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21 ease
[i:z] 1. noun1) (freedom from pain or from worry or hard work: a lifetime of ease.) mir2) (freedom from difficulty: He passed his exam with ease.) lahkota3) (naturalness: ease of manner.) neprisiljenost2. verb1) (to free from pain, trouble or anxiety: A hot bath eased his tired limbs.) sprostiti2) ((often with off) to make or become less strong, less severe, less fast etc: The pain has eased (off); The driver eased off as he approached the town.) popustiti, zmanjšati hitrost3) (to move (something heavy or awkward) gently or gradually in or out of position: They eased the wardrobe carefully up the narrow staircase.) previdno premikati•- easily- easiness
- easy 3. interjection(a command to go or act gently: Easy! You'll fall if you run too fast.) počasi- easy-going
- at ease
- easier said than done
- go easy on
- stand at ease
- take it easy
- take one's ease* * *I [i:z]nounmir, počitek; udobnost; lagodnost, zadovoljstvo; neprisiljenost, lahkota, olajšanjeat one's ease — udobno, mirno, brez zadregemilitary at ease! — voljno!to set ( —ali put) at ease — hrabriti; zadovoljitiwith ease — lahko, brez težavII [í:z]1.transitive verblajšati, miriti, blažiti; rahljati;2.intransitive verbpopustitito ease one's mind — pomiriti se, dušo si olajšatinautical ease her! — počasneje!to ease s.o. of his purse — oskubsti kogato ease o.s. — opraviti telesno potreboto ease s.o. of s.th. — ukrasti komu kaj -
22 light
I 1. noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) svetloba2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) luč3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) ogenj4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) luč2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) svetel2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) svetel3. [lit] verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) razsvetliti2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) prižgati (se)•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to II1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) lahek2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) lahek3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) lahek4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) lažji5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) lahek6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) lahkoten7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) veder, lahek8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) lahen9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) prhek•- lightly- lighten- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.)* * *I [lait]adjective ( lightly adverb)lahek; majhne specifične teže, pod predpisano težo; nepomemben, neznaten, lahek (bolezen, kazen, napaka, delo itd.); zabaven, lahek (glasba, knjiga); prhek, rahel (zemlja, sneg, kruh); vitek, nežen, graciozen, okreten, uren; brezskrben, veder (srce); lahkomišljen, lahkoživ, frfrast (ženska); malo otovorjen, neotovorjen; nenaglašen (zlog)electrical light current — šibki tokfiguratively a light hand — obzirnost, taktlight in hand — poslušen (konj), lahko vodljivmilitary in light marching order — na pohodu z malo tovoraII [lait]adverbnalahko, rahlo, lahkolight come, light go — kakor pridobljeno, tako izgubljenoto get off light — srečno jo odnesti, biti malo kaznovanIII [lait]adjectivesvetel, jasenIV [lait]nounsvetloba, luč, razsvetljava; vir svetlobe (okno, sonce, svetilka, vžigalica, sveča, ogenj); dnevna, sončna svetloba; nautical svetilnik; iskrenje, sijaj (oči); poetically vid, nebesno telo; figuratively luč, prosvetljenjstvo, jasnost, prosvetljenec, genij; ključna beseda akrostiha; plural spoznanja, nova odkritja, nova dejstva, (umske) sposobnosti, zmožnosti; plural slang očihe appears in the light of (a scoundrel) videti je (lopov)by the light of nature — po naravni nadarjenosti, s prirojeno bistroumnostjoto bring to light — odkriti, odkopatito come to light — priti na svetlo, biti odkritpoetically light of one's eyes — vidfiguratively the light of my eyes — punčica mojega očesato give light to — razložiti, razjasnitito give s.o. a light — prižgati komu cigaretoto hide one's light under a bushel — biti preskromen, skrivati svoje sposobnostithe light of s.o.'s countenance — naklonjenost koga (uživati)to place s.th. in a good light — postaviti kaj v lepo lučto put a light to s.th. — prižgati, zažgati kajto see the light — roditi se; American spremeniti svoje stališče; religion biti prosvetljen, sprevidetito see the light of day — biti objavljen, biti prvič uprizorjento stand in s.o.'s light — jemati komu luč, biti komu na poti, figuratively motiti kogato strike a light — prižgati (vžigalico, vžigalnik)to throw ( —ali shed) light on s.th. — razložiti, razjasniti kajget out of the light! — ne jemlji mi svetlobe!, ne moti!light and shade — svetloba in senca, nasprotjaAncient Lights — opozorilen napis, da se ne sme jemati luči, ki prihaja skozi oknaV [lait]1.transitive verbprižgati, razsvetliti, vneti;2.intransitive verbprižgati se, vneti se, posvetiti, posijati;VI [lait]intransitive verb -
23 pale
[peil] 1. adjective1) ((of a person, his face etc) having less colour than normal: a pale face; She went pale with fear.) bled2) ((of a colour) closer to white than black; not dark: pale green.) svetel2. verb(to become pale: She paled at the bad news.) prebledeti- paleness* * *I [péil]adjective ( palely adverb)bled; svetel, bled (barva)as pale as ashes (clay, death) — pepelnate barve, bled kot kreda, mrtvaško bledII [péil]intransitive verb & transitive verbprebledeti, obledeti, zbledetito pale before s.th. — zbledeti pred čimIII [péil]nounkol, lata; ograja, meja; obseg, ozemlje, ograjeno ozemljeheraldry navpična črta v grbu; figuratively beyond ( —ali outside) the pale — izven mej (dovoljenega)figuratively within the pale of — v mejah (dovoljenega); v okrilju (npr. cerkve)IV [péil]transitive verb(redko) ograditi s koli; figuratively obdati, zapreti (tudi to pale in) -
24 backward
['bækwəd]1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) nazaj obrnjen2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) zaostal3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) nerazvit•- backwards
- backwards and forwards
- bend/fall over backwards* * *[baekwəd]adjective ( backwardly adverb)nazaj obrnjen; (in) zakasnel, počasen; zaostal; nerazvit; plašen, sramežljiv -
25 curtail
[kə'teil](make less, shorter etc (than was originally intended): I've had to curtail my visit.) skrajšati* * *[kə:téil]transitive verbpristriči, skrajšati; (of za) zmanjšati, okrniti, prikrajšati -
26 help
[help] 1. verb1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) pomagati2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) pripomoči3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) ublažiti4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) pomagati5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) (ne moči si) pomagati2. noun1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) pomoč2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) pomoč3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) sluga, hlapec4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) ni pomoči•- helper- helpful
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- helping
- helpless
- helplessly
- helplessness
- help oneself
- help out* * *I [help]nounpomoč, pomočnik; American služkinja, hišna pomočnica, sluga, hlapec; familiarly porcija (jedi); figuratively pripomočekhe is a great help — zelo pomaga, je v veliko pomočII [help]transitive verbpomagati, podpreti, podpirati; pripomoči, prispevati; (u)blažiti; (s can in neg) ne moči se upirati, si pomagati, preprečiti, se izogniti; ponuditi, podati (pri mizi)I cannot help it — ne morem pomagati, sem nemočendon't be late if you can help it — ne ostani delj, kot je potrebnodon't do more than you can help — napravi le tisto, kar morašI cannot help laughing — moram se smejati; ne morem si kaj, da se ne bi smejalhow could I help it? — kaj sem jaz mogel za toto help o.s. to s.th. — postreči si s čim, prisvojiti si kaj, ukrastito help s.o. to s.th. — ponuditi komu kaj (pri mizi), postreči komu s čim -
27 medicine
['medsin]1) (a substance, especially a liquid for swallowing, that is used to treat or keep away disease or illness: a dose of medicine.) zdravilo2) (the science of curing people who are ill, or making their suffering less (especially by means other than surgery): He is studying medicine.) medicina•- medicinally* * *I [méd(i)sin]nounzdravilo; medicina, zdravstvo; čarovnija (pri Indijancih)to give s.o. some of his own medicine — povrniti milo za dragofiguratively sprejeti kazen, požreti hudo pilulo; American slang he is bad medicine — je nevaren človekII [médsin]transitive verbzdraviti -
28 overshadow
(to make less important especially by being much better than: With her beauty and wit she quite overshadowed her sister.) zasenčiti* * *[ouvəšaedou]transitive verbzasenčiti (tudi figuratively), zatemniti; zavarovati, zakloniti, zasloniti -
29 speed
[spi:d] 1. noun1) (rate of moving: a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed.) hitrost, brzina2) (quickness of moving.) naglica2. verb1) ((past tense, past participles sped [sped] speeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry: The car sped/speeded along the motorway.) hiteti2) ((past tense, past participle speeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law: The policeman said that I had been speeding.) prehitro voziti•- speeding- speedy
- speedily
- speediness
- speed bump
- speed trap
- speedometer
- speed up* * *I [spi:d]nounhitrost, brzina, naglica, hitrica; tek (motorja); technical prestava (prva, druga itd.); obsolete uspeh, (dobra) srečaat full speed, with all speed — s polno brzinogood speed! — veliko uspeha (sreče)!send me good speed! — voščite mi dobro srečo!more haste, less speed figuratively počasi se daleč pride; hiti počasi!II [spi:d]1.transitive verbdrviti, goniti, pognati (konja); naganjati, priganjati (koga); hitro (kaj) opraviti, pohiteti (s čim), pospešiti, dati (čemu) večjo hitrost; obsolete sprožiti (strelico); odposlati, (hitro) odsloviti (posloviti se od); archaic pomagati (komu), želeti srečo;2.intransitive verbhiteti, drveti, hitro iti, leteti; motoring voziti z veliko hitrostjo; obsolete uspevati, napredovati, biti uspešen ali srečen, imeti srečothe devil speed him! — vrag ga vzemi!God speed you! — bog z vami!he sped well archaic dobro jo je zvozilto speed away — odbrzeti, odhitetito speed down — zmanjšati hitrost (čemu), zavreti (kaj)to be fined for speeding — biti kaznovan zaradi prevelike hitrosti, prehitre vožnje -
30 the
[ðə, ði](The form [ðə] is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union [ðə'ju:njən]; the form [ði] is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour [ði 'onə]) ta, tisti1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!)2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.)3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).)4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.)5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.)6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.)•- the...- the...* * *I [mə pred soglasnikom, ði pred samoglasnikom, ði: poudarjeno]določni člen (včasih preveden s ta, to)the Browns — Brownovi, družina Brownthe King — kralj (angleški idr.)the saddle figuratively jezdenje, jahanjethe World — svet, SvetII [mi:, mi, me]adverbčim, temthe... the — čim... temthe more you get the more you want — čim več dobiš, tem več hočešthe more so as... — toliko več (bolj), ker... -
31 under-
1) (beneath, as in underline.) pod-... podčrtati2) (too little, as in underpay.) pod-... podceniti3) (lower in rank: the under-manager.) pod-... podravnatelj4) (less in age than: a nursery for under-fives (= children aged four and under).) do* * *[ʌndə](predpona) pod; (pred glagoli in pridevniki) nezadosten, premajhen -
32 unworthy
1) (shameful or disgraceful: That was an unworthy act/thought.) prezira vreden2) (not deserving: Such a remark is unworthy of notice; He's unworthy to have the same name as his father.) nevreden3) (less good than should be expected from (eg a person): Such bad behaviour is unworthy of him.) nedostojen•- unworthiness* * *[ʌnwɜ:ði]adjectivenevreden; neprimeren; nedostojen, prezira vreden; prostaški; nečasten (za) -
33 cut corners
(to use less money, effort, time etc when doing something than was thought necessary, often giving a poorer result.) varčevati -
34 go slow
((of workers in a factory etc) to work less quickly than usual, eg as a form of protest.) delati počasi
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