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41 which
[wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun(used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) kateri2. relative pronoun((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) ki3. relative adjective, relative pronoun(used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) kateri; kar- which is which? - which is which* * *[wič]adjective & pronoun kateri, -a, -o; karall which — vse, karhe lied, which did not surprise me — zlagal se je, kar me ni presenetiloshe stayed two months, during which time... — tu je ostala dva meseca in med tem časom...he thinks so, in which he is right — on tako misli, v čemer ima pravthat which — to, karchoose which you like! — izberi, kar hočeš!and which is still worse... — in kar je še slabše (hujše)... -
42 above
1. preposition1) (in a higher position than: a picture above the fireplace.) nad2) (greater than: The child's intelligence is above average.) nad3) (too good for: The police must be above suspicion.) nad2. adverb1) (higher up: seen from above.) (od) zgoraj2) ((in a book etc) earlier or higher up on the page: See above.) zgoraj•- above all* * *I [əbʌv]prepositionnad, preko; več kakorto be above s.o. — prekašati kogato be above o.s. — biti domišljavto speak above s.o.'s head — govoriti preučeno za kogacommerce above par — nad paritetohe is above doing it — preponosen je, da bi to storil, pod častjo mu jeII [əbʌv]adverbzgoraj; nad temIII [əbʌv]nounzgornje -
43 action
['ækʃən]1) (something done: Action, not talking, is necessary if we are to defeat the enemy; Take action immediately; The firemen are ready to go into action.) dejanje2) (movement: Tennis needs a good wrist action.) delovanje3) (a legal case: He brought an action for divorce against his wife.) postopek4) (the events (of a play, film etc): The action of the play takes place on an island.) dogajanje5) (a battle; fighting: He was killed in action; Our troops fought an action against the enemy.) boj•- out of action* * *I [aekšən]noundejanje, delovanje; učinek; borba, boj; juridically proces, sodni postopek; hoja (npr. konja); mehanizemfull of action — delaven, prizadevenactions speak louder than words — po delu, ne po besedah cenimo človekaII [aekšən]transitive verb(ob)tožiti -
44 ail
[eil]1) (to be ill: The old lady has been ailing for some time.) bolehati, biti bolan2) (to trouble: What ails you?) skrbeti•- ailment* * *[eil]transitive verb & intransitive verbboleti, bolehatiwhat ails you? — kaj vam je?what ails you to speak in such a way? — kaj vam pride na misel, da tako govorite? -
45 angry
1) (feeling or showing anger: He was so angry that he was unable to speak; angry words; She is angry with him; The sky looks angry - it is going to rain.) jezen2) (red and sore-looking: He has an angry cut over his left eye.) vnet* * *[aeŋgri]adjective ( angrily adverb)(at, with, about) jezen, razdražen, srdit; vnet, bolečto be angry with s.o. for s.th. — jeziti se na koga zaradi česato make angry — razjeziti, razdražiti -
46 articulate
1. verb(to speak or pronounce: The teacher articulated (his words) very carefully.) artikulirati2. [-lət] adjective(able to express one's thoughts clearly: He's unusually articulate for a three-year-old child.) izoblikovan; ki se zna izražati- articulateness
- articulation* * *I [a:tíkjulit]adjective ( articulately adverb)očlenjen, sklepen; jasen, razločen; pregleden, sistematičen; technical kolenast; American ustavenII [a:tíkjuleit]transitive verb & intransitive verbs sklepom povezati; očleniti; razločno izgovarjati, artikulirati -
47 aside
1. adverb(on or to one side: They stood aside to let her pass; I've put aside two tickets for you to collect.) vstran, na stran2. noun(words spoken (especially by an actor) which other people (on the stage) are not supposed to hear: She whispered an aside to him.) aparte* * *I [əsáid]adverbvstran; od strani, po strani; proč, stran; American razen tega; theatre tihoaside from — ne glede na, poleg, razento lay ( —ali put, set) aside — odložiti, izločiti; prihranitito take s.o. aside — odpeljati koga vstranII [əsáid]nountheatre besede, ki jih igralec govori na odru in naj bi jih soigralci ne slišali -
48 call on
1) (to visit: I'll call on him tomorrow.) obiskati2) (to ask someone to speak at a meeting etc.) pozvati k besedi3) (to ask someone publicly to something: We call on both sides to stop the fighting.) pozvati* * *intransitive verb & transitive verboglasiti se, obiskati, zaviti kam; ( for) prositi, zahtevati; sklicevati se -
49 dagger
['dæɡə](a knife or short sword for stabbing.) bodalo* * *I [daegə]nounbodalo; printing križecto be at daggers drawn with s.o. — živeti v sovraštvu s komto look daggers at s.o. — sovražno koga gledatito speak daggers to s.o. — s krutimi besedami koga v živo zadetiII [daegə]transitive verbzabosti; printing s križcem označiti -
50 dwell on
(to think or speak about something for a long time: It isn't a good thing to dwell on your problems.) vztrajno se ukvarjati* * *intransitive verb vztrajati, naglašati -
51 funereal
[fju'niəriəl](mournful; suitable for a funeral: to speak in funereal tones.) žalen* * *[fjuníəriəl]adjectivepogreben, žalen; žalosten -
52 hear
[hiə]past tense, past participle - heard; verb1) (to (be able to) receive (sounds) by ear: I don't hear very well; Speak louder - I can't hear you; I didn't hear you come in.) slišati2) (to listen to for some purpose: A judge hears court cases; Part of a manager's job is to hear workers' complaints.) poslušati3) (to receive information, news etc, not only by ear: I've heard that story before; I hear that you're leaving; `Have you heard from your sister?' `Yes, I got a letter from her today'; I've never heard of him - who is he? This is the first I've heard of the plan.) slišati•- hearing- hearing-aid
- hearsay
- hear! hear!
- I
- he will
- would not hear of* * *[híə]1.transitive verbslišati, poslušati; juridically zaslišati, razpravljati, pretresati; uslišati; zvedeti ( from od, of o);2.intransitive verbhear, hear! — da slišimo!ironically glej!, glej!; juridically to hear evidence — zaslišati pričeI've heard tell of — pripovedovali so mi, povedali so mito make o.s. heard — obrniti pozornost naseto hear s.o. out — do konca koga poslušati, pustiti koga govoriti do konca -
53 microphone
(( abbreviation mike) an electronic instrument for picking up sound waves to be broadcast, recorded or amplified as in radio, the telephone, a tape-recorder etc: Speak into the microphone.) mikrofon* * *[máikrəfoun]nounelectrical physics mikrofon; colloquially radio -
54 note
[nəut] 1. noun1) (a piece of writing to call attention to something: He left me a note about the meeting.) sporočilo2) ((in plural) ideas for a speech, details from a lecture etc written down in short form: The students took notes on the professor's lecture.) zapiski3) (a written or mental record: Have you kept a note of his name?) zapis4) (a short explanation: There is a note at the bottom of the page about that difficult word.) opomba5) (a short letter: She wrote a note to her friend.) sporočilo6) ((American bill) a piece of paper used as money; a bank-note: a five-dollar note.) bankovec7) (a musical sound: The song ended on a high note.) ton8) (a written or printed symbol representing a musical note.) nota9) (an impression or feeling: The conference ended on a note of hope.) v znamenju2. verb1) ((often with down) to write down: He noted (down) her telephone number in his diary.) zapisati2) (to notice; to be aware of: He noted a change in her behaviour.) opaziti•- notable- notability
- notably
- noted
- notelet
- notebook
- notecase
- notepaper
- noteworthy
- noteworthiness
- take note of* * *I [nóut]nounzapisek, opomba, beležka, notica; pisemce, sporočilo; znamenje, znakfiguratively ton, nota, prizvok, zven; poetically zvok, melodija, (ptičje) petje; music (osnovni) ton, nota, tipka; politics (diplomatska) nota; economy račun, bankovec, obveznica; printing opomba, ločilo; figuratively ugled, sloves, pomembnost; figuratively pozornost; economy note of exchange — borzni listeconomy advice note — sporočilo o pošiljkieconomy bought and sold note — zaključnicaeconomy delivery note — izročilnicaeconomy as per note — po računupolitics exchange of notes — izmenjava diplomatskih notto change one's note — spremeniti svoje vedenje, svoj tonto compare notes — izmenjati misli, posvetovati seto give s.o. note of — sporočiti komu kajmusic to strike the notes — udariti po tipkahfiguratively to strike the right note — zadeti na pravo strunofiguratively to strike a false note — zadeti na napačno strunoto take note of s.th. — ozirati se na kaj, zapaziti kaj, posvetiti pozornost čemuII [nóut]transitive verbupoštevati, ozirati se na kaj, opaziti; omeniti, oznaniti; zaznamovati; apisati, zabeležiti (navadno note down); economy protestirati, ugovarjati; navesti (cene) -
55 occasion
[ə'keiʒən]1) (a particular time: I've heard him speak on several occasions.) priložnost2) (a special event: The wedding was a great occasion.) dogodek•- occasionally* * *I [əkéižən]nounprilika, priložnost; razlog, povod, vzrok; naključje; colloquially svečan dogodek; obsolete potreba; plural posli, opravkito give occasion to s.th. — dati povod za kajon occasion — tu in tam, včasihto rise to the occasion — biti čemu kos, odločno nastopitito take occasion to do s.th. — izrabiti priložnostto be the occasion of s.th. — biti povod za kajII [əkéižən]transitive verbpovzročiti, biti povod za kaj, sprožitithis occasioned him to go — to ga je napeljalo, da je šel -
56 out
(to allow to come in, go out: Let me in!; I let the dog out.) spustiti noter, izpustiti* * *I [áut]adjectivezunanji; sport ki ni na udarcu (kriket), ki ni na domačem igrišču, ki je izven igrišča; politics ki ni v vladi; ki odhaja (vlak)II [áut]adverb1.2.zunaj, zdoma ( he is ŋ zunaj je, ni ga doma);3.ne na delu ( a day ŋ prost dan);4.militaryna (bojnem) polju, nautical na morju;5.ne v zaporu ( out on bail na svobodi proti kavciji);6.priobčen (knjiga the book came out in June), predstavljen javnosti (dekle);7.odkrit ( the secret is ŋ tajna je prišla na dan);8.sportzunaj, ven, ne v igri, izven igrišča; (boks) knockoutiran;9.politicsne v vladi ( the democrats are ŋ);10.ne v vaji ( my fingers are ŋ);11.porabljen, ne na zalogi ( the potatoes are ŋ);12.do kraja, čisto (to hear s.o. ŋ koga do kraja poslušati, tired ŋ čisto izčrpan);13.izpahnjen (roka), ki preplavlja (reka);14.napačen, zmoten ( his calculations are ŋ njegovi računi so napačni);15.dan v najem (zemlja), izposojen (knjiga);16.jasno, glasno ( to laugh ŋ glasno se zasmejati, speak ŋ! govori glasneje!, povej že jasno in glasno!);17.aeronauticskončan (pogovor);18.raznoout and out — popolnoma, docelaout and about — (zopet) na nogah, pokonciout and away — daleč (najboljši itd.)to be out — miniti, ne biti v modi, biti na izgubi, biti zunaj, ne biti doma, ne priti v poštev, iziti (knjiga), ne goreti, biti ugašenthat is out! — ne pride v poštev!to be out for s.th. — iskati kaj, zavzeti se za kajto be out with s.o. — ne biti več prijatelj, biti hud na kogato have it out with s.o. — razčistiti stvar s komout with him! — ven ga vrzi!III [áut]prepositioniz, ven, izven, zaradifrom out — iz, izvento be out of one's depth — ne znati dovolj; prevzeti seto be out of a thing — ne imeti več česa, zmanjkatito bo out of it — ne imeti pojma, ne biti vključenout of keeping with — neharmoničen, neprimerenout of place — ne na pravem mestu, neumestenout of the question — nemogoče, ne pride v poštevout of shape — izmaličen, v slabi kondicijiout of sorts — razdražljiv, sitenout of the way — odročen, nenavadenout of wedlock — nezakonski, ne v zakonu (otrok)out of one's own head — sam od sebe, na svojo pobudoeconomy out of stock — razprodan, ne več na zalogiIV [áut]interjectionpoberi se!, izgini!archaic out upon you! — sram te bodi!V [áut]1.transitive verb(s silo) ven vreči; knockoutirati;2.intransitive verbpriti na danVI [áut]nounzunanja stran; izhod (tudi figuratively)printing izpustitev besede ali besed v tekstu; American plural spor; American economy plural pošle zaloge ali blago; politics plural tisti ki niso na oblasti, opozicija; American at outs with everyone — z vsemi skregan -
57 pantomime
1. noun1) (a play performed at Christmas time, usually based on a popular fairy tale, with music, dancing, comedy etc.) božična predstava2) ((also mime) a performance by an actor done without using words: He studied pantomime in acting school.)2. verb(to act out a scene without using words: Since she couldn't speak French, she had to pantomime her request for water.)* * *[paentəmaim]1.nounpantomima, igra z gibi; British English božična predstava za otroke; mimika, obrazna igra;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbizraziti (se) z mimiko -
58 person
['pə:sn]plural - people; noun1) (a human being: There's a person outside who wants to speak to you.) oseba2) (a person's body: He never carried money on his person (= with him; in his pockets etc).) telo•- personal- personality
- personally
- personal computer
- personal pronoun
- personal stereo
- personal watercraft
- in person* * *[pə:sn]nounoseba, posameznik, individuum; zunanjost, telo; grammar osebato carry s.th. on one's person — imeti kaj pri sebi -
59 rebuke
[rə'bju:k] 1. verb(to speak severely to (a person), because he has done wrong: The boy was rebuked by his teacher for cheating.) ošteti2. noun((stern) words spoken to a person, because he has done wrong.) graja* * *[ribjú:k]1.nounukor, očitek, graja;2.transitive verbpokarati, ukoriti, grajati, ošteti, obsojati -
60 rightly
1) (justly, justifiably; it is right, good or just that (something is the case): He was punished for his stupidity and rightly: Rightly or wrongly she refused to speak to him.) upravičeno2) (correctly; accurately: They rightly assumed that he would refuse to help.) pravilno* * *[ráitli]adverbs pravom, po pravici, pravično, upravičeno; korektno, točno, pravilno, prav, kot treba
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