radijska reklama)

1) (a small mark or stain (made by mud, paint etc): She was trying to remove a spot of grease from her skirt.) madež

2) (a small, round mark of a different colour from its background: His tie was blue with white spots.) pika

3) (a pimple or red mark on the skin caused by an illness etc: She had measles and was covered in spots.) mozolj

4) (a place or small area, especially the exact place (where something happened etc): There was a large number of detectives gathered at the spot where the body had been found.) kraj

5) (a small amount: Can I borrow a spot of sugar?) kanček

1) (to catch sight of: She spotted him eventually at the very back of the crowd.) zapaziti

2) (to recognize or pick out: No-one watching the play was able to spot the murderer.) prepoznati

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- spotless

1) (to light with a spotlight: The stage was spotlit.) osvetliti z reflektorjem

2) (to show up clearly or draw attention to: The incident spotlighted the difficulties with which we were faced.) usmeriti pozornost na

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- in a spot

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mesto, kraj; košček zemljišča; medicine pega, mozoljček; figuratively madež; figuratively sramotni madež; lisa (na tkanini), pika, pikica; colloquially majhna količina, trohica; kanček, malce, kaplj(ic)a; bela žoga s črno piko (točko) (biljard), črna točka na enem krajn mize, enako oddaljena od obeh strani mize; plural commerce blago, ki se prodaja za gotovino in dobi takoj pri prodaji; sport slang napoved, kateri konj bo zmagal (na dirkah), napovedan zmagovalni konj

on the spot — na mestu, brez odlašanja, takoj; American slang v (življenjski) nevarnosti, v stiski, v škripcih

without spot — brez napake, neoporečen

the spot — pravo mesto

a spot of whisky — požirek, kaplja whiskyja

spot check — (naključni) poskus

beauty spot — lepotno znamenje

a delightful spot — čudovit košček (konček, kotiček) zemlje

sun-spot — sončna pega

tender spot figuratively občutljivo mesto, Ahilova peta; tisto, za kar je nekdo občutljiv

the people on the spot — ljudje iz določenega kraja, prebivalci

to arrive on the spot of five — dospeti točno ob petih

to be on the spot — biti na mestu, biti dorasel položaju; sport biti v formi

can the leopard change his spot? — ali volk lahko spremeni svojo naravo?

he has come out without a spot on his reputation — izvlekel se je iz zadeve brez madeža na svojem ugledu

to put s.o. on the spot American slang spraviti koga v zadrego, ugnati ga v kozji rog, vzeti ga na piko;

adjective economy

takoj dobavljiv, dostavljiv; takoj plačljiv; gotovinski; krajevno omejen ( broadcasting — radijska reklama)

napraviti pisano z lisami, s pikami; zamazati, figuratively omadeževati; očistiti (kaj) od madežev (često out); colloquially zapaziti, prepoznati, odkriti narodnost kake osebe; colloquially napovedati (zmagovalca konjske dirke); postaviti na določeno mesto, plasirati; zadeti (tarčo); military točno lokalizirati

to spot a criminal — odkriti, izslediti hudodelca

he spotted him at once as an American — takoj ga je prepoznal kot Amerikanca; intransitive verb zamazati se, dobiti madeže

that material will spot in the rain — to blago bo dobilo madeže v dežju

white linen spots easily — belo platno se hitro zamaže