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1 need
[ni:d] 1. negative short form - needn't; verb1) (to require: This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help?) potrebovati2) (to be obliged: You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present.) morati2. noun1) (something essential, that one must have: Food is one of our basic needs.) potreba2) (poverty or other difficulty: Many people are in great need.) pomanjkanje3) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) potreba•- needless- needlessly
- needy
- a need for
- in need of* * *I [ni:d]nounpotreba, sila nuja (of, for po); pomanjkanje (of, for česa)to have no need to do s.th. — ne čutiti potrebe kaj nareditito fail s.o. in his need — pustiti koga na cediluII [ni:d]1.intransitive verb archaicbiti potrebno; biti v stiski, primanjkovati česa;2.transitive verbpotrebovati; zahtevati;3.auxiliary verb (z nedoločnikom s to v trdilnih, brez to v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih) morati, treba je -
2 serve
[sə:v] 1. verb1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) služiti (komu)2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) streči3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) rabiti4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) služiti5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) odsedeti6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) servirati2. noun(act of serving (a ball).) servis- server- serving
- it serves you right
- serve an apprenticeship
- serve out
- serve up* * *I [sə:v]nounsport servis, začetni udarec z žogo pri tenisu, odbojki itd.II [sə:v]1.transitive verbslužiti, delati za koga; (od)služiti (kazen); opravljati učno dobo; postreči, oskrbeti ( with z); servirati (jed); sport servirati (žogo); zadostovati (komu), zadovoljiti (potrebe); ustrezati (namenu); prav priti; colloquially ravnati s kom; privesti samca k samiciI am glad to serve you (in this occurrence) — veseli me, da sem vam lahko na uslugo (da vam lahko pomagam) (ob tej priliki)to serve a gun military streči topuserves you right! — prav ti je!, zaslužil si to!they served him right — ravnali so z njim, kot je zaslužilto serve a rope — zvezati konec (spletene) vrvi z vrvico, da se prepreči odmotavanjeto serve s.o. with the same sauce, to serve s.o. in his kind (in his coin) — plačati, vrniti komu milo za dragoto serve one's time — služiti leta do upokojitve; služiti svoj rok v vojski; prestajati svojo kazen v zaporuto serve s.o. a (nasty) trick — (grdó) zagosti jo komuto serve s.o. a turn — napraviti komu uslugothat will serve his turn — to bo nekaj zanj, ta mu bo ustrezalofirst come, first served — kdor prej pride, prej melje;2.intransitive verbslužiti, biti v službi; military služiti v vojski; streči, servirati; ustrezati, zadostovati; koristiti, biti koristen (primeren); napraviti uslugo, pomagati; opravljati funkcijo, fungirati (kot); ecclesiastic ministrirati, biti ministrantas occasion serves — ob primerni priložnosti, če se bo ponudila (ugodna) priložnosthe serves rather badly — (tennis) on zelo slabo servirato serve as a mayor — biti župan; opravljati funkcijo županait will serve — bo ustrezalo (prav prišlo, zadostovalo)while the time serves — dokler je še čas (prilika); -
3 admit
[əd'mit]past tense, past participle - admitted; verb1) (to allow to enter: This ticket admits one person.) pripustiti2) (to say that one accepts as true: He admitted (that) he was wrong.) priznati•- admission
- admittance
- admittedly* * *[ədmít]transitive verb & intransitive verbpripustiti, pripuščati, dopustiti, priznati; upoštevati; sprejeti za članato admit s.o. into confidence — zaupati se komuto admit of improvement — dati se popraviti, izboljšati -
4 allow
1) (not to forbid or prevent: He allowed me to enter; Playing football in the street is not allowed.) dovoliti2) ((with for) to take into consideration when judging or deciding: These figures allow for price rises.) upoštevati3) (to give, especially for a particular purpose or regularly: His father allows him too much money.) dajati•- make allowance for* * *[əláu]transitive verbdovoliti, dopustiti, omogočiti, odobriti; popustiti; upoštevati; American ( that da) trditi, izjavitiallow me! — dovolite!to allow for transitive verb upoštevatiallowing for — upoštevajoč, če upoštevamoallow of transitive verb American colloquially dopuščati -
5 fabricate
['fæbrikeit](to make up something that is not true (a story, accusation etc): to fabricate an excuse.) izmisliti si* * *[faebrikeit]transitive verbizdelovati, sestavljati; ponarejati; figuratively izmišljevati si -
6 old
[əuld]1) (advanced in age: an old man; He is too old to live alone.) star2) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) star3) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) star4) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) star5) (belonging to times long ago: old civilizations like that of Greece.) star•- old age- old boy/girl
- old-fashioned
- old hand
- old maid
- the old* * *I [óuld]adjectivestar, postaran, starikav; zastarel, oguljen, ponošen; izkušen; slang sijajen, odličen; obledel (barva), moten (barva)young aud old — staro in mlado, vsiBritish English slang old bean ( —ali egg, fellow, fruit, thing, top) — "stari"old bird — star lisjak, premetenecold man — "stari" (mož, oče, predstojnik, kapitan ladje itd.)old man of the sea — vsiljivec, podrepnežcolloquially my old man — moj stari, moj možold woman — "stara" (žena, mati, predstojnica itd.), bojazljivec, nergačold salt, old whale — star, izkušen mornarof old standing — že dolgo v navadi, že zdavnaj uvedenslang any old thing — karkoliBritish English Old Lady of Threadneedle Street — angleška narodna bankaAmerican Old Glory — ameriška zastavaAmerican Old Man River — vzdevek za reko MississippiII [óuld]noundavninaof old — v davnem času, iz davnine, davnofrom old — iz davnine, od nekdaj -
7 slim
[slim] 1. adjective1) (not thick or fat; thin: She has a slim, graceful figure; Taking exercise is one way of keeping slim.) vitek2) (not good; slight: There's still a slim chance that we'll find the child alive.) pičel2. verb(to use means (such as eating less) in order to become slimmer: I mustn't eat cakes - I'm trying to slim.) hujšati- slimming- slimness* * *[slim]1.adjective ( slimly adverb)vitek, tanek, slaboten; figuratively colloquially nezadosten, pomanjkljiv, pičel, reven; British English lokav premeten, pretkan, nabrit, brezvestena slim excuse — malo prepričljivo opravičilo;2.intransitive verb(o ženskah) postati vitek; transitive verb napraviti vitko -
8 sorry
['sori] 1. adjective1) (used when apologizing or expressing regret: I'm sorry (that) I forgot to return your book; Did I give you a fright? I'm sorry.) žal mi je2) (apologetic or full of regret: I think he's really sorry for his bad behaviour; I'm sure you were sorry to hear about his death.) užaloščen3) (unsatisfactory; poor; wretched: a sorry state of affairs.) beden2. interjection1) (used when apologizing: Did I tread on your toe? Sorry!) oprostite!2) ((used when asking a person to repeat what he has said) I beg your pardon?: Sorry (, what did you say)?) oprostite•* * *[sɔri]1.adjective ( sorrily adverb)žalosten, otožen, zaskrbljen; obžalujoč, skesan; beden, slab, odvraten, odbijajoč; nesrečen; reven, ubogsorry for oneself — potrt, deprimiranso sorry! — obžalujem! žal mi je! oprostite!very sorry! — zelo mi je žal! oprostite!I am so sorry — žal mi je, obžalujemI am sorry to disturb — obžalujem, da vas motimto be sorry about s.th. — obžalovati kajI was sorry for her — žal mi je je bilo, smilila se mi jeto be sorry for o.s. — samemu sebi se smilitiI felt sorry for him — (za)smilil se mi je;2.sorry! interjection oprostite! pardon! -
9 stammer
['stæmə] 1. noun(the speech defect of being unable to produce easily certain sounds: `You m-m-must m-m-meet m-m-my m-m-mother' is an example of a stammer; That child has a bad stammer.) jecljanje2. verb(to speak with a stammer or in a similar way because of eg fright, nervousness etc: He stammered an apology.) jecljati* * *[staemə]1.nounjecljanje, pojecljavanje, zatikanje v govoru;2.intransitive verbjecljati, pojecljavati; zatikati se v govoru; transitive verb (iz)jecljati (kaj) -
10 thin
[Ɵin] 1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) tenek2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) mršav3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) redek4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) redek5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) prazen2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) razredčiti (se)- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin out* * *I [min]1.adjective ( thinly adverb)tanek; vitek, mršav, suh; lahek (obleka); nežen, fin, prozoren (tkanina); droben; redek, pičel; slabo obiskan (gledališka predstava ipd.); slab, lahek (pijača), razredčen, precéj redek, vodén; photography nejasen, brez kontrastov; agronomy reven, nerodoviten (zemlja); ničen, prazen (izgovor); plitev, brez vsebine (knjiga)thin attendance — slab obisk (predstave itd.)thin captain figuratively British English majhen ploščat prepečeneca thin house — slabo zasedena, prazna gledališka hišaon thin ice figuratively na nevarnih tleh, v kočljivem položajuthe thin end of the wedge figuratively prvi začetek, prvi korakthrough thick and thin — skozi ogenj in vodo, čez vse zapreke (težave)that is too thin — slang to je preveč prozorno;2.adverb (le v sestavljenkah) tanko, slabo, redko, neznatnothin-faced — ozkega, mršavega obrazaII [min]transitive verb(s)tanjšati; razredčiti (gozd); figuratively zmanjšati; intransitive verb (s)tanjšati se; razredčiti se, postati pičel (redek); zmanjšati se, oslabeti, upasti, shujšati; figuratively klinasto se stanjšatihis hair is thinning — lasje se mu redčijo; -
11 valid
['vælid]1) ((of reasons, arguments etc) true; reasonable or acceptable: That is not a valid excuse.) tehten2) (legally effective; having legal force: He has a valid passport.) veljaven•- validly* * *[vaelid]adjective ( validly adverb)veljaven; tehten, (dobro) utemeljen; juridically pravnomočen, pravno veljaven; učinkovit; neovrgljiv (dokaz); obsolete zdrav, krepak, močan
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