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1 pay
[pei] 1. past tense, past participle - paid; verb1) (to give (money) to (someone) in exchange for goods, services etc: He paid $5 for the book.) plačati2) (to return (money that is owed): It's time you paid your debts.) plačati3) (to suffer punishment (for): You'll pay for that remark!) plačati4) (to be useful or profitable (to): Crime doesn't pay.) izplačati (se)5) (to give (attention, homage, respect etc): Pay attention!; to pay one's respects.) posvečati2. noun(money given or received for work etc; wages: How much pay do you get?) plača- payable- payee
- payment
- pay-packet
- pay-roll
- pay back
- pay off
- pay up
- put paid to* * *I [péi]nounplača, plačilocolloquially plačnik; American mineralogy donosna ruda; colloquially he is good pay — on je dober plačnikhe is in the pay of s.o. — njega plačuje, najet je od, je v službi nekogaAmerican figuratively to strike pay dirt — naleteti na vir bogastvaII [péi]1.transitive verbplačati, odplačati, izplačati; figuratively nagraditi, poplačati, povrniti ( for za kaj); figuratively posvečati pozornost (spoštovanje), dajati čast, delati komu komplimente; obiskati koga; odškoditi, odškodovati ( for za); izplačati se za koga, koristiti komu;2.intransitive verbplačati ( for za); izplačati se ( crime doesn't ŋ zločin se ne izplača)to pay attention ( —ali heed) to — posvečati pozornost (komu, čemu)to pay s.o. home — povrniti komuto pay the penalty — pokoriti se, biti kaznovanslang to pay the piper — nositi posledice; figuratively plačati za užitek koga drugegahe who pays the piper calls the tune — kdor plača, tudi zapovedujeto pay through the nose (for) — predrago plačati, preplačatito pay one's way — ne ostati ničesar dolžan, živeti od svojega dohodkaIII [péi]transitive verbnautical katraniti, premazati s katranom ali smolo -
2 compliment
1. ['kompləmənt] noun(an expression of praise or flattery: He's always paying her compliments.) poklon2. [kompli'ment] verb(to praise or flatter: He complimented her on her cooking.) (po)hvaliti, (po)laskati- with compliments* * *I [kɔmplimənt]nounpoklon, laskanje; (on za) pohvala; plural pozdravi; obsolete dariloto pay ( —ali make) compliments — delati poklone, laskatileft-handed compliment — ironično, sumljivo, neodkrito laskanjeII [kɔmpliment, kɔmplimént]transitive verbhvaliti, laskati; pozdraviti; (on k) čestitati; ( with) obdariti
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