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1 straighten
verb (to make or become straight: He straightened his tie; The road curved and then straightened.) poravnati, izravnati* * *[stréitn]1.transitive verbizravnati, napraviti ravno; razplesti, izgladiti; urediti; pojasniti; v red spraviti, urediti;2.intransitive verbpostati raven, izravnati seto straighten out — urediti; pojasnitito straighten up intransitive verb American zravnati se, postati zopet spodoben, začeti spodobno življenje -
2 drown
1) (to (cause to) sink in water and so suffocate and die: He drowned in the river; He tried to drown the cat.) utopiti (se)2) (to cause (a sound) not to be heard by making a louder sound: His voice was drowned by the roar of the traffic.) preglasiti* * *[draun]1.intransitive verbutoniti, utopiti, potopiti, udušiti se;2.transitive verbpotopiti, poplaviti, preplaviti; udušiti; zatreti, uničitito drown s.o.'s wine — priliti komu vode v vino -
3 juggle
(to keep throwing in the air and catching a number of objects (eg balls or clubs): He entertained the audience by juggling with four balls and four plates at once.) žonglirati- juggler* * *I [džʌgl]nounžongliranje, žonglerstvo; sleparija, prevara, trikII [džʌgl]1.intransitive verbžonglirati, glumiti; poigravati se ( with s, z); goljufati, izkrivljati (resnico);2.transitive verb -
4 overbalance
(to lose balance and fall: He overbalanced on the edge of the cliff and fell into the sea below.) izgubiti ravnotežje* * *I [ouvəbaeləns]nounprevesek, presežek, prebitekII [ouvəbaeləns]1.intransitive verbizgubiti ravnotežje, prevrniti se;2.transitive verbpretehtati; prevladati; prevrniti -
5 stumble
1) (to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall: He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.) spotakniti se2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) spotikati se3) (to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc: He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.) zatikati se•- stumble across/on* * *[stʌmbl]1.nounspotikljaj, spodrsljaj, spodrkljaj, padec; figuratively pogreška, pomota;2.intransitive verbspotakniti se, spodrsniti ( against ob, over čez); pojecljavati; pomišljati se, oklevati; pohujšati se; pogrešiti; (nepričakovano) pasti ( into v); nameriti se, slučajno (po naključju) naleteti (across, upon na); transitive verb zbegati, zmesti; iznenaditi, presenetiti; (zlasti figuratively) spotaknitito stumble at a straw, and leap over a block figuratively biti natančen v malenkostih in površen v važnih stvareh -
6 undress
1) (to take the clothes off (a person): She undressed the child; Undress yourself and get into bed.) sleči2) (to undress oneself: I undressed and went to bed.) sleči se* * *[ʌndres]1.noundomača obleka, vsakdanja obleka; jutranja halja, negližé; military navadna, nesvečana uniforma;2.adjectivevsakodneven (obleka); neformalen; preprost, neprisiljen;3.[ʌndrés]transitive verb sleči (komu) obleko; sneti obvezo (z rane); odvzeti; oropati nakit (komu); intransitive verb sleči se, odložiti obleko -
7 align
1) (to put in a straight line or in parallel lines.) poravnati2) (to attach (oneself) to one side in an argument, politics etc: He aligned himself with the rebels.) prestopiti na stran* * *[əláin]transitive verb & intransitive verbv vrsto (se) postaviti; uvrstiti; ( with) pridružiti (se) -
8 arbitrate
(to act as an arbitrator in a dispute etc: He has been asked to arbitrate in the dispute between the workers and management.) razsoditi- arbitrator* * *[á:bitreit]transitive verb & intransitive verb(raz)soditi, poravnati, posredovati -
9 ask
1) (to put a question: He asked me what the time was; Ask the price of that scarf; Ask her where to go; Ask him about it; If you don't know, ask.) vprašati2) (to express a wish to someone for something: I asked her to help me; I asked (him) for a day off; He rang and asked for you; Can I ask a favour of you?) prositi3) (to invite: He asked her to his house for lunch.) povabiti•- ask for
- for the asking* * *[a:sk], American [æsk]1.transitive verbvprašati, spraševati; povabiti; (from, of) zahtevati, zaprositi; objaviti (oklice);2.intransitive verbpopraševati, poizvedovati; prositito ask the time — vprašati, koliko je uraask me another! — ne vem, ne sprašuj(te) me! -
10 consult
1) (to seek advice or information from: Consult your doctor; He consulted his watch; He consulted with me about what we should do next.) posvetovati se2) ((of a doctor etc) to give professional advice: He consults on Mondays and Fridays.) svetovati•- consultation* * *[kənsʌlt]1.transitive verbvprašati za nasvet, za navodila; medicine konzultirati; upoštevati;2.intransitive verbto consult one's pillow — prespati, dobro si premislitito consult one's watch — pogledati, koliko je ura -
11 contrive
1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) posrečiti se2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) spretno narediti, scimprati•* * *[kəntráiv]transitive verb & intransitive verbiznajti, izmisliti, izumiti; izvršiti, urediti; delati načrte, načrtovati; znajti se, znati si pomagatito contrive to live, to cut and contrive — preživljati se s skromnimi sredstvi, varčno živeti -
12 disarm
1) (to take away weapons from: He crept up from behind and managed to disarm the gunman.) razorožiti2) (to get rid of weapons of war: Not until peace was made did the victors consider it safe to disarm.) razorožiti (se)3) (to make less hostile; to charm.) razorožiti•- disarming
- disarmingly* * *[disá:m]1.transitive verb & intransitive verbrazorožiti, pomiriti, spraviti (se);2.figurativelyublažiti, pomiriti -
13 dismount
(to get off a horse, bicycle etc: He dismounted and pushed his bicycle up the hill.) razjahati* * *[dismáunt]transitive verb & intransitive verbrazjahati; iz sedla vreči; narazen vzeti, razstaviti, demontirati -
14 diverge
1) (to separate and go in different directions: The roads diverge three kilometres further on.) cepiti se2) (to differ (from someone or something else); to go away (from a standard): This is where our opinions diverge.) razhajati se•- divergent* * *[daiv:ɜ:dž, divɜ:dž]intransitive verb & transitive verb( from) razmikati, cepiti, razhajati se; drug od drugega se oddaljevati; razlikovati, odkloniti se; skreniti, zaviti -
15 expand
(to make or grow larger; to spread out wider: Metals expand when heated; He does exercises to expand his chest; The school's activities have been expanded to include climbing and mountaineering.) širiti (se)- expanse- expansion* * *[ikspaend]1.transitive verb( into) raztegniti, razširiti, razgrniti, razviti, razprostreti; na široko razlagati, opisovati;2.intransitive verbširiti, razvijati, večati se; postati zaupljiv, zgovornejši -
16 fumble
1) (to use one's hands awkwardly and with difficulty: He fumbled with the key; She fumbled about in her bag for her key.) tipati (z, za)2) (to drop a ball (clumsily), or fail to hold or catch it.) nerodno prijeti žogo* * *I [fʌmbl]1.intransitive verb(for, after) tipati, s tipanjem iskati; otipavati, okorno prijemati; ( with) biti štorast, šušmariti;2.transitive verbnerodno prijemati (žogo)II [fʌmbl]nounnerodnost, nespretnost; šušmarstvo -
17 gargle
(to wash the throat eg with a soothing liquid, by letting the liquid lie in the throat and breathing out against it.) grgrati* * *[gá:gl]1.nounvoda za grgranje; jocosely pijača;2.intransitive verb & transitive verbgrgrati, usta in grlo izpirati -
18 generalize
1) (to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases: He's trying to generalize from only two examples.) posplošiti2) (to talk (about something) in general terms: We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.) govoriti na splošno* * *[džénərəlaiz]1.transitive verbposplošiti, generalizirati;2.intransitive verb( from) delati splošne zaključke; popularizirati -
19 govern
1) (to rule: The queen governed (the country) wisely and well.) vladati2) (to influence: Our policy is governed by three factors.) vplivati* * *[gʌvən]transitive verb & intransitive verbvoditi, krmariti; vladati, upravljati; krotiti; vplivati; grammar vezati se s čim -
20 loosen
1) (to make or become loose: She loosened the string; The screw had loosened and fallen out.) popustiti2) (to relax (eg a hold): He loosened his grip.) zrahljati* * *[lu:sn]1.transitive verbpopustiti, zrahljati, odvezati, razvezati (vozel, vezi, jezik); med omehčati (kašelj, stolico); figuratively popustiti, ublažiti (disciplino); zrahljati (zemljo); spustiti, odrešiti, osvoboditi;2.intransitive verbzrahljati se, odvezati se, odpeti se; figuratively popustiti, popuščati; medicine zmehčati se (stolica), popustiti (kašelj)
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