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1 encouragement
noun words of encouragement; He must be given every encouragement.) spodbuda* * *[inkʌridžmənt]nounhrabritev, spodbuda; pospeševanje; pomoč -
2 boost
[bu:st] 1. verb(to expand; to make greater; to improve: We've boosted the sales figures; It's boosted his reputation.) povečati, okrepiti2. noun(a piece of help, encouragement etc: This publicity will give our sales a real boost.) vzgon- booster* * *I [bu:st]transitive verbcolloquially dvigniti, poriniti; hvaliti, poveličevati; electrical povišati napetost; American slang kričeče oglašati; umetno cene dvigatiII [bu:st]nounslang dvig, konjunktura; reklama -
3 cheer
[ iə] 1. noun1) (a shout of approval, encouragement or welcome: Three cheers for the Queen!) vzklik2) (mood: Be of good cheer.) razpoloženje2. verb(to give a shout of approval etc (to): The crowd cheered the new champion.) vzklikati- cheerful- cheerfully
- cheerfulness
- cheerless
- cheers!
- cheery
- cheerily
- cheeriness
- cheer up* * *I [číə]1.transitive verbrazveseliti; podžigati, spodbujati, tolažiti;2.intransitive verbveseliti se, vzklikati, odobravati, ploskatiII [číə]nounrazpoloženje, vedrost, veselost; odobravanje; navijanje (na tekmi); pogostitev, jedto give s.o. a cheer — nazdraviti komuto make good cheer — pirovati, gostiti sewhat cheer? — kako se imaš? -
4 hope
[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) upati2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) upanje2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) upanje3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) upanje•- hopeful- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
- raise someone's hopes* * *I [hóup]nounupanje (of na), nada, zaupanjeAmerican slang white hope — bel boksar, ki ima upanje, da postane svetovni prvakII [hóup]1.intransitive verbnadejati se, upati;2.transitive verbzaupati, imeti upanje -
5 promotion
[-ʃən]1) (the raising of a person to a higher rank or position: He has just been given (a) promotion.) povišanje2) (encouragement (of a cause, charity etc): the promotion of world peace.) podpiranje3) (the activity of advertising a product etc: He is against the promotion of cigarettes.) propaganda* * *[prəmóušən]nounnapredovanje, povišanje; pospeševanje, podpiranje; economy ustanovitev (družbe); American propaganda, reklama; (šah) zamenjava kmeta (za kraljico) -
6 hopeful
1) ((negative unhopeful) full of hope: The police are hopeful that they will soon find the killer; hopeful faces; He is hopeful of success.) poln upanja2) (giving a reason or encouragement for hope: That's a hopeful sign - perhaps he is going to change his mind after all.) obetajoč3) (likely to be pleasant, successful etc: The future looks quite hopeful.) obetaven* * *[hóupful]1.adjective ( hopefully adverb)poln upanja (of), obetajoč;2.nounironicallynadebuden mladenič, -nka -
7 war-cry
plural - war-cries; noun (a shout used in battle as an encouragement to the soldiers: `For king and country' was the war-cry of the troops as they faced the enemy.) bojni krik
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