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1 lay down the law
(to state something in a way that indicates that one expects one's opinion and orders to be accepted without argument.) postavljati svoja pravila -
2 solid
['solid] 1. adjective1) (not easily changing shape; not in the form of liquid or gas: Water becomes solid when it freezes; solid substances.) trden2) (not hollow: The tyres of the earliest cars were solid.) poln3) (firm and strongly made (and therefore sound and reliable): That's a solid piece of furniture; His argument is based on good solid facts/reasoning.) zanesljiv4) (completely made of one substance: This bracelet is made of solid gold; We dug till we reached solid rock.) masiven5) (without breaks, gaps or flaws: The policemen formed themselves into a solid line; They are solid in their determination to strike.) nepretrgan; neomajen6) (having height, breadth and width: A cube is a solid figure.) trden7) (consecutive; without a pause: I've been working for six solid hours.) poln2. adverb(without interruption; continuously: She was working for six hours solid.) nepretrgoma3. noun1) (a substance that is solid: Butter is a solid but milk is a liquid.) trdna snov2) (a shape that has length, breadth and height.) telo•- solidify
- solidification
- solidity
- solidness
- solidly
- solid fuel* * *I [sɔlid]nounphysics trdno telo; (često plural) trdna, netekoča hranaregular solid geometry pravilno teloII [sɔlid]1.adjective ( solidly adverb)trden (netekoč); čvrst, soliden, masiven, kompakten, homogen, strnjen; nepretrgan; enoličen; utemeljen, pameten, trezen, tehten, močan; zanesljiv, temeljit; soglasen, enodušen, enobarven; commerce denarno varen, zanesljiv; pristen, pravi, resničen; mathematics tridimenzionalen, kubičenfor a solid hour — celo (polno, eno) urosolid arguments — stvarni, tehtni argumentisolid for slang lojalena solid man — resen, pameten človek, a brez kakih izrednih sposobnostisolid matter — kovinska ploščica, ki se stavi med vrstice (za večji razmik)solid problem mathematics problem, ki se da rešiti z enačbo 3. stopnjethe solid South American južne države, ki dosledno glasujejo za demokratesolid square military formacija enake dolžine in širinea solid tyre — polna pnevmatika, gumahe was talking a solid hour — govoril je nepretrgano celo uro;2.adverb ( solidly) enodušno, soglasno, odločno -
3 wash
[woʃ] 1. verb1) (to clean (a thing or person, especially oneself) with (soap and) water or other liquid: How often do you wash your hair?; You wash (the dishes) and I'll dry; We can wash in the stream.) umiti (se)2) (to be able to be washed without being damaged: This fabric doesn't wash very well.) prati3) (to flow (against, over etc): The waves washed (against) the ship.) preplaviti4) (to sweep (away etc) by means of water: The floods have washed away hundreds of houses.) odplaviti2. noun1) (an act of washing: He's just gone to have a wash.) umivanje2) (things to be washed or being washed: Your sweater is in the wash.) pranje3) (the flowing or lapping (of waves etc): the wash of waves against the rocks.) pljuskanje4) (a liquid with which something is washed: a mouthwash.) toaletna voda5) (a thin coat (of water-colour paint etc), especially in a painting: The background of the picture was a pale blue wash.) tenka plast barve6) (the waves caused by a moving boat etc: The rowing-boat was tossing about in the wash from the ship's propellers.) brazda izza ladje•- washable- washer
- washing
- washed-out
- washerwoman
- washerman
- washcloth
- wash-basin
- washing-machine
- washing-powder
- washing-up
- washout
- washroom
- wash up* * *I [wɔš]1.nounpranje, umivanje; izpiranje; toaleta; pranje perila; kar je oprano, oprano perilo; omočenje, premočenje, ovlaženje, oškropitev, splaknitev; pomije, oplaknica (voda); figuratively razredčenost z vodo; figuratively prazno govoričenje; pralno sredstvo; (toaletna) voda, losion, voda za lase, za polepšanje; čobodra, redka juha; lahna plast barve, tuša; premaz; kovinska prevleka; zlati pesek; pljuskanje, udarjanje valov ob obale; brazda izza ladje, vodni razor; plitvo vodovje, rečica, vodna kotanja; aeronautics zračni vrtinec, srk; geography barje, močvirje; geology izpiranje, (vodna) erozija, naplavina, prodovje; figuratively čvekanje, čenčeto give s.th. a wash — oprati kajto send s.th. to the wash — poslati kaj v pranje, v pralnico;2.adjectivepralenII [wɔš]transitive verb(o)prati, umi(va)ti; izp(i)rati; (o)čistiti; splakniti, namočiti, zmočiti, namakati, ovlažiti, navlažiti, premočiti; preplaviti, odplaviti, odnesti (s palube, o valu, toku); izvreči (na kopno); spodkopati, izdolbsti (voda); izpirati (rudo, pesek za zlato), izplakniti; prevleči z žlahtno kovino; lahno pobarvati z vodeno barvoto wash o.s. — umiti seto wash one's hands figuratively umiti si roke, meti si roke (od zadrege)to wash one's hands of s.o. figuratively ne hoteti več imeti opravka s komto wash one's dirty linen figuratively (javno) pripovedovati umazane tajnostito wash overbord nautical odnesti s palube; intransitive verb biti pralen, dati se prati, ne izgubiti barve pri pranju; figuratively colloquially prestati preskušnjo; biti prepričljiv; teči, liti, pljuskati; biti naplavljen, izvržen na kopno -
4 bias
1. noun1) (favouring of one or other (side in an argument etc) rather than remaining neutral: a bias against people of other religions.) predsodek2) (a weight on or in an object (eg a bowl for playing bowls) making it move in a particular direction.) odklon2. verb(to influence (usually unfairly): He was biased by the report in the newspapers.) vplivati- biassed- biased* * *I [báiəs]adjective & adverbpoševen, prečen; poševno, napošev, prečnoII [báiəs]nounnagnjenost, poševnost; (in favour of, towards) pristranost; ( against) predsodekto cut on the bias — poševno odrezati, (pri)krojitiIII [báiəs]transitive verbnagniti, nagibati; usmeriti, usmerjati, vplivati; pristransko ravnati -
5 close
I 1. [kləus] adverb1) (near in time, place etc: He stood close to his mother; Follow close behind.) blizu2) (tightly; neatly: a close-fitting dress.) tesno2. adjective1) (near in relationship: a close friend.) bližnji, zaupen2) (having a narrow difference between winner and loser: a close contest; The result was close.) tesen3) (thorough: a close examination of the facts; Keep a close watch on him.) natančen4) (tight: a close fit.) tesen5) (without fresh air: a close atmosphere; The weather was close and thundery.) zatohel6) (mean: He's very close (with his money).) skop7) (secretive: They're keeping very close about the business.) zaprt, molčeč•- closely- closeness
- close call/shave
- close-set
- close-up
- close at hand
- close on
- close to II 1. [kləuz] verb1) (to make or become shut, often by bringing together two parts so as to cover an opening: The baby closed his eyes; Close the door; The shops close on Sundays.) zapreti (se)2) (to finish; to come or bring to an end: The meeting closed with everyone in agreement.) končati (se)3) (to complete or settle (a business deal).) skleniti2. noun(a stop, end or finish: the close of day; towards the close of the nineteenth century.) konec- close up* * *I [klous]adjective ( closely adverb)zaprt, zaklenjen; stisnjen, tesen, gost; figuratively jedrnat; soparen, zadušljiv, zatohel; molčeč, vase zaprt; blizek; pazljiv, natančen; skoraj enak; vztrajen, marljiv; zaupen; skop, varčen; skrit; logičen; neodločen (boj)close combat — bitka iz bližine, boj moža proti možucolloquially close customer — molčeč človekcolloquially close thing — pičla zmagato keep s.th. close — zase kaj obdržati, ne izdatiII [klous]adverbblizu, pičloclose at hand, close by — čisto blizuclose on — skoraj, domala; kmalu natoto follow close upon s.o. — biti komu za petamito sail close to the wind — jadrati tesno ob vetru; figuratively biti komaj še v mejah zakonaIII [klous]nounograjen prostor, ograda; plot; šolsko dvorišče, igrišče; področje stolne cerkve; Scottish prehod skozi hišo, uličicaIV [klouz]nounzaključek, konecto bring to a close — končati, zaključitiV [klouz]1.transitive verbzapreti; končati, zaključiti, likvidirati; ustaviti se (ob drugi ladji);2.intransitive verbzapreti se; prenehati; (to) bližati se, zaceliti seto close one's eyes to s.th. — zapirati oči pred čimto close s.o.'s eye — suniti koga v okoto close the door on s.th. — narediti konec razpravljanju o čem -
6 dispute
[di'spju:t] 1. verb1) (to argue against or deny: I'm not disputing what you say.) spodbijati2) (to argue (about): They disputed the ownership of the land for years.) prepirati se2. noun((an) argument or quarrel: a dispute over wages.) spor- disputation* * *I [dispjú:t]1.intransitive verb(with, against s, proti; on, about o) prepirati, pričkati se, razpravljati;2.transitive verbrazlagati, pretresati; pobijati; spodbijati, oporekati; braniti, boriti seII [dispjú:t]nounpretresanje, razprava; prerekanje, pričkanje, prepir, spor -
7 issue
['iʃu:] 1. verb1) (to give or send out, or to distribute, especially officially: The police issued a description of the criminal; Rifles were issued to the troops.) izdati2) (to flow or come out (from something): A strange noise issued from the room.) priti ven2. noun1) (the act of issuing or process of being issued: Stamp collectors like to buy new stamps on the day of issue.) izdaja2) (one number in the series of a newspaper, magazine etc: Have you seen the latest issue of that magazine?) številka3) (a subject for discussion and argument: The question of pay is not an important issue at the moment.) predmet razprave* * *I [ísju:, íšu:]nounodtok, izhod; izdaja (knjige, znamk); zvezek, številka (časopisa), naklada; economy denarna emisija; posledica, rezultat, zaključek; potomec, potomci, rod, otrok, otroci; izdajanje (odredb); economy dohodek (od posestva); juridically sporno vprašanje, predmet razprave, oporekanje, bistveno vprašanje; medicine izliv (krvi, gnoja)at issue with s.o. — v sporu s komissue of law — izpodbijanje, oporekanjeto join issue with s.o. — prepustiti rešitev sporne zadeve sodiščuto take issue with s.o. — prerekati se s kom, trditi nasprotnoto bring s.th. to a successful issue — kaj uspešno izpeljatieconomy bank of issue — emisijska bankaII [ísju:, íšu:]1.intransitive verbpriti ven, priti na dan, izvirati, izhajati iz ( from); iztekati; priti v promet (knjiga), biti izdan (povelje); imeti za posledico;2.transitive verbizdati (publikacijo); military razdeliti, izdati (hrano, obleko, municijo); economy dati v promet (denar, vrednostne papirje), emitirati; razglasiti; commerce izpolniti menico; opremiti ( with s, z); dobaviti -
8 reason
I [ri:zn]nounrazlog, vzrok, povod, motiv; argument, utemeljitev; um, razum, razumnost, razsodnost, uvidevnost, razumevanje, logika; juridically pravica (za kaj); glavni razlog; kar je prav in pošteno, upravičenost, usmerjenost; logic premisa nekega dokaza; sposobnost ustvarjanja zaključkov, sklepov na podlagi premisbereft of reason — blazen, norfor the reason that — zaradi tega (iz razloga), kerin (all) reason — z (vso) pravico, kot je pravično, upravičeno, v mejahwithout rhyme or reason figuratively brez glave in repa, nesmiseln, bedastto bring s.o. to reason — spraviti koga k pameti, spametovati kogaI will do anything in reason — napravil bom vse, kar se mi bo zdelo pametnoto give, (to show) reason — dati povodto have reason archaic prav imetito listen to reason, to hear reason — dati se poučiti, prepričati, poslušati nasvet, priti k pametiI saw reason to interfere — zdelo se mi je prav, da se vmešamit stands to reason that... — jasno je, da...there is reason in what you say — pametno (premišljeno) je, kar govorišII [ri:zn]1.intransitive verbrazmišljati (about, of, on o), modrovati, rezonirati, umovati, razumno ali logično misliti; sklepati ( from iz); soditi, razsojati (on o); diskutirati, debatirati ( with z)to reason about — razmišljati o, diskutirati oto reason with oneself — modrovati pri sebi;2.transitive verbdiskutirati, debatirati, razpravljati (o čem), pretresati, razlagati; utemeljiti, motivirati; (logično) premisliti (često up); razumno, logično izraziti ali formulirati; sklepati, priti do sklepa; z argumenti koga odvrniti ( out od); z razlogi napeljati, pregovoriti koga ( into k)I reasoned him out of his resolution — pregovoril sem ga, da je opustil svoj sklepto reason oneself into sth. figuratively zapičiti, zagristi se v kajto reason s.o. into — pregovoriti koga k (da kaj napravi) -
9 unbalanced
1) (without the proper amount of attention being given to everything: If we don't hear both sides of the argument, we'll get an unbalanced view of the situation.) nepopoln2) (disordered in the mind; not quite sane: The murderer was completely unbalanced.) duševno neuravnovešen* * *[ʌnbaelənst]adjectivespravljen iz ravnotežja, neuravnotežen, nesiguren; duševno neuravnovešen; figuratively neizenačen, omahujoč, neodločen; commerce neizravnan, nesaldiran
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