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121 close up
1) (to come or bring closer together: He closed up the space between the lines of print.) približati (se)2) (to shut completely: He closed up the house when he went on holiday.) zapreti* * *intransitive verb & transitive verbzapreti, zapečatiti, zakleniti; zapreti se, napolniti se; military strniti vrste; zaceliti, zarasti se -
122 chest
I [ est] noun(the part of the body between the neck and waist, containing the heart and the lungs: a severe pain in his chest.) prsiII [ est] noun(a large, strong wooden or metal box: The sheets were kept in a wooden chest.) zaboj, skrinja* * *I [čest]nounskrinja, omara, zaboj; blagajna; anatomy prsi, prsni košto get off one's chest — povedati, napresti jih komu, izkašljati seII [čest]transitive verbspraviti v skrinjo, omaro, zaboj -
123 collapse
[kə'læps]1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) zrušiti se2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) zgruditi se3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) propasti4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) zložiti se•* * *I [kəlaeps](of, from zaradi)intransitive verbzgruditi, zrušiti, sesesti se; figuratively propasti; v vodo pastiII [kəlaeps]noun(of) propad, razsulo, polom; zrušitev; medicine kolaps, nepričakovana srčna slabost -
124 collision
[kə'liʒən]noun (a crash; a violent striking together (of eg two vehicles): Ten people were injured in the collision between the bus and the car.) trčenje* * *[kəlížən]nountrčenje, karambol; figuratively nasprotje, navzkrižje, sporto come into collision with s.o. — spreti se s kom -
125 come
1. past tense - came; verb1) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) priti2) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) približevati se3) (to happen or be situated: The letter `d' comes between `c' and è' in the alphabet.) priti, stati4) ((often with to) to happen (by accident): How did you come to break your leg?) priti (do česa)5) (to arrive at (a certain state etc): What are things coming to? We have come to an agreement.) priti do6) ((with to) (of numbers, prices etc) to amount (to): The total comes to 51.) znašati2. interjection(expressing disapproval, drawing attention etc: Come, come! That was very rude of you!) daj, daj!- comer- coming
- comeback
- comedown
- come about
- come across
- come along
- come by
- come down
- come into one's own
- come off
- come on
- come out
- come round
- come to
- come to light
- come upon
- come up with
- come what may
- to come* * *I [kʌm]intransitive verb (to, into; out of, from; within) priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati seto come and go — sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjatipast participle od comeslang to come a cropper — pasti; utrpeti škodoslang how comes? — kako to, čemu?to come to the point — jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobitito come short — zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoretito come to terms — dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustitito come — bodoč, naslednjicome what may — naj se zgodi, kar hočeto come to o.s. — zavedeti sefirst come, first served — kdor prej pride, prej meljecolloquially he's as stupid as they come — neumen je, kar se dacome now! — daj že!come! — no!II [kʌm]1.nounprihod;2.interjectionbeži beži!; glej glej! -
126 come in
intransitive verb vstopiti; prispeti (vlak); v službo stopiti; priti v modo; priti na oblast; (do)zoreti; sport priti v finale; American ožrebiti, oteliti se; nastopiti (plima)come in (useful) — prav priti, koristiticolloquially where do I come in? — kaj bo pa z menoj? -
127 commerce
['komə:s] 1. noun(the exchange of goods between nations or people; trade on a large scale: He is engaged in commerce.) trgovina2. noun(a TV or radio advertisement: I enjoyed the play but the commercials irritated me.) reklama- commercialise
- commercialism
- commercial traveller* * *[kɔmə:s]noun( with) trgovina, blagovni promet; archaic spolno občevanje -
128 comparison
[kəm'pærisn]noun ((an act of) comparing: There's no comparison between Beethoven and pop music; Living here is cheap in comparison with London.) primerjava* * *[kəmpaerisn]nounprimerjava, prispodoba; grammar stopnjevanjebeyond ( —ali past, out of) (all) comparison — neprimerljiv, brezprimerento bear ( —ali stand) comparison — dati se primerjati, prenesti primerjavoby comparison, by way of comparison — primerjaje, primeroma
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