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1 select
[sə'lekt] 1. verb(to choose or pick from among a number: She selected a blue dress from the wardrobe; You have been selected to represent us on the committee.) izbrati2. adjective1) (picked or chosen carefully: A select group of friends was invited.) izbran2) (intended only for carefully chosen (usually rich or upper-class) people: That school is very select.) izbran•- selective
- sellectively
- selectiveness
- selector* * *[silékt]1.transitive verb & intransitive verbizbrati, odbrati ( for za); prebirati, sortirati;2.adjectiveizbran, odbran; eliten; selektiven; izbirčena select club (party) — selektiven klub (izbrana, ekskluzivna družba)select committee parliament preiskovalni odbor ali komisija -
2 cream
[kri:m] 1. noun1) (the yellowish-white oily substance that forms on the top of milk, and from which butter and cheese are made.) smetana2) (any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream: ice-cream; face-cream.) sladoled; krema3) (the best part; the top people: the cream of the medical profession.) smetana4) (( also adjective) (of) a yellowish-white colour: cream paint.) krem2. verb1) (to make into a cream-like mixture: Cream the eggs, butter and sugar together.) umešati2) (to take the cream off: She creamed the milk.) posneti3) ((with off) to select (the best): The best pupils will be creamed off for special training.) posneti smetano•- creamy- creaminess
- cream of tartar* * *I [kri:m]nounsmetana; krema; motno rumena barva; figuratively cvet (česa), najboljše; jedroclotted cream — "koža", smetana na kuhanem mlekucold cream — mastna, nočna kremavanishing cream — suha, dnevna kremaII [kri:m]1.intransitive verbustvarjati smetano; peniti se;2.transitive verbsmetano posneti (tudi figuratively); dodati smetano; umešati (rumenjake) -
3 pick
I 1. [pik] verb1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) izbrati2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) nabirati3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) dvigniti4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) odpreti2. noun1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) izbira2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) najboljši del•- pick-up
- pick and choose
- pick at
- pick someone's brains
- pick holes in
- pick off
- pick on
- pick out
- pick someone's pocket
- pick a quarrel/fight with someone
- pick a quarrel/fight with
- pick up
- pick up speed
- pick one's way II [pik] noun((also (British) pickaxe, (American) pickax - plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc.) kramp* * *I [pik]nouncepin, kramp, šilo, križna sekira, rovača; printing madež na knjigi, razmazana črkaII [pik]nounizbira, najboljši del; zbodljaj; agronomy economy pobrana letinaIII [pik]1.transitive verbkopati, izkopati (luknjo), prekopati; pobrati (s prsti, kljunom), zobati, kljuvati (ptiči), počasi jesti (ljudje); trgati, nabirati (cvetice, jagode); prebirati, čistiti (zelenjavo); skubsti, skubiti (perutnino); pukati, puliti, česati (volno); čistiti, trebiti (zobe); (o)glodati (kosti); prebirati, odbirati (rudo); spraskati (z nohti); vrtati, drezati (v) kaj; krasti, vlomiti (ključavnico); iz trte izviti, izvati (prepir); figuratively skrbno izbrati, izbirati; strgati, scefrati (tudi figuratively); American music brenkati;2.intransitive verbkrasti; jesti po malem; popraviti se (up)to give s.o. a bone to pick — zapreti komu ustato pick s.o.'s brains — ukrasti komu idejofiguratively to pick holes in — najti šibko točko, skritiziratito pick s.o.'s pocket — izprazniti komu žep (žepar)to pick to pieces — skritizirati; figuratively koga do kosti obratito pick a quarrel with s.o. — izzvati prepir -
4 cull
1. verb1) (to gather or collect.) zbrati2) (to select and kill (surplus animals): They are culling the kangaroos.) izločiti2. noun(an act of killing surplus animals.) izločanje* * *I [kʌl]transitive verbizb(i)rati, nab(i)rati, (na)trgati; škartirati, izločatiII [kʌl]nounizbirek; žival, izbrana za zakol; slang bedak, siromak -
5 extract
1. [ik'strækt] verb1) (to pull out, or draw out, especially by force or with effort: I have to have a tooth extracted; Did you manage to extract the information from her?) izpuliti2) (to select (passages from a book etc).) izbrati3) (to take out (a substance forming part of something else) by crushing or by chemical means: Vanilla essence is extracted from vanilla beans.) izločiti2. ['ekstrækt] noun1) (a passage selected from a book etc: a short extract from his novel.) izvleček2) (a substance obtained by an extracting process: beef/yeast extract; extract of malt.) ekstrakt•* * *I [ékstrækt]nounizvleček, povzetek; citat, izpis; ekstraktII [ikstraekt]transitive verb( from) izvleči, izruvati, ven potegniti; iztisniti; chemistry izločiti; narediti izvleček, povzeti; izbirati; mathematics koreniti -
6 mark out
1) (to mark the boundary of (eg a football pitch) by making lines etc: The pitch was marked out with white lines.) označiti2) (to select or choose for some particular purpose etc in the future: He had been marked out for an army career from early childhood.) določiti* * *transitive verb omejiti, označiti, zakoličiti (traso); odrediti za kaj, določiti za kaj ( for) -
7 pick out
1) (to choose or select: She picked out one dress that she particularly liked.) izbrati2) (to see or recognize (a person, thing etc): He must be among those people getting off the train, but I can't pick him out.) prepoznati3) (to play (a piece of music), especially slowly and with difficulty, especially by ear, without music in front of one: I don't really play the piano, but I can pick out a tune on one with one finger.) zadeti* * *transitive verb izbrati; razločiti, razbrati, razumeti (smisel, besedilo itd.); hitro izslediti, spoznati (tatu); igrati po posluhu; poudariti, podčrtati (z barvnimi kontrasti)
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