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I [skeil] noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) lestvica2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) lestvica3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) lestvica4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) merilo5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) obsegII [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) povzpeti seIII [skeil] noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) luska- scaly* * *I [skéil]1.nounmusiclestvica, skala; figuratively lestvica (družbena itd.); stopnja; merilo, mera; razmerje; obseg; številčni sestavat a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile — v merilu (razmerju) 1 cola: 1 miljaon a scale economy ob različnih tečajnih vrednostihto play (to sing, to run over) one's scale music vaditi skale, vaditi prste za instrument ali glas za petjeto sink in the scale — zdrkniti navzdol na lestvi, v nivoju;2.transitive verb(s)plezati, povzpeti se (z lestvijo figuratively), vzpenjati se (na); določiti (merilo); dvigniti (cene); military napasti, jurišati z lestvami (na trdnjavsko obzidje); risati meriloto scale down — znižati (mezde, plače)to scale up — povišati (cene); intransitive verb plezati, vzpenjati seto scale down — upasti, pastito scale up — kvišku plezati, dvigati seII [skéil]1.nounskledica pri tehtnici; plural tehtnica; tehtanje (zlasti pred in po konjski dirki)the Scales astronomy Tehtnicato go to scale figuratively biti premaganto hold the scales even — držati tehtnico v ravnotežju, figuratively soditi nepristransko, objektivnoto throw one's influence into scale figuratively zastaviti ves svoj vplivto throw one's sword into the scale figuratively podpreti svojo zahtevo z orožjemto turn the scale figuratively odločitiit turned the scale into my favour — to je nagnilo tehtnico v mojo korist;2.transitive verbtehtati (tudi figuratively); intransitive verb (redko) biti težak, tehtati, biti stehtan (zlasti pred in po konjski dirki)III [skéil]1.nounluska, luskina (ribe itd.); zoology košeniljka; medicine zobni kamen; usedlina, kotlovec; tanka plast, obloga; technical vžigalothe scales fell from his eyes figuratively oči so se mu odprle, spregledal jeto remove the scale — odstraniti zobni kamen ali kotlovec;2.transitive verbostrgati (luske), (o)luščiti; technical sestrugati, ostrugati, očistiti od kotlovca; odstraniti (zobni kamen); intransitive verb luščiti seto scale almonds, peas — oluščiti mandlje, grahto scale s.o.'s teeth — odstraniti komu zobni kamento scale off — luščiti se; osmukati se (listje) -
2 twilight
1) ((the time of) the dim light just before the sun rises or just after it sets.) mrak2) (the time when the full strength or power of something is decreasing: in the twilight of his life.) somrak* * *[twáilait]1.nounsomrak, poltema, slaba svetloba; (večerni, jutranji) mrak; figuratively prehodni čas; nejasnost, zabrisanosttwilight of the gods — somrak bogov;2.adjective (so)mračen, temačentwilight sleep medicine polzavestno spanje;3.transitive verbslabotno, medlo osvetliti
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