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krepóst virtue; morality; chastity

krepóst je sama sebi nagrada virtue is its own reward
iz sile napraviti krepost (neprijetne in neizogibne stvari radevolje prenašati ali delati) to make a virtue of necessity

morality [mərǽliti] samostalnik
nravoslovje, moralnost, etika; spodobnost, krepost
množina moralna načela, etos

morality play moraliteta (srednjeveška nravna verska igra)
commercial morality poslovna morala

virtue [və́:tju, -ču:] samostalnik
krepost, vrlina, čednost, odlika
figurativno čistost, nedolžnost, neoporečnost; dobra lastnost; sposobnost; vrlost; prednost, visoka vrednost; delovanje, učinkovitost, uspeh
zastarelo pogum, duh (moža)

without virtue brezuspešno, brez učinka
by virtue of s pomočjo; na temelju (česa)
in virtue of zaradi, na temelju
in virtue whereof na temelju česar
a woman of virtue krepostna žena
a lady of easy virtue lahkomiselna, nekrepostna žena
patience is a virtue potrpežljivost je vrlina
virtue is its own reward krepost je sama sebi nagrada
to make virtue of necessity iz sile (nuje) napraviti vrlino

worth² [wə:ɵ] samostalnik
(denarna) vrednost, cena; pomembnost, važnost; notranja vrednost, dobrota, krepost, zaslužnost; ugled, čast, dostojanstvo; (redko) posest, bogastvo

of great worth drag, zelo dragocen
of no worth brez vrednosti
men of worth zaslužni ljudje
penny worth vrednost enega penija
in good worth zastarelo zlepa, brez jeze
three shillings' worth of stamps znamke v vrednosti 3 šilingov
to get the worth of one's money za svoj denar dobiti nekaj enakovrednega
I did not get my money's worth preplačal sem
to have one's money's worth ne preplačati

prudery [prú:dəri] samostalnik
pretirana sramežljivost, navidezna krepost

hlíniti to simulate; (čustvo itd.) to feign; to dissimulate; to make pretence (of); (jezo itd.) to pretend (to be angry), to make a show of (anger); (spanje) to pretend (to be asleep), to feign (sleep)

hlíniti bolezen to pretend to be ill, to feign (ali to sham) illness, vojska to malinger
hlíniti krepost to put on a pretence (ali to make a show) of virtue
hlíniti nevednost to pretend ignorance
hlíniti omedlevico to pretend to faint
hlíniti bolezen, nevednost ZDA pogovorno to play possum