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1 vast
(of very great size or amount: He inherited a vast fortune.) ogromen- vastness* * *[va:st], American [væ:st]1.adjective ( vastly adverb)obsežen, prostran; velik, ogromen, neizmeren, brezkončen; colloquially kolosalen; silen, znaten, precejšenyou are vastly mistaken — hudó (silno) se motite;2.nounpoeticallyprostranost, ogromnost, neizmernost -
2 extent
[-t]1) (the area or length to which something extends: The bird's wings measured 20 centimetres at their fullest extent; The garden is nearly a kilometre in extent; A vast extent of grassland.) obseg2) (amount; degree: What is the extent of the damage?; To what extent can we trust him?) obseg, mera•* * *[ikstént]nounobseg, razteg, velikost, obsežnost; stopnja, mera; domet, doseg; juridically ocena (zemljišča)writ of extent British English listina o zarubitvi dolžnikove posesti; American listina o začasnem lastništvu upnika dolžnikove posesti -
3 knowledge
['noli‹]1) (the fact of knowing: She was greatly encouraged by the knowledge that she had won first prize in the competition.) zavest2) (information or what is known: He had a vast amount of knowledge about boats.) poznavanje3) (the whole of what can be learned or found out: Science is a branch of knowledge about which I am rather ignorant.) vedenje•- general knowledge* * *[nɔlidž]nounznanje, poznavanje, vednost, spoznanje; izkustvo, veščina; poznanstvo; obvestilo, vestcarnal knowledge of s.o. — spolno občevanje s komit is common knowledge — splošno je znano, vsi vedoto come to one's knowledge — zvedeti, priti na ušesa -
4 reading
1) (the act of reading.) branje2) (the reading of something aloud, as a (public) entertainment: a poetry reading.) branje3) (the ability to read: The boy is good at reading.) branje4) (the figure, measurement etc on a dial, instrument etc: The reading on the thermometer was -5° C.) odčitek* * *[rí:diŋ]1.nounbranje, čitanje; pregledovanje; čtivo, lektira; način branja; načitanost; predavanje; recitiranje; dobeseden tekst; tolmačenje, interpretacija, razlaga, pojasnilo; korektura; razumevanje, dojemanje, doumevanje (of česa); odčitek; stanje (barometra)this book is poor reading — ta knjiga se slabo bere, ni zanimivaI took a reading from the barometer — odčital sem stanje barometra;2.adjectiveki (mnogo, rad) bere ali študira; bralen, za branjehe is a reading man British English on mnogo bere (študira)
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