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1 engaged
1) (bound by promise (especially to marry): She became engaged to John.) zaročen2) ((with in) employed or occupied: She is engaged in social work.) zaposlen (s čim)3) (busy; not free; occupied: Please come if you are not already engaged for that evening; The room / telephone line is engaged.) zaseden* * *[ingéidžd]adjectivezaseden, oddan; zaposlen; zaročenengaged signal — znak, da je telefon zaseden -
2 engage
[in'ɡei‹]1) (to begin to employ (a workman etc): He engaged him as his assistant.) zaposliti2) (to book; to reserve: He has engaged an entertainer for the children's party.) rezervirati3) (to take hold of or hold fast; to occupy: to engage someone's attention.) pritegniti4) (to join battle with: The two armies were fiercely engaged.) spopasti se5) (to (cause part of a machine etc to) fit into and lock with another part: The driver engaged second gear.) vklopiti•- engaged- engagement
- engaging* * *[ingéidž]1.transitive verbzaposliti, dolžnost naložiti; rezervirati; obljubiti, jamčiti; napeljati, pritegniti; napasti; zaročiti;2.intransitive verb(in) zaposliti se; obvezati se; sodelovati; lotiti se; zaplesti se; spopasti se; zaročiti seto engage for s.o. — jamčiti za kogato engage with s.o. — spopasti se s komto engage s.o. in conversation — začeti s kom pogovor -
3 line
I 1. noun1) ((a piece of) thread, cord, rope etc: She hung the washing on the line; a fishing-rod and line.) vrv2) (a long, narrow mark, streak or stripe: She drew straight lines across the page; a dotted/wavy line.) črta3) (outline or shape especially relating to length or direction: The ship had very graceful lines; A dancer uses a mirror to improve his line.) linija4) (a groove on the skin; a wrinkle.) guba5) (a row or group of objects or persons arranged side by side or one behind the other: The children stood in a line; a line of trees.) vrsta6) (a short letter: I'll drop him a line.) kratko sporočilo7) (a series or group of persons which come one after the other especially in the same family: a line of kings.) rod8) (a track or direction: He pointed out the line of the new road; a new line of research.) smer9) (the railway or a single track of the railway: Passengers must cross the line by the bridge only.) tir10) (a continuous system (especially of pipes, electrical or telephone cables etc) connecting one place with another: a pipeline; a line of communication; All (telephone) lines are engaged.) cevovod, omrežje11) (a row of written or printed words: The letter contained only three lines; a poem of sixteen lines.) vrstica12) (a regular service of ships, aircraft etc: a shipping line.) linija13) (a group or class (of goods for sale) or a field of activity, interest etc: This has been a very popular new line; Computers are not really my line.) vrsta izdelkov; področje14) (an arrangement of troops, especially when ready to fight: fighting in the front line.) bojna vrsta2. verb1) (to form lines along: Crowds lined the pavement to see the Queen.) postaviti se v vrsto2) (to mark with lines.) začrtati•- lineage- linear- lined- liner- lines- linesman
- hard lines!
- in line for
- in
- out of line with
- line up
- read between the lines II verb1) (to cover on the inside: She lined the box with newspaper.) obložiti2) (to put a lining in: She lined the dress with silk.) podložiti•- lined- liner- lining* * *I [lain]nounčrta, linija, poteza; guba, brazda (na obrazu, roki); mathematics črta (zlasti premica); geography ekvator, poldnevnik, vzporednik; smer, pot (avtobusna, železniška) proga, tir; plural obris, kontura, oblika; plural načrt (ladje), osnutek, plan; plural načela, smernice, navodila; način, metoda, postopek; meja, mejna črta (tudi figuratively); vrsta, niz, rep (ljudi); soglasje; rod, veja, koleno, pokolenje; printing vrstica; kratko sporočilo, kratko pismo; stih, pesmica (upon s.th. to s.o.); plural British English latinski stihi, ki jih mora dijak prepisati za kazen, kazenska pismena naloga; plural theatre tekst vloge, vloga; plural colloquially poročni list; colloquially poročilo, pojasnilo; plural usoda; stroka, področje, panoga; telefonska, telegrafska linija; technical vod; economy sortiment, blago, predmet, plural serijsko blago; military (bojna) linija, vrsta, fronta, frontne čete, šotori ali barake v taboru; vrv, konopec; žica, kabelline of vision — horizont, obzorje; military vizirna črtaon the dotted line — v vrsti, ki je namenjena za podpison the line — na meji, politics na linijiline of fate (fortune, heart, life) — črta usode (sreče, srca, življenja) na rokiBritish English up (down) line — (vlak) v (iz) London(a)on the lines laid down by the chairman — po smernicah, ki jih je postavil predsedujočialong these lines — po teh navodilih, smernicahto take ( —ali keep to) one's own line — ukrepati po svoje, držati se svoje potito take a strong line — (with s.o.) biti čvrst, neomajen (do koga), vztrajatito take the line that — zavzeti stališče, da; biti mišljenja, daout of line — iz črte, ne na črti; figuratively nesoglasen, nezdružljiv; iz ravnotežjathat's s.th. out of ( —ali not in) my line — to mi ne leži, ne spada v mojo strokoto draw the line — (at) povleči mejo (pri)to toe the line — spoštovati predpise; politics biti na linijito give s.o. line enough — popustiti uzde, pustiti komu proste roketo go over the line — prekoračiti mejo, meroAmerican figuratively to be in line for — pričakovati (službo), upati nato be in line with — soglašati s, zto bring s.o. into line — ( with) spraviti v sklad s, zpolitics pridobiti koga k sodelovanju; American colloquially to go down the line for — zavezati se za kaj (na celi črti)to drop s.o. a line — napisati komu par vrstictheatre to study one's lines — učiti se vlogecolloquially hard lines — težka usoda, "smola", nesrečaAmerican party line — dvojček (telefon)economy line of goods — vrsta blaga, naročilo zanjmilitary line of fire — strelska bojna vrstamilitary line of battle — frontna linijamilitary line of defence — obrambna linijamilitary to go up the line — iti v frontno linijomilitary the line — regularne četenautical ship of the line — linijska ladjaphysics line of force — magnetna silnicasomewhere along the line — ob neki priliki, v gotovem trenutkufiguratively to keep to one's line — iti premočrtnofiguratively by (rule and) line — natančno, preciznohook, line, and sinker — popoln(oma)to have s.o. on a line — pustiti koga v negotovostiII [lain]1.transitive verbčrtati, načrtati; začrtati, skicirati, zarisati, orisati; zbrazdati, zgubati (obraz); obrobi.ti, nasaditi (drevje); postaviti v vrste;2.intransitive verbpostaviti se v vrste, postrojiti seIII [lain]transitive verbpodložiti (obleko)technical (na notranji strani) prevleči, obložiti, opažiti, podložiti, zaliti; biti za podlogo; oblepiti hrbet knjige; napolniti; slang to line one's purse ( —ali pocket) — napolniti mošnjo, obogatetiIV [lain]transitive verbpariti (pse) -
4 research
1. [ri'sə:, ]( especially American[) 'ri:sə:(r) ] noun(a close and careful study to find out (new) facts or information: He is engaged in cancer research; His researches resulted in some amazing discoveries; ( also adjective) a research student.) raziskovanje2. [ri'sə:(r) ] verb(to carry out such a study: He's researching (into) Thai poetry.) raziskovati* * *[risɜ:č]1.noun(znanstveno) raziskovanje, iskanje (for, after česa)researches plural znanstveno raziskovalno delo (in, into česa)to be engaged in researches on (in) nuclear physics — delati na področju jedrske fizike;2.adjectiveraziskovalenresearch professor — predavanj oproščeni profesor, ki se ukvarja z znanstvenim raziskovalnim delom;3.transitive verb (znanstveno) raziskovati, opravljati znanstveno raziskovalno delo -
5 busy
['bizi] 1. adjective1) (having a lot (of work etc) to do: I am very busy.) zaposlen2) (full of traffic, people, activity etc: The roads are busy; a busy time of year.) živahen3) ((especially American) (of a telephone line) engaged: All the lines to New York are busy.) zaseden2. verb((sometimes with with) to occupy (oneself) with: She busied herself preparing the meal.) ukvarjati se (z)- busily* * *I [bízi]transitive verb(with, at, about, in) zaposliti (se), ukvarjati seII [bízi]adjective ( busily adverb)delaven, marljiv, priden; zaposlen; vihrav, nemiren, živahen; aktiven; vsiljiv, radovedenIII [bizi]nounslang detektiv -
6 commerce
['komə:s] 1. noun(the exchange of goods between nations or people; trade on a large scale: He is engaged in commerce.) trgovina2. noun(a TV or radio advertisement: I enjoyed the play but the commercials irritated me.) reklama- commercialise
- commercialism
- commercial traveller* * *[kɔmə:s]noun( with) trgovina, blagovni promet; archaic spolno občevanje -
7 diplomat
['dipləmæt]noun (a person engaged in diplomacy: He is a diplomat at the American embassy.) diplomat* * *[dípləmæt]noundiplomat -
8 fiancé
American - fiancée; noun(a person to whom one is engaged to be married.)* * *[fiá:nsei]nounzaročenec -
9 mesh
[meʃ] 1. noun1) ((one of) the openings between the threads of a net: a net of (a) very fine (= small) mesh.) oko na mreži2) ((often in plural) a network: A fly was struggling in the meshes of the spider's web.) mreža2. verb((of teeth on eg gear wheels) to become engaged with each other: The teeth on these two cogwheels mesh when they go round.) ujeti se* * *I [meš]nounoko na mreži; zaščitna mrežica; figuratively plural mreža, zanka; technical sistem zobatih kolesin mesh — v pogonu, drug v drugem (zobata kolesa)electrical mesh connection — trikotni stikII [meš]1.transitive verbujeti v mrežo; figuratively zaplesti, ujeti v zanko;2.intransitive verb technicalvpasti drug v drugega (zobata kolesa); figuratively zaplesti se ( with s, z) -
10 otherwise
1) (in every other way except this: She has a big nose but otherwise she is very good-looking.) sicer2) (doing, thinking etc something else: I am otherwise engaged this evening.) drugače* * *[ʌðəwaiz]adverbdrugače, sicerhis political enemies his otherwise friends — njegovi politični nasprotniki, sicer pa prijatelji -
11 thought
[Ɵo:t]past tense, past participle; = think* * *I [mɔ:t]nounmisel, ideja, mišljenje, umovanje, premišljanje; (skrbno) razmišljanje; premislek; pazljivost; namera, nakana, načrt; plural mnenje; umsko delo; svet misli, miselni svet; spominjanje; sposobnost predstavljanja; skrb, nemir; obzir; figuratively minimalna količina, nekoliko, malce, kančeka beauty beyond thought — lepota, ki si je ni moč predstavljatiengaged in thought — zamišljen, zatopljen v mislia penny for your thoughts! figuratively rad bi vedel, kaj (sedaj) mislite! kaj bi dal, da bi vedel za vaše misli!; na kaj mislite?after further thought I saw I was wrong — ko sem znova premislil, sem uvidel, da nimam pravhe had no thought of paying his debt — prav nobenega namena ni imel, da bi plačal svoj dolghe did not give a thought to his doings — niti hip ni pomislil, kaj delahis sole thought is to make money — njegova edina misel je, kako priti do denarjato read s.o.'s thoughts — brati misli kake osebesecond thoughts are best figuratively ni se treba prenaglitito take thought — zamisliti se, premislitihe took thought before replying — premislil je, preden je odgovorilII [mɔ:t]preterite & past participleod to think -
12 unattached
(not married or engaged to be married: A woman sometimes gives up hope of marriage if she is still unattached at the age of thirty.) nevezan* * *[ʌnətaečt]adjectivenepritrjen (to na), nepričvrščen; military postavljen na razpoloženje, detaširan; university zunanji, ekstern, ki ne pripada nobenemu kolidžu; nevezan, neorganiziran, neodvisen; juridically nezasežen, nezaplenjen; obsolete neprijet, nearetiran -
13 actively
adverb actively engaged in politics.) dejavno -
14 be/feel etc on top of the world
(to feel very well and happy: She's on top of the world - she's just got engaged to be married.) biti v devetih nebesihEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > be/feel etc on top of the world
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15 closeted
adjective (engaged in a private conversation in a separate room from other people: They're closeted in his office.) zaprt -
16 hostilities
[-'sti-]noun plural (acts of war; battles: The two countries were engaged in hostilities.) sovražnosti -
17 keep it dark
(to keep something a secret: They're engaged to be married but they want to keep it dark.) skrivati -
18 labour
['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) delo2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) delavci3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) porodni popadki4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) laburistična stranka2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) delati2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) z muko napredovati•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving
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