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1 temper
['tempə] 1. noun1) (a state of mind; a mood or humour: He's in a bad temper.) razpoloženje2) (a tendency to become (unpleasant when) angry: He has a terrible temper.) razdražljivost3) (a state of anger: She's in a temper.) jeza2. verb1) (to bring metal to the right degree of hardness by heating and cooling: The steel must be carefully tempered.) kaliti2) (to soften or make less severe: One must try to temper justice with mercy.) ublažiti•- - tempered- keep one's temper
- lose one's temper* * *I [témpə]nountemperament, narava, čud; značaj, karakter; razpoloženje, nastrojenje; figuratively razburjenost, razdraženost, jeza, bes(nost); figuratively obvladanost, umirjenost, mirnost; technical mešanica; primes; kakovost; trdnost, čvrstost (ilovice, gline); technical trdota (jekla itd.); obsolete (telesna) konstitucija; obsolete kompromisin a bad temper — slabe volje, jezen ( with na)out of temper — slabe volje, jezento be in a temper — biti jezen (besen, razkačen)to have an evil temper — biti nagle jeze, biti togotento get (to fly) into a temper — razjeziti se, pobesnetito get out of temper — znevoljiti se, razjeziti seto keep (to control) one's temper — obvladati se, brzdati se, ostati mirento lose one's temper — razjeziti se, izgubiti potrpljenjeto put s.o. out of temper — spraviti koga v slabo voljo, razjeziti kogaII [témpə]transitive verbublažiti, olajšati, pomiriti, brzdati, oslabiti, popraviti; music umeriti, znižati, temperirati (ton); mešati, umesiti (ilovico); razredčiti (pijače); temperirati; kaliti (zlasti jeklo); ojekleniti; pripraviti, zmešati (barve)to temper the passions — brzdati strasti; intransitive verb omehčati se, postati popustljiv; technical imeti pravo trdoto, postati gibek, prožen -
2 lose
[lu:z]past tense, past participle - lost; verb1) (to stop having; to have no longer: She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.) izgubiti2) (to have taken away from one (by death, accident etc): She lost her father last year; The ship was lost in the storm; He has lost his job.) izgubiti3) (to put (something) where it cannot be found: My secretary has lost your letter.) založiti4) (not to win: I always lose at cards; She lost the race.) izgubiti5) (to waste or use more (time) than is necessary: He lost no time in informing the police of the crime.) zapraviti•- loser- loss
- lost
- at a loss
- a bad
- good loser
- lose oneself in
- lose one's memory
- lose out
- lost in
- lost on* * *[lu:z]1.transitive verbizgubiti, založiti (kam), zapraviti (čas), zatratiti; rešiti se česa; zgrešiti, izgubiti spred oči; zamuditi (vlak, priliko); zaostajati (ura); izgube stati;2.intransitive verbimeti izgubo (by s, on pri); izgubiti (in; npr. in weight shujšati); izgubiti, biti premagan, podleči (to; npr. to another team)to lose ground — umikati se, nazadovati, propadatifiguratively to lose one's head — izgubiti glavoto lose o.s. in — zatopiti se v kaj, izgubiti se v čemAmerican lose out to — izgubiti v korist drugegato lose one's reason ( —ali mind) — znoreti, pobesnetiAmerican to lose one's shirt vse — izgubitito lose sight of — izgubiti spred oči, pozabitito lose patience ( —ali one's temper) — izgubiti živce, razjeziti seto lose the thread — izgubiti nit (predavanja itd.)this will lose you your position — to te bo stalo položaja, zaradi tega boš izgubil svoj položaj -
3 lose one's temper
(to show anger: He lost his temper and shouted at me.) izgubiti živce -
4 keep one's temper
(not to lose one's temper: He was very annoyed but he kept his temper.) obvladati se -
5 blow up
1) (to break into pieces, or be broken into pieces, by an explosion: The bridge blew up / was blown up.) razleteti se2) (to fill with air or a gas: He blew up the balloon.) napihniti3) (to lose one's temper: If he says that again I'll blow up.) razjeziti se* * *intransitive verb & transitive verbeksplodirati; napihniti; ošteti, grajati; slang izdati -
6 fly off the handle
(to lose one's temper.) vzkipeti
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lose temper — lose (your) temper to become very angry. If she contradicted him now, he would lose his temper and his blood pressure would shoot up … New idioms dictionary
lose temper — become impatient, become irritated … English contemporary dictionary
lose — W1S1 [lu:z] v past tense and past participle lost [lɔst US lo:st] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stop having attitude/quality etc)¦ 2¦(not win)¦ 3¦(cannot find something)¦ 4¦(stop having something)¦ 5¦(death)¦ 6¦(money)¦ 7 have nothing to lose 8¦(time)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
temper — ► NOUN 1) a person s state of mind in terms of their being angry or calm. 2) a tendency to become angry easily. 3) an angry state of mind. 4) the degree of hardness and elasticity in steel or other metal. ► VERB 1) improve the temper of (a metal) … English terms dictionary
lose your temper — lose (your) temper to become very angry. If she contradicted him now, he would lose his temper and his blood pressure would shoot up … New idioms dictionary
temper — [tem′pər] vt. [ME tempren < OE temprian & OFr temprer, both < L temperare, to observe proper measure, mix, regulate, forbear < tempus (gen. temporis), time, period, orig., a span < IE * tempos, a span < * temp , to pull < base * … English World dictionary
lose your temper with — lose your temper (with) phrase to become very angry She hardly ever lost her temper. Thesaurus: to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry: temper … Useful english dictionary
lose your temper (with somebody) — lose/keep your ˈtemper (with sb) idiom to fail/manage to control your anger • She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him. • I struggle to keep my temper with the kids when they misbehave. Main entry: ↑temperidiom … Useful english dictionary
lose — [ luz ] (past tense and past participle lost [ lɔst ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop having something ▸ 2 be unable to find ▸ 3 not win ▸ 4 have less than before ▸ 5 when someone dies ▸ 6 no longer see/hear etc. ▸ 7 not have body part ▸ 8 stop having… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lose — [lo͞oz] vt. lost, losing [ME losen, lesen, merging OE losian, to lose, be lost (< los, LOSS) + leosan, to lose, akin to OHG (vir)liosan, Goth (fra)liusan < IE base * leu , to cut off, separate > Gr lyein, to dissolve; L luere, to loose,… … English World dictionary
lose the plot — (informal) 1. To be at a loss, lose one s way 2. To lose one s temper 3. To become insane • • • Main Entry: ↑plot * * * informal lose one s ability to understand or cope with what is happening many people believe that he is feeling the strain or… … Useful english dictionary