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1 duck
I verb1) (to push briefly under water: They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.) potopiti (se)2) (to lower the head suddenly as if to avoid a blow: He ducked as the ball came at him.) skloniti se, skriti seII plurals - ducks, duck; noun1) (a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.) raca2) (a female duck. See also drake.) raca3) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) ničla (pri kriketu)•- duckling* * *I [dʌk]nounzoology raca; amfibijsko vozilo; colloquially srček, ljubček; očarljiva oseba; American military našiv; bankrotnik, dolžnik; invalid; colloquially nič, ničla (kriket)a lame duck — dolžnik; invalidlike a duck in a thunderstorm — potrt, otožen; zgubljento play ( —ali make) ducks and drakes — metati žabice (na vodni gladini); zapravljatilike water off a duck's back — brez učinka, kot bob ob stenocolloquially a duck of a — očarljiv(to take to s.th.) like a duck to water — (lotiti se česa) z veseljem, brez obotavljanjaduck's egg sport nič, nobena točka (kriket)II [dʌk]intransitive verb & transitive verbpočeniti, počepati; hitro glavo skloniti, ukloniti se; potapljati, potopiti (se); race loviticolloquially prikloniti se; slang to duck out — popihati joIII [dʌk]nounnagla sklonitev, počep, potopitevIV [dʌk]nounvrsta surovega platna; plural hlače iz takega blagaV [dʌk]nouncolloquially izkrcevalni čoln za amfibije -
2 mock
[mok] 1. verb(to laugh at or cause to seem ridiculous: They mocked her efforts at cooking.) norčevati se2. adjective(pretended or not real: a mock battle; He looked at me in mock horror.) hlinjen- mockery- mocking
- mockingly* * *I [mɔk]adjectivehlinjen, nepravi, lažen, ponarejenmilitary mock attack — hlinjen napadastronomy mock moon — sij okoli meseca, solunabotany American mock orange — nepravi jasmin; pomaranči podobna bučajuridically mock trial — navidezen procesII [mɔk]nounarchaic roganje, tarča posmeha; oponašanjeto make a mock of — rogati se, posmehovati se komuIII [mak]1.transitive verbzasmehovati, zasramovati, rogati se; oponašati, imitirati; varati, za norca imeti; kljubovati, upirati se;2.intransitive verbrogati se (at komu) -
3 sit
[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) sedeti; posaditi2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) ležati3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) biti član4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) sedeti5) (to undergo (an examination).) opravljati (izpit)6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) pozirati7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) zasedati•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit up* * *I [sit]1.intransitive verbsedeti; (o kokoši) sedeti na jajcih, valiti; čepeti; sedeti kot model (slikarju); biti za vzorec; imeti sedež, bivati; ležati; pristajati (o obleki); opravljati službo (navadno) sedé; biti član kakega telesa ( on a jury porote); zastopati v parlamentu ( for koga); imeti sejo, zasedati; sesti (on na); zaposliti se ( over s čim); študirati ( under pri kom);2.transitive verbsedeti (v sedlu), imeti sedež na ( a mule mezgu); posaditi ( the hen on eggs kokošja jajca)to sit on the bench figuratively biti sodnikto sit on the fence politics slang figuratively stati ob strani, ne se opredeliti, biti nevtralento sit in judgement on s.o. — lastiti si pravico sojenja drugih, soditi, kritizirati kogato sit on one's hands figuratively ne aplavdiratito sit for one's picture — dati se slikati, sedeti (pozirati) za svojo sliko (portret)he is sitting pretty — on je v dobrem položaju, ima dober položajto sit pretty slang imeti dobre karte, figuratively dobro se goditi (komu)to sit upon s.o. figuratively sedeti na kom, jahati kogadon't you be sat upon! colloquially ne pusti se hruliti!to sit tight colloquially ostati neomahljivo na svojem mestu, vztrajati pri stvarito sit on the throne — sedeti na prestolu, vladatiII [sit]nounslang see situation -
4 green
[ɡri:n] 1. adjective1) (of the colour of growing grass or the leaves of most plants: a green hat.) zelen2) (not ripe: green bananas.) zelen3) (without experience: Only someone as green as you would believe a story like that.) zelen4) (looking as if one is about to be sick; very pale: He was green with envy (= very jealous).) zelen2. noun1) (the colour of grass or the leaves of plants: the green of the trees in summer.) zelena barva2) (something (eg paint) green in colour: I've used up all my green.) zelena barva3) (an area of grass: a village green.) zelenica4) (an area of grass on a golf course with a small hole in the centre.) travnati del igrišča za golf5) (concerned with the protection of the environment: green issues; a green political party.)•- greenish- greens
- greenfly
- greengage
- greengrocer
- greenhouse
- greenhouse effect
- the green light* * *I [gri:n]adjectivezelen; svež, mlad, nov; nezrel, neizkušen; bledfiguratively nevoščljiv, ljubosumen; botany green agaric — sivkagreen hand — novinec, zelenecgreen light — zelena luč; figuratively prosta pot; uradna odobritevgreen eye — zavist, ljubosumnostII [gri:n]nounzelena barva, zelenilo; mladost, svežina, neizkušenost; igrišče (na trati); plural sveža zelenjavaIII [gri:n]1.intransitive verbzeleneti, pozeleneti;2.transitive verb(po)zeleniti; slang prevarati, za nos potegniti, preslepiti, prekaniti -
5 lame
[leim] 1. adjective1) (unable to walk properly: He was lame for weeks after his fall.) šepav2) (not satisfactory; unacceptable: a lame excuse.) nezadovoljiv2. verb(to make unable to walk properly: He was lamed by a bullet in the ankle.) ohromiti- lamely- lameness* * *I [leim]adjective ( lamely adverb)hrom, šepavfiguratively slab, nezadovoljiv (izgovor), neprepričljiv, šepav (verz); British English a lame duck — plačila nezmožen dolžnik; American poslanec, ki ni ponovno izvoljen; onesposobljena ladja; hromec, šepavecII [leim]transitive verbohromiti, onesposobitiIII [leirn]nountenka kovinska ploščica -
6 quack
I 1. noun(the cry of a duck.) kvakanje2. verb(to make such a sound: The ducks quacked noisily as they swam across the pond.) kvakatiII noun((used as an adjective) a person who dishonestly claims to have medical qualifications: a quack doctor/psychologist; quack medicine/cures.) šarlatanski* * *I [kwæk]1.nounkvakanje; figuratively blebetanje;2.nounkvakati; figuratively blebetatiII [kwæk]1.adjectivemazaški, šušmarski; kričavo vsiljiv;2.nounmazač, šušmar, šarlatan; sejmar;3.intransitive verbukvarjati se z mazaštvom, varati, glasno hvaliti na sejmuIII [kwæk]nounAmerican botany see quitch -
7 swan
[swon](a large, usually white, water-bird of the duck family, with a long graceful neck.) labod* * *I [swɔn]1.nounzoologylabod; figuratively pesnik, peveca black swan — črn labod; figuratively bela vrana, nekaj redkegaall his geese are swans fig — on vidi vse večje, kot je v resnici; on vse precenjuje, pretirano povečuje;2.intransitive verb (večinoma swan around) brez cilja letati, se potikati okoliII [swɔn]intransitive verb American slang prisečiI swan! — (to lahko) prisežem! -
8 waddle
['wodl] 1. verb(to take short steps and move from side to side in walking (as a duck does): The ducks waddled across the road; The fat old lady waddled down the street.) racati2. noun(a clumsy, rocking way of walking.) racanje* * *[wɔdl]1.nounracanje, pozibavanje (majanje) pri hoji;2.intransitive verbracati; zibati se (majati se) pri hojito waddle out of the alley economy slang umakniti se z borze, ustaviti plačila (zaradi finančnega poloma)to waddle along — gugati se, pozibavati se v bokih pri hoji
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