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1 rather
1) (to a certain extent; slightly; a little: He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.) dokaj2) (more willingly; preferably: I'd rather do it now than later; Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?; I'd rather not do it at all; I would/had rather you didn't do that; Wouldn't you rather have this one?; I'd resign rather than do that.) raje3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) prej (kot)* * *I [rá:ðə]adverbprej, rajši, raje; precéjrather good — precéj dober, kar doberrather a long way — precéj dolga pot, precéj dalečthe rather that... — toliko bolj (prej, rajši), ker...I rather think that... — jaz bi prej (skoraj) mislil, da...I had rather that... — jaz bi rajši...he left rather than join me — rajši je odpotoval, kot da bi se mi pridružilI would rather die than betray him — jaz bi rajši umrl, kot ga izdal (se mu izneveril)he would rather have died than revealed it — on bi bil rajši umrl, kot to razkrilthank you, I had rather not — hvala, (rajši) neII [ra:ðə]interjectioncolloquially (v odgovoru) da!, seveda!, vsekakor!, (prav) gotovo!Isn't it hot? -- Rather! — Ali ni vroče? -- Seveda! Pa še kako!Would you like to come? -- Rather! — Bi (Vi) radi prišli? -- To pa! Seveda!! Zelo rad! -
2 than
[ðən, ðæn]conjunction, preposition(a word used in comparisons: It is easier than I thought; I sing better than he does; He sings better than me.) kot* * *[ðæn, ðən]conjunctionkot, kakora man than whom no one was more beloved — ni ga bilo bolj priljubljenega človeka, kot je bil onI would rather walk than drive — jaz bi rajši šel peš, kot pa da bi se peljal -
3 before
[bi'fo:] 1. preposition1) (earlier than: before the war; He'll come before very long.) pred2) (in front of: She was before me in the queue.) pred3) (rather than: Honour before wealth.) nad2. adverb(earlier: I've seen you before.) poprej3. conjunction(earlier than the time when: Before I go, I must phone my parents.) preden* * *I [bifɔ:]adverbprej, že nekoč, poprej; spredajII [bifɔ:]prepositionpred, v navzočnostito be before one's time — priti prezgodaj; biti napreden za svoje časeto carry everything before o.s. — imeti v vsem uspehbefore you can say Jack Robinson — takoj, kakor bi trenilto love before o.s. — ljubiti bolj kot samega sebethe question before us — vprašanje, ki ga je treba rešitibefore s.o.'s eyes — v prisotnosti, vpričo kogaIII [bifɔ:]conjunctionpreden; rajši kotbefore you know where you are — naenkrat, hipoma -
4 that
1. [ðæt] plural - those; adjective(used to indicate a person, thing etc spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: Don't take this book - take that one; At that time, I was living in Italy; When are you going to return those books?) ta2. pronoun(used to indicate a thing etc, or (in plural or with the verb be) person or people, spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: What is that you've got in your hand?; Who is that?; That is the Prime Minister; Those present at the concert included the composer and his wife.) oni3. [ðət, ðæt] relative pronoun(used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned in a preceding clause in order to distinguish it from others: Where is the parcel that arrived this morning?; Who is the man (that) you were talking to?) ki; kateri4. [ðət, ðæt] conjunction1) ((often omitted) used to report what has been said etc or to introduce other clauses giving facts, reasons, results etc: I know (that) you didn't do it; I was surprised (that) he had gone.) da2) (used to introduce expressions of sorrow, wishes etc: That I should be accused of murder!; Oh, that I were with her now!) da bi5. adverb(so; to such an extent: I didn't realize she was that ill.) tako- that's that* * *I [ðæt, ðóuz]1.pronoun (plural those) (kazalni) ta, to; oni, -a, -oand that — in to, in sicerat that — vrh tega, poleg tega, colloquially pri temfor all that — pri vsem tem, kljub vsemu temuthis, that, and the other — to in ono, vse vrstethat which... — to (ono), kar...to that degree that — do tolikšne mere, da...that's it! — tako je prav! tako je treba!that's right! — takó je! točno! res je!; vulgar daand that's that! colloquially in s tem je stvar opravljena! in stvar je končana! in zdaj dovolj tega!that's what it is — saj to je ravno; stvar je v tem; tako je to; za tem grmom tiči zajec(is) that so? — ali res? je (to) res tako?that's the way! — tako je prav!that is because — to je zato, kerthat's a dear! — to je lepo od tebe!what of that? — (pa) kaj za to?what's that noise? — kakšen hrup je to?let it go at that — colloquially pustimo to, kot jewhy do you run like that? — zakaj tako tečeš?I went to this and that doctor — šel sem k več zdravnikom;2.adverb colloquiallytakó (zelo)that angry (small, tired) — tako jezen (majhen, utrujen)II [ðæt, ðət]pronoun relative (plural that)1.ki; kateri, -a, -o; ki ga, ki jo, ki jih; katere, katera;2.karall that everything that — vse, karthe best that — najboljše, karmuch that — mnogo (tega), karnothing that — nič, karno one that — nihče, kithe book that I sent you — knjiga, ki sem ti jo poslal; kithe man that bought the house — (tisti) človek, ki je kupil hišothe lady that he is acquainted with — gospa, s katero se poznathe fool that he is! — takšen bedak!heraldry husband that is to be — njen bodoči mož (soprog)Mrs. Black, Miss Brown that was colloquially gospa Black, rojena BrownMrs. Jones that is — sedanja gospa Jonesfor the reason that — iz razloga, zaradi kateregathe day (that) I met him — na dan, na katerega (ko) sem se seznanil z njimIII [ðæt]conjunctionda; da bi; (zato) ker; koin order that, to the end that — da biso that — tako, danow that — sedaj, koI am sorry that you can't come — žal mi je, da ne morete pritiwe eat that we may live — jémo, da bi mogli živetihe lives that he may eat — on živi, da bi mogel jestiI was so tired that I fell asleep — bil sem tako utrujen, da sem zaspalnow that we know the reason — sedaj, ko vemo za razlogit is 3 years that she went away — tri leta je, da (odkar) je odšlaat the time that I was born — v času, ko sem se rodilit is rather that — prej (je), kernot that it mightn't be better — ne, ker ne bi moglo biti bolje -
5 would
[wud]short forms - I'd; verb1) (past tense of will: He said he would be leaving at nine o'clock the next morning; I asked if he'd come and mend my television set; I asked him to do it, but he wouldn't; I thought you would have finished by now.) bom, boš, bo...2) (used in speaking of something that will, may or might happen (eg if a certain condition is met): If I asked her to the party, would she come?; I would have come to the party if you'd asked me; I'd be happy to help you.) bi3) (used to express a preference, opinion etc politely: I would do it this way; It'd be a shame to lose the opportunity; I'd prefer to go tomorrow rather than today.) bi4) (used, said with emphasis, to express annoyance: I've lost my car-keys - that would happen!) to se je moralo zgoditi•- would-be- would you* * *[wud]preterite in obsolete past participle od will (auxiliary verb) -
6 reproach
[rə'prəu ] 1. verb(to rebuke or blame but usually with a feeling of sadness and disappointment rather than anger: She reproached me for not telling her about my money troubles; There is no need to reproach yourself - you did the best you could.) očitati2. noun((an) act of reproaching: a look of reproach; He didn't deserve that reproach from you.) očitek- reproachfully* * *I [ripróuč]nounočitek, očitanje, graja, kritiziranje; graje vredna stvar; sramota, ponižanje (to za)reproaches plural ecclesiastic litanije na veliki petek (zlasti v rimskokatoliški Cerkvi)a term of reproach — zmerljivka, psovka, grda besedaI am free from reproach — sem brez graje; nimam si, nimajo mi kaj očitatihe is a reproach to... — on je sramota za...to bring reproach upon s.o. — delati sramoto komu, diskreditirati kogato heap reproaches on s.o. — obsuti koga z očitkiII [ripróuč]transitive verbgrajati, kritizirati; očitati (komu kaj); oštevati, (o)zmerjati, psovati koga ( for zaradi); ponižati, osramotiti, obrekovati, opravljati, diskreditiratito reproach s.o. with s.th. — očitati komu kaj, pripisovati komu kaj, obdolžiti, abtožiti koga česato reproach s.o. with duplicity — očitati komu njegovo lažnivost -
7 change
[ ein‹] 1. verb1) (to make or become different: They have changed the time of the train; He has changed since I saw him last.) spremeniti (se)2) (to give or leave (one thing etc for another): She changed my library books for me.) zamenjati3) ((sometimes with into) to remove (clothes etc) and replace them by clean or different ones: I'm just going to change (my shirt); I'll change into an old pair of trousers.) preobleči se4) ((with into) to make into or become (something different): The prince was changed into a frog.) spremeniti (se) v5) (to give or receive (one kind of money for another): Could you change this bank-note for cash?) zamenjati2. noun1) (the process of becoming or making different: The town is undergoing change.) sprememba2) (an instance of this: a change in the programme.) sprememba3) (a substitution of one thing for another: a change of clothes.) zamenjava4) (coins rather than paper money: I'll have to give you a note - I have no change.) drobiž5) (money left over or given back from the amount given in payment: He paid with a dollar and got 20 cents change.) ostanek6) (a holiday, rest etc: He has been ill - the change will do him good.) sprememba•- change hands
- a change of heart
- the change of life
- change one's mind
- for a change* * *I [čeindž]nounsprememba; menjava; borza; drobiž, prestop, prehod; astronomy mlaj; plural potrkavanje (z zvonovi)medicine change of life — klimakterijto get the change out of s.o. — ugnati kogato ring the changes — pogosto menjati službo, ponavljati isto z drugimi besedamito take a change out of s.o. — maščevati se nad kom; kaznovati kogato take the change on s.o. — (pre)varati kogaII [čeindž]1.transitive verb( from iz, into v) spremeniti, prenarediti; preurediti; zamenjati; railway prestopiti; oddojiti, odstaviti (dojenčka);2.intransitive verbspremeniti se; preobleči se; skisati seto change colour — prebledeti, zardetimotoring to change gears — menjati prestavoto change out of recognition — tako se spremeniti, da ga ni moči spoznatiall change! — vsi potniki prestopite!colloquially to change one's feet — preobuti se -
8 prefer
[pri'fə:]past tense, past participle - preferred; verb(to like better: Which do you prefer - tea or coffee?; I prefer reading to watching television; She would prefer to come with you rather than stay here.) raje imeti- preferably
- preference* * *[prifɜ:]transitive verbbolj ceniti, rajši imeti, rajši videti, rajši delati, dajati prednost (to); povišati (koga v službi, v čin; to the rank of); juridically biti naklonjen (upnikom), naprej plačati (terjatev); juridically vložiti tožbo, zahtevo; to pri; against proti -
9 way
[wei] 1. noun1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) prehod2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) pot; smer3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) cesta4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) pot5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) način6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) ozir7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) navada8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) pot2. adverb((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) daleč- wayfarer- wayside
- be/get on one's way
- by the way
- fall by the wayside
- get/have one's own way
- get into / out of the way of doing something
- get into / out of the way of something
- go out of one's way
- have a way with
- have it one's own way
- in a bad way
- in
- out of the/someone's way
- lose one's way
- make one's way
- make way for
- make way
- under way
- way of life
- ways and means* * *I [wéi]nounpot, cesta, steza; proga; prehod; stran, smer; nautical kurzway out — izhod; prehojena pot; pot ali oddaljenost, ki jo je treba prehoditi; dalja, del poti ali potovanja; prosta pot, prostor; figuratively priložnost, prilika, možnost, izhod; napredovanje, napredek, razvoj; colloquially okolica, stran; figuratively pot, način, sredstvo, postopek, metoda; navada, lastnost, običaj; poklic, stroka, področje dejavnosti; (zdravstveno) stanje, položaj; ozir, pogled, zveza, razmerje, stopnja; nautical plural grede za spuščanje ladje v vodo, sankeany way — vsekakor, v vsakem primeruby way of — na poti čez; z namenom, da; zato, da; s pomočjo; zaradiby the way — mimogrede, spotoma, na poti; sicer; slučajnoin a way — nekako, na neki način, ne popolnomain a small way — skromno, brez pretenzij, ponižnoone way or another — tako ali tako, kakorkoli, nekakoover the way — na drugi strani (poti), čez cestothe other way round — v obratni smeri, narobe, (ravno) obratnounder way nautical na poti, na vožnjithe way of the world — tok, način življenja, ukoreninjen običajthe way of the cross religion križev potno way inferior — nikakor ne slabši, neznatnejšithe good old ways — dobri, stari običajihigh way — glavna cesta, državna cesta; figuratively običajni način delovanjalion in the way — zapreka, motnja (zlasti namišljena, fiktivna)permanent way railway tir, tračnicepermanent-way man railway progovni delavecnothing out of the way — nič posebnega (nenavadnega, izrednega)this way please! — semkaj, za menoj, prosim!this is not in my way — to ni moja stroka, s tem se ne bavimto be in the family way — biti noseča, pričakovati otrokato be in s.o.'s way — biti komu napoti, motiti kogato be on the way — biti na poti, približevati seto be in a way colloquially biti vznemirjen, razburjento clear the way — umakniti se s poti, dati prost prehodto come ( —ali to fall) in s.o.'s way — srečati koga, naleteti na kogato get in the way — biti napoti, zapreti pot, oviratito get in the way of s.th. — razumeti kajto get out of the way — iti s poti, umakniti se (s poti)to give way — umakniti se, odmakniti se, izogniti se; popuščati, popustitito force one's way — izsiliti, utreti si potto go one's way — oditi, iti po svoji potito go ( —ali to take) one's own way — iti svojo pot; ravnati, narediti neodvisno od nasvetov drugihto go the way of all the earth (of all flesh, of nature) figuratively umretiyou can't have it both ways — ne moreš imeti obojega; figuratively ne more biti volk sit in koza celato have one's own way — delati po svoji glavi; doseči to, kar želimoto look s.o.'s way — gledati proti komuto lose way — izgubiti, zmanjšati hitrostto lose one's way — zaiti, izgubiti seto make way — napredovati; figuratively prodreti, uspetito make one's own way — iti po svoji poti, oditito make the best of one's way — iti čim hitreje, pohitetito put o.s. out of the way — truditi se, da(ja)ti si trudato put s.o. out of the way — spraviti koga s poti, tajno ubiti kogato see a way out — videti pot (izhod, neko možnost)to stand in the way of s.o. — ovirati koga, zastaviti komu potto work one's way — študirati, preživljati se z delomII [wéi]transitive verbizuriti (konja) za hojo ali ježo po cestiIII [wéi]adverb colloquially daleč -
10 formal
['fo:məl]1) (done etc according to a fixed and accepted way: a formal letter.) uraden2) (suitable or correct for occasions when things are done according to a fixed and accepted way: You must wear formal dress.) predpisan, večeren3) ((of behaviour, attitude etc) not relaxed and friendly: formal behaviour.) tog4) ((of language) exactly correct by grammatical etc rules but not conversational: Her English was very formal.) knjižen5) ((of designs etc) precise and following a fixed pattern rather than occuring naturally: formal gardens.) urejen•- formally- formality* * *[fɔ:məl]adjective ( formally adverb)oblikoven; pravilen, simetričen; zunanji; svečan, formalen; določen; pedanten, strog; navidezen, dozdeven, na oko -
11 practical
['præktikəl]1) (concerned with the doing of something: practical difficulties; His knowledge is practical rather than theoretical.) uporaben2) ((of a thing, idea etc) useful; effective: You must try to find a practical answer to the problem.) uporaben3) ((negative unpractical) (of a person) able to do or deal with things well or efficiently: He can look after himself - he's a very practical child.) spreten•- practically
- practical joke* * *[praektikəl]adjective ( practically adverb)praktičen, uporaben; izvedljiv; smotrn, koristen; spreten, ročen, izkušen; resničen, stvaren; priučentheatre practical door — vrata na odru, ki se lahko odpirajo -
12 room
[ru:m ]( in compounds rum, ( American[) ru:m)]1) (one part of a house or building, usually used for a particular purpose: This house has six rooms; a bedroom; a dining-room.) soba2) (the space or area in which a person, thing etc is or could be put etc: The bed takes up a lot of room; There's no room for you in our car; We'll move the bookcase to make room for the television.) prostor3) (a need or possibility (for something): There is room for improvement in his work.) prostor•- - roomed- roomful
- rooms
- roomy
- room-mate* * *I [rum, ru:m]nounprostor, mesto; soba, sobana; plural stanovanje, stanovanjski prostori; družba, stanovalci, ki so navzoči v sobi; figuratively možnost, prilika, ugoden trenutek; povod, vzrok (for za)in one's room, in the room of — namesto koga, v zameno za kogabachelor's rooms — garsonjera, samsko stanovanjedining-room — obednica, jedilnicaschool-room — šolska soba, učilnica, razredstanding-room only! — samo stojišča (so še na voljo!)there is room for improvement — lahko bi bilo bolje, ni ravno najboljethere is no room to swing a cat figuratively ni niti toliko prostora, da bi se človek obrnilwe'd rather have his room than his company — rajši bi videli, da on ne bi bil tuto make room for s.o. — napraviti komu prostor, mestoII [rum]intransitive verb & transitive verbAmerican stanovati (at pri); dati komu stanovanje; namestiti -
13 shade
[ʃeid] 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) senca2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) senca3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) senčnik4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) odtenek5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) malenkost2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) zasenčiti2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) senčiti3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) prelivati se•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
- put in the shade* * *I [šéid]nounsenca; tema; hlad, svežina; poetically senčno, temno mesto; plural senčnat prostor; (večerne) sence, somrak; figuratively delovanje kontrastov; osenčenje, šatiranje; niansa, komaj opazna razlika; malenkost, neznatna količina; zaslon, senčnik, sončnik; poetically dialectal senca (telesa); poetically dah (umrlega), plural kraljestvo senc, duhov; plural figuratively vinska klet; (plural) skrit, odmaknjen kraj, skritostamong the shades figuratively v kraljestvu umrlih; mrteveye-shade — senčnik, ščitnik za očithe realm of the shades — kraljestvo duhov, podzemeljski svetto be in the shade — biti v senci (skrit), neopažen; malo znanto cast (to put, to throw) into the shade — zasenčiti, prekositito leave in the shade — močno prekositi, zasenčitiII [šeid]1.transitive verbzasenčiti, vreči senco na, zatemniti; zakriti, skriti ( from pred); (za)ščititi ( with z); niansirati, šatirati, potemniti; commerce postopoma nižati (cene)he shaded his eyes with his hand — držal je roko pred očmi;2.intransitive verbpostopoma prehajati v drugo barvo -
14 vow
1. noun(a solemn promise, especially one made to God: The monks have made/taken a vow of silence; marriage vows.) svečana obljuba2. verb1) (to make a solemn promise (that): He vowed that he would die rather than surrender.) zaobljubiti (se)2) (to threaten: He vowed revenge on all his enemies.) zaobljubiti se* * *I [váu]nounsvečana obljuba, prisega; religion zaobljubavow of secrecy — obljuba tajnosti, molčečnostito take the vows religion zaobljubiti se (za redovnika, -ico), iti v samostanI have taken a solemn vow not to smoke any more — svečano sem obljubil, da ne bom več kadilII [váu]transitive verbzaobljubiti (se), slovesno (s prisego) obljubiti; priseči; obvezati se s slovesno obljubo; slovesno zatrjevati, zagotavljati, prepričevati ( that da); obsolete prizna(va)tihe vowed to avenge the insult — prisegel (si) je, da se bo maščeval za žalitevI vow, you are vastly amusing — zares, vi ste nad vse zabavni
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