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1 what if?
(what will or would happen if...?: What if he comes back?) kaj pa če... -
2 what
(whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) kdorkoli, karkoli, kjerkoli* * *[wɔt]1.pronoun(vprašalni zaimek) kaj; koliko!what for? — čemu?, zakaj?what ever for? — toda zakaj?what next? — in (kaj) potem?, in kaj še?, kaj sedaj?and what all colloquially in kaj še vsewhat not — kar si bodi, karkolimy hat, my gloves, and what not — moj klobuk, moje rokavice, in ne vem, kaj še vsewhat if — kaj če, (in) kaj se zgodi, če...what of that? — kaj za to?, nič za towhat though (I am poor) — kaj zato, pa četudi (sem reven)what about, what of — kaj gledé, kaj praviš (misliš) owhat about a cup of tea? — ali bi skodelico čaja?what's it all about? — za kaj (pa) gre?so what?, what of it? — prava reč!; nesmisel!but what colloquially ki ne (bi)not a day comes but what makes a change — ni ga dneva, ki ne bi prinesel kake spremembe (kaj novega)what is the matter? — kaj (pa) je?what is he like? — kakšen je on?what he has suffered! — kaj (koliko) je pretrpel!well, what of it? — no, in kaj za to?what's up? — kaj je?, kaj se dogaja?to know what's what — vedeti, za kaj gre, biti informiran, spoznati sewhat is the news? — kaj je novega?you want a what? — kaj (ponovi, kaj) hočeš?he claims to a what? — kaj hoče on biti?what is he the better for it? — kaj ima on od tega?Mr. what-do-you-call-him, Mr. what's-his-name — gospod Oné (kako mu je ime?);2.pronoun (relativni zaimek) kardo what I may — naj storim, kar hočem (karkoli)happen what may — naj se zgodi, kar hoče!we know what he is busy with — vemo, s čim se ukvarjathis is what we hoped for — to je tisto, kar (prav to) smo upaliand what have you American slang in kar imate podobnega, takegabut what — razen (tega, teh)there was no one but what was excited — nikogar ni bilo, ki ne bi bil razburjen;3.adjectivekakšen, kateri, kolikšenwhat luck! — kakšna sreča!what a queer idea! — kakšna čudna ideja!what a fool I am! — kako sem neumen!he got what books he wanted — dobil je vse knjige, ki jih je želeltake what books you need! — vzemi toliko knjig, kot jih potrebuješwhat use is this dictionary to you? — čemu ti rabi ta slovar?;4.adverbkakowhat happy boys they are — kako srečni dečki so (oni)!; delomabut what — (pri nikalnici) colloquially da nenot a day but what it rains — ni dneva, da ne bi deževalonever fear but what we shall go! — ne boj se, da ne bi šli (= že gremo)!;5.interjectionkaj!, kako!; British English kaj ne?what, do you really mean it? — kaj, ti to resno misliš?a good fellow, what? — dober dečko, kaj ne?;6.conjunction colloquiallykolikorhe helped us what he could — pomagal nam je, kolikor je mogel -
3 what'll
['wotl](short for what shall / what will, what is / what has.) -
4 what of it?
(used in replying, to suggest that what has been done, said etc is not important: `You've offended him.' `What of it?') pa kaj! -
5 what-is-it
[wɔtízit]nounAmerican colloquially oné, onegá -
6 what about?
1) (used in asking whether the listener would like (to do) something: What about a glass of milk?; What about going to the cinema?) ali bi...2) (used in asking for news or advice: What about your new book?; What about the other problem?) kaj pa glede... -
7 what ... for
1) (why(?): What did he do that for?) zakaj2) (for what purpose(?): What is this switch for?) čemu služi... -
8 what ... like?
(used when asking for information about someone or something: `What does it look like?' `It's small and square.'; `What's her mother like?' `Oh, she's quite nice.'; We may go - it depends (on) what the weather's like.) -
9 what are you etc doing with
1) (why or how have you etc got: What are you doing with my umbrella?)2) (what action are you etc taking about: What are they doing with the children during the day if they're both working?) -
10 what is / what's more
(moreover: He came home after midnight, and what's more, he was drunk.) za nameček -
11 what have you
(and similar things; and so on: clothes, books and what have you.) in podobne stvari -
12 what in the world(?)
(used for emphasis when asking a question: What in the world have you done to your hair?) le kaj za vraga -
13 what in the world(?)
(used for emphasis when asking a question: What in the world have you done to your hair?) le kaj za vraga -
14 what with
(because of: What with taking no exercise and being too fat, he had a heart attack.) zaradi -
15 what's the odds?
(it's not important; it doesn't matter: We didn't win the competition but what's the odds?) pa kaj! -
16 what's-his
noun (used in referring vaguely to a person or thing: Where does what's-his-name live?) one -
17 what-abouts
[wɔtəbauts]nounAmerican colloquially zadeva, stvar -
18 know what's what
(to be able to tell what is important.) vedeti za kaj gre -
19 come what may
(whatever happens: I'll give you my support, come what may!) naj se zgodi, kar hoče -
20 it all depends
(what happens, is decided etc, will be affected by something else: I don't know if I'll go to the party - it all depends.) odvisno je
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