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41 ostensible
[o'stensəbl]((of reasons etc) apparent, but not necessarily true: Illness was the ostensible reason for his absence, but in fact he was just lazy.) očiten* * *[əsténsəbl]adjective ( ostensibly adverb)navidezen, dozdevenostensible partner — slamnat mož (zastopnik, ki dela za drugega skritega moža) -
42 particular
[pə'tikjulə]1) (of a single definite person, thing etc thought of separately from all others: this particular man/problem.) poseben2) (more than ordinary: Please take particular care of this letter.) poseben3) (difficult to please: He is very particular about his food.) izbirčen•- particulars
- in particular* * *I [pətíkjulə]adjective ( particularly adverb)poseben, izjemen, posamezen, specialen; oseben, individualen; podroben, izčrpen, obširen; samosvoj, nenavaden, čuden; zamerljiv, izbirčen, natančen (in, about, as to); philosophy omejenironically not too particular — ki ne izbira (svojih metod itd.)economy nautical particular average — manjša havarija, manjša poškodba tovoraII [pətíkjulə]nounnadrobnost, detalj; plural (osebni) podatki; poglavje, točka, paragraf; colloquially specialiteta, posebnostin particular — posebno, zlasti, izčrpnoa London particular — londonska posebnost, nekaj tipičnega za London -
43 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 -
44 rational
1) (able to think, reason and judge etc: Man is a rational animal.) razumen2) (sensible; reasonable; logical; not (over-) influenced by emotions etc: There must be a rational explanation for those strange noises) razumen•- rationality* * *[raešənəl]1.adjective ( rationally adverb)razumski, umstven, racionalen; razumen, umen, pameten; mathematics racionalen; znanstveno potrjen, dokazan; smotrn, racionalen, praktičenrational dress — nova, (nenavadna), a praktična ženska obleka (npr. hlače namesto krila)rational number mathematics racionalno številoman is a rational animal — človek je z razumom obdarjena žival;2.nounrazumsko, razumno bitjerationals plural = rational dress —; ženske kratke hlače (namesto krila) -
45 real
[riəl] 1. adjective1) (which actually exists: There's a real monster in that cave.) resničen2) (not imitation; genuine: real leather; Is that diamond real?) pravi3) (actual: He may own the factory, but it's his manager who is the real boss.) resničen4) (great: a real surprise/problem.) resničen2. adverb((especially American) very; really: a real nice house.) zares- realist- realism
- realistic
- realistically
- reality
- really 3. interjection(an expression of surprise, protest, doubt etc: `I'm going to be the next manager.' `Oh really?'; Really! You mustn't be so rude!) res- for real
- in reality* * *[ríəl]1.adjectiveresničen, dejanski, stvaren, realen, neizmišljen, objektiven; commerce efektiven, razpoložljiv; pravi, čist, pristen, neponarejen, neumeten; naraven, živ, vzet (črpan) iz življenja; iskren; juridically stvaren, osnoven, temeljni, nepremičninskireal assets plural , real estate, real property juridically zemljiška posest, nepremičninereal security juridically hipotekataken from the real life — vzet iz resničnega življenja;2.noun the real — realnost, resničnost;3.adverb(zlasti pred pridevniki) resnično, zares; (zlasti American) zelo, skrajno -
46 tell
[tel]1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) povedati2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) reči3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) govoriti4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) prepoznati5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) izklepetati6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) poznati se•- teller- telling
- tellingly
- telltale
- I told you so
- tell off
- tell on
- tell tales
- tell the time
- there's no telling
- you never can tell* * *[tel]1.transitive verbpovedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti; parliament šteti (glasove)all told — (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupajtell me another! slang tega mi ne boš natvezel!I'll tell you the world American o tem sem prepričanto tell s.th. abroad — pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kajto tell one's money American šteti svoj denarto tell one's beads religion moliti rožni venecto tell the news — naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novicoto tell the tale colloquially pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)to tell tales — zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkaritito tell the votes politics šteti glasovehe told him to go — rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj grenever tell me! — ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!this tells its own tale — to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasnowe were told to get up — rekli so nam, naj vstanemoyou're telling me! slang tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!;2.intransitive verbpripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati ( about o); spoznati, vedeti (by po); imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati; colloquially izdati, ovaditi, zatožitihow can you tell? — kako morete to vedeti?to tell on ( —ali of) s.o. — izdati, zatožiti kogathat tells against you — to govori proti tebi; -
47 voice
[vois] 1. noun1) (the sounds from the mouth made in speaking or singing: He has a very deep voice; He spoke in a quiet/loud/angry/kind voice.) glas2) (the voice regarded as the means of expressing opinion: The voice of the people should not be ignored; the voice of reason/conscience.) glas2. verb1) (to express (feelings etc): He voiced the discontent of the whole group.) izraziti2) (to produce the sound of (especially a consonant) with a vibration of the vocal cords as well as with the breath: `Th' should be voiced in `this' but not in `think'.) izgovoriti•- voiced- voiceless
- voice mail
- be in good voice
- lose one's voice
- raise one's voice* * *I [vɔis]nounglas (politics & figuratively; tudi človeški); ton, zvok; izraz; grammar način; sposobnost ali moč govora; mnenje, odločitev; phonetics zven; music petje (kot stroka); obsolete govorica; sloveswith one voice — enoglasno, enodušno, kot edenat the top of one's voice — na ves glas, na vse grloactive, passive voice grammar tvorni, trpni način (glagola)the voice of God — glas vesti, vestto give one's voice for — izjaviti se za, glasovati zato lift up one's voice — povzdigniti svoj glas, spregovoriti, javiti seto lose one's voice — izgubiti glas (zaradi prehlada itd.)to raise one's voice — povzdigniti svoj glas, govoriti glasnejeII [vɔis]transitive verbizgovoriti, izreči, izraziti z besedami, formulirati; music uglasiti, regulirati (orgle); linguistics zveneče izgovarjati -
48 after all
1) ((used when giving a reason for doing something etc) taking everything into consideration: I won't invite him. After all, I don't really know him.) navsezadnje2) (in spite of everything that has/had happened, been said etc: It turns out he went by plane after all.) končno -
49 hope against hope
(to continue hoping when there is no (longer any) reason for hope.) brez upa zmage upati -
50 might as well
(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) lahko bi pa....
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for some reason or other — for some reason (or other) there could be many explanations why. For some reason or other, my son prefers to have a huge lizard rather than a dog or cat for a pet … New idioms dictionary