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1 false
[fo:ls]1) (not true; not correct: He made a false statement to the police.) lažen2) (not genuine; intended to deceive: She has a false passport.) ponarejen3) (artificial: false teeth.) umeten4) (not loyal: false friends.) lažen, neiskren•- falsify
- falsification
- falsity
- false alarm
- false start* * *I [fɔ:ls]adjective ( falsely adverb)nepravi, napačen; lažniv, varljiv, potuhnjen; nezvest, izdajalski; zmoten; neosnovan, netočen; nezakonit; umeten, ponarejenfalse key — kljukec, odpiračto sail under false colours — pluti pod lažno zastavo; figuratively šopiriti se s pavjim perjemII [fɔ:ls]adverbnapačno, zmotno, lažnivo, nezakonito, varljivo, nezvestoto play s.o. false — nepošteno s kom ravnati, prevarati, izdati ga -
2 colour
1. noun1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) barva2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) barva3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) barva4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) barvitost2. adjective((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) barven3. verb(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) barvati- coloured4. noun((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) črnec- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours* * *IAmerican color [kʌlə]noun barva, odtenek; barva kože, pigment; kolorit; rdečica; videz; figuratively pretveza, maska; plural zastava; ton, prizvokcolour bar — rasna segregacija; diskriminacijato change colour — prebledeti, zardetito give colour to s.th. — poživiti, opravičiti kaj; dati videz resničnostito lend colour to s.th. — poživiti kajcolour line — črta, ki strogo deli belce od črncevto see the colour of s.o.'s money — dobiti od koga denarto stick to one's colours — držati se svojih načel, ravnati po svojih načelihto strike ( —ali lower) one's colours — vdati, ukloniti seto take one's colour from s.o. — posnemati kogaunder colour of s.th. — pod krinko česato wear s.o.'s colours — biti privrženec kogato sail under false colours — pretvarjati se, biti licemerecman (woman) of colour — človek, ki ni belecIIAmerican color [kʌlə]1.transitive verbbarvati, slikati; figuratively olepšati, pretiravati;2.intransitive verbbarvo dobiti, zardeti
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