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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 small
[smo:l]1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) majhen2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) majhen3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) malo4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) mali•- small arms
- small change
- small hours
- smallpox
- small screen
- small-time
- feel/look small* * *I [smɔ:l]adjectivemajhen (po velikosti, obsegu, številu, starosti, količini, pomembnosti); maloštevilen; kratek, kratkotrajen; redek, lahek, vodén (o pijači); dialectal ozek; figuratively nepomemben, malo važen, neznaten, brez večje vrednosti; ozkosrčen, ozkogruden, malenkosten; šibek, skromen, reven; nizek; majhne moralne vrednosti, podel; osramočenin a small way, on a small scale — v majhnem razmerju, v malem, skromno, maloon the small side — nezadostno velik, ne preveliksmall and early party — družba maloštevilnih gostov, ki se kmalu razide; intimna večerna zabavaa small beginning — majhen, skromen začeteksmall blame to them — ni se jim treba sramovati, to jim ne dela sramote; ni jim treba zameritiand no blame to him! — in kdo ga ne bi (po)karal!small farmer — mali kmet, mali posestniksmall hours — ure po polnoči, male urea small poetically nepomemben pesniksmall rain — dežek, droben dežsmall talk — kramljanje, klepet(anje)the small voice, the still small voice figuratively glas vestiit is small of him to remind me of it — malenkostno je od njega, da me spomni na toI call it small of him — smatram, da je to nizkotno od njegaI found the way at last, and small thanks to you for your directions — končno sem našel pot, in za to se mi ni treba zahvaliti vašim navodilomhe has small Latin and less Greek — latinski zna malo, grški pa še manjhe has too small a mind not to be jealous of your success — preozkosrčen je, da ne bi bil ljubosumen na vaš uspehto make s.o. feel small figuratively osramotiti kogato make o.s. small — napraviti se majhnegahe was surprised, and no small wonder — bil je presenečen, in nič čudnega (če je bil)everybody thought it small of him to refuse to help — vsakdo je smatral, da je grdó od njega, da je odklonil pomočII [smɔ:l]adverbmajhno, fino; (redko) malo, malce; ne glasno, slabotno; prezirljivoto cut small — razrezati, zrezatito sing small figuratively odnehati, znižati zahteve, postati manj glasen, postati majhento think small of s.o. — prezirljivo gledati na kogaIII [smɔ:l]nounnekaj majhnega; majhen (tanek, ozek) del (česa); majhna oseba; plural telesno perilo; drobnarije, drobno blago; plural Oxford university prvi od treh izpitov za akademsko stopnjo B. A.in small — v malem, v miniaturiby small and small — polagoma, počasithe small of the back anatomy križ -
24 cool
[ku:l] 1. adjective1) (slightly cold: cool weather.) svež2) (calm or not excitable: He's very cool in a crisis.) miren3) (not very friendly: He was very cool towards me.) hladen4) ((slang) great; terrific; fantastic: Wow, that's really cool!; You look cool in those jeans!) kul, super2. verb1) (to make or become less warm: The jelly will cool better in the refrigerator; She cooled her hands in the stream.) (o)hladiti (se)2) (to become less strong: His affection for her has cooled; Her anger cooled.) ohladiti se3. noun(cool air or atmosphere: the cool of the evening.) hlad- coolly- coolness
- cool-headed
- cool down
- keep one's cool
- lose one's cool* * *I [ku:l]adjective ( coolly adverb)hladen, svež; miren, hladnokrven; brezbrižen, neprijazen; predrzen, nesramen; colloquially okrogel (znesek); nejasen (sled divjačine)as cool as cucumber — hladnokrven, zbran, mirenAmerican cool egg — hladnokrvnežcool cheek — predrznost; predrznež, -nicaa cool hand ( —ali customer, fish) — nesramnež, -nica, predrznež, -nicaII [ku:l]1.intransitive verb(o)hladiti se; figuratively pomiriti se;2.transitive verbohladiti, osvežiti; figuratively pomiritito cool s.o.'s heels — pustiti koga čakatito cool down ( —ali off) — pomiriti, iztrezniti seIII [ku:l]nounhlad, svežina; figuratively hladnokrvnost -
25 decrease
1. [di'kri:s] verb(to make or become less: Their numbers had decreased over the previous year.) zmanjšati2. ['di:kri:s] noun(a growing less: a decrease of fifty per cent; a gradual decrease in unemployment.) zmanjšanje* * *I [di:krís]1.transitive verbmanjšati, (z)nižati;2.intransitive verbmanjšati se, upadati, pešati, pojematiII [dí:kri:s]nounmanjšanje, upadanje, pešanje, pojemanje -
26 soften
['sofn]verb (to make or become soft or softer, less strong or less painful: The thick walls softened the noise of the explosion.) omehčati (se); ublažiti* * *[sɔfn]transitive verb & intransitive verbomehčati (se), omiliti (se), ublažiti (se); pomehkužiti (se); stopiti se (o barvah); olepšati; omehčati, ganiti (srce); raznežiti se, figuratively ogreti se; oslabiti, pridušiti (zvok) (često down), military demoralizirati sovražnika z bombardiranjem itd. pred napadom (izkrcanjem) (često up) -
27 call
[ko:l] 1. verb1) (to give a name to: My name is Alexander but I'm called Sandy by my friends) klicati2) (to regard (something) as: I saw you turn that card over - I call that cheating.) imenovati3) (to speak loudly (to someone) to attract attention etc: Call everyone over here; She called louder so as to get his attention.) poklicati4) (to summon; to ask (someone) to come (by letter, telephone etc): They called him for an interview for the job; He called a doctor.) poklicati5) (to make a visit: I shall call at your house this evening; You were out when I called.) oglasiti se6) (to telephone: I'll call you at 6 p.m.) telefonirati7) ((in card games) to bid.) klicati2. noun1) (an exclamation or shout: a call for help.) klic2) (the song of a bird: the call of a blackbird.) ptičje petje3) (a (usually short) visit: The teacher made a call on the boy's parents.) (kratek) obisk4) (the act of calling on the telephone: I've just had a call from the police.) telefonski klic5) ((usually with the) attraction: the call of the sea.) klic6) (a demand: There's less call for coachmen nowadays.) povpraševanje7) (a need or reason: You've no call to say such things!) potreba, razlog•- caller- calling
- call-box
- call for
- call off
- call on
- call up
- give someone a call
- give a call
- on call* * *I [kɔ:l]1.transitive verbklicati, poklicati; zbuditi, imenovati; smatrati; sklicati; American telefonirati; commerce terjati; American familiarly grajati; Bible zadeti, doleteti;2.intransitive verbklicati, vpiti; telefonirati; (on, upon) obiskati, priti; marine (at) pristati; (at) oglasiti se pri, zaviti kamto call attention to s.th. — opozoriti na kajwhat age do you call him? — koliko mislite, da je star?American colloquially let it call a day — naj bo za danes dovoljto call to mind — spomniti, priklicati v spominto call s.o. names — (o)zmerjati kogato call a spade a spade, to call things by their names — reči bobu bobto call to order — posvariti, opomnitito call cousins with s.o. — sklicevati se na sorodstvo s komto call the roll military poklicati zbor, klicati po imenihII [kɔl]nounklic, poziv, sklic; zvočni signal, vabilka za ptiče; (kratek) obisk (on s.o., at a place); prihod ladje v pristanišče; vabilo; poklic; imenovanje; zahteva, prošnja; povod; nalog; telefonski klic; commerce opomin; povpraševanje (po blagu)at call — pripravljen izvršiti nalog, na razpolago; blizu, nedalečto have no call to do s.th. — ne imeti povoda, ne čutiti potrebe nekaj storitito have no call on s.o.'s time — ne imeti pravice koga zadrževatito pay ( —ali make) a call (on) — obiskati, oglasiti sehouse of call — zatočišče; borza dela -
28 contract
1. [kən'trækt] verb1) (to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc: Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.) skrajšati, skrčiti (se)2) ( to promise legally in writing: They contracted to supply us with cable.) obvezati se3) (to become infected with (a disease): He contracted malaria.) nalesti4) (to promise (in marriage).) zaročiti se2. ['kontrækt] noun(a legal written agreement: He has a four-year contract (of employment) with us; The firm won a contract for three new aircraft.) pogodba, sporazum- contractor* * *I [kɔntrækt]noundogovor, sporazum; zaroka; sezonska kartato enter into contract with, to make a contract with s.o. — dogovoriti, sporazumeti se s kommarriage contract, matrimonial contract — zakonska pogodbaII [kəntraekt]1.transitive verbskrčiti, zožiti, stisniti, zgostiti; nagubati, namrščiti, grbančiti; skup potegniti, vleči, (z)manjšati; pridobiti, nalesti;2.intransitive verbzmanjšati, skrčiti se; sporazumeti se; obvezati se; technical sprijemati se -
29 dampen
1) (to make damp.) ovlažiti2) (to make or become less fierce or strong (interest etc): The rain dampened everyone's enthusiasm considerably.) zmanjšati* * *[daempən]transitive verb & intransitive verbovlažiti (se); figuratively potreti, pobiti -
30 haste
[heist]((too much) speed: Your work shows signs of haste - there are too many mistakes in it.) naglica- hasten- hasty
- hastily
- hastiness
- in haste
- make haste* * *I [héist]nounnaglica, prenagljenostmore haste, less speed — tudi počasi se daleč prideII [héist]intransitive verb poetically hiteti -
31 diminish
[di'miniʃ](to make or become less: Our supplies are diminishing rapidly.) zmanjšati (se)* * *[dimíniš]transitive verb & intransitive verb(z)manjšati, (s)tanjšati, (z)ožiti (se); pojemati -
32 lessen
verb (to make or become less: The fan lessened the heat a little; When the children left, the noise lessened considerably.) zmanjšati (se)* * *[lesn]1.intransitive verbzmanjšati se stanjšati se, popuščati, upadati, izgubljati se;2.transitive verbzmanjšati stanjšati; figuratively omalovaževati, podcenjevati, v nič devati, prikrajšati -
33 lower
1) (to make or become less high: She lowered her voice.) znižati2) (to let down: He lowered the blinds.) spustiti* * *I [láuə]noun& intransitive verb see lourII [lóuə]1.transitive verbspustiti, spuščati, znižati, zmanjtati; nautical spustiti čoln v vodo, spustiti jadra; figuratively ponižati;2.intransitive verbspustiti se, spuščati se; slabeti, pojematito lower o.s. — ponižati se; oslabeti, popustiti -
34 might
I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) utegniti2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) moči3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) lahko bi vsaj...•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) moč- mighty- mightily
- mightiness* * *I [máit]nounmoč, sila, oblastII [máit]preteriteod may -
35 moderate
1. ['modəreit] verb(to make or become less extreme: He was forced to moderate his demands; Gradually the pain moderated.) omiliti, popustiti2. [-rət] adjective1) (keeping within reasonable limits; not extreme: The prices were moderate; moderate opinions.) zmeren2) (medium or average; not particularly good: workmanship of moderate quality.) srednji, povprečen3. noun(a person whose views are not extreme: Politically, she's a moderate.) zmernež- moderateness
- moderation* * *I [mɔdərit]adjective ( moderately adverb)zmeren, umerjen vzdržen, skromen; enostaven, preprost (življenje); srednji, majhen, nizekmeteorology moderate breeze — zmeren veter (jakosti ɔ)II [mɔdərit]nounzmernež, treznežIII [mɔdəreit]1.transitive verb(u)blažiti, umiriti, znižati (cene);2.intransitive verbumiriti se, ublažiti se, pomiriti se, popustiti (veter) -
36 much
comparative of; see more* * *I [məč]adjectivemnogoso much water — toliko vode, sama vodacolloquially he is too much for me — nisem mu dorastel, ne pridem mu do krajaII [məč]adverbmnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: ŋ-admired); zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger); daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest); skorajhe, as much as any — on, prav tako kot kdo drugmuch less — mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečemcolloquially not much — komaj da (v odgovoru)how much? — koliko?III [mač]nounmnogo, velika stvar, nekaj posebnegamuch will have more — kolikor več imaš, toliko več želiš -
37 pig
[piɡ] 1. noun1) (a kind of farm animal whose flesh is eaten as pork, ham and bacon: He keeps pigs.) prašič2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant, greedy or dirty person: You pig!) svinja•- piggy2. adjective(like a pig's: piggy eyes.) prašičji- piglet- piggyback
- pigheaded
- pigheadedness
- pigskin
- pigsty
- pigswill
- pigtail
- pigs might fly* * *I [pig]nounprašič, svinja; svinjina.; technical šibika, kos surovega železa, kalup za vlivanje; pomarančni krhelj; colloquially umazanec, požeruh, svinjaAmerican slang blind pig — skrivna točilnicafiguratively to carry pigs to market — hoteti kupčevatifiguratively to buy a pig in a poke — kupiti mačka v žakljupigs in clover — ljudje, ki so hitro obogateli, pa ne vedo kam z denarjem; vrsta družabne igreto go to pigs and whistles — iti rakom žvižgat, propastito make a pig of o.s. — požrešno jesti, žretiplease the pigs — če bo šlo vse po sreči, če bodo okoliščine dopuščaleII [pig]intransitive verboprasiti se -
38 play down
(to try to make (something) appear less important: He played down the fact that he had failed the exam.) bagatelizirati* * *transitive verb omalovaževati, bagatelizirati -
39 refresh
[rə'freʃ](to give new strength and energy to; to make (a person etc) feel less hot, tired etc, eg after or during a period of hard work: This glass of cool lemonade will refresh you.) okrepčati- refreshingly
- refreshments
- refresh someone's memory* * *[rifréš]1.transitive verbosvežiti, poživiti; okrepčati; zopet oskrbeti, preskrbeti ( with z); znova napolniti (baterijo); (redko) (s)hladitito refresh oneself — osvežiti se, okrepčati se;2.intransitive verbokrepiti se, osvežiti se, zopet oživeti, opomoči si; (o ladji) vzeti novo zalogo hrane; slang najesti ali napiti se -
40 sorrow
['sorəu]((something which causes) pain of mind or grief: He felt great sorrow when she died.) žalost- sorrowfully
- sorrowfulness* * *I [sɔrou]nounskrb, bol, žalost (at ob, nad, for zaradi); kes; gorjé, bridkost, bolest, tarnanje, tožbamuch sorrow, many sorrows — mnogo gorja (smole, nesreče, trpljenja, žalosti)to be in sorrow — žalostiti se, žalovatiII [sɔrou]intransitive verbimeti ali delati si skrbi (at, over, for zaradi), žalostiti se; tóžiti, tarnati, žalovatito sorrow after — žalovati za, objokovati
См. также в других словарях:
make less — index decrease, deduct (reduce), diminish, minimize, moderate (temper), reduce Burton s Legal Thesauru … Law dictionary
make less concentrated — index dilute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make less confusing — index elucidate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make less extreme — index commute, modify (moderate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make less friendly — index disaffect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make less harsh — index commute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make less important — index demote Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make less intense — index commute, modify (moderate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make less rigorous — index commute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make less rough — index commute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make less serious — index extenuate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary