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1 distress
[di'stres] 1. noun1) (great sorrow, trouble or pain: She was in great distress over his disappearance; Is your leg causing you any distress?; The loss of all their money left the family in acute distress.) velika žalost; stiska2) (a cause of sorrow: My inability to draw has always been a distress to me.) žalost2. verb(to cause pain or sorrow to: I'm distressed by your lack of interest.) užalostiti- distressingly* * *I [distrés]nounnadloga; gorje, žalost, tuga; sila, beda, revščina, stiska; nevarnost; zaplemba; zaplenjeno blagoto be in great distress for s.th. — nujno kaj potrebovatito levy a distress on — zarubiti, zaplenitijuridically warrant of distress — ukaz o izvršitviII [distrés]transitive verbužalostiti; spraviti v stisko; izčrpati; juridically zaplenitito distress o.s. — skrbeti, bati se -
2 extremity
[-'stre-]1) (the farthest point: The two poles represent the extremities of the earth's axis.)2) (an extreme degree; the quality of being extreme: Their suffering reached such extremities that many died.)3) (a situation of great danger or distress: They need help in this extremity.)4) (the parts of the body furthest from the middle eg the hands and feet.)* * *[ikstrémiti]nounskrajna meja, skrajna sila, konec; plural drastični ukrepi; anatomy udje, okončineto drive s.o. to extremity — spraviti koga v obup -
3 sorrow
['sorəu]((something which causes) pain of mind or grief: He felt great sorrow when she died.) žalost- sorrowfully
- sorrowfulness* * *I [sɔrou]nounskrb, bol, žalost (at ob, nad, for zaradi); kes; gorjé, bridkost, bolest, tarnanje, tožbamuch sorrow, many sorrows — mnogo gorja (smole, nesreče, trpljenja, žalosti)to be in sorrow — žalostiti se, žalovatiII [sɔrou]intransitive verbimeti ali delati si skrbi (at, over, for zaradi), žalostiti se; tóžiti, tarnati, žalovatito sorrow after — žalovati za, objokovati
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