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1 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) duhovitost2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) duhovitež3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) zdrav razum•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits* * *I [wit]nounpamet, razumnost, bistrost, inteligenca, razsodnost; duševna sposobnost; zdrav razum; duhovitost, domiselnost; duhovitež, duhovit, odrezav človek, inteligentna oseba, duhovna veličinathe five wits obsolete petero čutovto be at one's wit's end — ne vedeti kako in kaj, ne se znajtiI am at my wit's end — sem pri kraju s svojo pametjo, ne znam si več pomagatito be out of one's wits — izgubiti pamet (glavo), ne biti pametenhe has his wits about him — on si zna vedno pomagati, prisotnost duha ga nikoli ne zapusti, on je vedno buden (oprezen)to have wit to — imeti dovolj pameti za (da...)he has not the wit to see... — nima toliko pameti, da bi uvidel...to live by one's wits — živeti od svoje prebrisanosti (prevar, goljufij), več ali manj pošteno se prebijati skozi živijenjeII [wit]obsolete transitive verb & intransitive verb (sed. čas I (he) wot, preterite in past participle wist, — sed. deležnik witting) vedetito wit — to je, namreč; kot sledi; in to -
2 home
[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) dom2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) domovina3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) dom4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) dom5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) stanovanje, hiša2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) domač2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) domač3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) domač3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) domov, doma2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) na cilj; do srca•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about* * *I [hóum]adjectivedomač, hišni, doma narejen; notranji; točen, odličen; primeren (opomba)Home Guard — rezervna vojska na domačih tleh med 2. svetovno vojnoII [hóum]adverbdoma, domov; na cilj, na cilju; v srce, točnoto bring a crime home to s.o. — dokazati komu zločinto bring s.th. home to s.o. — prepričati koga o čem, predočiti, dokazati komufiguratively to come home to — ganiti, občutiti, priti do srcacurses come home to roost — kdor drugemu jemlje čast, jo sam izgubito drive s.th. home to s.o. — prigovarjati, prepričevati kogato hit ( —ali strike) home — v živo zadeti, pravo zadetito see s.o. home — spremiti koga domovIII [hóum]noundom, domačija, stanovanje; domovina; zavetišče; figuratively domača streha; sport figuratively ciljat home — doma, v domoviniat home in ( —ali on, with) — vajen česa, doma (v računstvu)away from home — odsoten, odpotoval, v tujinicharity begins at home — vsakdo je samemu sebi najbližji, bog je najprej sebi brado ustvarilnot at home to — ne biti doma za goste, ne sprejemati gostovlong ( —ali last) home — zadnji dom, grobto draw to one's long home — bližati se koncu, umiratito eat s.o. out of the house and home — spraviti koga ob vse, živeti na tuj računto make o.s. at home — biti kakor doma, vgnezditi se pri komto make s.o. feel at home — potruditi se, da se kdo počuti kot domaIV [hóum]intransitive verb & transitive verbvrniti se domov, pripeljati domov, spraviti pod streho; voditi pristanek letala z radarjem -
3 Home
[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) dom2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) domovina3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) dom4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) dom5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) stanovanje, hiša2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) domač2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) domač3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) domač3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) domov, doma2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) na cilj; do srca•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about* * *[hju:m, houm]proper namedruž. ime -
4 reproach
[rə'prəu ] 1. verb(to rebuke or blame but usually with a feeling of sadness and disappointment rather than anger: She reproached me for not telling her about my money troubles; There is no need to reproach yourself - you did the best you could.) očitati2. noun((an) act of reproaching: a look of reproach; He didn't deserve that reproach from you.) očitek- reproachfully* * *I [ripróuč]nounočitek, očitanje, graja, kritiziranje; graje vredna stvar; sramota, ponižanje (to za)reproaches plural ecclesiastic litanije na veliki petek (zlasti v rimskokatoliški Cerkvi)a term of reproach — zmerljivka, psovka, grda besedaI am free from reproach — sem brez graje; nimam si, nimajo mi kaj očitatihe is a reproach to... — on je sramota za...to bring reproach upon s.o. — delati sramoto komu, diskreditirati kogato heap reproaches on s.o. — obsuti koga z očitkiII [ripróuč]transitive verbgrajati, kritizirati; očitati (komu kaj); oštevati, (o)zmerjati, psovati koga ( for zaradi); ponižati, osramotiti, obrekovati, opravljati, diskreditiratito reproach s.o. with s.th. — očitati komu kaj, pripisovati komu kaj, obdolžiti, abtožiti koga česato reproach s.o. with duplicity — očitati komu njegovo lažnivost -
5 sure
[ʃuə] 1. adjective1) ((negative unsure) having no doubt; certain: I'm sure that I gave him the book; I'm not sure where she lives / what her address is; `There's a bus at two o'clock.' `Are you quite sure?'; I thought the idea was good, but now I'm not so sure; I'll help you - you can be sure of that!) prepričan2) (unlikely to fail (to do or get something): He's sure to win; You're sure of a good dinner if you stay at that hotel.) gotov3) (reliable or trustworthy: a sure way to cure hiccups; a safe, sure method; a sure aim with a rifle.) zanesljiv2. adverb((especially American) certainly; of course: Sure I'll help you!; `Would you like to come?' `Sure!') seveda- surely- sureness
- sure-footed
- as sure as
- be sure to
- be/feel sure of oneself
- for sure
- make sure
- sure enough* * *I [šúə]adjectivegotov, zanesljiv, siguren; varen, nenevaren; nedvomen, nezmoten, nezmotljiv, nesporen; stalen; prepričan (of o, that da)for sure — gotovo, sigurno, nedvomno, vsekakora sure draw — skrivališče, v katerem je zanesljivo lisicaa sure proof — nesporen, zanesljiv dokazsure thing American slang gotova, zanesljiva stvarsure (thing)! American slang gotovo! sigurno! vsekakor! zanesljivo!slow and sure — počasen, ali sigurenI am sure — gotovo, zareswell, I'm sure! — (vzklik presenečenja)well, to be sure! — no, kakšno presenečenje!are you sure? — ali res?be sure! — ne pozabi!to be sure colloquially gotovo, brez dvoma, sevedaI feel sure of success — gotov, prepričan sem o uspehuII [šúə]adverb (prav) gotovo, seveda; zaresit sure was hot American colloquially zares je bilo vročeas sure as a gun colloquially popolnoma zanesljivoWill you come? -- Sure! — Boš prišel? -- Seveda! Pa ja!sure enough — čisto gotovo (zanesljivo); zares, v resnici, dejansko, nedvomnoI said it would happen, and sure enough it did — rekel sem, da se bo to zgodilo, in zares (dejansko) se je -
6 law
[lo:]1) (the collection of rules according to which people live or a country etc is governed: Such an action is against the law; law and order.) pravo; zakon2) (any one of such rules: A new law has been passed by Parliament.) zakon3) ((in science) a rule that says that under certain conditions certain things always happen: the law of gravity.) zakon•- lawful- lawfully
- lawless
- lawlessly
- lawlessness
- lawyer
- law-abiding
- law court
- lawsuit
- be a law unto oneself
- the law
- the law of the land
- lay down the law* * *I [lɔ:]nounzakon, postava; pravo, pravoznanstvo; ( the) pravniki, pravniški poklic, American slang policija; sodni postopek, sodišče; načelo, pravilo; zakonitost; sport prednost (dana slabšemu tekmecu); figuratively milostni rok, odlogthe law of the Medes and Persians — nepreklicen zakon, stara navadato be a law unto o.s. — biti sam sebi zakon, ravnati po lastni voljito follow ( —ali go in for) the law — biti pravnik, študirati pravoto lay down the law — odločati, imeti glavno besedo, samovoljno ravnati, vsiliti svojo vouoletter of the law — dosledno, dobesednolaw and order — mir in red, spoštovanje zakonovDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) — doktor pravaAmerican to call in the law — poklicati policijoII [lo:]interjectionBritish English vulgar pojte no! (izraz začudenja)
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