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A functionalist theory of aging introduced by Cumming and Henry that contends that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.
Funkcionalistična teorija, katero sta uvedla Cumming in Henry, ki trdi, da se družba in starejši posameznik vzajemno odtujujeta.
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 ...
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 ...
A mistaken substitution of one word for another that sounds similar, generally with humorous effect, as in "arduous romance" for "ardent romance."
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Vrsta izpuščanja glasov, kjer je beseda skrajšana z odstranitvijo enega ali več črk ali zlogov v sredini besed, na primer rož'ce namesto rožice.
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 ...
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 ...
A person who opposed the adoption of the proposed U.S. Constitution.
Oseba, ki je nasprotoval sprejetju predloga ameriške ustave.
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
Oseba s psihološkega pozivam, da pripadajo nasprotnega spola, ki se lahko izvajajo do točke operacijo za spremembo spola organe za oponašanje nasprotnega spola
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.
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.