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1 swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) plavati2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) plavati3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) vrteti se2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) plavanje- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume* * *I [swim]nounplavanje; figuratively rahlo drsenje; rib polno mesto, globina v reki; (redko) plavalni mehur; figuratively tok dogodkov, tekoči posli, posel; figuratively vrtogavica, omoticato be in (out of) the swim colloquially (ne) poznati tekoče posle ali razmere, (ne) biti na tekočemto have (to take) a swim — kópati se, plavatiII [swim]1.intransitive verbplavati, priplavati, plavati na vodi, pluti; (prah ipd.) plavati, viseti v zraku; figuratively kópati se; figuratively čutiti vrtoglavico, biti vrtoglav, vrteti se (komu); plavati (in v), biti preplavljen, kópati se (in v);2.transitive verbpreplavati, plavati (neko razdaljo); prisiliti, nagnati (koga), da plava; plavati na tekomovanju, prepeljati s plavanjem ( across čez)to swim against the stream — plavati proti toku (tudi figuratively)to swim to the bottom — potoniti, potopiti seto swim like a tailor's goose figuratively plavati kot kamen, potopiti seto swim with the tide (the stream) — plavati s tokom (tudi figuratively); figuratively pridružiti se večinito swim the river, the Channel — preplavati reko, Rokavski prelivthe cellar was swimming in wine — klet je plavala v vinu, je bila preplavljena z vinommy head swims — vrti se mi v glavi, imam vrtoglavicothe room swam before my eyes — zdelo se mi je, da se soba vrti okoli meneshe swam up to him figuratively zdrsnila je k njemu, kot da bi plavala -
2 sink
[siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) potopiti (se)2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) spustiti se3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) potopiti, zasaditi4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) izgubiti pogum5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) vložiti2. noun(a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) pomivalno korito- sunken- be sunk
- sink in* * *I [siŋk]noun(kuhinjski) izlivek, luknja za umazano vodo; odtok, odtočna cev, odtočni kanal; kloaka, greznica; geology kotlina; (zlasti) figuratively mlak(už)a, močvirjeII [siŋk]1.intransitive verb(po)toniti, potopiti se, utoniti; upasti (o reki), znižati se, zmanjšati se; padati (cene); pasti (ugled); zaiti (sonce); spustiti se na zemljo (mrak); usesti se; ponehati (vihar); vpiti se (barva); pogrezniti se, udirati se, sesesti se; pasti ( into v); slabeti, giniti, onemoči, bližati se koncu; podirati se, rušiti se; podleči, kloniti; veniti, hirati, propadati;2.transitive verbpotopiti (ladjo), pogrezniti, uničiti, pokvariti, povesiti (glavo); znižati, spustiti dol (cene); vrtati, dolbsti (vodnjak, luknjo); vrezati (žig itd.); pustiti ob strani, ne posvečati pozornosti (čemu); pozabiti (prepir); neugodno naložiti (kapital), izgubiti (denar); skrivati, prikriti, zamolčatisink or swim! — ali plavaš (se rešiš, prideš na zeleno vejo), ali pa utoneš!here goes, sink or swim — zdaj gre za biti ali ne bitito sink beneath the burden — kloniti, zrušiti se pod bremenomto sink all considerations — na nič se ne ozirati, iti prek vsegato sink an important fact — zamolčati (izpustiti, ne omeniti) važno dejstvoto sink into the grave — zgruditi se v grob, umretito sink one's own interests — pozabiti na (žrtvovati) svoje lastne interese, biti nesebičenthe old man is sinking rapidly — starček rapidno slabi, hirato sink money — vložiti svoj denar v nekaj, iz česar ga ni lahko dobiti; izgubiti svoj denar pri takem posluto sink the shop — ne govoriti o strokovnih stvareh; tajiti, skrivati svoj poklicto sink one's title — prikriti, zamolčati svoj naslov (naziv) -
3 ask for
1) (to express a wish to see or speak to (someone): When he telephoned he asked for you; He is very ill and keeps asking for his daughter.) vprašati po2) (to behave as if inviting (something unpleasant): Going for a swim when you have a cold is just as asking for trouble.) naravnost iskati, izzivati* * *transitive verb prositi; spraševati; iskatislang ask for it — izzivati -
4 brick
[brik]((a block of) baked clay used for building: a pile of bricks; ( also adjective) a brick wall.) opeka- brickbat- bricklayer* * *I [brik]nounopeka, zidak; kos (npr. mila), kocka; slang fant od fare; dominoto have a brick in one's head — biti v rožicah, pijanto make bricks without straw — delati nekaj iz nič, lotiti se jalovega poslaII [brik]adjectiveopéčen, opečnatIII [brik]transitive verb -
5 dip
[dip] 1. past tense, past participle - dipped; verb1) (to lower into any liquid for a moment: He dipped his bread in the soup.) pomočiti2) (to slope downwards: The road dipped just beyond the crossroads.) spustiti se3) (to lower the beam of (car headlights): He dipped his lights as the other car approached.) zasenčiti (luči)4) ((of a ship) to lower (a flag) briefly in salute.) spustiti (zastavo v pozdrav)2. noun1) (a hollow (in a road etc): The car was hidden by a dip in the road.) luknja2) (a soft, savoury mixture in which a biscuit etc can be dipped: a cheese dip.) omaka3) (a short swim: a dip in the sea.) kratko kopanje•- dip into* * *I [dip]1.transitive verb(in, into) potopiti, pomočiti, pomakati; pobarvati; (from, out of) črpati, zajemati; spustiti (zastavo);2.intransitive verb(in, into, under) potopiti, potapljati se; nagniti, spustiti se; zniž(ev)ati se; padati; ( into) pokukatiII [dip]nounpotopitev, potapljanje; kratka kopel; jamica; nagnjenost, pobočje, padec; sveča; bežen pogled; omaka; slang žepar -
6 learn
[lə:n]past tense, past participles - learned, learnt; verb1) (to get to know: It was then that I learned that she was dead.) zvedeti2) (to gain knowledge or skill (in): A child is always learning; to learn French; She is learning (how) to swim.) učiti se•- learned- learner
- learning
- learner-friendly* * *[lə:n]1.transitive verb(na)učiti se; zvedeti, slišati (of o, from od);2.intransitive verb (iz)učiti se, navaditi se; zvedeti, slišati (of o)to learn by rote — naučiti se z vajo, učiti se na pametI am ( —ali have) yet to learn that — ni mi še znano, da -
7 swimming
adjective (covered with, or floating in, a liquid: meat swimming in/with grease.) plavajoč* * *[swímiŋ]1.nounplavanje; figuratively občutek omoticeto have a swimming in one's head — imeti vrtoglavico;2.adjectiveplavalen, plavajoč; preplavljen; ves moker; figuratively vrtoglav; figuratively lahek, gladek, uspešen; solzenswimming eyes — zasolzene, solzne očiswimming suit — plavalna, kopalna oblekaswimming pool — plavalni bazen, kopališče
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