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1 be/keep on an even keel
(to be, keep or remain in a calm and untroubled state.) biti/ostati miren -
2 keel
[ki:l](the long supporting piece of a ship's frame that lies lengthwise along the bottom: The boat's keel stuck in the mud near the shore.) ladijski gredelj- be/keep on an even keel* * *I [ki:l]nounnautical ladijski gredelj, kobilica; poetically ladja; šlep, rečni tovornjak na vlekon an even keel — enakomerno natovorjen; figuratively mirno, enoličnoto lay down a keel — polagati gredelj, začeti graditi ladjoII [ki:l]1.transitive verb marineprevrniti ladjo na bok zaradi čiščenja (over, up); opremiti s kobilico; figuratively prevrniti;2.intransitive verbobrniti se, prevrniti se; figuratively ležati na hrbtuto keel over British English prevrniti (se); American omedletiIII [ki:l]transitive verbhladitito keel the pot — paziti, da v loncu ne prekipiIV [ki:l]nounBritish English mera za premog (21.ɜɔ tone)V [ki:l]1.nounScottishrdeča kreda;2.transitive verbzaznamovati ovce z rdečo kredo -
3 even
I 1. [i:vən] adjective1) (level; the same in height, amount etc: Are the table-legs even?; an even temperature.) enak2) (smooth: Make the path more even.) raven3) (regular: He has a strong, even pulse.) enakomeren4) (divisible by 2 with no remainder: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 etc are even numbers.) paren5) (equal (in number, amount etc): The teams have scored one goal each and so they are even now.) enak6) ((of temperament etc) calm: She has a very even temper.) miren2. verb1) (to make equal: Smith's goal evened the score.) izenačiti2) (to make smooth or level.) izravnati•- evenly- evenness
- be/get even with
- an even chance
- even out
- even up II [i:vən] adverb1) (used to point out something unexpected in what one is saying: `Have you finished yet?' `No, I haven't even started.'; Even the winner got no prize.) celo2) (yet; still: My boots were dirty, but his were even dirtier.) še (bolj)•- even if- even so
- even though* * *I [í:vən]nounpoetically večerII [í:vən]adjective ( evenly adverb)ploščat, raven, gladek; enak, paren; pravičen; pravilen; ritmičen; enoličen, monoton; paralelento come ( —ali be, get) even with — vrniti komu milo za drago, obračunati s komto part even hands — enako si razdeliti, poravnati senautical on an even keel — enakomerno obteženIII [í:vən]adverbcelo, nasprotno; sploh; pravkareven as — v tistem trenutku, koeven if, even though — četudi, čeprav, dasieven that — vzemimo, daeven so — vendar, če žeIV [í:vən]transitive verbizravna(va)ti, izenačiti, poravna(va)ti
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