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1 unsuccessful
[ʌnsəksésful]adjective ( unsuccessfully adverb)neuspešen, brezuspešen; neuspel; odklonjen pri izpituunsuccessful applicants, candidates — odklonjeni prosilci, kandidatiunsuccessful take-off aeronautics neuspel start (vzlet) -
2 abortive
[-tiv]adjective (unsuccessful: an abortive attempt to climb the mountain.) neuspešen* * *[əbɔ:tiv]adjective ( abortively adverb)biology nedonošen, nezrel, predčasno rojen; figuratively neuspel -
3 effort
['efət]1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) napor2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) napor3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) dosežek•- effortlessly* * *[éfət]nounnapor, trud, boj; technical moč, napetost; colloquially dosežek, uspehcolloquially a fine effort — dober uspeh -
4 fail
[feil] 1. verb1) (to be unsuccessful (in); not to manage (to do something): They failed in their attempt; I failed my exam; I failed to post the letter.) spodleteti2) (to break down or cease to work: The brakes failed.) pokvariti se3) (to be insufficient or not enough: His courage failed (him).) pustiti na cedilu4) ((in a test, examination etc) to reject (a candidate): The examiner failed half the class.) vreči (na izpitu)5) (to disappoint: They did not fail him in their support.) pustiti na cedilu•- failing2. preposition(if (something) fails or is lacking: Failing his help, we shall have to try something else.) brez- failure- without fail* * *I [feil]1.intransitive verbmanjkati, ne zadostovati; prenehati, pešati, slabeti, slabšati se, ne moči; (in) ponesrečiti se, spodleteti, ne uspeti; pasti pri izpitu;2.transitive verbizneveriti se, razočarati, pustiti na cedilu; pustiti pasti (pri izpitu); ne imeti; doživeti denarni polomto fail in business — propasti, bankrotiratiII [feil]noun -
5 failure
[-jə]1) (the state or act of failing: She was upset by her failure in the exam; failure of the electricity supply.) neuspeh; okvara2) (an unsuccessful person or thing: He felt he was a failure.) neuspešnež3) (inability, refusal etc to do something: his failure to reply.) nezmožnost* * *[féilə]nounpropadanje, razdor; neuspeh, polomija, fiasko; brodolom; manjkanje; bankrot; razočaranje; zanemarjanje; nesrečnik, -nicato turn out a failure, to be a failure — ne se obnestito end in ( —ali meet with) failure — doživeti neuspeh, ne se posrečitihe is a failure — nima uspeha, ni za nič -
6 flop
[flop] 1. past tense, past participle - flopped; verb1) (to fall or sit down suddenly and heavily: She flopped into an armchair.) sesesti se2) (to hang or swing about loosely: Her hair flopped over her face.) frfotati3) ((of a theatrical production) to fail; to be unsuccessful: the play flopped.) izjaloviti se, propasti2. noun1) ((a) flopping movement.) padec2) (a failure: The show was a complete flop.) polom•- floppy- floppy disk* * *I [flɔp]nounpadec; polom; izjalovitev; razočaranjeslang to go flop — doživeti polomII [flɔp]interjectiončof!III [flɔp]1.intransitive verb( down) sesti, poklekniti, leči, spustiti se, čofniti; slang doživeti polom; slang odpasti; obračati se po vetru; kriliti, frfotati; premetavati se;2.transitive verbbutniti, vreči; zavihati (krajevec klobuka); razočarati -
7 regret
[rə'ɡret] 1. past tense, past participle - regretted; verb(to be sorry about: I regret my foolish behaviour; I regret that I missed the concert; I regret missing the concert; I regret to inform you that your application for the job was unsuccessful.)2. noun(a feeling of sorrow, or of having done something wrong: I have no regrets / I feel no regret about what I did; It was with deep regret that I heard the news of his death.) obžalovanje- regretfully
- regrettable
- regrettably* * *I [rigrét]nounobžalovanje, kesanje, kes; skrb ( for za); opravičevanje; žalost, bolečina, bolest; razočaranjewith regret — z obžalovanjem, neradit is a regret to me — žal mi je, obžalujemI expressed (I sent) my regret for refusing — opravičil sem se, ker sem odklonilII [rigrét]transitive verbobžalovati; kesati se; želeti, da se nekaj ne vrne; žalovati za čem, z obžalovanjem misliti nahis health, I regret to say, is not good — njegovo zdravje žal ni dobroit is to be regretted that... — treba je obžalovati, da..., škoda, da... -
8 successful
[-'ses-]adjective ((negative unsuccessful) having success: Were you successful in finding a new house?; The successful applicant for this job will be required to start work next month; a successful career.) uspešen* * *[səksésful]adjective ( successfully adverb)uspešen, kronan z uspehom; srečento be successful in doing s.th. — uspešno kaj napraviti, imeti uspeh pri čem -
9 vain
[vein]1) (having too much pride in one's appearance, achievements etc; conceited: She's very vain about her good looks.) domišljav2) (unsuccessful: He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning woman.) brezuspešen3) (empty; meaningless: vain threats; vain promises.) prazen•- vainly- vanity
- in vain* * *[véin]adjective ( vainly adverb)brezuspešen, jalov, brez koristi, zastonjski; nadut, domišljav, nečimrn, bahaški; prazen, plitev, puhel, ničev; nepomemben, nebistven (razlika); (redko) bedast, trivialenin vain, obsolete for vain — zaman, zastonjit was vain to protest — protesti so bili zaman, niso nič zaleglito take God's name ( —ali the name of the Lord) in vain religion po nemarnem izgovarjati božje ime (imenovati boga) -
10 bite the dust
(to fail; to be unsuccessful: That's another scheme that's bitten the dust.) polomiti si zobe -
11 draw a blank
(to be unsuccessful in a search, inquiry etc.) ostati praznih rok
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