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1 distinguish
[di'stiŋɡwiʃ]1) ((often with from) to mark as different: What distinguishes this café from all the others?) razlikovati2) (to identify or make out: He could just distinguish the figure of a man running away.) razločiti3) ((sometimes with between) to recognize a difference: I can't distinguish (between) the two types - they both look the same to me.) razlikovati4) (to make (oneself) noticed through one's achievements: He distinguished himself at school by winning a prize in every subject.) odlikovati (se)•- distinguished* * *[distíŋgwiš]1.transitive verb( from) razločiti, ločiti, razlikovati, označiti; odlikovati;2.intransitive verbrazlikovati, odlikovati se; delati razlikoto distinguish o.s. — odlikovati se -
2 colour-blind
adjective (unable to tell the difference between certain colours: As he was colour-blind he could not distinguish between red and green.) slep za barve* * *[kʌləblaind]adjectiveslep za barve -
3 tell
[tel]1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) povedati2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) reči3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) govoriti4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) prepoznati5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) izklepetati6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) poznati se•- teller- telling
- tellingly
- telltale
- I told you so
- tell off
- tell on
- tell tales
- tell the time
- there's no telling
- you never can tell* * *[tel]1.transitive verbpovedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti; parliament šteti (glasove)all told — (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupajtell me another! slang tega mi ne boš natvezel!I'll tell you the world American o tem sem prepričanto tell s.th. abroad — pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kajto tell one's money American šteti svoj denarto tell one's beads religion moliti rožni venecto tell the news — naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novicoto tell the tale colloquially pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)to tell tales — zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkaritito tell the votes politics šteti glasovehe told him to go — rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj grenever tell me! — ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!this tells its own tale — to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasnowe were told to get up — rekli so nam, naj vstanemoyou're telling me! slang tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!;2.intransitive verbpripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati ( about o); spoznati, vedeti (by po); imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati; colloquially izdati, ovaditi, zatožitihow can you tell? — kako morete to vedeti?to tell on ( —ali of) s.o. — izdati, zatožiti kogathat tells against you — to govori proti tebi; -
4 tell apart
(usually with can, cannot etc) (to recognize the difference between; to distinguish: I cannot tell the twins apart.) razločiti* * *transitive verb razlikovati
См. также в других словарях:
distinguish between — index compare, contrast, select Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
distinguish between — perceive or point out a difference between. → distinguish … English new terms dictionary
distinguish between right and wrong — know the difference between what is right and what is wrong … English contemporary dictionary
Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate. — Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate. Robert G. Ingersoll Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 … Law dictionary
distinguish — 1 Distinguish, differentiate, discriminate, demarcate are synonymous when they mean to point out or mark the differences between things that are or seem to be much alike or closely related. Distinguish presupposes sources of confusion; the things … New Dictionary of Synonyms
distinguish — dis·tin·guish vt: to identify or explain differences in or from distinguish ed the cases on factual grounds Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. distinguish … Law dictionary
Between — Be*tween , prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe[ o]nan, betwe[ o]num; prefix be by + a form fr. AS. tw[=a] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See {Twain}, and cf. {Atween}, {Betwixt}.] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Between decks — Between Be*tween , prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe[ o]nan, betwe[ o]num; prefix be by + a form fr. AS. tw[=a] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See {Twain}, and cf. {Atween}, {Betwixt}.] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Between ourselves — Between Be*tween , prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe[ o]nan, betwe[ o]num; prefix be by + a form fr. AS. tw[=a] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See {Twain}, and cf. {Atween}, {Betwixt}.] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Between themselves — Between Be*tween , prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe[ o]nan, betwe[ o]num; prefix be by + a form fr. AS. tw[=a] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See {Twain}, and cf. {Atween}, {Betwixt}.] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Between you and me — Between Be*tween , prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe[ o]nan, betwe[ o]num; prefix be by + a form fr. AS. tw[=a] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See {Twain}, and cf. {Atween}, {Betwixt}.] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English