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1 small beer
(something unimportant: This is small beer compared with his usual work.) malenkost* * *[smɔ:lbiə]nounvodéno (slabo) pivo; figuratively nepomembna oseba ali stvarto chronicle small beer colloquially kramljati o nepomembnih stvareh, kot da bi bile zelo važne, figuratively iz muhe slona delatito think no small beer of o.s. — imeti visoko mnenje o sebi, biti nadut (domišljav) -
2 fuss
1. noun(unnecessary excitement, worry or activity, often about something unimportant: Don't make such a fuss.) cirkus2. verb(to be too concerned with or pay too much attention to (unimportant) details: She fusses over children.) delati cirkus (okoli koga)- fussy- fussily
- make a fuss of* * *I [fʌs]nounprazen hrup, hrum; prevelika gorečnostto make a fuss about s.th. — preveč se razburjati zaradi česa, za prazen nič se razburiti, sitnaritito make a fuss of s.o. — plesati okrog kogaII [fʌs](about, over)1.transitive verbrazburiti, prazen hrup povzročiti; vznemiriti;2.intransitive verbrazburiti se, sitnariti; (about, up and down) ves razburjen tekati -
3 damn
[dæm] 1. verb1) (to sentence to unending punishment in hell: His soul is damned.) prekleti2) (to cause to be condemned as bad, unacceptable etc: That film was damned by the critics.) obsoditi2. interjection(expressing anger, irritation etc: Damn! I've forgotten my purse.) presneto!3. noun(something unimportant or of no value: It's not worth a damn; I don't give a damn! (= I don't care in the least).) malenkost- damned- damning* * *I [dæm]1.transitive verbprekleti, preklinjati; grajati, karati, zmerjati; obsoditi, obsojati; pogubiti;2.intransitive verbkletito damn s.th. with a faint praise — previdno kaj hvalitiI'll be damned if — naj me vrag vzame, čeII [dæm]nounpreklinjanje, kletev; malenkostnot to care a damn — niti malo se ne zanimati, prav nič ne marati -
4 squabble
['skwobl] 1. verb(to quarrel noisily, usually about something unimportant: The children are always squabbling over the toys.) pričkati se2. noun(a noisy quarrel.) pričkanje* * *[skwɔbl]1.nounpričkanje, glasen prepir (za kako malenkost);2.intransitive verbpričkati se, prepirati se (with s.o. about s.th. s kom glede česa); intransitive verb printing premakniti, prestaviti (črke, stavek) -
5 not to mention
(used to emphasize something important or to excuse oneself for mentioning something relatively unimportant: He is rich and clever, not to mention handsome.) da ne omenimo -
6 concern
[kən'sə:n] 1. verb1) (to have to do with: This order doesn't concern us; So far as I'm concerned, you can do what you like.) zadevati2) ((with for or about) to make (usually oneself) uneasy: Don't concern yourself about her.) skrbeti3) ((with with or in) to interest (oneself) in: He doesn't concern himself with unimportant details.) ukvarjati se2. noun1) (something that concerns or belongs to one: His problems are not my concern.) zadeva, skrb2) (anxiety: The condition of the patient is giving rise to concern.) zaskrbljenost3) (a business: a shoe-manufacturing concern.) podjetje•* * *I [kənsɜ:n]transitive verbjuridically to whom it may concern — v vednost tistim, ki jih zadevaII [kənsɜ:n]nounzadeva, posel; (about, for) skrb; (at, over zaradi) zaskrbljenost; žalost, užaloščenje, bol; (in za) zanimanje; delež; commerce tvrdka, podjetje, koncern; pomembnost, važnost; colloquially stavbato take no concern in s.th. — ne se zanimati za kajto have a concern in — imeti delež pri čem; zanimati se za kajcolloquially to give up the whole concern — opustiti zadevoto have no concern with s.th. — ne imeti s čim opravka -
7 No
[nəu] 1. adjective1) (not any: We have no food; No other person could have done it.) noben2) (not allowed: No smoking.) prepovedan3) (not a: He is no friend of mine; This will be no easy task.) noben2. adverb(not (any): He is no better at golf than swimming; He went as far as the shop and no further.) nič3. interjection(a word used for denying, disagreeing, refusing etc: `Do you like travelling?' `No, (I don't).'; No, I don't agree; `Will you help me?' `No, I won't.') ne4. noun plural( noes)1) (a refusal: She answered with a definite no.) ne2) (a vote against something: The noes have won.) glas proti•- nobody5. noun(a very unimportant person: She's just a nobody.) niče- no-one- there's no saying
- knowing* * *abbreviationchemistry nobelium -
8 no
[nəu] 1. adjective1) (not any: We have no food; No other person could have done it.) noben2) (not allowed: No smoking.) prepovedan3) (not a: He is no friend of mine; This will be no easy task.) noben2. adverb(not (any): He is no better at golf than swimming; He went as far as the shop and no further.) nič3. interjection(a word used for denying, disagreeing, refusing etc: `Do you like travelling?' `No, (I don't).'; No, I don't agree; `Will you help me?' `No, I won't.') ne4. noun plural( noes)1) (a refusal: She answered with a definite no.) ne2) (a vote against something: The noes have won.) glas proti•- nobody5. noun(a very unimportant person: She's just a nobody.) niče- no-one- there's no saying
- knowing* * *I [nou]adjectivenoben, nobedenof no account — nevažen, nepomembenno man — nihče, noben človek; kdor je vedno protino man's land — sporno ozemlje, military ozemlje med dvema frontamamilitary slang no bon — zanič, ne greno doubt — seveda, nedvomnono end — zelo, močno, silnono fear — brez strahu, brez bojaznino go — zaman, nemogočeand no mistake — gotovo, brez dvomano picnic — ni lahko, ni šalain no time — takoj, nemudoma, hitrono wonder — ni čudno, naravnono cards no flowers — fraza v angleških osmrtnicah (brez vabil za pogreb, cvetje hvaležno odklanjamo)II [nou]adverb (za or) ne; (s komparativom) nič, sploh nemilitary slang no compree — ne razumemno sooner... than — komaj... ženo more — nič več, ne več, nitino less than — vsaj, najmanj, nič manj odIII [nou]nounzavrnitev, odklonitev; parliament glas proti -
9 relatively
['relətivli]adverb (when compared to someone or something else: He seems relatively happy now; This is a fairly unimportant problem, relatively speaking.) sorazmerno* * *[rélətivli]adverbodnosno, relativno, sorazmerno
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