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21 campaign
[kæm'pein] 1. noun1) (the operations of an army while fighting in one area or for one purpose: the Burma campaign in the Second World War.) vojaški pohod2) (a series of organized actions in support of a cause: a campaign against smoking.) kampanja2. verb(to take part in a campaign: He has campaigned against smoking for years.) boriti se* * *I [kæmpéin]nounbojni pohod, vojskovanje; politična gonjaon campaign — v vojni službi, v službi na bojiščuII [kæmpéin]intransitive verbudeležiti se vojnega pohoda ali politične kampanje, vojskovati se; delati propagando -
22 clatter
['klætə] 1. noun(a loud noise like hard objects falling, striking against each other etc: the clatter of pots falling off the shelf.) ropot2. verb(to (cause to) make such a noise: The dishes clattered while I was washing them in the sink.) ropotati* * *I [klaetə]1.intransitive verbtopotati, ropotati; rožljati; blebetati, čebljati;2.transitive verbzažvenketati, zarožljati (s čim)II [klaetə]nounžvenket, ropot, topot; rožljanje; blebetanje, čebljanje -
23 cocoon
[kə'ku:n](a silk covering spun by many insect larvae, and in which they live while turning into butterflies.) zapredek* * *[kəkú:n]1.nounzapredek, kokon;2.transitive verbzabubiti se -
24 deputy
['depjuti]noun (someone appointed to help a person and take over some of his jobs if necessary: While the boss was ill, his deputy ran the office.) namestnik, pomočnik* * *[dépjuti]nounodposlanec, delegat, zastopnik, pooblaščenec; American šerifov namestnik -
25 desk
[desk](a piece of furniture, often like a table, for sitting at while writing, reading etc: She kept the pile of letters in a drawer in her desk.) pisalna miza* * *[desk]nounpisalna miza, pisalnik, šolska klop, pult, katedermusic stojalo za note; figuratively literarno, pisarniško delo; American uredništvo; American desk copy — brezplačen izvod časopisaAmerican desk secretary — krajevni zastopnik -
26 distracted
1) (turned aside (from what one is doing or thinking): He had slipped out while her attention was distracted.) raztresen2) (out of one's mind; mad: a distracted old woman.) zmešan3) (distressed: The distracted mother couldn't reach her child in the burning house.) prizadet* * *[distraektid]adjective ( distractedly adverb)(at, by, with) raztresen, zmeden, blazen; ves iz sebeto drive distracted — razjeziti, obnoriti -
27 doodle
['du:dl] 1. verb(to make meaningless drawings and scribbles, usually while thinking, talking on the telephone etc.) čečkati2. noun(a drawing of this sort.) čečkarija* * *I [dú:dl]nouncolloquially butecII [dú:dl]transitive verb & intransitive verbarchaic dudati; slang norčevati se; pohajkovati; čečkati -
28 dripping
noun (fat obtained from meat while it is roasting etc.) sok (pečenke)* * *I [drípiŋ]adjectivemoker, premočenII [drípiŋ]nounkapljanje; plural sok pečenke -
29 drive-in
adjective ((of a cinema, café etc, especially in North America) catering for people who remain in their cars while watching a film, eating etc: a drive-in movie.) avto-(restavracija, kino, banka)* * *[dráivín]nounAmerican restavracija, kino, trgovina, v katero se zapeljemo z avtom -
30 earth
[ə:ð] 1. noun1) (the third planet in order of distance from the Sun; the planet on which we live: Is Earth nearer the Sun than Mars is?; the geography of the earth.) zemlja2) (the world as opposed to heaven: heaven and earth.) zemlja3) (soil: Fill the plant-pot with earth.) prst4) (dry land; the ground: the earth, sea and sky.) kopno5) (a burrow or hole of an animal, especially of a fox.) brlog6) ((a wire that provides) an electrical connection with the earth.) ozemljitev2. verb(to connect to earth electrically: Is your washing-machine properly earthed?) ozemljiti- earthen- earthly
- earthenware
- earthquake
- earthworm
- on earth
- run to earth* * *I [ə:m]nounzemlja; zemljišče; tla; prst, glina, ilovica; kopno; lisičina; ozemljitevto come back to earth — opustiti sanjarjenje; začeti resno mislitito run s.o. to earth — ugnati koga v kozji rog; zasledovati do dnawhy on earth? — zakaj zaboga?no use on earth — popolnoma neuporaben, zaničII [ə:m]1.transitive verbzakopati; pokopati, z zemljo pokriti; ozemljiti; v lisičino zapoditi;2.intransitive verbv lisičino se skriti; zakopati se -
31 egg-cup
noun (a small cup-shaped container for holding a boiled egg while it is being eaten.) jajčni podstavek* * *[égkʌp]nounjajčni podstavek -
32 escape
[i'skeip] 1. verb1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) pobegniti2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) izogniti se3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) uiti4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) uhajati2. noun((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) pobeg; uhajanje- escapism- escapist* * *I [iskéip]nounpobeg, odrešitev, osvoboditev; iztekanje, uhajanje, izhlapevanje; izhod v sili; podivjana vrtna rastlinato make one's escape — zbežati, rešiti sefire escape — požarne stopnice, požarna lestevescape literature — literatura, ki omogoča umik iz realnostiII [iskéip]1.intransitive verbzbežati, izpuhtevati, izhlapevati, izginiti; rešiti se; podivjati (rastlina);2.transitive verbizogibati se komu, uitiyour point escapes — me kaj ste hoteli reči?, ne razumem vas -
33 every
['evri]1) (each one of or all (of a certain number): Every room is painted white; Not every family has a car.) vsak2) (each (of an indefinite number or series): Every hour brought the two countries nearer war; He attends to her every need.) vsak3) (the most absolute or complete possible: We have every reason to believe that she will get better.) vsak4) (used to show repetition after certain intervals of time or space: I go to the supermarket every four or five days; Every second house in the row was bright pink; `Every other day' means èvery two days' or `on alternate days'.) vsak (četrti dan itd.)•- everyone
- everyday
- everything
- everywhere
- every bit as
- every now and then / every now and again / every so often
- every time* * *[évri]adjectivevsakeach and every — prav vsak, brez izjemeevery bit, every whit — popolnoma, do skrajnostievery man for himself! — naj se reši, kdor se more!every once in a while — tu in tam, včasih, redkokdajevery right — polna, vsa pravica -
34 fiddle
['fidl] 1. noun1) (a violin: She played the fiddle.) gosli2) (a dishonest business arrangement: He's working a fiddle over his taxes.) goljufija2. verb1) (to play a violin: He fiddled while they danced.) gosti (na gosli)2) ((with with) to make restless, aimless movements: Stop fiddling with your pencil!) igračkati se3) (to manage (money, accounts etc) dishonestly: She has been fiddling the accounts for years.) poneverjati•- fiddler- fiddler crab
- on the fiddle* * *I [fídl]noungosli, violina, godalo; nesmisel, norostto hang up one's fiddle — obesiti na klin; opustitito play first fiddle — nositi zvonec, imeti glavno vlogothere's many a good tune played on an old fiddle — izkušen človck v mnogem prekaša mladino, stara modrost prekaša norostto hang up one's fiddle when one comes home — biti v družbi zabaven, doma pa dolgočasenII [fídl]transitive verb & intransitive verbigrati na gosli, goslati, gosti, praskati (na violini); colloquially lenariti, čas zapravljati, norčije uganjati; ( with) ukvarjati se; slang varati, goljufatiIII [fídl]interjectionneumnosti!, nesmisel! -
35 fidget
['fi‹it] 1. past tense, past participle - fidgeted; verb(to move (the hands, feet etc) restlessly: Stop fidgeting while I'm talking to you!) mencati2. noun(a person who fidgets: She's a terrible fidget!) nemirnež* * *I [fídžit]nounnemir, nervoza; živčnež, nervoznež, nemirnežto have the fidgets — nemirno sedeti, drencatiII [fídžit]1.intransitive verb( about zaradi) biti nemiren, živčen; vznemirjati se;2.transitive verbvznemirjati -
36 fresco
['freskəu]plural - fresco(e)s; noun(a picture painted on a wall while the plaster is still wet.) freska* * *[fréskou]1.nounfreska;2.transitive verbslikati freske -
37 grass
1) (the green plant which covers fields, garden lawns etc.) trava2) (any species of grass, including also corn and bamboo: He studies grasses.) trava3) ((slang) marijuana.) trava•- grassy- grasshopper
- grassland* * *I [gra:s]nountrava; pašnik, trata; ruša; colloquially beluš; colloquially pomlad; slang policaj, "kifeljc"; ovaduh; slang marihuana, mamiloto cut grass under s.o.'s feet — spodnesti komu tlaat grass — na paši, colloquially na dopustuto go to grass — iti na pašo, colloquially na dopustout at grass — na paši; figuratively brezposeln, na dopustugo to grass! — solit se pojdi!figuratively to send to grass — podreti na tlawhile the grass grows the steed starves — dvakrat da, kdor hitro daII [gra:s]transitive verbgnati na pašo; obložiti z rušo; beliti (lan) na travi; sejati travo; leči na travo; sestreliti (ptiča); uloviti ribo -
38 great
[ɡreit]1) (of a better quality than average; important: a great writer; Churchill was a great man.) velik2) (very large, larger etc than average: a great crowd of people at the football match.) velik3) (of a high degree: Take great care of that book.) velik4) (very pleasant: We had a great time at the party.) imeniten5) (clever and expert: John's great at football.) spreten•- greatly- greatness* * *I [greit]adjectivevelik, precejšen; dolg; figuratively ugleden, pomemben, važen, imeniten, slaven; plemenit; pra-; archaic noseča; (at, in) spreten, mojstrski, sposoben; familiarly sijajen, kolosalento be great at s.th. — odlikovati se v čemastronomy Great(er) Bear — Veliki vozgreat dozen — 1ʌarchaic great with child — nosečagreat go — diplomski izpit za B.A.to go a great way with s.o. — imeti velik vpliv na kogagreat gun — vplivna osebnost, "visoka živina"colloquially great big — strašno velik, neznanskigreat Scott! — zaboga!great dane zoology dogagreat many — mnogi, številnino great matter — nepomembno, malenkostgreat little man — majhen, a pomemben človekcolloquially great on — navdušen zano great shakes — ne posebno dober; nič posebnegaII [greit]nouncelota; pomembnost, vzvišenost, veličastnost; plural končni izpit za B.A. v Oxforduthe great — velika gospoda, imenitnikigreat and small — veliki in majhni, bogataši in siromakiIII [greit]adverbveliko, močno, zelo -
39 gush
1. verb1) ((of liquids) to flow out suddenly and in large amounts: Blood gushed from his wound.) brizgniti2) (to exaggerate one's enthusiasm etc while talking: The lady kept gushing about her husband's success.) pretirano se navduševati nad2. noun(a sudden flowing (of a liquid): a gush of water.) curek- gushing- gushingly* * *I [gʌš]nountok, struja, brizg, curek; figuratively izliv srca; izbruh; prisiljena čustvenost; American preobiljeII [gʌš]intransitive verb & transitive verbstrujiti; (forth, out) dreti, brizgati, prekipevatifiguratively to gush (over) with — pretirano se navduševati, prekipevati česa -
40 hay
[hei](grass, cut and dried, used as food for cattle etc.) seno- hayrick
- haywire* * *I [héi]nounsenoslang to hit the hay — iti spatto make hay — kositi, seno obračatito make hay of s.th. — premetati, napraviti zmešnjavoto make hay while the sun shines — kovati železo, dokler je vročeII [héi]transitive verb & intransitive verbkositi, seno sušiti, s senom hranitiIII [héi]nounkmečko rajanje
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