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1 nearly
adverb (not far from; almost: nearly one o'clock; He has nearly finished.) skoraj* * *[níəli]adverbskoraj, blizu; podrobno, pazljivothe matter concerns me nearly — ta stvar mi je blizu, se me zelo tiče -
2 well-nigh
(nearly; almost: It was well-nigh midnight when he arrived.) skoraj* * *[wélnái]adverbskoraj, malodane -
3 pretty well
(nearly: I've pretty well finished.) skoraj -
4 spend
[spend]past tense, past participle - spent; verb1) (to use up or pay out (money): He spends more than he earns.) potrošiti2) (to pass (time): I spent a week in Spain this summer.) preživeti•- spent- spendthrift* * *[spend]1.transitive verbpotrošiti, izdati (denar) (on za), porabiti; koristno porabiti čas; tratiti, zapraviti (denar) (in za); prebiti, preživeti (čas); izčrpati, iztrošiti (moči); izmetavati (ikre); žrtvovati, datito spend o.s. — izčrpati se, iztrošiti se;2.intransitive verbbiti zapravljiv, delati izdatke; (iz)trošiti se; poleči se, pojemati; (o ribah) drstiti seto spend one's breath — tratiti svoje besede, govoriti v veterhow did you spend the evening? — kako ste preživeli večer?to spend a penny colloquially iti na toaletothe storm is spent — vihar se je izdivjal, se je polegel -
5 almost
['o:lməust](nearly but not quite: She is almost five years old; She almost fell under a moving car.) skoraj* * *[ɔ:lmoust, ɔlməst]adverbdomala, skoraj -
6 approximate
[ə'proksimət](very nearly correct or accurate; not intended to be absolutely correct: Give me an approximate answer!; Can you give me an approximate price for the job?) približen- approximation* * *I [əprɔksimit]adjective ( approximately adverb)(to) približen, blizekII [əprɔksimeit]intransitive verb & transitive verb(to) približevati (se); znašati približno -
7 approximately
adverb (nearly; more or less: There will be approximately five hundred people present.) približno* * *[əprɔksimitli]adverbpribližno, domala, skoraj -
8 career
[kə'riə] 1. noun1) (a way of making a living (usually professional): a career in publishing.) kariera2) (course; progress (through life): The present government is nearly at the end of its career.) življenjska pot2. verb(to move rapidly and dangerously: The brakes failed and the car careered down the hill.) drveti* * *I [kəríə]nountek, let; potek življenja; življenje; uspeh, razvojAmerican career man — poklicni diplomatII [kəríə]intransitive verbdirjati, hiteti, brzeti; leteti -
9 discount
1. noun(a (small) sum taken off the price of something: He gave me a discount of 20%.) popust2. verb(to leave aside as something not to be considered: You can discount most of what he says - it's nearly all lies!) ne upoštevati* * *I [dískaunt]nounpopust, odbitek; rabat; skontoat a discount — malo cenjen, lahko dosegljivto be at a discount figuratively ne biti priljubljenII [diskáunt]transitive verbcommerce odračunati, odbiti, popustiti; figuratively zmanjšati; ne čisto verjeti, dvomiti -
10 extent
[-t]1) (the area or length to which something extends: The bird's wings measured 20 centimetres at their fullest extent; The garden is nearly a kilometre in extent; A vast extent of grassland.) obseg2) (amount; degree: What is the extent of the damage?; To what extent can we trust him?) obseg, mera•* * *[ikstént]nounobseg, razteg, velikost, obsežnost; stopnja, mera; domet, doseg; juridically ocena (zemljišča)writ of extent British English listina o zarubitvi dolžnikove posesti; American listina o začasnem lastništvu upnika dolžnikove posesti -
11 halve
1) (to divide (something) into two equal parts: He halved the apple.) razpoloviti2) (to make half as great as before; to reduce by half: By going away early in the year, we nearly halved the cost of our holiday.) prepoloviti* * *[ha:v, hæv]transitive verbrazpoloviti, na pol si deliti, za polovico zmanjšati; sklopiti vezne tramove tako, da se konci tramov odrežejo za pol debeline -
12 kill
[kil] 1. verb(to cause the death of: He killed the rats with poison; The outbreak of typhoid killed many people; The flat tyre killed our hopes of getting home before midnight.) ubiti2. noun(an act of killing: The hunter was determined to make a kill before returning to the camp.) uboj- killer- kill off
- kill time* * *I [kil]nounAmerican dialectal kanal, potok, rekaII [kil]nounubijanje; ubita divjad, ulov; military uničenje; nautical potopitev ladjeon the kill — z ubijalskim namenom, na lovu za plenomIII [kil]1.transitive verbubiti, ubijati; klati, zaklati (živino); ubiti, ustreliti (divjad); military uničiti, potopiti (ladjo); pokončati, ugonobiti, udušiti, zatreti; figuratively preklicati, stornirati, razveljaviti, črtati; figuratively potlačiti, zadušiti (čustva), obsipati (s pretirano dobroto); olajšati, ublažiti (bolečino), nevtralizirati (barvo, hrup); odbiti, preprečiti (zakonski osnutek), prekrižati (načrt); sport zaustaviti (žogo); zabiti čas; American colloquially popiti celo steklenico;2.intransitive verbpovzročiti smrt; colloquially biti neudržljiv, biti očarljivto kill the fatted calf for s.o. — z veseljem sprejeti, sprejeti kot izgubljenega sinato kill s.o. with kindness — škoditi komu s preveliko dobrotodressed up to kill — zapeljivo oblečen, gizdavo oblečen -
13 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 -
14 light-year
noun (the distance light travels in a year (nearly 9.5 million million kilometres).) svetlobno leto* * *[láitjə:]nounastronomy svetlobno leto -
15 near
[niə] 1. adjective1) (not far away in place or time: The station is quite near; Christmas is getting near.) blizu2) (not far away in relationship: He is a near relation.) bližnji2. adverb1) (to or at a short distance from here or the place mentioned: He lives quite near.) blizu2) ((with to) close to: Don't sit too near to the window.) v bližini3. preposition(at a very small distance from (in place, time etc): She lives near the church; It was near midnight when they arrived.) blizu4. verb(to come near (to): The roads became busier as they neared the town; as evening was nearing.) približati (se)- nearly- nearness
- nearby
- nearside
- near-sighted
- a near miss* * *I [níə]adverbblizu, v bližini, bližje; colloquially skoraj, málodane; figuratively varčno; (z negacijo) niti približnofar and near — od blizu in daleč, povsodnear at hand — pri roki, blizuII [níə]adjectivebližnji; pereč (problem); skop, varčen; levi (del živali, ceste); zvest (prevod)it was a near thing — komaj je šlo, za las je manjkaloAmerican near true — skoraj gotovoIII [níə]transitive verb & intransitive verbpribližati (se), približevati se (to) -
16 nitrogen
(an element, a type of gas making up nearly four-fifths of the air we breathe.) dušik- nitrate* * *[náitridžən]nounchemistry dušik -
17 order
['o:də] 1. noun1) (a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command: He gave me my orders.) ukaz2) (an instruction to supply something: orders from Germany for special gates.) naročilo3) (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) naročilo4) (a tidy state: The house is in (good) order.) red5) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) red6) (an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc: in alphabetical order; in order of importance.) red7) (a peaceful condition: law and order.) red8) (a written instruction to pay money: a banker's order.) nalog9) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) vrsta, red10) (a religious society, especially of monks: the Benedictine order.) red2. verb1) (to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority): He ordered me to stand up.) ukazati2) (to give an instruction to supply: I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.) naročiti3) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) urediti•- orderly3. noun1) (a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.) bolničar2) (a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.) vojaški kurir•- order-form
- in order
- in order that
- in order
- in order to
- made to order
- on order
- order about
- out of order
- a tall order* * *I [ɔ:də]nounred, ureditev, urejenostbiology red, vrsta; vrsta, zapovrstje; military razvrstitev, razpored, predpisana uniforma in oprema; stanje; ukaz, nalog, odredba; economy (plačilni) nalog, naročilo, naročilnica, nakaznica; juridically sklep (sodišča), odredba; vrsta, razred, stopnja; čin; mathematics red, stopnja; družbeni sloj, družbena ureditev; ecclesiastic cerkveni red, liturgijski red; viteški red, odlikovanje viteškega reda; odlikovanje, red; architecture klasičen slog stebrov; military at the order — puška pri nogimilitary battle order — bojni redmilitary marching order — paradna formacijamilitary close (open) order — zaprta (odprta) formacijamathematics equation of the first order — enačba prve stopnjeby order of — po nalogu, na ukazto order — po povelju, po naročiluin order — v redu, urejenin bad order — v slabem stanju, neurejento set in order — urediti, razvrstitito take order with — urediti kaj, razpolagati s čimin order to — zato da, da bion order — po naročilu, naročenon the order of — do neke mere sličen; economy po naročilu kogaout of order — pokvarjen, neurejen, v slabem stanju; medicine načet (zdravje)to be under orders to do s.th. — na ukaz kaj nareditiparliament to call to order — pozvati k reduparliament to rise to (a point of) order — prositi za besedoparliament to rule s.o. out of order — odvzeti komu besedoeconomy to be on order — biti naročen (blago)economy to fill an order — izvršiti naročiloeconomy money order — denarna nakaznicaeconomy postal order — poštna nakaznicaorder of the day — dnevni red; military dnevno poveljearchitecture Doric order — dorski slog (stebrov)American in short order — takoj, nemudomastanding order — trajno pravilo, določen poslovnikII [ɔ:də]1.transitive verbukazati, odrediti; poslati koga kam (to); medicine predpisati (zdravilo); naročiti; urediti;2.intransitive verbukazovati; naročatimilitary order arms! — puške k nogam!to order s.o. home — poslati koga domovto order s.o. out of one's house — spoditi koga iz svoje hiše -
18 perish
['periʃ](to die, especially in war, accident etc: Many people perished in the earthquake.) umreti* * *[périš]1.intransitive verbginiti, slabeti, veneti, umirati ( with od, by, of zaradi), poginiti, ponesrečiti se; propasti, propadati, izumirati;2.transitive verb (običajno pasiv) uničitiperish the thought (of)! — naj se gre solit!, še na misel mi ne pridecolloquially perished — pol mrtev (od lakote, mraza) -
19 pop
I 1. [pop] noun1) (a sharp, quick, explosive noise, such as that made by a cork as it comes out of a bottle: The paper bag burst with a loud pop.) pok2) (fizzy drink: a bottle of pop.) peneča pijača2. verb1) (to (cause to) make a pop: He popped the balloon; My balloon has popped.) počiti2) (to spring upwards or outwards: His eyes nearly popped out of his head in amazement.) izskočiti3) (to go quickly and briefly somewhere: He popped out to buy a newspaper.) skočiti ven4) (put quickly: He popped the letter into his pocket.) hitro spraviti•- popcorn- pop-gun
- pop up II [pop] adjective1) ((of music) written, played etc in a modern style.) pop(ularen)2) (of, or related to, pop music: a pop group; a pop singer; pop records.) pop* * *I [pɔp]nounpok, treskcolloquially strel; colloquially peneča pijača, pokalica; British English slang zastava, zalog (v zastavljalnici); slang in pop — zastavljeno, v zastavljalnicito take a pop at — streljati na; figuratively poskusiti s, zII [pɔp]1.intransitive verbpočiti (zamašek), odpreti se (kostanj, koruza itd.); sprožiti, ustreliti (at); nenadoma se pojaviti; izbuljiti (oči);2.transitive verbhitro odpreti, izvleči (zamašek), sprožiti, izstreliti (naboj); American peči koruzo; hitro vtakniti (kaj kam), pomoliti (glavo); British English slang zastavitito pop in — oglasiti se pri kom, priti na kratek skokcolloquially to pop off — izginiti, pobrisati jo; zadremati; umreti (tudi to pop off the hooks)to pop out — pomoliti ven; ugasniti luč; pobrisati joto pop up — pojaviti se (tudi figuratively, npr. težave)colloquially to pop the question — zasnubitiIII [pɔp]adverbs pokom; nenadoma, nepričakovanoto go pop — počiti; umretiIV [pɔp]interjectiontresk!, pok!V [pɔp]adjectivecolloquially popularenVI [pɔp]nounsee poppa -
20 race
I 1. [reis] noun(a competition to find who or which is the fastest: a horse race.) dirka2. verb1) (to (cause to) run in a race: I'm racing my horse on Saturday; The horse is racing against five others.) dirkati2) (to have a competition with (someone) to find out who is the fastest: I'll race you to that tree.) tekmovati3) (to go etc quickly: He raced along the road on his bike.) drveti•- racer- racecourse
- racehorse
- racetrack
- racing-car
- a race against time
- the races II [reis]1) (any one section of mankind, having a particular set of characteristics which make it different from other sections: the Negro race; the white races; ( also adjective) race relations.) rasa2) (the fact of belonging to any of these various sections: the problem of race.) izvor3) (a group of people who share the same culture, language etc; the Anglo-Saxon race.) rasa•- racial- racialism
- racialist
- the human race
- of mixed race* * *I [réis]nountek, tekanje; figuratively potek, tek (časa, stvari, življenja itd.); hitra struja, tok reke, brzica; American rečno korito, jez, kanal; mlinski žleb, rake; sport dirka, tekma, tekmovanje (tekačev, konj, jadrnic itd.); figuratively tekmovanje, boj, borbarace boat sport tekmovalni čolnrace driver — voznik dirkalnega avtomobila, avtomobilski dirkačmotor-race — avtomobilska, motorna dirkamill-race — mlinski žleb, raketo go to the races — iti, hoditi na dirkefiguratively his race is run — življenje se mu je iztekloII [réis]intransitive verbdirkati, drveti, teči, hiteti; jadrati; meriti se v teku, v hitrosti ( with z), tekmovati ( with z), teči za stavo; iti s polno paro, z vso brzino (vijak, propeler itd.); redno prisostvovati konjskim dirkam, biti vnet gledalec konjskih dirka racing man — ljubitelj konjskega športa.the blood raced to his head — kri mu je planila v glavo; transitive verb pognati v dir, v tek; dreviti; meriti se, tekmovati v teku itd. s kom; jahati (konja) v dirki; dohitetiIII [réis]nounrasa; pleme, pasma; poreklo, rod; zoology & botany vrsta, razred; rod, vrsta ljudi z neko skupno potezo; rasna lastnostrace suicide — rasni samomor (zaradi nazadovanj rojstev itd.)IV [réis]nounkoren (ingverja)
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