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1 wretched
['re id]1) (very poor or miserable: They live in a wretched little house.) beden2) (used in annoyance: This wretched machine won't work!) presnet* * *[réčid]adjectivereven, beden, nesrečen, ubog, pomilovanja vreden; slab, strašen, grozen; podel, prezira vreden; odvraten, ogaben, zoprnwretched health — slabo, razrvano zdravjewretched weather — strašno, grozno vreme -
2 abject
['æb‹ekt](miserable; wretched: abject poverty.) beden- abjectly* * *I [aebdžekt]adjective ( abjectly adverb)zavržen; podel, nizkoten; klečeplazen, hlapčevski; potrtabject in poverty verb skrajni revščiniabject in misery — potrt, obupanII [aebdžekt]nounzavrženec; siromak; podlež -
3 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) povleči2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) vleči3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) vleči (se)4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) preiskovati dno5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) vleči se2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) ovira2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) požirek (dima)3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) tlaka4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) travestitska obleka* * *I [dræg]1.transitive verbvleči, (po)vlačiti; pretegniti; nautical orati (o sidru); branati; preiskovati dno, bagrati;2.intransitive verbvleči se; biti dolgočasen, dolgočasitiAmerican colloquially to drag one's feet — namerno zavlačevati (delo)II [dræg]nounvlaka; vrsta kočije; vlačnica, vlača (sani); figuratively tovor, breme; cokla, zavora, ovira; zaviranje, oviranje; bager; figuratively mučno opravilo; dolgočasno mesto (v knjigi); lov z umetno sledjo; American slang protekcija; potegljaj; privlačnostto be a drag on s.o. — biti komu v bremeto put a drag upon s.th. — zavreti, zaustaviti kaj -
4 existence
1) (the state of existing: He does not believe in the existence of God; How long has this rule been in existence?) obstoj2) ((a way of) life: an uneventful existence.) bivanje* * *[igzístəns]nounbivanje, obstanek; življenje, obstojto call into existence — uresničiti, realiziratito be in existence — biti, trajati -
5 sorry
['sori] 1. adjective1) (used when apologizing or expressing regret: I'm sorry (that) I forgot to return your book; Did I give you a fright? I'm sorry.) žal mi je2) (apologetic or full of regret: I think he's really sorry for his bad behaviour; I'm sure you were sorry to hear about his death.) užaloščen3) (unsatisfactory; poor; wretched: a sorry state of affairs.) beden2. interjection1) (used when apologizing: Did I tread on your toe? Sorry!) oprostite!2) ((used when asking a person to repeat what he has said) I beg your pardon?: Sorry (, what did you say)?) oprostite•* * *[sɔri]1.adjective ( sorrily adverb)žalosten, otožen, zaskrbljen; obžalujoč, skesan; beden, slab, odvraten, odbijajoč; nesrečen; reven, ubogsorry for oneself — potrt, deprimiranso sorry! — obžalujem! žal mi je! oprostite!very sorry! — zelo mi je žal! oprostite!I am so sorry — žal mi je, obžalujemI am sorry to disturb — obžalujem, da vas motimto be sorry about s.th. — obžalovati kajI was sorry for her — žal mi je je bilo, smilila se mi jeto be sorry for o.s. — samemu sebi se smilitiI felt sorry for him — (za)smilil se mi je;2.sorry! interjection oprostite! pardon! -
6 wight
I [wáit]nounobsolete človeško bitje, kreatura, stvorluckless wight — ubožec, uboga parawretched wight — bednež; revežII [wáit]adjectivemočan, mogočen; viharen; uren, okreten; obsolete hraber, pogumen -
7 wretch
[re ]1) (a miserable, unhappy creature: The poor wretch!) nesrečnik2) (a name used in annoyance or anger: You wretch!) lopov•- wretched- wretchedly
- wretchedness* * *[reč]nounubožec, revež, revček, nesrečnik, bednik; lopov, malopridnežpoor wretch — revček, ubožecpoor little wretch! — revica! (posmehljivo) -
8 a dog's life
(a wretched existence: He leads a dog's life.) pasje življenje
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