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1 branch
1. noun1) (an arm-like part of a tree: He cut some branches off the oak tree.) veja2) (an offshoot from the main part (of a business, railway etc): There isn't a branch of that store in this town; ( also adjective) That train runs on the branch line.) podružnica, vzporedna proga2. verb((usually with out/off) to spread out like, or into, a branch or branches: The road to the coast branches off here.) razcepiti se* * *I [bra:nč], American [brænč]nounveja; odrastek; podružnica; odcep, priključek; stroka, panoga; rečni rokav; krak; vzporedna proga; architecture lok, obok, rebro obokaII [bra:nč], American [brænč]intransitive verb & transitive verb -
2 snap off
transitive verb odgrizniti, odtrgatito snap s.o.'s nose (head) off figuratively jezno ali grobo koga zavrniti, nahruliti -
3 perch
[pə: ] 1. noun1) (a branch etc on which a bird sits or stands: The pigeon would not fly down from its perch.) gred2) (any high seat or position: He looked down from his perch on the roof.) visok položaj2. verb1) ((of birds) to go to (a perch); to sit or stand on (a perch): The bird flew up and perched on the highest branch of the tree.) sesti (na vejo)2) (to put, or be, in a high seat or position: He perched the child on his shoulder; They perched on the fence.) posaditi visoko* * *I [pə:č]nounzoology ostrižII [pə:č]noungred (za kure), drog, visok sedež; figuratively varen položaj; sora (pri vozu); merilna palica (ɜ,ɜ yarda, ɜ.029 m); nautical plovno znamenje v morju, palica v morjuslang to hop the perch — umretito knock s.o. off his perch — premagati kogaIII [pə:č]1.intransitive verbspustiti se ( upon na gred), sedeti na gredi (veji), visoko sedeti; visoko ležati (hiša);2.transitive verbpostaviti visokoto perch o.s. — sesti -
4 bark
I 1. noun(the short, sharp cry of a dog, fox etc.) lajež2. verb1) (to make this sound: The dog barked at the stranger.) lajati2) (to utter abruptly: She barked a reply.) zabrusitiII 1. noun(the covering of the trunk and branches of a tree: He stripped the bark off the branch.) lubje2. verb(to take the skin off (part of the body) by accident: I barked my shin on the table.) odrgniti (kožo)* * *I [ba:k]nounskorja, lubje; skorja kininovca; slang koža, krznoAmerican a man with the bark on — neotesanecII [ba:k]transitive verblupiti drevesa; strojiti; colloquially luščiti kožoIII [ba:k]nounlajež, lajanje; regljanje (puške)IV [ba:k]intransitive verb (at) lajati, bevskati; kašljati; regljati (puška)to bark up the wrong tree — motiti se, biti na napačni slediV [ba:k]nountrojamborska jadrnica; poetically barka -
5 hook
[huk] 1. noun1) (a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc: a fish-hook.) trnek2) (a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it: Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door; hooks and eyes.) kavelj; zapenec3) (in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent: a left hook.) ločnik2. verb1) (to catch (a fish etc) with a hook: He hooked a large salmon.) uloviti na trnek2) (to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks: He hooked the ladder on (to the branch); This bit hooks on to that bit; Could you hook my dress up down the back?) obesiti na kavelj, zapeti3) (in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed).) poslati kroglo daleč v levo•- hooked- by hook or by crook
- off the hook* * *I [huk]nounkavelj, kljuka; trnek; zapenec, pripenjec; oster ovinek, rečni zavoj, ovinkast rt; sport ločnik (udarec pri boksu); figuratively past, zanka; plural slang kremplji, prstislang off the hooks — vznemirjen, prismojenslang to drop off the hooks — umretihook, line, and sinker — popolnomaslang on one's own hook — na svojo pestslang to take ( —ali sling) one's hook — zbežati, pete si brusitito have s.o. on one's hook — imeti koga v oblastiII [huk]1.transitive verbkriviti, ukriviti; zakavljati, obesiti na kavelj; zapeti (in v, on, up na); uloviti na trnek (tudi figuratively); slang ukrasti; sport udariti od strani (boks); udariti kroglo v levo (golf); nabosti na rogove;2.intransitive verb (u)kriviti se, viseti na kavlju; pustiti se zapeti; čvrsto se oprijeti (to česa, koga)slang to hook it — pobrisati jo -
6 rip
[rip] 1. past tense, past participle - ripped; verb1) (to make or get a hole or tear in by pulling, tearing etc: He ripped his shirt on a branch; His shirt ripped.) strgati (se)2) (to pull (off, up etc) by breaking or tearing: The roof of the car was ripped off in the crash; to rip up floorboards; He ripped open the envelope.) odtrgati (se), raztrgati2. noun(a tear or hole: a rip in my shirt.) luknja* * *I [rip]noun(dolg) razporek, raztrglike rips — močnó, krepko, silovitorip of laughter — krohot(anje), gromozanski smehII [rip]transitive verb & intransitive verb(raz)parati (se), (raz)trgati (se); odkriti (se), razkriti (se), odpreti (se); colloquially teči z vso hitrostjo, drvetito rip open — razparati, raztrgati; zopet odpreti (staro rano), pogrevati (staro stvar)to rip s.th. to pieces — raztrgati kaj na koselet her rip — (o čolnu, stroju itd.) pustite ga, da gre; ne ustavljajte ga!they let the car rip — pustili so, da je avto drvel z vso brzinoto let things rip — izgubiti nadzorstvo (oblast) nad stvarmi, prepustiti stvari usodiIII [rip]nounničvrednež, malopridnež, razuzdanec, lump; stara krama, šara; kljuse, mrhaIV [rip]nounvalujoč, razburkan pas vode, kjer se združujeta dva toka -
7 strip
[strip] 1. past tense, past participle - stripped; verb1) (to remove the covering from something: He stripped the old varnish off the wall; He stripped the branch (of its bark) with his knife.)2) (to undress: She stripped the child (naked) and put him in the bath; He stripped and dived into the water; They were told to strip to the waist.)3) (to remove the contents of (a house etc): The house/room was stripped bare / stripped of its furnishings; They stripped the house of all its furnishings.)4) (to deprive (a person) of something: The officer was stripped of his rank for misconduct.)2. noun1) (a long narrow piece of (eg cloth, ground etc): a strip of paper.) trak2) (a strip cartoon.) strip3) (a footballer's shirt, shorts, socks etc: The team has a red and white strip.) dres•- strip-lighting
- strip-tease 3. adjectivea strip-tease show.) striptiz* * *I [strip]noundolg in ozek trak ali kos (zemljišča itd.); aeronautics pista, pomožno vzletišče; strip, risana zgodba z besedilom; (filatelija) vrsta (treh ali več) znamk; technical valjano tračno jeklo; American plenjenje, ropanje; American opustošenje, porušenjeair strip, landing strip — letalska (pomožna) pistastrip mining American mineralogy dnevni kopII [strip]transitive verbslačiti, sleči, ogoliti; (o)luščiti, (o)lupiti; odvzeti (of kaj), izropati; izprazniti (hišo); demontirati, razstaviti; razpremiti(ladjo); odkriti (ležišče premoga); figuratively razgaliti; do konca pomolsti (kravo); intransitive verb sleči se; olupiti se, oluščiti se, ogoliti se; zrahljati se (vijak)stripped — gol, nag, razgaljen (tudi figuratively)to strip s.o. of his office — odstraniti koga iz službeto strip s.o. naked, to strip s.o. to the skin — do golega koga slečito strip of wood — posekati, izkrčiti gozd -
8 hit
[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) udariti, zadeti2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) odbiti3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) prizadeti4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) zadeti, naleteti na2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) udarec2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) zadetek3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) uspešnica•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with* * *I [hit]nounudarec (at komu); zadetek, sreča; posrečena misel, posrečena pripomba, uspel poskus; uspela knjiga, popevka, drama itd.; American printing odtisII [hit]1.transitive verbudariti, poriniti, zadeti; figuratively prizadeti; zaleteti se v; figuratively naleteti na, najti; zadeti, uganiti; figuratively ostro kritizirati, bičati (napake); doseči, uspeti;2.intransitive verbtolči (at po); slučajno naleteti (on, upon na); zadeti ( against na); American colloquially vžgati, teči (motor)to be hard ( —ali badly) hit by — biti močno prizadet od, izgubiti veliko denarjaAmerican to hit the books — guliti secolloquially to hit the bottle — pijančevatito hit s.o. a blow — koga močno udaritito hit s.o. below the belt — udariti pod pasom (boks), nepošteno se boriti, nečastno ravnatiAmerican colloquially to hit on all four cylinders — dobro teči, figuratively dobro potekatito hit s.o.'s fancy ( —ali taste) — zadeti, uganiti okus nekogato hit home — zadeti v živec, priti do živcato hit s.o. home — zavrniti koga, zasoliti jo komuhit hard! — močno udari!to hit the jackpot — terno zadeti, priti nenadoma do denarjafiguratively to hit a man when he is down — zadati udarce človeku v nesrečinautical to hit a mine — zadeti na minoAmerican to hit the numbers pool — zadeti pti lotuto hit the spot — pravo zadeti, zadovoljitiAmerican colloquially to hit the town — prispeti v mestocolloquially to hit it up — pošteno se česa lotiti -
9 line
I 1. noun1) ((a piece of) thread, cord, rope etc: She hung the washing on the line; a fishing-rod and line.) vrv2) (a long, narrow mark, streak or stripe: She drew straight lines across the page; a dotted/wavy line.) črta3) (outline or shape especially relating to length or direction: The ship had very graceful lines; A dancer uses a mirror to improve his line.) linija4) (a groove on the skin; a wrinkle.) guba5) (a row or group of objects or persons arranged side by side or one behind the other: The children stood in a line; a line of trees.) vrsta6) (a short letter: I'll drop him a line.) kratko sporočilo7) (a series or group of persons which come one after the other especially in the same family: a line of kings.) rod8) (a track or direction: He pointed out the line of the new road; a new line of research.) smer9) (the railway or a single track of the railway: Passengers must cross the line by the bridge only.) tir10) (a continuous system (especially of pipes, electrical or telephone cables etc) connecting one place with another: a pipeline; a line of communication; All (telephone) lines are engaged.) cevovod, omrežje11) (a row of written or printed words: The letter contained only three lines; a poem of sixteen lines.) vrstica12) (a regular service of ships, aircraft etc: a shipping line.) linija13) (a group or class (of goods for sale) or a field of activity, interest etc: This has been a very popular new line; Computers are not really my line.) vrsta izdelkov; področje14) (an arrangement of troops, especially when ready to fight: fighting in the front line.) bojna vrsta2. verb1) (to form lines along: Crowds lined the pavement to see the Queen.) postaviti se v vrsto2) (to mark with lines.) začrtati•- lineage- linear- lined- liner- lines- linesman
- hard lines!
- in line for
- in
- out of line with
- line up
- read between the lines II verb1) (to cover on the inside: She lined the box with newspaper.) obložiti2) (to put a lining in: She lined the dress with silk.) podložiti•- lined- liner- lining* * *I [lain]nounčrta, linija, poteza; guba, brazda (na obrazu, roki); mathematics črta (zlasti premica); geography ekvator, poldnevnik, vzporednik; smer, pot (avtobusna, železniška) proga, tir; plural obris, kontura, oblika; plural načrt (ladje), osnutek, plan; plural načela, smernice, navodila; način, metoda, postopek; meja, mejna črta (tudi figuratively); vrsta, niz, rep (ljudi); soglasje; rod, veja, koleno, pokolenje; printing vrstica; kratko sporočilo, kratko pismo; stih, pesmica (upon s.th. to s.o.); plural British English latinski stihi, ki jih mora dijak prepisati za kazen, kazenska pismena naloga; plural theatre tekst vloge, vloga; plural colloquially poročni list; colloquially poročilo, pojasnilo; plural usoda; stroka, področje, panoga; telefonska, telegrafska linija; technical vod; economy sortiment, blago, predmet, plural serijsko blago; military (bojna) linija, vrsta, fronta, frontne čete, šotori ali barake v taboru; vrv, konopec; žica, kabelline of vision — horizont, obzorje; military vizirna črtaon the dotted line — v vrsti, ki je namenjena za podpison the line — na meji, politics na linijiline of fate (fortune, heart, life) — črta usode (sreče, srca, življenja) na rokiBritish English up (down) line — (vlak) v (iz) London(a)on the lines laid down by the chairman — po smernicah, ki jih je postavil predsedujočialong these lines — po teh navodilih, smernicahto take ( —ali keep to) one's own line — ukrepati po svoje, držati se svoje potito take a strong line — (with s.o.) biti čvrst, neomajen (do koga), vztrajatito take the line that — zavzeti stališče, da; biti mišljenja, daout of line — iz črte, ne na črti; figuratively nesoglasen, nezdružljiv; iz ravnotežjathat's s.th. out of ( —ali not in) my line — to mi ne leži, ne spada v mojo strokoto draw the line — (at) povleči mejo (pri)to toe the line — spoštovati predpise; politics biti na linijito give s.o. line enough — popustiti uzde, pustiti komu proste roketo go over the line — prekoračiti mejo, meroAmerican figuratively to be in line for — pričakovati (službo), upati nato be in line with — soglašati s, zto bring s.o. into line — ( with) spraviti v sklad s, zpolitics pridobiti koga k sodelovanju; American colloquially to go down the line for — zavezati se za kaj (na celi črti)to drop s.o. a line — napisati komu par vrstictheatre to study one's lines — učiti se vlogecolloquially hard lines — težka usoda, "smola", nesrečaAmerican party line — dvojček (telefon)economy line of goods — vrsta blaga, naročilo zanjmilitary line of fire — strelska bojna vrstamilitary line of battle — frontna linijamilitary line of defence — obrambna linijamilitary to go up the line — iti v frontno linijomilitary the line — regularne četenautical ship of the line — linijska ladjaphysics line of force — magnetna silnicasomewhere along the line — ob neki priliki, v gotovem trenutkufiguratively to keep to one's line — iti premočrtnofiguratively by (rule and) line — natančno, preciznohook, line, and sinker — popoln(oma)to have s.o. on a line — pustiti koga v negotovostiII [lain]1.transitive verbčrtati, načrtati; začrtati, skicirati, zarisati, orisati; zbrazdati, zgubati (obraz); obrobi.ti, nasaditi (drevje); postaviti v vrste;2.intransitive verbpostaviti se v vrste, postrojiti seIII [lain]transitive verbpodložiti (obleko)technical (na notranji strani) prevleči, obložiti, opažiti, podložiti, zaliti; biti za podlogo; oblepiti hrbet knjige; napolniti; slang to line one's purse ( —ali pocket) — napolniti mošnjo, obogatetiIV [lain]transitive verbpariti (pse) -
10 saw
past tense; see see I* * *I [sɔ:]1.nounžagasinging (musical) saw music pojoča žaga;2.(preterite sawed —, past participle sawed, sawn) transitive verb & intransitive verb (pre-, raz-, se-) žagati; strugati; oblati; premikati sem in tja; (dati) se žagati (o lesu); delati kretnje kot pri žaganju; žagati po godaluto saw a horse's mouth — trzati uzdo zdaj na eno, zdaj na drugo stranto saw planks — žagati, rezati desketo saw wood — žagati les, American slang brezbrižno naprej opravljati, delati svoje delo; slang "žagati", smrčatiII [sɔ:]nounpregovor; izrek, krilaticaIII [sɔ:]preteriteod to see -
11 twist
[twist] 1. verb1) (to turn round (and round): He twisted the knob; The road twisted through the mountains.) obračati (se)2) (to wind around or together: He twisted the piece of string (together) to make a rope.) plesti3) (to force out of the correct shape or position: The heat of the fire twisted the metal; He twisted her arm painfully.) zviti2. noun1) (the act of twisting.) obračanje2) (a twisted piece of something: He added a twist of lemon to her drink.) ožemek3) (a turn, coil etc: There's a twist in the rope.) vozel4) (a change in direction (of a story etc): The story had a strange twist at the end.) preobrat•- twisted- twister* * *I [twist]nounukrivljenje, upogib, pregib; figuratively izkrivljenje, popačenje; torzija; izvin, deformacija; zavoj, vijuga, ovinek; technical spirala, spiralasto pletivo, tkanina; sukanec; klobčič; vozel; vrvica, vrv, konopec; zvitek, smotek tobaka (za žvečenje); obšiv, obšitek na kapi (uniformi, narodni noši); British English slang obsolete mešana pijača; slang tek, glad; sport kretnja, gib v stran; nagnjenje, čudna ljubezen (to do); tvist (ples); American slang moralno propadla ženskatwist of the tongue — jecljanje, jecljavosthe has an awful twist — colloquially on ima strašen apetitII [twist]transitive verbobračati, vrteti, sukati; plesti (vrv, konopec); sukati (sukanec), zapredati (svilo); (v)plesti, izplesti (v venec); povezati ( into v); ožemati (perilo); figuratively zaplesti; ovi(ja)ti ( round okoli); zviti (gleženj); skremžiti (obraz), spačiti, popačiti, izkriviti (tudi figuratively); figuratively mučiti, zbegati, zmesti; spremeniti; intransitive verb obračati se vrteti se (žoga), sukati se; viti se, vijugati se (reka); skremžiti se, spačiti se (obraz); zaplesti se; zviti se; prebiti se, preriniti se ( through skozi); figuratively izmotavati se, izmikati se, biti neiskrento twist an account — izkriviti, popačiti poročiloto twist s.o. round one's (little) finger figuratively oviti koga okoli mezinca, imeti koga na vrvicito twist one's words — izkriviti, obračati besedeto twist o.s. into — priplaziti se v, prikrasti se vto twist off — izviti; iztrgatito twist up — (spiralasto) zvi(ja)ti, motati, sukati, plesti; zviti se (v spiralo)
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