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1 man-made
adjective (made, happening or formed by man, not by natural means: a man-made lake.) umeten* * *[maenméid]adjectiveumeten, umetno narejen, umetno pridobljen; ki ga je napravil človek -
2 man
[mæn] 1. plural - men; noun1) (an adult male human being: Hundreds of men, women and children; a four-man team.) mož2) (human beings taken as a whole; the human race: the development of man.) človek3) (obviously masculine male person: He's independent, tough, strong, brave - a real man!) moški4) (a word sometimes used in speaking informally or giving commands to someone: Get on with your work, man, and stop complaining!) človek5) (an ordinary soldier, who is not an officer: officers and men.) vojak6) (a piece used in playing chess or draughts: I took three of his men in one move.) figura2. verb(to supply with men (especially soldiers): The colonel manned the guns with soldiers from our regiment.) oskrbeti z moštvom- - man- manhood
- mankind
- manly
- manliness
- manned
- man-eating
- man-eater
- manhandle
- manhole
- man-made
- manpower
- manservant
- mansized
- mansize
- manslaughter
- menfolk
- menswear
- as one man
- the man in the street
- man of letters
- man of the world
- man to man
- to a man* * *I [mæn]noun(plural men) mož, človek, človeštvo; sluga, vojak, mornar; figura (šah, dama); history vazal; plural vojaki, mornarji, delavci, moštvoman alive! — človek božji!as one man — kot en mož, enoglasnoto be only half a man — biti nemožat, biti samo pol možainner man — duša, humorously želodeca man of straw — lutka, človek zvenečega imena a brez denarjaman about town — lahkoživec, gizdalinold man — botany božje drevce, nautical slang kapitanII [mæn]transitive verbmilitary & nautical oskrbeti z moštvom (posadko, vojaki, mornarji); nautical sklicati (mornarje) na mesta; zasesti delovno mesto, biti zaposlen s čim; figuratively okrepiti, ojunačitito man o.s. — ojunačiti seIII [mæn]adjectivemoškega spola (npr. man cook kuhar) -
3 made
[meid]past tense, past participle; = make* * *[méid]1.preterite & past participle od to make 2;2.adjective(umetno) narejen; izmišljen; gotov, ki je uspel; izučen (vojak); (dobro) grajen (človek); colloquially določen, mišljena made man — človek, ki je uspel -
4 self-made
[self'meid](owing wealth or important position to one's efforts, not to advantages given by birth, education etc: a self-made man.) samorastnik* * *[sélfméid]adjectivea self-made man — človek, ki je sam iz sebe napravil pomembno osebnost; samorastnik -
5 odd man out / odd one out
1) (a person or thing that is different from others: In this test, you have to decide which of these three objects is the odd one out.) izjema2) (a person or thing that is left over when teams etc are made up: When they chose the two teams, I was the odd man out.) presežek; tisti, ki izpade -
6 barrage
1) (something that keeps back an enemy: a barrage of gunfire.) zapora2) (an overwhelming number: a barrage of questions.) poplava3) (a man-made barrier across a river.) jez* * *[baera:ž]nounzajezitev; military zapora, baraža -
7 canal
[kə'næl]1) (a (usually narrow) man-made waterway: barges on the canal; the Panama Canal.) prekop2) (a passage in the body carrying fluids, food etc.) kanal* * *I [kənael]nounkanal, prekopanatomy alimentary canal — prebavilaII [kənael]transitive verbizkopati kanal -
8 fabric
['fæbrik]((a type of) cloth or material: Nylon is a man-made fabric.) blago, tkanina* * *[faebrik]nounzgradba, material, struktura; sistem; surova zgradba; izdelovanje, izdelek; tkanina, blago -
9 reservoir
(a place, usually a man-made lake, where water for drinking etc is stored.) zbiralnik* * *[rézə:wa:]1.nounrezervoar (tudi figuratively), zbiralnik; dolinska pregrada; shramba (zlasti bencina, nafte), bazen za zbiranje; figuratively velika zaloga (of česa);2.transitive verbspraviti v rezervoar -
10 satellite
1) (a smaller body that revolves around a planet: The Moon is a satellite of the Earth.) satelit2) (a man-made object fired into space to travel round usually the Earth: a weather satellite.) satelit•* * *[saetəlait]1.nounastronomysatelit, trabant, spremljevalec, luna; figuratively privrženec, pristaš, vazal; politics država, ki se slepo pokorava vladi druge države;2.adjectivesatelitski; podrejen, podložen, odvisen -
11 tunnel
1. noun(a (usually man-made) underground passage, especially one cut through a hill or under a river: The road goes through a tunnel under the river.) tunel2. verb(to make a tunnel: They escaped from prison by tunnelling under the walls.) napraviti tunel* * *[tʌnəl]1.nountunel; podzemeljski hodnik; podvoz; obsolete dimnik; mineralogy podkop, rov; dialectal lijak;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbnapraviti (prebiti, prevrtati) tunel ( Mont Blanc skozi Mont Blanc); zgraditi podzemeljski hodnik, prehod, podvoz -
12 pass as/for
(to be mistaken for or accepted as: Some man-made materials could pass as silk; His nasty remarks pass for wit among his admirers.) veljati (za) -
13 make
[meik] 1. past tense, past participle - made; verb1) (to create, form or produce: God made the Earth; She makes all her own clothes; He made it out of paper; to make a muddle/mess of the job; to make lunch/coffee; We made an arrangement/agreement/deal/bargain.) narediti2) (to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something): They made her do it; He made me laugh.) pripraviti koga do česa3) (to cause to be: I made it clear; You've made me very unhappy.) narediti4) (to gain or earn: He makes $100 a week; to make a profit.) zaslužiti5) ((of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to: 2 and 2 make(s) 4.) znašati6) (to become, turn into, or be: He'll make an excellent teacher.) postati7) (to estimate as: I make the total 483.) oceniti8) (to appoint, or choose, as: He was made manager.) imenovati9) (used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed: He made several attempts (= attempted several times); They made a left turn (= turned left); He made (= offered) a suggestion/proposal; Have you any comments to make?)2. noun(a (usually manufacturer's) brand: What make is your new car?) znamka- maker- making
- make-believe
- make-over
- makeshift
- make-up
- have the makings of
- in the making
- make a/one's bed
- make believe
- make do
- make for
- make it
- make it up
- make something of something
- make of something
- make something of
- make of
- make out
- make over
- make up
- make up for
- make up one's mind
- make up to* * *I [méik]noundelo, izdelovanje; economy izdelek, fabrikat, proizvod, (tovarniška) znamka; kroj, fasona; technical vrsta, oblika, tip, proizvodnja; postava, stas; zgradba (zgodbe); electrical spoj, kontakt; napoved aduta (bridge), mešanje kartof best English make — najboljše angl. kvaliteteelectrical to be at make — biti spojenslang to be on the make — biti na lovu za denarjem, za dobičkom; vzpenjati se (družbeno)British English nautical make and mend — prost čas za mornarjeII [méik]1.transitive verbdelati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz); predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v); pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti; figuratively napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.); povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti ( she ŋs him a good wife); znesti, znašati; imenovati za ( he was made a general); (z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk); meniti, misliti, predstavljati si ( what do you make of it); colloquially imeti koga za kaj ( I make him an honest man); zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot); slang zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči; nautical zagledati (kopno); British English jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte; electrical spojiti American slang identificirati koga;2.intransitive verbnameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to); nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda); figuratively povzročiti, pripeljati doto make allowance for — upoštevati, biti uvidevento make amends for — odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kajto make as if ( —ali as though) — pretvarjati se, hlinitias you make your bed so you must lie upon it — kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležalto make believe — pretvarjati se, hlinitito make a bid for — truditi se za, potegovati se za kajto make bold — drzniti si, upati sito make no bones about — povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kajto make or break s.o. — pripeljati koga do uspeha ali polomato make a clean breast of — priznati, olajšati si srceto make the best of — izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čimto make clear — objasniti, razložitito make the door upon s.o. — zapreti komu vratato make a difference to — biti važno, spremeniti stvarto make both ends meet — shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkomto make eyes at — spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledatito make excuses — opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati seto make an exhibition of o.s. — spozabiti seto make a fool of o.s. — biti za norcato make a fool of s.o. — imeti koga za norcato make free with — brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čimto make fun ( —ali game) of — zasmehovati koga, zafrkavatito make s.th. good — povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditito make a hash of — pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)American to make a hit — postati popularento make o.s. at home — biti kakor domaAmerican to make it — uspetinautical to make it so — izvršiti nalogto make it hot for s.o. — naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati kogato make things humorously gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)to make known — sporočiti, objavitito make land — zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristaniščeto make light ( —ali little) of — podcenjevati, nalahko jematislang to make like — posnematito make one's own life — živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo potto make love to — ljubimkati, spolno občevati s komto make one's mark — napraviti karijero, izkazati seto make merry — hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veselitito make minoemeat of — izpodbiti, popolnoma premagatito make money — dobro zaslužiti, obogatetito make s.o.'s mouth water — vzbuditi zavist ali željoto make move — lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, krenitito make much of — ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristito make a name for o.s. — napraviti si imeto make a noise in the world — postati slaven, zaslovetito make nothing of — ne razumeti, biti zmedento make of — tolmačiti, razlagati sito make the pace — voditi, diktirati tempoto make passes at — objemati, ljubkovati, dvoritito make one's pile — obogateti, spraviti denar na kupto make a plunge — lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko stavitinautical to make port — pripluti v pristaniščeto make a point of — vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditito make a practice of — imeti navado, navaditi seto make a racket — biti zelo hrupen, razgrajatito make sail — odpluti, odjadratito make o.s. scarce — izginitito make no secret of — ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedatito make shift with — pomagati si, nekako ureditito make s.o. sit up — koga zelo presenetitito make s.o. sore — razjeziti koganautical to make sternway — ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovatito make a stand — zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)to make a clean sweep of — dobro pomesti, vse odstranitito make a touch — sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditito make hacks for — odpraviti se kam, napotiti seAmerican to make the team — biti sprejet v moštvoto make a trial of — poskusiti, preizkusiti kajto make o.s. understood — jasno se izrazitito make way — utreti si pot, napredovatito make s.o. out of his wits — spraviti koga ob pamet -
14 of
[əv]1) (belonging to: a friend of mine.) od2) (away from (a place etc); after (a given time): within five miles of London; within a year of his death.) iz; od3) (written etc by: the plays of Shakespeare.)4) (belonging to or forming a group: He is one of my friends.) od5) (showing: a picture of my father.)6) (made from; consisting of: a dress of silk; a collection of pictures.) iz7) (used to show an amount, measurement of something: a gallon of petrol; five bags of coal.)8) (about: an account of his work.) o9) (containing: a box of chocolates.) s, z10) (used to show a cause: She died of hunger.) zaradi11) (used to show a loss or removal: She was robbed of her jewels.)12) (used to show the connection between an action and its object: the smoking of a cigarette.)13) (used to show character, qualities etc: a man of courage.)14) ((American) (of time) a certain number of minutes before (the hour): It's ten minutes of three.) pred* * *[əv]preposition1.od ( north ŋ);2.genetiv ( the master of the house);3.apozicija (the City of London, the month of May);4.(poreklo, izvor) od, iz, genetiv (of good family, Mr. Smith of London);5.(vzrok, posledica) zaradi, od, na (to die of hunger, to be ashamed of s.th., proud ŋ);6.(snov, material) od, iz (made of steel, a dress of silk);7.(lastnost) s, z (a man of courage, a man of no importance, a fool of a man);8.(avtorstvo, način) od, svojilni pridevnik (the works of Byron, of o.s. sam od sebe);9.(mera) genetiv (two feet of snow, a glass of wine);10.o (talk of peace, news of success);11.(čas) večinom genetiv, od (of an evening, of late years, your letter of March);12.American colloquiallypred, do ( ten minutes of three);13.of course — seveda, se razumein face of, in spite of — vkljubon account of, because of — zaradito be on the point of (going) — biti na tem, da bo (šel), biti na (odhodu) -
15 solid
['solid] 1. adjective1) (not easily changing shape; not in the form of liquid or gas: Water becomes solid when it freezes; solid substances.) trden2) (not hollow: The tyres of the earliest cars were solid.) poln3) (firm and strongly made (and therefore sound and reliable): That's a solid piece of furniture; His argument is based on good solid facts/reasoning.) zanesljiv4) (completely made of one substance: This bracelet is made of solid gold; We dug till we reached solid rock.) masiven5) (without breaks, gaps or flaws: The policemen formed themselves into a solid line; They are solid in their determination to strike.) nepretrgan; neomajen6) (having height, breadth and width: A cube is a solid figure.) trden7) (consecutive; without a pause: I've been working for six solid hours.) poln2. adverb(without interruption; continuously: She was working for six hours solid.) nepretrgoma3. noun1) (a substance that is solid: Butter is a solid but milk is a liquid.) trdna snov2) (a shape that has length, breadth and height.) telo•- solidify
- solidification
- solidity
- solidness
- solidly
- solid fuel* * *I [sɔlid]nounphysics trdno telo; (često plural) trdna, netekoča hranaregular solid geometry pravilno teloII [sɔlid]1.adjective ( solidly adverb)trden (netekoč); čvrst, soliden, masiven, kompakten, homogen, strnjen; nepretrgan; enoličen; utemeljen, pameten, trezen, tehten, močan; zanesljiv, temeljit; soglasen, enodušen, enobarven; commerce denarno varen, zanesljiv; pristen, pravi, resničen; mathematics tridimenzionalen, kubičenfor a solid hour — celo (polno, eno) urosolid arguments — stvarni, tehtni argumentisolid for slang lojalena solid man — resen, pameten človek, a brez kakih izrednih sposobnostisolid matter — kovinska ploščica, ki se stavi med vrstice (za večji razmik)solid problem mathematics problem, ki se da rešiti z enačbo 3. stopnjethe solid South American južne države, ki dosledno glasujejo za demokratesolid square military formacija enake dolžine in širinea solid tyre — polna pnevmatika, gumahe was talking a solid hour — govoril je nepretrgano celo uro;2.adverb ( solidly) enodušno, soglasno, odločno -
16 new
[nju:] 1. adjective1) (having only just happened, been built, made, bought etc: She is wearing a new dress; We are building a new house.) nov2) (only just discovered, experienced etc: Flying in an aeroplane was a new experience for her.) nov3) (changed: He is a new man.) nov4) (just arrived etc: The schoolchildren teased the new boy.) nov2. adverb(freshly: new-laid eggs.) svež- newly- newcomer
- newfangled
- new to* * *I [nju:]adjectivenov; svež (kruh, mleko), mlad (krompir, vino); neizkušen, nevajen; neznan (to komu)linguistics moderen; Australian new chum — nov naseljenecNew England — Nova Anglija, šest vzhodnih držav v ZDA (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine)New Deal — Rooseveltov progresivni program za ekonomsko in socialno obnovo ZDA po veliki krizi l.1929.the New World — novi svet, Amerikafiguratively new blood — sveža kri, življenjska silaastronomy new moon — mladi mesecfiguratively new man — prerojen človekII [nju:]adverb (v sestavljenkah) nedavno, znova, pravkar, na novo -
17 attempt
[ə'tempt] 1. verb(to try: He attempted to reach the dying man, but did not succeed; He did not attempt the last question in the exam.) poskusiti, spoprijeti se2. noun1) (a try: They failed in their attempt to climb the Everest; She made no attempt to run away.) poskus2) (an attack: They made an attempt on his life but he survived.) napad* * *I [ətém(p)t]nounposkus; napad; atentatII [ətém(p)t]transitive verbposkusiti, poskušati; lotiti se; prizadevati si; napastito attempt the life of s.o. — izvršiti atentat na kogadon't attempt it! — ne drzni si! -
18 frame
[freim] 1. noun1) (a hard main structure round which something is built or made: the steel frame of the aircraft.) ustroj2) (something made to enclose something: a picture-frame; a window-frame.) okvir3) (the human body: He has a slight frame.) okostje2. verb1) (to put a frame around: to frame a picture.) okviriti2) (to act as a frame for: Her hair framed her face.) obdajati3) (to arrange false evidence so as to make (someone) seem guilty of a crime etc (noun frame-up).) zagosti jo (komu); podtaknjen dokaz•- frame of mind* * *I [freim]nounzgradba, sestav, sistem; postava, telo; okvir, obod; statve; stojalo; ogrodje, struktura; rastlinjak; (film) posamezen posnetekII [freim]1.transitive verbizmisliti, (za)snovati; stvoriti, zgraditi; izraziti; uokviriti, obda(ja)ti; prilagoditi, urediti; spletkariti, oklevetati;2.intransitive verbizoblikovati se; napredovati; nameniti seAmerican slang to frame up — ponarediti; podtikati -
19 iron
1. noun1) (( also adjective) (of) an element that is the most common metal, is very hard, and is widely used for making tools etc: Steel is made from iron; The ground is as hard as iron; iron railings; iron determination (= very strong determination).) železo2) (a flat-bottomed instrument that is heated up and used for smoothing clothes etc: I've burnt a hole in my dress with the iron.) likalnik3) (a type of golf-club.) palica za golf2. verb(to smooth (clothes etc) with an iron: This dress needs to be ironed; I've been ironing all afternoon.) likati- ironing- irons
- ironing-board
- ironmonger
- ironmongery
- have several
- too many irons in the fire
- iron out
- strike while the iron is hot* * *I [áiən]adjectiveželezen, železov, barve železa; figuratively krepak, trden; figuratively trd, krut, okruten; figuratively nezlomljiv, neupogljivthe Iron Chancellor — Bismarck, železni kanclerthe Iron Duke — Wellington, železni vojvodaII [áiən]nounželezo; železen predmet (npr. vžigalo znamenja v kožo), likalnik, rezilo orodja, harpuna; plural okovi; poetically meč, orožje; plural medicine železna opora za nogoslang shooting iron — revolvernautical in(to) irons — v vetru, ki se ne da obrnitia man of iron — človek železne volje; trd, nepopustljiv človekto have too many irons in the fire — imeti preveč železa v ognju, delati preveč stvari hkratiIII [áiən]transitive verblikati; vkleniti, vkovati, obiti z železom; figuratively (iz)gladiti -
20 measure
['meʒə] 1. noun1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) merilo2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) merska enota3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) mera4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) ukrep5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) mera6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.) takt2. verb1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.) izmeriti2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.) meriti3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.) primerjati4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.) meriti•- beyond measure
- for good measure
- full measure
- made to measure
- measure out
- measure up* * *I [méžə]nounmera, merilo (tudi figuratively); stopnja, obseg; del, delež; razmerje, meja; poetically metrum, pesniška mera; music takt, ritem; archaic ples; chemistry menzura, stopnja; geology plural sloji, ležišča; juridically ukrepmathematics greatest common measure — (G.C.M.) največja skupna merabeyond ( —ali out of all) measure — prekomeren, čez meroto have s.o.'s measure — oceniti značaj kogato take s.o.'s measure — vzeti komu mero, umeriti; figuratively oceniti značaj kogato take measures — podvzeti korake, ukreniti kajarchaic to tread a measure — plesatiII [méžə]1.transitive verbmeriti, izmeriti, odmeriti; umeriti (obleko); oceniti, soditi, presoditi (by po); primerjati, meriti ( with s, z); prehoditi;2.intransitive verbmeritito measure s.o. for (a suit of clothes) — vzeti komu mero (za obleko)to measure one's strength with s.o. — meriti se s komto measure s.o. with one's eye — premeriti koga z očmito measure s.o. from top to toe — premeriti koga od glave do pete
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