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1 frighten
verb (to make (someone) afraid: She was frightened by a large dog.) prestrašiti* * *[fráitən]transitive verb(pre)strašitito be frightened at s.th. — bati se česa -
2 frighten out of
transitive verb ustrahovati -
3 frighten away
transitive verb preplašiti -
4 frighten into
transitive verb z ustrahovanjem prisiliti -
5 frighten off
transitive verb preplašiti -
6 scare
[skeə] 1. verb(to startle or frighten: You'll scare the baby if you shout; His warning scared her into obeying him.) prestrašiti2. noun1) (a feeling of fear or alarm: The noise gave me a scare.) strah2) (a feeling of fear or panic among a large number of people: a smallpox scare.) preplah•- scared- scarecrow
- scaremonger
- scare away/off* * *[skʌ/ə]1.noun(paničen) strah, preplah, panika; preplašenost; senzacionalen naslov v časopisuto throw a scare into s.o. — prestrašiti koga;2.transitive verbprestrašiti, preplašiti; splašiti (ptice)to be scared of s.th. — bati se česato scare the pants off slang prestrašitito scare away — preplašiti, razplašiti, pregnatito scare up, to scare out — preplašiti; colloquially zbrati skupaj (denar ipd.); intransitive verb ustrašiti se, prestrašiti se -
7 intimidate
[in'timideit](to frighten eg by threatening violence.) ustrahovati* * *[intímideit]transitive verbprestrašiti, zastrašiti; juridically primorati, prisiliti -
8 trick
[trik] 1. noun1) (something which is done, said etc in order to cheat or deceive someone, and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid: The message was just a trick to get her to leave the room.) zvijača2) (a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc): The magician performed some clever tricks.) trik2. adjective(intended to deceive or give a certain illusion: trick photography.) zavajajoč- trickery- trickster
- tricky
- trickily
- trickiness
- trick question
- do the trick
- play a trick / tricks on
- a trick of the trade
- trick or treat!* * *I [trik]nountrik, ukana, (vojna) zvijača, lokavščina, izvijanje; spletka; šala, burka, norija; veščina, mojstrstvo; videz, slepilo, iluzija; razvada; posebnost, značilnost; vzetek (pri kartanju); nautical služba pri krmilu (večinoma 2 uri)the whole bag of tricks — vreča (kup, koš) zvijačnone of your tricks with me! — tvoji triki pri meni ne vžgejo!to be up to a trick or two — znajti se, znati si (hitro) pomagatito be up to s.o.'s tricks — spregledati zvijače (trike) kake osebe, biti kos zvijačam kake osebeI was up to his tricks — nisem se mu dal oslepariti, nisem mu nasedelto do (to turn) the trick slang doseči cilj; izvesti ukanohe has a trick of frowning — ima to razvado, da mršči čelohe played me a dirty (nasty, mean) trick — grdo (podlo) mi jo je zagodelII [trik]transitive verbprevarati; prelisičiti, oslepariti, ogoljufati; zapeljati, zavesti ( into doing (koga) da kaj naredi); pretentati; zvabiti v past; za norca imeti, za nos vleči, zagosti jo (komu); intransitive verb goljufati, slepariti, živeti od goljufijeto trick s.o. out of s.th. — opehariti, oslepariti koga za kajto trick off (out, up) — okrasiti, nakititi; prirezati, pristriči -
9 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) duhovitost2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) duhovitež3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) zdrav razum•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits* * *I [wit]nounpamet, razumnost, bistrost, inteligenca, razsodnost; duševna sposobnost; zdrav razum; duhovitost, domiselnost; duhovitež, duhovit, odrezav človek, inteligentna oseba, duhovna veličinathe five wits obsolete petero čutovto be at one's wit's end — ne vedeti kako in kaj, ne se znajtiI am at my wit's end — sem pri kraju s svojo pametjo, ne znam si več pomagatito be out of one's wits — izgubiti pamet (glavo), ne biti pametenhe has his wits about him — on si zna vedno pomagati, prisotnost duha ga nikoli ne zapusti, on je vedno buden (oprezen)to have wit to — imeti dovolj pameti za (da...)he has not the wit to see... — nima toliko pameti, da bi uvidel...to live by one's wits — živeti od svoje prebrisanosti (prevar, goljufij), več ali manj pošteno se prebijati skozi živijenjeII [wit]obsolete transitive verb & intransitive verb (sed. čas I (he) wot, preterite in past participle wist, — sed. deležnik witting) vedetito wit — to je, namreč; kot sledi; in to -
10 fright
1) (a sudden fear: the noise gave me a terrible fright.) preplah2) (a person who looks ridiculous: She looks a fright in those clothes.) strašilo•- frighten
- frightened
- frightful
- frightening
- frightfully
- take fright* * *I [frait]nounstrah, groza; familiarly strašiloin a fright — ves iz sebe, prestrašento take fright — prestrašiti, splašiti seto give s.o. fright — prestrašiti kogaII [frait]transitive verbpoetically (pre)strašiti
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