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1 pull the strings
(to be the person who is really, though usually not apparently, controlling the actions of others.) biti siva eminenca -
2 strings
noun plural ((in an orchestra, the group of people who play) stringed instruments, ie violins, violas, 'cellos and double basses: The conductor said the strings were too loud.) godala -
3 purse-strings
[pɜ:sstriŋz]nounplural vrvica mošnjeto hold the purse-strings — upravljati z denarjem, nadzirati uporabo denarjato loosen the purse-strings — biti radodaren, izdati denar -
4 string
1. [striŋ] noun1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) vrvica2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) vlakno3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; ( also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) struna4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) vrsta2. verb1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) nanizati2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) napeti3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) odstraniti nitke4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) obesiti•- strings- stringy
- stringiness
- string bean
- stringed instruments
- have someone on a string
- have on a string
- pull strings
- pull the strings
- string out
- strung up
- stringent
- stringently
- stringency* * *I [striŋ]1.nounvrvica, vezalka, trak, nit, žica; music struna, žica; tetiva (pri loku); botany vlakno, nit (stroka); niz (biserov itd.) (tudi figuratively); garnitura; serija; dolga vrsta; truma (živali); (večinoma plural) American colloquially pogoj, težava, tajna klavzula; American slang bahanje, (pretirana) lažna zgodbathe strings plural music godalaa string of lies — vrsta, niz lažiheart-strings plural figuratively najgloblja, najnežnejša čustva, srcéto be a second string — spadati k drugi garnituri, biti drugovrsten, figuratively igrati drugo violinoto harp on one (on the same) string figuratively neprestano govoriti o isti stvari, vedno isto góstito have s.o. on a string — imeti koga na vrvicihe has all the world in a string figuratively vse mu gre po željito have s.o. on the string figuratively pustiti koga v negotovostito have (to lead) s.th. in (by) a string — brzdati, obvladati, biti gospodar (česa)to keep s.o. on a string figuratively držati koga dolgo časa v negotovostito hold all the strings — držati vse niti v rokah, upravljati, voditi (kaj)to have a string (attached) to it — biti oviran, ne iti gladkoto pull (the) strings — premikati lutke (v lutkovnem gledališču); figuratively biti neviden, a glavni vodjato touch a string — udariti na struno, figuratively zadeti v živec, na občutljivo mesto (čustva itd.)to touch the strings — gosti (na godalo);2.adjectivegodalenII [striŋ]1.transitive verbopremiti s strunami (violino itd.) ali z žicami; opremiti (lok) s tetivo; nategniti, napeti (vrvico, tetivo itd.); zadrgniti, zavezati; privezati z vrvico; odstraniti nitke (pri fižolu); poetically uglasiti (violino itd.); razširiti, nategniti, figuratively napeti (živce, moči itd.); (na)nizati (bisere), obesiti ( across prek); figuratively povezati; American slang za nos koga voditi, norčevati se iz;2.intransitive verbpostati vlaknat; razvleči se (lepilo itd.); tvoriti vrsto ali verigostringed instruments music godala, godalni instrumentistrung up — napet, živčen, razburjen, razburljivto string along with American colloquially pridružiti se (komu), iti s kom, plesati, kot (nekdo) žvižgato string out — napeti, nategnitito string up — napeti (živce itd.); pripravljati (koga) na kaj, spodbujati; colloquially obesitito string o.s. up for a deed — opogumiti se za neko dejanjeto be strung up — biti v stiski, v zagati, v težavah -
5 bow
I 1. verb1) (to bend (the head and often also the upper part of the body) forwards in greeting a person etc: He bowed to the ladies; They bowed their heads in prayer.) prikloniti se2) ((with to) to accept: I bow to your superior knowledge.) ukloniti se2. noun(a bowing movement: He made a bow to the ladies.) poklon- bowedII 1. [bəu] noun1) (a springy curved rod bent by a string, by which arrows are shot.) lok2) (a rod with horsehair stretched along it, by which the strings of a violin etc are sounded.) godalni lok3) (a looped knot of material: Her dress is decorated with bows.) vozel2. noun((often in plural) the front of a ship or boat: The waves broke over the bows.) premec* * *I [bou]nounlok; music godalni lok, godalo; mavrica; pentlja, obroček; roč, držaj; plural okvir za naočnike; vulgar trebuh, vampto draw ( —ali pull, shoot with) the long bow — pretiravati, širokoustiti seto draw a bow at a venture — streljati ali kaj reči na slepo srečo, tja v tri dnibows under — premagan, ki težko napredujeslang bow window — velik trebuh, vampII [bou]transitive verbmusic gosti; usločitiIII [bau]nounpoklon, klanjanje; spoštovanjeto make one's bow — umakniti se, oditi, posloviti seIV [bau]intransitive verb & transitive verbpripogniti, pripogibati se; (to, before) pokloniti, klanjati se, spokoriti, ukloniti se; v sobo (ali iz sobe) koga peljati, vljudno odslovitito bow and scrape — ponižati se, biti pretirano vljudenV [bau]nounnautical ladijski nos, kljun, krn, premec; veslač, ki sedi najbliže premcu -
6 sweep
[swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) pometati2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) pomesti3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) pomesti4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) (pri)hrumeti2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) pometanje2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) zamah3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) dimnikar4) (a sweepstake.) stava pri konjskih dirkah•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep up* * *I [swi:p]nounpometanje, čiščenje, zamah z metlo; (krožna) kretnja, zamah; zavoj (reke, ceste), vijuga, krivina; razprostiranje, proženje, figuratively razsežnost; vplivno področje; obseg; doseg, domet; vršenje (vetra), šuštenje (obleke); plural smeti; dolgo veslo (za veslanje stojé); ročica sesalke; (kartanje) dobitje vseh vzetkov, vseh nagrad; British English pometač, dimnikar; colloquially (= sweepstake(s)) stava, nagrada iz stav pri dirkah in igrah; figuratively umazanec; slang čemernež, nejevoljnežat one sweep — z enim zamahom, udarcem; naenkratto make a clean sweep of the table figuratively pomesti s čim, odpraviti kajII [swi:p]transitive verb & intransitive verbpomesti, pometati, omesti, ometati, (po)čistiti; oplaziti, rahlo se dotakniti; (o vetru) mêsti, briti; odstraniti, s poti spraviti (zapreke itd.); z očmi, s pogledom preleteti; opazovati; (topništvo) gosto obsipavati z granatami; (o valu) preplaviti (čoln); iti (z roko) (on prek); križariti (po morju); vleči se (po tleh) (o obleki); z mrežo iti (po rečnem dnu); stoje poganjati (čoln) z veslom; dobiti večino (skoraj vse glasove) (pri glasovanju)at a sweeping reduction commerce po zelo znižani cenito sweep all before one figuratively doseči popoln uspehto sweep the board — dobiti vse vložke pri kaki igri, figuratively pobrati vse nagradeto sweep everything into one's net figuratively vse (zase) pobratito sweep the seas — prepluti morja v vseh smereh, križariti po morjihto sweep the strings — iti, preleteti z roko po strunah glasbila, brenkati po strunahthe procession swept up the nave of the church — procesija se je veličastno pomikala po cerkvi proti oltarjuthey swept the river to find his body — preiskali so rečno strugo, da bi našli njegovo truplo -
7 pull
[pul] 1. verb1) (to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force: He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.) vleči2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) vleči3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) veslati4) ((of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction: The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.) potegniti (proti)2. noun1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) poteg2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) privlačnost3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) vpliv•- pull down
- pull a face / faces at
- pull a face / faces
- pull a gun on
- pull off
- pull on
- pull oneself together
- pull through
- pull up
- pull one's weight
- pull someone's leg* * *I [pul]nounpotegljaj, poteg, vlečenje, vlek; technical vlečna sila; privlačnost, sila privlačnosti; požirek, dušek; ročaj, držaj (zvonca); veslanje, zavesljaj; sport (golf, kriket) udarec, zamah (poševno, zlasti na levo); zadrževanje (konja z vajetmi); utrjujajoč vzpon, velik napor ( long ŋ); prednost (of, on, over pred); slang vpliv, zveze, protekcija ( with); printing (poskusni) odtisthe long pull — presežek, dodatek k plačia heavy pull on s.o.'s purse — draga stvarto have the pull of s.o. — imeti prednost pred komto have a pull with s.o. — imeti vpliv na koga, imeti protekcijo pri komprinting to take a pull — napraviti odtisto give a pull at — povleči, potegniti kajII [pul]1.transitive verbvleči, povleči, potegniti; puliti, izpuliti (zob, rastlino), izvleči, privleči; trgati (jabolka cvetice); skubsti, skubiti, oskubsti (perjad, lan), populiti (dlako iz usnja); zagotoviti si, privleči (stranke, podporo); (golf, kriket) udariti žogo postrani na levo; namerno zadržati dirkalnega konja; veslati, imeti vesla; printing napraviti odtis, odtisniti; American slang potegniti (revolver, nož); slang izpeljati (delo); American slang proglasiti stavko, pozvati (podjetje) k stavki; slang zapreti, napraviti racijo (v igralnici);2.intransitive verbvleči, puliti (at); vleči (pipo; at); povleči, piti (at iz); vleči se, riniti se naprej; slang privlačiti (reklama)a case of pull devil, pull baker — povleci, potegni; kdo je močnejšito pull faces ( —ali a face) — pačiti se, kremžiti seto pull a long face — nakremžiti obraz, narediti kisel obrazto pull a fast one — preslepiti, ukanitito pull s.o.'s leg — potegniti koga, norčevati se iz kogato pull a thing on s.o. — ogoljufati, prevaritito pull it — odnesti pete, pobegnitito pull to pieces — raztrgati, figuratively ostro kritiziratito pull one's punches figuratively krotiti se; (boks) zadržano udaritito pull one's rank on s.o. — pokazati, da si višji po činuto pull the strings ( —ali wires) — neopazno voditi, vplivati na kogato pull one's weight — potruditi se pri delu, krepko veslatito pull the wool over s.o.'s eyes — preslepiti koga -
8 bridge
[bri‹] 1. noun1) (a structure carrying a road or railway over a river etc.) most2) (the narrow raised platform for the captain of a ship.) (poveljniški) most3) (the bony part (of the nose).) nosni koren4) (the support of the strings of a violin etc.) kobilica2. verb1) (to build a bridge over: They bridged the stream.) zgraditi most2) (to close a gap, pause etc: He bridged the awkward silence with a funny remark.) premostiti, zapolniti* * *I [bridž]nounmost, mostič; kobilica (gosli); nautical poveljniški mostgold ( —ali silver) bridge figuratively častni umiktemporary bridge — začasen, zasilni mostII [bridž]transitive verb( over) premostiti; most zgraditiIII [bridž]nounvrsta igre kart -
9 pluck
1. verb1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) izpuliti; povleči2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) skubsti3) (to pick (flowers etc).) trgati4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) puliti5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) prebirati strune2. noun(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) pogum- plucky- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy* * *I [plʌk]nounpoteg, trzaj, trzanje; skubljenje; drobovje, notranji organi (hrana); srčnost, hrabrost, pogum; British English padec pri izpituII [plʌk]1.transitive verbtrgati, odtrgati (sadje, cvetje); puliti, izpuliti (perje, lase, plevel); skubsti, oskubiti (perutnino); potegniti, vleči (za roko); music prebirati strune; colloquially oskubsti koga, nasankati koga; slang vreči pri izpitu;2.intransitive verbpuliti, vleči (at za); loviti, grabiti po čemslang to be plucked — pasti pri izpitu -
10 pizzicato
adjective, adverb(played by plucking the strings of a musical instrument, not using the bow.) pizzicato -
11 plectrum
['plektrəm](a small piece of plastic etc for plucking the strings of a guitar.) trzalica* * *[pléktrəm]noun(plural plectrums, plectra) music plektron, brenkalnik; naprstnik, pero -
12 gut
1. noun1) (the tube in the lower part of the body through which food passes.) črevo2) (a strong thread made from the gut of an animal, used for violin strings etc.) struna2. verb1) (to take the guts out of: Her job was to gut fish.) očistiti, izprazniti2) (to destroy completely, except for the outer frame: The fire gutted the house.) uničiti do ogrodja•- guts* * *I [gʌt]nounanatomy črevo; plural drobovje; plural trebuh; ožina; zavoj reke na veslaški progi (Oɔford, Cambridge); struna; svilena struna; slang plural vztrajnost; odločnost; hrabrost, predrznost; učinkovitost; bistvo, vsebinafat guts — debeluh, trebušnežto have no guts — biti prazen, brez vsebine, brez vrednostiII [gʌt]1.transitive verb(iz)trebiti, (iz)prazniti; (o)čistiti; figuratively (o)pleniti;2.intransitive verb vulgargoltati, žreti -
13 tune
[tju:n] 1. noun(musical notes put together in a particular (melodic and pleasing) order; a melody: He played a tune on the violin.) napev2. verb1) (to adjust (a musical instrument, or its strings etc) to the correct pitch: The orchestra tuned their instruments.) uglasiti2) (to adjust a radio so that it receives a particular station: The radio was tuned to a German station.) naravnati (na)3) (to adjust (an engine etc) so that it runs well.) naravnati•- tuneful- tunefully
- tunefulness
- tuneless
- tunelessly
- tunelessness
- tuner
- change one's tune
- in tune
- out of tune
- tune in
- tune up* * *I [tju:n]nounnapev, melodija, arija; pesem; himna, koral, cerkvena pesem; (redko) ton; figuratively harmonija, skladnost, sklad, soglasnost; figuratively razpoloženje ( for za); phonetics intonacijain tune — uglašeno; pravilno, kot treba; aeronautics pripravljen za vzletout of tune — neuglašen; slabe voljeto the tune of — po melodiji (od); colloquially v znesku odto change one's tune, to sing another tune — colloquially figuratively ubrati drug tongive us a tune! — zapojte nam kaj!to play out of tune — music napačno igratiII [tju:n]transitive verbuglasiti (to na); radio naravnati (to na); prilagoditi, uskladiti (to z); poetically igrati (na); intransitive verb biti v skladnosti ( with z), harmonirati; zveneti; doneti -
14 violin
(a type of musical instrument with four strings, played with a bow: She played the violin in the school orchestra; Can you play that on the violin?) violina* * *[vaiəlín]nounmusic violina, gosli; figuratively violinistviolin clef music violinski ključ -
15 bonnet
['bonit]1) ((usually baby's or (old) woman's) head-dress fastened under the chin eg by strings.) čepica2) ((American hood) the cover of a motor-car engine.) pokrov motorja* * *I [bɔnit]nounklobuk, čepica, pokrivalo; pokrov (avto); slang pomagač, sokrivecto have a bee in one's bonnet — biti nekoliko čudaški, imeti fiksno idejoto fill s.o.'s bonnet — zavzemati mesto drugega, biti mu enakovredenII [bɔnit]transitive verbpokriti se; potisniti pokrivalo čez oči; pogasiti ogenj -
16 catgut
noun (a kind of cord made from the intestines of sheep etc, used for violin strings etc.) struna, katgut(a small, thick piece of glass fixed in the surface of a road to reflect light and guide drivers at night.)* * *[kaetgʌt]nounstruna iz črev; medicine katgut, niti iz ovčjih črev za šivanje ran; music struna iz črevesa; familiarly godalo -
17 loosen
1) (to make or become loose: She loosened the string; The screw had loosened and fallen out.) popustiti2) (to relax (eg a hold): He loosened his grip.) zrahljati* * *[lu:sn]1.transitive verbpopustiti, zrahljati, odvezati, razvezati (vozel, vezi, jezik); med omehčati (kašelj, stolico); figuratively popustiti, ublažiti (disciplino); zrahljati (zemljo); spustiti, odrešiti, osvoboditi;2.intransitive verbzrahljati se, odvezati se, odpeti se; figuratively popustiti, popuščati; medicine zmehčati se (stolica), popustiti (kašelj) -
18 harp
(a usually large musical instrument which is held upright, and which has many strings which are plucked with the fingers.) harfa- harpist- harp on about
- harp on* * *I [ha:p]nounmusic harfaII [ha:p]intransitive verbigrati na harfo -
19 pearl
[pə:l](a valuable, hard, round object formed by oysters and several other shellfish: The necklace consists of three strings of pearls; ( also adjective) a pearl necklace.) biser; biseren- pearly- pearl-diver
- pearl-fisher* * *I [pə:l]nounbiser, biserovina; rosna kaplja, solza; pharmacology kroglica (zdravila); modrikasta svetlo siva barva; printing perl (stopnja tiskarskih črk)II [pə:l]1.intransitive verbtvoriti bisere; bleščati, sijati kot biser; kapljati; iskati bisere;2.transitive verbkrasiti z biseri; orositi
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