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1 short
[ʃo:t] 1. adjective1) (not long: You look nice with your hair short; Do you think my dress is too short?) kratek2) (not tall; smaller than usual: a short man.) majhen3) (not lasting long; brief: a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.) kratek4) (not as much as it should be: When I checked my change, I found it was 20 cents short.) premajhen5) ((with of) not having enough (money etc): Most of us are short of money these days.) ne imeti dovolj6) ((of pastry) made so that it is crisp and crumbles easily.) drobljiv2. adverb1) (suddenly; abruptly: He stopped short when he saw me.) nenadoma2) (not as far as intended: The shot fell short.) prekratek•- shortage
- shorten
- shortening
- shortly
- shorts
- shortbread
- short-change
- short circuit
- shortcoming
- shortcut
- shorthand
- short-handed
- short-list 3. verb(to put on a short-list: We've short-listed three of the twenty applicants.) izbrati- short-range
- short-sighted
- short-sightedly
- short-sightedness
- short-tempered
- short-term
- by a short head
- for short
- go short
- in short
- in short supply
- make short work of
- run short
- short and sweet
- short for
- short of* * *I [šc:t]adjectivekratek, majhen; nizek; prosody nenaglašen; figuratively nezadosten, pičel (zaloga, obrok); prhek, drobljiv, lomljiv, lomen; figuratively nasajen, osoren, zadirčen, kratkih besedi, žaljiv; (o pijači) močan, hudat short range — od blizu, iz bližine, na majhno razdaljo (oddaljenost)little short of 5 dollars — ne polnih ɜ dolarjev, skoraj ɜ dolarjevnothing short of — nič manj kot, skoraja short 10 miles — komaj 10 milj, (na pogled) manj od 10 miljshort bill (paper) loan — kratkoročna menica, posojiloshort of breath — zasopel, nadušljivshort circuit electrical kratek stikshort and sweet — kratek in vsebinsko bogat (npr. govor)short temper — razvnemljivost, nagla jezashort ton — mera za težo (907,20 kg)to be short with s.o. — biti kratkih besedi (osoren) s komto cut (to make) a long story short — na kratko povedati; skrajšati; skratkato come (to fall) short of — ne izpolniti pričakovanj, ne zadovoljiti, razočaratiI am short of money — zmanjkalo mi je denarja, trda mi prede za denarto make short shrift of figuratively napraviti kratek proces zto give short weight — dajati slabo vago, goljufati pri težito take short views — videti le sedanjost, ne videti dalečto be of short breath — biti ob sapo, biti nadušljivII [šɔ:t]adverbna kratko, nenadoma, naenkrat, naglo; neposredno, naravnost, brez ovinkov; nezadostno; osorno; economy brez kritjashort of — razen, z izjemo; skorajto cut s.o. short — prekiniti koga (v govoru)cut it short! — povej na kratko!to sell short — pod ceno prodajati, (borza) prodajati brez kritja, špekulirati na baisseto take s.o. up short — prekiniti kogaIII [šɔ:t]nounkratek (dokumentaren, risan itd.) film; kratek zlog (samoglasnik), kratka oblika; znak za kračino samoglasnika (a); economy deficit, primanjkljaj, manko; electrical kratek stik; plural kratke hlače; plural stranski produktiin short — na kratko, skratka, z eno besedothe long and the short of it is that... — nakratko povedano je stvar ta, da... -
2 collapse
[kə'læps]1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) zrušiti se2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) zgruditi se3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) propasti4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) zložiti se•* * *I [kəlaeps](of, from zaradi)intransitive verbzgruditi, zrušiti, sesesti se; figuratively propasti; v vodo pastiII [kəlaeps]noun(of) propad, razsulo, polom; zrušitev; medicine kolaps, nepričakovana srčna slabost -
3 empty
['empti] 1. adjective1) (having nothing inside: an empty box; an empty cup.) prazen2) (unoccupied: an empty house.) nezaseden3) ((with of) completely without: a street quite empty of people.) brez4) (having no practical result; (likely to be) unfulfilled: empty threats.) prazen2. verb1) (to make or become empty: He emptied the jug; The cinema emptied quickly at 10.30; He emptied out his pockets.) (iz)prazniti (se)2) (to tip, pour, or fall out of a container: She emptied the milk into a pan; The rubbish emptied on to the ground.) izliti (se)3. noun(an empty bottle etc: Take the empties back to the shop.) prazen (embalaža)- empty-handed
- empty-headed* * *I [ém(p)ti]adjective ( emptily adverb)prazen; nezaseden; brezvsebinski, puhel; colloquially lačen, trezento be empty of s.th. — ne imeti česaon an empty stomach — na prazen želodec, teščII [ém(p)ti]transitive verb & intransitive verbto empty s.o. of s.th. — odvzeti komu kaj, oropati ga česaIII [ém(p)ti]nounprazen zaboj, prazen vagon ali vlak; plural embalaža -
4 plummet
1. past tense, past participle - plummetted; verb((of a heavy weight) to fall or drop swiftly: The rock plummeted to the bottom of the cliff.) strmoglaviti2. noun(An indicator hung down to see if something is vertical.)* * *[plʌmit]1.nounsvinčnica, grezilo; figuratively tlačilo; svinčeno grezilo za ribolov;2.intransitive verbpotopiti se, navpično pasti
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