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1 favour
['feivə] 1. noun1) (a kind action: Will you do me a favour and lend me your car?) usluga2) (kindness or approval: She looked on him with great favour.) naklonjenost3) (preference or too much kindness: By doing that he showed favour to the other side.) naklonjenost4) (a state of being approved of: He was very much in favour with the Prime Minister.) priljubljenost2. verb(to support or show preference for: Which side do you favour?) dajati prednost- favourably
- favourite 3. noun(a person or thing that one likes best: Of all her paintings that is my favourite.) ljubljenec- in favour of
- in one's favour* * *IAmerican favor [féivə]noun ljubeznivost, naklonjenost, priljubljenost; usluga, protekcija, milost; podpora, zaščita, okrilje; prednost, prid, korist; pristranost; koncesija; commerce trgovsko pismo; videz, lepota, čar; odlikovanje; znamenje, kokarda, emblemto be in favour — biti za, odobravatito find favour with ( —ali in the eyes of) s.o. — biti priljubljen, v časteh pri komby favour of, under favour of — zaradi, powith s.o.'s favour — z blagohotnim dovoljenjem kogato win s.o.'s favour — pridobiti si naklonjenost kogato look with favour on s.th. — odobravati kajto stand high in s.o.'s favour — biti pri kom priljubljendo me the favour to... — bodi(te) tako ljubezniv(i) in...commerce balance in your favour — saldo vam v pridIIAmerican favor [féivə]transitive verb ( with) podpreti, podpirati, pomagati; počastiti, biti naklonjen; da(ja)ti prednost, protežirati; bodriti; colloquially biti podoben; olajšati komu kajfavour me with an answer — odgovorite mi, prosim -
2 curry favour
( with with) (to seek (a) favour by flattery: She's currying favour with the boss.) prilizovati se -
3 in favour of
(in support of: I am in favour of higher pay.) ugoden -
4 in one's favour
(to one's benefit or advantage: The wind was in our favour.) v prid -
5 curry
I 1. American - curries; noun((an originally Indian dish of) meat, vegetables etc cooked with spices: chicken curry.) curry2. verb(to cook in this way: Are you going to curry this meat?) pripraviti curry- curried- curry powder II verb(to rub down or comb and clean (a horse).) česati, krtačiti* * *I [kʌri]nounvrsta močno začinjene jedi (rižote); indijska začimbaII [kʌri]transitive verbzačiniti s curryjemIII [kʌri]transitive verbčesati (konja); čohati, božati; pretepsti; strojiti -
6 odds
1) (chances; probability: The odds are that he will win.) verjetnost2) (a difference in strength, in favour of one side: They are fighting against heavy odds.) premoč* * *[ɔdz]nounplural (često edninska konstrukcija) neenakost, različnost, razlika; premoč; nesloga, spor; verjetnost, sreča; sport prednost (slabšemu tekmecu); neenaka stava, razlika med stavo in dobičkom pri staviodds and ends — drobnarije, ostankito give s.o. odds — dati tekmecu prednostagainst long odds — proti veliki premoči, z malo upanja na uspehit makes ( —ali is) no odds — nič ne de, ni važnoodds are against us — izgubljamo; verjetnost, da dobimo je zelo majhnathe odds are that — verjetno je, dawhat's the odds? — kaj je na tem?, to pa res ni važno!what odds is it to him? — kaj pa je to njemu mar?, kaj ga pa to briga? -
7 abdicate
['æbdikeit]1) (to leave or give up the position and authority of a king or queen: The king abdicated (the throne) in favour of his son.) odreči se prestolu2) (to leave or give up (responsibility, power etc): He abdicated all responsibility for the work to his elder son.) prepustiti•* * *[aebdikeit]transitive verb & intransitive verb(to) odreči se, odpovedati se, abdicirati; juridically razdediniti; zahvaliti se -
8 advocate
1. ['ædvəkət] noun(a supporter, a person who is in favour (of): an advocate of reform.) zagovornik2. [-keit] verb(to recommend: He advocated increasing the charges.) priporočiti* * *I [aedvəkit, -keit]nounodvetnik, branilec, zagovornik, advokatto be a great advocate of s.th. — dosti dati na kajII [aedvəkeit]transitive verbbraniti, zagovarjati, zavzemati se; priporočati -
9 answer
1. noun1) (something said, written or done that is caused by a question etc from another person: She refused to give an answer to his questions.) odgovor2) (the solution to a problem: The answer to your transport difficulties is to buy a car.) rešitev2. verb1) (to make an answer to a question, problem, action etc: Answer my questions, please; Why don't you answer the letter?) odgovoriti (na)2) (to open (the door), pick up (the telephone) etc in reponse to a knock, ring etc: He answered the telephone as soon as it rang; Could you answer the door, please?) dvigniti slušalko; odpreti3) (to be suitable or all that is necessary (for): This will answer my requirements.) zadostiti4) ((often with to) to be the same as or correspond to (a description etc): The police have found a man answering (to) that description.) ustrezati•- answering machine
- answer for
- answerphone* * *I [á:nsə], American [aensə]noun(to) odgovor, odziv, reakcija, replika; rešitev (naloge); odzdrav; nasprotni udareccolloquially the answer is a lemon — kakšno neumno vprašanje!II [á:nsə], American [aensə]1.transitive verb(to) odgovoriti, odgovarjati; ustrezati, uslišati, izpolniti (prošnjo); rešiti (vprašanje);2.intransitive verbodgovoriti; posrečiti se; jamčiti, biti odgovoren; biti pokorento answer a call — odgovoriti po telefonu, odzvati se klicuto answer s.o.'s expectations — izpolniti pričakovanja koga -
10 argue
1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) pričkati se2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) zavzemati se3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) prepričati4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) zagovarjati•- arguable- argument
- argumentative* * *[á:gju:]1.transitive verb(for, against) dokazovati, pobijati; pretresati; kazati;2.intransitive verbto argue against s.th. — nastopiti proti čemuit argues him to be an honest man — to dokazuje, da je poštenjakto argue s.o. into — pregovoriti koga (da kaj stori)to argue s.o. out of — odvrniti koga od česa -
11 ask
1) (to put a question: He asked me what the time was; Ask the price of that scarf; Ask her where to go; Ask him about it; If you don't know, ask.) vprašati2) (to express a wish to someone for something: I asked her to help me; I asked (him) for a day off; He rang and asked for you; Can I ask a favour of you?) prositi3) (to invite: He asked her to his house for lunch.) povabiti•- ask for
- for the asking* * *[a:sk], American [æsk]1.transitive verbvprašati, spraševati; povabiti; (from, of) zahtevati, zaprositi; objaviti (oklice);2.intransitive verbpopraševati, poizvedovati; prositito ask the time — vprašati, koliko je uraask me another! — ne vem, ne sprašuj(te) me! -
12 ask for
1) (to express a wish to see or speak to (someone): When he telephoned he asked for you; He is very ill and keeps asking for his daughter.) vprašati po2) (to behave as if inviting (something unpleasant): Going for a swim when you have a cold is just as asking for trouble.) naravnost iskati, izzivati* * *transitive verb prositi; spraševati; iskatislang ask for it — izzivati -
13 bespeak
[bispí:k]transitive verbnaročiti, zagotoviti si; dogovoriti se; rezervirati; ogovoriti; razodeti, pokazatito bespeak s.o.'s attention — zbuditi pozornost kogato bespeak s.o.'s favour — skušati koga pridobiti -
14 bias
1. noun1) (favouring of one or other (side in an argument etc) rather than remaining neutral: a bias against people of other religions.) predsodek2) (a weight on or in an object (eg a bowl for playing bowls) making it move in a particular direction.) odklon2. verb(to influence (usually unfairly): He was biased by the report in the newspapers.) vplivati- biassed- biased* * *I [báiəs]adjective & adverbpoševen, prečen; poševno, napošev, prečnoII [báiəs]nounnagnjenost, poševnost; (in favour of, towards) pristranost; ( against) predsodekto cut on the bias — poševno odrezati, (pri)krojitiIII [báiəs]transitive verbnagniti, nagibati; usmeriti, usmerjati, vplivati; pristransko ravnati -
15 bias(s)ed
adjective ((negative unbias(s)ed) favouring one side rather than another: a biased judgement.) pristranski* * *[báiəst]adjectivenagnjen, poševen; figuratively (against, in favour of) pristranski; poln predsodkov -
16 bless
[bles]to ask God to show favour to: Bless this ship.) blagosloviti- blessed- blessedly
- blessedness
- blessing
- a blessing in disguise* * *[bles]transitive verbblagosloviti; častiti, za blaženega proglasiti; osrečiti; hvaliti, poveličevati; euphemistically kleti, preklinjati; ironically pogubitibless me, bless my soul, bless my ( —ali your) heart — glej glej!, ali je mogoče!, kdo bi si mislil!not to have a penny to bless o.s. with — ne imeti prebite pareto bless o.s. — srečnega se počutiti -
17 confer
[kən'fə:]past tense, past participle - conferred; verb1) ((often with with) to consult each other: The staff conferred (with the headmaster) about the new timetable.) posvetovati se2) ((with on) to give (an honour) to someone: The university conferred degrees on two famous scientists.) podeliti•- conference call* * *[kənfɜ:]1.transitive verb(on, upon) podeliti, dati; prenesti (na koga);2.intransitive verb(with, together, about) posvetovati seto confer a favour on s.o. — izkazati komu naklonjenostconfer — glej, primerjaj -
18 creep
I [kri:p] past tense, past participle - crept; verb1) (to move slowly, quietly or secretly: He crept into the bedroom.) prihuliti se2) (to move on hands or knees or with the body close to the ground: The cat crept towards the bird.) plaziti se3) ((of plants) to grow along the ground, up a wall etc.) plaziti seII [kri:p]((slang) a disgusting person: Leave her alone, you creep.) ostudnež, gnusoba- creeper- creepy
- creepily
- creepiness
- creepy-crawly
- creep up on
- make someone's flesh creep* * *I [kri:p]intransitive verbplaziti se, lesti, laziti, polzetito creep into s.o.'s favour — prilizovati se komuII [kri:p]nounplazenje, polzenje; nizek predor pod železniškim nasipom; nav. plural colloquially groza, odpor, stud, strah; drhtenje, mravljinčenje, kurja poltto give s.o. the creeps — navdajati koga z grozo, biti komu zoprn -
19 dance
1. verb1) (to move in time to music by ma-king a series of rhythmic steps: She began to dance; Can you dance the waltz?) plesati2) (to move quickly up and down: The father was dancing the baby on his knee.) pozibavati (se)2. noun1) (a series of fixed steps made in time to music: Have you done this dance before?; ( also adjective) dance music.) ples2) (a social gathering at which people dance: We're going to a dance next Saturday.) ples•- dancer- dancing* * *I [da:ns], American [dæns]nounples, plesanjeto lead s.o. a (nice) dance — pošiljati koga od Poncija do Pilata, zagosti jo komuSt. Vitus dance medicine ples sv. VidaII [da:ns], American [dæns]intransitive verb & transitive verbplesati, skakljati, pozibavati (se)to dance attendance on ( —ali upon) s.o. — biti vsiljiv, klečeplaziti pred komto dance to another's piping ( —ali tune, whistle) — delati, kakor drugi želijo, plesati, kakor drugi godejoto dance o.s. into favour — pridobiti naklonjenost -
20 decide
1) (to (cause to) make up one's mind: I have decided to retire; What decided you against going?) odločiti (se)2) (to settle or make the result (of something) etc certain: The last goal decided the match.) odločiti* * *[disáid]1.transitive verbodločiti, odrediti, zaključiti;2.intransitive verb(on, upon) odločiti se
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