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1 foolish
1) (having no sense: He is a foolish young man.) nespameten2) (ridiculous: He looked very foolish.) smešen* * *[fú:liš]adjective ( foolishly adverb)neumen, bedast, nespameten; smešen -
2 pound-foolish
[páundfú:liš]adjectivenesposoben ravnati z mnogo denarja ali velikimi problemi -
3 rather
1) (to a certain extent; slightly; a little: He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.) dokaj2) (more willingly; preferably: I'd rather do it now than later; Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?; I'd rather not do it at all; I would/had rather you didn't do that; Wouldn't you rather have this one?; I'd resign rather than do that.) raje3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) prej (kot)* * *I [rá:ðə]adverbprej, rajši, raje; precéjrather good — precéj dober, kar doberrather a long way — precéj dolga pot, precéj dalečthe rather that... — toliko bolj (prej, rajši), ker...I rather think that... — jaz bi prej (skoraj) mislil, da...I had rather that... — jaz bi rajši...he left rather than join me — rajši je odpotoval, kot da bi se mi pridružilI would rather die than betray him — jaz bi rajši umrl, kot ga izdal (se mu izneveril)he would rather have died than revealed it — on bi bil rajši umrl, kot to razkrilthank you, I had rather not — hvala, (rajši) neII [ra:ðə]interjectioncolloquially (v odgovoru) da!, seveda!, vsekakor!, (prav) gotovo!Isn't it hot? -- Rather! — Ali ni vroče? -- Seveda! Pa še kako!Would you like to come? -- Rather! — Bi (Vi) radi prišli? -- To pa! Seveda!! Zelo rad! -
4 dissuade
[di'sweid](to stop (from doing something) by advice or persuasion: I tried to dissuade him from his foolish intention.) odvrniti (od česa), odsvetovati* * *[diswéid]transitive verb( from) odsvetovati, pregovoriti, odvrniti, odvračati od česa -
5 esteem
[i'sti:m] 1. verb(to value or respect.) spoštovati2. noun(favourable opinion; respect: His foolish behaviour lowered him in my esteem; He was held in great esteem by his colleagues.) ugled* * *I [istí:m]transitive verbspoštovati, ceniti, čislati; smatrati, meniti, soditiII [istí:m]nounarchaic sodba; ( for) spoštovanje čislanje; ugled; cenitevto be in great esteem with s.o. — imeti pri kom velik ugled -
6 fool
[fu:l] 1. noun(a person without sense or intelligence: He is such a fool he never knows what to do.) norec2. verb1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) ukaniti2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) noreti•- foolish- foolishly
- foolishness
- foolhardy
- foolhardiness
- foolproof
- make a fool of
- make a fool of oneself
- play the fool* * *I [fu:l]nounnorec, bedak, butec, zmedenec; dvorni norec, pavliha; figuratively igračkaAll Fools' Day — 1. aprilApril Fool — aprilska šala; žrtev aprilske šaleas the fool thinks so the bell clinks — norec veruje v to, kar si želito make a fool of s.o. — imeti koga za norcato be but a fool to, to be a fool to — ne biti nič v primeri smineralogy fool's gold — železov kršeche is a fool to... — on nič ne pomeni proti...botany fool's parsley — mala trobelikaII [fu:l]1.intransitive verbšaliti se, norčevati se, uganjati norčije; archaic igrati norca;2.transitive verbza norca imeti: ukaniti, osmešiti, varatiIII [fu:l]nounsladko kuhano sadje s smetanoIV [fu:l]adjectiveAmerican colloquially nepreudaren, nerazsoden; smešen, prešeren -
7 grandiose
['ɡrændiəus](impressive to an excessive or foolish degree: He produced several grandiose schemes for a holiday resort but no resort was ever built.) veličasten* * *[graendious]adjective ( grandiosely adverb)sijajen, veličasten, blesteč; ošaben -
8 half-witted
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9 idiot
['idiət]1) (a foolish person: She was an idiot to give up such a good job.) bedak2) (a person with very low intelligence.) idiot•- idiocy- idiotic
- idiotically* * *[ídiət]nounidiot, bebec, tepec, budalo -
10 insane
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11 live down
(to live through the shame of (a foolish act etc) till it is forgotten.) živeti in sčasoma pozabiti* * *transitive verb živeti tako, da ljudje pozabijo stare grehe -
12 more
[mo:]comparative; = much* * *I [mɔ:]adjectiveveč, še; archaic večji (le še v the more fool večji norec; the more part večji del)some more tea, please — še čaja, prosimso much the more — tem več, tem prejII [mɔ:]adverbveč, bolj, še; povrh, za namečekmore or less — več ali manj, približnothe more... the more — čim več... tem večthe more so because — tem bolj, kerall the more so — tem več, tem prejno more than — ne več od, samoonce more — še enkrat, zopetneither more nor less than (stupid) — dobesedno, preprosto, docela (neumen)it is wrong and, more, it is foolish — ni prav in povrh je še neumnowhat more? — kaj pa še? -
13 nonsense
['nons'ns, ]( American[) -sens](foolishness; foolish words, actions etc; something that is ridiculous: He's talking nonsense; The whole book is a lot of nonsense; What nonsense!) nesmisel* * *[nɔnsəns]nounnesmisel, neumnostto stand no nonsense — zahtevati, da kdo opravi svoje delo v redu; zahtevati, da kdo pove čisto resnico -
14 pennywise
[péniwaiz]adjectivevarčen pri malenkostih, skopuškipennywise and pound foolish — varčen pri malenkostih, a razsipen pri velikih stvareh -
15 petty
['peti]1) (of very little importance; trivial: petty details.) nepomemben2) (deliberately nasty for a foolish or trivial reason: petty behaviour.) malenkosten•- pettily- pettiness
- petty cash* * *[péti]adjective ( pettily adverb)neznaten, nepomemben, droben, majhen; malenkosten, dlakocepskinautical petty officer — mornariški podčastnikjuridically nautical petty average — majhna havarijajuridically petty jury — mala porota (12 članov)juridically petty sessions — proces brez porote, razprava pred mirovnim sodnikomjuridically petty larceny — majhna tatvinajuridically petty offence — majhen prekršekeconomy petty cash — majhni zneski, črni fondeconomy petty wares (goods) — drobno blago -
16 pound
I noun1) ((also pound sterling: usually abbreviated to $L when written with a number) the standard unit of British currency, 100 (new) pence.) funt2) ((usually abbreviated to lb(s) when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms).) funtII noun(an enclosure or pen into which stray animals are put: a dog-pound.) stajaIII verb1) (to hit or strike heavily; to thump: He pounded at the door; The children were pounding on the piano.) tolči2) (to walk or run heavily: He pounded down the road.) topotati3) (to break up (a substance) into powder or liquid: She pounded the dried herbs.) zdrobiti* * *I [páund]nounfunt (angleški denar); funt (453,59 g)figuratively to pay 20 shillings in the pound — polno plačati, vse plačatiin for a penny, in for a pound — see pennyit is a matter of pounds, shillings and pence — to je čisto denarno vprašanjeII [páund]1.nounstaja za izgubljeno živino, obor; skladišče za izgubljene predmete; figuratively ječa; hunting težek položaj;2.transitive verbzapreti v stajo, obor (često up)III [páund]nountolčenje, razbijanje, udarecIV [páund]1.transitive verbtolči, raztolči, zdrobiti, razdrobiti; butati, bobnati, razbijati (s pestmi); zabijati, močno udarjati;2.intransitive verbrazbijati (tudi srce), bobnati; vleči noge za seboj (zlasti along), klecati (kolena)American slang to pound the ear — spatito pound into s.o. — vbijati komu kaj v glavoto pound away at — delati z vso vnemo; napadati, kritizirati -
17 preposterous
[pri'postərəs](very foolish; ridiculous.) zelo smešen* * *[pripɔstərəs]adjective ( preposterously adverb)nenaraven, absurden, nesmiseln, nemogoč, bedast, smešen, grotesken -
18 regret
[rə'ɡret] 1. past tense, past participle - regretted; verb(to be sorry about: I regret my foolish behaviour; I regret that I missed the concert; I regret missing the concert; I regret to inform you that your application for the job was unsuccessful.)2. noun(a feeling of sorrow, or of having done something wrong: I have no regrets / I feel no regret about what I did; It was with deep regret that I heard the news of his death.) obžalovanje- regretfully
- regrettable
- regrettably* * *I [rigrét]nounobžalovanje, kesanje, kes; skrb ( for za); opravičevanje; žalost, bolečina, bolest; razočaranjewith regret — z obžalovanjem, neradit is a regret to me — žal mi je, obžalujemI expressed (I sent) my regret for refusing — opravičil sem se, ker sem odklonilII [rigrét]transitive verbobžalovati; kesati se; želeti, da se nekaj ne vrne; žalovati za čem, z obžalovanjem misliti nahis health, I regret to say, is not good — njegovo zdravje žal ni dobroit is to be regretted that... — treba je obžalovati, da..., škoda, da... -
19 repair
[ri'peə] 1. verb1) (to mend; to make (something) that is damaged or has broken down work again; to restore to good condition: to repair a broken lock / torn jacket.) popraviti2) (to put right or make up for: Nothing can repair the harm done by your foolish remarks.) popraviti2. noun1) ((often in plural) the act of repairing something damaged or broken down: I put my car into the garage for repairs; The bridge is under repair.) popravilo2) (a condition or state: The road is in bad repair; The house is in a good state of repair.) stanje•- reparable
- reparation
- repairman* * *I [ripʌ/ə]1.nounzelo obiskovan kraj, priljubljeno bivališče (bivanje); archaic pogosten obisk; archaic zavetje, pribežališčea place of great (little) repair — mnogo (malo) obiskovan kraj;2.intransitive verboditi, odhajati (v velikem številu, često, iz navade); iti, kreniti (to kam); vrniti se; zateči se k; obračati se (to s.o. for na koga za kaj)II [ripʌ/ə]nounpopravilo, popravljanje, reparatura, vzpostavitev v pravilno stanje, vzdrževanje v dobrem stanju; okrepitev, oddih, okrevanjerepairs plural popravila, stroški za popraviloout of repair — (tudi figuratively) pokvarjen, v slabem stanjuunder repair, in repair — v popraviluhis health needs repair — on je potreben oddiha, okrepitveto make repairs — popraviti, zakrpatiIII [ripʌ/ə]transitive verbpopraviti, reparirati, zakrpati; obnoviti, izboljšati; nadomestiti (škodo, izgubo itd.); ozdravitito repair s.o.'s health — zdravje komu izboljšati, ozdraviti koga -
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