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Neja Strukelj

London, United Kingdom

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English (EN)disengagement theory

A functionalist theory of aging introduced by Cumming and Henry that contends that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.

Slovenian (SL)teorija umika

Funkcionalistična teorija, katero sta uvedla Cumming in Henry, ki trdi, da se družba in starejši posameznik vzajemno odtujujeta.

Sociology; General sociology

English (EN)limerick

A light or humorous verse form of five chiefly anapestic verses of which lines one, two and five are of three feet and lines three and four are of two feet, with a rhyme scheme of aabba. The limerick, named for a town in Ireland of that name, was popularized ...

Slovenian (SL)Limerick

Lahkotna ali šaljiva pesniška oblika, ki se tvori iz petih večinoma anapestičnih verzov, v kateri so prvi, drugi ter peti verz tristopični, tretji in četrti verz pa dvostopična. Rimska shema 'aabba'. Ime izvira iz irskega mesta Limerick, kot pesniško obliko ...

Literature; Poetry

English (EN)malapropism

A mistaken substitution of one word for another that sounds similar, generally with humorous effect, as in "arduous romance" for "ardent romance."

Slovenian (SL)malapropizem

Zmotna nadomestitev ene besedo za drugo, da zveni podobno, na splošno s humorističnim učinkom. Zmotna nadomestitev ene besedo za drugo, da zveni podobno, na splošno s humorističnim učinkom.

Literature; Poetry

English (EN)figurative language

The use of words, phrases, symbols, and ideas in such as way as to evoke mental images and sense impressions. Figurative language is often characterized by the use of figures of speech, elaborate expressions, sound devices, and syntactic departures from the ...

Slovenian (SL)figurativni jezik

Uporaba besed, fraz, simbolov in idej na način, da prikličejo mentalne podobe ter čutne vtise. Za figurativni jezik je značilna uporaba prispodob, izdelanih izrazov, zvočnih naprav ter odstopanj od običajnih skladenjskih vzorcev.

Literature; Poetry

English (EN)confessor

With them it was a title of honour to designate those brave champions of the Faith who had confessed Christ publicly in time of persecution and had been punished with imprisonment, torture, exile, or labour in the mines, remaining faithful in their confession ...

Slovenian (SL)spovednik

Gre za častni izraz, ki se nanaša na tiste pogumne prvake vere, ki so javno priznali vero v Kristusa v času preganjanja in so bili za to kaznovani z zaporno kaznijo, mučenjem, izgnanstvom ali prisilnim delom v rudnikih, ter ki so ostali zvesti svojemu ...

Religion; Catholic church

English (EN)syncope

A type of elision in which a word is contracted by removing one or more letters or syllables from the middle, as ne'er for never, or fo'c'sle for forecastle.

Slovenian (SL)sinkopa

Vrsta izpuščanja glasov, kjer je beseda skrajšana z odstranitvijo enega ali več črk ali zlogov v sredini besed, na primer rož'ce namesto rožice.

Literature; Poetry

English (EN)digestive system

The organs in the body that break down and absorb food. Organs that make up the digestive system are the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus. Organs that help with digestion but are not part of the digestive tract are ...

Slovenian (SL)prebavni sistem

Organi telesa za presnovo ter absorbcijo hrane. Organi, ki sestavljajo prebavni sistem so usta, požiralnik, želodec, tanko črevo, debelo črevo, danka in anus. Organi, ki sodelujejo pri prebavi, a niso del prebavnega trakta, so jezik, žleze slinavke, trebušna ...

Medical; Gastroenterology

English (EN)antifederalist

A person who opposed the adoption of the proposed U.S. Constitution.

Slovenian (SL)antifederalist

Oseba, ki je nasprotoval sprejetju predloga ameriške ustave.

Politics; U.S. politics

English (EN)transsexual

A person with a psychological urge to belong to the opposite sex that may be carried to the point of undergoing surgery to modify the sex organs to mimic the opposite sex

Slovenian (SL)transseksualec

Oseba s psihološkega pozivam, da pripadajo nasprotnega spola, ki se lahko izvajajo do točke operacijo za spremembo spola organe za oponašanje nasprotnega spola

Politics; U.S. politics

English (EN)analogy

An agreement or similarity in some particulars between things otherwise different; sleep and death, for example, are analogous in that they both share a lack of animation and a recumbent posture.

Slovenian (SL)analogija

Dogovor ali podobnost določenih elementov med stvarmi, ki se sicer med seboj razlikujejo; spanje in smrt, na primer, sta pojma, ki sta si podobna v tem, da oba delita pomanjkanje živahnosti in ležečo držo.

Literature; Poetry