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1 high
1. adjective1) (at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board.) visok2) (having a particular height: This building is about 20 metres high; My horse is fifteen hands high.) visok3) (great; large; considerable: The car was travelling at high speed; He has a high opinion of her work; They charge high prices; high hopes; The child has a high fever/temperature.) visok4) (most important; very important: the high altar in a church; Important criminal trials are held at the High Court; a high official.) visok5) (noble; good: high ideals.) visok6) ((of a wind) strong: The wind is high tonight.) močan7) ((of sounds) at or towards the top of a (musical) range: a high note.) visok8) ((of voices) like a child's voice (rather than like a man's): He still speaks in a high voice.) visok9) ((of food, especially meat) beginning to go bad.) pokvarjen10) (having great value: Aces and kings are high cards.) visok2. adverb(at, or to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: The plane was flying high in the sky; He'll rise high in his profession.) visoko- highly- highness
- high-chair
- high-class
- higher education
- high fidelity
- high-handed
- high-handedly
- high-handedness
- high jump
- highlands
- high-level
- highlight 3. verb(to draw particular attention to (a person, thing etc).) izpostaviti- high-minded
- high-mindedness
- high-pitched
- high-powered
- high-rise
- highroad
- high school
- high-spirited
- high spirits
- high street
- high-tech 4. adjective((also hi-tech): high-tech industries.) visokotehnološki- high treason
- high water
- highway
- Highway Code
- highwayman
- high wire
- high and dry
- high and low
- high and mighty
- the high seas
- it is high time* * *I [hái]adjectivevisok, dvignjen; velik, važen; močan, silen; plemenit, odličen, imeniten; obilen (hrana); začinjen, pikanten (meso, divjačina); daljen, star (čas); visok, prediren, rezek (glas); velike vrednosti, visoke cene, drag; skrajen, goreč, vnet ( a high Tory); napet, razburljiv (doživljaj); veder, jasen, vesel (razpoloženje)colloquially natrkan; slang omamljen (od mamila); American slang high on — nor na kajof high birth — plemenitega rodu, visokega roduBritish English higher school certificate — abiturientsko spričevalohigh day — beli dan, prazničen danhigh and dry figuratively osamljen, zapuščen; nautical nasedel, na suhemto leave s.o. high and dry — pustiti koga na cediluin high feather — dobre volje, opitwith a high hand — samovoljno, ošabnoto carry things off with a high hand — samovoljno, predrzno ravnaticolloquially to mount ( —ali ride) the high horse — biti ponosen, biti domišljavhigh and mighty — nadut, ošabenhigh period — obdobje največje slave (umetnika itd.)on the high ropes — ohol, poln prezira; besenof high standing — visokega stanu, ugledenhigh spirit — razigranost, vedrostin high spirits — razigran, colloquially natrkan, "v rožicah"high words — ostre besede, prepirslang how is that for high? — to je pa že malo prevečII [hái]adverbvisoko; močno, zeloto run high — biti razburkan (morje); figuratively biti razburjen, razburiti seIII [hái]nounvišina; anticiklonsko področje; najvišja karta; technical najvišja prestava (v vozilu); American colloquially gimnazija; American slang omama (od mamila)on high — zgoraj, visoko gor; v nebesih, v nebesafrom on high — od zgoraj, z nebes -
2 latitude
['lætitju:d]1) (the distance, measured in degrees on the map, that a place is north or south of the Equator: What is the latitude of London?) zemljepisna širina2) (freedom of choice or action.) svoboda* * *[laetitju:d]nounastronomy geography (zemljepisna) širina; figuratively širina, svoboda (mišljenja); astronomy kotna oddaljenost nebesnega telesa od sončeve orbitehigh latitudes — pokrajine, oddaljene od ekvatorjain latitude 40 N. — na 40. stopinji severne širineto allow s.o. great latitude — pustiti komu veliko svobode -
3 low
I 1. [ləu] adjective1) (not at or reaching up to a great distance from the ground, sea-level etc: low hills; a low ceiling; This chair is too low for the child.) nizek2) (making little sound; not loud: She spoke in a low voice.) tih3) (at the bottom of the range of musical sounds: That note is too low for a female voice.) nizek4) (small: a low price.) nizek5) (not strong; weak or feeble: The fire was very low.) šibek6) (near the bottom in grade, rank, class etc: low temperatures; the lower classes.) nizek2. adverb(in or to a low position, manner or state: The ball flew low over the net.) nizko- lower- lowly
- lowliness
- low-down
- lowland
- lowlander
- lowlands
- low-lying
- low-tech 3. adjectivelow-tech industries/skills.) tehnološko nezahteven- be low on II [ləu] verb(to make the noise of cattle; to moo: The cows were lowing.) mukati* * *I [lou]adjectivenizek; globok (poklon, izrez obleke); tih, globok (glas); plitev (voda); majhen (hitrost); nizko ležeč; skoraj prazen (posoda); komaj zadosten (zaloga), neizdaten (hrana); podhranjen; slab, slaboten (pulz); razmeroma nov ali mlad; potrt; prezirljiv (mnenje); manj vreden; preprost, primitiven; vulgaren, prostaški (značaj)at the lowest — najmanj, minimalno, po najnižji cenifiguratively at a low ebb — izčrpan (sredstva)low voice — nizek glas, globok glasfiguratively in low water — brez denarja, v škripcuII [lou]adverbnizko, globoko, tiho; economy poceni; borno, ubožno, ponižno; prostaškoto bring s.o. low — ponižati, oslabiti, potlačiti kogato lay low — podreti, ubitito lie low — biti ponižan, slang skrivati se, pritajiti sefiguratively the sands are running low — čas je skoraj potekel, konec se bližaIII [lou]nounprva prestava (avto); meteorology nizek zračni pritisk, depresija; American najnižje stanje, minimumIV [lou]1.nounmukanje;2.intransitive verbmukati
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