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1 shell
[ʃel] 1. noun1) (the hard outer covering of a shellfish, egg, nut etc: an eggshell; A tortoise can pull its head and legs under its shell.) lupina2) (an outer covering or framework: After the fire, all that was left was the burned-out shell of the building.) ogrodje3) (a metal case filled with explosives and fired from a gun etc: A shell exploded right beside him.) granata2. verb1) (to remove from its shell or pod: You have to shell peas before eating them.) oluščiti2) (to fire explosive shells at: The army shelled the enemy mercilessly.) bombardirati•- come out of one's shell
- shell out* * *I [šel]nounlupina (jajca, oreha, sadja, živali), skorja, luščina, strok; želvin oklep, polževa hišica, školjka, pokrovka krila pri žuželkah; notranja (svinčena) krsta; nedokončana hiša (ladja), ogrodje; military topovska granata, mina (metalca min), American naboj; raketa; tulec (izstrelka); lahek tekmovalni čoln; figuratively zadržanost, zaprtost, odljudnost; figuratively zunanjost, zunanja podoba, zunanji sijaj; poetically music lirain the shell — še neizvaljen, še v razvojuheavy shell military težka granatato come out of one's shell figuratively osvoboditi se odljudnosti, postati bolj družaben (manj plašen, rezerviran, samotarski)to retire into one's shell — zapreti se vase, umolknitiII [šel]transitive verb(o)lupiti, (o)luščiti, odstraniti lupino, skorjo; prekriti s školjkami, z oklepom, z lupino; military bombardirati, obsipati z izstrelki (granatami, minami)to shell nuts — tolči, treti orehe; intransitive verb izpasti (o semenu) -
2 shell out
(to pay out (money): I had to shell out twenty dollars.) plačati* * *transitive verb izvleči (denar) iz koga; slang potrošiti, zapraviti; intransitive verb proti volji dati denar, plačati -
3 shell off
intransitive verb oluščiti se -
4 retire
1) (stop working permanently, usually because of age: He retired at the age of sixty-five.) upokojiti se2) (to leave; to withdraw: When he doesn't want to talk to anyone, he retires to his room and locks the door; We retired to bed at midnight; The troops were forced to retire to a safer position.) umakniti se•- retired- retirement
- retiring* * *I [ritáiə]transitive verbmilitary umakniti nazaj; odkupiti, izplačati (menico); upokojiti ( an officer častnika); umakniti iz prometa (plačilno sredstvo); intransitive verb military umakniti se, izvesti umik; odstopiti, oddaljiti se, oditi; iti k počitku, iti spat; zapustiti službo, iti v pokoj, upokojiti seto retire s.o. from the active list — izbrisati koga iz seznama aktivnih častnikovto retire a bill commerce odkupiti, plačati menicothe army retired (before the enemy) in good order — vojska se je (pred sovražnikom) umaknila v lepem reduII [ritáiə]nounmilitary znak za umik; umikto sound the retire — (za)trobiti a) k umiku, b) k nočnemu počitku -
5 poach
I [pəu ] verb(to cook (eg an egg without its shell, a fish etc) in boiling liquid, especially water or milk.) poširati- poachedII [pəu ] verb(to hunt (game) or catch (fish) illegally on someone else's land.) loviti na divje- poacher* * *I [póuč]transitive verbskrkniti (jajce)II [póuč]1.transitive verbpoteptati, razriti, zmehčati (zemljo); tatinsko loviti, krasti divjad; figuratively kršiti tuje pravice, speljati komu stranke, ukrasti idejo itd.; slang doseči prednost na nepošten način; vtakniti prst v kaj; žokati; beliti papir;2.intransitive verbbiti divji lovec; zmehčati se (tla), biti poteptan, razrit; vriniti se na tuje področje (on); igrati proti pravilom -
6 round
1. adjective1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) okrogel2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) okrogel2. adverb1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) (na)okoli2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) v krogu3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) naokrog4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) naokoli5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) po obodu6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) naokoli3. preposition1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) okoli2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) okoli3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) okoli4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) po4. noun1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) krog, runda2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) obhod3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) salva4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) krogla5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) runda6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) kratki kanon5. verb(to go round: The car rounded the corner.) zaviti okoli- rounded- roundly
- roundness
- rounds
- all-round
- all-rounder
- roundabout 6. adjective(not direct: a roundabout route.) ovinkast, daljši- round-shouldered
- round trip
- all round
- round about
- round off
- round on
- round up* * *I [ráund]adjectiveokrogel, obel, zaokrožen, zaobljen, valjast; krožeč, ki se giblje v krogu, vijugast; (o obrazu) okrogel, poln; (o vsoti) zaokrožen, okrogel, približen; celoten, znaten, ves; (o slogu) gladek, tekoč; (o korakih) hiter, krepak; iskren, jasen, odkrit, preprost, prostodušenat a round pace (rate) — s krepkim korakom, hitro, nagloin round figures (numbers) — v celih številih; v okroglih, približnih številkahin a round voice — s krepkim, polnim glasoma round robin figuratively protestno pismo ali peticija s podpisi v krogu (da se ne odkrije pobudnik)a round sum — okrogla, znatna, precejšnja vsotaa round-trip ticket American vozovnica za krožno potovanje; American povratna vozovnicaa round, unvarnished tale — popolna, neolepšana resnicaa round vowel — zaokrožen samoglasnik (o, u)to be round with s.o. — biti odkrit, pošten do kogaII [ráund]nounoblina, okroglina, okroglost, okrogel ali obel predmet, okrogla stavba; krog, venec; gibanje kroga, kroženje; obhod, runda; patrulja; runda (pri tekmah, igrah); military naboj, granata, salva; figuratively salva smeha, odobravanja; hunting strel; debela rezina (mesa); niz, vrsta dni; music pesem, ki se izmenoma poje, pesem pri koluround of pleasures — potovanje za zabavo; vrsta zabavthe daily round — običajno vsakdanje delo (posel, opravilo), rutinato dance in a round — plesati v krogu, plesati koloto make (to go) one's rounds — obhoditi, inšpicirati, pregledati, opraviti svoj običajni obhodIII [ráund]adverb (na)okoli, (na)okrog; v krogu, v obsegu; kolikor daleč seže pogled naokoliround and round — nepretrgoma, neprestano, velikokratround about! — na levo krog!all-round — naokoli, brez razlike, vsi po vrstiall the country round — po vsej deželi, zemljito ask s.o. round — povabiti koga k sebito bring s.o. round — spraviti koga k sebi, k zavesti; prepričati kogato come (to be) round — kmalu, skoraj priti (biti)to go round — vrteti se v krogu, krožitito get s.o. round — prelisičiti, omrežiti, premamiti kogato hand round — podajati, porazdeliti okoliwhat are you hanging round for? — kaj čakaš tu? kaj delaš tu?to order glasses round — naročiti pijačo za vso družbo, pogostiti vso družboto send round the hat — (s klobukom) nabirati darove v družbi, prositi za prostovoljne prispevketo show s.o. round — okoli koga voditi, biti komu za vodnika, razkazovati komu kajto turn round — vrteti se, obrniti se, obračati seIV [ráund]prepositionokoli, okroground the bend slang nekoliko nor, prismojenround the clock — nepretrgano, non-stop, 2ɔ ur na danto take s.o. round the town — razkazovati komu mestoV [ráund]transitive verb & intransitive verbzaokrožiti (se), zaobliti (se); postati okrogel (poln, debel); obkrožiti, obkoliti; obpluti; obiti (oviro), obhoditi, iti (na)okrog, okoli; zaviti okoli (vogala); zvoziti (ovinek); obrniti (obraz) ( towards proti); obrniti se, ozreti seVI [ráund]intransitive verb & transitive verbobsolete šepniti, šepetatito round in s.o.'s ear — šepniti komu na uho -
7 blind
1. adjective1) (not able to see: a blind man.) slep2) ((with to) unable to notice: She is blind to his faults.) slep (za)3) (hiding what is beyond: a blind corner.) nepregleden4) (of or for blind people: a blind school.) za slepe2. noun1) ((often in plural) a screen to prevent light coming through a window etc: The sunlight is too bright - pull down the blinds!) roleta2) (something intended to mislead or deceive: He did that as a blind.) zvijača3. verb(to make blind: He was blinded in the war.) oslepiti- blinding- blindly
- blindness
- blind alley
- blindfold 4. verb(to put a blindfold on (some person or animal).) zakriti oči5. adjective, adverb(with the eyes covered by a cloth etc: She came blindfold into the room.) z zakritimi očmi- the blind leading the blind* * *I [blaind]adjective ( blindly adverb)(to za) slep, zaslepljen; neviden, neopazen; skrit, tajen; jalov; nepremišljen, prenagljen; topoglav, nepoučen; slang pijan; botany brez cvetablind alley — slepa ulica; figuratively zagata; mrtvi tirblind-alley occupation — poklic, ki nima bodočnostiblind (drunk), blind to the world — pijan ko žolnato go at s.th. blind — na slepo srečo se česa lotitiblind leaders of the blind — tisti, ki dajejo nasvet v stvareh, ki jih sami ne razumejoto get on s.o.'s blind side — izrabiti slabo stran kogablind pig, blind tiger — nedovoljena točilnicato turn a blind eye to s.th. — delati se slepega za kajblind side — nezavarovana, slaba stranII [blaind]transitive verb & intransitive verboslepiti; zastretifiguratively preslepiti, ukaniti; slepo se lotiti; slang to blind along — brezobzirno voziti, divjatiIII [blaind]nounzaslonka; plašnica; senčnik; žaluzija, roleta -
8 retreat
[ri'tri:t] 1. verb1) (to move back or away from a battle (usually because the enemy is winning): After a hard struggle, they were finally forced to retreat.) umakniti se2) (to withdraw; to take oneself away: He retreated to the peace of his own room.) umakniti se2. noun1) (the act of retreating (from a battle, danger etc): After the retreat, the soldiers rallied once more.) umik2) (a signal to retreat: The bugler sounded the retreat.) znak za umik3) ((a place to which a person can go for) a period of rest, religious meditation etc: He has gone to a retreat to pray.) samota* * *I [ri:trí:t]nounumik, umikanje; military znak za umik, znak s trobento, da je čas za nočni počitek; umaknitev v samoto, odmaknjenost, osamljenost; zatočišče, pribežališče; dom, zavod (za umobolne, za alkoholike)to beat a retreat, to make retreat — umakniti se (tudi figuratively)to make good one's retreat — uspešno, srečno se umakniti, izmuznitiII [ri:trí:t]intransitive verb military umakniti se, odstopiti; oddaljiti se, zbežati (nazaj); transitive verb (šah) potegniti (figuro) nazajto retreat into one's shell figuratively postati molčeč, umakniti se v molk -
9 send
[send]past tense, past participle - sent; verb1) (to cause or order to go or be taken: The teacher sent the disobedient boy to the headmaster; She sent me this book.) poslati2) (to move rapidly or with force: He sent the ball right into the goal.) poslati3) (to cause to go into a certain, usually bad, state: The news sent them into a panic.) spraviti v•- sender- send away for
- send down
- send for
- send in
- send off
- send off for
- send out
- send someone packing / send someone about his business
- send packing / send someone about his business
- send someone packing / send about his business
- send packing / send about his business* * *I [send]nounspodbuda, pobuda, podnet, nagib; impulz; slang igranje v ritmu swinga; impulzivno igranjeII [send]1.transitive verbposlati, odposlati (to kam); odpraviti; spraviti v gibanje; izstreliti (naboj); usmeriti, nameriti (pogled) (at k, proti); udariti, vreči (žogo); (o bogu) dati, nakloniti;2.intransitive verbposlati ( for po); poslati sporočiloto send s.o. about his business — na kratko odpraviti koga, spoditi kogato send s.o. crazy — znoriti kogato send coals to Newcastle — napraviti nekaj nepotrebnega, odvečnega; v Savo vodó nositito send s.o. to Coventry figuratively ne se hoteti družiti s komto send for s.th. — poslati po kaj, dati si prinesti kaj, naročiti kajGod send it may not be so! — daj bog, da ne bi bilo tako!to send to invite s.o. — poslati komu (po)vabiloto send one's love — poslati prisrčen pozdrav, pozdraviti po komto send s.o. mad (out of his mind) — razdražiti, razbesneti koga, spraviti koga v blaznost, znoriti kogaI sent him packing figuratively odpustil sem ga (iz službe), spodil sem gato send to the right-about, send packing slang na kratko koga odpraviti, odpustiti koga, poslati k vragu kogato send to the skies slang ubitisend him victorious! — da bi (le) zmagal!send me a word! — sporoči (piši, javi se) mi!;III [send]nounpritisk, gonilna moč (valov); nautical nenaden sunek, premik (ladje, zaradi močnih valov) -
10 spiral
1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) spiralen2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) polžasto zavit2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) spirala2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) spirala3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) spiralno (se) premikati- spirally* * *[spáiərəl]1.nounspirala, viba, zavojica, polžnica; economy spirala; spiralna vzmet (v uri); aeronautics spirala; let, spuščanje letala v zavojih;2.adjective ( spirally adverb)spiralen, spiralast, vibast, polžast(o zavit)spiral staircase — polžasto stopnišče;3.transitive verbnapraviti (kaj) spiralno (polžasto zavito); intransitive verb premikati se v spirali; aeronautics leteti (spuščati se, dvigati se) v spirali, v zavojih -
11 crab
I [kræb] noun(an edible sea animal with a shell and five pairs of legs, the first pair having claws.) rakovicaII past tense, past participle - crabbed; verb((slang) to complain or criticize: He keeps on crabbing about the weather.) pritoževati se- crabby* * *I [kræb]nounzoology rakovica; technical vitel; obsolete najnižji zadetek pri kockanju; colloquially zguba, škoda; colloquially godrnjač; tekalni voziček; odklon od določene smeri (raketa); astronomy rakto catch a crab — pregloboko udariti z vesli; vstran odskočitito turn out crabs — zgrešiti; ne se posrečitiII [kræb]nounbotany divje jabolko, lesnikaIII [kræb]transitive verbkritizirati, negativno oceniti, "raztrgati"colloquially to crab s.o.'s scheme — pokvariti komu načrtIV [kræb]noun(to) graja, očitek -
12 shoot down
(to hit (a plane) with eg a shell and cause it to crash.) sestreliti* * *transitive verb ustreliti (koga); intransitive verb planiti, šiniti z višine (o letalu itd.)to shoot down in flames slang ozmerjati -
13 snail
[sneil](a kind of soft-bodied small crawling animal with a coiled shell: Snails leave a silvery trail as they move along.) polž* * *[snéil]1.nounpolž; figuratively počasnè, lenuhsnail's gallop (pace) — polževo premikanje, zelo počasen korak, počasno napredovanjeat a snail's pace — po polževo, zelo počasi;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbočistiti (vrt) polžev; iskati, loviti polže; figuratively tratiti, zapravljati (čas) -
14 stone
[stəun] 1. noun1) (( also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed: limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone.) kamen; kamnit2) (a piece of this, of any shape or size: He threw a stone at the dog.) kamen3) (a piece of this shaped for a special purpose: a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone.) kamen4) (a gem or jewel: She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones.) drag kamen5) (the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries: a cherry-stone.) koščica6) (a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes: She weighs 9.5 stone.) utežna mera7) (a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain.) kamen2. verb1) (to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment: Saint Stephen was stoned to death.) kamenjati2) (to remove the stones from (fruit): She washed and stoned the cherries.) razkoščičiti•- stony- stonily
- stoniness
- stone-cold
- stone-dead
- stone-deaf
- stoneware
- stonework
- leave no stone unturned
- a stone's throw* * *I [stóun]1.nounkamen; drag kamen; koščica (sadja), peška; zrno toče; medicine (ledvični, žolčni, v mehurju) kamen; utežna mera (14 funtov, 6,35 kg); (spominski, mejni, nagrobni) kamen; brus, osla; mlinski kamen; plural vulgar modoa stone of cheese — 7,26 kg siraa stone of meat (fish) — ʌ,6ʌ kg mesa (rib)stone's throw (cast) — daljava, do katere se lahko vrže kamen; lučaj, domet kamna; majhna oddaljenostgall stone medicine žolčni kamenmile stone — miljnik; mejnikrolling stone — valeč se kamen, figuratively nestanoviten človekshower of stones — ploha, dež kamenjato break stones — tolči, drobiti, razbijati kamenjeto cast (to throw) stones at s.o. — obmetavati koga s kamenjem, figuratively zmerjati, sramotiti, grajati, obrekovati kogastones will cry out figuratively krivica, ki vpije v neboto be cut for the stone — biti operiran zaradi (žolčnega, ledvičnega itd.) kamnasome of the stones were the size of a pigeon's egg — nekaj zrn toče je bilo velikosti golobjega jajcato give a stone and a beating sport colloquially z lahkoto premagatia rolling stone gathers no moss figuratively goste službe, redke suknjeto give a stone for bread figuratively posmehovati se, namesto da bi pomagali; nuditi nesprejemljivo pomočto harden into stone — okamneti (tudi figuratively)to leave no stone unturned figuratively vse poskušati, vse možno napravitithose who live in glass-houses should not throw stones — naj ne grajajo tisti, ki sami niso brez graje; kdor druge kritizira, se sam izpostavlja kritiziranjuto mark with a white stone — z belo kredo (v dimniku) zapisati, obeležiti (dan) kot važen (slavnosten, prazničen);2.adjectivekamnit; lončenII [stóun]transitive verbkamnati, obmetavati s kamenjem; odstraniti koščico (pri sadju); ograditi, obložiti s kamnom; tlakovati, zgraditi iz kamenja; (na)brusiti, polirati, (z)gladiti; obsolete spremeniti (se) v kamen -
15 winkle
I ['wiŋkl] verb(to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty: He winkled the shell out from the rock; He tried to winkle some information out of her.) izvlečiII ['wiŋkl] noun((also periwinkle ['peri-]) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food.) breženka* * *[wiŋkl]1.nounzoologymorski užiten polž;2.transitive verb to winkle out — izvleči -
16 egg
I [eɡ] noun1) (an oval object usually covered with shell, laid by a bird, reptile etc, from which a young one is hatched: The female bird is sitting on the eggs in the nest.) jajce2) (such an object laid by a hen, used as food: Would you rather have boiled, fried or scrambled eggs?) jajce3) (in the female mammal, the cell from which the young one is formed; the ovum: The egg is fertilized by the male sperm.) jajčece•- egg-cup- eggplant
- eggshell
- put all one's eggs in one basket
- teach one's grandmother to suck eggs II [eɡ]- egg on* * *I [eg]nounjajce; slang letalska bomba; American slang neotesanec, fant, dečkoslang a bad egg — pokvarjenecslang a good egg — dober dečkolike a Curate's egg — samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slabslang goose egg — ničla, ničmilitary sl — polagati minefried eggs — pečena jajca "na oko"II [eg]transitive verb(on) spodbosti, spodbadati, siliti; z rumenjakom namazati; obmetavati z gnilimi jajci; nabirati jajcato egg and crumb — povaljati v jajcu in drobtinah, panirati -
17 nut
1) (a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell: a hazel-nut; a walnut.) oreh2) (a small round piece of metal with a hole through it, for screwing on the end of a bolt to hold pieces of wood, metal etc together: a nut and bolt.) matica vijaka•- nutty- nutcracker
- nutshell
- in a nutshell* * *I [nət]nounbotany oreh, lešniktechnical matica vijaka, pesto kolesa, luknja za ključavnico; economy plural kockovec (premog); figuratively trd oreh; slang glava, buča; slang gizdalin; slang plural nor; slang to be nuts — biti nor, biti neumenslang to be nuts to ( —ali for) — noro komu ugajati, biti užitek za kogaslang to be (dead) nuts on — biti nor na kaj, biti noro zaljubljenslang not for nuts — sploh ne, nikakorslang to go nuts — priti ob pamet, ponoretislang to drive s.o. nuts — spraviti koga ob pametslang off one's nut — ob pamet, norfiguratively a hard nut to crack — trd oreha tough nut — svojeglavec, trda bučaII [nət]intransitive verbnabirati orehe (lešnike)
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