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1 serve a purpose
(to be useful in some way.) služiti (čemu) -
2 serve
[sə:v] 1. verb1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) služiti (komu)2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) streči3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) rabiti4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) služiti5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) odsedeti6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) servirati2. noun(act of serving (a ball).) servis- server- serving
- it serves you right
- serve an apprenticeship
- serve out
- serve up* * *I [sə:v]nounsport servis, začetni udarec z žogo pri tenisu, odbojki itd.II [sə:v]1.transitive verbslužiti, delati za koga; (od)služiti (kazen); opravljati učno dobo; postreči, oskrbeti ( with z); servirati (jed); sport servirati (žogo); zadostovati (komu), zadovoljiti (potrebe); ustrezati (namenu); prav priti; colloquially ravnati s kom; privesti samca k samiciI am glad to serve you (in this occurrence) — veseli me, da sem vam lahko na uslugo (da vam lahko pomagam) (ob tej priliki)to serve a gun military streči topuserves you right! — prav ti je!, zaslužil si to!they served him right — ravnali so z njim, kot je zaslužilto serve a rope — zvezati konec (spletene) vrvi z vrvico, da se prepreči odmotavanjeto serve s.o. with the same sauce, to serve s.o. in his kind (in his coin) — plačati, vrniti komu milo za dragoto serve one's time — služiti leta do upokojitve; služiti svoj rok v vojski; prestajati svojo kazen v zaporuto serve s.o. a (nasty) trick — (grdó) zagosti jo komuto serve s.o. a turn — napraviti komu uslugothat will serve his turn — to bo nekaj zanj, ta mu bo ustrezalofirst come, first served — kdor prej pride, prej melje;2.intransitive verbslužiti, biti v službi; military služiti v vojski; streči, servirati; ustrezati, zadostovati; koristiti, biti koristen (primeren); napraviti uslugo, pomagati; opravljati funkcijo, fungirati (kot); ecclesiastic ministrirati, biti ministrantas occasion serves — ob primerni priložnosti, če se bo ponudila (ugodna) priložnosthe serves rather badly — (tennis) on zelo slabo servirato serve as a mayor — biti župan; opravljati funkcijo županait will serve — bo ustrezalo (prav prišlo, zadostovalo)while the time serves — dokler je še čas (prilika); -
3 purpose
['pə:pəs]1) (the reason for doing something; the aim to which an action etc is directed: What is the purpose of your visit?) namen2) (the use or function of an object: The purpose of this lever is to stop the machine in an emergency.) namen3) (determination: a man of purpose.) odločnost•- purposefully
- purposeless
- purposely
- purpose-built
- on purpose
- serve a purpose
- to no purpose* * *I [pɜ:pəs]nounnamen, cilj, nakana; učinek; vsebina, smiselfor what purpose? — čemu?to the purpose — stvarno, o pravem časuof set purpose — (zlasti juridically) premišljeno, namernoto turn s.th. to good purpose — dobro kaj uporabiti ali izkoristitiII [pɜ:pəs]transitive verbnameravati, določiti, nameniti, odločiti -
4 reserve
[rə'zə:v] 1. verb1) (to ask for or order to be kept for the use of a particular person, often oneself: The restaurant is busy on Saturdays, so I'll phone up today and reserve a table.) rezervirati2) (to keep for the use of a particular person or group of people, or for a particular use: These seats are reserved for the committee members.) rezervirati2. noun1) (something which is kept for later use or for use when needed: The farmer kept a reserve of food in case he was cut off by floods.) zaloga2) (a piece of land used for a special purpose eg for the protection of animals: a wild-life reserve; a nature reserve.) rezervat3) (the habit of not saying very much, not showing what one is feeling, thinking etc; shyness.) zadržanost4) ((often in plural) soldiers, sailors etc who do not belong to the regular full-time army, navy etc but who are called into action when needed eg during a war.) rezervist(i)•- reserved
- have
- keep in reserve* * *I [rizɜ:v]nounrezerva, zaloga, prihranek (of česa), presežek; plural rezerve; military rezerva; sport namestnik, rezervni igralec, zamenjava, rezerva; rezervat, rezervirano področje ( for za); zadržanost, (skrajna) zaprtost, molčečnost; opreznost, prekanjenost, rezerviranost, rezervain reserve — v rezervi, na zalogi, v pripravljenostiwith all proper reserves — z vsemi pridržki, brez odobravanja, brez podpore, brez strinjanjawithout reserve — popolnoma, povsemreserve part (piece, unit) technical rezervni delreserve price economy najmanjša ponudba, izklicna cena (na dražbi)reserve ration military železna rezerva, obrok (hrane)II [rizɜ:v]transitive verbpridržati, prihraniti, dati na stran, rezervirati kaj (for, to za), nameniti ( for za); pustiti za pozneje; odgoditi, odložiti, zadržati ( for a time za nekaj časa)to be reserved for — biti rezerviran za, biti privilegij zahe was reserved for great things, for a better destiny — usojena mu je bila velika bodočnost, boljša usodait was reserved to him to... — usojeno mu je bilo, da...comment is being reserved — za sedaj se še ne da noben komentar; trenutno brez komentarjaI will reserve to speak — (trenutno) ne bom nič rekel, ne bom govoril
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