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1 face-saving
adjective (of something which helps a person not to look stupid or not to appear to be giving in: He agreed to everything we asked and as a face-saving exercise we offered to consult him occasionally.) ki ohrani ugled -
2 face
[feis] 1. noun1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) obraz2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) sprednja stran3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) (rudniško) čelo2. verb1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) gledati na2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) soočiti se3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) spoprijeti se•- - faced- facial
- facing
- facecloth
- facelift
- face-powder
- face-saving
- face value
- at face value
- face the music
- face to face
- face up to
- in the face of
- lose face
- make/pull a face
- on the face of it
- put a good face on it
- save one's face* * *I [feis]nounobraz, lice; izraz obraza, spaka, zmrda; videz; sprednja (zgornja, prava) stran; zunanji del, pogled od spredaj; fasada, površina; številčnica; figuratively predrznost, nesramnost; brušena ploskevbefore the face of — v navzočnosti, pred (kom)to draw ( —ali pull, wear) a long face — biti videti potrt, kislo se držatiin the face of day — ob belem dnevu; odkritoto fly in (to) the face of s.o. — upreti se komu, razjeziti, razžaliti ganautical guide face — drsa zaporeto have the face to (do s.th.) — upati, drzniti si (kaj storiti)in (the) face of — vpričo, neglede na, vkljubto look in the face of s.o. — drzno koga gledatito make a wry face at s.th. — kislo kaj gledatiface to face with — naravnost, osebno, pred, vpričoon the face of it — očitno, na prvi pogledto put a new face on s.th. — postaviti kaj v drugo lučto set one's face against s.th. — upirati se čemuto shut the door in one's face — preprečiti nadaljnje razgovore, uresničenje načrtato show one's face — priti, prikazati seto s.o.'s face — odkrito, v navzočnosti kogato tell straight to s.o.'s face — naravnost komu povedatito throw s.th. in s.o.'s face — očitati, oponašati komu kajII [feis]1.transitive verbkljubovati, upirati se, spoprijeti se; soočiti; sprijazniti se, prenesti; obložiti, prevleči, pokriti; ostružiti, zgladiti;2.intransitive verbbiti obrnjen protimilitary obrniti se; American to face the music — prenesti očitke, sprijazniti se, ne pokazati strahuto face s.th. out — sam si pomagati v težavah, premagati kaj -
3 save
I 1. [seiv] verb1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) rešiti2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) varčevati3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) prihraniti4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) preprečiti zadetek5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) odrešiti6) (to keep data in the computer.) shraniti2. noun((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) obramba- saver- saving
- savings
- saviour
- saving grace
- savings account
- savings bank
- save up II [seiv] preposition, conjunction(except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) razen* * *I [séiv]1.transitive verbrešiti ( from pred); zaščititi; shraniti, čuvati, spraviti (žito itd.); (ob)varovati (pred), ohraniti, prihraniti, (pri)varčevati, dobro gospodariti (z), varčno porabljati ali trošiti; prizanesti, prizanašati; sport obvarovati poraza, preprečiti zadetek (gol); theology zveličati, odrešiti; dospeti, še ujeti, ne zamuditi (vlaka itd.); zadovoljiti;2.intransitive verbvarčevati, biti varčen; ohraniti seto save appearances — ohraniti videz normalnosti, uglednostito save one's bacon figuratively rešiti si glavoto be saved theology biti odrešen, zveličansave your breath! — prihrani si svoje besede! molči!he was saved from drowning — rešili so ga, da se ni utopil (utonil)to save one's face — ohraniti, čuvati svoj obraz, svoj prestiž (ugled, dostojanstvo)to save s.o.'s life — rešiti komu življenjesave the mark! slang oprostite besedi (izrazu)!a stitch in time saves nine figuratively bolje je preprečiti kot lečitiII [séiv]1.preposition poetically & archaicrazen, izvzemšisave and except — razen, izvzemšisave only he — razen njega, samó on nethe last save one — predzadnji;2.conjunctionrazen če, če ne, razen ( that da)I felt well save that I had a headache — počutil sem se dobro, razen da me je bolela glava;3.
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