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1 sounding
1) ((a) measurement of depth of water etc.) sondiranje2) (a depth measured.) sondaža3) ((an) act of trying to find out views etc.) anketa* * *I [sáundiŋ]1.nounzvok, ton, glas; brenčanje, brnenje; znak s trobentothe sounding of a drum — bobnanje;2.adjectivezveneč, doneč, sonanten; bombastičen; prazen, votela sounding title — doneč, impozanten naslovII [sáundiŋ]nounsondiranje; merjenje globine s svinčnico; (često plural) nautical mesto dovolj blizu obale za izmerjenje globine; sidriščeout of soundings, off soundings — na neizmerljivi vodni globini, figuratively brez trdnih tal pod nogamito come into soundings, to strike soundings — priti do dnato get on soundings figuratively priti na znano področje (v pogovoru)to take a sounding — (z)meriti globino, figuratively raziskovati -
2 sigh
1. verb1) (to take a long, deep-sounding breath showing tiredness, sadness, longing etc: She sighed with exasperation.) vzdihovati2) (to say, or express, with sighs: `I've still got several hours' work to do,' he sighed.) vzdihovati2. noun(an act of sighing.) vzdih* * *[sái]1.nounvzdih, vzdihljaj ( of relief olajšanja)to fetch (to heave) a deap sigh — globoko vzdihniti;2.intransitive verb & transitive verbvzdihniti, vzdihovati, (o vetru) stokati, ječatito sigh for past times — vzdihovati, koprneti po minulih časihto sigh out — vzdihniti, z vzdihom rečito sigh out one's soul (existence) — izdihniti dušo, umretito sigh over — objokovati, žalovati za
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