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1 earnest
['ə:nist]1) (serious or over-serious: an earnest student; She wore an earnest expression.) resen2) (showing determination, sincerity or strong feeling: He made an earnest attempt to improve his work.) resen•- earnestly
- in earnest* * *I [ɜ:nist]adjective ( earnestly adverb)resen, tehten; prepričan, iskrento be earnest with s.o. — goreče koga prositiII [ɜ:nist]nounresnostto be in earnest — resno misliti, ne se šalitiin good ( —ali full, sober, real, sad) earnest — popolnoma resno, brez šaleIII [ɜ:nist]nounara, nadav; slutnja -
2 sad
[sæd](unhappy or causing unhappiness: She's sad because her son is ill; a sad face.) žalosten- sadness- sadden
- sadly* * *[sæd]adjective ( sadly adverb)žalosten, otožen, melanholičen, zaskrbljen, potrt; nesrečen; ubog; klavrn, nič vreden, reven, beden; obžalovanja vreden; hudoben, zloben; neugoden, nepopravljiv; zelo potreben; temen; težak; nedovoljno vzhajan; archaic resensad at — žalosten ob (od, zaradi)a sad dog figuratively propadla oseba, izgubljenec; razvratnika sad accident, mistake — obžalovanja vredna nezgoda (nesreča), napakaa sadder and a wiser man — oseba, ki jo je škoda izučilaa sad state — žalostno, bedno stanjeto feel sad — biti žalosten, potrthe writes sad stuff — kar on piše, je plaža
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