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1 rival
1. noun(a person etc who tries to compete with another; a person who wants the same thing as someone else: For students of English, this dictionary is without a rival; The two brothers are rivals for the girl next door - they both want to marry her; ( also adjective) rival companies; rival teams.) tekmec2. verb(to (try to) be as good as someone or something else: He rivals his brother as a chess-player; Nothing rivals football for excitement and entertainment.) kosati se (s kom)- rivalry* * *I [ráivl]1.nountekmec, tekmica, rival, konkurent; archaic sobojevnik, soborecwithout a rival — brez tekmeca, brez enakega, brez primerehe is without a rival — on nima tekmeca, ni mu enakegato be rivals for — rivalizirati, potegovati se obenem (hkrati) za;2.adjectivetekmovalen, konkurenčenrival team sport nasprotno moštvoII [ráivl]transitive verbtekmovati, kosati se, rivalizirati, biti tekmec, skušati prekositi (koga); konkurirati; biti enakhe was rival(l)ed by nobody — nihče mu ni bil kos, mu ni bil enakwater rivals steam as a source of energy — voda konkurira pari kot vir energije; intransitive verb (redko) tekmovati, biti v rivaliteti, rivalizirati ( with z) -
2 scrum
(in rugby football, a struggle for the ball by the rival forwards hunched tightly round it.) gneča* * *[skrʌm]nounBritish English krajšava za scrummagerazburjena množica -
3 victory
plural - victories; noun ((a) defeat of an enemy or rival: Our team has had two defeats and eight victories; At last they experienced the joy of victory.) zmaga* * *[víktəri]nounzmaga ( over nad); triumf; uspehVictory — Zmaga, kip boginje zmageVictory Medal military American bronasta medalja za udeležence 1. svetovne vojneVictory ribbon military American trak pri odlikovanjuVictory ship — serijsko izdelana ladja (naslednica ladje Liberty v 2. svetovni vojni) -
4 competitor
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5 field
[fi:ld] 1. noun1) (a piece of land enclosed for growing crops, keeping animals etc: Our house is surrounded by fields.) polje2) (a wide area: playing fields (= an area for games, sports etc).) igrišče3) (a piece of land etc where minerals or other natural resources are found: an oil-field; a coalfield.) nahajališče4) (an area of knowledge, interest, study etc: in the fields of literature/economic development; her main fields of interest.) področje5) (an area affected, covered or included by something: a magnetic field; in his field of vision.) polje6) (an area of battle: the field of Waterloo; ( also adjective) a field-gun.) bojišče2. verb((in cricket, basketball etc) to catch (the ball) and return it.) ujeti in vrniti- fieldwork* * *I [fi:ld]nounpolje, njiva; igrišče; bojišče; tekmovalci, moštvo; igralec kriketa (ki odbija napad); vojskovanje, bitka; področje, torišče, poprišče, terenAmerican field strawberry — gozdna jagodato lose the field — biti premagan, zgubitito hold the field — ne se vdati, vztrajatito keep the field — ne se vdati, ne popustitifield of vision, field of sight — vidno poljeII [fi:ld]1.intransitive verbigrati na igrišču;2.transitive verbrazporediti moštvo na igrišču; ujeti, vreči, odbiti žogo -
6 scrimmage
['skrimi‹]1) (in American football, a struggle for the ball by the rival forwards hunched tightly round it.) prerivanje za žogo, scrimmage2) (a fight; a confused struggle.) spopad* * *[skrímidž]1.nounprerivanje, gneča, hrup, pretep, spopad, metež; American prerivanje za žogo;2.intransitive verbbrskati za (čem), vneto iskati; American prerivati se za žogo, vreči žogo v gnečo -
7 gloat
[ɡləut](to look at or think about with wicked pleasure: He gloated over his rival's failure.) škodoželjno se veseliti* * *I [glout]intransitive verb (over, upon) uživati ob čem; (škodoželjno) se veseliti, triumfiratiII [glout]nounuživanje, škodoželjnost, triumfiranje
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