zamenjati koga pri delu

1) (to name or give in order the letters of (a word): I asked him to spell his name for me.) črkovati

2) ((of letters) to form (a word): C-a-t spells `cat'.) sestavljati (besede)

3) (to (be able to) spell words correctly: I can't spell!) znati pravilno pisati

4) (to mean or amount to: This spells disaster.) pomeniti

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- speller

1) (a set or words which, when spoken, is supposed to have magical power: The witch recited a spell and turned herself into a swan.) magične besede

2) (a strong influence: He was completely under her spell.) čar

1) (a turn (at work): Shortly afterwards I did another spell at the machine.) delovna izmena

2) (a period of time during which something lasts: a spell of bad health.) obdobje

3) (a short time: We stayed in the country for a spell and then came home.) kratek čas

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čarovna beseda ali formula; urok, začaranost; figuratively čar, draž, mik, privlačnost, fasciniranje

to be under a spell — biti uročèn; biti očaran

to break the spell — premagati začaranost ali urok

to cast a spell upon s.o. — uročiti, začarati koga;

očarati, fascinirati

delovni čas, delo; kratek čas, kratka doba; čas, porabljen za neko delo; (delovna) izmena, posada, posad, ekipa; Australian pavza, počitek, prosti čas; American colloquially kratka razdalja; American colloquially napad (kašlja ipd.)

by spells — izmenoma, v izmenah

a spell of coughing — napad kašlja

long spell of wet weather — dolgotrajna deževna doba

to do a spell of gardening — nekaj uric vrtnariti

to give s.o. a spell — zamenjati koga pri delu

to have a spell (at) — poskusiti

to take spells at the wheel — menjavati se za volanom

wait (for) a spell! — počakaj trenutek (hip)!

we had a spell of fine weather — imeli smo kratko dobo lepega vremena;

transitive verb American

zamenjati, izmenjati, nadomestiti koga pri delu

to spell a horse — dati počitka konju; intransitive verb menjati posado; Australian napraviti pavzo

črkovati, brati ali izgovarjati črko za črko; sestavljati besede; pravilno pisati; pomeniti

to spell backward — nazaj (narobe) črkovati, figuratively nobenih težav ne imeti s pravopisom

to live here spells death — živeti tu pomeni smrt (je isto kot smrt)

to spell ruin — pomeniti propad

you must learn how to spell — morate se naučiti pravopisa

to spell out, to spell over — čitati kaj črkovaje, figuratively s težavo dešifrirati

1) (to lessen or stop (pain, worry etc): The doctor gave him some drugs to relieve the pain; to relieve the hardship of the refugees.) ublažiti

2) (to take over a job or task from: You guard the door first, and I'll relieve you in two hours.) zamenjati

3) (to dismiss (a person) from his job or position: He was relieved of his post/duties.) odstaviti

4) (to take (something heavy, difficult etc) from someone: May I relieve you of that heavy case?; The new gardener relieved the old man of the burden of cutting the grass.) razbremeniti

5) (to come to the help of (a town etc which is under siege or attack).) odrešiti

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olajšati (pritisk itd.); osvoboditi koga ( from od, pred); military osvoboditi, rešiti (mesto) obleganja; pomagati, podpirati (reveže itd.); dati duška (svojim čustvom itd.); military izmenjati, zamenjati (stražo); figuratively razbremeniti, osvoboditi bremena ali tovora; ugrabiti, s silo vzeti; razrešiti, zamenjati, odstaviti koga (z dolžnosti, iz službe), odpustiti; poudariti, naglasiti, poživiti ( with s čim, by s pomočjo); pomiriti (po)tolažiti;

ločiti se ( from od), odbijati se ( against proti, od)

to relieve distress — pomagati v stiski

to relieve nature, to relieve oneself — izprazniti si čreva ali mehur, opraviti veliko oziroma malo potrebo

to relieve one's feelings — dati duška svojim čustvom, olajšati si dušo (srcé)

to relieve s.o. from a duty (responsibility) — oprostiti, razrešiti koga neke dolžnosti (odgovornosti)

to relieve a sentry military izmenjati stražo

I was much relieved to see... — zelo mi je odleglo, ko sem videl...

I was relieved of my purse — olajšali so me za (ukradli so mi) denarnico

he relieved me of my work — razbremenil me je pri delu

the dress is relieved by trimming — okraski poživljajo obleko

to feel relieved — čutiti se olajšanega