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1 be driving at
(to be trying to say or suggest: I don't know what you're driving at.) namigovati -
2 drive at
intransitive verb figuratively namigavati, meriti; familiarly mislitiwhat are you driving at? — kaj pravzaprav mislite? -
3 distance
['distəns]1) (the space between things, places etc: Some of the children have to walk long distances to school; It's quite a distance to the bus stop; It is difficult to judge distance when driving at night; What's the distance from here to London?) razdalja2) (a far-off place or point: We could see the town in the distance; He disappeared into the distance; The picture looks better at a distance.) daljava•- distant* * *I [dístəns]noundaljava, razdalja; ( from) oddaljenost, razmik; interval, obdobje; nepodobnost; figuratively opreznost, zadržanost, hladnokrvnostto keep s.o. at a distance — ne želeti si stikov s komI know my distance — vem, koliko si smem dovolitiII [dístəns]transitive verboddaljiti, oddaljevati; razmestiti; narediti vtis daljave (na sliki); prekositi, prekašati -
4 strange
[strein‹]1) (not known, seen etc before; unfamiliar or foreign: What would you do if you found a strange man in your house?; Whenever you're in a strange country, you should take the opportunity of learning the language.) tuj2) (unusual, odd or queer: She had a strange look on her face; a strange noise.) čuden•- strangeness
- stranger
- strange to say/tell/relate
- strangely enough* * *[stréindž]1.adjective ( strangely adverb)čuden, nenavaden, redek, presenetljiv, nepričakovan; tuj, nepoznan, neznan, nov (to s.o. komu); neseznanjen (to s.th. s čim), nevešč, nevajen (to s.th. česa); rezerviran, hladen, zadržan, boječ; obsolete inozemskia strange face — tuj, neznan obraza strange remark — čudna, nenavadna opazkastrange to say — presenetljivo, čudno, za čudato be strange to s.th. — ne poznati česa, ne biti vajen česato feel strange — čudno, slabo se počutiti (zlasti imeti vrtoglavico, omotico ipd.)strange that you should not have heard it — čudno, da tega niste slišalithis writing is strange to me — ta pisava mi je nepoznana;2.adverbčudno, nenavadno, svojevrstno -
5 succeed
[sək'si:d]1) (to manage to do what one is trying to do; to achieve one's aim or purpose: He succeeded in persuading her to do it; He's happy to have succeeded in his chosen career; She tried three times to pass her driving-test, and at last succeeded; Our new teaching methods seem to be succeeding.) uspeti2) (to follow next in order, and take the place of someone or something else: He succeeded his father as manager of the firm / as king; The cold summer was succeeded by a stormy autumn; If the duke has no children, who will succeed to (= inherit) his property?) naslediti•- success- successful
- successfully
- succession
- successive
- successively
- successor
- in succession* * *[səksí:d]1.transitive verbslediti (komu, čemu), priti za (kom, čem); biti naslednik, naslediti; podedovati;2.intransitive verbslediti, priti (to za kom, čem); uspeti, posrečiti se, imeti uspeh, doseči svoj cilj (in pri čem, with pri)he succeeded in doing s.th. — posrečilo se mu je, nekaj napravitiwe did not succeed in seeing him — ni se nam posrečilo, da bi ga videlinothing succeeds like success — za enim uspehom pride drugi, uspeh rodi uspeh
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