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1 stretch
[stre ] 1. verb1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) raztegniti, stegniti (se)2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) raztezati se2. noun1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) pretegovanje2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) kos; obdobje•- stretchy
- at a stretch
- be at full stretch
- stretch one's legs
- stretch out* * *I [streč]1.nounraztezanje, raztegovanje, stegnjenje, natezanje; (pre)napenjanje, napetost, napor; prekoračenje; razpetina, razpon; neprekinjen odsek poti, daljava; ploskev, prostrana ravnina, ravni del dirkališča; neprekinjeno časovno razdobje (doba), nepretrgan čas; slang kazen, bivanje v kaznilnici, čas kazni v kaznilnici, v zaporu; nautical daljava, prejadrana pri enem potegu (kretnji) (pri jadranju proti vetru); sprehodat a stretch, at one stretch — brez prekinitve, naenkraton the stretch — napenjajoč vse sile; v veliki naglici, figuratively v veliki napetostia stretch of the imagination — prenapeta, prebujna domišljijaa fine stretch of country — lep košček zemlje, lepe pokrajineto be on the stretch — biti napet, v napetostiit is a good stretch from the village to the town — je lep, precejšen kos poti od vasi do mestato do a stretch British English odslužiti, izdržati kazen (enega leta)to give a stretch — natezati se, pretegniti seit takes a stretch of imagination to believe that — treba je precéj napeti svojo domišljijo, da to verjamešto work 8 hours at (on) a stretch — delati nepretrgano 8 ur;2.adjectiveraztegljivII [streč]1.transitive verbraztegniti, raztezati, razvleči, (raz)širiti; iztegniti (roko itd.) (često out); pretegniti (noge itd., o.s. se); nategniti (vrv itd.), peti, razpeti (platno itd.); z natezanjem izgladiti; figuratively nategovati, silo delati, iti predaleč (v čem), prenapenjati, pretiravati, po svoje krojiti (pravico, zakon); commerce prekoračiti (kredit); slang obesiti, usmrtiti;2.intransitive verbraztezati se, (raz)širiti se, segati; nategniti se; raztegniti se (rokavice), dati se raztegniti; potovati (to do); figuratively pretiravati, lagati; colloquially viseti, biti obešenstretched — iztegnjen, po dolgemto stretch one's arms — iztegniti, pretegniti si roketo stretch s.o. on the ground — z udarcem zrušiti koga na tlato stretch a point figuratively iti predaleč, pretiravati (v čem)I will stretch a point in your favour — potrudil se bom, da vam bom šel na rokoto stretch s.o. on the rack history razpeti koga za mučenje (na natezalnici)to stretch the truth — pretiravati, lagatito stretch away out of sight — razprostirati se, kakor daleč sega oko -
2 colour
1. noun1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) barva2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) barva3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) barva4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) barvitost2. adjective((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) barven3. verb(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) barvati- coloured4. noun((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) črnec- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours* * *IAmerican color [kʌlə]noun barva, odtenek; barva kože, pigment; kolorit; rdečica; videz; figuratively pretveza, maska; plural zastava; ton, prizvokcolour bar — rasna segregacija; diskriminacijato change colour — prebledeti, zardetito give colour to s.th. — poživiti, opravičiti kaj; dati videz resničnostito lend colour to s.th. — poživiti kajcolour line — črta, ki strogo deli belce od črncevto see the colour of s.o.'s money — dobiti od koga denarto stick to one's colours — držati se svojih načel, ravnati po svojih načelihto strike ( —ali lower) one's colours — vdati, ukloniti seto take one's colour from s.o. — posnemati kogaunder colour of s.th. — pod krinko česato wear s.o.'s colours — biti privrženec kogato sail under false colours — pretvarjati se, biti licemerecman (woman) of colour — človek, ki ni belecIIAmerican color [kʌlə]1.transitive verbbarvati, slikati; figuratively olepšati, pretiravati;2.intransitive verbbarvo dobiti, zardeti -
3 exaggerate
[iɡ'zæ‹əreit]1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) preveč poudarjati2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) pretiravati•* * *[igzaedžəreit]transitive verb & intransitive verbpretiravati, preveč poudarjati; poslabšati se (bolezen); močno (se) povečati -
4 excess
[ik'ses] 1. noun1) (the (act of) going beyond normal or suitable limits: He ate well, but not to excess.) pretiravanje2) (an abnormally large amount: He had consumed an excess of alcohol.) preveč3) (an amount by which something is greater than something else: He found he had paid an excess of $5.00 over what was actually on the bill.) presežek2. adjective(extra; additional (to the amount needed, allowed or usual): He had to pay extra for his excess baggage on the aircraft.) presežen- excessively
- excessiveness
- in excess of* * *I [iksés]nounprekoračenje, preobilnost, presežek; plural izgredi, nasilna dejanja; mathematics ostanekin excess of — več kot, prek česaexcess luggage — prtljaga, ki presega dopustno težoII [iksés]transitive verb & intransitive verbzahtevati doplačilo; plačati doplačilo -
5 aggrandize
[aegrəndaiz]transitive verb & intransitive verb(po)večati, (raz)množiti (se); poveličevati, pretiravati -
6 agony
['æɡəni]plural - agonies; noun(great pain or suffering: The dying man was in agony; agonies of regret.) agonija- agonized- agonised
- agonizing
- agonising
- agonizingly
- agonisingly* * *[aegəni]nounhudo trpljenje, muka; agonija, smrtni bojagony column — časopisni stolpec, v katerem iščejo pogrešane, prosijo za pomoč itn. to pile on ( —ali up) the agony — močno pretiravati; podaljšati trpljenje, trpinčiti -
7 bound
past tense, past participle; = bind* * *I [baund]nounmeja; omejitevto keep within bounds — ohraniti pravo mero; ne pretiravatiout of bounds — zunaj dopustne meje; vstop prepovedanII [baund]transitive verbomejiti, omejevati, mejiti, mejo postavljati, mejo določitiIII [baund]intransitive verb (od)skočiti, skakati; odbiti, odbijati seIV [baund]nounposkakovanje, skok; poetically močan srčni utripby leaps and bounds — skokovito, zelo hitro, nagloto take s.th. at the bound — izrabiti ugodno priložnostV [baund]preterite & past participleod bindbound up with s.o. — navezan na kogaI'm ( —ali I will be) bound — gotovo bom, jamčim za tobound to s.o. for s.th. — hvaležen komu za kajVI [baund]adjectivepripravljen na odhod, ( for) namenjen kamthe ship is bound for London — ladja potuje v London, njen cilj je Londonwhere are you bound for? — kam greš (greste)? -
8 bow
I 1. verb1) (to bend (the head and often also the upper part of the body) forwards in greeting a person etc: He bowed to the ladies; They bowed their heads in prayer.) prikloniti se2) ((with to) to accept: I bow to your superior knowledge.) ukloniti se2. noun(a bowing movement: He made a bow to the ladies.) poklon- bowedII 1. [bəu] noun1) (a springy curved rod bent by a string, by which arrows are shot.) lok2) (a rod with horsehair stretched along it, by which the strings of a violin etc are sounded.) godalni lok3) (a looped knot of material: Her dress is decorated with bows.) vozel2. noun((often in plural) the front of a ship or boat: The waves broke over the bows.) premec* * *I [bou]nounlok; music godalni lok, godalo; mavrica; pentlja, obroček; roč, držaj; plural okvir za naočnike; vulgar trebuh, vampto draw ( —ali pull, shoot with) the long bow — pretiravati, širokoustiti seto draw a bow at a venture — streljati ali kaj reči na slepo srečo, tja v tri dnibows under — premagan, ki težko napredujeslang bow window — velik trebuh, vampII [bou]transitive verbmusic gosti; usločitiIII [bau]nounpoklon, klanjanje; spoštovanjeto make one's bow — umakniti se, oditi, posloviti seIV [bau]intransitive verb & transitive verbpripogniti, pripogibati se; (to, before) pokloniti, klanjati se, spokoriti, ukloniti se; v sobo (ali iz sobe) koga peljati, vljudno odslovitito bow and scrape — ponižati se, biti pretirano vljudenV [bau]nounnautical ladijski nos, kljun, krn, premec; veslač, ki sedi najbliže premcu -
9 bull
[bul]1) (the male of the ox family and of the whale, walrus, elephant etc.) samec2) (a bull's-eye.) središče tarče•- bullock- bullfight
- bullfighter
- bullring
- bull's-eye* * *I [bul]adjectivebikov, bikast, bikovski, bičjiII [bul]nounbik, samec velikih sesalcev; borzni špekulant; središče tarče; slang nesmisel; slang vohun, policaj; nerodnežJohn Bull — utelešen značaj angleškega naroda, AngležAmerican slang to throw ( —ali sling) the bull — hvalisati se, pretiravatislang bull and cow — ravs in kavsIII [bul]nounbula, papeževo pismoIV [bul]1.intransitive verbšpekulirati na dvig cen na borzi; skušati dvigniti ceno delnic; American slang bahati se;2.transitive verbumetno dvigati cene -
10 carry
['kæri]1) (to take from one place etc to another: She carried the child over the river; Flies carry disease.) nositi2) (to go from one place to another: Sound carries better over water.) nesti3) (to support: These stone columns carry the weight of the whole building.) podpirati4) (to have or hold: This job carries great responsibility.) vsebovati5) (to approve (a bill etc) by a majority of votes: The parliamentary bill was carried by forty-two votes.) izglasovati6) (to hold (oneself) in a certain way: He carries himself like a soldier.) nositi se•((slang) a fuss; excited behaviour.)
prevelika gorečnost- carry-cot((of bags or cases) that passengers can carry with them on board a plane.)
ročna prtljaga
- be/get carried away
- carry forward
- carry off
- carry on
- carry out
- carry weight* * *I [kaeri]nounstreljaj, lučaj; Scottish voziček; podenje oblakovII [kaeri]1.transitive verbnositi, nesti; s seboj vzeti, peljati, prevažati; donašati, obroditi; doseči; podpirati, pospeševati; zmagati; zaslediti; izglasovati, sprejeti;2.intransitive verbsegati; aportirati, nesti; slang nadaljevatito carry all before one — imeti velik uspeh, biti zelo priljubljen, premagati vse zapreketo carry coals to Newcastle — zaman se truditi, vodo v morje nositito carry the House — navdušiti, zase pridobiti parlamentto carry o.s. — vesti, obnašati seto carry a thing too far — iti predaleč, pretiravatito carry weight — biti vpliven, narediti vtisto fetch and carry — prinesti, aportirati; biti pokoren, vršiti podrejeno službo -
11 dramatize
['dræ-]1) (to turn into the form of a play: She dramatized the novel for television.) prirediti za gledališče2) (to make real events seem like things that happen in a play: She dramatizes everything so!) dramatizirati* * *[draemətaiz]transitive verbdramatizirati; figuratively pretiravati -
12 draw
[dro:] 1. past tense - drew; verb1) (to make a picture or pictures (of), usually with a pencil, crayons etc: During his stay in hospital he drew a great deal; Shall I draw a cow?) risati2) (to pull along, out or towards oneself: She drew the child towards her; He drew a gun suddenly and fired; All water had to be drawn from a well; The cart was drawn by a pony.) (po)vleči3) (to move (towards or away from someone or something): The car drew away from the kerb; Christmas is drawing closer.) oddaljevati se; približevati se4) (to play (a game) in which neither side wins: The match was drawn / We drew at 1-1.) neodločeno igrati5) (to obtain (money) from a fund, bank etc: to draw a pension / an allowance.) dvigniti6) (to open or close (curtains).) povleči7) (to attract: She was trying to draw my attention to something.) pritegniti2. noun1) (a drawn game: The match ended in a draw.) neodločena igra2) (an attraction: The acrobats' act should be a real draw.) privlačnost3) (the selecting of winning tickets in a raffle, lottery etc: a prize draw.) žrebanje4) (an act of drawing, especially a gun: He's quick on the draw.) potegljaj•- drawing- drawn
- drawback
- drawbridge
- drawing-pin
- drawstring
- draw a blank
- draw a conclusion from
- draw in
- draw the line
- draw/cast lots
- draw off
- draw on1
- draw on2
- draw out
- draw up
- long drawn out* * *I [drɔ:]1.transitive verbvleči, vlačiti, potegniti; pritegniti, nategniti, napeti, nategovati; dvigniti; raztegniti; privlačiti; izvabiti; populiti, izdreti; (na)risati, upodobiti, opisati, prikazati; zasnovati, načrtati; točiti, črpati, sesati; dobiti, dobivati; (s)pačiti; commerce izdati, trasirati (menico); preiskati (lovci grmovje); ( from) sklepati; vdihniti; (to, into) pregovoriti; ( from) odvrniti, odvračati (od česa); sport neodločeno igrati; marine gaziti;2.intransitive verbvleči (se); bližati se, prihajati; žrebati; dihati; ugrezniti, ugrezati, pogrezati se; skrčiti, krajšati se; sport neodločeno igratito draw a bead on s.o. — nameriti na koga puško ali samokresto draw blood — preliti kri, ranitito draw blank — ne zaslediti plena; figuratively razočarati seto draw the long bow — pretiravati, izmišljati sito draw breath — vdihniti, zajeti sapoto draw the curtain — potegniti zastor; figuratively zaključiti pogovor, narediti konecdraw it mild! — ne izmišljaj si, ne pretiravaj!to draw one's sword against s.o. — napasti kogato draw a veil over s.th. — prikriti, zastreti kajfiguratively to draw the teeth of — onesposobitito draw a conclusion from s.th. — sklepati iz česaII [drɔ:]nounvlečenje, potegljaj; žrebanje, žreb; slang privlačnost; commerce vrnitev uvozne carine; neodločna bitka ali igra; American spuščanje, globina -
13 exceed
[ik'si:d](to go beyond; to be greater than: His expenditure exceeds his income; He exceeded the speed limit on the motorway.) presegati* * *[iksí:d]transitive verb & intransitive verb(in) prekoračiti, presegati, prekašati; pretiravati; odlikovati se -
14 extravagate
[ikstraevigeit]intransitive verbpretiravati -
15 far
1. adverb1) (indicating distance, progress etc: How far is it from here to his house?) daleč2) (at or to a long way away: She went far away/off.) daleč3) (very much: She was a far better swimmer than her friend (was).) precej2. adjective1) (distant; a long way away: a far country.) daljni2) (more distant (usually of two things): He lives on the far side of the lake.) bolj oddaljen•- farther- farthest
- faraway
- far-fetched
- as far as
- by far
- far and away
- far from
- so far* * *I [fa:]adjectiveoddaljen, daljnji; figuratively sanjava far cry — velika razlika; dalečII [fa:]adverbdaleč; zelo, znatno; davnoto carry it ( —ali go) too far — iti prek meje, preveč si upati, pretiravatifar from it — ravno nasprotno, niti malo nefar gone — v nevarnosti, v visoki stopnjias far as — prav do; v kolikofar and away — brez dvoma, vsekakorIII [fa:]noundaljava; visoka stopnja -
16 fat
[fæt] 1. noun1) (an oily substance made by the bodies of animals and by some plants: This meat has got a lot of fat on it.) maščoba2) (a kind of such substance, used especially for cooking: There are several good cooking fats on the market.) mast2. adjective1) (having a lot of fat on one's body; large, heavy and round in shape: He was a very fat child.) debel2) (large or abundant: Her business made a fat profit; A fat lot of good that is! (= That is no good at all)) masten•- fatness- fatten
- fatty
- fattiness
- fat-head* * *I [fæt]adjectivemasten, tolst, debel, rejen; rodoviten, ploden, obilen, donosen; neumen, trapast; neobčutljivAmerican smolnat; slang a fat chance — bore malo ali nič upanjaslang a fat lot — presneto maloto cut it fat — pretiravati; živeti ko vrabec v prosuII [fæt]nounmaščoba, tolšča, mast; maža, mazilo; najboljši del; theatre važna vloga v igriall the fat is in the fire — vse je pokvarjeno, ogenj je na strehia bit of fat — nepričakovana sreča, prijetno in donosno deloto live on the fat of the land — razkošno živeti, vse si privoščitifat cat — človek, ki daje denar za politične spletkefat fryer — človek, ki dobiva denar za politične spletkeIII [fæt]transitive verb & intransitive verbpitati; rediti (se)to kill the fatted calf for s.o. — z veseljem koga sprejeti -
17 ground
past tense, past participle; = grind* * *I [graund]preterite & past participleod grindII [graund]noundno, globina; zemlja, tla; zemljišče, igrišče, lovišče, gradbišče; ( for) osnova; (for, of) vzrok, povod; osnovna barva; ozadje; plural park, vrt; plural naselbina; plural gošča, usedlina; uzemljitevbelow ground — mrtev, pokopanto cover ground — potovati, opraviti določeno deloto cut the ground under s.o.'s feet — spodnesti komu tla, vzeti mu oporocolloquially down to the ground — popolnomafiguratively forbidden ground — nedovoljeno področje, prepovedana temato gain ground — napredovati, širiti seto hold one's ground — vztrajati na svojem mestu, ne popustiti; ostati pri močehto meet s.o. on his own ground — razpravljati o predmetu, ki ga nasprotnik sam določicolloquially to run into the ground — pretiravatito touch ground — dotakniti se dna; figuratively preiti na predmet pogovoraIII [graund]1.transitive verbna tla položiti; osnovati, utemeljiti; podložiti; podbarvati, grundirati; ozemljiti; aeronautics prisiliti, da se spusti; ne dovoliti, da vzleti; marine military prisiliti (ladjo), da nasede;2.intransitive verbnaslanjati, opirati se, temeljiti; (in) nuditi osnovno znanje; marine nasesti; aeronautics pristati -
18 ham
[hæm](the top of the back leg of a pig, salted and dried.) šunka* * *I [hæm]nounšunka, gnjat; stegno, podkolenčni zgib; plural zadnjica; slang slab gledališki igralec, -lka; American salo, mast; American sentimentalen kič; slang amater (zlasti radio-ŋ); history mestece, vasII [hæm]transitive verbAmerican slang pretiravati v igri, komedijantsko igrati -
19 hat
[hæt](a covering for the head, usually worn out of doors: He raised his hat as the lady approached.) klobuk- hatter- hat trick
- keep something under one's hat
- keep under one's hat
- pass/send round the hat
- take one's hat off to
- talk through one's hat* * *I [hæt]nounklobuk; kardinalski klobukfiguratively kardinalstvo; slang my hat! — za vraga!British English slang a bad hat — pokvarjenecfiguratively red hat — kardinalstvohat in hand — hlapčevsko, servilnohats off to him! — klobuk dol pred njim!under one's hat — v tajnosti, skrivomaAmerican at the drop of a hat — takoj, zaradi najmanjšega povodaI'll eat my hat if — naj me vrag vzame, čehis hat covers his family — čisto sam je, nikogar nimato hang up one's hat in s.o.'s house — obnašati se v tuji hiši po domače, ugnezditi se pri komto take one's hat off to s.o. — klobuk pred kom snetito talk through one's hat — širokoustiti se, pretiravatiII [hæt]transitive verbpokriti s klobukom; dati klobuk na; podeliti kardinalski klobuk -
20 hatchet
['hæ it](a small axe held in one hand.) sekirica* * *[haečit]nounsekirica, širočka; American tomahavkto bury the hatchet — zakopati bojno sekiro, skleniti mirto dig ( —ali take) up the hatchet — izkopati bojno sekiro, začeti vojnofiguratively to throw the hatchet — pretiravatito throw the helve after the hatchet — lahkomiselno zapraviti, še zadnje staviti na kocko
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iskáti — íščem nedov., íščite in iščíte (á í) 1. prizadevati si priti do česa a) izgubljenega, manjkajočega: izgubil je denarnico in jo je ves dan iskal; ključ je iskal po vseh predalih; vso listnico je prebrskal in iskal račun, pa ga ni našel / iskati… … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
íti — grém in grèm nedov. in dov., grémo in grêmo stil. gremò, gréste in grêste stil. grestè, gredó in gredò in gréjo stil. grejò; bom šèl in pójdem itd.; pójdi pójdite tudi pojdíte, stil. ídi ídite; šèl šlà šlò tudi šló (ȋ ẹ, ȅ pọ̑jdem pọ̄jdi) 1 … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
jájce — a s (á) 1. z lupino obdana spolna celica z dosti hranilnih snovi, iz katere se razvije nov organizem, zlasti pri pticah in plazilcih: leči, odlagati jajca; mladiči se izležejo iz jajc; aligatorjeva, golobja, želvina jajca / kobilica izleže med… … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
komár — ja m (á) 1. majhna žuželka z dolgimi nogami, ki sesa kri: komarji pikajo; v tem kraju je veliko komarjev; boj proti komarjem 2. star. kdor prisostvuje igri s kartami, šahovski igri ter posega vanjo navadno z nezaželenimi pripombami, nasveti: ob… … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
kònj — kônja m, mest. ed. kônju in kónju, rod. mn. kónj tudi kônjev, mest. mn. kônjih tudi kónjih (ȍ ó) 1. domača žival, ki se goji zlasti zaradi vprege in ježe: konj ga je brcnil; konj bije s kopiti ob tla; konja sta hrzala, prhala in se vzpenjala;… … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
