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1 rather
1) (to a certain extent; slightly; a little: He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.) dokaj2) (more willingly; preferably: I'd rather do it now than later; Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?; I'd rather not do it at all; I would/had rather you didn't do that; Wouldn't you rather have this one?; I'd resign rather than do that.) raje3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) prej (kot)* * *I [rá:ðə]adverbprej, rajši, raje; precéjrather good — precéj dober, kar doberrather a long way — precéj dolga pot, precéj dalečthe rather that... — toliko bolj (prej, rajši), ker...I rather think that... — jaz bi prej (skoraj) mislil, da...I had rather that... — jaz bi rajši...he left rather than join me — rajši je odpotoval, kot da bi se mi pridružilI would rather die than betray him — jaz bi rajši umrl, kot ga izdal (se mu izneveril)he would rather have died than revealed it — on bi bil rajši umrl, kot to razkrilthank you, I had rather not — hvala, (rajši) neII [ra:ðə]interjectioncolloquially (v odgovoru) da!, seveda!, vsekakor!, (prav) gotovo!Isn't it hot? -- Rather! — Ali ni vroče? -- Seveda! Pa še kako!Would you like to come? -- Rather! — Bi (Vi) radi prišli? -- To pa! Seveda!! Zelo rad! -
2 tubby
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3 confused
1) (mixed up: The message I received was rather confused.) nejasen2) (mixed up in the mind: in a confused state of mind.) zmeden* * *[kənfjú:zd]adjective ( confusedly — [kənfjú:zidli]adverb)zbegan, zmeden; zamotan, nejasennot to be confused with — ne zamenjajte s; v razliko s -
4 distant
1) (far away or far apart, in place or time: the distant past; a distant country; Our house is quite distant from the school.) oddaljen2) (not close: a distant relation.) daljnji3) (not friendly: Her manner was rather distant.) hladen* * *[dístənt]adjective ( distantly adverb)oddaljen, daljnji; figuratively ohol, hladen -
5 inquisitive
[in'kwizətiv](eager to find out about other people's affairs: He was rather inquisitive about the cost of our house; inquisitive neighbours.) radoveden- inquisitiveness* * *[inkwízitiv]1.adjective ( inquisitively adverb)radoveden, vedoželjen ( about);2.nounradovednež, -nica -
6 overdo
[əuvə'du:]past tense - overdid; verb1) (to do, say (something) in an exaggerated way etc: They overdid the sympathy.) pretiravati2) (to cook for too long: The meat was rather overdone.) predolgo kuhati* * *[ouvədú:]transitive verbpretirati; predolgo kuhati ali peči; preveč se truditi, pretežko delatifiguratively to overdo it — prekoračiti mejo, iti predaleč -
7 scornful
1) (feeling or showing scorn: a scornful expression/remark.) prezirljiv2) (making scornful remarks: He was rather scornful about your book.) prezirljiv* * *[skɔ:nful]adjective ( scornfully adverb)posmehljiv, zaničljiv, porogljiv -
8 soft
[soft]1) (not hard or firm; easily changing shape when pressed: a soft cushion.) mehek2) (pleasantly smooth to the touch: The dog has a soft, silky coat.) mehek3) (not loud: a soft voice.) tih4) ((of colour) not bright or harsh: a soft pink.) nežen5) (not strict (enough): You are too soft with him.) popustljiv6) ((of a drink) not alcoholic: At the party they were serving soft drinks as well as wine and spirits.) brezalkoholen7) (childishly weak, timid or silly: Don't be so soft - the dog won't hurt you.) reva•- softly- softness
- soften
- soft-boiled
- soft-hearted
- soft-spoken
- software
- softwood
- have a soft spot for* * *I [sɔft]nouncolloquially bedak, tepec, neumnež, butecII [sɔft]1.adjectivemehek, upogljiv, popustljiv; mil, blag (podnebje, temperatura itd.); miren, nekričeč (barva); okusen, piten (vino); gladek (koža); topel, topel in vlažen, deževen (vreme); lahen, rahel (udarec, trkanje); tih, pridušen (glas); ljubezniv, prijazen; nežen ( with z); miren (spanje); economy nestabilen (cene); kóven (kovina), drobljiv, krhek (kamen); slang lahek; zaljubljen (on v); nemožat, pomehkužen, mlahav, neodporen, brez energije; bedast, neumen, prismuknjen; phonetics zveneč; palatalen, brez pridiha (aspiracije)soft air — mil, blag zraka soft drink American slang brezalkoholna pijačasoft money American papirnati denar, bankovci, menicesoft nothings — ljubavno gruljenje, sladke besedesoft sawder — laskanje, prilizovanjesoft sex, softer sex — ženski spol, ženskesoft soap — mehko kalijevo milo, figuratively American slang laskanje, dobrikanjesoft solder — pločevina, ki se stali pri relativno nizki temperaturisoft tack slang bel kruh, nautical mehek kruh (ne prepečenec), dobra hranasoft thing colloquially lahko izvedljiva stvar, lahka in dobro plačana služba; laskanje; neumnosthe was rather soft in this affair — ni ravno briljiral v tej zadevi (stvari);2.adverbpočasi, tihoto lie soft — ležati na mehkem;3.nounmehkoba, milina; colloquially slabič; bedak;4.interjection archaicpočasi! polahko! -
9 sordid
['so:did]1) ((of a place etc) dirty, mean and poor: a very sordid neighbourhood.) umazan2) ((of a person's behaviour etc) showing low standards or ideals etc; not very pleasant or admirable: The whole affair was rather sordid.) beden•- sordidly- sordidness* * *[sɔ:did]adjective ( sordidly adverb)umazan, nečist, nesnažen; skopuški, sebičen; figuratively podel, nizkoten; bedensordid poverty — strašna, obupna revščina -
10 ungracious
(rude; impolite: It was rather ungracious of you to refuse his invitation.) neprijazen* * *[ʌngréišəs]adjectivenemilosten, neprijeten, neprijazen, neljubezniv; nedobrodošel; obsolete za ungraceful -
11 unwise
(not wise; foolish: an unwise suggestion; It was rather unwise of you to agree to do that.) nespameten- unwisely* * *[ʌnwáiz]adjectivenespameten, nerazumen; nor -
12 bitty
( informal) adjective (made up of small, unrelated pieces: We had a very bitty conversation; His essay was rather bitty.) nepovezan -
13 sort of
(rather; in a way; to a certain extent: He was sort of peculiar!; I feel sort of worried about him.) nekako -
14 steep
I [sti:p] adjective1) ((of eg a hill, stairs etc) rising with a sudden rather than a gradual slope: The hill was too steep for me to cycle up; a steep path; a steep climb.) strm2) ((of a price asked or demand made) unreasonable or too great: He wants rather a steep price for his house, doesn't he?; That's a bit steep!) pretiran•- steeply II [sti:p](to soak thoroughly.) namakati* * *I [sti:p]1.adjective ( steeply adverb)strm; figuratively hiter, brz, nagel; colloquially pretirano visok (o cenah); neverjeten (zgodba); čezmeren, pretiran, neupravičen, nesramena steep slope — strmo pobočje, prepadit is a bit steep that he should get all the profit — malo prehuda je, da bi on pospravil ves dobičekthis sounds rather steep — to zveni (se sliši) precéj neverjetno;2.nounstrmina, strmo pobočjeII [sti:p]1.nounnamakanje; potapljanje; tekočina za namakanje; močilo; močenje (konoplje, lanu); kar se namaka; posoda za namakanjein steep — v namakanju, namočen;2.transitive verbnamakati, močiti, omehčati z namakanjem; prepojiti, prežeti (in z); potopiti, pogreznitito be steeped in — biti zatopljen v; globoko pasti vto steep one's hands in blood figuratively močiti si, omadeževati si roke s krvjoto steep o.s. figuratively zatopiti se (in v) -
15 that
1. [ðæt] plural - those; adjective(used to indicate a person, thing etc spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: Don't take this book - take that one; At that time, I was living in Italy; When are you going to return those books?) ta2. pronoun(used to indicate a thing etc, or (in plural or with the verb be) person or people, spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: What is that you've got in your hand?; Who is that?; That is the Prime Minister; Those present at the concert included the composer and his wife.) oni3. [ðət, ðæt] relative pronoun(used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned in a preceding clause in order to distinguish it from others: Where is the parcel that arrived this morning?; Who is the man (that) you were talking to?) ki; kateri4. [ðət, ðæt] conjunction1) ((often omitted) used to report what has been said etc or to introduce other clauses giving facts, reasons, results etc: I know (that) you didn't do it; I was surprised (that) he had gone.) da2) (used to introduce expressions of sorrow, wishes etc: That I should be accused of murder!; Oh, that I were with her now!) da bi5. adverb(so; to such an extent: I didn't realize she was that ill.) tako- that's that* * *I [ðæt, ðóuz]1.pronoun (plural those) (kazalni) ta, to; oni, -a, -oand that — in to, in sicerat that — vrh tega, poleg tega, colloquially pri temfor all that — pri vsem tem, kljub vsemu temuthis, that, and the other — to in ono, vse vrstethat which... — to (ono), kar...to that degree that — do tolikšne mere, da...that's it! — tako je prav! tako je treba!that's right! — takó je! točno! res je!; vulgar daand that's that! colloquially in s tem je stvar opravljena! in stvar je končana! in zdaj dovolj tega!that's what it is — saj to je ravno; stvar je v tem; tako je to; za tem grmom tiči zajec(is) that so? — ali res? je (to) res tako?that's the way! — tako je prav!that is because — to je zato, kerthat's a dear! — to je lepo od tebe!what of that? — (pa) kaj za to?what's that noise? — kakšen hrup je to?let it go at that — colloquially pustimo to, kot jewhy do you run like that? — zakaj tako tečeš?I went to this and that doctor — šel sem k več zdravnikom;2.adverb colloquiallytakó (zelo)that angry (small, tired) — tako jezen (majhen, utrujen)II [ðæt, ðət]pronoun relative (plural that)1.ki; kateri, -a, -o; ki ga, ki jo, ki jih; katere, katera;2.karall that everything that — vse, karthe best that — najboljše, karmuch that — mnogo (tega), karnothing that — nič, karno one that — nihče, kithe book that I sent you — knjiga, ki sem ti jo poslal; kithe man that bought the house — (tisti) človek, ki je kupil hišothe lady that he is acquainted with — gospa, s katero se poznathe fool that he is! — takšen bedak!heraldry husband that is to be — njen bodoči mož (soprog)Mrs. Black, Miss Brown that was colloquially gospa Black, rojena BrownMrs. Jones that is — sedanja gospa Jonesfor the reason that — iz razloga, zaradi kateregathe day (that) I met him — na dan, na katerega (ko) sem se seznanil z njimIII [ðæt]conjunctionda; da bi; (zato) ker; koin order that, to the end that — da biso that — tako, danow that — sedaj, koI am sorry that you can't come — žal mi je, da ne morete pritiwe eat that we may live — jémo, da bi mogli živetihe lives that he may eat — on živi, da bi mogel jestiI was so tired that I fell asleep — bil sem tako utrujen, da sem zaspalnow that we know the reason — sedaj, ko vemo za razlogit is 3 years that she went away — tri leta je, da (odkar) je odšlaat the time that I was born — v času, ko sem se rodilit is rather that — prej (je), kernot that it mightn't be better — ne, ker ne bi moglo biti bolje -
16 than
[ðən, ðæn]conjunction, preposition(a word used in comparisons: It is easier than I thought; I sing better than he does; He sings better than me.) kot* * *[ðæn, ðən]conjunctionkot, kakora man than whom no one was more beloved — ni ga bilo bolj priljubljenega človeka, kot je bil onI would rather walk than drive — jaz bi rajši šel peš, kot pa da bi se peljal -
17 thin
[Ɵin] 1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) tenek2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) mršav3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) redek4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) redek5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) prazen2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) razredčiti (se)- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin out* * *I [min]1.adjective ( thinly adverb)tanek; vitek, mršav, suh; lahek (obleka); nežen, fin, prozoren (tkanina); droben; redek, pičel; slabo obiskan (gledališka predstava ipd.); slab, lahek (pijača), razredčen, precéj redek, vodén; photography nejasen, brez kontrastov; agronomy reven, nerodoviten (zemlja); ničen, prazen (izgovor); plitev, brez vsebine (knjiga)thin attendance — slab obisk (predstave itd.)thin captain figuratively British English majhen ploščat prepečeneca thin house — slabo zasedena, prazna gledališka hišaon thin ice figuratively na nevarnih tleh, v kočljivem položajuthe thin end of the wedge figuratively prvi začetek, prvi korakthrough thick and thin — skozi ogenj in vodo, čez vse zapreke (težave)that is too thin — slang to je preveč prozorno;2.adverb (le v sestavljenkah) tanko, slabo, redko, neznatnothin-faced — ozkega, mršavega obrazaII [min]transitive verb(s)tanjšati; razredčiti (gozd); figuratively zmanjšati; intransitive verb (s)tanjšati se; razredčiti se, postati pičel (redek); zmanjšati se, oslabeti, upasti, shujšati; figuratively klinasto se stanjšatihis hair is thinning — lasje se mu redčijo; -
18 should
[ʃud]negative short form - shouldn't; verb1) (past tense of shall: I thought I should never see you again.)2) (used to state that something ought to happen, be done etc: You should hold your knife in your right hand; You shouldn't have said that.)3) (used to state that something is likely to happen etc: If you leave now, you should arrive there by six o'clock.)4) (used after certain expressions of sorrow, surprise etc: I'm surprised you should think that.)5) (used after if to state a condition: If anything should happen to me, I want you to remember everything I have told you today.)6) ((with I or we) used to state that a person wishes something was possible: I should love to go to France (if only I had enough money).)7) (used to refer to an event etc which is rather surprising: I was just about to get on the bus when who should come along but John, the very person I was going to visit.)* * *[šud]preteriteod shalllest you should forget — da (vi) ne bi pozabili, da ne pozabite -
19 fine
I 1. adjective1) ((usually of art etc) very good; of excellent quality: fine paintings; a fine performance.) odličen2) ((of weather) bright; not raining: a fine day.) jasen3) (well; healthy: I was ill yesterday but I am feeling fine today!) odličen4) (thin or delicate: a fine material.) fin5) (careful; detailed: Fine workmanship is required for such delicate embroidery.) natančen6) (made of small pieces, grains etc: fine sand; fine rain.) droben7) (slight; delicate: a fine balance; a fine distinction.) fin, pretanjen8) (perfectly satisfactory: There's nothing wrong with your work - it's fine.) v redu, krasen2. adverb(satisfactorily: This arrangement suits me fine.) zelo prav3. interjection(good; well done etc: You've finished already - fine!) krasno- finely- finery
- fine art II 1. noun(money which must be paid as a punishment: I had to pay a fine.) globa2. verb(to make (someone) pay a fine: She was fined $10.) oglobiti* * *I [fain]nounkonec, cilj, zaključekin fine — končno, kratkomalo, skratkaII [fain]nounglobajuridically to make liable to fine — naložiti globoIII [fain]transitive verb & intransitive verbnaložiti globo, kaznovati z globo; plačati globoIV [fain]adjectivedroben, tenek, fin; rahel, nežen; lep, sijajen, odličen; eleganten; čist; jasen; oster (nož), nabrušen; dobro razvit; bister; prevzetento say fine things about s.o. — hvaliti kogaV [fain]adverblepo; rahlo, nežno itn.VI [fain]nounlepo vremeVII [fain]transitive verb & intransitive verb(z)jasniti se; čistiti se; tanjšati se; (s)hujšati; prečistiti, rafinirati -
20 high
1. adjective1) (at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board.) visok2) (having a particular height: This building is about 20 metres high; My horse is fifteen hands high.) visok3) (great; large; considerable: The car was travelling at high speed; He has a high opinion of her work; They charge high prices; high hopes; The child has a high fever/temperature.) visok4) (most important; very important: the high altar in a church; Important criminal trials are held at the High Court; a high official.) visok5) (noble; good: high ideals.) visok6) ((of a wind) strong: The wind is high tonight.) močan7) ((of sounds) at or towards the top of a (musical) range: a high note.) visok8) ((of voices) like a child's voice (rather than like a man's): He still speaks in a high voice.) visok9) ((of food, especially meat) beginning to go bad.) pokvarjen10) (having great value: Aces and kings are high cards.) visok2. adverb(at, or to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: The plane was flying high in the sky; He'll rise high in his profession.) visoko- highly- highness
- high-chair
- high-class
- higher education
- high fidelity
- high-handed
- high-handedly
- high-handedness
- high jump
- highlands
- high-level
- highlight 3. verb(to draw particular attention to (a person, thing etc).) izpostaviti- high-minded
- high-mindedness
- high-pitched
- high-powered
- high-rise
- highroad
- high school
- high-spirited
- high spirits
- high street
- high-tech 4. adjective((also hi-tech): high-tech industries.) visokotehnološki- high treason
- high water
- highway
- Highway Code
- highwayman
- high wire
- high and dry
- high and low
- high and mighty
- the high seas
- it is high time* * *I [hái]adjectivevisok, dvignjen; velik, važen; močan, silen; plemenit, odličen, imeniten; obilen (hrana); začinjen, pikanten (meso, divjačina); daljen, star (čas); visok, prediren, rezek (glas); velike vrednosti, visoke cene, drag; skrajen, goreč, vnet ( a high Tory); napet, razburljiv (doživljaj); veder, jasen, vesel (razpoloženje)colloquially natrkan; slang omamljen (od mamila); American slang high on — nor na kajof high birth — plemenitega rodu, visokega roduBritish English higher school certificate — abiturientsko spričevalohigh day — beli dan, prazničen danhigh and dry figuratively osamljen, zapuščen; nautical nasedel, na suhemto leave s.o. high and dry — pustiti koga na cediluin high feather — dobre volje, opitwith a high hand — samovoljno, ošabnoto carry things off with a high hand — samovoljno, predrzno ravnaticolloquially to mount ( —ali ride) the high horse — biti ponosen, biti domišljavhigh and mighty — nadut, ošabenhigh period — obdobje največje slave (umetnika itd.)on the high ropes — ohol, poln prezira; besenof high standing — visokega stanu, ugledenhigh spirit — razigranost, vedrostin high spirits — razigran, colloquially natrkan, "v rožicah"high words — ostre besede, prepirslang how is that for high? — to je pa že malo prevečII [hái]adverbvisoko; močno, zeloto run high — biti razburkan (morje); figuratively biti razburjen, razburiti seIII [hái]nounvišina; anticiklonsko področje; najvišja karta; technical najvišja prestava (v vozilu); American colloquially gimnazija; American slang omama (od mamila)on high — zgoraj, visoko gor; v nebesih, v nebesafrom on high — od zgoraj, z nebes
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