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appropriate² [əpróuprieit] prehodni glagol
polastiti se, prisvojiti, lastiti si (to, for čemu, za)
prilagoditi, porabiti; določiti, nameniti, rezervirati

argue [á:gju:]

1. prehodni glagol (for, against)
dokazovati, pobijati; pretresati; kazati

2. neprehodni glagol
pričkati se (from)
sklepati (about)
diskutirati, razpravljati

to argue against s.th. nastopiti proti čemu
it argues him to be an honest man to dokazuje, da je poštenjak
to argue for (ali in favour of) zagovarjati kaj
to argue s.o. into pregovoriti koga (da kaj stori)
to argue s.o. out of odvrniti koga od česa
to argue sagacity kazati bistroumnost
to argue the point spodbijati zadevo

attendance [əténdəns] samostalnik
pozornost; postrežba; pripravljenost; obisk, spremstvo; občinstvo, poslušalci, navzoči

to be in attendance at prisostvovati čemu
medical attendance zdravljenje
to dance attendance on s.o. vrteti se okoli koga; dvoriti komu
in attendance v službi, dežurni
hours of attendance uradne ure
attendance is included postrežba je vračunana
lady in attendance dvorna dama
attendance list seznam navzočih

bayonet² [béiənit] prehodni glagol
zabosti z bodalom; nasilno se polastiti

to bayonet s.o. into s.th. prisiliti koga k čemu

bent¹ [bent]

1. preteklik & pretekli deležnik od bend

2. pridevnik
upognjen, skrivljen

as the twing is bent the tree is inclined kar se Janezek nauči, to Janezek zna
to be bent on imeti nagnjenje k čemu, nameravati kaj

bóter godfather; (birmanski, krstni) sponsor

botri (pri krstu) godparents pl
biti bóter to be someone's godfather
biti za bótra to act as sponsor (for), to sponsor (čemu something)

bring^* [briŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
prinesti, pripeijati, privleči; ustvariti; zakriviti; izzvati; pregovoriti, pripraviti do česa; donašati; prepričevati, spodbuditi

2. neprehodni glagol
roditi, obroditi
mornarica ustaviti, pristati

to bring an action against s.o. tožiti koga
to bring to bear uveljaviti; (orožje) pomeriti; uporabiti
to bring to book obdolžiti, kaznovati
to bring to a close dokončati, izpeljati
to bring to a head rešiti zadevo
to bring the hand in izuriti se
to bring to life obuditi
to bring to light odkriti
to bring s.o. low ponižati koga
to bring to mind spomniti (se)
to bring to nothing uničiti
to bring to pass uresničiti, izpolniti, izvršiti
to bring into play uveljaviti
to bring o.s. to prisiliti se k čemu
sleng to bring home the bacon imeti uspeh
to bring to reason spraviti k pameti
to bring into step sinhronizirati
to bring word obvestiti
to bring into world roditi

character¹ [kǽriktə] samostalnik
znak, pisava, črka, številka; dostojatnstvo, stan, položaj; značaj; oseba, igralec, -lka; dober glas; čudak; spričevalo; opis; kakovost, lastnost

to act out of character zmesti se
to have the character for bravery (honesty) biti na glasu kot junak (poštenjak)
to be out of character ne ustrezati
to be quite a character biti nekoliko prenapet
a public character javni delavec
to see s.th. in its true character videti kaj v pravi luči
figurativno to set the character of s.th. vtisniti čemu pečat
to give s.o. a good character dati komu dobro spričevalo
out of all character popolnoma neprimeren
a strange character čudak

come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!

complexion [kəmplékšən] samostalnik
barva polti, polt
figurativno videz; značaj

to put a fresh complexion on s.th. dati čemu nov videz

conducive [kəndjú:siv] pridevnik (conducively prislov) (to, towards)
ki ima za posledico, posledičen; pospeševalen; koristen, ugoden

to be conducive to imeti za posledico, pripeljati do česa; prispevati k čemu

confront [kənfrʌ́nt] prehodni glagol (with)
soočiti, iz oči v oči postaviti; primerjati; (z)begati, v zadrego spraviti; izzivati

to be confronted with nasproti stati (komu, čemu)

contrary³ [kɔ́ntrəri] prislov
nasprotno

contrary to nasproti čemu

contrast² [kɔ́ntræst] samostalnik (to, between)
nasprotje, raznoličje; primerjava, soočenje; antiteza; odtenek

by contrast with v primerjavi s
in contrast with nasproti čemu

credit¹ [krédit] samostalnik
dobro ime, zaupanje; kredit, up; ugled, čast; zasluga; vpliv; pomembnost, spoštovanje; spričevalo opravljenem izpitu
ameriško reklama (v oddajah)

to give credit to verjeti čemu, zaupati komu
he is credit to his family je v čast svoji družini
it does you credit čast vam dela
to give credit for pripisovati (komu) kaj
to add to s.o.'s credit povečati komu ugled
to take credit for lastiti si zasluge za
letter of credit kreditno pismo
ameriško credit line navedba, od kod je vzet citat
to place (ali enter, put, pass, carry) credit to v dobro zapisati
with credit častno, odlično

čár charm; glamour; grace; fascination; attraction; sweetness; (čaranje) magic, spell, enchantment, charm

premagati čár to break the charm
odvzeti čemu čár (figurativno) to take the gilt off the gingebread

defiance [difáiəns] samostalnik
kljubovanje, trma, izzivanje

to act in defiance of, to bear (ali bid) defiance to, to set at defiance kljubovati, ne se zmeniti
in defiance of kljub, vzlic čemu

dejávnost activity

dejávnost inštituta za... the work of the Institute for...
področje dejávnosti sphere of activity
biti v polni dejávnosti to be in full play (ali swing)
posvetiti svojo dejávnost čemu to devote one's energies to something
družbena (gospodarska) dejávnost social (economic) activity
dejávnosti družbenega pomena activities of social interest

derogatory [dirɔ́gətəri] pridevnik (derogatorily prislov)
škodljiv; poniževalen; neugoden; kršilen

to be derogatory to škodovati komu ali čemu
derogatory to o.s. nevreden sebe

detrimental¹ [detriméntəl] pridevnik (detrimentally prislov)
škodljiv, poguben

to be detrimental to s.th., s.o. biti škodljiv čemu, komu