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1 inactive
[in'æktiv]( formal)1) (not taking much exercise: You're fat because you're so inactive.) neaktiven2) (no longer working, functioning etc; not active: an inactive volcano.) ugasel•- inaction- inactivity* * *[inaektiv]adjective ( inactively adverb)brezdelen, nedelaven, neprizadeven, miren, pasiven; economy mlačen (tržišče); chemistry & medicine neučinkovit -
2 lounge
1. verb1) (to lie back in a casual manner: lounging on a sofa.) poležavati2) (to move about lazily; to be inactive: I spent the day lounging about the house.) postopati2. noun(a sitting-room, eg in a hotel: They watched television in the hotel lounge.) salon* * *I [laun(d)ž]nounzofa, klubski naslanjač; foyer, hotelska veža, dnevna soba (v klubu); aeronautics salon, čakalnica; lenarjenje, poležavanje, postopanjeII [laun(d)ž]transitive verblenariti, poležavati, postopati -
3 sit out
1) (to remain seated during a dance: Let's sit (this one) out.) izpustiti (ples)2) (to remain inactive and wait until the end of: They'll try to sit out the crisis.) počakati na konec* * *intransitive verb presedeti, ne vstati, vztrajati (sedé) do konca; ne se udeleževati (česa), ne sodelovati; transitive verb izpustiti (ples); prisostvovati (čemu) do konca; ostati dljé (od koga) -
4 slack
[slæk]1) (loose; not firmly stretched: Leave the rope slack.) ohlapen2) (not firmly in position: He tightened a few slack screws.) zrahljan3) (not strict; careless: He is very slack about getting things done.) zanikrn4) (in industry etc, not busy; inactive: Business has been rather slack lately.) medel•- slacken- slackly
- slackness
- slacks* * *I [slæk]1.nounnenapet (zrahljan, ohlapen) del vrvi; čas stagnacije, mrtvila v poslih, kupčijah; plural colloquially dolge (ženske) hlače; military slang dolge hlače; popustitev, ponehanje (vetra itd.); prosody nepoudarjen zlog (zlogi); colloquially pavza, odmorto have a good slack — pošteno, zares "izpreči";2.adjective ( slackly adverb)mlahav, ohlapen, nenapet, nenategnjen, popuščen; len, nemaren, zanikrn, brezbrižen, počasen, okoren; mirujoč, mrtev (o vodi); slab, medel (o kupčijah, poslih); polpepečen (kruh)with a slack hand — leno, brez energijea slack rope — nenapeta, ohlapna vrvslack season — mrtva sezona, mrtviloslack in stays nautical ki se počasi premikaslack trade, slack market commerce medlo, slabo tržiščeslack water — mirujoča, mrtva vodaslack weather — vreme, ki človeka naredi lenegabusiness is slack commerce posli zastajajo, stagnirajoto keep a slack hand — nemarno, ohlapno voditi, upravljatito keep a slack rein — premalo brzdati, imeti uzdo premalo napeto;3.adverb (v zloženkah) počasi, medlo; nepopolno, nezadostnoII [slæk]transitive verb & intransitive verbpopustiti (vrv), zrahljati (se) (o vijaku); odviti (se); opočasniti (se), postati počasen, popustiti (v prizadevanju); biti brezbrižen, zanemarjati (dolžnosti); postati medel, mlahav; zmanjšati (se), ubtažiti (se), oslabeti, onemogoči; počivati; (= to slake) gasiti (apno); commerce postati medel, slab (poslovanje, tržišče)III [slæk]nountechnical premogov grušec (prah)IV [slæk]noundialectal nižava, kotlina; močvirje, barje -
5 stagnant
['stæɡnənt]1) ((of water) standing still rather than flowing and therefore usually dirty: a stagnant pool.) stoječ, mirujoč2) (dull or inactive: Our economy is stagnant.) zastajajoč•- stagnate- stagnation* * *[staegnənt]adjective ( stagnantly adverb)mirno stoječ, mirujoč, ki ne teče (voda brez odtoka); figuratively zastajajoč, mrtev, v mrtvilu, v zastojustagnant air — slab, pokvarjen, izrabljen zrak -
6 stagnate
[stæɡ'neit, ]( American[) 'stæɡneit]1) ((of water) to be or become stagnant.) zastajati2) (to become dull and inactive.) zastajati* * *[staegneit]intransitive verbzastajati, mirovati, ne se odtekati (o vodi); figuratively biti v zastoju, v mrtvilu; stagnirati
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