prazno govoričenje

1) (a substance like air: Oxygen is a gas.) plin

2) (any gas which is used for heating, cooking etc.) plin

3) (a gas which is used by dentists as an anaesthetic.) plin

4) (a poisonous or irritating gas used in war etc: The police used tear gas to control the riot.) plin

- gaseous

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plin; colloquially figuratively prazno govoričenje, besedičenje, prazen dim; American colloquially bencin; colloquially pedal za plin, pospešnik

to light ( —ali turn on) the gas — prižgati plin

to turn down ( —ali off, out) the gas — ugasiti plin

to step on the gas — pognati; pohiteti, podvizati se

gas coke — plinarski koks

gas welding — avtogeno varjenje

military mustard gas — iperit

poison gas — strupeni plin

uplinjati, s plinom zastrupiti; s plinom (American bencinom) oskrbeti;

transitive verb slang

čenčati, govoričiti, prazno slamo mlatiti

colloquially prazno govoričenje; slepilo

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mošt, jabolčnik

all talk and no cider — prazno govoričenje

prazno govoričenje, teatralnost;

teatralen; varljiv

praznina, ničevost, nesmiselnost, neumnost, plehkost

inanities — prazno govoričenje, mlatenje prazne slame

- nothingness

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nič, niti malo, sploh ne

nothing like so bad as — še zdaleč ne tako slabo

nothing like complete — še zdaleč ne gotovo

nothing much — nič posebnega

nič; figuratively ničevost, malenkost, niče; plural nepomembnosti, prazno govoričenje

for nothing — zaman, zastonj

not for nothing — ne zastonj, ne brez razloga

good for nothing — za nobeno rabo

next to nothing — skoraj nič

nothing but — samo

nothing at all — sploh nič

slang nothing doing — od tega ne bo nič

nothing else than — nič drugega razen

nothing if not courageous — zelo hraber

that's nothing — nič ne de, nič ne pomeni

that's nothing to you — to se ne tiče

there's nothing to it — to je čisto preprosto

there's nothing in it — ni res, ni važno

there's nothing for it but to — ni alternative, ne preostane nič drugega

to feel like nothing on earth — počutiti se kot uboga para

nothing like — nič boljšega od

nothing like leather — vsak berač svojo malho hvali, zadostuje kar imaš

to make nothing of — ne moči razumeti, ne imeti za važno, ne izkoristiti, omalovaževati

I can make nothing of — čisto nič ne razumem

to make nothing of doing — storiti brez obotavljanja

to say nothing of — kaj šele, da ne rečem

to come to nothing — izjaloviti se

to dance on nothing — biti obešen, viseti

to fade away to nothing — razbliniti se

to have nothing to do with it — ne imeti nič opraviti s tem

a mere nothing — malenkost

neck or nothing — na kocki, vse ali nič

nothing short of — popolnoma, popolno

no nothing — čisto nič

nothing to speak of — nevažno

soft nothings — čebljanje zaljubljencev

the little nothings of life — življenjske ničevosti

nothing venture nothing have — kdor nič ne tvega, nič ne dobi

all to nothing — popolnoma, v največji meri

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napihnjenost, nadutost, oholost, bahavost, hvaličavost; bombastičnost; kričav govor brez pravega smisla, bombastičen govor, prazno govoričenje; ploha besed, brbljanje; tirada;

bombastično, napihnjeno, bahavo, hvalačavo govoriti; vpiti, kričati; bučati, besneti; archaic glasno zmerjati, zabavljati (at, against proti); transitive verb teatralno pridigati, predavati

1) (to (cause to) make a series of short, sharp noises by knocking together: The cups rattled as he carried the tray in; The strong wind rattled the windows.) žvenketati

2) (to move quickly: The car was rattling along at top speed.) drveti

3) (to upset and confuse (a person): Don't let him rattle you - he likes annoying people.) vznemiriti

1) (a series of short, sharp noises: the rattle of cups.) žvenket

2) (a child's toy, or a wooden instrument, which makes a noise of this sort: The baby waved its rattle.) ropotulja

3) (the bony rings of a rattlesnake's tail.) roževinasta ropotulja

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- rattling

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ropotulja, raglja, klopotec, klepetec; ragljanje, rožljanje, žvenket(anje), klepetanje; drdranje, hrup, hrušč, glasno veselje; brbljač, žlobudravec; prazno govoričenje, čenčanje; hropenje; botany škrobotec; petelinova roža (greben)

death-rattle — hropenje umirajočega

I am tired of their incessant rattle — sit sem njihovega govoričenja, brbljanja

(za)rožljati, (za)ropotati (s čim); hitro govoriti (deklamirati, recitirati); slang prestrašiti, vznemiriti, razburiti, zmesti; hunting goniti, biti za petami (divjačini); intransitive verb rožljati, žvenketati, ropotati, drdrati; klopotati, škripati, prasketati, pokati; spotakniti se, spodrsniti ( over nad, čez, ob); hropsti, hripati; blebetati, brbljati

rattled slang zmeden, zbegan; popolnoma pijan

to rattle at the door — potrkati na vrata

to rattle a chain, the sabre — (za)rožljati z verigo, s sabljo

parliament to rattle the bill through the House — hitro izglasovati zakonski osnutek v parlamentu

the car rattled through the streets — avto je drdral skozi ulice

the windows rattled in their frames — okna so (za)žvenketala v svojih okvirih

don't get rattled over it — ne razburjajte, ne plašite se zaradi tega!

(često up) nautical opremiti s konopci, ki rabijo za privezanje, zvezanje močnih ladijskih vrvi

zgovoren, čenčav; plitev, površen

talky-talk colloquially prazno govoričenje, brbljanje

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zvonjenje, zvončkljanje, cingljanje, zvenenje; figuratively prazno govoričenje, klepetanje, čenčanje

to give s.o. a tinkle — colloquially pozvoniti pri kom;

transitive verb & intransitive verb

zvoniti, zvončkljati, cingljati; zveneti; figuratively klepetati, čenčati, z zvonjenjem oznaniti ali skupaj sklicati

poplava besed, zgovornost, besedičenje, (prazno) govoričenje, preobilica besed, prazna slama; dikcija, izbira besed

1) (to clean (a thing or person, especially oneself) with (soap and) water or other liquid: How often do you wash your hair?; You wash (the dishes) and I'll dry; We can wash in the stream.) umiti (se)

2) (to be able to be washed without being damaged: This fabric doesn't wash very well.) prati

3) (to flow (against, over etc): The waves washed (against) the ship.) preplaviti

4) (to sweep (away etc) by means of water: The floods have washed away hundreds of houses.) odplaviti

1) (an act of washing: He's just gone to have a wash.) umivanje

2) (things to be washed or being washed: Your sweater is in the wash.) pranje

3) (the flowing or lapping (of waves etc): the wash of waves against the rocks.) pljuskanje

4) (a liquid with which something is washed: a mouthwash.) toaletna voda

5) (a thin coat (of water-colour paint etc), especially in a painting: The background of the picture was a pale blue wash.) tenka plast barve

6) (the waves caused by a moving boat etc: The rowing-boat was tossing about in the wash from the ship's propellers.) brazda izza ladje

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- washable

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pranje, umivanje; izpiranje; toaleta; pranje perila; kar je oprano, oprano perilo; omočenje, premočenje, ovlaženje, oškropitev, splaknitev; pomije, oplaknica (voda); figuratively razredčenost z vodo; figuratively prazno govoričenje; pralno sredstvo; (toaletna) voda, losion, voda za lase, za polepšanje; čobodra, redka juha; lahna plast barve, tuša; premaz; kovinska prevleka; zlati pesek; pljuskanje, udarjanje valov ob obale; brazda izza ladje, vodni razor; plitvo vodovje, rečica, vodna kotanja; aeronautics zračni vrtinec, srk; geography barje, močvirje; geology izpiranje, (vodna) erozija, naplavina, prodovje; figuratively čvekanje, čenče

in the wash — v pranju (o perilu)

hair wash — voda za lase

to bring back the week's wash — prinesti nazaj tedensko perilo

to give s.th. a wash — oprati kaj

to hang out the wash — obesiti perilo

to have a wash — umiti se

to send s.th. to the wash — poslati kaj v pranje, v pralnico;

pralen

wash glove — pralna rokavica

wash silk — pralna svila

(o)prati, umi(va)ti; izp(i)rati; (o)čistiti; splakniti, namočiti, zmočiti, namakati, ovlažiti, navlažiti, premočiti; preplaviti, odplaviti, odnesti (s palube, o valu, toku); izvreči (na kopno); spodkopati, izdolbsti (voda); izpirati (rudo, pesek za zlato), izplakniti; prevleči z žlahtno kovino; lahno pobarvati z vodeno barvo

to wash o.s. — umiti se

to wash one's hands figuratively umiti si roke, meti si roke (od zadrege)

to wash one's hands of s.o. figuratively ne hoteti več imeti opravka s kom

I wash my hands of this affair — pri tej zadevi si umijem roke (v nedolžnosti)

to wash one's dirty linen figuratively (javno) pripovedovati umazane tajnosti

to wash ashore — naplaviti na kopno

to wash (up) dishes — pomiti posodo

to wash overbord nautical odnesti s palube; intransitive verb biti pralen, dati se prati, ne izgubiti barve pri pranju; figuratively colloquially prestati preskušnjo; biti prepričljiv; teči, liti, pljuskati; biti naplavljen, izvržen na kopno

to wash for gold — izpirati zlato (iz zemlje)

she washes for other people — ona pere (hodi prat) perilo za druge

this argument won't wash — ta argument je nevzdržen

slang prazno govoričenje, blebetanje

1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) govoriti

2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) govoričiti

3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) pogovarjati se

1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) pogovor

2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) predavanje

3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) govorice

4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) besedičenje

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- talkative

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pogovor, razgovor, govorjenje, govor, govoričenje, govorica, (prazno) besedičenje, čenče; predmet pogovora; (radio) predavanje, kramljanje; način govorjenja, izražanje, jezik

the talk of the town figuratively stvar, o kateri vsi govore

full of talk — brbljav, žlobudrav

idle talk — prazno besedičenje, govoričenje

he is all talk — on samo govori (ne naredi pa nič)

she is the talk of the town — vse mesto govori o njej

there is much talk and no work — veliko je govorjenja, storjenega pa nič

those people are nothing but talk — teh ljudi so samo besede, ti ljudje samo frazarijo

it will all end in talk — iz tega ne bo nič, ostalo bo le pri besedah

to make talk — govoriti zaradi govorjenja

there is talk of his being bankrupt — govori se, da.je (on) v bankrotu

I want to have a talk with him — rad bi govoril (se pogovoril) z njim

pogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se; slang pametno govoriti

for the sake of talking — le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimo

to talk big ( —ali tall) — bahavo govoriti, bahati se

to talk by signals — govoriti, sporazumevati se z znaki

to talk ill of s.o. — slabo govoriti o kom

to talk in one's sleep — govoriti v spanju

to talk nineteen to the dozen figuratively klepetati, brbljati kot raglja

to talk to the point — govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta

he is always talking — on neprestano govori

now you are talking figuratively to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumeti

do what you will, people will talk — napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe; transitive verb govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedati

to talk a donkey's hind leg off figuratively preveč, neprestano govoriti

to talk nonsense — govoriti nesmisle

to talk turkey — odkrito, naravnost govoriti

to talk politics — govoriti o politiki

to talk rubbish — govoriti neumnosti, čvekati

to talk sense ( —ali wise) — razumno, pametno govoriti

to talk shop figuratively govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarno

to talk to o.s. — sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovore

to talk to s.o. — resno govoriti s kom, ošteti koga

to talk o.s. hoarse — do hripavosti govoriti

you are talking my head off figuratively govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadla

you are talking me silly — govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredil

he can talk five languages — on zna (govoriti) pet jezikov

to talk through one's hat figuratively pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnosti

to get o.s. talked about — dati govoriti o sebi

he tried to talk me into buying the horse — skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konja

to talk s.o. out of s.th. — (skušati) odvrniti koga od česa

to talk s.o. into believing s.th. — prepričati koga o čem

to talk s.o. into his grave figuratively spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem