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101 undermine
1) (to make (eg a building) insecure by digging away or destroying the base or foundations: The road was being undermined by a stream.) spodkopati2) (to weaken (eg a person's health or authority): Constant hard work had undermined his health.) spodkopati* * *[ʌndəmáin]transitive verb(pod)minirati; spodkopati (voda), izdolbsti; figuratively spodkopati, oslabiti, uničitito undermine one's health — spodkopati, uničiti si zdravje -
102 uneven
1) (not even: The road surface here is very uneven.) neraven2) ((of work etc) not all of the same quality: His work is very uneven.) neenak•- unevenly* * *[ʌní:vn]adjective ( unevenly adverb)neraven; negladek (tla); neparen, lih (število); neenak, neenoličen; spremenljiv, muhast, nestanoviten; poševen, nevzporeden -
103 wash out
transitive verb izprati, spodkopati, izjedati, očistiti, figuratively izbrisati; colloquially izčrpati; intransitive verb dati se oprati (očistiti); biti spodkopan, iz(pod)jedento be washed out — biti izpran, izmit; izgubiti barvo; figuratively biti izčrpan, bledthis washes it out British English colloquially s tem pade stvar v vodo -
104 widen
verb (to make, or become, wide or wider: They have widened the road; The lane widens here.) razširiti (se)* * *[wáidən]transitive verb(raz)širiti, napraviti širše; povečati; poglobiti; intransitive verb razširiti se (tudi figuratively), poglobiti se; postati širok; povečati seto widen a breach figuratively poglobiti razdor -
105 be up in arms
(to be very angry and make a great protest (about something): He is up in arms about the decision to close the road.) nastopiti (proti) -
106 in attendance
(in the position of helping or serving: There was no doctor in attendance at the road accident.) dežuren -
107 lay bare
(to show clearly; to expose to view: They dug up the road and laid bare the water-pipe; Shy people don't like to lay bare their feelings.) razgaliti -
108 level out
(to make or become level: The road levels out as it comes down to the plain.) izravnati (se) -
109 dig up
We dug up that old tree; They dug up a skeleton; They're digging up the road yet again.) izkopati* * *transitive verb prekopati, globoko orati, rigolati; figuratively odkriti; American slang dobiti (denar) -
110 disobey
[disə'bei](to fail or refuse to do what is commanded: He disobeyed my orders not to go into the road; He disobeyed his mother.) ne ubogati- disobedient
- disobediently* * *[dísəbéi]1.intransitive verbne ubogati, upirati se, ne se pokoriti;2.transitive verbkršiti -
111 impassable
(not able to be passed through or travelled along: The road is impassable because of flooding.) neprehoden* * *[impá:səbl]adjective ( impassably adverb)neprehoden, nepristopen; nepremostljiv; ki ni v obtoku (denar) -
112 puddle
(a small, usually dirty, pool (of water): It had been raining, and there were puddles in the road.) luža* * *I [pʌdl]nounluža, mlakuža, mlaka, kaluža; mešanica gline, vode in peska (za otrditev nasipa itd.); colloquially zmešnjavaII [pʌdl]1.transitive verbskaliti, blatiti (vodo); spremeniti v brozgo, zbrozgati; zamazati z mešanico gline, peska in vode; metallurgy pudlati železo;2.intransitive verbbroditi po lužah, čofotati -
113 puncture
1. verb(to make or get a small hole in: Some glass on the road punctured my new tyre.) prebosti (se)2. noun(a hole in a tyre: My car has had two punctures this week.) luknja* * *[pʌŋkčə]1.nounprebod, luknjica, defekt (zračnica), luknjanje; medicine punktacija;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbprebosti (se), preluknjati (se); medicine punktirati -
114 rut
(a deep track made by a wheel etc in soft ground: The road was full of ruts.) kolesnica- rutted- in a rut* * *I [rʌt]1.nounčas parjenja (jelenov, koz itd.), prsk, gonja, pojanje, parjenje;2.intransitive verbpariti se, goniti se, prskati se, pojati se; transitive verb zaskočiti (samico)II [rʌt]1.nounkolotečina, kolosek, kolovoz; sled; brazda; figuratively ukoreninjena navada, rutinato get into a rut — iti po utrti poti, zapasti v rutino, biti suženj navade, vedno isto delati;2.transitive verbdelati (narediti) kolotečine, brazde -
115 scoot
[sku:t]((often with along, away, past etc) to move (away) fast: He scooted down the road.) zdrveti- scooter* * *[sku:t]1.noundrvenje, divjanje;2.intransitive verbpobegniti, zdrveti, ucvreti jo, hitro jo pobrati; transitive verb poditi, goniti -
116 straighten
verb (to make or become straight: He straightened his tie; The road curved and then straightened.) poravnati, izravnati* * *[stréitn]1.transitive verbizravnati, napraviti ravno; razplesti, izgladiti; urediti; pojasniti; v red spraviti, urediti;2.intransitive verbpostati raven, izravnati seto straighten out — urediti; pojasnitito straighten up intransitive verb American zravnati se, postati zopet spodoben, začeti spodobno življenje -
117 sudden
(happening etc quickly and unexpectedly: a sudden attack; His decision to get married is rather sudden!; a sudden bend in the road.) nenaden- suddenly
- all of a sudden* * *[sʌdn]1.adjective ( suddenly adverb)nenaden, nepričakovan, nepredviden; nagel, hiter, prenagljen nepremišljen; obsolete hitro učinkujočhe was very sudden in his decision — bil je nagel v svoji odločitvi;2.adverb poeticallynenadoma;3.nounnenaden dogodek, nenadnost(all) of a sudden — (čisto) nepričakovano, nenadoma, naenkrat, kot z jasnega (neba) -
118 at a jog-trot
(at a gentle running pace: Every morning he goes down the road at a jog-trot.) v počasnem teku -
119 at full pelt
((running) as fast as possible: They set off down the road at full pelt.) z vso naglico -
120 at intervals
(here and there; now and then: Trees grew at intervals along the road.) tu in tam
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