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1 pass up
(not to accept (a chance, opportunity etc): He passed up the offer of a good job.) odkloniti* * *transitive verb slang odkloniti, odreči se čemu; prezreti koga -
2 slow
[sləu] 1. adjective1) (not fast; not moving quickly; taking a long time: a slow train; The service at that restaurant is very slow; He was very slow to offer help.) počasen2) ((of a clock etc) showing a time earlier than the actual time; behind in time: My watch is five minutes slow.) zaostajati3) (not clever; not quick at learning: He's particularly slow at arithmetic.) počasen2. verb(to make, or become slower: The car slowed to take the corner.) upočasniti- slowly- slowness
- slow motion
- slow down/up* * *[slóu]1.adjective ( slowly adverb)počasen (of, in v, pri), len; malo inteligenten, ki težko in počasi umeva; topoglav; zastajajoč (o uri), netočen; slaboten (ogenj); nemaren; nepripravljen, nerad, nenaklonjen; oklevajoč; nenapreden, zaostal, zastarel; slab, ki stagnira (kupčije); dolgotrajen, dolgočasen (o zabavi); slang moreč; postopen, dolgo časa delujoč; ki ne dopušča hitrega premikanja, mehek (o zemljišču)this is very slow — to ni prav nič zabavno, to je dolgočasnoto be slow to do — z nevoljo, nerad, proti svoji volji delatihe was slow to see the point — težko je razumel, za kaj greslow and steady wins the race figuratively vztrajnost, čeprav počasna, zmagujemy watch is 3 minutes slow — moja ura zaostaja ʌ minute;2.adverbpočasislow! — vozite počasi!read slower! — čitaj(te) počasneje!my watch goes slow — moja ura zaostaja;3.transitive verb & intransitive verb (večinoma slow down, slow off, slow up) zmanjšati (čemu) hitrost; počasneje hoditi ali voziti; zavlačevati, odlašati, zadrževati;4.noun(cricket)počasna žoga -
3 snatch
[snæ ] 1. verb1) (to (try to) seize or grab suddenly: The monkey snatched the biscuit out of my hand.) hlastniti po2) (to take quickly, when one has time or the opportunity: She managed to snatch an hour's sleep.) zgrabiti priložnost2. noun1) (an attempt to seize: The thief made a snatch at her handbag.) hlastniti po2) (a short piece or extract eg from music, conversation etc: a snatch of conversation.) odlomek* * *I [snæč]nounhlastaj, zgrabitev, hlastanje (po); napad, naval, muhavost; na hitro pripravljen obrok hrane; (ugoden) trenutek, kratek čas (perioda); American slang ugrabitev otroka (osebe); plural odlomki (govora, pesmi itd.); koščki, drobci, črepinjeby snatches — od časa do časa, v razmakihin snatches — sem ter tja, včasih, od časa do časato make a snatch at — hlastniti po, hlastno seči po, skušati ujetiII [snæč]transitive verb & intransitive verbpograbiti, zgrabiti, (hlastno, željno, naglo) seči po, iztrgati, polastiti se; skušati zgrabiti ali iztrgatito snatch s.o. from the jaws of death — iztrgati (rešiti) koga iz krempljev smrti
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