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1 possibly
1) (perhaps: `Will you have time to do it?' `Possibly.') mogoče2) (in a way or manner that is possible: I'll come as fast as I possibly can; I can't possibly eat any more; Could you possibly lend me your pen?) možno; sploh* * *[pɔsəbli]adverbmogoče, morda, morebitihow can I possibly do it? — kako le naj bi to naredil? -
2 move heaven and earth
(to do everything that one possibly can.) vse poskusiti -
3 countenance
1. noun((expression on) the face.) obraz, poteze2. verb(to encourage, support or accept: We can't possibly countenance the spending of so much money.) dopuščati* * *I [káuntinəns]nounzadržanje; pojava, zunanjost, lice; zadržanost; opora; figuratively podpora; odobravanje, naklonjenost; duševni mirto change one's countenance — spremeniti izraz obraza, prebledetito keep one's countenance — premagovati se, ne se smejatito give ( —ali lend) countenance — pomagati komu, bodriti gato put out of countenance — zmesti, zbegati, osramotitito keep in countenance — bodriti, podpiratiin countenance — zbran, nemotento lose countenance — vznemiriti se, izbruhnitiII [káuntinəns]transitive verbpodpreti, podpirati; hrabriti; odobriti; dopuščati, trpeti, prenašati
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