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121 mean
[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skop2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) grd3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) popadljiv4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) reven•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) srednji2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) povprečen2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) sredinaIII 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) pomeniti2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) nameravati•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) pomenljiv- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well* * *I [mi:n]adjectivenizek, navaden, manjvreden (stan, rod); boren, reven, oguljen, odrgnjen, umazan; nepomemben; prostaški, nizkoten, podel; skop, stiskaški; American colloquially popadljiv, hudoben (konj); American colloquially bolehenno mean foe — sovražnik, ki ni za podcenjevanjeno mean scholar — pametna glava. pomemben učenjakAmerican mean white — siromašen belec na jugu ZDAAmerican to feel mean over — sramovati se česaII [mi:n]adjectivesrednji, povprečenIII [mi:n]nounsredina; povprečje, povprečnost; (plural z glagolom v singular) sredstvo, način; plural premoženjeto be a means of — bitt česa kriv, biti povod za kajby all (manner of) means — vsekakor, na vsak način, za vsako cenoBritish English means test — preveritev premoženjskih razmer delavca, ki prejema socialno podporoIV [mi:n]1.transitive verbnameravati, imeti vmislih, kaniti, hoteti; (zlasti pasiv) nameniti ( for za); meniti, misliti; pomeniti;2.intransitive verbpomeniti (to komu)to mean mischief — imeti zlobne namene, imeti kaj za bregomto mean well (ill) by ( —ali to) s.o. — dobro (slabo) komu želeti, biti komu (ne)naklonjenwhat do you mean by it? — kaj hočeš s tem reči?, kaj naj to pomeni?to mean little to s o. — komu malo pomenitiI mean you to go — želim, da greš -
122 method
['meƟəd]1) (the way in which one does something: I don't like his methods of training workers.) način2) (an orderly or fixed series of actions for doing something: Follow the method set down in the instruction book.) postopek3) (good sense and a definite plan: Her work seems to lack method.) načrtnost•- methodically* * *[méməd]nounmetoda, postopek, način, načrtnost -
123 middle
['midl] 1. noun1) (the central point or part: the middle of a circle.) sredina2) (the central area of the body; the waist: You're getting rather fat round your middle.) pas2. adjective(equally distant from both ends: the middle seat in a row.) srednji- middling- middle age
- middle-aged
- Middle Ages
- Middle East
- middleman
- be in the middle of doing something
- be in the middle of something* * *I [midl]adjectivesrednjimiddle ground nautical plitvina, figuratively nevtralno stališčemiddle name — srednje (osebno) ime; figuratively izrazita lastnosteconomy middle quality — srednja kakovostnautical middle watch — straža od polnoči do štirih zjutrajBritish English bližnji vzhod; American Middle Atlantic States — države New York, New Jersey, PennsylvaniaII [midl]nounsredina; pas (život); posrednik; grammar medialni način; plural economy srednja vrstain the middle of — v sredini, v sredifiguratively caught in the middle — ujet na limaniceBritish English middle (article) — feljtonIII [midl]transitive verbcentrirati (zlasti žogo pri nogometu) -
124 might
I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) utegniti2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) moči3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) lahko bi vsaj...•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) moč- mighty- mightily
- mightiness* * *I [máit]nounmoč, sila, oblastII [máit]preteriteod may -
125 mix
[miks] 1. verb1) (to put or blend together to form one mass: She mixed the butter and sugar together; He mixed the blue paint with the yellow paint to make green paint.) zmešati2) (to prepare or make by doing this: She mixed the cement in a bucket.) pripraviti3) (to go together or blend successfully to form one mass: Oil and water don't mix.) mešati (se)4) (to go together socially: People of different races were mixing together happily.) mešati se2. noun1) (the result of mixing things or people together: London has an interesting racial mix.) mešanica2) (a collection of ingredients used to make something: (a) cake-mix.) sestavine•- mixed- mixer
- mixture
- mix-up
- be mixed up
- mix up* * *I [miks]nounmešanica; colloquially zbrka, zmeda; slang pretepII [miks]1.transitive verbmetati, pomešati, zmešati ( with s, z); biology križati; melirati (blago); figuratively združiti;2.intransitive verb (po)mešati se; zlagati se s komto be mixed up — biti vpleten (in, with), biti zmedento get mixed up — zmesti se; vmešati se, zaplesti se (in, with)American slang to mix it (up) — skočiti si v lasenot to mix well — ne zlagati se s kom, ne spadati skupaj -
126 mode
[məud]1) (a manner of doing something: an unusual mode of expression.) način2) (a kind or type: modes of transport.) način3) (a fashion: Large hats are the latest mode.) moda•- modish- modishly* * *I [moud]nounnačin, metoda, oblika; philosophy modus; music tonski način; linguistics način; najpogostejša vrednost (slatistika); mineralogy rudninska sestavina kamenineII [moud]nounmoda, šega, običaj -
127 near
[niə] 1. adjective1) (not far away in place or time: The station is quite near; Christmas is getting near.) blizu2) (not far away in relationship: He is a near relation.) bližnji2. adverb1) (to or at a short distance from here or the place mentioned: He lives quite near.) blizu2) ((with to) close to: Don't sit too near to the window.) v bližini3. preposition(at a very small distance from (in place, time etc): She lives near the church; It was near midnight when they arrived.) blizu4. verb(to come near (to): The roads became busier as they neared the town; as evening was nearing.) približati (se)- nearly- nearness
- nearby
- nearside
- near-sighted
- a near miss* * *I [níə]adverbblizu, v bližini, bližje; colloquially skoraj, málodane; figuratively varčno; (z negacijo) niti približnofar and near — od blizu in daleč, povsodnear at hand — pri roki, blizuII [níə]adjectivebližnji; pereč (problem); skop, varčen; levi (del živali, ceste); zvest (prevod)it was a near thing — komaj je šlo, za las je manjkaloAmerican near true — skoraj gotovoIII [níə]transitive verb & intransitive verbpribližati (se), približevati se (to) -
128 necessity
[ni'sesəti]- plural necessities - noun (something needed or essential: Food is one of the necessities of life.) potreba* * *[nisésiti]nounpotreba, sila, nuja; (navadno plural) pomanjkanjeto make a virtue of necessity — napraviti od nuje vrlino; hvaliti se s čim, kar smo morali storitiof necessity — nujno, neizbežnounder the necessity (of doing s.th.) — prisiljen (kaj narediti)
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