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1 just the job
(entirely suitable: These gloves are just the job for gardening.) pravšen -
2 glove
(a covering for the hand: a pair of gloves.) rokavica* * *I [glʌv]nounrokavicato be hand and glove with s.o. — biti s kom zelo zaupento handle without gloves ( —ali with the gloves off) — strogo, surovo ravnatito take off the gloves — pripraviti se na boj, neusmiljeno se vestito fit like a glove — tesno se prilegati; biti pravšenII [glʌv]transitive verbobleči rokavice -
3 kid
I [kid] noun1) (a popular word for a child or teenager: They've got three kids now, two boys and a girl; More than a hundred kids went to the disco last night; ( also adjective) his kid brother (= younger brother).) otrok2) (a young goat.) kozlič3) (( also adjective) (of) the leather made from its skin: slippers made of kid; kid gloves.) iz kozličevineII [kid] past tense, past participle - kidded; verb(to deceive or tease, especially harmlessly: We were kidding him about the girl who keeps ringing him up; He kidded his wife into thinking he'd forgotten her birthday; He didn't mean that - he was only kidding!)* * *I [kid]nounkozlič, kozličevina (ševro); colloquially plural glazé rokavice; slang otrokto handle with kid gloves — v rokavicah kaj delati, obzirno postopatiAmerican some kid — sijajen fantII [kid]transitive verbskotiti (kozliče)III [kid]1.nounšala, nesmisel; goljufija;2.transitive verb & intransitive verb slangvleči koga za nos, zafrkavati, napeljati koga ( into k); govoriti neumnosti, goljufatino kidding — resno, brez šaleIV [kid]nounčebriček, lesena skleda -
4 other
1.1) (adjective, pronoun the second of two: I have lost my other glove; I've got one of my gloves but I can't find the other (one).) drug2) (adjective, pronoun those people, things etc not mentioned, present etc; additional: Some of them have arrived - where are the others?; The baby is here and the other children are at school.) drug3) ( adjective (with day, week etc) recently past: I saw him just the other day/morning.) oni•2. conjunction(or else; if not: Take a taxi - otherwise you'll be late.) sicer- other than
- somehow or other
- someone/something or other
- somewhere or other* * *I [ʌðə]adjectivedrug, ostali, drugačenother than — razen, različenII [ʌðə]pronoun drugi, -ga, -goof all others — med vsemi, od vseh, pred vsemione from the other — posebej, narazensomeone or other — nekdo, že kdosome day ( —ali time) or other — nekega dne, kadarkoliIII [ʌðə]adverbdrugače ( than kot) -
5 box
I 1. [boks] noun1) (a case for holding something: a wooden box; a matchbox.) škatla2) (in a theatre etc, a group of seats separated from the rest of the audience.) loža2. verb(to put (something) into boxes: Will you box these apples?) dati v škatlo- box number
- box office II 1. [boks] verb(to fight (someone) with the fists: Years ago, fighters used to box without wearing padded gloves.) boksati2. noun(a blow on the ear with the hand.) zaušnica- boxer- boxing
- boxing-glove
- boxing-match* * *I [bɔks]nounškatla, zaboj; skrinja; okrov; posoda, predal; kozel na kočiji; loža, predel; staja; garažni oddelek za avto, boks; uta, hišica, soba; klop; oblikovalni okvir; darilo; American votlina v debluelectrical junction box — odcepna pušicastrong box — kaseta, železna blagajnaslang box of dominoes — klavirAmerican slang eternity box — grobII [bɔks]transitive verbzaviti, spraviti; pregraditi; cepiti (drevesa)to box the compass — končati, kjer smo začeliIII [bɔks]nounudarec s plosko rokoIV [bɔks]intransitive verb & transitive verbboksati se; klofutatiV [bɔks]nounbotany zelenika -
6 leave
I [li:v] past tense, past participle - left; verb1) (to go away or depart from, often without intending to return: He left the room for a moment; They left at about six o'clock; I have left that job.) zapustiti, odpotovati2) (to go without taking: She left her gloves in the car; He left his children behind when he went to France.) pustiti3) (to allow to remain in a particular state or condition: She left the job half-finished.) pustiti4) (to let (a person or a thing) do something without being helped or attended to: I'll leave the meat to cook for a while.) pustiti5) (to allow to remain for someone to do, make etc: Leave that job to the experts!) prepustiti6) (to make a gift of in one's will: She left all her property to her son.) zapustiti•- leave out
- left over II [li:v] noun1) (permission to do something, eg to be absent: Have I your leave to go?) dovoljenje2) ((especially of soldiers, sailors etc) a holiday: He is home on leave at the moment.) dopust•- take one's leave of- take one's leave* * *I [li:v]noundovoljenje, privoljenje; dopust; slovoII [li:v]1.transitive verbpustiti, zapustiti, prepustiti; opustiti, prenehati; pustiti, na cedilu, iti preko česa; American dovoliti, dopustiti;2.intransitive verboditi, odpotovati ( for kam)colloquially to get left — ostati na cedilucolloquially it leaves me cold ( —ali cool) — ne zanima me, ne vznemirja mecolloquially leave it at that — naj ostane pri temto leave things as they are — pustiti stvari kot so, pustiti stvari pri miruto leave no stone unturned — obrniti vsak kamen, vsestransko se truditito leave s.o. wondering whether — pustiti koga v dvomu oto leave s.o. in the dark — zamolčati komu kaj, ne povedati komu česavulgar to leave go of — spustiti kaj iz rokto leave word — sporočiti, pustiti sporočiloto leave card on s.o. — pustiti vizitko pri komIII [li:v]intransitive verbozeleneti -
7 fight
1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) pretepati se2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) upirati se3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) prepirati se2. noun1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) spopad2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) boj3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) bojevitost4) (a boxing-match.) dvoboj•- fighter- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight* * *I [fait]nounboj, borba, bitka, spopad, dvoboj, mečevanje; prepir, pretep; tekma; bojevitostcolloquially a dog fight — borba v zrakuto show fight — pokazati pripravljenost za boj, pokazati zobesham fight — manever, navidezna bitkahand-to-hand fight — pretep, boj na nožII [fait]transitive verb & transitive verb(against, about, for, with, on behalf of) boriti, vojskovati se; odbijati; braniti (se); priboriti si; premagati; pestiti se, boksati; prepirati sethat cock won't fight — to ne bo držalo; tukaj nekaj ni v reduto fight with one's gloves off — ne izbirati sredstev za boj, ne prijemati koga z rokavicamito fight a lone hand — boriti se sam, brez pomočito fight shy of s.o. — izogibati se koga -
8 size
1) (largeness: an area the size of a football pitch; The size of the problem alarmed us.) velikost2) (one of a number of classes in which shoes, dresses etc are grouped according to measurements: I take size 5 in shoes.) številka•- sizeable- size up* * *I [sáiz]nounvelikost, veličina, debelina, dolžina; dimenzija, format, obseg; postava; kaliber, mera številka (obutve, obleke, rokavic itd.); figuratively veličina, format, pomembnost, važnost; colloquially dejstvo, resničnost; obsolete določena mera, količina, porcija, obrok; technical priprava (sito) za sortiranje (zlasti žlahtnih kamnov in biserov)full size — polna, naravna velikoststandard size — standardna, normalna velikostthat's about the size of it figuratively colloquially (natančno) tako jeII [sáiz]transitive verb & intransitive verburediti po velikosti, sortirati; dati neko velikost; prirezati (les); (Cambridge) naročiti hrano, pijačo na račun kolegijaIII [sáiz]1.nountanko lepilo, klej; škrob; sklenina; apretura (tkanine, papirja);2.transitive verblepiti, klejiti; (na)škrobiti; apretirati (blago), dati trdoto (klobučevini)IV [sáiz]see sized -
9 pair
[peə] 1. noun1) (a set of two of the same thing which are (intended to be) used etc together: a pair of shoes/gloves.) par2) (a single thing made up of two parts: a pair of scissors; a pair of pants.) par3) (two people, animals etc, often one of either sex, who are thought of together for some reason: a pair of giant pandas; John and James are the guilty pair.) par2. verb(to make into a pair: She was paired with my brother in the tennis match.) združiti v par* * *I [pwə]noun1.par (stvari, ki spadajo skupaj: a pair of shoes par čevljev);2.dvodelen predmet (se ne prevaja: a pair of compasses, scissors šestilo, škarje);3.par (s slovenskimi množinskimi samostalniki: a pair of trousers par hlač);4.par, parček (mož in žena, samec in samica);5.parliamentdva člana nasprotnih strank, ki se po dogovoru vzdržita glasovanja; tak dogovor; eden od teh partnerjev;6.eden od predmetov, ki spadata skupaj ( the other pair to this sock druga nogavica tega para)II [pwə]1.transitive verbpariti (živali, with s, z); (z)družiti v pare;2.intransitive verbpariti se ( with); združiti se v pare; parliament dogovoriti se s članom nasprotne stranke o neglasovanjuto pair off — združiti (se) v pare; colloquially poročiti se -
10 what
(whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) kdorkoli, karkoli, kjerkoli* * *[wɔt]1.pronoun(vprašalni zaimek) kaj; koliko!what for? — čemu?, zakaj?what ever for? — toda zakaj?what next? — in (kaj) potem?, in kaj še?, kaj sedaj?and what all colloquially in kaj še vsewhat not — kar si bodi, karkolimy hat, my gloves, and what not — moj klobuk, moje rokavice, in ne vem, kaj še vsewhat if — kaj če, (in) kaj se zgodi, če...what of that? — kaj za to?, nič za towhat though (I am poor) — kaj zato, pa četudi (sem reven)what about, what of — kaj gledé, kaj praviš (misliš) owhat about a cup of tea? — ali bi skodelico čaja?what's it all about? — za kaj (pa) gre?so what?, what of it? — prava reč!; nesmisel!but what colloquially ki ne (bi)not a day comes but what makes a change — ni ga dneva, ki ne bi prinesel kake spremembe (kaj novega)what is the matter? — kaj (pa) je?what is he like? — kakšen je on?what he has suffered! — kaj (koliko) je pretrpel!well, what of it? — no, in kaj za to?what's up? — kaj je?, kaj se dogaja?to know what's what — vedeti, za kaj gre, biti informiran, spoznati sewhat is the news? — kaj je novega?you want a what? — kaj (ponovi, kaj) hočeš?he claims to a what? — kaj hoče on biti?what is he the better for it? — kaj ima on od tega?Mr. what-do-you-call-him, Mr. what's-his-name — gospod Oné (kako mu je ime?);2.pronoun (relativni zaimek) kardo what I may — naj storim, kar hočem (karkoli)happen what may — naj se zgodi, kar hoče!we know what he is busy with — vemo, s čim se ukvarjathis is what we hoped for — to je tisto, kar (prav to) smo upaliand what have you American slang in kar imate podobnega, takegabut what — razen (tega, teh)there was no one but what was excited — nikogar ni bilo, ki ne bi bil razburjen;3.adjectivekakšen, kateri, kolikšenwhat luck! — kakšna sreča!what a queer idea! — kakšna čudna ideja!what a fool I am! — kako sem neumen!he got what books he wanted — dobil je vse knjige, ki jih je želeltake what books you need! — vzemi toliko knjig, kot jih potrebuješwhat use is this dictionary to you? — čemu ti rabi ta slovar?;4.adverbkakowhat happy boys they are — kako srečni dečki so (oni)!; delomabut what — (pri nikalnici) colloquially da nenot a day but what it rains — ni dneva, da ne bi deževalonever fear but what we shall go! — ne boj se, da ne bi šli (= že gremo)!;5.interjectionkaj!, kako!; British English kaj ne?what, do you really mean it? — kaj, ti to resno misliš?a good fellow, what? — dober dečko, kaj ne?;6.conjunction colloquiallykolikorhe helped us what he could — pomagal nam je, kolikor je mogel -
11 different
adjective ((often with from) not the same: These gloves are not a pair - they're different; My ideas are different from his.) različen* * *[dífrənt]adjective ( differently adverb)( from) različen, drugačen, drugovrsten, nepodoben; nenavaden
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