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1 raise
[reiz] 1. verb1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) dvigniti2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) povišati3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) rediti4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) vzgojiti5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) postaviti (vprašanje)6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) zbrati7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) povzročiti8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) dvigniti9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) postaviti10) (to give (a shout etc).) zvišati (glas itd.)11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) vzpostaviti zvezo (z)2. noun(an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) povišek- raise hell/Cain / the roof
- raise someone's spirits* * *I [réiz]nounpovišanje; povišanje plače (mezde); vložki (pri pokerju), licitiranje (pri bridžu); vzpetina, višinaraise in wages — povišanje mezd, plačII [réiz]transitive verbdvigniti, pokonci postaviti; povišati, zvišati, povečati, izboljšati (plačo, slavo itd.); zgraditi; osnovati, ustanoviti; povzročiti (prepir ipd.), začeti; rediti, gojiti, vzgajati, vzrediti; sejati (žito), saditi, obdelovati (povrtnine); novačiti, zbrati vojsko; zbudit, razvneti za, podpihovati, dvigniti ( against proti); podreti (tabor), kreniti; opustiti, ukiniti blokado, obleganje; klicati (duhove); širiti (vonj); vzeti (posojilo); inkasirati, izterjati (denar, davek); nautical zagledati, opaziti (kopno, zemljo)with a raised voice — glasno, z jeznim glasomto raise Cain (the devil, hell, the mischief) — strašanski hrup (trušč, kraval) dvignitito raise a dust (hell) figuratively dvigniti prahto raise one's eyebrows — predrzno (domišljavo, užaljeno) pogledati, namrščiti obrvito raise s.o.'s fame — povečati slavo kake osebeto raise funds — zbirati denar, prispevketo raise one's glass to a guest — napiti, nazdraviti gostuto raise one's hand — dvigniti roko (na koga), udariti (koga)to raise one's hat to s.o. — odkriti se komuto raise a loan — razpisati, vzeti posojiloto raise a mine nautical dvigniti minoto raise money — pobirati, zbirati denarto raise to the second power mathematics dvigniti na drugo potencoto raise the roof slang dvigniti do neba segajoč hrup, strašansko razsajatito raise ship (land) nautical priti na vidik ladje (zemlje)to raise s.o. out of his sleep — zbuditi koga iz spanjato raise one's voice against — dvigniti svoj glas, protestirati protito raise the wind figuratively priskrbeti si nujno potrebni denar (sredstva)to raise up transitive verb ustvariti, napraviti, poklicati v živijenje, zbuditi -
2 abdicate
['æbdikeit]1) (to leave or give up the position and authority of a king or queen: The king abdicated (the throne) in favour of his son.) odreči se prestolu2) (to leave or give up (responsibility, power etc): He abdicated all responsibility for the work to his elder son.) prepustiti•* * *[aebdikeit]transitive verb & intransitive verb(to) odreči se, odpovedati se, abdicirati; juridically razdediniti; zahvaliti se -
3 usurp
[ju'zə:p](to take (another person's power, position etc) without the right to do so: The king's uncle tried to usurp the throne; I shall not allow him to usurp my authority.) nasilno se polastiti- usurper* * *[ju:zɜ:p]transitive verbnasilno (protizakonito) se polastiti (si prisvojiti, si prilastiti); uzurpirati; intransitive verb ( upon) posegati v tuje pravice
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