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1 neither
adjective, pronoun(not the one nor the other (of two things or people): Neither window faces the sea; Neither of them could understand Italian.) nobeden (od dveh)* * *I [náiðə, ní:ðə]adjective & pronoun nobeden (od dveh); niti eden, niti drugiII [náiðə, ní:ðə]conjunctionniti; tudi nehe does not know, neither do I — on ne ve in tudi jaz neIII [náiðə, ní:ðə]adverb neither... nor — niti... niti -
2 neither ... nor
(used to introduce alternatives which are both negative: Neither John nor David could come; He can neither read nor write.) niti... niti -
3 neither here nor there
(not important; not relevant: His opinion is neither here nor there.) ne krop ne voda -
4 nor
[no:](and not; neither: He did not know then what had happened, nor did he ever find out; I'm not going, nor is John.) niti* * *[nɔ:]conjunctionniti (za neither), in tudi nenor will I deny that — in tega tudi ne zanikam; (see neither) -
5 here
[hiə] 1. adverb1) ((at, in or to) this place: He's here; Come here; He lives not far from here; Here they come; Here is / Here's your lost book.) tukaj2) (at this time; at this point in an argument: Here she stopped speaking to wipe her eyes; Here is where I disagree with you.) v tem trenutku, na tem mestu3) (beside one: My colleague here will deal with the matter.) tukaj2. interjection1) (a shout of surprise, disapproval etc: Here! what do you think you're doing?) hej!2) (a shout used to show that one is present: Shout `Here!' when I call your name.) tukaj!•- hereabouts- hereabout
- hereafter
- the hereafter
- hereby
- herein
- herewith
- here and there
- here goes
- here's to
- here
- there and everywhere
- here you are
- neither here nor there* * *[híə]adverbtukaj, semkaj, sem; figuratively na tem mestu, v tem slučajuhere you are! — izvolite!here below — tukaj doli, figuratively na zemlji, na tem svetuhere goes! — da začnem!, da poskusim!look here! — glej!, poslušaj, prosimthat is neither here nor there — ne spada sem, ni važnohere's to you! — na tvoje zdravje!here and there — tu in tam, semkaj, tjakaj; sem in tja (časovno)here, there and everywhere — povsodhere today and gone tomorrow — bežno, minljivo -
6 neuter
['nju:tə]1) (in certain languages, of the gender which is neither masculine nor feminine: a neuter noun.) srednji spol2) (without sex: Worker bees are neuter, being neither male nor female.) brezspolen* * *I [njú:tə]adjectivegrammar srednjega spola; neprehoden (glagol); botany brezspolen; zoology neploden, jalov (žuželka); nevtralen, neopredeljen, neudeleženII [njú:tə]noungrammar srednji spol, nevtrum; neprehoden glagol; zoology brezspolna žuželka (zlasti mravlja, čebela); skopljenec (žival, zlasti mačka); botany cvet brez prašnikovto stand neuter — biti nevtralen, stati ob straniIII [njú:tə]transitive verbkastrirati (zlasti mačke) -
7 slope
[sləup] 1. noun1) (a position or direction that is neither level nor upright; an upward or downward slant: The floor is on a slight slope.) nagnjenost2) (a surface with one end higher than the other: The house stands on a gentle slope.) pobočje2. verb(to be in a position which is neither level nor upright: The field slopes towards the road.) nagibati se- sloping* * *I [slóup]nounnagnjenost, nagib, breg, pobočje, poševnost, strmina, padec, višinska razlika; poševen rov (v rudniku); military poševni položaj pušketo carry one's rifle at the slope military nositi puško poševno na ramito climb a slope — vzpenjati se po strmini, po breguto give a slope to — napraviti (nekaj) stnno, dati nagib (čemu)II [slóup]transitive verb & intransitive verbdati poševno obliko, narediti (zemljišče) poševno, nagnjeno; nagniti (se), biti nagnjen (strm), nagibati (se), poševno (strmo) padati ali se spuščati; military položiti puško poševno na ramo; American slang (= slope off) pobrisati jo, izginitito slope about — pohajkovati, postopati, kolovratiti okolislope arms! military puške (poševno) na rame! -
8 back
[bæk] 1. noun1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) hrbet2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) hrbet3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) hrbtna stran, zadnji del4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) branilec2. adjective(of or at the back: the back door.) zadnji3. adverb1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) nazaj2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) stran3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) zadaj4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) nazaj5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) nazaj4. verb1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) vzvratno peljati2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) podpreti3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) staviti na•- backer- backbite
- backbiting
- backbone
- backbreaking
- backdate
- backfire
- background
- backhand 5. adverb(using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) z backhandom; nazaj nagnjeno- backlog- back-number
- backpack
- backpacking: go backpacking
- backpacker
- backside
- backslash
- backstroke
- backup
- backwash
- backwater
- backyard
- back down
- back of
- back on to
- back out
- back up
- have one's back to the wall
- put someone's back up
- take a back seat* * *I [bæk]nounhrbet, hrbtišče; zadnja, spodnja stran; naslonilo, hrbtnik; velik čeber, sod; sport branilec, zaščitnikat the back — zabehind the back of s.o. figuratively za hrbtom komuto break the back of s.th. — opraviti glavni del nalogeto have s.o. on one's back — imeti koga na vratuto see the back of s.o. — znebiti se kogato turn one's back upon s.o. — obračati hrbet komu, zapustiti kogaII [bæk]adjectivehrbten; nazadujoč, zaostal; zadnji; zastarel, nazadnjaškiback number — stara številka (časopisa); slang nemoderen človek, starokopitnež; zastarel načinto take a back seat — imeti skromno službo, ne siliti v ospredjeIII [bæk]adverbnazaj; zadaj; nekoč, prej; spet, znovato go back on s.o. — pustiti koga na cediluto pay s.o. back (in his own coin) — vrniti komu milo za dragoto go back from ( —ali upon) one's word — besedo snesti, preklicatito hang back — mečkati, omahovatito talk ( —ali answer) back — ugovarjati, oporekatiIV [bæk]1.intransitive verbnazaj stopiti, umikati se; zmuzniti se;2.transitive verbnazaj potisniti, nazaj gnati, nazaj voziti; podpreti, podpirati; pomagati; staviti; (o)krepiti; biti opora; biti ozadje; indosiratito back a horse — zajahati konja; staviti na konjato back the wrong horse — ušteti se, staviti na napačno kartoto back the oars, to back astern — nazaj veslatito back and fill — kolebati, ne se odločitito back on s.o. — izdati koga, pustiti ga na cedilumarine back her! — vozi nazaj! -
9 buff
1. noun(a dull yellow colour.) svetlo rumena2. adjectivea buff envelope.) svetlo rumen* * *I [bʌf]nounbivolska koža; mehko volovsko usnje; rjavo rumena barva; colloquially gola koža; obsolete udarecin one's buff — nag, golII [bʌf]adjectiverjavo rumen; iz bivolje ali volovske kožeIII [bʌf]transitive verbz usnjem loščiti; (udarce) odbijati -
10 dilemma
(a position or situation giving two choices, neither pleasant: His dilemma was whether to leave the party early so as to get a lift in his friend's car, or to stay and walk eight kilometres home.) zadrega* * *[dilémə]nounzadrega, precep, dilemaon the horns of dilemma — v precepu, v škripcih, v hudi zadregi -
11 draw
[dro:] 1. past tense - drew; verb1) (to make a picture or pictures (of), usually with a pencil, crayons etc: During his stay in hospital he drew a great deal; Shall I draw a cow?) risati2) (to pull along, out or towards oneself: She drew the child towards her; He drew a gun suddenly and fired; All water had to be drawn from a well; The cart was drawn by a pony.) (po)vleči3) (to move (towards or away from someone or something): The car drew away from the kerb; Christmas is drawing closer.) oddaljevati se; približevati se4) (to play (a game) in which neither side wins: The match was drawn / We drew at 1-1.) neodločeno igrati5) (to obtain (money) from a fund, bank etc: to draw a pension / an allowance.) dvigniti6) (to open or close (curtains).) povleči7) (to attract: She was trying to draw my attention to something.) pritegniti2. noun1) (a drawn game: The match ended in a draw.) neodločena igra2) (an attraction: The acrobats' act should be a real draw.) privlačnost3) (the selecting of winning tickets in a raffle, lottery etc: a prize draw.) žrebanje4) (an act of drawing, especially a gun: He's quick on the draw.) potegljaj•- drawing- drawn
- drawback
- drawbridge
- drawing-pin
- drawstring
- draw a blank
- draw a conclusion from
- draw in
- draw the line
- draw/cast lots
- draw off
- draw on1
- draw on2
- draw out
- draw up
- long drawn out* * *I [drɔ:]1.transitive verbvleči, vlačiti, potegniti; pritegniti, nategniti, napeti, nategovati; dvigniti; raztegniti; privlačiti; izvabiti; populiti, izdreti; (na)risati, upodobiti, opisati, prikazati; zasnovati, načrtati; točiti, črpati, sesati; dobiti, dobivati; (s)pačiti; commerce izdati, trasirati (menico); preiskati (lovci grmovje); ( from) sklepati; vdihniti; (to, into) pregovoriti; ( from) odvrniti, odvračati (od česa); sport neodločeno igrati; marine gaziti;2.intransitive verbvleči (se); bližati se, prihajati; žrebati; dihati; ugrezniti, ugrezati, pogrezati se; skrčiti, krajšati se; sport neodločeno igratito draw a bead on s.o. — nameriti na koga puško ali samokresto draw blood — preliti kri, ranitito draw blank — ne zaslediti plena; figuratively razočarati seto draw the long bow — pretiravati, izmišljati sito draw breath — vdihniti, zajeti sapoto draw the curtain — potegniti zastor; figuratively zaključiti pogovor, narediti konecdraw it mild! — ne izmišljaj si, ne pretiravaj!to draw one's sword against s.o. — napasti kogato draw a veil over s.th. — prikriti, zastreti kajfiguratively to draw the teeth of — onesposobitito draw a conclusion from s.th. — sklepati iz česaII [drɔ:]nounvlečenje, potegljaj; žrebanje, žreb; slang privlačnost; commerce vrnitev uvozne carine; neodločna bitka ali igra; American spuščanje, globina -
12 drawn
1) ((of curtains) pulled together or closed: The curtains were drawn, although it was still daylight.) spuščen2) ((of a game etc) neither won nor lost: a drawn match.) neodločen3) ((of a blade etc) pulled out of its sheath: a drawn sword.) gol (meč)4) ((of a person) strained and tired: His face was pale and drawn.) upadel* * *I [drɔ:n]past participleod drawII [drɔ:n]adjectivegol (meč); nerešen, neodločen (boj); onemogel; topljen (maslo) -
13 fair
I [feə] adjective1) (light-coloured; with light-coloured hair and skin: fair hair; Scandinavian people are often fair.) svetel2) (just; not favouring one side: a fair test.) nepristranski3) ((of weather) fine; without rain: a fair afternoon.) lep4) (quite good; neither bad nor good: Her work is only fair.) zadovoljiv5) (quite big, long etc: a fair size.) precejšen6) (beautiful: a fair maiden.) čeden•- fairness- fairly
- fair play II [feə] noun1) (a collection of entertainments that travels from town to town: She won a large doll at the fair.) semenj2) (a large market held at fixed times: A fair is held here every spring.) sejem3) (an exhibition of goods from different countries, firms etc: a trade fair.) sejem* * *I [fwə]adjectivelep; nežen; jasen, svetel; čist; svež; ugoden; svetlolas, blond; precejšen; znaten; ( with do) pošten, pravičen; spodoben, vljuden; primeren, zadovoljiv; čitljiva fair amount — precejšnja količina, precej denarjafor fair — dejansko, zaresto give s.o. a fair warning — pravočasno koga posvariticolloquially fair to middling — še kar dobrofair play — poštena igra, nepristranostfair and square — pošten in odkrit; naravnostwhat is fair for one is fair for all — kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za drugefair view — lep razgled; odkrito mnenjeII [fwə]adverbnaravnost; jasno; pošteno; pravilno; vljudno; nežnoto bespeak s.o. fair — dobro o kom govoritifor fair — zagotovo, nespornoto speak s.o. fair — vljudno s kom govoritifair and softly — počasi, tihoIII [fw ə]nounsejem, velesejem; razstavaIV [fwə]transitive verb & intransitive verb(z)jasniti se; prepisovati; zgladiti -
14 fish
plurals; see fish* * *I [fiš]nounriba; ribe; vulgar ženski spolni organto feed the fishes — imeti morsko bolezen; utonitineither fish, flesh or fowl — ne tič ne mišcolloquially to have other fish to fry — imeti druge opravkea pretty kettle of fish — neprijetno presenečenje, zmešnjava, kolobocijathere's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it — glavo pokonci, vse se še lahko uredi; za vsakega človeka se lahko najde nadomestiloa fish story — zlagana povest; bahavo pripovedovanjeII [fiš]intransitive verb & transitive verb( for) ribariti, ribe loviti; ven potegniti; figuratively prizadevati si, gnati se za čimto fish out — poloviti vse ribe; figuratively izmamitiIII [fiš]nounspona; tirniški stik; žetonIV [fiš]transitive verbzvezati, speti -
15 fowl
plurals - fowl, fowls; noun(a bird, especially domestic, eg hens, ducks, geese etc: He keeps fowls and a few pigs.) perutnina* * *I [faul]nounzoology archaic ptič; kokoš, petelin, perutninaII [faul]transitive verbptiče loviti ali streljati -
16 herring
['heriŋ]plurals - herring, herrings; noun(a small, edible kind of sea fish.) sled* * *[hériŋ]nounzoology sled, slanikneither fish, flesh nor good red herring — ne tič ne miš -
17 hold
I 1. [həuld] past tense, past participle - held; verb1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) držati2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) držati3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) (za)držati4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) zdržati5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) zadržati6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) držati, vsebovati7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) biti8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) držati se9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) imeti10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) verjeti, imeti (koga za kaj)11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) veljati12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) držati za13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) braniti14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) zadržati nasprotnika15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) pritegniti (pozornost)16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?) proslavljati17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) imeti18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) obdržati se19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) počakati pri telefonu20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) držati21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) obdržati22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) prinesti23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?)2. noun1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.) prijem2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.) vpliv3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.) prijem•- - holder- hold-all
- get hold of
- hold back
- hold down
- hold forth
- hold good
- hold it
- hold off
- hold on
- hold out
- hold one's own
- hold one's tongue
- hold up
- hold-up
- hold with II [həuld] noun((in ships) the place, below the deck, where cargo is stored.) podkrovje* * *I [hóuld]nounnautical podpalubje, ladijsko skladišče; aeronautics prostor za prtljago v letaluII [hóuld]nounprijem, opora; moč, vpliv (on, over, of); American ustavitev, zadrževanje; archaic utrdbato catch ( —ali get, lay, seize, take) hold of s.th. — prijeti kaj, dobitito get hold of s.o. — ujeti koga, zalotiti kogato get hold of o.s. — dobiti se v oblast, obvladati seto get a hold on s.o. — dobiti koga v oblastto have a (firm) hold on s.o. — imeti koga v oblastito keep hold of — čvrsto držati, ne izpustiti iz rokto miss one's hold — zgrešiti, napak prijetiAmerican to put a hold on s.th. — zaustaviti kaj, zadržati kajIII [hóuld]1.transitive verbdržati, obdržati, zadržati; omejiti, zadrževati, ovirati, krotiti; zdržati; sport zadržati nasprotnika; zavezati koga za kaj (to); imeti (npr. sestanek); imeti, posedovati (zemljo, pravice, delnice, službo); imeti koga za kaj (npr. za poštenjaka); proslavljati (praznik); obdržati (smer); prenašati (alkohol); military & figuratively odbraniti, obdržati (položaj); juridically odločiti, odrediti; pritegniti (pozornost); American zadostovati (hrana); American rezervirati, imeti rezervacijo (v hotelu); American prijeti, obdržati v zaporu;2.intransitive verbdržati se, zadržati se, vztrajati (by, to pri, na čem); veljati, obveljati; obstati, prenehati; dogajati se, bitihold! — počakaj, ustavi se!to hold the bag — ostati na cedilu, imeti vso odgovornostto hold a brief for — odobravati, strinjati seto hold in check — imeti koga v šahu, krotitito hold dear — ceniti, čislati, ljubitito hold fast — čvrsto držati, ne izpustitito hold good — veljati, obveljati, izkazati seto hold one's ground ( —ali one's own) — vztrajati, ne popustiti, biti kosto hold s.o. (s.th.) in the hollow of one's hand — imeti koga (kaj) v pestihold hard! — počakaj!, stoj!hold everything! — takoj prenehaj!to hold at nought — omalovaževati, ne cenitito hold one's peace ( —ali tongue) — molčati, držati jezik za zobmito hold a stock — imeti zalogo, imeti na zalogito hold true — veljati, biti resto hold water — prenesti natančen pregled, veljati; biti vodotesenthere is no holding him — ne da se ga zadržati, nezadržen jeneither to hold nor to bind — ki se ga ne da obvladati, neukročen -
18 meddle
['medl](to interfere: She was always trying to meddle.) vmešavati se- meddler- meddlesome* * *[medl]transitive verbvmešavati se, vtikati se (in, with v); igračkati se ( with) -
19 middling
adjective (average: He's neither tall nor short, but of middling height.) srednji, povprečen* * *[midliŋ]1.adjectivesrednje velik, povprečen, srednji; colloquially srednje zdrav;2.adverb (tudi middlingly) srednje, povprečno;3.noun(zlasti plural) economyblago srednje kakovosti; metallurgy plural vmesni produkt -
20 more
[mo:]comparative; = much* * *I [mɔ:]adjectiveveč, še; archaic večji (le še v the more fool večji norec; the more part večji del)some more tea, please — še čaja, prosimso much the more — tem več, tem prejII [mɔ:]adverbveč, bolj, še; povrh, za namečekmore or less — več ali manj, približnothe more... the more — čim več... tem večthe more so because — tem bolj, kerall the more so — tem več, tem prejno more than — ne več od, samoonce more — še enkrat, zopetneither more nor less than (stupid) — dobesedno, preprosto, docela (neumen)it is wrong and, more, it is foolish — ni prav in povrh je še neumnowhat more? — kaj pa še?
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neither */*/*/ — UK [ˈnaɪðə(r)] / UK [ˈniːðə(r)] / US [ˈnɪðər] / US [ˈnaɪðər] conjunction, determiner, pronoun Summary: Neither can be used in the following ways: as a way of showing how a sentence or clause is related to what has already been said: I can t play… … English dictionary
neither — /nee dheuhr, nuy /, conj. 1. not either, as of persons or things specified (usually fol. by nor): Neither John nor Betty is at home. 2. nor; nor yet; no more: Bob can t go, and neither can I. If she doesn t want it, neither do I. adj. 3. not… … Universalium
neither — nei|ther1 W3 [ˈnaıðə US ˈni:ðər] determiner, pron not one or the other of two people or things →↑either ▪ Would you like tea or coffee? Neither, thanks. ▪ It was a game in which neither team deserved to win. neither of ▪ Neither of them can cook … Dictionary of contemporary English