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1 few
[fju:]adjective, pronoun(not many; a very small number of: Few people visit me nowadays; every few minutes (= very frequently); Such opportunities are few.) redek; malo- a few- few and far between* * *I [fju:]adjectivemalo (za množino), nekaj, maloštevilni, majhno število česacolloquially a good few, quite a few — precejšnje število, precejno fewer than — najmanj, vsajII [fju:]nounmanjšina; majhno število -
2 many
['meni] 1. comparative - more; adjective(a great number of: Many languages are spoken in Africa; There weren't very many people; You've made a great/good many mistakes.) mnogo2. pronoun(a great number: A few people survived, but many died.) mnogi- many-- many a* * *I [méni]adjectivemnogi, številni, mnogo, velikomany times — velikokrat, čestohow many? — koliko?how many times? — kolikokrat?to be one too many for — biti premočen za, biti prekanjenone too many — odveč, nezaželjen, eden prevečin so many words — dobesedno, izrecnomany's the — mnogo jih je, kiII [méni]nounmnožica, mnogi -
3 smart
1. adjective1) (neat and well-dressed; fashionable: You're looking very smart today; a smart suit.) eleganten2) (clever and quick in thought and action: We need a smart boy to help in the shop; I don't trust some of those smart salesmen.) bister3) (brisk; sharp: She gave him a smart slap on the cheek.) krepek2. verb1) ((of part of the body) to be affected by a sharp stinging feeling: The thick smoke made his eyes smart.) pekoč2) (to feel annoyed, resentful etc after being insulted etc: He is still smarting from your remarks.) boleti3. noun(the stinging feeling left by a blow or the resentful feeling left by an insult: He could still feel the smart of her slap/insult.) pekoča bolečina- smarten- smartly
- smartness
- smart bomb
- smart card* * *I [sma:t]1.adjectiveostroumen, bister, razumen, duhovit, iznajdljiv, prebrisan, zvit, pretkan; figuratively piker, jedek, zajedljiv (opazka), odrezav (odgovor); oster (bolečina), pekoč, hud (udarec); močan, energičen; spreten, okreten, sposoben; živahen, krepak, svež; eleganten, čeden, okusen, po modi, moden; urejen; imeniten, načičkan, gizdalinski; colloquially precejšen, veliksmart people — elegantni svet, ljudjea smart retort — hiter in duhoviti, odrezav odgovora smart salesman — dober (iznajdljiv, sposoben, aktiven) prodajalecthe smart set — elegantna, modna družbalook smart! — zbudi(te) se!to make a smart job of it — dobro kaj opraviti (izpeljati, izvesti);2.adverb (redko) pametno; lepó, čedno; močnó, silnoshe is smart dressed — čedno (elegantno) je oblečena;3.nounostra, žgoča, pekoča bolečina; žalost, skrb, tesnoba, potrtost, grenkoba; gorje, trpljenjeII [sma:t]intransitive verbzelo (za)boleti, povzročiti bolečino, (za)čutiti ostro bolečino; imeti bolečine; trpeti (from, under od); figuratively kesati se ( for za, zaradi), pokoriti se, pretrpeti kazen; transitive verb boleti (koga), prizadeti bolečino ali žalost (komu)does your burn smart? — vas opeklina zelo boli?you shall smart for it! — kesal se boš za to, obžaloval boš (žal ti bo za) to, plačal mi boš to! -
4 common
['komən] 1. adjective1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) običajen2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) skupen3) (publicly owned: common property.) javen4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) prostaški5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) poprečen6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) obči2. noun((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) občinsko zemljišče- commoner- common knowledge
- common law
- common-law
- commonplace
- common-room
- common sense
- the Common Market
- the House of Commons
- the Commons
- in common* * *I [kɔmən]adjective ( commonly adverb)skupen, javen; navaden, poprečen, obči; prostaški, plebejski, vulgarento make common cause with — podpirati kaj, delati za isto stvarslang common or garden — zelo vsakdanji, šablonskimusic common chord — trozvokgrammar common gender — dvojni spolII [kɔmən]nounobčinsko zemljišče, občinski pašnik; juridically dohodek od zemljišča
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