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1 one and all
(all (of a group): This was agreed by one and all.) vsi brez izjeme -
2 eat one's words
(to admit humbly that one was mistaken in saying something: I'll make him eat his words!) preklicati -
3 a feather in one's cap
(something one can be proud of: Winning the race was quite a feather in his cap.) trofeja -
4 change one's mind
(to alter one's intention or opinion (about something): He was going to go to France but he changed his mind.) premisliti si -
5 for all one is worth
(using all one's efforts, strength etc: He swam for all he was worth towards the shore.) na vso moč -
6 in one's favour
(to one's benefit or advantage: The wind was in our favour.) v prid -
7 keep one's temper
(not to lose one's temper: He was very annoyed but he kept his temper.) obvladati se -
8 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 -
9 be on the tip of one's tongue
(to be almost, but usually not, spoken or said: Her name is on the tip of my tongue (= I can't quite remember it); It was on the tip of my tongue to tell him (= I almost told him).) imeti na koncu jezikaEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > be on the tip of one's tongue
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10 be torn between (one thing and another)
(to have a very difficult choice to make between (two things): He was torn between obedience to his parents and loyalty to his friends.) biti razdvojen medEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > be torn between (one thing and another)
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11 be torn between (one thing and another)
(to have a very difficult choice to make between (two things): He was torn between obedience to his parents and loyalty to his friends.) biti razdvojen medEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > be torn between (one thing and another)
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12 kick one's heels
(to be kept waiting: I was left kicking my heels for half an hour.) dolgo čakati -
13 take one's ease
(to make oneself comfortable; to relax: There he was - taking his ease in his father's chair!) udobno se namestiti -
14 mission
['miʃən]1) (a purpose for which a person or group of people is sent: His mission was to seek help.) poslanstvo2) (the purpose for which (one feels) one was born: He regards it as his mission to help the cause of world peace.) poslanstvo3) (a group of people sent to have political and/or business discussions: a Chinese trade mission.) misija4) (a place where missionaries live.) misijon5) (a group of missionaries: a Catholic mission.) misijon•* * *[míšən]nounpolitics misija, poslanstvo; ecclesiastic misijon, misijonišče; naloga, (notranji) poklic; military akcija; življenjski cilj -
15 native
['neitiv] 1. adjective1) (where one was born: my native land.) rojsten2) (belonging to that place; local: the native customs/art of Brazil; This animal/plant is native to Australia.) biti doma; domač3) (belonging by race to a country: a native Englishman.) po rodu4) (belonging to a person naturally: native intelligence.) prirojen2. noun1) (a person born in a certain place: a native of Scotland; a native of London.) domačin2) (one of the original inhabitants of a country eg before the arrival of explorers, immigrants etc: Columbus thought the natives of America were Indians.) domorodec•- native language/tongue
- native speaker
- native to
- the Nativity* * *I [néitiv]adjective ( natively adverb)rojsten; domač, domačinski, domovinski; prirojen; izviren, prvoten; naraven (to komu); čist (kovina)II [néitiv]noundomačin, rojak, domorodec (of); v Avstraliji rojen Britanec; botany zoology domača rastlina ali žival; umetno gojena ostriga -
16 fortunate
[-nət]adjective (having good fortune; lucky: It was fortunate that no-one was killed in the accident.) srečen* * *[fɔ:čnit]1.adjectivesrečen, ugoden;2.nounsrečen človek, srečnež -
17 motherland
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18 overhear
[əuvə'hiə]past tense, past participle - overheard; verb(to hear (what one was not intended to hear): She overheard two people talking in the next room.) slučajno slišati* * *[ouvəhíə]transitive verbslučajno slišati; prisluškovati -
19 overshoot
[əuvə'ʃu:t]past tense, past participle - overshot; verb(to go farther than (the point one was aiming at): The plane overshot the runway.) iti predaleč* * *[ouvəšú:t]transitive verb & intransitive verbstreljati preko; prenagliti seto overshoot the mark ( —ali o.s.) — pretiravati, iti predaleč -
20 sneak
[sni:k] 1. verb1) (to go quietly and secretly, especially for a dishonest purpose: He must have sneaked into my room when no-one was looking and stolen the money.) vtihotapiti se2) (to take secretly: He sneaked the letter out of her drawer.) zmakniti2. noun(a mean, deceitful person, especially a telltale.) ovaduh- sneakers- sneaking
- sneaky
- sneakiness* * *I [sni:k]nounfiguratively klečeplazec, prihuljenec, hinavec, podel strahopetec; British English slang tožljivec (v šoli)II [sni:k]intransitive verb (skrivaj) se plaziti, vtihotapiti se ( into v); figuratively klečeplaziti, prilizovati se; figuratively izvleči se ( out of iz)to sneak about (round) — okoli se plaziti, vohljatito sneak away (off, out) — odplaziti seto sneak up on s.o. — priplaziti se h komu; transitive verb slang tožariti (v šoli); slang ukrasti, zmakniti, "suniti"; (skrivaj) vtihotapiti
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