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1 pursue
[pə'sju:]1) (to follow especially in order to catch or capture; to chase: They pursued the thief through the town.) zasledovati2) (to occupy oneself with (studies, enquiries etc); to continue: He is pursuing his studies at the University.) prizadevati si•- pursuer- pursuit* * *[pəsjú:]1.transitive verbzasledovati, slediti, goniti, preganjati; gnati se, prizadevati si, težiti ( after za čem); kreniti, držati se (poti); opravljati (poklic); nadaljevati (pogovor);2.intransitive verbzasledovati, preganjati ( after koga); naprej govoriti -
2 chase
[ eis] 1. verb1) (to run after; to pursue: He chased after them but did not catch them; We chased them by car.) loviti; zasledovati2) ((with away, off etc) to cause to run away: I often have to chase the boys away from my fruit trees.) pregnati2. noun1) (an act of chasing: We caught him after a 120 kph chase.) pregon2) (hunting (of animals): the pleasures of the chase.) lov•* * *I [čeis]nounlov, zasledovanje, preganjanje; lovišče, revir; lovski plen; preganjana ladjato be ( —ali have) in chase, to give chase — zasledovati koga, gnati se za komII [čeis]transitive verbloviti, zasledovati, preganjati, gnati se za kom; ( from) izgnaticolloquially poplakniti; American slang to chase o.s. — oditito chase all fear — pregnati ves strah, ne se več batiAmerican go chase yourself! — poberi se!III [čeis]1.transitive verbcizelirati, gravirati, vrezovati;2.nounbrazda, žlebič; puškina cev; okov (dragulja)IV [čeis]nounzaprt sestavek (za matriciranje) -
3 course
[ko:s]1) (a series (of lectures, medicines etc): I'm taking a course (of lectures) in sociology; He's having a course of treatment for his leg.) tečaj; zdravljenje2) (a division or part of a meal: Now we've had the soup, what's (for) the next course?) jed3) (the ground over which a race is run or a game (especially golf) is played: a racecourse; a golf-course.) dirkališče; igrišče4) (the path or direction in which something moves: the course of the Nile.) tok5) (the progress or development of events: Things will run their normal course despite the strike.) potek6) (a way (of action): What's the best course of action in the circumstances?) postopek•- in due course
- of course
- off
- on course* * *I [kɔ:s]nountek, potek, postopek; proga, pot, smer; krožek, študij, tečaj; plast; dirkališče; golfišče; korito; kariera; plural menstruacijain the course of — med, v tekuin due course — v določenem času, pravočasnoof course — seveda, vsekakor, naravnoto stay the course — vztrajati do konca, ne popustitito take a course for s.th. — ukreniti kajII [kɔ:s]1.transitive verbgnati, loviti, zasledovati (zajce s psi);2.intransitive verbteči, curljati; bežati -
4 hound
1. noun(a hunting-dog: The fox threw the hounds off the scent and escaped.) lovski pes2. verb(to pursue or hunt (someone): The film star was constantly hounded by newspaper reporters.) zasledovati* * *I [háund]nounlovski pes; figuratively podlež; American slang fanatikhare and hounds — igra, pri kateri kdo pušča za seboj sledoveII [háund]transitive verbloviti s psi, zasledovati, goniti; ščuvati, hujskati pse (at na); ščuvati koga (on k)to hound s.o. — preganjati kogato hound s.o. to death — pognati koga v smrtIII [háund]nountechnical plural diagonalni oporniki (na vozilih) -
5 Hunt
1. verb1) (to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport: He spent the whole day hunting (deer).) loviti2) (to pursue or drive out: The murderer was hunted from town to town.) zasledovati2. noun1) (the act of hunting animals etc: a tiger hunt.) lov2) (a search: I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.) lov•- hunter- hunting
- huntsman
- hunt down
- hunt for
- hunt high and low
- hunt out* * *[hʌnt]proper namedruž. ime -
6 hunt
1. verb1) (to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport: He spent the whole day hunting (deer).) loviti2) (to pursue or drive out: The murderer was hunted from town to town.) zasledovati2. noun1) (the act of hunting animals etc: a tiger hunt.) lov2) (a search: I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.) lov•- hunter- hunting
- huntsman
- hunt down
- hunt for
- hunt high and low
- hunt out* * *I [hʌnt]nounlov, lovljenje; lovišče, lovski revir, lovci s psi; figuratively lov, zasledovanje, hajka, gonja (for, after); technical nihanje, osciliranje (stroja)II [hʌnt]1.transitive verbloviti, goniti, hajkati, zasledovati, pregnati; iskati divjad;2.intransitive verbiti na lov, loviti; figuratively prizadevati si za kaj; technical nihati, oscilirati (stroj)to hunt s.o. to death — pognati koga v smrtto hunt the hare ( —ali slipper, squirrel) — igra "iskanje"to hunt high and low — iskati po vseh kotih, vse preiskati -
7 pinprick
[pínprik]nounubod, luknjica; figuratively majhna težava, zbadanjeto pursue a policy of pinpricks — dražiti, zbadati koga -
8 shadow
['ʃædəu] 1. noun1) ((a patch of) shade on the ground etc caused by an object blocking the light: We are in the shadow of that building.) senca2) ((in plural with the) darkness or partial darkness caused by lack of (direct) light: The child was afraid that wild animals were lurking in the shadows at the corner of his bedroom.) mrak3) (a dark patch or area: You look tired - there are shadows under your eyes.) kolobar4) (a very slight amount: There's not a shadow of doubt that he stole the money.) trohica2. verb1) (to hide or darken with shadow: A broad hat shadowed her face.) skriti2) (to follow closely, especially as a detective, spy etc: We shadowed him for a week.) zasledovati•- shadowy- shadowiness
- worn to a shadow* * *I [šaedou]nounsenca (določene oblike); plural mrak, tema; figuratively varstvo, zaščita; figuratively imitacija, kopija, posnemanje; figuratively prazen sijaj, odraz tuje slave; malenkost, trohica, sled; duh, fantom, prikazen; stalni spremljevalec, "senca"; zasledovalec, špijon, detektivshadow boxing sport boksanje z namišljenim nasprotnikom (za trening)shadow cabinet figuratively kabinet, vlada v sencihe is but a shadow of his former self — on je le še senca tega, kar je prej bilthere never was a shadow between him and his friend — nikoli ni bilo kake sence (nesporazuma) med njim in njegovim prijateljemmay your shadow never grow less figuratively vso srečo (veliko uspeha) ti želim!to quarrel with one's own shadow figuratively biti zelo razdražljivto be reduced to a shadow — spremeniti se v kost in kožo, zelo shujšati, figuratively obstajati le po imenuto be worn to a shadow — zelo shujšati, postati pravi okostnjakII [šaedou]transitive verbzasenčiti, potemniti; archaic ščititi ( from pred), skri(va)ti; slediti (komu) kot sencato shadow forth (out) — nejasno napovedati, namigniti nahe shadowed forth his plans — dal je samo obrise svojih načrtov, le nakazal je svoje načrte -
9 track down
(to pursue or search for (someone or something) until it is caught or found: I managed to track down an old copy of the book.) izslediti
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