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1 totter
['totə](to move unsteadily as if about to fall: The building tottered and collapsed; He tottered down the road.) majati se* * *[tɔtə]1.nounopotekanje, omahovanje; obotavljanje;2.intransitive verbomahovati, opotekati se, majati se; (o predmetih) nihati; pozibavati se; figuratively kolebati, omahovati, obotavljati se -
2 flicker
['flikə] 1. verb1) (to burn unsteadily: the candle flickered.) plapolati2) (to move quickly and unsteadily: A smile flickered across her face.) spreleteti2. noun(an unsteady light or flame: the flicker of an oil lamp.) plapolanje, migetanje* * *I [flíkə]intransitive verbmigljati, migotati; (vz)plapolati; frfrati, kriliti, prhutatiII [flíkə]nounplapolanje, migotanje, frfranje; figuratively trohicaIII [flíkə]nounAmerican zoology detel -
3 stagger
['stæɡə]1) (to sway, move or walk unsteadily: The drunk man staggered along the road.) opotekati se2) (to astonish: I was staggered to hear he had died.) osupiti3) (to arrange (people's hours of work, holidays etc) so that they do not begin and end at the same times.) razporediti•* * *I [staegə]nounopotekanje; figuratively oklevanje, omahovanje, kolebanje, obotavljanje; plural vrtoglavica, omotica; tiščavka (konjska bolezen); metljavost (pri ovcah)II [staegə]intransitive verbopotekati se; figuratively omahovati, oklevati, obotavljati se, kolebati, biti neodločen, dvomiti; ženirati se; umakniti se (o četah); transitive verb vznemiriti, razburiti, zmesti, osupiti, zbegati, spraviti iz ravnotežja, omajati (vero itd.); razvrstiti (kaj) v cikcaku (da se izognemo sovpadanju)to stagger to s.o.'s feet — s težavo se dvigniti (spraviti) na nogeto stagger office hours — razporediti delovne ure tako, da se izognemo navalu v konicah zvečer in zjutraj
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