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1 poor
[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) reven2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) pičel3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) ubog•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) bolehen* * *[púə]adjective ( poorly adverb)reven, ubog; skromen, pičel, nezadosten, nerodoviten (zemlja); slaboten, mršav, slab, suh; figuratively ubog (in v); contemptuously bedenhumorously poor man's treacle — čebulabotany poor man's cabbage — zimska krešapoor me! — jojmene!poor little thing — ubožec, revica -
2 poor-box
[púəbɔks]nounskrinjica za miloščino -
3 poor-house
[púəhaus]nounubožnica -
4 poor-law
[púəlɔ:]nounjuridically zakon o pomoči revežem -
5 poor-rate
[púəreit]nounBritish English davek za pomoč revežem -
6 poor-relief
[púərili:f]nounoskrba revežev -
7 poor-spirited
[púəspíritid]adjectivestrahopeten; ubog v duhu -
8 land-poor
[laendpuə]adjectiveki ima nerentabilno zemljo; osiromašel zaradi nerentabilne zemlje -
9 well off
(poor, rich: The family was quite well off.) slabo, dobro situiran -
10 spirit
['spirit]1) (a principle or emotion which makes someone act: The spirit of kindness seems to be lacking in the world nowadays.) duh2) (a person's mind, will, personality etc thought of as distinct from the body, or as remaining alive eg as a ghost when the body dies: Our great leader may be dead, but his spirit still lives on; ( also adjective) the spirit world; Evil spirits have taken possession of him.) duh3) (liveliness; courage: He acted with spirit.) elan•- spirited- spiritedly
- spirits
- spiritual
- spiritually
- spirit level* * *I [spírit]nounduh; duša; prikazen, duh, nadnaravno bitje, demon; genij, velik duh; smisel, duh (zakona); figuratively polet, elan, pogum, morala, ognjevitost, energija; figuratively življenjska moč, volja; figuratively gonilna moč, duša (podviga, podjetja); plural razpoloženje; veter, sapicaout of spirits — potrt, deprimiranabsent in body, but present in spirit — telesno odsoten, duhovno pa prisotenastral spirits — duhovi, za katere verujejo, da žive med zvezdamifamiliar spirits — duhovi, ki spremljajo čarovnice ali jim služijogreat spirits — véliki duhovi (razumniki, velikani duha)high spirits — dobro, veselo razpoloženje, veselostthe Holy Spirit ecclesiastic sv. duhlow spirits — potrtost, deprimiranosta master-spirit — človek izredne pameti, ki drugim vsiljuje svoje mnenjethe poor in spirit — ubogi na duhu, ponižnipoor spirits — pobitost, potrtostto be in poor (low) spirits — biti potrt (pobit, malodušen, deprimiran)II [spírit]transitive verbnavdihniti, inspirirati; priganjati, siliti (on k)to spirit away (off) — skrivaj in hitro odvesti, pustiti izginitito spirit a child — odvesti, ugrabiti otrokato spirit a prisoner — pustiti, da ujetnik izgineIII [spírit]nounchemistry destilat; špirit; American alkohol, alkoholna pijača; plural alkoholne, opojne pijače, spirituozespirit of ether medicine Hoffmannove kapljicespirit(s) of wine — vinski cvet, alkoholardent spirits — močne, zelo opojne pijačea glass of spirits and water — kozarec alkoholne pijače, mešane z vodo -
11 wretch
[re ]1) (a miserable, unhappy creature: The poor wretch!) nesrečnik2) (a name used in annoyance or anger: You wretch!) lopov•- wretched- wretchedly
- wretchedness* * *[reč]nounubožec, revež, revček, nesrečnik, bednik; lopov, malopridnežpoor wretch — revček, ubožecpoor little wretch! — revica! (posmehljivo) -
12 beg
[beɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - begged; verb1) (to ask (someone) for (money, food etc): The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.) prosjačiti2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) rotiti•- beggar2. verb(to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) bankrotirati, obubožati- beg to differ* * *[beg]1.transitive verbprositi, rotiti; izprositi si;2.intransitive verbberačiti, moledovatiI beg your pardon, beg pardon — prosim, kaj ste rekli?to beg the question — smatrati zadevo za rešeno; izvijati seto beg leave to do s.th. — prositi za dovoljenje za nekajI beg to differ — oprostite, da se z vami ne strinjam -
13 devil
['devl]1) (the spirit of evil; Satan: He does not worship God - he worships the Devil.) vrag2) (any evil or wicked spirit or person: That woman is a devil!) hudič3) (a person who is bad or disapproved of: She's a lazy devil.) vrag4) (an unfortunate person for whom one feels pity: Poor devils! I feel really sorry for them.) revež* * *I [dévl]nounvrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jedbetween the devil and the deep sea — med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdodevil's advocate — zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugodevil's books — karte, hudičeve podobicewhat comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly — kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima tekato hold a candle to the devil — pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinuzoology colloquially devil's darning needle — kačji pastirdevil's delight — pretep, prepiras the devil likes Holy Water — sploh ne, prav ničlucky devil — srečnik, -nicathe devil of a — velikanski; ogromno, neznanskoto paint the devil blacker than he is — smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na stenothe devil to pay — velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenjemilitary slang devil's piano — strojnicato play the devil with — nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnatiprinter's devil — tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurirpull devil, pull baker — see bakerII [dévl]intransitive verb & transitive verbgarirati, ocvreti in začiniti; opravljati podrejeno delo za drugega; garati; trgati krpe (stroj)to devil s.o. — prisiliti koga, da gara za druge -
14 health
[helƟ]1) (the state of being well or ill: He is in good/poor health.) zdravje2) (the state of being well: I may be getting old, but so long as I keep my health, I'll be happy.) zdravje•- healthy- healthiness
- health maintenance organization
- health service
- drink to someone's health
- drink someone's health* * *[helm]nounzdravje; zdravica; zdravstvoyour health! — na tvoje zdravje!here is to the health of the host! — na zdravje gostitelju! -
15 visibility
noun (the range of distance over which things may be (clearly) seen: Visibility is poor today; Visibility in the fog was down to twenty yards in places.) vidljivost* * *[vizibíliti]nounvidljivost, vidnost; kar se vidi, pojav -
16 alms
(money etc given to the poor.) miloščina* * *[a:mz]nounmiloščina, vbogajmeto ask for an alms — prositi vbogajme, beračiti -
17 attendance
noun His attendance (= the number of times he attends) at school is poor; Attendances (= the number of people attending) at the concerts went down after the price of tickets increased.) obisk* * *[əténdəns]nounpozornost; postrežba; pripravljenost; obisk, spremstvo; občinstvo, poslušalci, navzočito dance attendance on s.o. — vrteti se okoli koga; dvoriti komuin attendance — v službi, dežurni -
18 bearer
noun (a person or thing that bears: the bearer of bad news.) prinašalec* * *[bʌ/ərə]nounnosač, nosilec; prinašalec, prinesnik; lastnik čeka ali menice; hindustanski sluga -
19 body
['bodi] 1. plural - bodies; noun1) (the whole frame of a man or animal including the bones and flesh: Athletes have to look after their bodies.) telo2) (a dead person: The battlefield was covered with bodies.) truplo3) (the main part of anything: the body of the hall.) glavni del4) (a mass: a huge body of evidence.) teža5) (a group of persons acting as one: professional bodies.) telo•- bodily2. adverb(by the entire (physical) body: They lifted him bodily and carried him off.) scela- body language
- bodywork* * *I [bɔdi]nountelo, truplo; trup; karoserija; oseba, človek, nekdo; bistvo, jedro, glavni del; figuratively snov, tekst; steznik, životec; skupina, zbor, društvo, organ, korporacija; telesna straža, spremstvo; celota, večina; astronomy astralno telo; gostota, konsistenca, trdnost; retorta, prekapnicabody corporate — korporacija; pravna osebachemistry compound body — spojinabody of a letter — tekst, vsebina pismaII [bɔdi]transitive verboblikovati, ponazoriti; utelesiti; oskrbeti s karoserijo -
20 broadly
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poor´ness — poor «pur», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having few things or nothing; lacking money or property; needy: »The children were so poor that they had no shoes. The poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb (II Samuel 12:3). 2. not good in quality;… … Useful english dictionary