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1 lack
[læk] 1. verb(to have too little or none of: He lacked the courage to join the army.) imeti premalo2. noun(the state of not having any or enough: our lack of money.) pomanjkanje* * *I [læk]nounpomanjkanje, stiska, potrebano lack of — dovolj česa, obilje česaII [læk]1.transitive verbtrpeti pomanjkanje česa; ne imeti česa;2.intransitive verbprimanjkovati, manjkatiI lack nothing — ničesar mi ne manjka, imam vsega dovoijI was lacking — bil sem odsoten, manjkal sem -
2 wimp
[wimp](a person lacking in courage or confidence.) zguba -
3 fail
[feil] 1. verb1) (to be unsuccessful (in); not to manage (to do something): They failed in their attempt; I failed my exam; I failed to post the letter.) spodleteti2) (to break down or cease to work: The brakes failed.) pokvariti se3) (to be insufficient or not enough: His courage failed (him).) pustiti na cedilu4) ((in a test, examination etc) to reject (a candidate): The examiner failed half the class.) vreči (na izpitu)5) (to disappoint: They did not fail him in their support.) pustiti na cedilu•- failing2. preposition(if (something) fails or is lacking: Failing his help, we shall have to try something else.) brez- failure- without fail* * *I [feil]1.intransitive verbmanjkati, ne zadostovati; prenehati, pešati, slabeti, slabšati se, ne moči; (in) ponesrečiti se, spodleteti, ne uspeti; pasti pri izpitu;2.transitive verbizneveriti se, razočarati, pustiti na cedilu; pustiti pasti (pri izpitu); ne imeti; doživeti denarni polomto fail in business — propasti, bankrotiratiII [feil]noun -
4 faint
[feint] 1. adjective1) (lacking in strength, brightness, courage etc: The sound grew faint; a faint light.) šibak2) (physically weak and about to lose consciousness: Suddenly he felt faint.) slaboten2. verb(to lose consciousness: She fainted on hearing the news.) onesvestiti se3. noun(loss of consciousness: His faint gave everybody a fright.) nezavest- faintly- faintness* * *I [feint]nounomedlevicaII [feint]adjective ( faintly adverb)slaboten, šibek; boječ, plašen; izčrpan, oslabel, vrtoglav; nejasen, moten, meglen; nedoločenIII [feint]intransitive verb archaic zgubiti pogum; slabeti, omedlevatito faint away — onesvestiti se, omedleti -
5 spirit
['spirit]1) (a principle or emotion which makes someone act: The spirit of kindness seems to be lacking in the world nowadays.) duh2) (a person's mind, will, personality etc thought of as distinct from the body, or as remaining alive eg as a ghost when the body dies: Our great leader may be dead, but his spirit still lives on; ( also adjective) the spirit world; Evil spirits have taken possession of him.) duh3) (liveliness; courage: He acted with spirit.) elan•- spirited- spiritedly
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- spirit level* * *I [spírit]nounduh; duša; prikazen, duh, nadnaravno bitje, demon; genij, velik duh; smisel, duh (zakona); figuratively polet, elan, pogum, morala, ognjevitost, energija; figuratively življenjska moč, volja; figuratively gonilna moč, duša (podviga, podjetja); plural razpoloženje; veter, sapicaout of spirits — potrt, deprimiranabsent in body, but present in spirit — telesno odsoten, duhovno pa prisotenastral spirits — duhovi, za katere verujejo, da žive med zvezdamifamiliar spirits — duhovi, ki spremljajo čarovnice ali jim služijogreat spirits — véliki duhovi (razumniki, velikani duha)high spirits — dobro, veselo razpoloženje, veselostthe Holy Spirit ecclesiastic sv. duhlow spirits — potrtost, deprimiranosta master-spirit — človek izredne pameti, ki drugim vsiljuje svoje mnenjethe poor in spirit — ubogi na duhu, ponižnipoor spirits — pobitost, potrtostto be in poor (low) spirits — biti potrt (pobit, malodušen, deprimiran)II [spírit]transitive verbnavdihniti, inspirirati; priganjati, siliti (on k)to spirit away (off) — skrivaj in hitro odvesti, pustiti izginitito spirit a child — odvesti, ugrabiti otrokato spirit a prisoner — pustiti, da ujetnik izgineIII [spírit]nounchemistry destilat; špirit; American alkohol, alkoholna pijača; plural alkoholne, opojne pijače, spirituozespirit of ether medicine Hoffmannove kapljicespirit(s) of wine — vinski cvet, alkoholardent spirits — močne, zelo opojne pijačea glass of spirits and water — kozarec alkoholne pijače, mešane z vodo
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