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121 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) umiriti (se)2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) namestiti se3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) posvetiti se* * *intransitive verb usedati se, padati (usedlina, gošča); znajti se (in v), vrniti se v vsakdanje življenje, (nikalno) ne se umiriti; posvetiti se, ponovno začeti (to kaj); poročiti se; umiriti se (v nekem stanju)he settled down — oženil se je, osnoval si je dom -
122 toil
[toil] 1. verb1) (to work hard and long: He toiled all day in the fields.) garati2) (to move with great difficulty: He toiled along the road with all his luggage.) z muko napredovati2. noun(hard work: He slept well after his hours of toil.) garanje* * *I [tɔil]1.nountežko (naporno, mučno) delo, garanje, muka, napor, trud, trpljenje; colloquially tlaka; obsolete boj;2.transitive verbz muko doseči, s težkim delom si priboriti; intransitive verb mučiti se, truditi se, garati, naporno delati, ubijati se;II [tɔil]noun(večinoma plural figuratively) mreža; zankataken in the toils — ujet (zapleten) v mrežo, v zanko -
123 get through
1) (to finish (work etc): We got through a lot of work today.) končati2) (to pass (an examination).) narediti3) (to arrive, usually with some difficulty: The food got through to the fort despite the enemy's attempts to stop it.) srečno prispeti4) (to make oneself understood: I just can't get through to her any more.) sporazumeti se, dopovedati* * *intransitive verb končati; preboleti, srečno prestati; biti odobren; dobiti zvezo (po telefonu) -
124 idle
1. adjective1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) neizkoriščen2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) len3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) prazen4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) prazen2. verb1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) lenariti2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) biti v prostem teku, teči v prazno•- idler- idleness
- idly
- idle away* * *I [áidl]adjective ( idly adverb)brezdelen, nezaposlen, brezposeln; nedelaven, len; ničeven, prazen, nepomemben; nesmiseln, nekoristen; economy neproduktiven, neizrabljen, mrtev (kapital); technical ki stoji (stroj), v praznem teku; agronomy neobdelaneconomy idle capital — mrtev kapitalto lie ( —ali stand), idle — stati, ne delati (stroj)economy idle time — zgubljen časII [áidl]1.intransitive verblenariti, ne delati; technical biti v praznem teku (stroj);2.transitive verbzapravljati čas ( away), izgubljati (ure, čas); pustiti stroj v praznem teku -
125 method
['meƟəd]1) (the way in which one does something: I don't like his methods of training workers.) način2) (an orderly or fixed series of actions for doing something: Follow the method set down in the instruction book.) postopek3) (good sense and a definite plan: Her work seems to lack method.) načrtnost•- methodically* * *[méməd]nounmetoda, postopek, način, načrtnost -
126 pressure
['preʃə]1) ((the amount of force exerted by) the action of pressing: to apply pressure to a cut to stop bleeding; A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.) pritisk2) ((a) strain or stress: The pressures of her work are sometimes too much for her.) pritisk3) (strong persuasion; compulsion or force: He agreed under pressure.) pritisk•- pressurise
- pressure cooker* * *[préšə]nounstiskanje, pritiskanje, pritiskphysics technical meteorology pritisk, tlak; figuratively nujnost, nadloga, sila, breme; medicine blood pressure — krvni pritiskfiguratively to work at high pressure — delati s polno paro -
127 slog
[sloɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - slogged; verb1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) mahniti2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) s težavo napredovati3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) garati2. noun1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) garanje2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) hud udarec* * *[slɔg]1.nounsilovit udarec (na slepo); naporno delo;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbmočno udariti (na slepo), močno suniti (žogo); udrihati na levo in desno, lopniti (koga), premlatiti; figuratively uporno, trdovratno delatito slog away — trdo delati, mučiti se (at s, pri) -
128 subcontractor
(a person who undertakes work for a contractor and is therefore not directly employed by the person who wants such work done: The building contractor has employed several subcontractors to build the block of flats.) podpogodbena stranka* * *[sʌbkəntraektə]nouneconomy podkontrahent; podliferant
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