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1 pretence
[-s]noun ((an) act of pretending: Under the pretence of friendship, he persuaded her to get into his car.) pretveza* * *[priténs]nounBritish English izgovor, pretveza; pravica, zahteva; figuratively videz, pretvara, krinka, lažto make a pretence of — hliniti, trditifiguratively to abandon the pretence — sneti krinko -
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1. preposition1) (in or to a position lower than, or covered by: Your pencil is under the chair; Strange plants grow under the sea.) pod2) (less than, or lower in rank than: Children under five should not cross the street alone; You can do the job in under an hour.) manj kot3) (subject to the authority of: As a foreman, he has about fifty workers under him.) pod4) (used to express various states: The fort was under attack; The business improved under the new management; The matter is under consideration/discussion.) za časa; v2. adverb(in or to a lower position, rank etc: The swimmer surfaced and went under again; children aged seven and under.) niže; manj- under-* * *[ʌndə]1.prepositionpod; pod vodstvom, pod zaščito; pod vplivom (pritiskom); za časa, za vladanja, med; na osnovi, na temelju, v smislu, pounder one's belt figuratively v želodcuunder darkness — v temi, v zaščiti temeunder consideration — v proučevanju, v pretresanjuthe matter under discussion — zadeva, ki je v diskusijiunder hatches — v zaporu; propadel, mrtev; nautical pod palubounder pretence that... — pod pretvezo, da...ship under the sea nautical brez pomoči morju izpostavljena ladjaunder the rose figuratively zaupnoto be under a cloud figuratively biti v nemilosti; biti v denarni stiskithe total falls under what was expected — celotna vsota je ostala pod pričakovanjem;2.adverbspodaj; niže; manjto go under American podleči, propastithe sun is under — sonce je zašlo;3.adjectivespodnji; nižji; podrejenthe under dog colloquially pes (figuratively oseba), ki podleže v boju
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