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21 grievance
['ɡri:vəns](a cause or reason for complaint: a list of grievances.) krivica* * *[grí:vəns]nounzamera; pritožba; krivica; neprilika, stiskato nurse a grievance against s.o. — imeti koga na piki -
22 motive
['məutiv](something that makes a person choose to act in a particular way; a reason: What was his motive for murdering the old lady?) nagib- motivate- motivation* * *I [móutiv]nounrazlog, nagib ( for za); motivII [móutiv]adjectivegonilenIII [móutiv]transitive verb(zlasti pasivno) dati povod za kaj; napotiti, razložiti, motivirati -
23 need
[ni:d] 1. negative short form - needn't; verb1) (to require: This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help?) potrebovati2) (to be obliged: You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present.) morati2. noun1) (something essential, that one must have: Food is one of our basic needs.) potreba2) (poverty or other difficulty: Many people are in great need.) pomanjkanje3) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) potreba•- needless- needlessly
- needy
- a need for
- in need of* * *I [ni:d]nounpotreba, sila nuja (of, for po); pomanjkanje (of, for česa)to have no need to do s.th. — ne čutiti potrebe kaj nareditito fail s.o. in his need — pustiti koga na cediluII [ni:d]1.intransitive verb archaicbiti potrebno; biti v stiski, primanjkovati česa;2.transitive verbpotrebovati; zahtevati;3.auxiliary verb (z nedoločnikom s to v trdilnih, brez to v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih) morati, treba je -
24 objection
[əb'‹ekʃən]1) (an expression of disapproval: He raised no objection to the idea.) ugovor2) (a reason for disapproving: My objection is that he is too young.) pomislek* * *[əbdžékšən]nounugovor, pomislek, pridržek; očitek; pomanjkljivost, napaka; negodovanje, odpor, gnus ( against)to have no objections — ne ugovarjati, ne imeti pomislekov, ne imeti nič protito take objections to s.th. — ugovarjati, protestirati proti čemu -
25 pair
[peə] 1. noun1) (a set of two of the same thing which are (intended to be) used etc together: a pair of shoes/gloves.) par2) (a single thing made up of two parts: a pair of scissors; a pair of pants.) par3) (two people, animals etc, often one of either sex, who are thought of together for some reason: a pair of giant pandas; John and James are the guilty pair.) par2. verb(to make into a pair: She was paired with my brother in the tennis match.) združiti v par* * *I [pwə]noun1.par (stvari, ki spadajo skupaj: a pair of shoes par čevljev);2.dvodelen predmet (se ne prevaja: a pair of compasses, scissors šestilo, škarje);3.par (s slovenskimi množinskimi samostalniki: a pair of trousers par hlač);4.par, parček (mož in žena, samec in samica);5.parliamentdva člana nasprotnih strank, ki se po dogovoru vzdržita glasovanja; tak dogovor; eden od teh partnerjev;6.eden od predmetov, ki spadata skupaj ( the other pair to this sock druga nogavica tega para)II [pwə]1.transitive verbpariti (živali, with s, z); (z)družiti v pare;2.intransitive verbpariti se ( with); združiti se v pare; parliament dogovoriti se s članom nasprotne stranke o neglasovanjuto pair off — združiti (se) v pare; colloquially poročiti se -
26 purpose
['pə:pəs]1) (the reason for doing something; the aim to which an action etc is directed: What is the purpose of your visit?) namen2) (the use or function of an object: The purpose of this lever is to stop the machine in an emergency.) namen3) (determination: a man of purpose.) odločnost•- purposefully
- purposeless
- purposely
- purpose-built
- on purpose
- serve a purpose
- to no purpose* * *I [pɜ:pəs]nounnamen, cilj, nakana; učinek; vsebina, smiselfor what purpose? — čemu?to the purpose — stvarno, o pravem časuof set purpose — (zlasti juridically) premišljeno, namernoto turn s.th. to good purpose — dobro kaj uporabiti ali izkoristitiII [pɜ:pəs]transitive verbnameravati, določiti, nameniti, odločiti -
27 superstition
[su:pə'stiʃən]1) ((the state of fear and ignorance resulting from) the belief in magic, witchcraft and other things that cannot he explained by reason.) vraževerje2) (an example of this type of belief: There is an old superstition that those who marry in May will have bad luck.) vraža•- superstitiously* * *[sjupəstíšən]nounpraznoverje, babjeverstvo, vraža; obsolete malikovanje -
28 voice
[vois] 1. noun1) (the sounds from the mouth made in speaking or singing: He has a very deep voice; He spoke in a quiet/loud/angry/kind voice.) glas2) (the voice regarded as the means of expressing opinion: The voice of the people should not be ignored; the voice of reason/conscience.) glas2. verb1) (to express (feelings etc): He voiced the discontent of the whole group.) izraziti2) (to produce the sound of (especially a consonant) with a vibration of the vocal cords as well as with the breath: `Th' should be voiced in `this' but not in `think'.) izgovoriti•- voiced- voiceless
- voice mail
- be in good voice
- lose one's voice
- raise one's voice* * *I [vɔis]nounglas (politics & figuratively; tudi človeški); ton, zvok; izraz; grammar način; sposobnost ali moč govora; mnenje, odločitev; phonetics zven; music petje (kot stroka); obsolete govorica; sloveswith one voice — enoglasno, enodušno, kot edenat the top of one's voice — na ves glas, na vse grloactive, passive voice grammar tvorni, trpni način (glagola)the voice of God — glas vesti, vestto give one's voice for — izjaviti se za, glasovati zato lift up one's voice — povzdigniti svoj glas, spregovoriti, javiti seto lose one's voice — izgubiti glas (zaradi prehlada itd.)to raise one's voice — povzdigniti svoj glas, govoriti glasnejeII [vɔis]transitive verbizgovoriti, izreči, izraziti z besedami, formulirati; music uglasiti, regulirati (orgle); linguistics zveneče izgovarjati -
29 woman
['wumən]plural - women; noun1) (an adult human female: His sisters are both grown women now; ( also adjective) a woman doctor; women doctors.) ženska2) (a female domestic daily helper: We have a woman who comes in to do the cleaning.) pomočnica, postrežnica•- - woman- womanhood
- womankind
- womenkind
- womanly
- womanliness
- womenfolk* * *Iplural women [wúmən, wímin]1.nounženska, žena; ženski spol (ženske); ljubica; metresa; soproga, žena; sobarica, postrežnica; ženska čud (narava), ženska čustva; moški z ženskimi lastnostmi, "baba"the woman figuratively ženska, tipično ženskowoman of the world — svetska, svetovnjaška ženska; izkušena ženskathe scarlet woman figuratively poganski Rim, papeški Rim; posvetni duhsingle woman — samostojna ženska; (stara) devicathere's a woman in it — za tem tiči (kaka) ženska, tu ima ženska prste vmesto play the woman — biti rahločuten ali plah (boječ), pokazati strah (bojazen), jokati, cmeriti sethere is too much of the woman in him — preveč je ženskega v njem;2.adjectiveženskiII [wúmən]transitive verbpostaviti ženske (v obrat itd.); obsolete oženiti (koga); pomehkužiti; intransitive verb igrati žensko vlogo, obnašati se kot ženska -
30 all
[o:l] 1. adjective, pronoun1) (the whole (of): He ate all the cake; He has spent all of his money.) ves2) (every one (of a group) when taken together: They were all present; All men are equal.) vsi2. adverb1) (entirely: all alone; dressed all in white.) čisto, popolnoma2) ((with the) much; even: Your low pay is all the more reason to find a new job; I feel all the better for a shower.) (toliko) bolj•- all-out
- all-round
- all-rounder
- all-terrain vehicle
- all along
- all at once
- all in
- all in all
- all over
- all right
- in all* * *I [ɔ:l]adjectivecel, ves, celotenall very cushy — udoben, prijetento be on all fours with s.o. — povsem se s kom strinjatiII [ɔ:l]adverbpopolnoma, čisto, docela, povsemall abroad — daleč razširjen, na širokoall along — nenehno, ves časall along of — zaradi, spričoall anyhow — nemarno, površnoall at once — nenadoma, nepričakovanoall right — v redu, dobro, prav, strinjam seall round — vse naokrog; figuratively vseall of a sudden — nenadoma, nepričakovanoIII [ɔ:l]nounvsi, vse, celotaabove all — predvsem, v prvi vrstiafter all — končno, navsezadnjeall along of — zaradi, spričobefore all — predvsem, v prvi vrstiall but — skoraj, domalafirst of all — v prvi vrsti, predvsemall the go — trenutno zelo priljubljen, modenfor good and all — končnoveljavno, za vselejall in — ves izmučen, utrujennot at all — sploh ne; prosim (kot odgovor na "thank you")all one — vseeno, enako; istoall over o.s. — domišljav; ves srečenall over the shop — v neredu, razmetanoto be struck ( —ali knocked) all on a heap — biti zelo presenečen, prepadenall talk and no cider — prazne marnje, besedičenje, čenčeall's well that ends well — konec dober, vse dobrowhen all is done — končno, na koncu koncev -
31 hopeful
1) ((negative unhopeful) full of hope: The police are hopeful that they will soon find the killer; hopeful faces; He is hopeful of success.) poln upanja2) (giving a reason or encouragement for hope: That's a hopeful sign - perhaps he is going to change his mind after all.) obetajoč3) (likely to be pleasant, successful etc: The future looks quite hopeful.) obetaven* * *[hóupful]1.adjective ( hopefully adverb)poln upanja (of), obetajoč;2.nounironicallynadebuden mladenič, -nka -
32 how
1. adverb, conjunction1) (in what way: How do you make bread?) kako2) (to what extent: How do you like my new hat?; How far is Paris from London?) kako3) (by what means: I've no idea how he came here.) kako4) (in what condition: How are you today?; How do I look?) kako5) (for what reason: How is it that I am the last to know about this?) kako•- however2. conjunction(in no matter what way: This painting still looks wrong however you look at it.) kakorkoli- how come
- how do you do?* * *I [háu]adverbkako (vprašanje in vzklik)how about...? — kako pa kaj...?how are you? — kako se počutiš?how much?, how many? — koliko?how many times? — kolikokrat?how ever do you do it? — kako le to narediš?how goes it? — kako kaj gre?how in the world? — kako vendar?how is that? — odloči se že (pri kriketu); kako pa to?how now? — kako to?, kaj naj to pomeni?and how! — in še kako!here's how! colloquially na zdravje (pri pitju)that's how — tako, na tak načincolloquially a nice how-do-you-do ( —ali how-do-'ye-do, how-d'ye-do) — no, lepa reč!, kakšna godlja!II [háu]nounnačin postopkathe how of it — način, kako se kaj naredi -
33 know
[nəu]past tense - knew; verb1) (to be aware of or to have been informed about: He knows everything; I know he is at home because his car is in the drive; He knows all about it; I know of no reason why you cannot go.) vedeti2) (to have learned and to remember: He knows a lot of poetry.) poznati3) (to be aware of the identity of; to be friendly with: I know Mrs Smith - she lives near me.) poznati4) (to (be able to) recognize or identify: You would hardly know her now - she has become very thin; He knows a good car when he sees one.) prepoznati•- knowing- knowingly
- know-all
- know-how
- in the know
- know backwards
- know better
- know how to
- know the ropes* * *I [nóu]nounvednost, znanjecolloquially to be in the know — vedeti (zaupne stvari), spoznati seII [nóu]1.transitive verbvedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti ( from);2.intransitive verbvedeti (of za, o); spoznati se ( about na)to know one's bussiness — ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes — dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čemI know better than to — nisem tako neumen, da bito know one from the other — razločiti med dvema, razpoznatidon't know him from Adam — nimam pojma, kdo jeto get ( —ali come) to know — spoznati, zvedetito let s.o. know — sporočiti komuto make known — razglasiti, oznanitito make o.s. known to — predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s komto know one's own mind — vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovatinot to know what to make of a thing — ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložitinot that I know — ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano neto know one's place — vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprejto know one's way around — znajti se, spoznati seto know which side one's bread is buttered — vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristito know from a bull's foot — znati razlikovati, znati ločitibefore you know where you are — hipoma, preden se zavešdon't I know it! — pa še kako to vem!he wouldn't know (that) — težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedetiI would have you know that — rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnilI have never known him to lie — kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagalI know of s.o. who — vem za nekoga, kicolloquially not that I know of — ne da bi vedel -
34 particular
[pə'tikjulə]1) (of a single definite person, thing etc thought of separately from all others: this particular man/problem.) poseben2) (more than ordinary: Please take particular care of this letter.) poseben3) (difficult to please: He is very particular about his food.) izbirčen•- particulars
- in particular* * *I [pətíkjulə]adjective ( particularly adverb)poseben, izjemen, posamezen, specialen; oseben, individualen; podroben, izčrpen, obširen; samosvoj, nenavaden, čuden; zamerljiv, izbirčen, natančen (in, about, as to); philosophy omejenironically not too particular — ki ne izbira (svojih metod itd.)economy nautical particular average — manjša havarija, manjša poškodba tovoraII [pətíkjulə]nounnadrobnost, detalj; plural (osebni) podatki; poglavje, točka, paragraf; colloquially specialiteta, posebnostin particular — posebno, zlasti, izčrpnoa London particular — londonska posebnost, nekaj tipičnega za London -
35 rational
1) (able to think, reason and judge etc: Man is a rational animal.) razumen2) (sensible; reasonable; logical; not (over-) influenced by emotions etc: There must be a rational explanation for those strange noises) razumen•- rationality* * *[raešənəl]1.adjective ( rationally adverb)razumski, umstven, racionalen; razumen, umen, pameten; mathematics racionalen; znanstveno potrjen, dokazan; smotrn, racionalen, praktičenrational dress — nova, (nenavadna), a praktična ženska obleka (npr. hlače namesto krila)rational number mathematics racionalno številoman is a rational animal — človek je z razumom obdarjena žival;2.nounrazumsko, razumno bitjerationals plural = rational dress —; ženske kratke hlače (namesto krila) -
36 real
[riəl] 1. adjective1) (which actually exists: There's a real monster in that cave.) resničen2) (not imitation; genuine: real leather; Is that diamond real?) pravi3) (actual: He may own the factory, but it's his manager who is the real boss.) resničen4) (great: a real surprise/problem.) resničen2. adverb((especially American) very; really: a real nice house.) zares- realist- realism
- realistic
- realistically
- reality
- really 3. interjection(an expression of surprise, protest, doubt etc: `I'm going to be the next manager.' `Oh really?'; Really! You mustn't be so rude!) res- for real
- in reality* * *[ríəl]1.adjectiveresničen, dejanski, stvaren, realen, neizmišljen, objektiven; commerce efektiven, razpoložljiv; pravi, čist, pristen, neponarejen, neumeten; naraven, živ, vzet (črpan) iz življenja; iskren; juridically stvaren, osnoven, temeljni, nepremičninskireal assets plural , real estate, real property juridically zemljiška posest, nepremičninereal security juridically hipotekataken from the real life — vzet iz resničnega življenja;2.noun the real — realnost, resničnost;3.adverb(zlasti pred pridevniki) resnično, zares; (zlasti American) zelo, skrajno -
37 rhyme, rime
I [ráim]nounstik, rima; stih; beseda, ki se rima (to na); (tudi plural) pesem v rimah, pesnitevwithout rhyme, rime or reason — brez glave in repa, brez smisla, nesmiselncaudate rhyme, rime, tailed rhyme, rime — izmenična rimadouble rhyme, rime, female rhyme, rime, feminine rhyme, rime — ženska rimamale rhyme, rime, masculine rhyme, rime — moška rimanursery rhyme, rimes — otroške pesmiceto give rhyme, rimes — rimati seto write bad rhyme, rimes — kovati slabe stihe, pesnikaritiII [ráim]transitive verbrimati; delati stihe ali pesmi; zložiti v stihe; intransitive verb rimati se (on, with na, z); tvoriti stihrhyme, rimed verse — rimani stihilaw rhyme, rimes with saw — "law" se rima s "saw" -
38 small
[smo:l]1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) majhen2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) majhen3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) malo4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) mali•- small arms
- small change
- small hours
- smallpox
- small screen
- small-time
- feel/look small* * *I [smɔ:l]adjectivemajhen (po velikosti, obsegu, številu, starosti, količini, pomembnosti); maloštevilen; kratek, kratkotrajen; redek, lahek, vodén (o pijači); dialectal ozek; figuratively nepomemben, malo važen, neznaten, brez večje vrednosti; ozkosrčen, ozkogruden, malenkosten; šibek, skromen, reven; nizek; majhne moralne vrednosti, podel; osramočenin a small way, on a small scale — v majhnem razmerju, v malem, skromno, maloon the small side — nezadostno velik, ne preveliksmall and early party — družba maloštevilnih gostov, ki se kmalu razide; intimna večerna zabavaa small beginning — majhen, skromen začeteksmall blame to them — ni se jim treba sramovati, to jim ne dela sramote; ni jim treba zameritiand no blame to him! — in kdo ga ne bi (po)karal!small farmer — mali kmet, mali posestniksmall hours — ure po polnoči, male urea small poetically nepomemben pesniksmall rain — dežek, droben dežsmall talk — kramljanje, klepet(anje)the small voice, the still small voice figuratively glas vestiit is small of him to remind me of it — malenkostno je od njega, da me spomni na toI call it small of him — smatram, da je to nizkotno od njegaI found the way at last, and small thanks to you for your directions — končno sem našel pot, in za to se mi ni treba zahvaliti vašim navodilomhe has small Latin and less Greek — latinski zna malo, grški pa še manjhe has too small a mind not to be jealous of your success — preozkosrčen je, da ne bi bil ljubosumen na vaš uspehto make s.o. feel small figuratively osramotiti kogato make o.s. small — napraviti se majhnegahe was surprised, and no small wonder — bil je presenečen, in nič čudnega (če je bil)everybody thought it small of him to refuse to help — vsakdo je smatral, da je grdó od njega, da je odklonil pomočII [smɔ:l]adverbmajhno, fino; (redko) malo, malce; ne glasno, slabotno; prezirljivoto cut small — razrezati, zrezatito sing small figuratively odnehati, znižati zahteve, postati manj glasen, postati majhento think small of s.o. — prezirljivo gledati na kogaIII [smɔ:l]nounnekaj majhnega; majhen (tanek, ozek) del (česa); majhna oseba; plural telesno perilo; drobnarije, drobno blago; plural Oxford university prvi od treh izpitov za akademsko stopnjo B. A.in small — v malem, v miniaturiby small and small — polagoma, počasithe small of the back anatomy križ -
39 wanton
['wontən]1) (without reason; motiveless: wanton cruelty; the wanton destruction of property.) objesten2) ((of a person) immoral: wanton young women.) razuzdan•- wantonly- wantonness* * *[wɔntən]1.adjective ( wantonly adverb)objesten, razposajen, navihan, poreden; zlohoten; muhast, neodgovoren, kapriciozen, trmast, brezobziren, neusmiljen; razuzdan, polten, nečist, razvraten; divji, bujen, razkošen (rastlinstvo); bogat, čezmeren, bujen; nesmotrn, slučajen, na slepo narejen, samovoljen, neupravičen; poetically svobodena wanton child — poreden, navihan otrokwanton praise — čezmerna hvala;2.nounrazvratnik, -ica, razuzdanec, -nka; hotnica; razposajenec (otrok), razvajenecto play the wanton with — šaliti se z; poigravati se z;3.intransitive verbbiti razposajen, šale zbijati, noreti; besneti; razvratno, razuzdano živeti, ljubimkati; bujno rasti; pretiravati;4.transitive verbzapravljati, zafrečkati (čas itd.) -
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