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1 foil
I [foil] verb(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) porazitiII [foil] noun1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) folija2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) (grdo) nasprotjeIII [foil] noun(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) floret* * *I [fɔil]nounkovinski listič, staniol, folija; amalgamska prevleka zrcala; archaic listast okrasek; figuratively (for, to) kontrastno ozadjeII [fɔil]transitive verbpokriti s tenko kovinsko plastjo; speljati na napačno sled, prelisičiti, ukaniti; pokvariti, preprečiti; odbitiIII [fɔil]nounsled zasledovane divjačineto run upon the foil — teči po lastni sledi; speljati lovceIV [fɔil]nounrapir, mečV [fɔil]nounporaz, neuspeh -
2 beggar
noun (a person who lives by begging: The beggar asked for money for food.) berač* * *I [bégə]nounberač; revež, revček; colloquially fant, možakset a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil — tisti, ki naglo obogatijo, so največji nadutežilittle beggars — otročički, živaliceto know s.o. (s.th.) as well as a beggar knows his bag — dodobra koga (kaj) poznatiII [bégə]transitive verbspraviti na beraško palico; oropati, odvzetito beggar o.s. — obubožatiit beggars all description — ne da se popisati, nepopisno je -
3 drone
[drəun] 1. noun1) (the male of the bee.) trot2) (a person who is lazy and idle.) lenuh3) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) brnenje2. verb1) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) brneti2) (to speak in a dull, boring voice: The lecturer droned on and on.) monotono govoriti* * *I [droun]intransitive verb & transitive verbbrneti, brenčati; brundati; monotono peti ali govoriti; momljatiII [droun]nounbrnenje, brenčanje; brundanje; monotono petje ali govor, momljanje; basovska piščal (dude); letalo brez pilotaIII [droun]1.transitive verbčas zapravljati, lenobo pasti;2.nounzoologytrot; figuratively lenuh -
4 drudge
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5 indulge
1) (to allow (a person) to do or have what he wishes: You shouldn't indulge that child.) razvajati2) (to follow (a wish, interest etc): He indulges his love of food by dining at expensive restaurants.) vdajati se čemu3) (to allow (oneself) a luxury etc: Life would be very dull if we never indulged (ourselves).) privoščiti si•- indulgent
- indulge in* * *[indʌldž]1.transitive verbpopuščati komu, popustiti, ugoditi, dopustiti, razvajati (otroka); vdajati se čemu, uživati v čem; economy pristati na odlog plačila, odložiti plačilo;2.intransitive verbprivoščiti si (npr. dobro kapljico)to indulge s.o. in s.th. — spregledati komu kajto indulge o.s. in s.th. — privoščiti si kajto indulge o.s. with — uživati v čem -
6 jaded
['‹eidid]((of eg a person or his interest, appetite etc) worn out and made tired and dull.) izčrpan* * *[džéidid]adjectiveizčrpan, utrujen, izmozgan; nasičen, kar postane plehko, preživel -
7 soulless
1) ((of a person) without fine feeling or nobleness.) brez duše2) ((of life, a task etc) dull or very unimportant.) prazen* * *[sóullis]adjective ( soullessly adverb)(ki je) brez duše, mrtev; brezdušen, brezčuten; brez energije -
8 stolid
['stolid]((of a person etc) not easily excited and rather dull.) top- stolidness
- stolidly* * *[stɔlid]adjective ( stolidly adverb)bedast, neumen; top, brezbrižen, ravnodušen, flegmatičen, neobčutljiv, pasiven, trmast
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