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1 imitate
['imiteit] 1. verb(to (try to) be, behave or look the same as (a person etc): Children imitate their friends rather than their parents; He could imitate the song of many different birds.) posnemati2. adjective(made to look like something else: imitation wood.) umeten- imitativeness
- imitator* * *[ímiteit]transitive verbimitirati, posnemati, oponašati; kopirati, ponarediti; biology prilagoditi se (okolju) -
2 fake
[feik] 1. noun1) (a worthless imitation (especially intended to deceive); a forgery: That picture is a fake.) ponaredek2) (a person who pretends to be something he is not: He pretended to be a doctor, but he was a fake.) šarlatan2. adjective1) (made in imitation of something more valuable, especially with the intention of deceiving: fake diamonds.) ponarejen2) (pretending to be something one is not: a fake clergyman.) lažen3. verb(to pretend or imitate in order to deceive: to fake a signature.) ponarediti* * *I [feik]nounslang sleparstvo, goljufija, prevara, potegavščina, ponarejek, imitacija; časopisna racaII [féik]transitive verbslang (pre)varati, (u)krasti; ponarediti; improvizirati; izpeljati, storitito fake up — izmisliti, ponarediti, prikrojitiIII [feik]adjectiveslang ponarejen, nepristen, lažnivIV [feik]transitive verbmarine zviti (vrv) -
3 talk
[to:k] 1. verb1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) govoriti2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) govoričiti3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) pogovarjati se2. noun1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) pogovor2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) predavanje3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) govorice4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) besedičenje•- talking book
- talking head
- talking-point
- talk show
- talking-to
- talk back
- talk big
- talk down to
- talk someone into / out of doing
- talk into / out of doing
- talk someone into / out of
- talk into / out of
- talk over
- talk round
- talk sense/nonsense
- talk shop* * *I [tɔ:k]nounpogovor, razgovor, govorjenje, govor, govoričenje, govorica, (prazno) besedičenje, čenče; predmet pogovora; (radio) predavanje, kramljanje; način govorjenja, izražanje, jezikthe talk of the town figuratively stvar, o kateri vsi govorefull of talk — brbljav, žlobudravidle talk — prazno besedičenje, govoričenjethere is much talk and no work — veliko je govorjenja, storjenega pa ničthose people are nothing but talk — teh ljudi so samo besede, ti ljudje samo frazarijoit will all end in talk — iz tega ne bo nič, ostalo bo le pri besedahthere is talk of his being bankrupt — govori se, da.je (on) v bankrotuII [tɔ:k]intransitive verbpogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se; slang pametno govoritifor the sake of talking — le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimoto talk big ( —ali tall) — bahavo govoriti, bahati seto talk by signals — govoriti, sporazumevati se z znakito talk ill of s.o. — slabo govoriti o komto talk nineteen to the dozen figuratively klepetati, brbljati kot ragljato talk to the point — govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmetanow you are talking figuratively to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumetido what you will, people will talk — napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe; transitive verb govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedatito talk a donkey's hind leg off figuratively preveč, neprestano govoritito talk turkey — odkrito, naravnost govoritito talk rubbish — govoriti neumnosti, čvekatito talk sense ( —ali wise) — razumno, pametno govoritito talk shop figuratively govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarnoto talk to o.s. — sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovoreto talk to s.o. — resno govoriti s kom, ošteti kogato talk o.s. hoarse — do hripavosti govoritiyou are talking my head off figuratively govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadlayou are talking me silly — govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredilto talk through one's hat figuratively pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnostito get o.s. talked about — dati govoriti o sebihe tried to talk me into buying the horse — skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konjato talk s.o. out of s.th. — (skušati) odvrniti koga od česato talk s.o. into believing s.th. — prepričati koga o čemto talk s.o. into his grave figuratively spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem -
4 mimic
['mimik] 1. past tense, past participle - mimicked; verb(to imitate (someone or something), especially with the intention of making him or it appear ridiculous or funny: The comedian mimicked the Prime Minister's way of speaking.) posnemati2. noun(a person who mimics: Children are often good mimics.) posnemovalec- mimicry* * *I [mímik]1.adjectivemimičen, oponašav, posnemalen;2.nounmimik, oponašavec, posnemavecII [mímik]transitive verboponašati, posnemati; botany zoology posnemati tujo obliko ali barvo -
5 take off
1) (to remove (clothes etc): He took off his coat.) sleči, odložiti2) ((of an aircraft) to leave the ground: The plane took off for Rome (noun take-off).) vzleteti; vzlet3) (not to work during (a period of time): I'm taking tomorrow morning off.) vzeti dopust4) (to imitate someone (often unkindly): He used to take off his teacher to make his friends laugh (noun take-off).) posnemati; posnetek* * *transitive verb sneti, odložiti, sleči, sezuti; odvzeti, odstraniti, odpeljati proč, odvesti; odvrniti (pozornost); economy zmanjšati, znižati (cene); economy odtegniti, odvzeti; pogoltniti, popiti; colloquially posnemati, kopirati, oponašati, karikirati, zasmehovati; photography narediti (kopije); intransitive verb popustiti, poleči se (vihar); odstraniti se; sport (od)skočiti; aeronautics vzleteti, startatito take o.s. off — odpeljati se, oditito take off one's hat to s.o. — odkriti se komuto take off s.o.'s attention — odvrniti pozornost kake osebeto take s.o. off to fhe station — odpeljati koga na postajotake yourself off! — poberi se! -
6 parrot
['pærət](a kind of bird found in warm countries, especially in South America, with a hooked bill and usually brightly-coloured feathers, that can be taught to imitate human speech.) papiga* * *I [paerət]nounzoology papiga; figuratively čvekačII [paerət]transitive verbponavljati kakor papiga, posnemati
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