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61 disgrace
[dis'ɡreis] 1. noun1) (the state of being out of favour: He is in disgrace because of his behaviour.) nemilost2) (a state of being without honour and regarded without respect: There seemed to be nothing ahead of him but disgrace and shame.) ponižanje3) (something which causes or ought to cause shame: Your clothes are a disgrace!) sramota2. verb1) (to bring shame upon: Did you have to disgrace me by appearing in those clothes?) (o)sramotiti2) (to dismiss from a position of importance: He was publicly disgraced.) ponižati•- disgracefully* * *I [disgréis]nounsramota; nemilostto bring disgrace on ( —ali upon) s.o. — onečastiti, osramotiti kogato fall into disgrace with s.o. — pasti v nemilost koga, zameriti se komuto be a disgrace to s.o. — biti komu v sramotoII [disgréis]transitive verbonečastiti; (o)sramotiti; poniž(ev)ati; degradiratito disgrace o.s. — osramotiti se -
62 grate
I [ɡreit] noun(a framework of iron bars for holding a fire in a fireplace.) rešetoII [ɡreit] verb1) (to rub (cheese, vegetables etc) into small pieces by means of a grater.) strgati2) (to irritate: His voice grates on me.) dražiti•- grater- grating* * *I [greit]transitive verb & intransitive verb(against, on, upon) praskati; škripati, škrtati; strgati; figuratively dražiti, biti zoprnII [greit]1.transitive verbzamrežiti;2.nounmreža, rešetka; rešeto; figuratively kamin, ognjišče -
63 heap
[hi:p] 1. noun1) (a large amount or a large number, in a pile: a heap of sand/apples.) kup2) ((usually in plural with of) many, much or plenty: We've got heaps of time; I've done that heaps of times.) na kupe, neštetokrat2. verb1) (to put, throw etc in a heap: I'll heap these stones (up) in a corner of the garden.) (na)kopičiti2) (to fill or cover with a heap: He heaped his plate with vegetables; He heaped insults on his opponent.) napolniti, obsipati•- heaped* * *I [hi:p]nounkup, gomila; colloquially množica, kup; American slang stara krača (avto)heap of charcoals — oglenica, kopato be struck ( —ali knocked) all of a heap — biti zbegan, ostati brez besedII [hi:p]transitive verbkopičiti, nakopičiti, nametati (up, together)to heap favours upon s.o. — obsipati koga z dobrotamito heap coals of fire on s.o.'s head — povrniti zlo z dobrototo heap insults upon s.o. — obmetavati koga z žalitvami -
64 hit
[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) udariti, zadeti2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) odbiti3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) prizadeti4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) zadeti, naleteti na2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) udarec2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) zadetek3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) uspešnica•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with* * *I [hit]nounudarec (at komu); zadetek, sreča; posrečena misel, posrečena pripomba, uspel poskus; uspela knjiga, popevka, drama itd.; American printing odtisII [hit]1.transitive verbudariti, poriniti, zadeti; figuratively prizadeti; zaleteti se v; figuratively naleteti na, najti; zadeti, uganiti; figuratively ostro kritizirati, bičati (napake); doseči, uspeti;2.intransitive verbtolči (at po); slučajno naleteti (on, upon na); zadeti ( against na); American colloquially vžgati, teči (motor)to be hard ( —ali badly) hit by — biti močno prizadet od, izgubiti veliko denarjaAmerican to hit the books — guliti secolloquially to hit the bottle — pijančevatito hit s.o. a blow — koga močno udaritito hit s.o. below the belt — udariti pod pasom (boks), nepošteno se boriti, nečastno ravnatiAmerican colloquially to hit on all four cylinders — dobro teči, figuratively dobro potekatito hit s.o.'s fancy ( —ali taste) — zadeti, uganiti okus nekogato hit home — zadeti v živec, priti do živcato hit s.o. home — zavrniti koga, zasoliti jo komuhit hard! — močno udari!to hit the jackpot — terno zadeti, priti nenadoma do denarjafiguratively to hit a man when he is down — zadati udarce človeku v nesrečinautical to hit a mine — zadeti na minoAmerican to hit the numbers pool — zadeti pti lotuto hit the spot — pravo zadeti, zadovoljitiAmerican colloquially to hit the town — prispeti v mestocolloquially to hit it up — pošteno se česa lotiti -
65 impress
[im'pres]1) (to cause feelings of admiration etc in (a person): I was impressed by his good behaviour.) narediti dober vtis2) ((with on or upon) to stress (something to someone): I must impress upon you the need for silence.) prepričati koga o čem3) (to fix (a fact etc in the mind): She re-read the plans in order to impress the details on her memory.) vtisniti4) (make (a mark) on something by pressing: a footprint impressed in the sand.) odtisniti•- impressive
- impressively
- impressiveness
- be under the impression that
- be under the impression* * *I [ímpres]nounodtis, vtisk, žig, pečat; figuratively dojem, vtisII [imprés]transitive verbvtisniti, pritisniti pečat; narediti vtis, vplivati (on na); navdati koga ( with s, z), dojmitito impress a thing on s.o. — prepričati koga o čemto impress o.s. on s.o. — vplivati na koga, dojmiti kogato be favourably impressed by s.th. — dobiti ali imeti dober vtis o čemIII [imprés]transitive verbna silo novačiti (v vojsko ali mornarico); rekvirirati, zaseči -
66 indent
1. [in'dent] verb(to begin (a line of writing) farther in from the margin than the other lines.) napraviti umik2. ['indent] noun((also indentation) the space left at the beginning of a line, eg the first line of a paragraph.) umik- indented* * *I [indént]nounnazobčanje (roba), zajeda, zareza, zaseka; economy naročilo (blaga); printing umik vrstice; British English military zasežba, rekvizicija; juridically pogodba, pogodbena listina; American economy history državna zadolžnicaII [indént]1.transitive verbnazobčati, zarezati, zasekati, zajedati (morje); printing pomakniti vrstico, napraviti nov odstavek; economy naročiti blago; British English military rekvirirati, zaseči;2.intransitive verb juridically archaicnapraviti pogodboeconomy to indent upon s.o. — sklicevati se na kogato indent upon s.o. for s.th. — zahtevati kaj od koga; naročiti kaj pri komIII [indént]nounuglobljenje, poglobitevIV [indént]transitive verbvtisniti (in v), poglobiti -
67 inflict
[in'flikt]((with on) to give or impose (something unpleasant and unwanted): Was it necessary to inflict such a punishment on him?; She is always inflicting her company on me.) naložiti (kazen); vsiliti* * *[inflíkt]transitive verbprizadeti, zadati (on, upon komu); naložiti kazen, globoto inflict o.s. upon s.o. — vsiliti se komu -
68 jar
I noun(a kind of bottle made of glass or pottery, with a wide mouth: She poured the jam into large jars; jam-jars.) vrčII past tense, past participle - jarred; verb1) ((with on) to have a harsh and startling effect (on): Her sharp voice jarred on my ears.) praskati2) (to give a shock to: The car accident had jarred her nerves.) pretresti•- jarring* * *I [dža:]nounkozarec, vrč, steklenicaphysics Leyden jar — leidenska steklenicaII [dža:]nounškripanje, šklepetanje; tresenje, pretres; prepir, neprijetno presenečenje; music & figuratively disonanca, nesoglasjeIII [dža:]1.intransitive verbškripati, šklepetati, praskati; (s)tresti se; music disonirati; iti skozi ušesa, boleti, žaliti (čut) (on, upon); tepsti se (barve), ne skladati se ( with s, z), nasprotovati si; prepirati se;2.transitive verbškripati, praskati s čim ( with); figuratively vznemirjati, pretrestihis laugh jars on me — njegov smeh mi gre na živce, njegov smeh mi gre skozi ušesa;IV [dža:]nouncolloquially obrat, obračanje (samo v frazi): on the jar — priprt (vrata) -
69 model
['modl] 1. noun1) (a copy or representation of something usually on a much smaller scale: a model of the Taj Mahal; ( also adjective) a model aeroplane.) model2) (a particular type or design of something, eg a car, that is manufactured in large numbers: Our car is a 1999 model.) model3) (a person who wears clothes etc so that possible buyers can see them being worn: He has a job as a male fashion model.) maneken, manekenka4) (a person who is painted, sculpted, photographed etc by an artist, photographer etc: I work as an artist's model.) model5) (something that can be used to copy from.) vzorec6) (a person or thing which is an excellent example: She is a model of politeness; ( also adjective) model behaviour.) vzor2. verb1) (to wear (clothes etc) to show them to possible buyers: They model (underwear) for a living.) biti maneken, manekenka2) (to work or pose as a model for an artist, photographer etc: She models at the local art school.) pozirati3) (to make models (of things or people): to model (the heads of famous people) in clay.) modelirati4) (to form (something) into a (particular) shape: She modelled the clay into the shape of a penguin; She models herself on her older sister.) oblikovati; zgledovati se•* * *I [mɔdl]adjectivevzoren, zgleden; vzorčen, modelarskiII [mɔdl]nounmodel, vzor ( for za); vzorec, kalup; slikarski model; manekenIII [mɔdl]1.transitive verbmodelirati, oblikovati; figuratively oblikovati po vzoru na (after, on, upon);2.intransitive verbnapraviti vzorec; biti za model, biti maneken -
70 neighbo(u)r
I [néibə]nounsosed, bližnjikII [néibə]1.transitive verbmejiti na, dotikati se česa;2.intransitive verb -
71 pause
[po:z] 1. noun1) (a short stop, break or interval (while doing something): There was a pause in the conversation.) premor2) (the act of making a musical note or rest slightly longer than normal, or a mark showing that this is to be done.) pavza2. verb(to stop talking, working etc for a short time: They paused for a cup of tea.) narediti premor* * *I [pɔ:z]nounpremolk, odmor, oddih, pavza; obotavljanje, pomislek; printing pomišljajII [pɔ:z]intransitive verbpremolkniti, prenehati, počiti; obotavljati se, pomišljati; pomuditi se, obstati (on, upon pri) -
72 pounce
1. verb(to jump suddenly, in order to seize or attack: The cat waited beside the bird-cage, ready to pounce.) planiti, naskočiti (koga)2. noun(an act of pouncing; a sudden attack: The cat made a pounce at the bird.) napad* * *I [páuns]nounnenaden skok ali spust, zalet, napad na plen; zoology krempelj (roparske ptice)to make a pounce — zaleteti se, vreči se na kajII [páuns]intransitive verbplaniti (at na), nenadoma napasti, zaleteti se za skok, spustiti se (on, upon na plen); planiti ( into v); figuratively napasti (on, upon; napake itd.); udaritiIII [páuns]1.nounplovčev prašek (za glajenje); ogleni prah, prerisovalni prašek (za luknjičasti vzorec); naluknjan papir z vzorcem;2.transitive verbgladiti s plovcem; prerisati (vzorec) skozi papir; zbočiti kovino v vzorce -
73 presume
[prə'zju:m]1) (to believe that something is true without proof; to take for granted: When I found the room empty, I presumed that you had gone home; `Has he gone?' `I presume so.') domnevati2) (to be bold enough (to act without the right, knowledge etc to do so): I wouldn't presume to advise someone as clever as you.) dovoliti si•- presumption
- presumptuous
- presumptuousness* * *[prizjú:m]1.transitive verbdomnevati, predpostavljati, sklepati ( from iz); dovoliti si kaj, predrzniti si, upati si (to do s.th. kaj narediti);2.intransitive verbbiti predrzen; izkoristiti, zlorabiti (on, upon)ignorance presumes where knowledge is timid — nevednost je drzna, kjer se vednost obotavljato presume upon s.o. — izkoristiti koga, preveč si dovoliti -
74 react
[ri'ækt]1) (to behave in a certain way as a result of something: How did he react when you called him a fool?; He reacted angrily to the criticism; Hydrogen reacts with oxygen to form water.) odzivati se2) ((with against) to behave or act in a certain way in order to show rejection of: Young people tend to react against their parents.) upirati se3) ((with to) to be affected, usually badly, by (a drug etc): I react very badly to penicillin.) odzivati se•- reaction- reactionary
- reactor* * *[riaekt]intransitive verbreagirati, vplivati, delovati nasprotno ali nazaj; odgovoriti, reagirati (na); delovati, vplivati vzajemno ( upon each other drugo na drugo); upirati se ( against); chemistry reagirati, delovati (on, upon na); military napraviti protinapad, protiofenzivo; vznemiriti se, razdražiti se, razburiti sehow did she react when she heard the news? — kako je reagirala (se zadržala), ko je slišala novico? -
75 rebound
(to bounce back: The ball rebounded off the wall.) odskočiti* * *I [ribáund]nounodboj, odbijanje, odskok; povratno delovanje, povratni udarec, ponoven udarec, vračanje, delovanje proti, reakcija; figuratively preobrat; odmev, razleganje; figuratively razočaranjeto take (to catch) s.o. on (at) the rebound — ujeti koga pri odskoku, figuratively pregovoriti koga, da nekaj naredi na drugačen način, in to v trenutku, ko mu je spodletelo pri prvem poskusu; figuratively izkoristiti razočaranje kake osebeII [ri:báund]intransitive verbzopet skočiti, odskočiti, odbiti se ( from od); figuratively skočiti nazaj ( upon na), pasti nazaj naIII [ri:báund]1.preterite & past participle od to rebind;2.adjectiveznova vezan (o knjigi) -
76 reliance
* * *[riláiəns]nounzaupanje, zanašanje na; opora, pomočself reliance — samozaupanje, zaupanje vaseI place full reliance upon him — imam polno zaupanje vanj, popolnoma mu zaupam -
77 remark
1. noun(a comment; something said: The chairman made a few remarks, then introduced the speaker.) pripomba2. verb(to say; to comment: `She's a good-looking girl,' he remarked; He remarked that she was good-looking; He remarked on her good looks.) pripomniti- remarkably* * *I [rimá:k]nounopazka, opomba, pripomba; komentar; kritika; upoštevanjeworthy of remark — vreden pozornosti (upoštevanja), omembe vredento make a remark — pripomniti, rečidid he make any remark on it? — je imel (on) kako pripombo glede tega?it did not escape his remark — to ni ušlo njegovi pozornosti, ni ostalo pri njem neopaženoII [rimá:k]transitive verbopaziti, zaznati; pripomniti, komentirati, kritizirati; opozoriti (na); intransitive verb izreči svojo sodbo (on, upon na), dati svoje pripombe, pojasniti, povedati svoje stališče (on, upon o, gledé)to remark on s.th. — omeniti kajallow me to remark that it is getting late — dovolite, da vas opozorim, da je že pozno -
78 remonstrate
[rimɔnstreit]intransitive verb & transitive verbugovarjati, protestirati ( against proti), pritožiti se; očitati kaj, zameriti komu (on, upon kaj, that da); imeti kritične pripombe; upirati se (čemu), protestirati, remonstriratito remonstrate with s.o. on (upon), for s.th. — delati komu očitke gledé česa, zaradi česa -
79 repose
[rə'pəuz](rest; calm; peacefulness.) počitek, spokojnost* * *I [ripóuz]nounpočitek, počivanje, mirovanje, odmor; mir, pokoj, tišina, spanje, sen; oddih ( from od); umirjenost, mirnost; (umetnost) harmonijaII [ripóuz]transitive verbpoložiti; staviti, dati (svoje upanje, zaupanje) (in v, na); (redko) odložitito repose oneself — odpočiti se, leči k počitku; biti pokopan (v grobu); mirovati, ležati (on na), spati (in v); odpočiti se; figuratively temeljiti, počivati (on na), biti osnovan (on, upon na); zaupati (in v), zanašati se (on, upon na)to repose one's confidence (one's trust) in... — zaupati se (komu)I have not a stone to repose my head on — niti kamna nimam, da bi nanj položil glavo -
80 reprisal
(something bad done to someone in return for something bad he has done to one; an act of revenge.) maščevanje* * *[ripráizəl]nounprotimera, nasprotni ukrep, povračilo; history nasilen odvzem posesti, zaplemba, zasega; aretacija tujih državljanov za (kot) povračilo; (redko) odškodnina; archaic (pomorski) plenreprisals plural juridically & politics represalije; nasprotni, povračilni ukrepi, povračilo, maščevanje
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