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1 serious
['siəriəs]1) (grave or solemn: a quiet, serious boy; You're looking very serious.) resen2) ((often with about) in earnest; sincere: Is he serious about wanting to be a doctor?) resen3) (intended to make people think: He reads very serious books.) resen4) (causing worry; dangerous: a serious head injury; The situation is becoming serious.) resen•- seriously
- take someone or something seriously
- take seriously* * *[síəriəs]adjective ( seriously adverb)resen, seriozen, resnoben, slovesen; trezen, premišljen, umirjen; pomemben, upoštevanja vreden; humorously "pobožen"serious illness — resna, nevarna bolezenserious matter (music, reading) — resna zadeva (glasba, čtivo)are you serious? — misliš (to) resno? -
2 earnest
['ə:nist]1) (serious or over-serious: an earnest student; She wore an earnest expression.) resen2) (showing determination, sincerity or strong feeling: He made an earnest attempt to improve his work.) resen•- earnestly
- in earnest* * *I [ɜ:nist]adjective ( earnestly adverb)resen, tehten; prepričan, iskrento be earnest with s.o. — goreče koga prositiII [ɜ:nist]nounresnostto be in earnest — resno misliti, ne se šalitiin good ( —ali full, sober, real, sad) earnest — popolnoma resno, brez šaleIII [ɜ:nist]nounara, nadav; slutnja -
3 grave
I [ɡreiv] noun(a plot of ground, or the hole dug in it, in which a dead person is buried: He laid flowers on the grave.) grob- gravestone
- graveyard II [ɡreiv] adjective1) (important: a grave responsibility; grave decisions.) pomemben2) (serious, dangerous: grave news.) resen3) (serious, sad: a grave expression.) resen•- gravely- gravity* * *I [greiv]transitive verbarchaic pokopati; (on) vrezovati, gravirati; vtisniti; archaic rezbaritiII [greiv]noungrob; figuratively smrtenough to make s.o. turn in his grave — dovolj hudo, da bi se človek še v grobu obrnilto find one's grave, to sink into the grave — umretis.o. is walking over my grave — zona me spreletavaIII [greiv]transitive verbizž(i)gati in (o)čistiti ladijsko dnoIV [greiv]adjective ( gravely adverb)resen, važen; dostojanstven; music globok; kritičen; temenV [greiv]noungrammar gravis, krativec -
4 slump
1. verb1) (to fall or sink suddenly and heavily: He slumped wearily into a chair.) zrušiti se2) ((of prices, stocks, trade etc) to become less; to lose value suddenly: Business has slumped.) nenadoma pasti2. noun1) (a sudden fall in value, trade etc: a slump in prices.) nenaden padec2) (a time of very bad economic conditions, with serious unemployment etc; a depression: There was a serious slump in the 1930s.) gospodarska kriza* * *[slʌmp]1.nouneconomynagel padec cen ali povpraševanja; gospodarska kriza; figuratively padec ugleda ( in a person kake osebe); geology polzenje, udora slump in sales — kriza v prodaji;2.intransitive verb economynenadoma pasti (o cenah); propasti, nobenega uspeha ne imeti, popolnoma odpovedati; udreti se (na ledu); zrušiti se (o osebi); geology polzeti -
5 seriously
adverb (in a serious way; to a serious extent: Is he seriously thinking of being an actor?; She is seriously ill.) resno -
6 ailment
noun (an illness, usually not serious or dangerous: Children often have minor ailments.) zdravstvene težave* * *[éilmənt]nounbolezen, bolečina, trpljenje, težava -
7 airy
1) (with plenty of (fresh) air: an airy room.) zračen2) (light-hearted and not serious: an airy disregard for authority.) netakten* * *[ʌ/əri]adjective ( airily adverb)zračen; lahek; visok; vesel, živahen; puhel, površen -
8 bad
[bæd]comparative - worse; adjective1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) slab2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) slab, grd3) (unpleasant: bad news.) slab4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) pokvarjen5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) škodljiv6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) bolan7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) slabo8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) težak9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) dvomljiv•- badly- badness
- badly off
- feel bad about something
- feel bad
- go from bad to worse
- not bad
- too bad* * *I [bæd]adjective (comparative worse —, superlative worst) slab, pokvarjen, škodljiv, ponarejen; hud, hudoben, krivičen; bolanbad blood — sovraštvo, huda krito be in s.o.'s bad books — biti pri kom slabo zapisanto go bad — pokvariti se; propasti, propadatibad language — zmerjanje, psovkeAmerican bad man — razbojnik, banditit is too bad — škoda, preneumnoII [bæd]nounzlo; primanjkljaj, zguba, pogubato go to the bad — propasti, propadati -
9 badly
comparative - worse; adverb1) (not well, efficiently or satisfactorily: He plays tennis very badly.) slabo2) (to a serious or severe extent: He badly needs a haircut; The dress is badly stained.) resno, pošteno* * *[baedli]to be badly off — slabo se imeti, trpeti pomanjkanje, živeti v bedi -
10 clash
[klæʃ] 1. noun1) (a loud noise, like eg swords striking together: the clash of metal on metal.) žvenket2) (a serious disagreement or difference: a clash of personalities.) nasprotje3) (a battle: a clash between opposing armies.) spopad4) ((of two or more things) an act of interfering with each other because of happening at the same time: a clash between classes.) konflikt2. verb1) (to strike together noisily: The cymbals clashed.) udariti skupaj2) (to fight (in battle): The two armies clashed at the mouth of the valley.) spopasti se3) (to disagree violently: They clashed over wages.) prepirati se4) (to interfere (with something or each other) because of happening at the same time: The two lectures clash.) križati se5) ((of colours) to appear unpleasant when placed together: The (colour of the) jacket clashes with the (colour of the) skirt.) ne ujemati se* * *I [klæš]intransitive verb & transitive verbžvenketati, rožljati; ( against ob) udariti, zadeti; ( with) trčiti, ne se ujemati, sovpadati, kolidirati; (to) zaloputnitiII [klæš]nounprepir, nesoglasje, nasprotje; rožljanje, žvenket -
11 constitute
['konstitju:t](to form; to make up; to be: Nuclear waste constitutes a serious danger.) predstavljati- constitutional
- constitutionally* * *[kɔnstitju:t]transitive verbdoločiti, odrediti, imenovati, namestiti; ustanoviti, osnovati, utemeljiti; predstavljati -
12 consultant
1) (a person who gives professional advice: He is consultant to a firm of engineers; ( also adjective) a consultant engineer.) svetovalec2) (a senior hospital doctor specializing in a particular branch of medicine: His condition is so serious that they have sent for the consultant; ( also adjective) a consultant physician.) zdravnik specialist* * *[kənsʌltənt]nounsvetovalec, -lka; ugleden zdravnik specialist -
13 critical
1) (judging and analysing: He has written several critical works on Shakespeare.) kritičen2) (fault-finding: He tends to be critical of his children.) dlakocepski3) (of, at or having the nature of, a crisis; very serious: a critical shortage of food; After the accident, his condition was critical.) kritičen* * *[krítikəl]adjective ( critically adverb)(of) strog, natančen; odločilen, nevaren, mučen; kritičen -
14 dabble
['dæbl]1) (to play, or trail, in water: He dabbled his feet in the river.) čofotati2) (to do anything in a half-serious way or as a hobby: He dabbles in chemistry.) šušmariti, ukvarjati se (s čim)* * *[daebl]1.transitive verbomočiti, poškropiti, obrizgati; umazati, zablatiti;2.intransitive verbčofotati, brizgati; figuratively šušmariti, površno delatito dabble with s.o., s.th. — vmešavati se v koga, kaj -
15 dead
[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) mrtev2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) pokvarjen3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) popoln2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.) popolnoma- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) zelo- dead end- dead-end
- dead heat
- dead language
- deadline
- deadlock* * *I [ded]adjectivemrtev, brez življenja, crknjen; nedostavljiv (pošiljka); popoln; izumrl, neveljaven; otopel, otrpel; zamolkel, moten; slep (okno); jalov (sloj); temen (noč); ugašajoč; globok (spanje); ovenel; neraben, slab, izločen; neodločen (tekma)American colloquially dead above the ears — neumen, topoglavdead end — slepa ulica; figuratively zagataAmerican dead freight — nepokvarljiv tovorAmerican slang dead from the neck up — trapast, butastmilitary dead ground — ozemlje, ki je zunaj streljajadead letter — nedostavljivo pismo; izumrl običaj; zakon, ki ga ne spoštujejodead level figuratively enoličnost, neučinkovitostto make a dead set on — napasti z vso odločnostjo; truditi se, da se komu približamocolloquially dead men ( —ali marines) — izpite, prazne steklenicedead nuts on — popolnoma zaverovan, navdušen za kajdead office — pogrebni obredi, zadušnicadead reckoning marine približna ocena (dolžine poti)dead stock — mrtvi kapital; neprodajno blagodead weight — lastna teža; figuratively huda ovira napredkadead wood — posušen les; izvržek, izbirekdead silence — popolna, mrtva tišinaII [ded]adverbskrajno, popolnoma, docelato cut s.o. dead — ignorirati koga, ne pozdraviti gaIII [ded]nounsmrtna tišina, mrtvilothe dead plural mrtvi, pokojniki, umrlicolloquially on the dead — odločno, resno; plural mineralogy jalovina -
16 deadly
1) (causing death: a deadly poison.) smrtonosen2) (very great: He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious).) zelo velik3) (very dull or uninteresting: What a deadly job this is.) dolgočasen* * *I [dédli]adjectivesmrten, smrtonosen; mrtvaški; umrljiv; nespravljiv; colloquially strašen, grozen, izreden, nenavaden; usoden, pogubendeadly nightshade botany volčja češnjaII [dédli]adverbsmrtno; mrtvaško; colloquially skrajno, grozno, izredno, na smrt -
17 dignified
((negative undignified) stately, serious or showing dignity: She decided that it would not be dignified to run for the bus.) dostojanstven* * *[dígnifaid]adjectivedostojanstven, veličasten, vzvišen -
18 distraction
[-ʃən]1) (something that takes the mind off other especially more serious affairs: There are too many distractions here to allow one to work properly.) motnja; razvedrilo2) (anxiety and confusion: in a state of complete distraction.) zmeda* * *[distraekšən]nounodvračanje; zmeda, motnja; blaznost; raztresenost; zabava, razvedriloto drive to distraction — razjeziti, obnoriti -
19 facetious
[fə'si:ʃəs](not serious; intended to be funny or humorous: a facetious remark.) šaljiv- facetiousness* * *[fəsí:šəs]adjective ( facetiously adverb)šegav, burkast, šaljiv -
20 felon
['felən](a person who is guilty of a serious crime.) hudodelec- felony* * *I [félən]1.nounhudodelec;2.adjectivekrut, hudobenII [félən]nounmedicine zanohtnica
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