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1 turn off
1) (to cause (water, electricity etc) to stop flowing: I've turned off the water / the electricity.) zapreti, izključiti2) (to turn (a tap, switch etc) so that something stops: I turned off the tap.) zapreti, izključiti3) (to cause (something) to stop working by switching it off: He turned off the light / the oven.) ugasniti* * *transitive verb izključiti, zapreti (plin, vodo itd.), ugasniti (luč); odpustiti (koga iz službe); odposlati; odvrniti, oddaljiti, odstraniti; prekiniti (delovanje stroja); slang obesiti (zločinca); poročiti (zakonski par); dovršiti, završiti, zgotoviti; obrniti (to na); obiti (vprašanje itd.), iti mimo, izogniti se; intransitive verb zaviti stran, kreniti (s poti), spremeniti pot; oddaljiti se, obrniti se stran; odcepiti se, ločiti se (o cesti); pokvariti seto turn off the water (gas, electric light, radio) — zapreti, izključiti vodo (plin, električno luč, radio) -
2 pass (something or someone) off as
(to pretend that (something or someone) is (something or someone else): He passed himself off as a journalist.) izdajati se za kogaEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > pass (something or someone) off as
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3 pass (something or someone) off as
(to pretend that (something or someone) is (something or someone else): He passed himself off as a journalist.) izdajati se za kogaEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > pass (something or someone) off as
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4 start off
1) (to begin a journey: It's time we started off.) kreniti2) (to cause or allow something to begin, someone to start doing something etc: The money lent to him by his father started him off as a bookseller.) omogočiti začetek* * *intransitive verb odpotovati, kreniti; transitive verb poslati ( on a voyage na potovanje po morju) -
5 set off
1) ((sometimes with on) to start a journey: We set off to go to the beach.) kreniti2) (to cause to start doing something: She had almost stopped crying, but his harsh words set her off again.) pripraviti do3) (to explode or ignite: You should let your father set off all the fireworks.) sprožiti (eksplozijo itd.)* * *transitive verb poudariti; razločevati, okrasiti; privesti (pripraviti) do eksplozije; pripraviti do; kompenzirati (pomanjkljivost, izgubo); izravnati; oddeliti, ločiti od; intransitive verb odpraviti se, kreniti, odhiteti; figuratively začetito be set off — razločevati se med seboj; kontrastiratito set s.o. off laughing — spraviti koga v smehthe assets set off the liabilities — aktiva izravnavajo (kompenzirajo, krijejo) pasiva -
6 keep off
1) (to stay away: There are notices round the bomb warning people to keep off; The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.) ne približati se2) (to prevent from getting to or on to (something): This umbrella isn't pretty, but it keeps off the rain.) varovati pred* * *1.transitive verbzavračati, odvračati, odganjati; zavlačevati;2.intransitive verbne vmešavati se, izogniti se ( from)keep off the grass! — ne hodi po travi! -
7 work off
(to get rid of (something unwanted or unpleasant) by taking physical exercise etc: He worked off his anger by running round the garden six times.) znebiti se* * *transitive verb obdelati, izdelati; dovršiti; printing odtisniti; odpeti se, odvezati se; rešiti se, znebiti se (česa); najti kupce; dati si duškato work off the stiffness by exercise — razgibati svoje odrevenele ude; -
8 fob (someone) off with (something)
(to get (someone) to accept (something worthless): He fobbed me off with promises.) pretentatiEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > fob (someone) off with (something)
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9 fob (someone) off with (something)
(to get (someone) to accept (something worthless): He fobbed me off with promises.) pretentatiEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > fob (someone) off with (something)
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10 fob (someone) off with (something)
(to get (someone) to accept (something worthless): He fobbed me off with promises.) pretentatiEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > fob (someone) off with (something)
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11 fob (someone) off with (something)
(to get (someone) to accept (something worthless): He fobbed me off with promises.) pretentatiEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > fob (someone) off with (something)
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12 round off
1) (to make something smooth etc: He rounded off the sharp corners with a file.) zaobliti2) (to complete successfully: He rounded off his career by becoming president.) zaokrožiti* * *transitive verb zaokrožiti ( one's estate svoje posestvo); zaobliti; ustrezno (se) končati; dati oblikoto round off the corners — rezati ogle, zavoje (o tekaču) -
13 sleep off
(to recover from (something) by sleeping: She's in bed sleeping off the effects of the party.) prespati* * *transitive verb prespati (bolezen, bolečino itd.)to sleep off one's headache — prespati glavobol, s spanjem se znebiti glavobola -
14 touch off
(to make (something) explode: a spark touched off the gunpowder; His remark touched off an argument.) sprožiti* * *transitive verb skicirati, narisati z nekaj potezami; izstreliti (top ipd.); sprožiti, sprostiti; prekiniti telefonski pogovor; -
15 get something off one's chest
(to tell the truth about something that is worrying one.) povedati, kar nekomu leži na srcuEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > get something off one's chest
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16 bring off
(to achieve (something attempted): They brought off an unexpected victory.) doseči* * *transitive verb odnesti, odpeljati; imeti uspeh; odsvetovati, odvrniti, rešiti -
17 one-off
noun, adjective ((something) made, intended etc for one occasion only: It's just a one-off arrangement.) enkraten -
18 palm (something) off on (someone)
(to get rid of (an undesirable thing or person) by giving, selling etc to (someone else): They palmed off their unwelcome guests on the people next door.) podtakniti komu kajEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > palm (something) off on (someone)
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19 palm (something) off on (someone)
(to get rid of (an undesirable thing or person) by giving, selling etc to (someone else): They palmed off their unwelcome guests on the people next door.) podtakniti komu kajEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > palm (something) off on (someone)
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20 palm (something) off on (someone)
(to get rid of (an undesirable thing or person) by giving, selling etc to (someone else): They palmed off their unwelcome guests on the people next door.) podtakniti komu kajEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > palm (something) off on (someone)
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