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1 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); -
2 serve up
(to start serving (a meal).) postreči* * *transitive verb servirati, postaviti posode s hrano na mizo -
3 serve right
(to be the punishment deserved by: If you fall and hurt yourself, it'll serve you right for climbing up there when I told you not to.) -
4 serve out
(to distribute to each of a number of people: She served out the pudding.) postreči* * *transitive verb (po)razdeliti (jedi, obroke itd.); figuratively izplačati koga, oddolžiti se komu, enaka vrniti komu, maščevati se (komu) -
5 serve a purpose
(to be useful in some way.) služiti (čemu) -
6 serve an apprenticeship
(to spend a (fixed) period of time as an apprentice.) služiti vajeniško dobo -
7 conscript
1. ['konskript] noun(a person legally ordered by the state to serve in the armed forces etc.) nabornik2. [kən'skript] verb(legally to order (someone) to serve in the armed forces etc: He was conscripted into the army.) vpoklicati* * *I [kənskrípt]see conscribeII [kɔnskript]adjectiverekruten, naborniški, prisilno vpoklicanhistory conscript fathers — rimski senatorjiIII [kɔnskript]nounrekrut, vojaški novinec, novak, nabornik -
8 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 -
9 summons
[sʌmənz]1.noun (plural summonses) poziv; ukaz; sklic; juridically poziv pred sodišče; pozivnica; military poziv za predajoto serve a summons (up)on s.o., to serve s.o. with a summons — dostaviti komu pozivnico;2.transitive verbdostaviti, izročiti pozivnico (komu) -
10 ace
[eis]1) (the one in playing-cards: the ace of spades.) as2) (a person who is expert at anything: He's an ace with a rifle.) as3) (a serve in tennis in which the ball is not touched by the opposing player.) as4) (the ``one'' on dominoes or dice.)* * *I [eis]adjectiveodličenII [eis]nounas; enica (na kocki); malenkost, drobec; uspešen letalec, asace of spades — pikov as; jocosely vdova v globoki žalostiwithin an ace of — za las, skoraj -
11 ambitious
adjective He is very ambitious; That plan is too ambitious.) ambiciozen* * *[æmbíšəs]adjective ( ambitiously adverb)(of po) častihlepen; hrepeneč, stremljiv, željan; prizadevento be ambitious of — hlepeti, hrepeneti po čemambitious of power — vladohlepen, gospodovalen -
12 apprenticeship
noun (the state of being, or the time during which a person is, an apprentice: He is serving his apprenticeship as a mechanic.) vajeniška doba* * *[əpréntisšip]nounvajenstvo -
13 article
1) (a thing or an object: This shop sells articles of all kinds; articles of clothing.) blago, izdelek2) (a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine: He has written an article on the new sports centre for a local magazine.) članek3) (the (the definite article) or a/an (the indefinite article).) člen* * *I [á:tikl]nounčlen, sklep, zgib; članek; commerce predmet, blago, potrebščina; grammar spolnik, člen; paragraf, določbacommerce what's the next article? — s čim vam še lahko postrežem?II [á:tikl]1.transitive verbdati v uk (pogodbeno); juridically razčleniti obtožbo; obtožiti ( for zaradi);2.intransitive verbzediniti se -
14 attend
[ə'tend]1) (to go to or be present at: He attended the meeting; He will attend school till he is sixteen.) udeležiti se, obiskovati2) ((with to) to listen or give attention to: Attend carefully to what the teacher is saying!) prisluhniti3) (to deal with: I'll attend to that problem tomorrow.) ukvarjati se4) (to look after; to help or serve: Two doctors attended her all through her illness; The queen was attended by four ladies.) skrbeti za•- attendant
- in attendance* * *[əténd]1.transitive verb(to) paziti; postreči, skrbeti; spremljati; zdraviti; obiskovati; odgovoriti (na pismo); izvršiti (naročilo);2.intransitive verbbiti prisoten, udeležiti se; redno zahajati; paziti; zasledovati; spremljati; uslišatito attend upon s.o. — dvoriti komu, spremljati koga, skrbeti za kogato attend to s.o. — paziti na koga -
15 breakfast
['brekfəst] 1. noun(the first meal of the day: What time do you serve breakfast?; I have coffee and toast at breakfast; I never eat breakfast.) zajtrk2. verb(to have breakfast: They breakfasted on the train.) zajtrkovati* * *I [brékfəst]nounzajtrkII [brékfəst]1.intransitive verbzajtrkovati;2.transitive verbpostreči z zajtrkom -
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17 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 -
18 commemorate
[kə'meməreit]1) ((of people) to honour the memory of (someone) by a solemn celebration: Once a year we commemorate his death in action by visiting his widow.) proslaviti, počastiti2) ((of things) to serve as a memorial to (someone or something): This inscription commemorates those who died.) spominjati (na koga/kaj)•- commemoration* * *[kəméməreit]transitive verbspominjati se koga -
19 councillor
noun (a person who is elected to serve on a council.) svetnik* * *[káunsilə]nounsvetnik, občinski odbornik; American odvetnik -
20 counter
I noun 0. see count II II 1. adverb((with to) in the opposite direction or manner to: The election is running counter to the forecasts.) nasprotno2. verb(to meet or answer (a stroke or move etc by another): He successfully countered all criticisms.) ubraniti se- counter-III noun(a kind of table or surface on which goods are laid: Can you get me some sweets from the confectionery counter?) pult* * *I [káuntə]nounračunar; technical števec, brzinomer, računalo; žeton, igralna znamka; prodajna miza, pult, poslovalna miza; okence; figura v igri damato serve behind the counter — biti prodajalec, -lkaunder the counter — tajno, skritoII [káuntə]nounnasprotni udarec; napačna sled psaIII [káuntə]transitive verbodvrniti; ugovarjati; nazaj udariti, kljubovati; narediti nasprotno potezoIV [káuntə]adjectivenasproten; dvojenV [káuntə]adverbnasproti, nasprotno, protito run ( —ali go) counter — upirati se; iti v nasprotni smeri, po nasprotni slediVI [káuntə]nounzakrivljeni del krme; anatomy prsna votlina konja; napetnica; vgrezni vijak
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