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1 tiptoe
['tiptəu](to walk on the toes, usually in order to be quiet: He tiptoed past her bedroom door.) hoditi po prstih- walk- stand on tiptoes
- stand on tiptoe* * *[típtou]1.nounkonica prsta na nogion tiptoe, a-tiptoe — na (po) prstih; figuratively radovedno, napeto, previdno, skrivaj, tihoto be on tiptoe with curiosity — koprneti, goreti od radovednostito walk on tiptoe — po prstih hoditi;2.adjectivena prstih (stoječ)tiptoe step — koraki po prstih;3.adverbnapeto, previdno, skrivaj, tiho;4.intransitive verbhoditi po prstih -
2 stand etc on tiptoe(s)
(to walk, stand etc on the toes: He stood on tiptoe(s) to reach the shelf.) hoditi po prstih, stopiti na prste -
3 stand etc on tiptoe(s)
(to walk, stand etc on the toes: He stood on tiptoe(s) to reach the shelf.) hoditi po prstih, stopiti na prste -
4 expectation
[ekspek-]1) (the state of expecting: In expectation of a wage increase, he bought a washing-machine.) pričakovanje2) (what is expected: He failed his exam, contrary to expectation(s); Did the concert come up to your expectations?) pričakovanje* * *[ekspektéišən]nounpričakovanje; upanje na dediščino; slutnja, domneva, verjetnostto answer ( —ali meet, come up to) one's expectation(s) — izpolniti, kar smo pričakovalito fall short of ( —ali not to come up to) one's expectation(s) — razočarati, ne izpolniti pričakovanja -
5 walk
(to walk, stand etc on the toes: He stood on tiptoe(s) to reach the shelf.) hoditi po prstih, stopiti na prste* * *I [wɔ:k]nounhoja, hod, peš hoja, pešačenje, korakanje; način hoje, hoja v koraku; sprehod, tura, potovanje; redni, higienski sprehod; pot za sprehode, sprehajališče, promenada, aleja; pašnik (za ovce); tekališče (za kokoši); področje (dela), stroka, delavnost, aktivnost; poklic, socialen položaj, kariera; plantaža (v Zahodni Indiji); runda (policista); področje (krošnjarja); British English (gozdni) revir; sport tekmovalna hoja; obsolete zakotje, skrivališče, zavetje, pribežališčewalk of life — položaj v življenju, poklic, karierato come at a walk — priti peš, prikorakatito go at a walk — korakati, iti v korakuto go for a walk, to take a walk — iti na sprehodto be on the walks American inkasirati, pobirati denarthis is not within my walk — to ni moja stroka, za to nisem kompetenten, to se me ne tičeto take s.o. for a walk — vzeti, peljati koga na sprehodII [wɔ:k]1.intransitive verbhoditi, iti, korakati, peš iti, pešačiti, počasi hoditi, sprehajati se; (konj) iti v koraku; (duhovi) strašiti; obsolete majati se, premikati se (sem in tja); figuratively obsolete živeti (po nekih načelih); obsolete klatiti se okolito walk on air figuratively biti v devetih nebesihto walk in peace figuratively mirno živetihe walked into the pie figuratively planil je po paštetito walk in golden ( —ali silver) slippers figuratively plavati v denarju, živeti v bogastvuto walk over (the course) — z lahkoto dobiti dirko, figuratively z lahkoto zmagatito walk round s.o. American colloquially opehariti, oslepariti kogato walk through one's part theatre brezizrazno (od)igrati (svojo) vlogoto walk into s.o. colloquially napasti koga; ozmerjati, pretepsti koga;2.transitive verbprehoditi, prepotovati (peš); hoditi sem in tja po; pustiti (konja), da gre v koraku; voditi, peljati, spremljati na sprehod; odpeljati (kaj); (košarka) obdržati žogo več kot dva koraka (brez dribljanja); izučiti (mladega psa); tekmovati v hoji (s.o. s kom)to walk one's beat military biti na stražito walk the chalk ( —ali chalk mark, chalk line) — figuratively dokazati svojo treznost (npr. na policiji) z ravno hojo med črtami, narisanimi s kredoto walk one's chalks slang pobrati jo, po francosko se poslovitito walk a horse — voditi, prepeljavati konjato walk the hospital — prakticirati na kliniki, hoditi po bolniških sobah (o študentu medicine)to walk s.o. off his legs — utruditi koga s hojo, s pešačenjemto walk the streets — hoditi po ulicah; figuratively baviti se s prostitucijo
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