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1 inquiry
, enquiry - plural inquiries, enquiries - noun1) ((an act of) asking or investigating: His inquiries led him to her hotel; ( also adjective) All questions will be dealt with at the inquiry desk.)2) (an investigation: An inquiry is being held into her disappearance.)* * *[inkwáiəri]nounpovpraševanje, poizvedovanje, preiskava; commerce povpraševanjemilitary court of inquiry — vojaško preiskovalno sodiščeto make inquiries of s.o. — povpraševati pri kom -
2 inquiry agent
[inkwáiəri éidžənt]nounBritish English privatni detektiv -
3 inquiry office
[inkwáiəri ɔfis]nouninformacijski urad -
4 enquiry
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5 I.I.E.I.C.
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6 inquest
['inkwest](a legal inquiry into a case of sudden and unexpected death.) sodna preiskava* * *[ínkwest]nounjuridically sodna preiskavaBritish English grand inquest of the nation — Spodnji dom angleškega parlamenta -
7 inquire
1) (to ask: He inquired the way to the art gallery; She inquired what time the bus left.) vprašati2) ((with about) to ask for information about: They inquired about trains to London.) poizvedovati3) ((with after) to ask for information about the state of (eg a person's health): He enquired after her mother.) pozanimati se4) ((with for) to ask to see or talk to (a person): Someone rang up inquiring for you, but you were out.) pozanimati se5) ((with for) to ask for (goods in a shop etc): Several people have been inquiring for the new catalogue.) povpraševati6) ((with into) to try to discover the facts of: The police are inquiring into the matter.) raziskovati•- inquiry- make inquiries* * *[inkwáiə]1.transitive verbpoizvedovati, preiskovati ( into); vprašati, povpraševati;2.intransitive verbpoizvedovati (of s.o. pri kom); raziskovati, izpraševati, pozanimati se (after, for za, about, concerning o)to inquire into — raziskovati, (temeljito) sprašati, izpraševati -
8 preliminary
[pri'liminəri](coming before, and preparing for, something: The chairman made a few preliminary remarks before introducing the speaker.) uvoden* * *I [prilimínəri]adjective ( preliminarily adverb)uvoden, pripravljalen, predhoden, sprejemenpreliminary advice — predhodna objava, napovedpreliminary estimate — predračun, precenitevpreliminary inquiry juridically predhodna preiskava; economy predhodno povpraševanjepreliminary work — pripravljalno delo, predpripravamedicine preliminary dressing — zasilna obvezaII [prilíminəri]noun(zlasti plural) uvod, priprava, pripravljalno delo, pripravljalni ukrepi; politics plural uvodna pogajanja; sprejemni izpit -
9 severe
[sə'viə]1) ((of something unpleasant) serious; extreme: severe shortages of food; a severe illness; Our team suffered a severe defeat.) težek2) (strict or harsh: a severe mother; severe criticism.) strog3) ((of style in dress etc) very plain: a severe hairstyle.) preprost•- severely- severity* * *[sivíə]adjective ( severely adverb)strog, neprizanesljiv, brezobziren (on, upon do, v); natančen, strikten; zelo hladen, trd, oster, težak; nevihten (vreme); preprost, zmeren, brez (odvečnega) okrasja (slog); piker, ujedljiv, sarkastičen; naporen, mučen, težaven; bolesten; resen (bolezen)a severe blow — hud (močan, trd) udareca severe examination — strog, težak izpita severe remark — pikra, zbadljiva opazkaa severe winter — huda, ostra zimato leave severely alone — načelno ne hoteti nobenega opravka z; striktno se izogibati, (ironično) napraviti velik ovinek okoli -
10 upon
1) (to meet by accident: I chanced on a friend of yours.) naleteti na2) (to discover by accident: I chanced upon some information.) naleteti na* * *I [əpɔn]preposition (= on) na; na osnovi, na temelju; za; priloss upon loss — izguba za izgubo, stalne izgubeupon this — nato, nakarupon inspection — na temelju inšpekcije, takoj po inšpekcijito draw one's sword upon s.o. — izvleči (potegniti) svoj meč proti komuto live upon s.o. — živeti na račun kake osebeupon my word (of honour)! — častna (moja) beseda!II [əpɔn]adverbnato -
11 draw a blank
(to be unsuccessful in a search, inquiry etc.) ostati praznih rok
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