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1 make oneself at home
(to make oneself as comfortable and relaxed as one would at home: Make yourself at home!) počutiti se kakor doma -
2 make (oneself) understood
(to make one's meaning or intentions clear: He tried speaking German to them, but couldn't make himself understood.) sporazumeti se -
3 make (oneself) understood
(to make one's meaning or intentions clear: He tried speaking German to them, but couldn't make himself understood.) sporazumeti se -
4 make oneself scarce
(to run away or stay away, especially in order to avoid trouble: As soon as the police arrived, he made himself scarce.) pobrisati jo -
5 make a hit with
(to make oneself liked or approved of by: That young man has made a hit with your daughter.) doživeti velik uspeh -
6 make a fool of oneself
(to act in such a way that people consider one ridiculous or stupid: She made a fool of herself at the party.) osmešiti se -
7 make a name for oneself
(to become famous, get a (usually good) reputation etc: He made a name for himself as a concert pianist.) zasloveti -
8 assert oneself
(to state one's opinions confidently and act in a way that will make people take notice of one: You must assert yourself more if you want promotion.) uveljaviti se -
9 take (something) upon oneself
(to take responsibility for: I took it upon myself to make sure she arrived safely.) prevzeti odgovornost zaEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > take (something) upon oneself
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10 take (something) upon oneself
(to take responsibility for: I took it upon myself to make sure she arrived safely.) prevzeti odgovornost zaEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > take (something) upon oneself
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11 resign
1) (to leave a job etc: If he criticizes my work again I'll resign; He resigned (from) his post.) dati odpoved2) ((with to) to make (oneself) accept (a situation, fact etc) with patience and calmness: He has resigned himself to the possibility that he may never walk again.) sprijazniti se•- resigned* * *[rizáin]transitive verb & intransitive verbodpovedati se, odreči se (čemu); prepustiti, zapustiti, opustiti (upanje); resignirati, vdati se v usodo, obupati (nad čem); dati ostavko, odstopiti, demisionirati, izstopiti ( from iz), umakniti se ( from iz, od)to resign oneself — vdati se (to v), prepustiti se, zaupati se (komu)to resign oneself to doing s.th. — sprijazniti se s tem, da je treba nekaj nareditito resign into s.o.'s hands — v roke komu dati, zaupati komu (kaj)to resign a property to s.o. — prepustiti posestvo komuto resign s.o. to his fate — prepustiti koga njegovi usodi -
12 home
[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) dom2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) domovina3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) dom4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) dom5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) stanovanje, hiša2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) domač2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) domač3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) domač3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) domov, doma2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) na cilj; do srca•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about* * *I [hóum]adjectivedomač, hišni, doma narejen; notranji; točen, odličen; primeren (opomba)Home Guard — rezervna vojska na domačih tleh med 2. svetovno vojnoII [hóum]adverbdoma, domov; na cilj, na cilju; v srce, točnoto bring a crime home to s.o. — dokazati komu zločinto bring s.th. home to s.o. — prepričati koga o čem, predočiti, dokazati komufiguratively to come home to — ganiti, občutiti, priti do srcacurses come home to roost — kdor drugemu jemlje čast, jo sam izgubito drive s.th. home to s.o. — prigovarjati, prepričevati kogato hit ( —ali strike) home — v živo zadeti, pravo zadetito see s.o. home — spremiti koga domovIII [hóum]noundom, domačija, stanovanje; domovina; zavetišče; figuratively domača streha; sport figuratively ciljat home — doma, v domoviniat home in ( —ali on, with) — vajen česa, doma (v računstvu)away from home — odsoten, odpotoval, v tujinicharity begins at home — vsakdo je samemu sebi najbližji, bog je najprej sebi brado ustvarilnot at home to — ne biti doma za goste, ne sprejemati gostovlong ( —ali last) home — zadnji dom, grobto draw to one's long home — bližati se koncu, umiratito eat s.o. out of the house and home — spraviti koga ob vse, živeti na tuj računto make o.s. at home — biti kakor doma, vgnezditi se pri komto make s.o. feel at home — potruditi se, da se kdo počuti kot domaIV [hóum]intransitive verb & transitive verbvrniti se domov, pripeljati domov, spraviti pod streho; voditi pristanek letala z radarjem -
13 understand
1. past tense, past participle - understood; verb1) (to see or know the meaning of (something): I can't understand his absence; Speak slowly to foreigners so that they'll understand you.) razumeti2) (to know (eg a person) thoroughly: She understands children/dogs.) poznati3) (to learn or realize (something), eg from information received: At first I didn't understand how ill she was; I understood that you were planning to leave today.) uvideti•- understanding 2. noun1) (the power of thinking clearly: a man of great understanding.) razum2) (the ability to sympathize with another person's feelings: His kindness and understanding were a great comfort to her.) razumevanje3) (a (state of) informal agreement: The two men have come to / reached an understanding after their disagreement.) sporazum•- make oneself understood- make understood* * *[ʌndəstaend]1.transitive verbrazumeti, umeti, pojmiti; razumeti se, spoznati se ( how to infinitive kako...); uvideti, spoznati, izkusiti; smatrati, misliti, predpostaviti, podrazumeti;2.intransitive verbrazumeti, imeti razum; biti informiran; obsolete zvedeti, slišatito understand about s.th. — biti informiran o čemto understand one another — razumeti se med seboj ( each other — eden drugega), zlágati se, harmoniratihe understands horses — razume se, spozna se na konjeI understand he died last week — zvedel sem (slišal sem, slišim), da je umrl pretekli tedenI understand that you spread these rumours — slišim (slišal sem, pravijo), da vi širite te govoriceam I to understand that this sum is meant to cover all expenses? — naj razumem (naj to pomeni), da naj ta vsota krije vse stroške?do I ( —ali am I to) understand that you refuse? — hočete s tem reči, da odklanjate?it is an understood thing that... — samo po sebi se razume, da...to give s.o. to understand — dati komu razumetito make s.o. understand — dati komu razumeti; razložiti komuto make o.s. understood in French — sporazume(va)ti se v francoščini, znati toliko francosko, da se sporazumemo (s kom)it must be clearly understood that if you go, you go alone — moramo si biti čisto na jasnem, da, če greste, greste samiwhat did you understand him to say? — kako ste razumeli njegove besede? -
14 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) dobro si postlati -
15 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) dobro si postlati -
16 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 -
17 Home
[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) dom2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) domovina3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) dom4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) dom5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) stanovanje, hiša2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) domač2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) domač3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) domač3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) domov, doma2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) na cilj; do srca•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about* * *[hju:m, houm]proper namedruž. ime -
18 responsible
[-səbl]1) (having a duty to see that something is done etc: We'll make one person responsible for buying the food for the trip.) odgovoren2) ((of a job etc) having many duties eg the making of important decisions: The job of manager is a very responsible post.) odgovoren3) ((with for) being the cause of something: Who is responsible for the stain on the carpet?) odgovoren4) ((of a person) able to be trusted; sensible: We need a responsible person for this job.) zanesljiv5) ((with for) able to control, and fully aware of (one's actions): The lawyer said that at the time of the murder, his client was not responsible for his actions.) prišteven* * *[rispɔnsibl]adverb ( responsibly adverb)odgovoren, poln odgovornosti; zanesljiv, zaupanja vreden; prišteven ( for za); commerce ki more plačati, solventen, solidenresponsible government — vlada, ki se mora zagovarjati (pred parlamentom)to be responsible for — biti odgovoren za, jamčiti, nositi odgovornost za, odgovarjati za -
19 scarce
[skeəs](not many or enough in number: Paintings by this artist are very scarce; Food is scarce because of the drought.) redek- scarcely- scarcity
- make oneself scarce* * *[skʌ/əs]1.adjectiveredek, nezadosten, pičelto make o.s. scarce — odkuriti jo, pobrisati jo; dati se malo videti, ne se kazati, izginiti;2.adverbkomaj, z muko, s težavo, težkó, komaj in komaj -
20 get over
1) (to recover from (an illness, surprise, disappointment etc): I've got over my cold now; I can't get over her leaving so suddenly.) preboleti2) (to manage to make (oneself or something) understood: We must get our message over to the general public.) prenesti3) ((with with) to do (something one does not want to do): I'm not looking forward to this meeting, but let's get it over (with).) narediti konec* * *transitive verb & intransitive verb premagati, preboleti; narediti konec; pridobiti, pregovoriti koga; zvito izvršiti
См. также в других словарях:
make oneself at home — {v. phr.} To feel comfortable; act as if you were in your own home. * /If you get to my house before I do, help yourself to a drink and make yourself at home./ * /John was an outdoor man and could make himself at home in the woods at night./… … Dictionary of American idioms
make oneself at home — {v. phr.} To feel comfortable; act as if you were in your own home. * /If you get to my house before I do, help yourself to a drink and make yourself at home./ * /John was an outdoor man and could make himself at home in the woods at night./… … Dictionary of American idioms
make oneself scarce — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave quickly; go away. * /The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise./ * /A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make oneself scarce — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave quickly; go away. * /The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise./ * /A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make oneself felt — make oneself (or one s presence) felt make people keenly aware of one; have a noticeable effect the economic crisis began to make itself felt … Useful english dictionary
make oneself acquainted with — index ascertain Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make oneself answerable — index promise (vow) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make oneself answerable for — index guarantee Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make oneself felt — index persuade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make oneself scarce — index retreat Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make oneself useful — index pander Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary