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1 pretend
[pri'tend]1) (to make believe that something is true, in play: Let's pretend that this room is a cave!; Pretend to be a lion!; He wasn't really angry - he was only pretending.) delati se2) (to try to make it appear (that something is true), in order to deceive: He pretended that he had a headache; She was only pretending to be asleep; I pretended not to understand.) pretvarjati se•- pretence- false pretences* * *[priténd]1.transitive verbdelati se, hliniti, varati, slepiti; predrzniti si, upati si;2.intransitive verbpretvarjati se; drzniti si, domišljati si, zahtevati, lastiti si, pretendirati na kaj (to)he pretends ignorance — dela se, da ne veI don't pretend to learning — ne domišljam si, da sem učen -
2 refer
[rə'fə:] 1. past tense, past participle - referred; verb( with to)1) (to talk or write (about something); to mention: He doesn't like anyone referring to his wooden leg; I referred to your theories in my last book.) omeniti2) (to relate to, concern, or apply to: My remarks refer to your last letter.) nanašati se3) (to send or pass on to someone else for discussion, information, a decision etc: The case was referred to a higher law-court; I'll refer you to the managing director.) napotiti4) (to look for information (in something): If I'm not sure how to spell a word, I refer to a dictionary.) pogledati (v)•- referee2. verb(to act as a referee for a match: I've been asked to referee (a football match) on Saturday.) soditi- reference book
- reference library* * *[rifɜ:]1.transitive verbnapotiti (to k, na), opozoriti (to na); predložiti, pripisovati kaj (to s.o. komu); predati, prepustiti, dodeliti (to komu);2.intransitive verbnanašati se (to na), tikati se (to česa); sklicevati se (to na), obrniti se na, zateči se k; kazati na, posredno misliti na, namigovati (to na), omenitito refer oneself to — prepustiti se, predati se, zaupati se, zaupno se obrniti na, zanesti se nareferred to — ki se nanaša na; o komer (čemer) je govorthe point referred to — omenjena, tista točkato refer to drawer — (kratica: R.D.) obrazec, ki ga banka napiše na ček, ki nima denarnega kritjato refer a matter to arbitration — prepustiti zadevo arbitraži, razsodišču -
3 demonstrate
['demənstreit]1) (to show clearly: This demonstrates his ignorance of the situation.) kazati2) (to show how something works or is done: He demonstrated how the new vacuum cleaner worked.) prikazati3) (to express an opinion (usually political) by marching, showing banners etc in public: A crowd collected to demonstrate against the new taxes.) demonstrirati•- demonstrator
- demonstrative adjective/pronoun* * *[démənstreit]1.transitive verbrazložiti, pojasniti, nazorno prikazati; razodeti; dokazati;2.intransitive verbdemonstrirati, množično nastopiti; military navidezno napadati -
4 presume
[prə'zju:m]1) (to believe that something is true without proof; to take for granted: When I found the room empty, I presumed that you had gone home; `Has he gone?' `I presume so.') domnevati2) (to be bold enough (to act without the right, knowledge etc to do so): I wouldn't presume to advise someone as clever as you.) dovoliti si•- presumption
- presumptuous
- presumptuousness* * *[prizjú:m]1.transitive verbdomnevati, predpostavljati, sklepati ( from iz); dovoliti si kaj, predrzniti si, upati si (to do s.th. kaj narediti);2.intransitive verbbiti predrzen; izkoristiti, zlorabiti (on, upon)ignorance presumes where knowledge is timid — nevednost je drzna, kjer se vednost obotavljato presume upon s.o. — izkoristiti koga, preveč si dovoliti -
5 proceed
[prə'si:d, 'prousi:d]1) (to go on; to continue: They proceeded along the road; They proceeded with their work.) nadaljevati2) (to follow a course of action: I want to make a cupboard, but I don't know how to proceed.) postopati3) (to begin (to do something): They proceeded to ask a lot of questions.) začeti4) (to result: Fear often proceeds from ignorance.) izvirati5) (to take legal action (against): The police decided not to proceed against her.) začeti postopek•- proceeds* * *[prəsí:d]intransitive verbnadaljevati pot, napotiti se (to); figuratively nadaljevati se, napredovati; uspeti, iti po sreči, priti naprej; nadaljevati ( with kaj); nadaljevati govor ( he ŋed to say nadaljeval je, nato je rekel); ravnati, delati po načrtu; preiti (to k), lotiti se, nameniti se (to do s.th. kaj storiti); izvirati ( from); juridically začeti sodni postopek ( against proti)to proceed with s.th. — lotiti se česa, izvesti kajto proceed to business — lotiti se dela, začetiBritish English to proceed to a degree — doseči višjo akademsko stopnjo
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