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61 trifle
1) (anything of very little value: $100 is a trifle when one is very rich.) malenkost2) ((a dish of) a sweet pudding made of sponge-cake, fruit, cream etc: I'm making a trifle for dessert.) sadni kolač•- trifling* * *[tráifl]1.nounmalenkost, bagatela, nepomembnost; figuratively majhna vsota; figuratively mrvica, košček; culinary narastek, napihnjen kolač; plural posoda, predmeti iz kositrato waste one's time on trifles — zapravljati čas z malenkostmi;2.intransitive verb & transitive verbigra(čka)ti se; šaliti se, delati (počenjati) šale, norčije, burke ( with z); zabavati se; flirtati; površno delati; čas tratitihe is not to be trifled with — z njim se ni šaliti, on ne pozna šale -
62 urine
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63 van
(a vehicle for carrying goods on roads or railways: He drives a van; ( also adjective) a van-driver; a vanload of waste paper.) tovornjak* * *I [væn]1.nounvoz za prevoz pohištva; poltovorni (zaprt) dostavni voz (avtomobil); stanovanjski (ciganski, cirkuški) voz; railway pokrit tovorni vagonpolice loud-speaker van — policijski avto z zvočnikom;2.transitive verbprevažati v tovornih vozovih itd.II [væn]1.nounventilator; obsolete velnica, vejalnica (za žito), plalne nečke; poetically krilo; mineralogy izpiranje (rud);2.transitive verb mineralogyizpirati (rude); plati (žito)III [væn]nounmilitary predhodnica, predstraža, sprednja četa; sprednja črta, fronta; nautical čelni oddelek brodovja; figuratively vodja (gibanja); avantgarda, vodstvoin the van of — na čelu (česa), v prvih vrstah, vodilen, na vodilnem mestu ( of scientific progress — znanstvenega napredka)to lead the van — stopati na čelu, kot prvi iti, voditi -
64 wasteful
adjective (involving or causing waste: Throwing away that bread is wasteful.) potraten* * *[wéistful]adjective ( wastefully adverb)zapravljiv, potraten, razsipen; drag, nerentabilen; ki pustoši, uničuje; obsolete pust, zapuščento be wasteful of — biti potraten z, zapravljati (kaj) -
65 word
[wə:d] 1. noun1) (the smallest unit of language (whether written, spoken or read).) beseda2) (a (brief) conversation: I'd like a (quick) word with you in my office.) kratek pogovor3) (news: When you get there, send word that you've arrived safely.) sporočilo4) (a solemn promise: He gave her his word that it would never happen again.) beseda2. verb(to express in written or spoken language: How are you going to word the letter so that it doesn't seem rude?) izraziti z besedami- wording- word processor
- word processing
- word-perfect
- by word of mouth
- get a word in edgeways
- in a word
- keep
- break one's word
- take someone at his word
- take at his word
- take someone's word for it
- word for word* * *I [wə:d]nounbeseda; kar je (iz)rečeno; govor; besedilo, tekst (pesmi itd.); častna beseda, obljuba; pritrditev, zagotovitev, zagotovilo; nalog, ukaz, navodilo; geslo, parola; sporočilo, obvestilo, odgovor; religion božja beseda, sveto pismo, biblija; obsolete pregovor, (iz)rek, moto; plural pričkanje, prerekanjethe words — tekst, libretoat a word — na besedo, takojin so many words — dobesedno, (na) kratkoword for word — od besede do besede, dobesednoon the word, with the word — na to besedo, po tej besedi, s to besedoin a word — z eno besedo, skratkaupon my word (of honour)! — pri moji časti! (častna beseda!); saj (toda) to ni mogoče!my word upon it! — pri moji časti! častna beseda!a word or two — beseda ali dve, nekaj besedbig words — hvalisanje, širokoustenjeburning words — ognjevite, plamteče besedefair, good words — lepe, laskave besedehigh (hard, hot, sharp, warm) words — ostre, hude, trde, jezne besedewild and whirling words — divje, nepremišljene besedemy word! — prav zares! bogme!too silly for words — preneumno, nedopovedljivo neumnoto be a man of few words — biti redkobeseden, varčevati z besedamito be better than one's word — napraviti več, kot smo obljubilito be worse than one's word — ne biti mož beseda, snesti besedoto break one's word — prelomiti svojo besedo, ne držati (svoje) besedehard words break no bones — oštevanje ne boli toliko kot palica; hude besede ne ubijajoword came that... — zvedelo se je, da...to eat one's word — snesti (svojo) besedo, preklicati svoje besedeto give one's word — dati (svojo) besedo, obljubitito hang on s.o.'s words — viseti na besedah kake osebe, pazljivo koga poslušatito have words with — pričkati se, skregati se z; spreti se zhe has not a word to throw at a dog figuratively on je prefin, da bi govoril z drugimito have no words for — ne imeti besed za, ne moči izrazitito keep one's word — držati (svojo) besedo, biti mož besedato leave word that... — sporočiti, da...to take s.o. at his word — prijeti koga za besedoto retract one's word — umakniti (nazaj vzeti, preklicati) svojo besedosend me word! — javi mi, sporoči mi!to waste words — tratiti besede, zaman govoritiII [wə:d]transitive verbizraziti (kaj) z besedami, formulirati, stilizirati, izreči (z besedami); obsolete laskati se, dobrikati se (komu)well worded letter — lepo sestavljeno pismo; intransitive verb obsolete dialectal govoriti, besedovati, uporabljati besede -
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67 constipated
['konstipeitid](having difficulty in passing waste matter (as regularly as normal) from the bowels.) zaprt -
68 eat into
(to destroy or waste gradually: Acid eats into metal; The school fees have eaten into our savings.) zajedati se (v kaj) -
69 make (someone) sick
(to make (someone) feel very annoyed, upset etc: It makes me sick to see him waste money like that.) gnusiti se (komu) -
70 make (someone) sick
(to make (someone) feel very annoyed, upset etc: It makes me sick to see him waste money like that.) gnusiti se (komu) -
71 put a stop to
(to prevent from continuing: We must put a stop to this waste.) narediti konec čemu -
72 recyclable
adjective (that can be recycled: recyclable waste.) reciklažen -
73 scrap heap
(a heap of waste material, unwanted objects etc.) kup odpadkov -
74 wastepaper basket
['weispeipə] (a basket or other (small) container for waste paper: Put those old letters in the wastepaper basket.) koš za papir
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