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1 swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) plavati2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) plavati3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) vrteti se2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) plavanje- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume* * *I [swim]nounplavanje; figuratively rahlo drsenje; rib polno mesto, globina v reki; (redko) plavalni mehur; figuratively tok dogodkov, tekoči posli, posel; figuratively vrtogavica, omoticato be in (out of) the swim colloquially (ne) poznati tekoče posle ali razmere, (ne) biti na tekočemto have (to take) a swim — kópati se, plavatiII [swim]1.intransitive verbplavati, priplavati, plavati na vodi, pluti; (prah ipd.) plavati, viseti v zraku; figuratively kópati se; figuratively čutiti vrtoglavico, biti vrtoglav, vrteti se (komu); plavati (in v), biti preplavljen, kópati se (in v);2.transitive verbpreplavati, plavati (neko razdaljo); prisiliti, nagnati (koga), da plava; plavati na tekomovanju, prepeljati s plavanjem ( across čez)to swim against the stream — plavati proti toku (tudi figuratively)to swim to the bottom — potoniti, potopiti seto swim like a tailor's goose figuratively plavati kot kamen, potopiti seto swim with the tide (the stream) — plavati s tokom (tudi figuratively); figuratively pridružiti se večinito swim the river, the Channel — preplavati reko, Rokavski prelivthe cellar was swimming in wine — klet je plavala v vinu, je bila preplavljena z vinommy head swims — vrti se mi v glavi, imam vrtoglavicothe room swam before my eyes — zdelo se mi je, da se soba vrti okoli meneshe swam up to him figuratively zdrsnila je k njemu, kot da bi plavala -
2 sink
[siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) potopiti (se)2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) spustiti se3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) potopiti, zasaditi4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) izgubiti pogum5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) vložiti2. noun(a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) pomivalno korito- sunken- be sunk
- sink in* * *I [siŋk]noun(kuhinjski) izlivek, luknja za umazano vodo; odtok, odtočna cev, odtočni kanal; kloaka, greznica; geology kotlina; (zlasti) figuratively mlak(už)a, močvirjeII [siŋk]1.intransitive verb(po)toniti, potopiti se, utoniti; upasti (o reki), znižati se, zmanjšati se; padati (cene); pasti (ugled); zaiti (sonce); spustiti se na zemljo (mrak); usesti se; ponehati (vihar); vpiti se (barva); pogrezniti se, udirati se, sesesti se; pasti ( into v); slabeti, giniti, onemoči, bližati se koncu; podirati se, rušiti se; podleči, kloniti; veniti, hirati, propadati;2.transitive verbpotopiti (ladjo), pogrezniti, uničiti, pokvariti, povesiti (glavo); znižati, spustiti dol (cene); vrtati, dolbsti (vodnjak, luknjo); vrezati (žig itd.); pustiti ob strani, ne posvečati pozornosti (čemu); pozabiti (prepir); neugodno naložiti (kapital), izgubiti (denar); skrivati, prikriti, zamolčatisink or swim! — ali plavaš (se rešiš, prideš na zeleno vejo), ali pa utoneš!here goes, sink or swim — zdaj gre za biti ali ne bitito sink beneath the burden — kloniti, zrušiti se pod bremenomto sink all considerations — na nič se ne ozirati, iti prek vsegato sink an important fact — zamolčati (izpustiti, ne omeniti) važno dejstvoto sink into the grave — zgruditi se v grob, umretito sink one's own interests — pozabiti na (žrtvovati) svoje lastne interese, biti nesebičenthe old man is sinking rapidly — starček rapidno slabi, hirato sink money — vložiti svoj denar v nekaj, iz česar ga ni lahko dobiti; izgubiti svoj denar pri takem posluto sink the shop — ne govoriti o strokovnih stvareh; tajiti, skrivati svoj poklicto sink one's title — prikriti, zamolčati svoj naslov (naziv) -
3 swimming
adjective (covered with, or floating in, a liquid: meat swimming in/with grease.) plavajoč* * *[swímiŋ]1.nounplavanje; figuratively občutek omoticeto have a swimming in one's head — imeti vrtoglavico;2.adjectiveplavalen, plavajoč; preplavljen; ves moker; figuratively vrtoglav; figuratively lahek, gladek, uspešen; solzenswimming eyes — zasolzene, solzne očiswimming suit — plavalna, kopalna oblekaswimming pool — plavalni bazen, kopališče -
4 towel
1. noun(a piece of any of several types of absorbent cloth or paper for drying oneself, dishes etc after washing etc: After her swim she dried herself with a towel; a roll of paper kitchen towels.) brisača2. verb(to rub with a towel.) otreti z brisačo* * *[táuəl]1.nounbrisačatowel rack — stojalo, obešalnik za brisačolead(en) towel — slang figuratively obsolete krogla, izstrelekoaken towel — gorjača, palicato throw in the towel — figuratively priznati se za premaganega, priznati poraz;2.transitive verb (o)brisati, osušiti (z brisačo), otreti; slang (pre)tepsti, (pre)mlatiti; intransitive verb (o)brisati se, otreti se (z brisačo) -
5 tide
(the regular, twice-a-day ebbing and flowing movement of the sea: It's high/low tide; The tide is coming in / going out.) plima in oseka- tidal- tidal wave* * *I [táid]nounplima in oseka, plimovanje; valovje; tok, struja; čas, doba; sprememba, preobrat; (redko) ugoden trenutek, priložnosteven tide — večerni čas, večerflood, high tide — plimathe turn of the tide — sprememba sreče; preobratto go with the tide — plavati s tokom, figuratively delati, kar drugi delajothe tide turns — sreča se obrača, je opotečato work double tide — delati noč in dan; naporno delatitake the tide at the tide — izkoristi priliko, kuj železo, dokler je vročeII [táid]intransitive verbteči; plavati s tokom; imeti plimo in oseko; (časovno) segati; izpluti oziroma pripluti s plimo; obsolete zgoditi se; transitive verb gnati s plimo, s tokom; figuratively pomagati (komu) (čez težave)to tide over s.th. figuratively iti preko česa, prebroditi kaj, prestati kajto tide s.th. up the river — gnati kaj po reki navzgor (o plimi)
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swim with — ● swim … Useful english dictionary
swim with the tide — swim against/with/the tide phrase to do or believe the opposite to other people the same as other people Thesaurus: to be similar to, or the same as, something or someonesynonym to be different from somethingsynonym … Useful english dictionary
swim with the tide — If you swim with the tide, you do the same as people around you and accept the general consensus. ( Go with the tide is an alternative form.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
swim with/against the tide — see ↑tide, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑swim … Useful english dictionary
swim with the fishes — If someone is swimming with the fishes, they are dead, especially if they have been murdered. Sleep with the fishes is an alternative form … The small dictionary of idiomes
swim with the tide — go/swim with the tide go/swim against the tide to do the opposite of what most other people are doing. If you don t feel strongly about an issue, you may as well just swim with the tide … New idioms dictionary
swim with the tide — If you swim with the tide, you do the same as people around you and accept the general consensus. ( Go with the tide is an alternative form.) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
swim with the fishes — If someone is swimming with the fishes, they are dead, especially if they have been murdered. Sleep with the fishes is an alternative form. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Swim with the fishes — If someone is swimming with the fishes, they are dead, especially if they have been murdered. Sleep with the fishes is an alternative form … Dictionary of English idioms
swim with the tide — go with the flow, do as everyone else does … English contemporary dictionary
go/swim with/against the tide — ◇ If you go/swim with/against the tide, you think or behave in a way that agrees/disagrees with how most other people think or behave. Politically, she tends to go against the tide on her college campus. [=she tends to have different political… … Useful english dictionary