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1 plural
['pluərəl]noun, adjective((in) the form of a word which expresses more than one: `Mice' is the plural of `mouse'; a plural noun/verb; Is the verb in the singular or the plural?) množina* * *[plúərəl]1.adjective ( plurally adverb)grammar množinski, pluralen; večštevilen, večkraten;2.noungrammarmnožina, plural -
2 headquarters
noun singular or plural ((often abbreviated to HQ [ei 'kju:] noun) the place from which the chief officers or leaders of an organization (especially an army) direct and control the activities of that organization: During the election, his house was used as the campaign headquarters.) glavni štab* * *[hédkwɔ:təz]nounplural glavni stan, generalni štab; policijska centrala, delovni štab; centrala, sedež podjetja -
3 waterworks
noun plural or noun singular (a place in which water is purified and stored before distribution to an area.) vodni zbiralnik* * *[wɔ:təwə:ks]nounplural vodovod; vodometto turn on the waterworks figuratively colloquially spustiti se v jok -
4 archives
((a place for keeping) old documents, historical records etc.) arhiv* * *[á:kaivz]nounplural arhiv; stari dokumenti ali spisi -
5 assets
noun plural (the total property, money etc of a person, company etc.) aktiva* * *[aesets]nounplural premoženjsko stanje, aktiva; gotovina, čisto premoženje -
6 belongings
noun plural (personal possessions: She can't have gone away - all her belongings are still here.) (osebne) stvari* * *[bilɔŋiŋz]nounplural lastnina; pritiklina; prtljaga; sorodstvo -
7 data
(or noun singular facts or information (especially the information given to a computer): All the data has/have been fed into the computer.) podatki- database- data-processing* * *[déitə]plural -
8 earnings
noun plural (money etc earned: His earnings are not sufficient to support his family.) zaslužek* * *[ɜ:niŋz]nounplural zaslužek, mezda, plača; commerce dobiček, iztržek, izkupiček -
9 eighties
1) (the period of time between one's eightieth and ninetieth birthdays: He is in his eighties.) osemdeseta (leta)2) (the range of temperatures between eighty and ninety degrees: It was in the eighties yesterday.) med osemdeset in devetdeset stopinj (Fahrenheita)3) (the period of time between the eightieth and ninetieth years of a century: life in the 'eighties/'80s.) osemdeseta* * *[éitiz]nounplural osemdeseta leta -
10 filings
noun plural (pieces of wood, metal etc rubbed off with a file: iron filings.) opilki* * *[fáiliŋz]nounplural opilki -
11 furnishings
noun plural (furniture, equipment etc: The office had very expensive furnishings.) pohištvo, oprema* * *[fɜ:nišiŋz]nounplural oprema -
12 goings-on
noun plural ((usually strange) happenings or behaviour.) (čudno) dogajanje, ravnanje* * *[góuiŋzɔn]nounplural ravnanje, vedenje, dogajanje; ljubimkanje, skok čez ojnice -
13 headphones
noun plural ((also earphones) a pair of electronic instruments held over a person's ears, by a metal band over the head, which are connected to a radio: a set of headphones.) slušalke* * *[hédfounz]nounplural slušalke -
14 mouse
plural - mice; noun1) (any of several types of small furry gnawing animal with a long tail, found in houses and in fields.) miš2) ((computers) a device that is used to move the cursor on a computer screen and to give instructions to a computer.) miška•- mousy- mousehole
- mousetrap* * *I [maus]noun(plural mice) miš; slang podpluto oko; figuratively strahopetec; technical vrv na poteg z utežjoII [máuz]intransitive verbloviti miši; stikati okoli -
15 nail-scissors
noun plural (scissors for trimming one's nails.) škarjice za nohte* * *[néilsizəz]nounplural škarjice za nohte -
16 odds
1) (chances; probability: The odds are that he will win.) verjetnost2) (a difference in strength, in favour of one side: They are fighting against heavy odds.) premoč* * *[ɔdz]nounplural (često edninska konstrukcija) neenakost, različnost, razlika; premoč; nesloga, spor; verjetnost, sreča; sport prednost (slabšemu tekmecu); neenaka stava, razlika med stavo in dobičkom pri staviodds and ends — drobnarije, ostankito give s.o. odds — dati tekmecu prednostagainst long odds — proti veliki premoči, z malo upanja na uspehit makes ( —ali is) no odds — nič ne de, ni važnoodds are against us — izgubljamo; verjetnost, da dobimo je zelo majhnathe odds are that — verjetno je, dawhat's the odds? — kaj je na tem?, to pa res ni važno!what odds is it to him? — kaj pa je to njemu mar?, kaj ga pa to briga? -
17 outskirts
(the outer parts or area, especially of a town: I live on the outskirts of London.) predmestje* * *[áutskə:ts]nounplural rob mesta, periferija; figuratively meje -
18 passer-by
plural - passers-by; noun (a person who is going past a place when something happens: He asked the passers-by if they had seen the accident.) mimoidoči* * *[pá:səbái]noun(plural passers-by) mimoidoči, pasant -
19 phonics
(the science of sound, or of spoken sounds.) glasoslovje* * *[fóuniks]nounplural (edninska konstrukcija) metoda poučevanja fonetičnega branja; fonetika -
20 pliers
(a kind of tool used for gripping, bending or cutting wire etc: He used a pair of pliers to pull the nail out; Where are my pliers?) klešče* * *[pláiəz]nounplural klešče
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