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1 reform
[rə'fo:m] 1. verb1) (to improve or remove faults from: The criminal's wife stated that she had made great efforts to reform her husband.) izboljšati2) (to give up bad habits, improve one's behaviour etc: He admitted that he had been a criminal, but said that he intended to reform.) popraviti se2. noun1) (the act of improving: the reform of our political system.) izboljšanje2) (an improvement: He intends to make several reforms in the prison system.) reforma•- reformed
- reformer* * *[rifɔ:m]1.nounreforma, preureditev, predrugačenje, prenareditev; izboljšanjeadjective sweeping reform — temeljita reformareform school — mladinski vzgojni zavod, poboljševalnica;2.transitive verbpopraviti, preurediti, preobraziti, spremeniti, reformirati; izboljšati; odpraviti (zlo), ukiniti; popraviti (koga), spreobrniti ( from od); intransitive verb popraviti se, izboljšati se, postati boljši -
2 scheme
[ski:m] 1. noun1) (a plan or arrangement; a way of doing something: a colour scheme for the room; There are various schemes for improving the roads.) načrt2) (a (usually secret) dishonest plan: His schemes to steal the money were discovered.) naklep2. verb(to make (especially dishonest) schemes: He was punished for scheming against the President; They have all been scheming for my dismissal.) spletkariti- schemer- scheming* * *[ski:m]1.nounshema, seznam; sistem; diagram; načrt, projekt; program; kombinacija; obrazec; pregled; naklep, spletka, intriga, mahinacija, komplotto lay a scheme — napraviti načrt;2.intransitive verb & transitive verbsnovati, delati načrte, načrtovati, planirati, sistematično urediti; snovati (intrige itd.), spletkariti, intrigirati, kovati (zaroto)
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