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121 clipping
noun (a thing clipped off or out of something, especially a newspaper: She collects clippings about the royal family.) izrezek* * *I [klípiŋ]nounobrezovanje, striženje; časopisni izrezek; plural odrezki, odpadkiII [klípiŋ]adjectiverezek; slang sijajen, odličen -
122 come
1. past tense - came; verb1) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) priti2) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) približevati se3) (to happen or be situated: The letter `d' comes between `c' and è' in the alphabet.) priti, stati4) ((often with to) to happen (by accident): How did you come to break your leg?) priti (do česa)5) (to arrive at (a certain state etc): What are things coming to? We have come to an agreement.) priti do6) ((with to) (of numbers, prices etc) to amount (to): The total comes to 51.) znašati2. interjection(expressing disapproval, drawing attention etc: Come, come! That was very rude of you!) daj, daj!- comer- coming
- comeback
- comedown
- come about
- come across
- come along
- come by
- come down
- come into one's own
- come off
- come on
- come out
- come round
- come to
- come to light
- come upon
- come up with
- come what may
- to come* * *I [kʌm]intransitive verb (to, into; out of, from; within) priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati seto come and go — sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjatipast participle od comeslang to come a cropper — pasti; utrpeti škodoslang how comes? — kako to, čemu?to come to the point — jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobitito come short — zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoretito come to terms — dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustitito come — bodoč, naslednjicome what may — naj se zgodi, kar hočeto come to o.s. — zavedeti sefirst come, first served — kdor prej pride, prej meljecolloquially he's as stupid as they come — neumen je, kar se dacome now! — daj že!come! — no!II [kʌm]1.nounprihod;2.interjectionbeži beži!; glej glej! -
123 concession
[kən'seʃən](something granted: As a concession we were given a day off work to go to the wedding.) dovoljenje; priznanje* * *[kənséšən]nounprivolitev, dopustitev; popuščanje; priznanje; koncesija, dovoljenje -
124 course
[ko:s]1) (a series (of lectures, medicines etc): I'm taking a course (of lectures) in sociology; He's having a course of treatment for his leg.) tečaj; zdravljenje2) (a division or part of a meal: Now we've had the soup, what's (for) the next course?) jed3) (the ground over which a race is run or a game (especially golf) is played: a racecourse; a golf-course.) dirkališče; igrišče4) (the path or direction in which something moves: the course of the Nile.) tok5) (the progress or development of events: Things will run their normal course despite the strike.) potek6) (a way (of action): What's the best course of action in the circumstances?) postopek•- in due course
- of course
- off
- on course* * *I [kɔ:s]nountek, potek, postopek; proga, pot, smer; krožek, študij, tečaj; plast; dirkališče; golfišče; korito; kariera; plural menstruacijain the course of — med, v tekuin due course — v določenem času, pravočasnoof course — seveda, vsekakor, naravnoto stay the course — vztrajati do konca, ne popustitito take a course for s.th. — ukreniti kajII [kɔ:s]1.transitive verbgnati, loviti, zasledovati (zajce s psi);2.intransitive verbteči, curljati; bežati -
125 dash
[dæʃ] 1. verb1) (to move with speed and violence: A man dashed into a shop.) planiti2) (to knock, throw etc violently, especially so as to break: He dashed the bottle to pieces against the wall.) vreči3) (to bring down suddenly and violently or to make very depressed: Our hopes were dashed.) razbiti2. noun1) (a sudden rush or movement: The child made a dash for the door.) sunek2) (a small amount of something, especially liquid: whisky with a dash of soda.) kanec3) ((in writing) a short line (-) to show a break in a sentence etc.) pomišljaj4) (energy and enthusiasm: All his activities showed the same dash and spirit.) zanos•- dashing- dash off* * *I [dæš]1.transitive verbtreščiti, vreči, metati; (po)škropiti; zbegati, (z)mešati; (raz)redčiti, primešati; načrtati; suniti; slang preklinjati; uničiti, razbiti;2.intransitive verbizbruhniti, počiti, brizgniti, pljusknitito s.o.'s hope — razočarati kogato dash one's spirits — užalostiti, pobitidash it!, dash you! — vraga!, presneto!II [dæš]nounsunek, udarec; trčenje, tresk; tek na kratke proge; zanos, naval, napad, zagon; kanec, trohica; primes; familiarly sijaj, odličnost; pomišljajto make a dash for ( —ali at) — planiti kam; gnati se za čim; hitro se lotitidash-and-dot line — pikčasta in črtkasta črta (-.-.-.-)a dash of rain — naliv, plohaIII [dæš]interjectiončof!, pljusk! -
126 day
[dei] 1. noun1) (the period from sunrise to sunset: She worked all day; The days are warm but the nights are cold.) dan2) (a part of this period eg that part spent at work: How long is your working day?; The school day ends at 3 o'clock; I see him every day.) dan3) (the period of twenty-four hours from one midnight to the next: How many days are in the month of September?) dan4) ((often in plural) the period of, or of the greatest activity, influence, strength etc of (something or someone): in my grandfather's day; in the days of steam-power.) v času...•- daybreak- day-dream 2. verbShe often day-dreams.) sanjariti- daylight- day school
- daytime
- call it a day
- day by day
- day in
- day out
- make someone's day
- one day
- some day
- the other day* * *[dei]noundan; obletnicaall day, all the day, all day long — ves danAmerican between two days — ponočislang call it a day — smatraj za opravljenoto give s.o. the time of the day — povedati komu, koliko je ura; pozdraviti gato have a day of it, to take a merry day of it — dobro se zabavati, uživatiif a day — natanko, nič več in nič manj odin the days of old — nekoč, prejevery other (third etc.) day — vsak drugi (tretji itd.) danone day or other — pred kratkim, nedavno, oni danto pass the time of the day — pogovarjati se, klepetatito know the time of day — biti buden, paziti, biti izkušen -
127 delay
[di'lei] 1. verb1) (to put off to another time: We have delayed publication of the book till the spring.) odložiti2) (to keep or stay back or slow down: I was delayed by the traffic.) zadrževati2. noun((something which causes) keeping back or slowing down: He came without delay; My work is subject to delays.) odlog* * *I [diléi]1.transitive verbzavlačevati, zadrževati, odložiti, odlašati; preprečiti;2.intransitive verboklevati, čas zapravljatidelaying force military enota, ki zadržuje sovražnikaII [diléi]nounodlog, oklevanje; zastoj, zamudawithout delay — nemudoma, takoj -
128 detonator
noun (something (especially a piece of equipment) that sets off an explosion.) detonator* * *[détouneitə, dí:touneitə]nounpetarda, detonator; railway znamenje z razpočnikom
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