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1 decrease
1. [di'kri:s] verb(to make or become less: Their numbers had decreased over the previous year.) zmanjšati2. ['di:kri:s] noun(a growing less: a decrease of fifty per cent; a gradual decrease in unemployment.) zmanjšanje* * *I [di:krís]1.transitive verbmanjšati, (z)nižati;2.intransitive verbmanjšati se, upadati, pešati, pojematiII [dí:kri:s]nounmanjšanje, upadanje, pešanje, pojemanje -
2 spiral
1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) spiralen2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) polžasto zavit2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) spirala2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) spirala3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) spiralno (se) premikati- spirally* * *[spáiərəl]1.nounspirala, viba, zavojica, polžnica; economy spirala; spiralna vzmet (v uri); aeronautics spirala; let, spuščanje letala v zavojih;2.adjective ( spirally adverb)spiralen, spiralast, vibast, polžast(o zavit)spiral staircase — polžasto stopnišče;3.transitive verbnapraviti (kaj) spiralno (polžasto zavito); intransitive verb premikati se v spirali; aeronautics leteti (spuščati se, dvigati se) v spirali, v zavojih -
3 come down
(to decrease; to become less: Tea has come down in price.) spustiti se; zmanjšati se* * *intransitive verb spustiti se, dol priti; biti podedovan; plačati; zboletinautical come down before the wind — po vetru pluticome down upon s.o. — očitati komu kajAmerican colloquially come down with — zboleti zaradi; izplačaticome down in the world — biti ponižan, zaničevan
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