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1 prefer
[pri'fə:]past tense, past participle - preferred; verb(to like better: Which do you prefer - tea or coffee?; I prefer reading to watching television; She would prefer to come with you rather than stay here.) raje imeti- preferably
- preference* * *[prifɜ:]transitive verbbolj ceniti, rajši imeti, rajši videti, rajši delati, dajati prednost (to); povišati (koga v službi, v čin; to the rank of); juridically biti naklonjen (upnikom), naprej plačati (terjatev); juridically vložiti tožbo, zahtevo; to pri; against proti -
2 ballad
['bæləd](a simple, often sentimental, song: Older people prefer ballads to pop music.) balada* * *[baeləd]nounbalada -
3 Brown
1. adjective1) (of a dark colour between red and yellow: brown paint; Her eyes are brown.) rjav2) (suntanned: She was very brown after her holiday in Greece.) porjavel2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour similar to toasted bread, tanned skin, coffee etc.) rjav2) (something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour: I prefer the brown to the green.) rjava (barva)3. verb(to make or become brown.) porjaviti* * *[braun]proper namedruž. ime -
4 brown
1. adjective1) (of a dark colour between red and yellow: brown paint; Her eyes are brown.) rjav2) (suntanned: She was very brown after her holiday in Greece.) porjavel2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour similar to toasted bread, tanned skin, coffee etc.) rjav2) (something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour: I prefer the brown to the green.) rjava (barva)3. verb(to make or become brown.) porjaviti* * *I [braun]adjectiverjav, zagorel, temen, mračenbrown cloth — surovo, nebeljeno platnoslang to do brown — slepariti, ugnatiin a brown study — zamaknjen, zamišljenII [braun]nounrjava barva, rjavost; slang bakren novec; jata rjavih pticIII [braun]transitive verb & intransitive verbporjaviti; porjavetislang browned off — zdolgočasen, sit česa -
5 charge
1. verb1) (to ask as the price (for something): They charge 50 cents for a pint of milk, but they don't charge for delivery.) zaračunati2) (to make a note of (a sum of money) as being owed: Charge the bill to my account.) zaračunati komu3) ((with with) to accuse (of something illegal): He was charged with theft.) obtožiti (česa)4) (to attack by moving quickly (towards): We charged (towards) the enemy on horseback.) napasti5) (to rush: The children charged down the hill.) zakaditi se6) (to make or become filled with electricity: Please charge my car battery.) napolniti7) (to make (a person) responsible for (a task etc): He was charged with seeing that everything went well.) nabiti2. noun1) (a price or fee: What is the charge for a telephone call?) cena2) (something with which a person is accused: He faces three charges of murder.) obtožba3) (an attack made by moving quickly: the charge of the Light Brigade.) napad4) (the electricity in something: a positive or negative charge.) naboj5) (someone one takes care of: These children are my charges.) varovanec6) (a quantity of gunpowder: Put the charge in place and light the fuse.) naboj•- charger- in charge of
- in someone's charge
- take charge* * *I [ča:dž]nounnaboj; breme, obremenitev, obtežitev, tovor; naročilo, naloga, ukaz; varovanec, -nka; ( against) tožba; plural stroški; taksa; (of nad) nadzorstvo, skrb; (of do) dolžnost; (of za) odgovornost; napad, naskok; znak za naskok; opominto be in charge of — voditi, upravljati, skrbeti za kajfree of charge, no charge — zastonjto lay to s.o.'s charge — pripisovati komu kaj, obdolžiti koga česato make a charge for s.th. — zaračunati kajto take charge of s.th. — zavzeti se za kaj, vzeti v varstvoto the charge of s.o. — v breme kogaII [ča:dž]1.transitive verb( with) nabiti, napolniti; chemistry nasititi; obremeniti; natovoriti, naložiti; naprtiti, obdolžiti, obtožiti, opozoriti, napotiti, naročiti, predpisati; zaračunati, zahtevati; napasti, naskočiti;2.transitive verbnapadati, naskakovati, zakaditi se; računatito charge to s.o's account — zaračunati komu, v breme kogato charge o.s. with — prevzeti skrb zawhat do you charge? — koliko stane? -
6 competitive
[kəm'petətiv]1) ((of a person) enjoying competition: a competitive child.) tekmovalen2) ((of a price etc) not expensive, therefore able to compete successfully with the prices etc of rivals.) konkurenčen3) ((of sport etc) organised in such a way as to produce a winner: I prefer hill-climbing to competitive sports.) tekmovalen* * *[kəmpétitiv]adjective ( competitively adverb)tekmujoč, tekmovalen; konkurenčen, natečajen -
7 dry
1. adjective1) (having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc: The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.) suh2) (uninteresting and not lively: a very dry book.) suhoparen3) ((of humour or manner) quiet, restrained: a dry wit.) trpek4) ((of wine) not sweet.) suh2. verb(to (cause to) become dry: I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.) posušiti (se)- dried- drier
- dryer
- drily
- dryly
- dryness
- dry-clean
- dry land
- dry off
- dry up* * *I [drai]adjective ( drily adverb)suh, izsušen; žejen; suhoparen, dolgočasen; ki povzroča žejo; trpek (vino); prohibicijski; sarkastičenas dry as a bone — čisto suh, suh ko poperII [drai]nounsuša; kopno; American prohibicionistIII [drai]transitive verb & intransitive verb(o)sušiti, (o)brisati; posušiti, izsušiti se; usahniti, usihati; colloquially utihnitidry up! — molči! -
8 euthanasia
[ju:Ɵə'neiziə](the painless killing of someone who is suffering from a painful and incurable illness: Many old people would prefer euthanasia to the suffering they have to endure.) evtanazija* * *[ju:mənéizjə]nounmedicine lahka smrt, evtanazija -
9 fiction
['fikʃən](stories etc which tell of imagined, not real, characters and events (see also non-fiction): I prefer reading fiction to hearing about real events.) leposlovje- fictitious* * *[fíkšən]nounizmišljanje, izmislek, izmišljotina; leposlovje, beletrija, roman -
10 preferred
past tense, past participle; see prefer* * *[prifɜ:d]adjectiveki ima prednost, ki se ga ima rajši; American economy prioriteten, preferenčen -
11 production
1) (the act or process of producing something: car-production; The production of the film cost a million dollars.) izdelovanje2) (the amount produced, especially of manufactured goods: The new methods increased production.) proizvodnja3) (a particular performance, or set of repeated performances, of a play etc: I prefer this production of `Hamlet' to the one I saw two years ago.) izvedba* * *[prədʌkšən]nounizdelovanje, pridelovanje, produkcija; chemistry mineralogy pridobivanje (npr. zlata); izdelki, fabrikat, pridelek; figuratively plod, sad, stvaritev, književno ali umetniško delo; predložitev (dokazov, listin itd.); mathematics podaljšanje črte; theatre uprizoritev, insceniranje; (film) režija, umetniško vodstvo, produkcijaproduction capacity — proizvodnost, produkcijska zmogljivost -
12 shade
[ʃeid] 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) senca2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) senca3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) senčnik4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) odtenek5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) malenkost2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) zasenčiti2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) senčiti3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) prelivati se•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
- put in the shade* * *I [šéid]nounsenca; tema; hlad, svežina; poetically senčno, temno mesto; plural senčnat prostor; (večerne) sence, somrak; figuratively delovanje kontrastov; osenčenje, šatiranje; niansa, komaj opazna razlika; malenkost, neznatna količina; zaslon, senčnik, sončnik; poetically dialectal senca (telesa); poetically dah (umrlega), plural kraljestvo senc, duhov; plural figuratively vinska klet; (plural) skrit, odmaknjen kraj, skritostamong the shades figuratively v kraljestvu umrlih; mrteveye-shade — senčnik, ščitnik za očithe realm of the shades — kraljestvo duhov, podzemeljski svetto be in the shade — biti v senci (skrit), neopažen; malo znanto cast (to put, to throw) into the shade — zasenčiti, prekositito leave in the shade — močno prekositi, zasenčitiII [šeid]1.transitive verbzasenčiti, vreči senco na, zatemniti; zakriti, skriti ( from pred); (za)ščititi ( with z); niansirati, šatirati, potemniti; commerce postopoma nižati (cene)he shaded his eyes with his hand — držal je roko pred očmi;2.intransitive verbpostopoma prehajati v drugo barvo -
13 stocking
['stokiŋ](one of a pair of close-fitting coverings for the legs and feet, reaching to or above the knee: Most women prefer tights to stockings nowadays.) nogavica* * *[stɔkiŋ]1.noundolga nogavica; figuratively prihrankia blue stocking figuratively učena ženska z literarnimi ambicijamielastic stockings medicine nogavice za krčne žilein one's stocking feet — v nogavicah, sezuthe stands six feet in his stockings — sezut meri šest čevljev;2.transitive verbobleči (komu) nogavicestockinged — (le) v nogavicah, sezut -
14 this
[ðis] 1. plural - these; adjective1) (used to indicate a person, thing etc nearby or close in time: This book is better than that (one); I prefer these trousers.) ta2) (used in stories to indicate a person, thing etc that one is describing or about to describe: Then this man arrived.) ta2. pronoun(used for a thing etc or a person nearby or close in time: Read this - you'll like it; This is my friend John Smith.) to3. adverb(so; to this degree: I didn't think it would be this easy.) tako* * *plural these [ðis, ði:z]1.pronounta, tothis and that — to in ono, marsikajby this — medtem, med tem časom; doslejfor all this — zato, zaradi tega; kljub vsemu temufrom this — od zdaj, odslejthis, that and the other — vse mogoče stvari, razne rečithey were talking about this, that and the other — govorili so o tem in onem, o vsem mogočem;2.adjectiveta, to; današnjithis year — to leto; tekoče leto; letosto this day — do danes, še danesthis morning — to jutro, danes zjutraj, davithis evening — danes zvečer, drevi, nocojthis once — to pot edino, edinole tokrattake this book, not that one — vzemite to knjigo, ne one;3.adverbtakothis much — tako mnogo, toliko -
15 type
I noun(a kind, sort; variety: What type of house would you prefer to live in?; They are marketing a new type of washing powder.) vrstaII 1. noun1) ((a particular variety of) metal blocks with letters, numbers etc used in printing: Can we have the headline printed in a different type?) tisk2) (printed letters, words etc: I can't read the type - it's too small.) črke2. verb(to write (something) using a typewriter: Can you type?; I'm typing a letter.) tipkati- typing- typewriting
- typist
- typewriter* * *I [táip]nounnoun tip, tipičen predstavnik; karakterističen razred (vrsta, skupina); simbol, emblem, znak, znamenje, obiležje; vzor(ec), model, primer(ek), eksemplar; sorta, vrsta, kov; žig; obsolete oznaka; printing tiskana črka, črke, colloquially tiskin type — pripravljen, gotov za tiskbold type, heavy type — debelo tiskane črkeII [táip]intransitive verbpisati na pisalnem stroju, tipkati; (redko) tiskati; transitive verb biti vzorec za; simbolizirati, biti simbol; medicine določiti krvno skupino -
16 variety
plural - varieties; noun1) (the quality of being of many different kinds or of being varied: There's a great deal of variety in this job.) raznolikost2) (a mixed collection or range: The children got a variety of toys on their birthdays.) izbor3) (a sort or kind: They grow fourteen different varieties of rose.) vrsta4) (a type of mixed theatrical entertainment including dances, songs, short sketches etc: I much prefer operas to variety; ( also adjective) a variety show.) variete* * *[vəráiəti]nounraznolikost, raznoterost, mnogostranost, pisanost; sprememba; variacija, varianta; posebna vrsta, podvrsta, sorta; izbor, sortiment, niz, množica; theatre varieté, zabavišče z raznovrstnimi nastopivariety shop American trgovina z mešanim blagom -
17 would
[wud]short forms - I'd; verb1) (past tense of will: He said he would be leaving at nine o'clock the next morning; I asked if he'd come and mend my television set; I asked him to do it, but he wouldn't; I thought you would have finished by now.) bom, boš, bo...2) (used in speaking of something that will, may or might happen (eg if a certain condition is met): If I asked her to the party, would she come?; I would have come to the party if you'd asked me; I'd be happy to help you.) bi3) (used to express a preference, opinion etc politely: I would do it this way; It'd be a shame to lose the opportunity; I'd prefer to go tomorrow rather than today.) bi4) (used, said with emphasis, to express annoyance: I've lost my car-keys - that would happen!) to se je moralo zgoditi•- would-be- would you* * *[wud]preterite in obsolete past participle od will (auxiliary verb) -
18 as opposed to
(separate or distinct from; in contrast with: I would prefer it if we met in the morning, as opposed to the evening.) v nasprotju z -
19 oil paint
(paint made with oil: Some artists prefer to use oil paint(s).) oljnata barva -
20 personally
1) (in one's own opinion: Personally, I prefer the other.) osebno2) (doing something oneself, not having or letting someone else do it on one's behalf: He thanked me personally.) osebno
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