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1 something like
1) (about: We have something like five hundred people working here.) približno2) (rather like: A zebra is something like a horse with stripes.) nekaj kot -
2 think twice about (doing) something
(to be very careful about considering (doing) something: I wouldn't think twice about sacking him.) dvakrat premislitiEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > think twice about (doing) something
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3 think twice about (doing) something
(to be very careful about considering (doing) something: I wouldn't think twice about sacking him.) dvakrat premislitiEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > think twice about (doing) something
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4 feel bad (about something)
(to feel upset or ashamed about something: I feel bad about forgetting to telephone you.) biti nerodno (zaradi) -
5 feel bad (about something)
(to feel upset or ashamed about something: I feel bad about forgetting to telephone you.) biti nerodno (zaradi) -
6 what about?
1) (used in asking whether the listener would like (to do) something: What about a glass of milk?; What about going to the cinema?) ali bi...2) (used in asking for news or advice: What about your new book?; What about the other problem?) kaj pa glede... -
7 get something off one's chest
(to tell the truth about something that is worrying one.) povedati, kar nekomu leži na srcuEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > get something off one's chest
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8 poke about/around
(to look or search for something among other things.) brskati -
9 take (something) in good part
(not to be upset, offended or annoyed (eg by a joke, remark etc): John took the jokes about his accident with the pot of paint all in good part.) ne zameritiEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > take (something) in good part
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10 take (something) in good part
(not to be upset, offended or annoyed (eg by a joke, remark etc): John took the jokes about his accident with the pot of paint all in good part.) ne zameritiEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > take (something) in good part
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11 ready
['redi]1) ((negative unready) prepared; able to be used etc immediately or when needed; able to do (something) immediately or when necessary: I've packed our cases, so we're ready to leave; Is tea ready yet?; Your coat has been cleaned and is ready (to be collected).) pripravljen2) ((negative unready) willing: I'm always ready to help.) pripravljen3) (quick: You're too ready to find faults in other people; He always has a ready answer.) pripravljen4) (likely, about (to do something): My head feels as if it's ready to burst.) tik pred tem, da•- readily
- ready cash
- ready-made
- ready money
- ready-to-wear
- in readiness* * *I [rédi]adjectivepripravljen, gotov; hiter, brz; spreten, vešč, okreten, sposoben (at, in v, pri); voljan, rad; nagnjen (k); neposreden, bližnji, ki je na dosegu, pri roki, primeren; udoben, lahek, preprost; kratek, direkten (način, pot); commerce uporaben; otipljiv, prijemljiv, čist; archaic takojšen (o plačilu)a ready consent — hitra, takojšnja privolitevready for sea — pripravljen za odhod na morje, za izplutjea ready pen figuratively spreten piseca ready reply — hiter, odrezav odgovora ready workman — spreten, okreten delaveca ready writer — pisatelj, ki hitro ustvarjathe readiest way — najpreprostejši, najlažji način ( to pay one's debts plačevanja dolgov)tickets ready! — pripravite vozovnice, prosim!I am ready to go — pripravljen sern za odhod, da gremhe is not clever, but he is ready — on ni bister, a kaže dobro voljohe is ready to get angry — on hitro vzkipi, se razjezito find a ready market (sale) — naleteti na dober odjem, dobro iti v prodajohe seized the readiest weapon — pograbil je prvo orožje, ki mu je prišlo v rokeready, steady, go! sport pripravljeni, pozor, zdaj!II [rédi]adverbpripravljeno, gotovo; takoj, precej; lahko; vnaprejIII [redi]noun(večinoma the ready) slang razpoložljiv, gotov denar; gotovinamilitary položaj puške, ki je pripravljena za streljanje; military at the ready — pripravljen za strel(janje) (o puški)IV [rédi]transitive verbpripraviti -
12 blunder
1. verb1) (to stumble (about or into something): He blundered into the door.) zadeti (ob kaj)2) (to make a (bad) mistake: He really blundered when he insulted the boss's wife.) polomiti ga2. noun(a (bad) mistake.) huda napaka* * *I [blʌndə]nounpogreška, zmota, spodrsljajII [blʌndə]1.intransitive verbspotikati se, spodrsniti; pogrešiti, kozla ustreliti;2.transitive verbslabo voditi, slabo ravnati; colloquially pokvariti, uničiti -
13 liable
1) ((with to) tending to have, get, suffer from etc: This road is liable to flooding; He is liable to pneumonia.) nagnjen (k čemu)2) (possibly or probably about (to do something or to happen): Watch the milk - it's liable to boil over.) (biti) na tem, da...3) (legally responsible (for): The airline is liable to you for any damage to your luggage.) odgovoren4) (likely to get (a fine, a punishment): Do not litter! Offenders are liable to fines of up to $100.) predisponiran•* * *[láiəbl]adjectiveeconomy juridically odgovoren ( for za); ki ima nalogo, dolžan, zavezan (to, for); nagnjen, podvržen (to k); (z infinitive) predisponiranto be liable for — odgovarjati za, biti porok za -
14 malign
(to say unpleasant things about (someone or something), especially without reason: He's always maligning his wife when she isn't there.) obrekovati- malignantly* * *[məláin]1.adjective ( malignly adverb)škodljiv; zloben, zlonameren; poguben; medicine maligen;2.transitive verbobrekovati, klevetati -
15 be on the point of
(to be about to (do something): I was on the point of going out when the telephone rang.) pravkar nameravati -
16 what ... like?
(used when asking for information about someone or something: `What does it look like?' `It's small and square.'; `What's her mother like?' `Oh, she's quite nice.'; We may go - it depends (on) what the weather's like.) -
17 a matter of opinion
(something about which different people have different opinions or views: Whether she's clever or not is a matter of opinion.) stvar gledanja -
18 argue
1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) pričkati se2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) zavzemati se3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) prepričati4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) zagovarjati•- arguable- argument
- argumentative* * *[á:gju:]1.transitive verb(for, against) dokazovati, pobijati; pretresati; kazati;2.intransitive verbto argue against s.th. — nastopiti proti čemuit argues him to be an honest man — to dokazuje, da je poštenjakto argue s.o. into — pregovoriti koga (da kaj stori)to argue s.o. out of — odvrniti koga od česa -
19 root
I 1. [ru:t] noun1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) korenina2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) korenina3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) izvor4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) korenine2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) ukoreniniti (se)- root crop
- root out
- take root II [ru:t] verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) riti2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) brskati* * *I [ru:t]nounkorenika, korenina, koren; figuratively koren, izvor, poreklo, izvirna oblika; vzrok; temelj, osnova, jedro, srž, bit; mathematics & grammar koren; plural vznožje (gore)root and branch figuratively korenito, temeljito, popolnoma, radikalnoroot of the matter — jedro, bistvo stvaricube root, third root mathematics kubični korenDutch roots plural cvetlične čebulicesecond root, square root mathematics kvadratni korento destroy root and branch — popolnoma uničiti (iztrebiti, izkoreniniti)to lay axe at the root of — posekati korenine (zla itd.)to strike at the root (of) — udariti po korenini, odrezati korenino (česa)to take (to strike) root — pognati korenine, ukoreniniti seto take root from — imeti svoj izvor v, bazirati nato tear up the roots — izkoreniniti; iztrebitiII [ru:t]1.transitive verb & intransitive verbgloboko posaditi, vsaditi, ukoreniniti; vcepiti, vliti; ukopati, pribiti, prikovati koga (kot s korenino);2.intransitive verbukoreniniti seobedience rooted in fear — pokorščina, ki je osnovana na strahuto stand rooted to the spot — biti, stati kot v zemljo ukopanto root out (up) — izruvati, izpuliti, izkoreniniti, uničiti, iztrebiti;3.adjectivesestavljen iz korenin; korenski; figuratively osnovenroot extraction mathematics korenjenjeIII [ru:t]intransitive verb & intransitive verb (o prašiču) riti (z gobcem)to root about figuratively riti, bezati, brskati, drezatito root out, to root up — izbrskati, izbezati, izkopatiIV [ru:t]intransitive verb American slang sport navijati ( for za), želeti uspeh; podpirati, zagovarjati, odobravati -
20 twice
1) (two times: I've been to London twice.) dvakrat2) (two times the amount of: She has twice his courage.) dvakrat več3) (two times as good etc as: He is twice the man you are.) dvakrat boljši•- think twice about doing something- think twice about something* * *[twáis]adverbdvakrattwice as much — dvakrat toliko, dvojno, še enkrat tolikotwice the sum — dvakratna, dvojna vsotatwice three are six — 2 ɔ ʌ = 6to think twice about s.th. figuratively dvakrat, dobro kaj premislitinot to think twice about — ne misliti več (na kaj), pozabiti; takoj kaj napraviti (brez razmišljanja in oklevanja)
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