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1 middle age
(the years between youth and old age: She is well into middle age.) srednja leta -
2 middle
['midl] 1. noun1) (the central point or part: the middle of a circle.) sredina2) (the central area of the body; the waist: You're getting rather fat round your middle.) pas2. adjective(equally distant from both ends: the middle seat in a row.) srednji- middling- middle age
- middle-aged
- Middle Ages
- Middle East
- middleman
- be in the middle of doing something
- be in the middle of something* * *I [midl]adjectivesrednjimiddle ground nautical plitvina, figuratively nevtralno stališčemiddle name — srednje (osebno) ime; figuratively izrazita lastnosteconomy middle quality — srednja kakovostnautical middle watch — straža od polnoči do štirih zjutrajBritish English bližnji vzhod; American Middle Atlantic States — države New York, New Jersey, PennsylvaniaII [midl]nounsredina; pas (život); posrednik; grammar medialni način; plural economy srednja vrstain the middle of — v sredini, v sredifiguratively caught in the middle — ujet na limaniceBritish English middle (article) — feljtonIII [midl]transitive verbcentrirati (zlasti žogo pri nogometu) -
3 age
[ei‹] 1. noun1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) starost2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) doba, vek3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) leta4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) (celo) večnost2. verb(to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) postarati (se)- aged- ageless
- age-old
- the aged
- come of age
- of age* * *I [eidž]nounstarost; vek, era, čas; polnoletnostage of fishes geology devongeology the Ice Age — ledena dobatender age — nežna starost, zgodnja mladostwhat age are you? — koliko si star?II [eidž]transitive verb & intransitive verbstarati, postarati (se); fiksirati barvo -
4 mellow
['meləu] 1. adjective1) ((of character) made softer and more mature, relaxed etc by age and/or experience: Her personality became more mellow as middle age approached.) zrel2) ((of sound, colour, light etc) soft, not strong or unpleasant: The lamplight was soft and mellow.) blag3) ((of wine, cheese etc) kept until the flavour has developed fully: a mellow burgundy.) uležan2. verb(to make or become softer or more mature: Old age has mellowed him.) dozoreti* * *I [mélou]adjective ( mellowly adverb)zrel, sočen, umehčan (sadje), uležan (vino); bogat, prhek (zemlja), krhek; mil, mehek, prijeten (luč, barva); figuratively mil, blag, nežen; slang vesel, vinjenII [mélou]1.transitive verbzmehčati, omehčati;2.intransitive verbdozoreti, zmehčati se, omehčati se -
5 prime
I 1. adjective1) (first or most important: the prime minister; a matter of prime importance.) prvi2) (best: in prime condition.) odličen2. noun(the best part (of a person's etc life, usually early middle age): He is in his prime; the prime of life.) najboljša leta- primary- primarily
- primary colours
- prime minister
- prime number
- prime time 3. adjectiveprime-time advertising.) v najbolj gledanem terminuII verb(to prepare (something) by putting something into or on it: He primed (=put gunpowder into) his gun; You must prime (=treat with primer) the wood before you paint it.) pripraviti- primer* * *I [práim]adjective ( primely adverb)prvi, prvoten, izviren, osnoven, primaren; bistven, glaven, najvažnejši; prvorazreden, izboren, odličen; mathematics primaren (število), nedeljivmathematics prime to each other — brez skupnega delilcaeconomy prime cost — nabavna cenaastronomy geography prime meridian — začetni (prvi) poldnevnikprime mover physics pogonska moč; technical pogonski stroj; figuratively glavno gibaloPrime Mover — bog, višja silaII [práim]nounzačetek; figuratively pomlad, svitanje, mladost, cvet; višek, popolnost; jedro, srčika; economy najboljša vrsta, izbrana kvaliteta; ecclesiastic ura prve molitve; mathematics primarno število; music prima; sport prvi položaj (pri sabljanju); znak ' (unča, minuta)in one's prime — v najboljših letih, na višku svojih močiIII [práim]transitive verbpripraviti (za delo); military nabiti (orožje); technical grundirati (tudi v slikarstvu); technical naliti vodo v črpalko (pred črpanjem), dovajati vodo v parni kotel, naliti bencin; aeronautics oskrbeti z gorivom; figuratively dajati navodila, podatke, instruirati (npr. pričo); slang opitiprimed military pripravljen za strel (npr. puška), slang pijan -
6 go to seed
1) ((of a person) to become careless about one's clothes and appearance: Don't let yourself go to seed when you reach middle age!) zanemariti se2) ((of a place) to become rather shabby and uncared for: This part of town has gone to seed recently.) postati zanemarjen3) ((also run to seed) (of a plant) to produce seeds after flowering.) iti v seme
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