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1 screw up
1) (to twist or wrinkle (the face or features): The baby screwed up its face and began to cry.) namrdniti se2) (to crumple: She screwed up the letter.) zmečkati3) ((slang) to bungle; to make a mess of: He screwed up again; Plan it carefully - I don't want you to screw things up.) zajebati* * *transitive verb priviti (tudi figuratively), pričvrstitito screw (up) one's eyes — zavijati oči, mežikatito screw up a string — naviti, napeti strunoto screw o.s. up (to) — prisiliti se (k) -
2 start
I 1. verb1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) oditi2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) začeti3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) pognati v tek4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) osnovati2. noun1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) start, začetek2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) prednost•- starter- starting-point
- for a start
- get off to a good
- bad start
- start off
- start out
- start up
- to start with II 1. verb(to jump or jerk suddenly because of fright, surprise etc: The sudden noise made me start.) zdrzniti se2. noun1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) trzaj2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) presenečenje* * *I [sta:t]nounstart, odhod; aeronautics vzlet; startna točka; možnost za start; znak za start; začetek; sport prednost; trzaj, zdrznjenje, planitev kvišku; izbruh; presenečenje; začasen napor; naključje, slučajat the start — v začetku, skraja, sprvastart of fancy figuratively muha, domislekfalse start sport figuratively napačen starta rum start colloquially veliko presenečenjeto appear at the start sport pojaviti se na startu, iti na startto give s.o. a start (in life) — pomagati komu pri startu v življenjeto give s.o. a start — prestrašiti kogaI can give him 10 yards start and beat him (in the race) — lahko mu dam 10 jardov prednosti in ga premagam (v teku)to work by fits and starts — delati s pogostnimi presledki (neredno, neenakomerno)II [sta:t]1.intransitive verbiti (kreniti) na pot, odpotovati ( for v); oditi, odpeljati (vlak); sport startati; izhajati ( from iz); trzniti, zdrzniti se, predramiti se, (po)skočiti, planiti; ostrmeti, osupniti (at ob); izbuljiti se (oči), izskočiti; zrahljati se, popustiti (žebelj); zviti se, skočiti iz svojega položaja (les); American slang iskati, začeti prepir;2.transitive verbzačeti (kaj), povzročiti, pognati ali spustiti v tek; osnovati; preplašiti (divjad); izpahniti; pretočiti (tekočino) iz soda, izprazniti; sport dati (tekaču) znak za start; aeronautics dati (letalu) znak za vzlet; oživiti, poklicati (kaj) v življenje; zrahljati, omajati (žebelj); odpreti (trgovino); pomagati komu, da kaj začne, nagnati (koga) k čemu; figuratively širiti (novice), sprožiti (vprašanje)to start with — za začetek, najprej, predvsemto start agitation American colloquially povzročiti nemireto start after s.o. — oditi za kom, zasledovati kogato start back — umakniti se nazaj, ustrašiti seit was not your business, to start with — predvsem se vas to ni tikaloto start s.o. in business — uvesti koga v (neki) poselto start to one's feet — skočiti, planiti na nogeto start an engine — pognati, spraviti v tek strojto start a hare — prepoditi, preplašiti zajcato start for school — odpraviti se, iti v šoloto start on a thing — začeti neko stvar, lotiti se česawhen do you start? — kdaj odrinete (odpotujete)?
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