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1 retreat
[ri'tri:t] 1. verb1) (to move back or away from a battle (usually because the enemy is winning): After a hard struggle, they were finally forced to retreat.) umakniti se2) (to withdraw; to take oneself away: He retreated to the peace of his own room.) umakniti se2. noun1) (the act of retreating (from a battle, danger etc): After the retreat, the soldiers rallied once more.) umik2) (a signal to retreat: The bugler sounded the retreat.) znak za umik3) ((a place to which a person can go for) a period of rest, religious meditation etc: He has gone to a retreat to pray.) samota* * *I [ri:trí:t]nounumik, umikanje; military znak za umik, znak s trobento, da je čas za nočni počitek; umaknitev v samoto, odmaknjenost, osamljenost; zatočišče, pribežališče; dom, zavod (za umobolne, za alkoholike)to beat a retreat, to make retreat — umakniti se (tudi figuratively)to make good one's retreat — uspešno, srečno se umakniti, izmuznitiII [ri:trí:t]intransitive verb military umakniti se, odstopiti; oddaljiti se, zbežati (nazaj); transitive verb (šah) potegniti (figuro) nazajto retreat into one's shell figuratively postati molčeč, umakniti se v molk -
2 beat a (hasty) retreat
(to go away in a hurry: The children beat a hasty retreat when he appeared.) umakniti se -
3 beat a (hasty) retreat
(to go away in a hurry: The children beat a hasty retreat when he appeared.) umakniti se -
4 beat
past tense; see beat* * *I [bi:t]nounudarec; bitje, utrip; nihanje (nihala); music ritem, takt; korak; območje, stroka, delokrog, revir, rajon; obhodna straža; American slang časopisna senzacija; American slang lenuh, postopačthat is not my beat, that is off ( —ali out of) my beat — to ni moja stroka, s tem se ne ukvarjam; to me ne zanimaII [bi:t]1.transitive verbtolči; udariti, udarjati; biti; utrti, utirati; premagati, prekositi, prekašati; (o)slepariti; obleteti; zbegati;2.intransitive verbbiti, utripati; mlatiti; trkati; taktirati; prebijati se; nautical laviratito beat the air — zaman se truditi, prazno slamo mlatitito beat the breast — trkati se po prsih, obžalovatidead beat — na smrt utrujen, onemogelto beat hollow (to smithereens, sticks, nothing, all to pieces, to ribands) dodobra premagatibeat it! — poberi se!to beat time — voditi, dirigirati, taktiratiAmerican slang can you beat it? — to je nezaslišano, kakšna predrznost!American slang to beat it — zbežati, popihati joIII [bi:t]preteriteod beat 2; adjective izčrpan -
5 sound
I adjective1) (strong or in good condition: The foundations of the house are not very sound; He's 87, but he's still sound in mind and body.) zdrav2) ((of sleep) deep: She's a very sound sleeper.) trden3) (full; thorough: a sound basic training.) temeljit4) (accurate; free from mistakes: a sound piece of work.) brez napake5) (having or showing good judgement or good sense: His advice is always very sound.) pameten•- soundly- soundness
- sound asleep II 1. noun1) (the impressions transmitted to the brain by the sense of hearing: a barrage of sound; ( also adjective) sound waves.) zvok; zvočen2) (something that is, or can be, heard: The sounds were coming from the garage.) zvok3) (the impression created in the mind by a piece of news, a description etc: I didn't like the sound of her hairstyle at all!) podoba2. verb1) (to (cause something to) make a sound: Sound the bell!; The bell sounded.) zveneti2) (to signal (something) by making a sound: Sound the alarm!) (po)zvoniti3) ((of something heard or read) to make a particular impression; to seem; to appear: Your singing sounded very good; That sounds like a train.) slišati se; zdeti se4) (to pronounce: In the word `pneumonia', the letter p is not sounded.) izgovoriti5) (to examine by tapping and listening carefully: She sounded the patient's chest.) osluškovati•- soundlessly
- sound effects
- soundproof 3. verb(to make (walls, a room etc) soundproof.) zvočno izoliratiIII verb(to measure the depth of (water etc).) sondirati- sounding- sound out* * *I [sáund]nounzvok, zven, glas, šum; ton; slušaj, doseg sluha; figuratively vtis; pomen, smisel; obsolete sporočilo, naznanilothe sound of a bell — glas zvona, zvonjenjeI don't like the sound of it — to mi ni všeč, tu nekaj ne more biti v reduthere was much sound but little sense in his speech — njegov govor je bil poln donečih besed, a reven idejII [sáund]intransitive verbzveneti, doneti, razlegati se; figuratively zdeti se, delati vtis, slišati se; transitive verb music trobiti, pihati (v trobento); igrati (na glasbilo); napraviti, da nekaj zveni, se sliši; izgovoriti (glas); naznaniti z zvonom, s trobento (umik, alarm); naglasiti kaj; pregledati pravilnost (kolesa železniškega vagona) s trkanjem kladiva; preiskati, prcgledati (npr. pljuča) z osluškovanjem; objaviti, razglasitito sound s.o.'s lungs — osluškovati komu pljučato sound s.o.'s praises — peti komu hvaloit sounds as if he was keeping something back — to zveni, kot da nekaj prikriva (da ne pove vsega)it did not sound like his voice — ni bilo slišati, kot da bi to bil njegov glasto sound off American slang odkrito govoriti, pritožiti se; klicati imenato sound in — iti za; glasiti se naIII [sáund]1.adjective ( soundly adverb)zdrav, čil; nepoškodovan, neranjen, cel, dobro ohranjen, brez napake; nepokvarjen (o sadju); (o spanju) miren, trden, globok; krepak, poštén (o udarcih); (o ceni) zmeren, ki ustreza vrednosti blaga; pameten, trezen, pravilen (sodba itd.); osnovan, upravičen, temeljit, tehten (razlog); pravi; juridically veljaven zakonit; dobro premišljen, pameten; (o osebi) zanesljiv, zvest, pošten; (vedenje) pravilno, brez graje; economy soliden, zanesljiv; solventensound as a bell, as sound as a roach — zdrav kot ribasound advice — dober, poraben nasvetsound currency economy zdrava valutaa sound objection — utemeljen, tehten ugovorsound timber — zdrav, jeder lesis he quite sound in mind? — je (on) čisto pri pravi pameti?to get a sound whipping — biti pošteno našeškan (tepen);2.adverbtrdno, globoko; zeloto be sound asleep, to sleep sound — trdno, globoko spatiIV [sáund]1.nounmedicinesonda; nautical merjenje globine; nautical grezilo, svinčnica;2.transitive verb nautical(s svinčnico) meriti (globino), preiskovati (dno), določiti globočino vode (v ladijskem trupu); medicine preiskovati, pregledati (sečni mehur) s sondo; figuratively oprezno pretipati; sondirati mišljenje (kake osebe); intransitive verb meriti globočino; (o kitu) potopiti se do dnato sound s.o. on (about) — pretipati koga gledéto sound out s.o.'s views — skušati zvedeti stališča kake osebeV [sáund]nounmorska ožina; obsolete morski rokav; zoology ribji mehur; zoology sipa -
6 urge
[ə:‹] 1. verb1) (to try to persuade or request earnestly (someone to do something): He urged her to drive carefully; `Come with me,' he urged.) nagovarjati2) (to try to convince a person of (eg the importance of, or necessity for, some action): He urged (on them) the necessity for speed.) poudarjati2. noun(a strong impulse or desire: I felt an urge to hit him.) močna želja- urge on* * *I [ə:dž]nounpodnet, impulz, nagon, pobuda, spodbuda; delujoča sila, pritisk; vnetost, gorečnost (npr. verska)the cosmic urge — skupnost sil, ki vladajo svetuII [ə:dž]transitive verbnagnati, naganjati, tirati; tiščati, pritiskati; siliti, nagovarjati, rotiti, urgirati; spodbosti; iznesti, predložiti ( against proti) (npr. argumente), predočiti, navesti (kot vzrok); posebno naglasiti, poudariti; priporočiti, opomniti; pospešiti (tempo, delo); intransitive verb siliti, rotiti, trdovratno vztrajati (on pri)I urged him to aceept the offer — silil sem ga, naj sprejme ponudboI urged him not to undertake the business — rotil sem ga, naj se ne loti tega posla -
7 hold one's ground
(to refuse to move back or retreat when attacked: Although many were killed, the soldiers held their ground.) vztrajati na svojem mestu -
8 lose ground
(to (be forced to) move back or retreat: The general sent in reinforcements when he saw that his troops were losing ground.) umikati se
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