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1 desert
I [di'zə:t] verb1) (to go away from and leave without help etc; to leave or abandon: Why did you desert us?) zapustiti2) (to run away, usually from the army: He was shot for trying to desert.) dezertirati•- deserted- deserter
- desertion II ['dezət] noun(an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain: Parts of the country are like a desert; ( also adjective) desert plants.) puščava* * *I [dizɜ:t]transitive verb & intransitive verb( from) opustiti, opuščati, zapustiti; military dezertirati; izneveriti seII [dézət]1.adjectivezapuščen, pust;2.nounpuščava; poetically miren kotiček; figuratively puščoba, pusta stvarIII [dizɜ:t]nounzasluga; nagrada, plačilo, kazen; plural zaslužni ljudjeto meet with one's deserts, to get one's deserts — dobiti, kar smo zaslužili -
2 herself
1) (used as the object of a verb or preposition when a female person or animal is the object of an action she performs: The cat licked herself; She looked at herself in the mirror.) se2) (used to emphasize she, her, or the name of a female person or animal: She herself played no part in this; Mary answered the letter herself.) ona sama3) (without help etc: She did it all by herself.) čisto sama* * *[hə:sélf]pronoun ona sama; se(all) by herself — čisto sama, brez pomočishe is not quite herself — ni čisto zdrava, ni čisto pri sebi -
3 himself
1) (used as the object of a verb or preposition when a male person or animal is the object of an action he performs: He kicked himself; He looked at himself in the mirror.) se2) (used to emphasize he, him or the name of a male person or animal: John himself played no part in this.) on sam3) (without help etc: He did it himself.) čisto sam* * *[himsélf]pronoun on sam; sebe, se(all) by himself — čisto sam, brez pomoči -
4 itself
1) (used as the object of a verb or preposition when an object, animal etc is the object of an action it performs: The cat looked at itself in the mirror; The cat stretched itself by the fire.) se2) (used to emphasize it or the name of an object, animal etc: The house itself is quite small, but the garden is big.) sam na sebi3) (without help etc: `How did the dog get in?' `Oh, it can open the gate itself.') sam* * *[itsélf]pronoun (ono) samo; reflexive se, sebiby itself — samo od sebe, avtomatičnoof itself — samo, brez vmešavanja -
5 ourselves
1) (used as the object of a verb when the person speaking and other people are the object of an action etc they perform: We saw ourselves in the mirror.) se2) (used to emphasize we, us or the names of the speaker and other people performing an action etc: We ourselves played no part in this.) mi sami3) (without help etc: We'll just have to finish the job ourselves.) mi sami* * *[auəsélvz]pronoun mi sami, nas same, se, siof ourselves — sami od sebe, prostovoljno -
6 single-handed
adjective, adverb (working etc by oneself, without help: He runs the restaurant single-handed; single-handed efforts.) samostojen* * *[síŋglhændid]1.adjectiveenorok; sam, brez tuje pomoči;2.adverblastnoročno -
7 themselves
1) (used as the object of a verb or preposition when people, animals etc are the object of actions they perform: They hurt themselves; They looked at themselves in the mirror.) sebe2) (used to emphasize they, them or the names of people, animals etc: They themselves did nothing wrong.) sami3) (without help etc: They decided to do it themselves.) sami* * *[ðəmsélvz]pronoun plural oni, -e, -a sami, -e, -a; sebe, se; sebi, si -
8 leave in the lurch
(to leave (a person etc) in a difficult situation and without help.) pustiti na cedilu -
9 off one's own bat
(completely by oneself (without help): He wrote the letter to the newspaper off his own bat.) sam od sebe -
10 stand on one's own (two) feet
(to manage one's own affairs without help.) stati na lastnih nogahEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > stand on one's own (two) feet
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11 stand on one's own (two) feet
(to manage one's own affairs without help.) stati na lastnih nogahEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > stand on one's own (two) feet
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12 under one's own steam
(by one's own efforts, without help from others: John gave me a lift in his car, but Mary arrived under her own steam.) v lastni režiji -
13 fail
[feil] 1. verb1) (to be unsuccessful (in); not to manage (to do something): They failed in their attempt; I failed my exam; I failed to post the letter.) spodleteti2) (to break down or cease to work: The brakes failed.) pokvariti se3) (to be insufficient or not enough: His courage failed (him).) pustiti na cedilu4) ((in a test, examination etc) to reject (a candidate): The examiner failed half the class.) vreči (na izpitu)5) (to disappoint: They did not fail him in their support.) pustiti na cedilu•- failing2. preposition(if (something) fails or is lacking: Failing his help, we shall have to try something else.) brez- failure- without fail* * *I [feil]1.intransitive verbmanjkati, ne zadostovati; prenehati, pešati, slabeti, slabšati se, ne moči; (in) ponesrečiti se, spodleteti, ne uspeti; pasti pri izpitu;2.transitive verbizneveriti se, razočarati, pustiti na cedilu; pustiti pasti (pri izpitu); ne imeti; doživeti denarni polomto fail in business — propasti, bankrotiratiII [feil]noun -
14 reference
['refərəns]1) ((an) act of referring (to something); a mention (of something): He made several references to her latest book; With reference to your request for information, I regret to inform you that I am unable to help you.) sklicevanje2) (a note about one's character, ability etc, eg when one applies for a new job: Our new secretary had excellent references from her previous employers.) priporočilo3) (an indication in a book, report etc, showing where one got one's information or where further information can be found.) napotitev* * *I [réfrəns]nounnapotitev, napotek (to k, v, na); odnos, zveza (to z); sklicevanje; ozir (to do, na); figuratively namigovanje, aluzija, merjenje na, spominjanje na; pristojnost; prepustitev (višji instanci); referenca, priporočilo, spričevalo; priporočitelj, porok; oseba, ki jo lahko vprašamo o sposobnostih kake osebe; povpraševanje, konzultiranje; zapisek, vir; sporočilo ( as to gledé, o, kar se tiče); tiskarski znak, ki napoti na opombo, na stran itd.in reference to this — gledé na to, v tem pogleduto have reference to — nanašati se na, biti v zvezi z, tikati se (koga, česa)to have no reference to — ne se tikati, ne se nanašati nato make reference to — dotakniti se (česa), mimogredé omenitito make reference to a dictionary — zateči se k slovarju, pogledati, poiskati v slovarju, sklicevati se na slovarhe spends his money without reference to the future — on trati svoj denar, ne da bi mislil na prihodnosthis sudden departure has no reference to our quarrel — njegov nenadni odhod nima nobene zveze z najinim prepiromII [réfrəns]transitive verbnavesti vire (v knjigi); opremiti z napotki (o piscih itd.) -
15 so
[səu] 1. adverb1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) tako2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) tako3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) tako4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) tudi5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') seveda2. conjunction((and) therefore: John had a bad cold, so I took him to the doctor; `So you think you'd like this job, then?' `Yes.'; And so they got married and lived happily ever after.) torej- so-so
- and so on/forth
- or so
- so as to
- so far
- so good
- so that
- so to say/speak* * *[sóu]I.adverbtako, na ta način, s tem; v takem stanju; v redu, dobro; zato, potemtakem, iz tega razloga, zaradi tega, torej, kot posledica tega; tudi;1.so so — tako tako, ne dobro ne slaboso as — na isti način kot; tako da (posledica)so... as — toliko... kolikorso be it! — tako bodi! pa dobro! (naj bo!)so far forth — do te stopnje, archaic doslejso far from — nasprotno od, namesto daso fashion American na ta način, takoso help me! — (prisega) tako mi bog pomagaj!so long! colloquially na svidenje!so many — tako mnogi, tolikiso many men, so many minds — kolikor ljudi (glav), toliko mnenjso much — toliko, v tolikšni meriso much for that — toliko o tem, s tem je stvar urejenaso then — torej tako je to; zaradi tegaso to speak — tako rekoč;2.and so on, and so forth — in tako daljeeven so — celó tako, celó v tem primeruif so — če je (to) tako, v takem primeruin so far as... — v toliki meri, da...; toliko, da...in so many words — dobesedno, prav s temi besedamiMr. So-and-so — g. ɔ.Y.quite so — takó je, popolnoma točnowhy so? — zakaj tako? zakaj to?;3.I hope so — upam, daDo you think he will come? -- I think so. — Misliš, da bo prišel? -- Mislim, da (bo).I sent it to you. -- So you did. — Poslal sem ti to. -- Da, si (poslal). Res je. Tako je.Her brother came and so did she. — Njen brat je prišel in ona tudi;4.I avoid him so as not to be obliged to talk to him — izogibam se ga, da mi ni treba govoriti z njimI am sorry to see you so — žal mi je, da vas vidim v takem stanjuit is not so much that he cannot as that he will not — ni toliko, da ne more, kot pa, da nočeis that so? — je to tako? je res? tako? res?you are unhappy, but I am still more so — ti si nesrečen, jaz pa še boljhe was not so sick but he could eat a hearty dinner — ni bil toliko bolan, da ne bi mogel pojesti obilne večerjeI found them so many robbers — ugotovil (spoznal) sem, da niso nič drugega kot tatovithat is ever so much better colloquially to je toliko boljeas you make your bed, so you must lie — kakor si si postlal, tako boš spalyou don't say so! — (saj to) ni mogoče!all he said was so much slander — vse, kar je rekel, ni bilo nič drugega kot samo obrekovanjeI told him everything, so you need not write to him — vse sem mu povedal, torej ni treba, da mu pišešI do not want it, so there you are — ne maram tega, da veš (sedaj veš);II.conjunction colloquiallyzaradi tega, zato; torej, potemtakem; (v pogojnih in dopustnih stavkih) če leso, that's what it is! — takó je torej to!he annoyed us so that we never asked him again — tako nas je dolgočasil, da ga nismo nikoli več povabili;III.interjectiontako! narejeno! opravljeno! -
16 homeless
noun plural, adjective ((people) without a place to live in: This charity was set up to help the homeless; homeless people.)* * *[hóumlis]adjectivebrez doma, brezdomen -
17 land
[lænd] 1. noun1) (the solid part of the surface of the Earth which is covered by the sea: We had been at sea a week before we saw land.) kopno2) (a country: foreign lands.) dežela3) (the ground or soil: He never made any money at farming as his land was poor and stony.) zemlja4) (an estate: He owns land/lands in Scotland.) zemljišče2. verb1) (to come or bring down from the air upon the land: The plane landed in a field; They managed to land the helicopter safely; She fell twenty feet, but landed without injury.) pristati2) (to come or bring from the sea on to the land: After being at sea for three months, they landed at Plymouth; He landed the big fish with some help.) pristati, potegniti na obalo3) (to (cause to) get into a particular (usually unfortunate) situation: Don't drive so fast - you'll land (yourself) in hospital/trouble!) pristati•[-rouvə]
(a type of strong motor vehicle used for driving over rough ground.)
- landing- landing-gear
- landing-stage
- landlocked
- landlord
- landmark
- land mine
- landowner
- landslide
- landslide victory
- landslide
- landslide defeat
- land up
- land with
- see how the land lies* * *I [lænd]nounkopno, zemlja; dežela; zemljišče, tla; posestvo; figuratively področje; plural nepremičnine; polje (del med dvema brazdama puškine cevi)the land of the living — tostranstvo, ta svetto go on the land — oditi v vas, postati kmetovalecnautical to make the land — zagledati kopno, pristatinautical land ho! — kopno na vidiku!to see how the land lies — videti od kod veter piha, videti kakšno je stanjeII [lænd]1.transitive verb(ljudi, robo) izkrcati (at v); izvleči (ribo); (potnike) pripeljati, odložiti; spraviti (koga v težave); colloquially udariti, usekati koga; colloquially ujeti, dobiti; sport pripeljati na cilj (konja), spraviti (žogo) v gol;2.intransitive verbpristati (ladja, avion), dospeti, izkrcati se; ujeti se (po skoku); sport colloquially priti v ciljto land s.o. in difficulties — spraviti koga v težaveto land s.o. with s.th. — obesiti komu kaj na vratto land a husband — ujeti, dobiti možato land on s.o. — navaliti na kogato land s.o. in a coat that doesn't fit — spraviti koga v zadrego -
18 quick
[kwik] 1. adjective1) (done, said, finished etc in a short time: a quick trip into town.) hiter2) (moving, or able to move, with speed: He's a very quick walker; I made a grab at the dog, but it was too quick for me.) hiter3) (doing something, able to do something, or done, without delay; prompt; lively: He is always quick to help; a quick answer; He's very quick at arithmetic.) hiter2. adverb(quickly: quick-frozen food.) hitro- quickly- quicken
- quickness
- quicklime
- quicksands
- quicksilver
- quick-tempered
- quick-witted
- quick-wittedly
- quick-wittedness* * *I [kwik]adjective ( quickly adverb)hiter, uren, nagel; bister, okreten, znajdljiv, odrezav, živahen; nagle jeze, vzkipljiv; fin, oster (vid, sluh); živ (pesek itd.); archaic živ, živeč; economy živahen, likviden, tekoč; mineralogy rudnatbe quick about it! — podvizaj se s tem!to be quick by s.o. — zanositi s komquick on the draw — ki hitro reagira, odrezava quick one — "kozarček" (na hitro)quick of parts ( —ali understanding) — bistroumen, ki hitro razumequick temper — razdražijiva čud, vzkipljivostquick in the uptake — ki hitro razume, dojameeconomy quick returns — hiter donos, dobičekII [kwik]adverbhitro, nagloIII [kwik]nounživo meso; British English živa meja; figuratively življenje; American živo srebro -
19 resource
[rə'zo:s, ]( American[) 'ri:zo:rs]1) ((usually in plural) something that gives help, support etc when needed; a supply; a means: We have used up all our resources; We haven't the resources at this school for teaching handicapped children.) vir2) ((usually in plural) the wealth of a country, or the supply of materials etc which bring this wealth: This country is rich in natural resources.) (naravni) vir3) (the ability to find ways of solving difficulties: He is full of resource.) iznajdljivost•- resourcefully
- resourcefulness* * *[risɔ:s]nounvir (sredstev); pripomoček, pomožno sredstvo; zatočišče, izhod; plural denarna sredstva, dohodki; bogastvo; economy American aktiva; oddih, razvedrilo, zabava; spretnost; okretnost, talent, dar, sposobnost, iznajdljivost, trik, umetnijawithout resource — brezizhoden, brezupen, brez rešitvea man of resources — človek, ki si zna pomagati, iznajdljiv človekmy last resource was... — ni mi preostalo nič drugega, kot da... -
20 spare
[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) pogrešati2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) lahko pogrešati3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) prizanesti4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) prihraniti5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) varčevati6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) prihraniti (komu kaj)2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) odvečen2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) prost3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) nadomestni del2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) nadomestno kolo•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare* * *I [spʌ/ə]transitive verbvarčevati, varčno uporabljati; prihraniti, dati na stran, imeti v rezervi; odstopiti, lahkó pogrešati, biti brez (česa), imeti odveč; prizanesti (komu), oprostiti (kazen), prihraniti (komu ali sebi) (trud itd.); ne povzročiti (sramu, rdečice); intransitive verb varčevati, skopariti; opustiti (kaj); prizanesti, pustiti (komu) življenjeenough and to spare — na pretek, še preveč, več kot preveč, obilospare my blushes! — ne spravljajte me v sramoto, prihranite mi sramoto, ne blamirajte me!can you spare the car today? — lahko pogrešate svoj avto danes?can you spare me a cigarette? — imaš cigareto odveč zame?spare us these explanations! — prizanesite nam s temi razlagami!spare my feelings! — imej obzir do mojih čustev!spare me! — prizanesite mi!, milost!spare me your objections! — prizanesite mi s svojimi ugovori!to spare o.s. — prihraniti si trudnot to spare o.s. — ne varčevati s svojimi močmito spare the rod and spoil the child — varčuj s šibo in pokvaril boš otroka, šiba novo mašo pojeI have no time to spare — ne smem izgubljati časa, nimam dosti časaII [spʌ/ə]nountechnical (često plural) nadomestni, rezervni del (zlasti pnevmatika); sport rezerva; varčevanje; American zrušenje vseh kegljev z dvema metomato make spare of obsolete varčevati zIII [spʌ/ə]adjective ( sparely adverb)varčen, skop, pičel; prost (čas); preostal, odvečen, neuporabljen, razpoložljiv; nadomesten, rezerven; mršav, suh; redek (lasje)spare money — preostali, odvečni denarspare time — prosti čas, brezdelica
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