resno misliti

1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skop

2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) grd

3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) popadljiv

4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) reven

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- meanly

1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) srednji

2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) povprečen

1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) pomeniti

2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) nameravati

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- meaning

- meaningful

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nizek, navaden, manjvreden (stan, rod); boren, reven, oguljen, odrgnjen, umazan; nepomemben; prostaški, nizkoten, podel; skop, stiskaški; American colloquially popadljiv, hudoben (konj); American colloquially bolehen

mean birth — nizek rod

no mean achievement — zelo dober uspeh

no mean foe — sovražnik, ki ni za podcenjevanje

no mean scholar — pametna glava. pomemben učenjak

American mean white — siromašen belec na jugu ZDA

American to feel mean over — sramovati se česa

srednji, povprečen

mean life — povprečna življenjska doba

mean annual temperature — povprečna letna temperatura

sredina; povprečje, povprečnost; (plural z glagolom v singular) sredstvo, način; plural premoženje

a means of communication — občilo

a means of transportation — prometno sredstvo

means of production — proizvodna sredstva

to be a means of — bitt česa kriv, biti povod za kaj

by means of — s pomočjo

by any means — na kakršenkoli način

by all (manner of) means — vsekakor, na vsak način, za vsako ceno

by no (manner of) means — ali not by any means — nikakor, na noben način

by this means or other — tako ali drugače

by fair (foul) means — na pošten (nepošten) način

the end justifies the means — namen posvečuje sredstva

a means to an end — sredstvo za dosego cilja

the golden ( —ali happy) mean — zlata sredina

to live beyond one's means — živeti preko svojih razmer

a man of means — premožen človek

ways and means — pota in načini

British English means test — preveritev premoženjskih razmer delavca, ki prejema socialno podporo

nameravati, imeti vmislih, kaniti, hoteti; (zlasti pasiv) nameniti ( for za); meniti, misliti; pomeniti;

pomeniti (to komu)

to mean business — resno misliti

to mean mischief — imeti zlobne namene, imeti kaj za bregom

to mean well — imeti dobre namene

to mean well (ill) by ( —ali to) s.o. — dobro (slabo) komu želeti, biti komu (ne)naklonjen

what do you mean by it? — kaj hočeš s tem reči?, kaj naj to pomeni?

I mean it — resno mislim

he was meant for a soldier — bil je namenjen za vojaka

that was meant for you — to je bilo namenjeno tebi

to mean little to s o. — komu malo pomeniti

I mean you to go — želim, da greš

1) (occupation; buying and selling: Selling china is my business; The shop does more business at Christmas than at any other time.) posel, kupčija

2) (a shop, a firm: He owns his own business.) podjetje

3) (concern: Make it your business to help him; Let's get down to business (= Let's start the work etc that must be done).) opravilo, delo

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- businesslike

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posel, opravilo, poklic; kupčija; zadeva, delo; dolžnosti; podjetje, tvrdka; archaic zaposlenost; theatre igra, pantomima

to ask for s.o.'s business — vprašati, kaj si kdo želi

to do one's business for s.o. — uničiti koga

the business end — konec (kakršnegakoli) orodja

to go to business — iti na delo, v službo

everybody's business is nobody's business — za vsako delo mora biti nekdo odgovoren

to mean business — resno misliti

man of business — poslovni človek, trgovec

one's man of business — pravni svetovalec koga

to go into business — postati trgovec

mind your own business — ne vtikaj se v zadeve drugih

that's no business of yours — to ti ni nič mar

a roaring business — sijajna kupčija

to send s.o. about his ( —ali her) business — na kratko koga odsloviti

to settle down ( —ali get) to business — resno se lotiti dela

I am sick of the whole business — sit sem tega

to speak to the business — stvarno govoriti

a good stroke of business — dobra kupčija

to attend to one's own business — ne se vtikati v zadeve drugih

to have no business to do s.th. — ne imeti pravice kaj storiti

to make business of doing s.th. — veliko o čem govoriti

to retire from business — opustiti posel

see busyness

1) (serious or over-serious: an earnest student; She wore an earnest expression.) resen

2) (showing determination, sincerity or strong feeling: He made an earnest attempt to improve his work.) resen

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- earnestness

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adjective ( earnestly adverb)

resen, tehten; prepričan, iskren

to be earnest with s.o. — goreče koga prositi

resnost

to be in earnest — resno misliti, ne se šaliti

in good ( —ali full, sober, real, sad) earnest — popolnoma resno, brez šale

ara, nadav; slutnja

to give ( —ali make) earnest — zaarati

1) (serious; not joking: I am in earnest when I say this.) resno (misliti)

2) (seriously; with energy and determination: He set to work in earnest.) resno

1) (the third planet in order of distance from the Sun; the planet on which we live: Is Earth nearer the Sun than Mars is?; the geography of the earth.) zemlja

2) (the world as opposed to heaven: heaven and earth.) zemlja

3) (soil: Fill the plant-pot with earth.) prst

4) (dry land; the ground: the earth, sea and sky.) kopno

5) (a burrow or hole of an animal, especially of a fox.) brlog

6) ((a wire that provides) an electrical connection with the earth.) ozemljitev

- earthen

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zemlja; zemljišče; tla; prst, glina, ilovica; kopno; lisičina; ozemljitev

to come back to earth — opustiti sanjarjenje; začeti resno misliti

to move heaven and earth — prizadevati si na vse pretege

to take earth, to run ( —ali go) to earth — skriti se v lisičino

to run s.o. to earth — ugnati koga v kozji rog; zasledovati do dna

why on earth? — zakaj zaboga?

down to earth — trezno misleč

to sink into the earth — v tla se pogrezniti (od sramu)

in the face of the earth — na zemeljski površini

no use on earth — popolnoma neuporaben, zanič

while he was on earth — za njegovega življenja

zakopati; pokopati, z zemljo pokriti; ozemljiti; v lisičino zapoditi;

v lisičino se skriti; zakopati se

to earth up — okopa(va)ti (krompir)

1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) raven

2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) odkrit

3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) poravnan

4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) urejen, jasen

5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) čist

6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) resen

7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) dramski

1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) naravnost

2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) takoj

3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) pošteno

- straighten

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raven, prem, premočrten; gladek (lasje); resen (obraz); pokončen; urejen, v redu, reden, na pravem mestu, v pravi višini; simetričen; direkten, neposreden; figuratively odkrit, pošten, iskren, preprost, nekompliciran; colloquially zanesljiv, resničen (poročilo); dosleden; American slang brezkompromisen; pravi, neponarejen, nepopačen, neizkrivljen, dobljen iz prvega vira; popoln; nerazredčen, čist brez vode (whisky itd.)

as straight as an arrow — raven kot sveča

in a straight line — v premi, ravni črti

straight angle — iztegnjeni kot (180°)

straight arch — lok v obliki obrnjene črke V

a straight back — raven, neukrivljen (negrbast) hrbet

straight eye — (dobra) mera na oko

straight face — negiben, resen obraz

a straight fight — poštena (nedogovorjena) borba

straight hair — gladki lasje

a straight hit — direkten zadetek

a straight knee — ravno, neupognjeno koleno

straight legs — ravne noge

a straight novel — navaden (nekriminalen) roman

straight line mathematics premica

straight speaking — odkrito govorjenje

a straight tip slang zanesljiv namig (nasvet), informacija iz prvega (zanesljivega) vira

a straight path — ravna, prema steza

a straight race — dirka, v kateri se udeleženci na vse pretege trudijo za zmago

a straight Republican American slang brezkompromisen republikanec, republikanec skoz in skoz

the straight ticket American pravi, uradni program stranke

accounts are straight — računi so v redu

is everything straight? — je vse v redu?

to keep a straight face — resno se držati, zadržati smeh

to keep s.o. straight — držati koga na uzdi

to put things straight — spraviti stvari v red

to set one's papers straight — spraviti v red svoje papirje

to set a room straight — urediti, pospraviti sobo

to vote a straight ticket American glasovati za nespremenjeno kandidatno listo

premo, ravno, naravnost, v pravi smeri; točno, pravilno; neposredno, direktno; figuratively odkrito, iskreno, jasno, pošteno; obsolete takoj, precej, na mestu, nemudoma; brez ovinkov, brez ovinkarjenja

straight away — takoj, na mestu, precej

straight off — takoj, prècej, brez pomišljanja

straight on — naravnost (naprej)

straight through — naravnost skozi

straight from the horse's mouth slang iz prvega vira

to come straight to the point — jasno in brez oklevanja, naravnost pojasniti

to go straight on — iti naravnost naprej

to hit straight from the shoulder — naravnost (brez strahu) povedati svoje mnenje

to keep straight — iti kar (naravnost) naprej

to live straight — pošteno živeti

to ride straight on — jahati naravnost naprej, čez vse ovire

to run straight — moralno, pošteno živeti

to sit up straight — pokonci sedeti

to speak straight out — odkrito, brez ovinkov govoriti

to think straight — logično misliti

I told him straight out — povedal sem mu naravnost v obraz

I cannot tell you straight off — ne morem vam povedati kar takoj (pri priči, prècej)

premost; premica, ravnina; zadnji (ravni) del dirkališča za konjske dirke; American slang resnica, prava ugotovitev; sport po vrsti doseženi uspehi; (karte, poker) sekvenca petih kart

out of the straight — neraven; poševen, nagnjen; grbav; figuratively nepošten;

zares!, resnično!, v resnici!