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1 tried
[fráid]1.preterite & past participle od to try;2.adjectivepreizkušen; zanesljiv, zvest; obsolete očiščen -
2 battle-tried
[baetltraid]adjectivev boju prekaljen -
3 well-tried
[wéltráid]adjectivepreizkušen -
4 world-tried
[wɜ:ldtraid]adjectiveizkušen -
5 try
1. verb1) (to attempt or make an effort (to do, get etc): He tried to answer the questions; Let's try and climb that tree!) poskusiti2) (to test; to make an experiment (with) in order to find out whether something will be successful, satisfactory etc: She tried washing her hair with a new shampoo; Try one of these sweets.) preizkusiti3) (to judge (someone or their case) in a court of law: The prisoners were tried for murder.) postaviti pred sodišče4) (to test the limits of; to strain: You are trying my patience.) preizkušati2. noun1) (an attempt or effort: Have a try (at the exam). I'm sure you will pass.) poskus2) (in rugby football, an act of putting the ball on the ground behind the opponents' goal-line: Our team scored three tries.) poskus•- trier- trying
- try on
- try out* * *I [trái]nouncolloquially poskus, eksperiment; poskušnja; preizkušnjato have a try at s.th. — poskusiti kaj, napraviti poskus s čimhe had a good try — poskušal je, kolikor je mogelII [trái]transitive verbposkusiti, lotiti se, začeti; preizkusiti, raziskati; pokusiti (jed); ugotoviti (kaj) s poskusom, eksperimentirati z; juridically (sodno) preiskovati (primer), zasliševati, izpraševati pred sodiščem; soditi, voditi sodni postopek, postaviti pred sodišče ( for zaradi); odločiti, rešiti (spor, vprašanje); (po)skušati (kaj izvesti, doseči); (večinoma try up) (pre)čistiti, rafinirati (kovine, olje itd.), rektificirati (špirit), stopiti (mast, loj itd.); prenapenjati, utrujati (oči), mučiti, preveč zahtevati od, staviti na hudo preizkušnjo; (večinoma try up) tesati, strugati, stružiti, rezljati; intransitive verb poskusiti, napraviti poskus; truditi se ( for za), prizadevati si, mučiti se(at z)a tried friend — zvest, zanesljiv prijateljgo and try! — poskusi!try again! — poskusi še enkrat!try and repeat! colloquially poskusi ponoviti!I'll try my best ( —ali my hardest) — skušal bom napraviti vse, kar bo v moji močito try one's hand at — preizkusiti svojo spretnost v, poskusiti sevto be tried for one's life — biti sojen (biti pred sodiščem) zaradi zločina, ki se lahko kaznuje s smrtjoto try it on s.o. slang skušati koga prelisičitito try it on the dog figuratively koga uporabiti za poskusnega kunca; igrati gledališko igro za poskušnjo najprej na deželiI was afraid he was going to try s.th. wild — bal sem se, da bo napravil kako neumnostto try one's luck with s.o. — poskusiti svojo srečo pri komhe tried hard for a job — zelo si je prizadeval, da bi dobil (kako) delo (službo)try the ice before you skate figuratively premisli, preden kaj storiš!; -
6 result
1. noun1) (anything which is due to something already done: His deafness is the result of a car accident; He went deaf as a result of an accident; He tried a new method, with excellent results; He tried again, but without result.) posledica; uspeh2) (the answer to a sum etc: Add all these figures and tell me the result.) rezultat3) (the final score: What was the result of Saturday's match?) izid4) ((often in plural) the list of people who have been successful in a competition, of subjects a person has passed or failed in an examination etc: He had very good exam results; The results will be published next week.) rezultati2. verb1) ((often with from) to be caused (by something): We will pay for any damage which results (from our experiments).) izvirati2) ((with in) to cause or have as a result: The match resulted in a draw.) imeti za posledico* * *I [rizʌlt]nounrezultat, (dober) izid (tudi mathematics), uspeh; plod, sad; posledica, posledek, učinek; konec; zaključek; (končni) izsledekwithout result — brezuspešen, brezploden, jalovII [rizʌlt]intransitive verbrezultirati, logično slediti ( from iz), izhajati, izvirati, slediti iz, biti posledica, imeti za posledico; končati se (in v, z); imeti izvor, vir, poreklo ( from v); juridically ponoviti (napraviti) ponoven prestopekto result in failure — ne uspeti, spodleteti -
7 alternate
1. ['o:ltəneit] verb(to use, do etc by turns, repeatedly, one after the other: John alternates between teaching and studying; He tried to alternate red and yellow tulips along the path as he planted them.) menjavati2. [o:l'tə:nət] adjective1) (coming, happening etc in turns, one after the other: The water came in alternate bursts of hot and cold.) menjajoč se2) (every second (day, week etc): My friend and I take the children to school on alternate days.) vsak drugi•- alternation* * *I [ɔ:ltɜ:nit]1.adjective ( alternately adverb)izmeničen, vsak drugi;2.nounnamestnikII [ɔ:ltəneit]transitive verb & intransitive verb( with) vrstiti se, menjati (se) izmenjavati (se) -
8 attention
[ə'tenʃən]1) (notice: He tried to attract my attention; Pay attention to your teacher!) pozornost2) (care: That broken leg needs urgent attention.) skrb, nega3) (concentration of the mind: His attention wanders.) zbranost4) ((in the army etc) a position in which one stands very straight with hands by the sides and feet together: He stood to attention.) mirno•- attentively
- attentiveness* * *I [əténšən]nounpozornost; oskrba, nega, negovanje; plural dvorjenje; military pozorto give ( —ali pay) attention to — paziti na kaj, upoštevati, uvaževati kajmilitary to stand at attention — v pozoru statito be all attention — pazljivo poslušati, napenjati ušesaII [əténšən]interjectionmilitary pozor!, mirno! -
9 attract
[ə'trækt]1) (to cause (someone or something) to come towards: A magnet attracts iron; I tried to attract her attention.) privlačiti; pritegniti2) (to arouse (someone's) liking or interest: She attracted all the young men in the neighbourhood.) privlačiti•- attractive
- attractively
- attractiveness* * *[ətraekt]transitive verbprivleči; figuratively privabiti, mikati, očarati -
10 catch
[kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) ujeti; pritegniti2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) ujeti3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) presenetiti4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) zboleti za5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) ujeti (se)6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) udariti7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) ujeti8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) vneti se2. noun1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) prijem2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) kljuka3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) ulov4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) past•- catching- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up* * *I [kæč]1.transitive verbujeti, zgrabiti, uloviti; zasačiti; dohiteti; očarati; (at, in pri) presenetiti; zamrzniti;2.intransitive verbprijemati, zgrabiti; zatakniti se; vneti se (ogenj)to catch s.o. bending — zasačiti kogato catch s.o. a blow — udariti kogato catch a glimpse of s.o. — bežno koga zagledatito catch the idea ( —ali point) — razumeti, doumeti, zapopasti miselto catch hold of s.th. — polastiti se česa, prijeti kajcatch me! — nikakor ne! še na misel mi ne prideto catch s.o. napping — zasačiti koga, ko ne opravlja svojega delaslang you will catch it! — ti bom že pokazal!II [kæč]nounplen, lov, ulov; prijem; ukana, trik, past; ugodna ženitev; zavora, kljuka, zaponka; music skladba za tri ali več glasov, kanon; zastoj; figuratively težavaslang a great catch — dober lov -
11 character
['kærəktə] 1. noun1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) značaj; vrsta2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) značaj3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) dober glas4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) oseba (v igri)5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) čudak6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) črka•2. noun(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) značilnost- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation* * *I [kaeriktə]nounznak, pisava, črka, številka; dostojatnstvo, stan, položaj; značaj; oseba, igralec, -lka; dober glas; čudak; spričevalo; opis; kakovost, lastnostto see s.th. in its true character — videti kaj v pravi lučifiguratively to set the character of s.th. — vtisniti čemu pečatto give s.o. a good character — dati komu dobro spričevaloII [kaeriktə]transitive verbpoetically archaic opisati -
12 civilize
(to change the ways of (a primitive people) to those found in a more advanced type of society: The Romans tried to civilize the ancient Britons.) civilizirati- civilisation* * *[sívilaiz]transitive verbomikati, izobraziti, civilizirati -
13 combat
1. noun((an act of) fighting: The two knights met each other in single combat.) boj2. verb(to fight against; to oppose: The residents of the town tried to combat the government's plans to build a motorway.) boriti se (proti)* * *I [kɔmbət]nounboj, borbaII [kɔmbət]transitive verb & intransitive verb(against, with; for) bojevati, boriti se -
14 contraption
[kən'træpʃən](a strange machine or apparatus: He tried to fly over the Atlantic in a home-made contraption.) one; skrpucalo* * *[kəntraepšən]nouncolloquially naprava, priprava, tehnična novost; slang oné; pomagalo -
15 crystallize
1) (to form (into) crystals: He crystallized the salt from the sea water.) kristalizirati2) (to cover with a coating of sugar crystals: crystallized fruits.) kandirati3) (to make or become definite or clear: He tried to crystallize his ideas.) izoblikovati* * *[krístəlaiz]intransitive verb & transitive verbkristalizirati; kandirati; izkristalizirati se -
16 cut short
1) (to make shorter than intended: He cut short his holiday to deal with the crisis.) prekiniti2) (to cause (someone) to stop talking by interrupting them: I tried to apologize but he cut me short.) seči v besedo* * *transitive verb nenadoma prekiniti; odbiti; ponižati -
17 determine
[di'tə:min]1) (to fix or settle; to decide: He determined his course of action.) določiti2) (to find out exactly: He tried to determine what had gone wrong.) ugotoviti•- determined* * *[ditɜ:min]1.transitive verbdoločiti, odločiti, dognati; končati; povzročiti; juridically časovno omejiti;2.intransitive verbodločiti se, prenehati, končati seto be determined by s.th. — biti določen s čim -
18 disguise
1. verb1) (to hide the identity of by altering the appearance etc: He disguised himself as a policeman; She disguised her voice with a foreign accent.) preobleči se v; prekriti2) (to hide (eg one's intentions etc): He tried hard to disguise his feelings.) skrivati2. noun1) (a disguised state: He was in disguise.) preobleka2) (a set of clothes, make-up etc which disguises: He was wearing a false beard as a disguise.) krinka* * *I [disgáiz]transitive verbpreobleči, prikri(va)ti; hliniti; (po)pačiti; potvarjatito disguise o.s. as — preobleči se vto disguise the truth from s.o. — skrivati resnico pred komII [disgáiz]nounpreobleka; pretvara; pretveza, hlimba, krinkaa blessing in disguise — le navidezno zlo, sreča v nesrečito travel in disguise — potovati pod tujim imenom, inkognito -
19 dissuade
[di'sweid](to stop (from doing something) by advice or persuasion: I tried to dissuade him from his foolish intention.) odvrniti (od česa), odsvetovati* * *[diswéid]transitive verb( from) odsvetovati, pregovoriti, odvrniti, odvračati od česa -
20 do
[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) narediti6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) končati; narediti7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) narediti8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) zadostovati; ustrezati9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) ukvarjati se10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) uspevati11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) urejati12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) delati, početi13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) izkazati14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) povzročiti15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) ogledati si2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) proslava- doer- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
- to do with
- what are you doing with* * *I [du:]1.transitive verbnapraviti, storiti, početi, delati, (iz)vršiti, narediti; končati, urediti, prirediti; pospraviti; uspe(va)ti; zadostovati; (s)kuhati, (s)peči; popiti; povzročiti; trgovati; slang varati; theatre igrati; prehoditi; ogled(ov)ati si; prevesti; familiarly pogostiti; odsedeti (kazen);2.intransitive verbdelati, ravnati; postopati; ukvarjati se; počutiti se; zadovoljiti; uspevati, napredovatito do s.o.'s bidding — izpolniti ukaz kogaI have done my best — potrudil sem se, kar se dato do good — prijati, dobro (komu) storitito do a guy — popihati jo, zbežatito do s.o. an ill turn — zagosti jo komuto do s.o. injustice — storiti komu krivicoto do justice — odkrito priznati; colloquially s slastjo pojestihow do you do — dober dan, pozdravljenito make do — prebijati se, shajati s svojimi sredstvicolloquially nothing doing — s tem ne bo ničto do s.th. on the Q. T. — delati kaj na skrivajto do sums — reševati (računske) naloge, delati računecolloquially to do the talking — imeti glavno besedoslang to do time — sedeti v ječito do s.o. a good turn — narediti komu uslugoto do o.s. well — privoščiti sito do well — dobro igrati; imeti uspeh, dobro se počutitiwell-to-do — premožen, bogatdo well and have well — kdor si dobro postelje, dobro spithat won't do — to ne gre, to ni dovoljone must do at Rome as the Romans do — kdor se z volkovi druži, mora z njimi tulitiwhat can I do for you? — s čim vam lahko postrežem?II [du:]nounslang sleparstvo; zabava, družbaIII [dou]nounmusic do, nota C
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