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41 fiend
[fi:nd]1) (a devil: the fiends of hell.) hudič2) (a wicked or cruel person: She's an absolute fiend when she's angry.) hudoba3) (a person who is very enthusiastic about something: a fresh air fiend; a fiend for work.) navdušenec•- fiendish- fiendishly* * *[fi:nd]nounvrag, hudobec; okrutnež, zlobnež, bes; navdušenec, obsedenec -
42 foretell
[fo:'tel]past tense, past participle - foretold; verb(to tell (about something) before it has happened: to foretell the future from the stars.) napovedati* * *[fɔ:tél]transitive verbnapovedati, naznačiti -
43 freak
[fri:k]1) (an unusual or abnormal event, person or thing: A storm as bad as that one is a freak of nature; ( also adjective) a freak result.) igra; kaprica2) (a person who is wildly enthusiastic about something: a film-freak.) navdušenec•* * *I [fri:k]nounsamovoljnost, muhavost, kaprica, muhe; nakaza, pošastfreak of nature — igra narave; spačekII [fri:k]intransitive verbigračkati se, zbijati šaleIII [fri:k]1.transitive verbopikljati, umazati, poškropiti;2.nounmadež, proga -
44 fret
[fret]past tense, past participle - fretted; verb(to worry or show anxiety or discontentment: She was always fretting about something or other.) biti v skrbeh- fretful* * *I [fret]1.transitive verbodrgniti, ostružiti, obrabiti; figuratively razjedati; vznemiriti, razjeziti; archaic poetically glodati, žvečiti, razjedati; jariti (vodo);2.intransitive verbrazburjati, mučiti se, besneti, gristi seto fret into s.th. — z vnemo se česa lotitifiguratively to fret away — razjedatito fret and fume — besneti, rohnetiII [fret]nounrazburjenost, vznemirjenost; skrb, zaskrbljenost, nezadovoljstvoto put s.o. in a fret — razjeziti, razdražiti kogato be on the fret — biti razdražen, jezen, besnetiIII [fret]nounpravokoten vzorec; rezbarija; music rebro (na kitari, mandolini)IV [fret]transitive verbizrezljati, cizelirati -
45 generalize
1) (to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases: He's trying to generalize from only two examples.) posplošiti2) (to talk (about something) in general terms: We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.) govoriti na splošno* * *[džénərəlaiz]1.transitive verbposplošiti, generalizirati;2.intransitive verb( from) delati splošne zaključke; popularizirati -
46 indifference
noun (the state of showing no interest in, or concern about, something: She showed complete indifference to the cries of the baby.) brezbrižnost* * *[indífrəns]nounbrezbrižnost, neopredeljenost (to do); nezavzetost, mlačnost, nevtralnost; povprečnost, nevažnost, nepomembnostit is a matter of indifference to me — to zame ni važno, vseeno mi je -
47 notify
(to inform or warn about something: He notified the headmaster of his intentions; If there has been an accident you must notify the police.) obvestiti* * *[nóutifai]transitive verbjaviti, objaviti; prijaviti, sporočiti, opozoriti (of na, that da); economy avizirati -
48 ominous
['ominəs](giving a suggestion about something bad that is going to happen: an ominous cloud; an ominous silence.) zlovešč* * *[ɔminəs]adjective ( ominously adverb)nesrečo napovedujoč, usodno pomenljiv, zlovešč, ominozen -
49 pensive
['pensiv](thinking deeply (about something): a pensive mood.) zamišljen- pensiveness* * *[pénsiv]adjective ( pensively adverb)zamišljen, otožen, resen, melanholičen -
50 prejudge
(to make a decision about something before hearing all the facts.) vnaprej soditi* * *[pri:džʌdž]transitive verbvnaprej (ob)soditi -
51 pry
(to try to find out about something that is secret, especially other people's affairs: He is always prying into my business.) oprezovati* * *I [prái]nounradovednež, oprezovanjeII [prái]intransitive verb (radovedno) kukati, oprezovati, poizvedovatiIII [prái]noun& transitive verb American see prise -
52 remorse
[rə'mo:s](regret about something wrong or bad which one has done.) kesanje- remorsefully
- remorseless
- remorselessly* * *[rimɔ:s]nounkes, kesanje; očitanje vesti, skesanost (at, for zaradi), skrušenost; archaic usmiljenje, sočutje -
53 resent
[ri'zent](to feel annoyed about (something) because one thinks it is unfair, insulting etc: I resent his interference in my affairs.) zameriti- resentfully
- resentfulness
- resentment* * *I [rizént]transitive verb & intransitive verbzameriti (komu kaj), vzeti (nekaj) za zlo; biti užaljen, ogorčenI resent it — zamerim to; to me motihe resented being ridiculed — zameril je, da so se norčevali iz njegaII [ri:sént]preterite & past participleod to resend -
54 talk round
1) (to persuade: I managed to talk her round.) pregovoriti2) (to talk about (something) for a long time without reaching the most important point: We talked round the question for hours.) dolgo pretresati* * *transitive verb na dolgo pretresati; spremeniti prepričanje ali mišljenje (kake osebe); pregovoriti (koga) -
55 undecided
1) ((of a person) unable to make a decision about something.) neodločen2) ((of a matter) not settled: The date of the meeting is still undecided.) nedoločen* * *[ʌndisáidid]adjective ( undecidedly adverb)neodločen; nedoločen; dvomljiv; oklevajoč -
56 understate
(to state less than the truth about (something): She has understated her difficulties.) zadržano se izraziti* * *[ʌndəstéit]1.transitive verbpremalo navesti; (zavestno) zmerno prikazati, ublažiti; zmanjšati, oslabiti;2.intransitive verbzadržano ali zmerno se izraziti; premalo povedati -
57 change one's mind
(to alter one's intention or opinion (about something): He was going to go to France but he changed his mind.) premisliti si -
58 change the subject
(to start talking about something different: I mentioned the money to her, but she changed the subject.) menjati temo -
59 generalise
1) (to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases: He's trying to generalize from only two examples.) posplošiti2) (to talk (about something) in general terms: We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.) govoriti na splošno -
60 in passing
(while doing or talking about something else; without explaining fully what one means: He told her the story, and said in passing that he did not completely believe it.) mimogrede
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