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1 hostage
['hosti‹](a person who is held prisoner in order to ensure that the captor's demands etc will be carried out: The terrorists took three people with them as hostages; They took / were holding three people hostage.) talec- take- hold someone hostage
- hold hostage* * *[hɔstidž]nountalec, -lka; zastavek, zalogto give hostages to fortune — obvezati se za kaj, izpostavljati se nevarnosti ali izgubitito hold s.o. hostage — imeti koga za talca -
2 state
I [steit] noun1) (the condition in which a thing or person is: the bad state of the roads; The room was in an untidy state; He inquired about her state of health; What a state you're in!; He was not in a fit state to take the class.) stanje2) (a country considered as a political community, or, as in the United States, one division of a federation: The Prime Minister visits the Queen once a week to discuss affairs of state; The care of the sick and elderly is considered partly the responsibility of the state; ( also adjective) The railways are under state control; state-controlled / owned industries.) država3) (ceremonial dignity and splendour: The Queen, wearing her robes of state, drove in a horse-drawn coach to Westminster; ( also adjective) state occasions/banquets.) državniški•- stately- stateliness
- statesman
- statesmanlike
- statesmanship
- get into a state
- lie in state II [steit] verb(to say or announce clearly, carefully and definitely: You have not yet stated your intentions.) oznaniti* * *I [stéit]nounstanje, položaj; razmere, okolnosti; slabo (strašno, neverjetno) stanje; status; colloquially razburjenje ( over zaradi); sijaj, pomp, blišč, razkošje; svečanost, ceremonija; dostojanstvo; družbeni položaj, čast, stan; čin; plural državni stanoviin state — svečano, v svečani uniformi; z velikim pompomstate of emergency military politics izjemno stanjestate of facts juridically dejansko stanjestate of the Union message American (letno) obračunsko poročilo naroduto be in quite a state over s.th. — biti zelo razburjen nad čemto lie in state — ležati na svečanem mrtvaškem odru (npr. umrli kralj)the States General history skupščina treh stanov (v Franciji)II [stéit]noun(State, state) država, državna uprava; plural zakonodajno telo na Guernseyu in Jerseyufree state — (v ZDA) država, v kateri ni bilo suženjstvaslave state — (v ZDA) država, v kateri je bilo suženjstvothe Secretary of State American sekretar (minister) za zunanje zadeveIII [stéit]adjectivedržaven; svečan, gala, razkošen; paradenstate occasion — posebna, slovesna prilikastate prisoner — političen zapornik; oseba, ki je v zaporu zaradi težkega zločinastate room — svečana dvorana; nautical luksuzna kabina (na ladji)state call colloquially vljudnostni, službeni obiskIV [stéit]transitive verbdoločiti; potrditi; dognati, ugotoviti; trditi, navesti, izjaviti; pojasniti, jasno razložiti, specificirati; omeniti, pripomniti; mathematics izraziti (problem) z matematičnimi simboliit was officially stated that... — uradno je bilo potrjeno, da...to state the reason why — navesti razlog, zakaj
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