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1 weaken
verb (to (cause to) become weak, especially in physical strength or character: The patient has weakened; The strain of the last few days has weakened him.) oslabeti; oslabiti* * *[wi:kn]transitive verb(o)slabiti, napraviti slabotnega; figuratively odvzeti moč; razredčiti (pijače); intransitive verb (o)slabeti, postati mlahav; popustiti; zmanjšati se -
2 deaden
verb (to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc: That will deaden the pain.) ublažiti* * *[dédn]1.transitive verbomrtvičiti, zadušiti, udušiti, ublažiti; (to za) otopiti;2.intransitive verb(to za) otopeti -
3 impair
[im'peə](to damage, weaken or make less good: He was told that smoking would impair his health.) poslabšati* * *[impʌ/ə]transitive verbposlabšati, oslabiti; oškodovati, škodovati; škoditi (zdravju) -
4 sap
I [sæp] noun(the liquid in trees, plants etc: The sap flowed out when he broke the stem of the flower.) rastlinski sok, mezgaII [sæp] past tense, past participle - sapped; verb(to weaken or destroy (a person's strength, confidence, courage etc): The disease slowly sapped his strength.) oslabiti* * *I [sæp]1.nounbotanyrastlinski, drevesni sok; beljava (v lesu); mlada letnica; mozeg, mezga, figuratively življenjski sok, kri, močthe sap of youth — mladostna življenjska moč (sila); American slang bedak, tepček; novinec, zelenec;2.transitive verbizsesati, izmozgati, izčrpati, spodkopati zdravje, življenjsko moč; odstraniti beljavo (z mladega stebla); American slang pretepsti, premikastitiII [sæp]1.nounrov (podzemeljski), podkop; prekop, jarek; kopanje rovov; figuratively počasno ali skrivno spodkopavanje (upanja, odločnosti itd.);2.intransitive verbkopati rov, prekop; transitive verb (s)podkopati (tudi figuratively), military minirati; spodjesti, oslabitiIII [sæp]1.nounslangguljenje (učenje), piljenje; gulež, pilež; garanje, muka, težko in enolično delo;2.intransitive verbguliti se, piliti se, sedeti vedno pri knjigah -
5 shake
[ʃeik] 1. past tense - shook; verb1) (to (cause to) tremble or move with jerks: The explosion shook the building; We were shaking with laughter; Her voice shook as she told me the sad news.) (za)tresti (se)2) (to shock, disturb or weaken: He was shaken by the accident; My confidence in him has been shaken.) pretresti; omajati2. noun1) (an act of shaking: He gave the bottle a shake.) tresenje2) (drink made by shaking the ingredients together vigorously: a chocolate milk-shake.) napitek•- shaking- shaky
- shakily
- shakiness
- shake-up
- no great shakes
- shake one's fist at
- shake one's head
- shake off
- shake up* * *I [šéik]nounstresljaj, tresenje, drhtenje, pretresi, (o)majanje; zmajanje (z glavo), odkimavanje; stisk roke, rokovanje; udarec; colloquially trenutek; music triler, gostolevek, drhtavo petjein a shake — v hipu, kot bi trenilin two shakes of a lamb's tail — v hipu, zelo hitrothe shakes — tresavica, drhtavica, mrzlicato be no great shakes colloquially ne biti posebno koristen ali vredento give s.o. the shake slang otresti se, znebiti se kogaII [šéik]1.transitive verbtresti, stresati, pretresti, (za)vihteti, zamahniti; (o)majati, figuratively oslabiti; American stresti roko, rokovati se; (po)kimati (z glavo); American mešati (karte);2.intransitive verbstresti se, tresti se, drhteti, drgetati, trepetati ( with od); (o)majati se; music izvajati trilerje, gostolevkeshake! American sezimo si v roke! pobotajmo se!quite shaken — potrt, pobit, pretresen, presunjento shake one's ears figuratively zdramiti se; opomoči sito shake one's fists in s.o.'s face — pretiti komu s pestjo, požugati komu s pestjoto shake hands with s.o. — rokovati se s komto shake one's elbow (the elbow) slang kockatito shake s.o. by the hand — stresti komu roko, rokovati se s komto shake a leg slang plesati; hitetihe was much shaken by (with, at) the news — novica ga je zelo pretreslato shake in one's shoes slang tresti se po vsem telesu, drgetati od strahuto shake a stick at s.o. — groziti komu s palicoto shake s.o. out of his sleep — stresti, zdramiti koga iz spanja -
6 undermine
1) (to make (eg a building) insecure by digging away or destroying the base or foundations: The road was being undermined by a stream.) spodkopati2) (to weaken (eg a person's health or authority): Constant hard work had undermined his health.) spodkopati* * *[ʌndəmáin]transitive verb(pod)minirati; spodkopati (voda), izdolbsti; figuratively spodkopati, oslabiti, uničitito undermine one's health — spodkopati, uničiti si zdravje -
7 weak
[wi:k]1) (lacking in physical strength: Her illness has made her very weak.) šibek2) (not strong in character: I'm very weak when it comes to giving up cigarettes.) neodločen3) ((of a liquid) diluted; not strong: weak tea.) šibek4) ((of an explanation etc) not convincing.) neprepričljiv5) ((of a joke) not particularly funny.) bled, medel•- weakly- weaken
- weakling
- weakness
- have a weakness for* * *[wi:k]adjective ( weakly adverb)slaboten, slab, šibek, neodporen; lomljiv, krhek; z lahkoto premagljiv; bolehen, nezdrav; neutrjen, neodločen, nestanoviten, nezanesljiv (značaj); neprepričljiv (dokaz, argument); brez moči, mlahav, medel; nemaren (stil); razredčen z vodo; nesposoben, nespreten; economy slab, medel (tržišče); grammar šibek (glagol)a weak eleven — slabo moštvo (npr. nogometno)weak hand figuratively slabe karteweak point — šibka točka, ranljivo mestoweak vessel figuratively nezanesljiva osebato have weak knees figuratively ne imeti hrbtenice, biti neodločenweakest goes to the wall figuratively najšibkejši izgubi pri tekmovanju, podleže
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