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1 instead
[in'sted](as a substitute; in place of something or someone: I don't like coffee. Could I please have tea instead?) namesto tega* * *[instéd]adverbnamesto tegainstead of going — namesto, da bi šel -
2 of
[əv]1) (belonging to: a friend of mine.) od2) (away from (a place etc); after (a given time): within five miles of London; within a year of his death.) iz; od3) (written etc by: the plays of Shakespeare.)4) (belonging to or forming a group: He is one of my friends.) od5) (showing: a picture of my father.)6) (made from; consisting of: a dress of silk; a collection of pictures.) iz7) (used to show an amount, measurement of something: a gallon of petrol; five bags of coal.)8) (about: an account of his work.) o9) (containing: a box of chocolates.) s, z10) (used to show a cause: She died of hunger.) zaradi11) (used to show a loss or removal: She was robbed of her jewels.)12) (used to show the connection between an action and its object: the smoking of a cigarette.)13) (used to show character, qualities etc: a man of courage.)14) ((American) (of time) a certain number of minutes before (the hour): It's ten minutes of three.) pred* * *[əv]preposition1.od ( north ŋ);2.genetiv ( the master of the house);3.apozicija (the City of London, the month of May);4.(poreklo, izvor) od, iz, genetiv (of good family, Mr. Smith of London);5.(vzrok, posledica) zaradi, od, na (to die of hunger, to be ashamed of s.th., proud ŋ);6.(snov, material) od, iz (made of steel, a dress of silk);7.(lastnost) s, z (a man of courage, a man of no importance, a fool of a man);8.(avtorstvo, način) od, svojilni pridevnik (the works of Byron, of o.s. sam od sebe);9.(mera) genetiv (two feet of snow, a glass of wine);10.o (talk of peace, news of success);11.(čas) večinom genetiv, od (of an evening, of late years, your letter of March);12.American colloquiallypred, do ( ten minutes of three);13.of course — seveda, se razumein face of, in spite of — vkljubon account of, because of — zaradito be on the point of (going) — biti na tem, da bo (šel), biti na (odhodu) -
3 sidetrack
verb (to turn (a person) aside from what he was about to do: I intended to write letters this evening, but was sidetracked into going to the pictures instead.) odvrniti (koga)
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