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1 swell
[swel] 1. past tense - swelled; verb(to make or become larger, greater or thicker: The insect-bite made her finger swell; The continual rain had swollen the river; I invited her to join us on the excursion in order to swell the numbers.) narasti, oteči2. noun(a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) valovanje3. adjective((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) imeniten- swelling- swollen
- swollen-headed
- swell out
- swell up* * *I [swel]1.nounoteklina, oteklost, nabreklost, otòk; otekanje; nautical valovanje po viharju; architecture izboklina, izbočina, izbok; rahla strmina, vzpetina (zemljišča); figuratively porast, naraščanje; music crescendo, za katerim pride diminuendo; (o orglah) naprava za jačanje in slabljenje zvoka; colloquially imetnik, odličnik, mojster, fin gospod, fina dama; slang gizdalin, elegan, gizdalinka, modna dama; poznavaleca swell at s.th. — poznavalec, mojster česa, zelo dober igralec ( at tennis tenisa)a swell in politics figuratively visoka živina v politikia big swell figuratively visoka, vplivna osebawhat a swell you are! — kako si eleganten!there was a heavy swell on — valovi so bili zelo veliki;2.adjective slangtiptop, šik, zelo eleganten, moden; imeniten, odličen, sijajena swell person — imenitna oseba, odličnikswell society — elegantna, fina družbaswell mob colloquially hohštaplerji, kriminalci, lepo oblečeni lopoviII [swel]1.intransitive verb(tudi swell up, swell out) oteči, otekati, nabrekniti; napihniti se, napeti se, nabuhniti, napenjati se; (voda) narasti; (jadro) napeti se, napihniti se; rasti, prerasti ( into v), narasti, povečati se; izbruhniti (izvirek, solze); architecture izbočiti se; figuratively kipeti (čustva); (srce) napenjati se, (hoteti) počiti ( with od); biti poln ( with česa), figuratively napihovati se, hvalisati se, bahati se;2.transitive verb (tudi swell up, swell out) napihniti, napeti; razširiti, povečati ( into do), zvišati, pomnožitiswelled head slang nadutost, domišljavostto swell note music peti (igrati) noto izmenoma crescendo in diminuendoto suffer from swelled head figuratively biti nadut, domišljav -
2 bulge
1. noun(a swelling: the bulge of her hips.) nabreklost2. verb(to swell out: His muscles bulged.) nabrekniti* * *I [bʌldž]nounizboklina, izbočina; nabreklina; colloquially dvig cen; American slang premoč, prednostthe Battle of the Bulge — zadnja nemška protiofenziva v Ardenih (dec. 19ɔɔ)II [bʌldž]intransitive verb & transitive verbbočiti se, nabrekniti; (na)basati; (po)pačiti, pačiti se; napihniti (se) -
3 chorus
['ko:rəs] 1. plural - choruses; noun1) (a group of singers: the festival chorus.) zbor2) (a group of singers and dancers in a musical show.) pevci; plesalci3) (part of a song repeated after each verse: The audience joined in the chorus.) pripev, refren4) (something said or shouted by a number of people together: He was greeted by a chorus of cheers.) zbor2. verb(to sing or say together: The children chorused `Goodbye, Miss Smith'.) zapeti v zboru* * *I [kɔ:rəs]nounzbor; pripev, refrenII [kɔ:rəs]transitive verb & intransitive verbv zboru peti ali recitirati -
4 mob
[mob] 1. noun(a noisy, violent or disorderly crowd of people: He was attacked by an angry mob.) drhal2. verb((of a crowd) to surround and push about in a disorderly way: The singer was mobbed by a huge crowd of his fans.) navaliti na koga* * *I [mɔb]noundrhal, sodrga, (zločinska) banda, tolpamob law — nasilje, zakon nasilja, zakon linčanjaII [mɔb]1.transitive verbnavaliti na koga ali kaj, napasti;2.intransitive verbzbrati se (drhal), razsajati, razgrajati -
5 regular
['reɡjulə] 1. adjective1) (usual: Saturday is his regular day for shopping; That isn't our regular postman, is it?) običajen2) ((American) normal: He's too handicapped to attend a regular school.) navaden3) (occurring, acting etc with equal amounts of space, time etc between: They placed guards at regular intervals round the camp; Is his pulse regular?) pravilen4) (involving doing the same things at the same time each day etc: a man of regular habits.) vsakdanji5) (frequent: He's a regular visitor; He's one of our regular customers.) reden6) (permanent; lasting: He's looking for a regular job.) stalen7) ((of a noun, verb etc) following one of the usual grammatical patterns of the language: `Walk' is a regular verb, but `go' is an irregular verb.) pravilen8) (the same on both or all sides or parts; neat; symmetrical: a girl with regular features; A square is a regular figure.) pravilen, simetričen9) (of ordinary size: I don't want the large size of packet - just give me the regular one.) navaden10) ((of a soldier) employed full-time, professional; (of an army) composed of regular soldiers.) poklicen2. noun1) (a soldier in the regular army.) poklicni vojak2) (a regular customer (eg at a bar).) stalni gost•- regularly
- regulate
- regulation
- regulator* * *I [régjulə]1.adjectivepravilen, regularen, reden; urejen, običajen, normalen, vsakdanji; predpisan, točen; zakonit; izučen; simetričen; American colloquially popoln, pravi pravcati, skoz in skozregular soldier — reden, poklicni vojakhe is a regular bear figuratively on je pravi (pravcati) medvedto lead a regular life — živeti redno, urejeno življenje;2.adverbredno; zaresII [régjulə]nounmilitary vojak redne vojske; plural redne čete; colloquially stalni nameščenec, redno zaposlena oseba, stalen gost, stalen odjemalec; ecclesiastic redovnik, redovni duhovnik, regulár; American politics zvest privrženec stranke -
6 puff out
(to cause to swell or expand: The bird puffed out its feathers; He puffed out his cheeks.) napihovati (se)* * *1.transitive verbizpuhniti; upihniti (svečo); zadihano povedati;2.intransitive verbodsopihati (vlak); prsiti se; kaditi se ven (dim, para) -
7 puff up
(to swell: Her eye (was all) puffed up after the wasp stung her.) napihniti (se)* * *1.transitive verbnapihniti, pretirano hvaliti; navijati ceno na dražbi;2.intransitive verbpočiti; napihovati se ( with pride od ponosa); sopsti, sopihati
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