delati čudeže

1) (( also adjective) (of) a kind of very hard stone: Prehistoric man used flint knives.) kremen

2) (a piece of hard mineral from which sparks can be struck: I must buy a new flint for my cigarette-lighter.) kamenček

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kremen, kresilni kamen; archeology predzgodovinsko kamnito orodje

to set one's face like a flint — odločno se upreti

to skin a flint — odirati, skopariti

to wring water from a flint — delati čudeže

flint age — kamena doba

a heart of flint — brezsrčnež

1) (something which man is not normally capable of making happen and which is therefore thought to be done by a god or God: Christ's turning of water into wine was a miracle.) čudež

2) (a fortunate happening that has no obvious natural cause or explanation: It's a miracle he wasn't killed in the plane crash.) čudež

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- miraculous

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čudež, čudo

miracle play — mirakel

to a miracle — čudovito dobro

economic miracle — gospodarski čudež

to work miracles — delati čudeže

medicine miracle drug — čudežno zdravilo

figuratively a miracle of skill — čudo spretnosti

1) (to take away: Will someone please remove all this rubbish!; He removed all the evidence of his crimes; I can't remove this stain from my shirt; He has been removed from the post of minister of education.) odstraniti

2) (to take off (a piece of clothing): Please remove your hat.) odložiti

3) (to move to a new house etc: He has removed to London.) preseliti se

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- removable

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odstraniti, odmakniti, potegniti nazaj (roko), stran dati, pospraviti, drugam dati, premestiti; oddaljiti, preseliti; dati odstaviti, zamenjati, odpustiti (iz službe); izgnati, deložirati; figuratively spraviti s sveta, ubiti;

preseliti se (to v); oddaljiti se, oditi

to remove a boy from school — vzeti dečka iz šole

to be removed from earth figuratively umreti

to remove the cloth — odstraniti prt, pospraviti mizo

the doctor had him removed to the hospital — zdravnik ga je dal prepeljati v bolnico

to remove the fractions of an equation — odpraviti ulomke v enačbi

to remove furniture — prepeljati, preseliti, premestiti pohištvo

to remove one's hat — odkriti se

they have removed to the house next door — preselili so se v sosedno hišo

to remove s.o.'s load — odvzeti komu breme

to remove make-up — odstraniti šminko

to remove mountains figuratively delati čudeže

to remove s.o.'s name from a list — črtati, izbrisati ime kake osebe s seznama

to remove from office — odpustiti iz službe

to remove s.o. by poison — zastrupiti koga

to remove a stain — odstraniti madež

to remove all traces — odstraniti, zabrisati vse sledove

to remove s.o. out of the way figuratively spraviti koga s poti

to remove oneself — oditi

premaknitev, premestitev, preselitev, oddaljitev, odhod; oddaljenost, razmik, figuratively korak; (redko) odsotnost; (v nekaterih šolah) oddelek za boljše učence, vmesna stopnja ali razred; napredovanje v šoli v višji razred; stopnja (krvnega) sorodstva, koleno (v krvnem sorodstvu); British English naslednja jed (ki pride po vrsti serviranja) (pri kosilu, večerji)

at a certain remove — v določeni oddaljenosti, razdalji

a second cousin at one remove — bratranec v tretjem kolenu

to be but one remove from anarchy — biti le korak (oddaljen) od anarhije

1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) delo

2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) delo

3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) delo

4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) delo

5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) delo

6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) delo

1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) delati; priganjati k delu

2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) delati

3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) delovati; upravljati

4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) delovati

5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) s težavo napredovati

6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) postajati bolj in bolj

7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) izdelati

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- - work

1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mehanizem

2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) dela

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- work-basket

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(telesno ali duševno) delo; ukvarjanje, ustvarjanje, dejavnost; posel, zaposlitev; naloga; (žensko) ročno delo; delovni proces, rezultat dela, proizvod, izdelek; izdelava, obdelava, način izdelave; delovna sposobnost; težak posel, trud, muka; pogon (stroja); plural stavbna dela, stavbišče; javna dela; military utrdbe, utrdbena dela; (singular construction) tovarna, fabrika, obrat, delavnica; talilnica, livarna; technical mehanizem, gonilo, kolesje, zobčasti prenos; plural religion dobra dela

in work — zaposlen; (ki je) v pogonu (obratu)

out of work — brez dela, brezposeln, nezaposlen

a work of art — umetniško delo, umetnina

a work of genius — genialno delo

works of a clock — mehanizem ure

the works of Bach — Bachova dela

works of mercy — dobrodelna dela

earth works architecture zemeljska dela

good works — dobra dela

iron works — talilnica železa, železarna

Minister of Works — minister za javna dela

glass works — steklarna

gas works — plinarna

Public Works — javna dela

out works architecture zunanja dela

stone works — zidarska dela

upper works nautical nadvodni del ladje; vrhnja gradba, deli ladje nad zgornjo palubo

wood works — lesena konstrukcija, leseni deli hiše, leseni predmeti

shock-work — udarniško delo

to be out of work — biti brez dela, biti brezposeln

to be at work — delati, delovati, funkcionirati

it's all in the day's work — to ni (prav) nič nenavadnega, to je normalno, to je del (vsako)-dnevnega dela

to cease ( —ali to stop) work — nehati z delom

I did a good day's work — veliko sem naredil danes

to give s.o. the works American colloquially ozmerjati, premlatiti koga

to get ( —ali to set) to work — lotiti se dela, začeti delati

to go ( —ali to set) about one's work — lotiti se svojega dela

to have plenty of work to do — imeti mnogo dela

I have my work cut out for me — imam polne roke dela

to make sad work of it figuratively vse uničiti

to make short ( —ali quick) work of — hitro opraviti z, hitro obvladati

that is your work — to je tvoja naloga

to look for work — iskati delo

() [wə:k]

delati (na čem), izdel(ov)ati, obdelati; narediti, proizvesti, proizvajati; poetically umetniško izdelati; plesti, tkati, izdelati na statvah; šivati; vesti; oblikovati, (iz)kovati; tiskati; mesiti; kopati (rudo), obdelovati (zemljo); commerce poslovati, poslovno potovati (po nekem področju); slang prodati; plačati (potovanje) z delom; preiskati, raziskati; mathematics izračunati, rešiti (nalogo); vplivati na (koga), nagovarjati (koga); slang prevarati, oslepariti; izvesti, uresničiti, izvršiti, povzročiti; streči (topu, stroju); uporabljati (žival) za delo, vpreči; izkoriščati (rudnik); pustiti koga, da težko dela; premikati, poganjati, gnati, goniti

to work o.s. to death — ubi(ja)ti se z delom, garati

to work o.s. into s.o.'s favour — pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebe

to work o.s. into a rage — pobesneti

to work the bellows — goniti meh

to work a farm — voditi farmo (kmetijo)

to work a change — izvršiti, povzročiti spremembo

to work wonders — delati čuda (čudeže)

to work one's will — uresničiti svojo voljo

can you work the screw loose? — lahko zrahljate vijak?

to work (one's way) through college — sam se vzdrževati med študijem

my partner works the Liverpool district — moj družabnik potuje (poslovno) na področju Liverpoola

to work a slave to death — do smrti priganjati sužnja k delu, ubiti ga z delom

servants are not worked now as they were formerly — od služinčadi se danes ne zahteva več toliko dela kot nekoč

to work a crane — upravljati z žerjavom

to work a coal seam — izkoriščati plast premoga

to work a ship — upravljati ladjo

to work one's way — pot si utreti (napraviti)

these machines are worked by steam — te stroje poganja para

it is a good scheme, but can you work it? — to je dober načrt, toda, ali ga lahko izvedete?

this belief has worked much evil — to verovanje je povzročilo mnogo zla

the candidate works the district — kandidat opravlja volilno kampanjo v okrožju

to work one's passage nautical zaslužiti svoj prevoz z delom

to work one's horses — priganjati konje k delu

to work one's social relations in business — izkoriščati svoje družabne zveze poslovno;

delati, delovati, biti zaposlen (s čim); baviti se (s čim); truditi se; funkcionirati, posrečiti se, uspeti; razviti se, dozoreti; vreti; biti v pogonu, delati (stroj), prijemati eden v drugega (zobata kolesa); šivati, vesti (vezem); prebijati se (z delom); razvleči se; trzati (se) (obraz); mahati (s čim); težko, z muko se premikati, gibati; nautical križariti; besneti, biti razburkan (morje); figuratively krčevito delati

to work against time — delati v tekmi s časom

to work like a dog ( —ali horse —ali nigger) — delati kot črna živina

my stove works well — moja peč dobro dela

your method won't work — z vašo metodo ne boste uspeli

I tried but it did not work — poskušal sem, a ni se mi posrečilo

the poison began to work — strup je začel delovati

to work into a crowd — vriniti se v množico

to work loose — zrahljati se (vijak itd.)

waves work to and fro — valovi so razburkani

to work double tides — delati podnevi in ponoči

that won't work with me — to ne bo vplivalo name (vžgalo pri meni);

transitive verb & intransitive verb

racionalizirati (kaj); napraviti (kaj) razumno, pametno; razumsko misliti; racionalno (umno, pametno, gospodarno) urediti (delati, ravnati, misliti); (industrijo) gospodarno urediti, poenostaviti, reorganizirati, racionalizirati; mathematics preračunati v racionalno enačbo

to rationalize away — odkloniti kot protirazumno, nerazumno, nespametno ( all miracles vse čudeže)

1) (the state of mind produced by something unexpected or extraordinary: He was full of wonder at the amazing sight.) začudenje

2) (something strange, unexpected or extraordinary: the Seven Wonders of the World; You work late so often that it's a wonder you don't take a bed to the office!) čudo

3) (the quality of being strange or unexpected: The wonder of the discovery is that it was only made ten years ago.) nenavadnost

1) (to be surprised: Caroline is very fond of John - I shouldn't wonder if she married him.) čuditi se

2) (to feel curiosity or doubt: Have you ever wondered about his reasons for wanting this money?) spraševati se

3) (to feel a desire to know: I wonder what the news is.) hoteti vedeti

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- wonderful

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čudo; nekaj čudovitega, osupljivega; čudežen dogodek, čudežno delo, čudež; (za)čudenje, začudenost

in wonder — začuden

for a wonder — čudežno; presenetljivo; čudno

a nine-days'wonder — kratkotrajna senzacija

(it is) no wonder that... — nič čudnega (ni), da...

to be filled with wonder — biti ves začuden

he is a wonder of skill — on je čudo spretnosti

to work ( —ali to do) wonders — delati čuda (čudeže)

he kept his word, for a wonder — za čuda je držal svojo besedo

to look all wonder — ves začuden (debelo) gledati

he swore and no wonder — zaklel je, in nič čudnega (če je)

intransitive verb (za)čuditi se (at, about s.th. čemu); razmišljati (o čem), hoteti vedeti, biti radoveden, spraševati se

I wondered about — this to mi je padlo v oči

I wonder what time it is — koliko utegne biti ura? bogve koliko je ura?

I don't wonder at it — to me ne preseneča

that's not to be wondered at — ni se čemu čuditi

I wonder why — rad bi vedel zakaj

Oh! I just wondered! — O, nič! kar takó, samo vpraševal sem se

I wonder who said it — rad bi vedel (sprašujem se, bogve), kdo je to rekel

Is that true? -- I wonder. — Je to res? -- Bogve.

I wonder at you — čudim se ti (vam)

I wondered about his knowledge — čudil sem se njegovemu znanju

well, I wonder — no, ne vem (prav)

I have often wondered what would happen if... — često sem se spraševal, kaj bi se zgodilo, če...