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1 difference
['difrəns]1) (what makes one thing unlike another: I can't see any difference between these two pictures; It doesn't make any difference to me whether you go or stay; There's not much difference between them.) razlika2) (an act of differing, especially a disagreement: We had a difference of opinion; Have they settled their differences? (= Have they stopped arguing?).) spor3) (the amount by which one quantity or number is greater than another: If you buy it for me I'll give you $6 now and make up the difference later.) razlika•- differentiate
- differentiation* * *[dífrəns]noun( between) razlika, razloček; spor, prepir; mathematics ostanekto split the difference — sporazumeti, spraviti se -
2 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;
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