; figuratively s težavo (trudom) se prebijati; obsolete iti, pomikati se naprejto wade in, to wade into colloquially lotiti se -
4 boat
[bəut] 1. noun1) (a small vessel for travelling over water: We'll cross the stream by boat.) čoln2) (a larger vessel for the same purpose; a ship: to cross the Atlantic in a passenger boat.) ladja3) (a serving-dish shaped like a boat: a gravy-boat.) skleda za omake2. verb(to sail about in a small boat for pleasure: They are boating on the river.) čolnariti- boatman- in the same boat
- speedboat* * *I [bout]nounčoln, barka, ladja, parnik; skledica (v obliki čolna)to burn one's boat's — zažgati mostove za seboj, onemogočiti si povratekto take boat — vkrcati se, odpotovati z ladjoboat train — vlak, ki prevzame potnike z ladjeII [bout]1.intransitive verbs čolnom se peljati, veslati, čolnariti, jadrati;2.transitive verbs čolnom peljati, v čoln naložiti, vkrcati -
5 ferry
['feri] 1. verb(to carry (people, cars etc) from one place to another by boat (or plane): She ferried us across the river in a small boat.) prevažati2. noun(a boat which ferries people, cars etc from one place to another: We took the cross-channel ferry.) trajekt* * *I [féri]nounbrodjuridically pravica prevažati in pobirati brodnino; archaic to take the ferry, to cross the Stygian ferry — oditi na oni svetII [féri]transitive verb & intransitive verbz brodom ali letalom (se) prevažati -
6 ford
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7 O.R.C.
abbreviationOrder of the Red Cross; Officers' Reservc Corps; Orange River Colony
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