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1 frustrate
1) (to make (someone) feel disappointed, useless etc: Staying at home all day frustrated her.) prizadeti, razočarati2) (to make useless: His efforts were frustrated.) izjaloviti•- frustrated* * *I [frʌstreit]adjectivejalov; uničen; neučinkovit; razočaranII [frʌstréit]transitive verbonemogočiti, prekrižati, spodnesti, preprečiti; zgrešiti; prizadeti, uničiti -
2 destroy
[di'stroi]1) (to put an end to or make useless; to ruin: Vandals destroyed the painting.) uničiti2) (to kill (animals): This poison destroys rats.) pokončati•* * *[distrɔi]transitive verbuničiti, (raz)rušiti; umoriti, pokončati -
3 neutralize
verb (to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect.) nevtralizirati* * *[njú:trəlaiz]transitive verbnevtralizirati (tudi chemistry, electrical); politics proglasiti nevtralnost; figuratively onemogočiti, preprečiti -
4 neutralise
verb (to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect.) nevtralizirati -
5 use
I [ju:z] verb1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!) uporabiti2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.) porabiti•- usable- used
- user
- user-friendly
- user guide
- be used to something
- be used to
- used to II [ju:s]1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.) uporaba2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.) raba3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.) korist4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.) sposobnost uporabljati kaj5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.) uporaba•- useful- usefulness
- usefully
- useless
- be in use
- out of use
- come in useful
- have no use for
- it's no use
- make good use of
- make use of
- put to good use
- put to use* * *I [ju:s]nounraba, uporaba; uporabnost, korist(nost), prid; (poseben) namen, smoter; pripravnost; moč ali sposobnost uporabljati (kaj); navada, običaj, uzus; stalna ali ponovna uporaba; vaja; praksa; (pred)pravica uporabe (česa); juridically užitek; pravica, uživanje (posesti); dobiček; ecclesiastic obredi kake Cerkve, liturgijaof use — uporaben, koristenof no use — neuporaben, brezkoristenout of use — ne v rabi, ne več uporabenonce a use and ever a custum — česar se je Janezek naučil, to Janez znacan I be of use? — lahko (kaj) pomagam?is this of use to you? — lahko to kaj porabite?crying is no use — nima smisla jokati, zastonj je jokatiit is (of) no use (running) — brez koristi, zaman je (teči)what's the use (of it)? — kakšen smisel naj (sploh) to ima?to fall ( —ali to pass) out of use — postati neuporaben, zastaretiyou will find these shoes of use in the mountains — videli boste, da so ti čevlji zelo koristni v gorahI have no use for such people — nimam nobenega smisla za take ljudi, ne cenim (ne potrebujem) takih ljudihave you lost the use of your tongue? — si izgubil dar govora?to make use of s.th. — uporabiti (izkoristiti) kaj, posluževati se česato make use of s.o.'s name — sklicevati se na kogato put out of use — vzeti iz obtoka (kovance itd.)II [ju:z]transitive verbrabiti, uporabljati, porabiti, izkoristiti, posluževati se; zateči se k; ravnati z; potrošiti, izdati; gojiti (šport itd.); prebiti (čas); obsolete navaditi (to na)to use one's brains ( —ali wits) — uporabiti pamet, napeti (svoje) možganeuse your eyes! — odpri oči!to use one's best efforts — napraviti, kar se le da (kar je le možno)how did they use you? — kako so ravnali z vami?to use s.o. ill — slabo ravnati s komto use one's legs — peš iti, pešačitimay I use your name? — se lahko sklicujem na vas?how does the world use you? colloquially kako je z vami?, kako vam gre?; intransitive verb obsolete (razen v preteritu) biti vajen, imeti navado; (tudi za izražanje trajnega stanja v preteklosti)used you to know him? — ste ga vi poznali?there used to be a tree there — tam je nekoč bilo drevo; -
6 mouth
1. plural - mouths; noun1) (the opening in the head by which a human or animal eats and speaks or makes noises: What has the baby got in its mouth?) usta2) (the opening or entrance eg of a bottle, river etc: the mouth of the harbour.) ustje2. verb(to move the lips as if forming (words), but without making any sound: He mouthed the words to me so that no-one could overhear.) izgovarjati brez glasu, momljati- mouthful- mouth-organ
- mouthpiece
- mouthwash* * *I [maum]nounusta; gobec, smrček; žrelo (topa), grlo (steklenice), odprtina (cevi), vhod (v jamo); ustje (reke)slang ustenje, gobcanje; colloquially down in the mouth — žalosten, potrtfrom s.o.' s mouth — komu z jezika (vzeti)to have a big mouth — imeti dolg jezik, preveč govoriticolloquially to keep one's mouth shut — držati jezik za zobmito look a gift horse in the mouth — gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe, zmrdovati se nad darilomto make s.o. laugh on the wrong side of his mouth — odvaditi koga smehato make s.o.'s mouth water — delati komu skomineto put ( —ali place) words into s.o.'s mouth — položiti komu besede v usta; trditi da je kdo kaj rekelto take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth — spraviti koga ob zaslužekto take the words out of s.o.'s mouth — vzeti komu besedo iz ustuseless mouth — kdor jé, a ne delaII [mauð]1.transitive verbpompozno (afektirano) izgovarjati, uzgovoriti; dati v usta, jesti, žvečiti; dotakniti se z ustnicami; navajati konja na uzdo;2.intransitive verbafektirano govoriti; pačiti se (at komu) -
7 spoil
[spoil]past tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) uničiti2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) razvaditi (otroka)•- spoils- spoilt
- spoilsport* * *I [spɔil]transitive verbopleniti, oropati, izropati, odvzeti; pokvariti, napraviti neuporabno, uničiti; slang pohabiti, ubiti (koga); figuratively pokvariti (otroka, zabavo, šalo); intransitive verb (po)kvariti se (sadje, ribe), zgnitito spoil s.o.'s appetite — pokvariti komu tekto spoil the Egyptians figuratively sovražniku kaj odvzetito spoil s.o. of his goods — oropati koga njegovega premoženjato spoil for (to be spoiling for) — zelo si želeti, koprneti po, komaj čakati, da...spare the rod and spoil the child — kdor ljubi, ta kaznujeII [spɔil]noun(navadno plural) plen ropanje; ukradeno blago; figuratively dobiček, pridobitev, korist ( of office od kake državne službe); neodločena igra; American plural odpadki, ostankispoils system American sistem, po katerem se ugodna službena mesta razdele privržencem stranke, ki je zmagala na volitvah; pomoč politični stranki zaradi osebnih koristi -
8 talk
[to:k] 1. verb1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) govoriti2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) govoričiti3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) pogovarjati se2. noun1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) pogovor2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) predavanje3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) govorice4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) besedičenje•- talking book
- talking head
- talking-point
- talk show
- talking-to
- talk back
- talk big
- talk down to
- talk someone into / out of doing
- talk into / out of doing
- talk someone into / out of
- talk into / out of
- talk over
- talk round
- talk sense/nonsense
- talk shop* * *I [tɔ:k]nounpogovor, razgovor, govorjenje, govor, govoričenje, govorica, (prazno) besedičenje, čenče; predmet pogovora; (radio) predavanje, kramljanje; način govorjenja, izražanje, jezikthe talk of the town figuratively stvar, o kateri vsi govorefull of talk — brbljav, žlobudravidle talk — prazno besedičenje, govoričenjethere is much talk and no work — veliko je govorjenja, storjenega pa ničthose people are nothing but talk — teh ljudi so samo besede, ti ljudje samo frazarijoit will all end in talk — iz tega ne bo nič, ostalo bo le pri besedahthere is talk of his being bankrupt — govori se, da.je (on) v bankrotuII [tɔ:k]intransitive verbpogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se; slang pametno govoritifor the sake of talking — le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimoto talk big ( —ali tall) — bahavo govoriti, bahati seto talk by signals — govoriti, sporazumevati se z znakito talk ill of s.o. — slabo govoriti o komto talk nineteen to the dozen figuratively klepetati, brbljati kot ragljato talk to the point — govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmetanow you are talking figuratively to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumetido what you will, people will talk — napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe; transitive verb govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedatito talk a donkey's hind leg off figuratively preveč, neprestano govoritito talk turkey — odkrito, naravnost govoritito talk rubbish — govoriti neumnosti, čvekatito talk sense ( —ali wise) — razumno, pametno govoritito talk shop figuratively govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarnoto talk to o.s. — sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovoreto talk to s.o. — resno govoriti s kom, ošteti kogato talk o.s. hoarse — do hripavosti govoritiyou are talking my head off figuratively govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadlayou are talking me silly — govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredilto talk through one's hat figuratively pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnostito get o.s. talked about — dati govoriti o sebihe tried to talk me into buying the horse — skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konjato talk s.o. out of s.th. — (skušati) odvrniti koga od česato talk s.o. into believing s.th. — prepričati koga o čemto talk s.o. into his grave figuratively spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem
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