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1 cripple
['kripl] 1. verb1) (to make lame or disabled: He was crippled by a fall from a horse.) pohabiti (se)2) (to make less strong, less efficient etc: The war has crippled the country's economy.) ohromiti2. noun(a lame or disabled person: He's been a cripple since the car accident.) pohabljenec* * *I [krípl]nounpohabljenec, hromec, pokveka; slang šestpenijski novecII [krípl]transitive verb & intransitive verbpohabiti, onesposobiti (se); ohromiti; ohrometi -
2 damage
['dæmi‹] 1. noun1) (injury or hurt, especially to a thing: The storm did/caused a lot of damage; She suffered brain-damage as a result of the accident.) škoda2) ((in plural) payment for loss or injury suffered: The court awarded him $5,000 damages.) odškodnina2. verb(to make less effective or less usable etc; to spoil: The bomb damaged several buildings; The book was damaged in the post.) poškodovati- damaged* * *I [daemidž]noun(to) škoda, zgubaplural odškodnina, kompenzacija; vrednost, cena; colloquially what's the damage? — koliko stane?damage by sea — havarija, poškodba ladjeII [daemidž]transitive verb(po)škodovati, (po)kvariti; (o)klevetati, (o)sramotiti -
3 depress
[di'pres]1) (to make sad or gloomy: I am always depressed by wet weather.) potreti2) (to make less active: This drug depresses the action of the heart.) oslabiti•- depressing
- depression* * *[diprés]transitive verbpritisniti, pritiskati; (po)tlačiti, zatreti, zatirati; figuratively pobiti, pogum vzeti, potreti, oplašiti; poceniti, oslabiti; (glas) znižati; (oči) povesiti -
4 damp down
1) (to make (a fire) burn more slowly.) udušiti2) (to reduce, make less strong: He was trying to damp down their enthusiasm.) zmanjšati -
5 allay
[ə'lei](to make less: He allayed her fears.) omejiti* * *[əléi]transitive verbpomiriti, ublažiti, olajšati -
6 blunt
1. adjective1) ((of objects) having no point or sharp edge: a blunt knife.) top2) ((of people) (sometimes unpleasantly) straightforward or frank in speech: She was very blunt, and said that she did not like him.) brezobziren2. verb(to make less sharp: This knife has been blunted by years of use.) skrhati- bluntly- bluntness* * *I [blʌnt]adjective ( bluntly adverb)top, otopel, skrhan; neotesan; osoren, žaljiv; odkrit, brezobzirenII [blʌnt]transitive verbotopiti, skrhatiIII [blʌnt]nounkratka debela igla; slang kovanec, denar -
7 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 -
8 deaden
verb (to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc: That will deaden the pain.) ublažiti* * *[dédn]1.transitive verbomrtvičiti, zadušiti, udušiti, ublažiti; (to za) otopiti;2.intransitive verb(to za) otopeti -
9 deter
[di'tə:]past tense, past participle - deterred; verb(to make less willing or prevent by frightening: She was not deterred by his threats.) odvrniti* * *[ditɜ:]transitive verb( from) odvrniti; oplašiti, ostrašiti -
10 disarm
1) (to take away weapons from: He crept up from behind and managed to disarm the gunman.) razorožiti2) (to get rid of weapons of war: Not until peace was made did the victors consider it safe to disarm.) razorožiti (se)3) (to make less hostile; to charm.) razorožiti•- disarming
- disarmingly* * *[disá:m]1.transitive verb & intransitive verbrazorožiti, pomiriti, spraviti (se);2.figurativelyublažiti, pomiriti -
11 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 -
12 impair
[im'peə](to damage, weaken or make less good: He was told that smoking would impair his health.) poslabšati* * *[impʌ/ə]transitive verbposlabšati, oslabiti; oškodovati, škodovati; škoditi (zdravju) -
13 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 -
14 reduce
[rə'dju:s]1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) zmanjšati2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) shujšati3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) pritirati (do)•- reduction* * *[ridjú:s]1.transitive verbzmanjšati, znižati, skrčiti; mathematics & chemistry (z)reducirati, spremeniti (v); privesti (nazaj na), vrniti v prejšnje stanje; prignati, pritirati (k), zlomiti odpor; prisilno koga premestiti, prisiliti, privesti (to k); podvreči, podjarmiti; izreči sodbo; rešiti; sneti; pomanjšati, napraviti v manjšem merilu, v manjši obliki; omejiti (to na); stisniti, zategniti; oslabiti, izčrpati; razredčiti (barve); medicine uravnati; znižati, spustiti (cene); archaic spraviti na pravo pot; archaic zopet poklicati v spomin; military (redko) degradirati, znižati (odvzeti) službeno stopnjo; military (redko) odpustiti, razpustitiin reduce circumstances — obubožan, v bedi, v stiski (po obilju)in a reduced state — v slabem stanju, oslabljenon a reduced scale — v zmanjšanem merilu, v malemto reduce to ashes — spremeniti v pepel, sežgatito reduce to beggary — privesti, spraviti na beraško palicoto reduce clerks — zmanjšati število uslužbencev, odpustiti uslužbenceto reduce to despair — pritirati, spraviti v obupto reduce to distress — onesrečiti (s.o. koga)to reduce a fraction — reducirati, skrčiti ulomekto reduce money — preračunati šilinge v penije ipd.to reduce to order — spraviti v red, ureditito reduce a town military streti odpor mestato reduce to writing — spraviti v pismeno obliko;2.intransitive verbshujšati; zmanjšati se, reducirati se -
15 restrict
[rə'strikt]1) (to keep within certain limits: I try to restrict myself / my smoking to five cigarettes a day; Use of the car-park is restricted to senior staff.) omejevati2) (to make less than usual, desirable etc: He feels this new law will restrict his freedom.) omejiti•- restriction
- restrictive* * *[ristríkt]transitive verbomejiti (izdatke itd.) (to na), utesniti, zmanjšati; restringiratirestricted share economy vezana delnicato restrict s.o. from s.th. — komu kaj prepovedati -
16 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 -
17 relax
[rə'læks]1) (to make or become less tight or tense or less worried etc; to rest completely: The doctor gave him a drug to make him relax; Relax your shoulders; He relaxed his grip for a second and the rope was dragged out of his hand.) sprostiti (se)2) (to make or become less strict or severe: The rules were relaxed because of the Queen's visit.) omiliti•* * *[rilaeks]transitive verb & intransitive verbsprostiti (se); (raz)rahljati (se); oslabiti, oslabeti; ublažiti, zmanjšati, popustiti (v), omagati (v); odpočiti se, "izpreči", pomiriti se, omiliti (se), postati blažji, prijaznejši (o obrazu); narediti medlo, mlahavo; postati medel, mlahavrelaxed throat medicine vrsta kroničnega vnetja grlato relax one's attention (efforts) — popustiti v svoji pazijivosti, pozornosti (v svojih naporih)to relax one's tone figuratively utišati svoj glasthe fury of the storm relaxed — bes viharja je popustil, se je polegel -
18 slacken
1) (to make or become looser: She felt his grip on her arm slacken.) popustiti2) (to make or become less busy, less active or less fast: The doctor told him to slacken up if he wanted to avoid a heart-attack.) upočasniti (se)* * *[slaekən]transitive verb & intransitive verbnarediti mlahavo, zrahljati (se), popustiti, odviti (se); opočasniti, postati počasen; zmanjšati (se), ublažiti (se); oslabeti; commerce povzročiti mrtvilo, postati medel, slab (trgovina) -
19 cool down
1) (to make or become less warm: Let your food cool down a bit!) ohladiti (se)2) (to make or become less excited or less emotional: He was very angry but he's cooled down now.) pomiriti (se) -
20 stand
[stænd] 1. past tense, past participle - stood; verb1) (to be in an upright position, not sitting or lying: His leg was so painful that he could hardly stand; After the storm, few trees were left standing.) stati2) ((often with up) to rise to the feet: He pushed back his chair and stood up; Some people like to stand (up) when the National Anthem is played.) vstati3) (to remain motionless: The train stood for an hour outside Newcastle.) stati4) (to remain unchanged: This law still stands.) veljati5) (to be in or have a particular place: There is now a factory where our house once stood.) stati6) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stati7) (to accept or offer oneself for a particular position etc: He is standing as Parliamentary candidate for our district.) kandidirati8) (to put in a particular position, especially upright: He picked up the fallen chair and stood it beside the table.) postaviti9) (to undergo or endure: He will stand (his) trial for murder; I can't stand her rudeness any longer.) prestati; prenašati10) (to pay for (a meal etc) for (a person): Let me stand you a drink!) dati za2. noun1) (a position or place in which to stand ready to fight etc, or an act of fighting etc: The guard took up his stand at the gate; I shall make a stand for what I believe is right.) položaj2) (an object, especially a piece of furniture, for holding or supporting something: a coat-stand; The sculpture had been removed from its stand for cleaning.) stojalo3) (a stall where goods are displayed for sale or advertisement.) stojnica4) (a large structure beside a football pitch, race course etc with rows of seats for spectators: The stand was crowded.) tribuna5) ((American) a witness box in a law court.) prostor za priče•- standing 3. noun1) (time of lasting: an agreement of long standing.) trajanje2) (rank or reputation: a diplomat of high standing.) ugled•- stand-by4. adjective((of an airline passenger or ticket) costing or paying less than the usual fare, as the passenger does not book a seat for a particular flight, but waits for the first available seat.) na čakalnem seznamu5. adverb(travelling in this way: It costs a lot less to travel stand-by.) potovati v aranžmaju stand-by- stand-in- standing-room
- make someone's hair stand on end
- stand aside
- stand back
- stand by
- stand down
- stand fast/firm
- stand for
- stand in
- stand on one's own two feet
- stand on one's own feet
- stand out
- stand over
- stand up for
- stand up to* * *I [stænd]nounstanje (na nogah), položaj, mesto; stališče; tribuna, oder; stojnica, začasna prodajalna na trgu; stojalo, mizica, regal, polica; photography stativ; postaja, postajališče, parkirni prostor za taksije; zastoj (tudi figuratively), ustavitev, odpor; theatre gostovanje igralcev, trajanje gostovanja; American (še) nepožeto žito; (še) neposekan gozd; zajezena voda; obsolete garnitura; obsolete dialectal roj (čebel), history krdelo (vojakov); juridically American prostor za pričea stand of arms — popolna oprema z orožjem za vojaka, puška s priborombook-stand — stojnica, kiosk za prodajo knjiggrand stand — uradna (glavna) tribuna (na tekmah, dirkah itd.)news stand American kiosk za prodajo časopisovone-night stand theatre enkratno (igralsko) gostovanjeto be at a stand obsolete odreveneti, obstrmeti (od začudenja), biti zbegan, zmedento be brought (to come) to a stand — ustaviti se, zastati, obstatito bring to a stand — (za)ustaviti, privesti do ustavitve, do zastojato make a stand — upirati se, ustavljati se (čemu)he took his stand on the letter figuratively oprl, skliceval se je na pismoto take the stand American juridically nastopiti kot priča, potrditi s prisego (on s.th. kaj)II [stænd]1.intransitive verbstati (na nogah itd.); dosegati stalno višino v stoječem položaju; postaviti se pokonci; biti nameščen, ležati, biti, nahajati se; stati na mestu, nehati se premikati, (za)ustaviti se; ostati brez sprememb, veljati tudi vnaprej, ne izgubiti moči (veljave); zadržati, obdržati svoj dosedanji položaj; zavzemati se ( for za); zagovarjati ( for kaj); zavzemati stanoviten odnos do česa; nasprotovati ( against čemu), upirati se; vztrajati, vzdržati, ostajati; oklevati, bati se (at česa), ustrašiti se; sestajati (in iz); skladati se, biti v skladu ( with z); kandidirati, biti kandidat ( for za); nabrati se, zbrati se; (za)pihati, pri(haja)ti (o vetru); colloquially stati, veljati; biti v prid (komu), koristiti; nautical pluti, držati se določene smeri (for, to proti); stopiti ( back nazaj)stand! — stoj!stand at ease! military voljno!stand fast! military British English mirno!, military American vod, stoj!to stand aghast — zgroziti se, osupnitito stand against s.o. — postaviti se proti, uveljaviti se proti komuto stand at attention military stati v pozoruwe will stand by whatever he says — z vsem, kar bo rekel, bomo soglašalito stand corrected — uvideti, priznati svojo krivdoI won't stand for this American tega ne bom trpel (prenašal)to stand for s.o. (with s.o.) — potegniti se za koga, potegniti s komto stand gaping — stati in zijati, zijala prodajatito stand good — ostati veljaven, obdržati svojo veljavo (vrednost)to stand in line American stati in čakati v vrstito stand in terror of s.o. — bati se kogait stands me in 8 shillings a bottle colloquially steklenica me stane 8 šilingovto stand neutral — biti, ostati nevtralento stand on ceremony — paziti (gledati) na etiketo, ceremonialno se obnašatito stand on one's own feet — stati na lastnih nogah, figuratively opravljati svoje zadeve brez tuje pomočistand on me for that slang zanesi se name glede tega!she stands over the girl while she does her homework — ona pazi na (nadzira) deklico, ko dela domačo nalogoto stand pat slang ostati trdento stand the racket slang plačati ceno, globoto stand security (surety, sponsor) for s.o. — biti porok, jamčiti za kogato stand still — mirovati, ostati miren, ustaviti seto stand to one's guns (one's colours) figuratively trdno vztrajati pri svojem (prepričanju, mnenju), military držati postojankoto stand to one's oars — pošteno, krepko zaveslatito stand to it that... — vztrajati na tem, da...to stand upon one's trial juridically stati, biti pred sodiščemto stand (a) watch nautical , to stand guard military biti na stražito stand well with s.o. — dobro se razumeti (shajati) s komif it stands with honour — če se sklada s častjo;2.transitive verbpostaviti; ustaviti; zoperstaviti se, upirati se (čemu); prenašati, prenesti, trpeti (koga, kaj); podvreči se, prestati; colloquially dati (plačati) za; stati (biti) pred (čem)to stand an assault — vzdržati, upreti se napaduto stand a drink colloquially dati za pijačoto stand a chance — imeti možnost (priliko, priložnost, upanje, šanso)to stand the test — prestati preizkušnjo, izkazati se, obnesti seto stand one's trial — biti zaslišan pred sodiščcm;
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