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1 less
[les] 1. adjective((often with than) not as much (as): Think of a number less than forty; He drank his tea and wished he had put less sugar in it; The salary for that job will be not less than $30,000.) manj(ši)2. adverb(not as much or to a smaller extent: I like her less every time I see her; You should smoke less if you want to remain healthy.) manj3. pronoun(a smaller part or amount: He has less than I have.) manj4. preposition(minus: He earns $280 a week less $90 income tax.) minus- lessen- lesser 5. adverb(less: the lesser-known streets of London.) manj- no less a person than* * *I [les]adjective (comparative od little) manjši, manj važen, manj pomembenno less a man than (the senator) — najmanj, vsaj, sam (senator)may your shadow never be less — da bi ti nikdar česa ne zmanjkalo, vse najboljše!II [les]adverb (comparative od little) manj, manj pomembnostill ( —ali much) less — še mnogo manj, kaj šelenone the less — kljub temu, vseenono less (than) — nič manj, nihče manj (od)III [les]nounkar je manjše, manj pomembno; manjši del (število, količina itd.)in less than no time — takoj, v trenutkuto do with less — shajati z manj (denarja itd.)nothing less than — najmanj, vsajIV [les]prepositionmanj, minusV [-lis]suffix brez (npr. cildless brez otrok) -
2 small
[smo:l]1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) majhen2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) majhen3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) malo4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) mali•- small arms
- small change
- small hours
- smallpox
- small screen
- small-time
- feel/look small* * *I [smɔ:l]adjectivemajhen (po velikosti, obsegu, številu, starosti, količini, pomembnosti); maloštevilen; kratek, kratkotrajen; redek, lahek, vodén (o pijači); dialectal ozek; figuratively nepomemben, malo važen, neznaten, brez večje vrednosti; ozkosrčen, ozkogruden, malenkosten; šibek, skromen, reven; nizek; majhne moralne vrednosti, podel; osramočenin a small way, on a small scale — v majhnem razmerju, v malem, skromno, maloon the small side — nezadostno velik, ne preveliksmall and early party — družba maloštevilnih gostov, ki se kmalu razide; intimna večerna zabavaa small beginning — majhen, skromen začeteksmall blame to them — ni se jim treba sramovati, to jim ne dela sramote; ni jim treba zameritiand no blame to him! — in kdo ga ne bi (po)karal!small farmer — mali kmet, mali posestniksmall hours — ure po polnoči, male urea small poetically nepomemben pesniksmall rain — dežek, droben dežsmall talk — kramljanje, klepet(anje)the small voice, the still small voice figuratively glas vestiit is small of him to remind me of it — malenkostno je od njega, da me spomni na toI call it small of him — smatram, da je to nizkotno od njegaI found the way at last, and small thanks to you for your directions — končno sem našel pot, in za to se mi ni treba zahvaliti vašim navodilomhe has small Latin and less Greek — latinski zna malo, grški pa še manjhe has too small a mind not to be jealous of your success — preozkosrčen je, da ne bi bil ljubosumen na vaš uspehto make s.o. feel small figuratively osramotiti kogato make o.s. small — napraviti se majhnegahe was surprised, and no small wonder — bil je presenečen, in nič čudnega (če je bil)everybody thought it small of him to refuse to help — vsakdo je smatral, da je grdó od njega, da je odklonil pomočII [smɔ:l]adverbmajhno, fino; (redko) malo, malce; ne glasno, slabotno; prezirljivoto cut small — razrezati, zrezatito sing small figuratively odnehati, znižati zahteve, postati manj glasen, postati majhento think small of s.o. — prezirljivo gledati na kogaIII [smɔ:l]nounnekaj majhnega; majhen (tanek, ozek) del (česa); majhna oseba; plural telesno perilo; drobnarije, drobno blago; plural Oxford university prvi od treh izpitov za akademsko stopnjo B. A.in small — v malem, v miniaturiby small and small — polagoma, počasithe small of the back anatomy križ -
3 temper
['tempə] 1. noun1) (a state of mind; a mood or humour: He's in a bad temper.) razpoloženje2) (a tendency to become (unpleasant when) angry: He has a terrible temper.) razdražljivost3) (a state of anger: She's in a temper.) jeza2. verb1) (to bring metal to the right degree of hardness by heating and cooling: The steel must be carefully tempered.) kaliti2) (to soften or make less severe: One must try to temper justice with mercy.) ublažiti•- - tempered- keep one's temper
- lose one's temper* * *I [témpə]nountemperament, narava, čud; značaj, karakter; razpoloženje, nastrojenje; figuratively razburjenost, razdraženost, jeza, bes(nost); figuratively obvladanost, umirjenost, mirnost; technical mešanica; primes; kakovost; trdnost, čvrstost (ilovice, gline); technical trdota (jekla itd.); obsolete (telesna) konstitucija; obsolete kompromisin a bad temper — slabe volje, jezen ( with na)out of temper — slabe volje, jezento be in a temper — biti jezen (besen, razkačen)to have an evil temper — biti nagle jeze, biti togotento get (to fly) into a temper — razjeziti se, pobesnetito get out of temper — znevoljiti se, razjeziti seto keep (to control) one's temper — obvladati se, brzdati se, ostati mirento lose one's temper — razjeziti se, izgubiti potrpljenjeto put s.o. out of temper — spraviti koga v slabo voljo, razjeziti kogaII [témpə]transitive verbublažiti, olajšati, pomiriti, brzdati, oslabiti, popraviti; music umeriti, znižati, temperirati (ton); mešati, umesiti (ilovico); razredčiti (pijače); temperirati; kaliti (zlasti jeklo); ojekleniti; pripraviti, zmešati (barve)to temper the passions — brzdati strasti; intransitive verb omehčati se, postati popustljiv; technical imeti pravo trdoto, postati gibek, prožen
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