prestopati se z ene noge na drugo

1) (to change (the) position or direction (of): We spent the whole evening shifting furniture around; The wind shifted to the west overnight.) premikati

2) (to transfer: She shifted the blame on to me.) preložiti

3) (to get rid of: This detergent shifts stains.) odstraniti

1) (a change (of position etc): a shift of emphasis.) sprememba

2) (a group of people who begin work on a job when another group stop work: The night shift does the heavy work.) izmena

3) (the period during which such a group works: an eight-hour shift; ( also adjective) shift work.) izmena

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- shiftless

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premik, premestitev; sprememba (mesta, položaja); zamenjava; menjanje perila; history ženska srajca; izmena, posad, šiht, delovni čas ene izmene, dnevni delovni čas; sredstvo, pomoč v sili, pomagalo, pripomoček; domislica, prevara, zvijača, trik, pretveza, izgovor

for shift — za silo

shift of crop agronomy kolobarjenje

shift work — delo v izmenah

night shift — nočni posad

vowel shift — samoglasniški premik

to be driven (to be brought) to one's last shift figuratively nobenega drugega sredstva (izhoda) ne več imeti

he is full of shifts and devices figuratively on si zna na vse načine pomagati

to make shift — znati si pomagati, znajti se

I must make shift to pay him tomorrow — moram najti kak izhod in mu plačati jutri

I must make shift without it — moram si pomagati brez tega

to be reduced to mean shifts — biti prisiljen zateči se k nepoštenim sredstvom

premakniti, premikati, premestiti, spremeniti položaj, prestaviti, prevreči, preložiti (odgovornost from... to — od... na); obrniti ( one's attention — svojo pozornost); menjati (mesto, položaj), odstraniti (koga), osvoboditi se, znebiti se (koga); preobleči; slang pobiti, umoriti; intransitive verb menjati mesto (položaj), premestiti se, premikati se sem in tja; preseliti se; menjati se; obrniti se; preobleči se; znati si pomagati, zateči se k pomagalom; linguistics premakniti se (o glasu)

I must shift as I can — moram si pomagati, kot vem in znam, moram se znajti

to shift one's ground figuratively spremeniti (svoje) stališče, menjati svoje argumente v dokazovanju

to shift from one foot to the other — prestopati se z ene noge na drugo

to shift gears — (avto) menjati prestave

to shift the helm — premakniti krmilo

to shift one's lodging — menjati stanovanje, preseliti se

to shift for oneself (for a living) — sam skrbeti zase, sam si pomagati, se prebijati v stiski, sam se znajti

to shift the scenes — menjati kulise

to shift one's shirt — preobleči srajco

the wind has shifted to the north again — veter se je obrnil spet proti severu