whittle down in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for whittle down in the English»Serbian Dictionary

whittle down VB trans

whittle down

smanjiti // smanjivati postepeno

Translations for whittle down in the English»Serbian Dictionary

whit·tle ['(h)wɪtl̩] VB trans

to whittle sth

rezbariti

I.down¹ [daʊn] ADV

1. down:

down (movement to a lower position)

naniže

down (towards the speaker)

dole

“down!” (to a dog)

lezi!

2. down (downwards):

down

nadole

head down

sa spuštenom glavom

3. down (in a lower position):

down

ispod

down here/there

ovde/tamo ispod

4. down:

down (in the south)

na jugu

down (in the south)

južno

down (towards the south)

prema jugu

things are much more expensive down south

stvari su mnogo skuplje dole na jugu

how often do you come down to Cornwall?

koliko često dolazite dole u Kornvol?

5. down (away from the centre):

down

daleko od centra

he has a house down by the harbour

on ima kuću kod luke

6. down inf (badly off):

down

na dnu

to be down on one's luck

nemati sreće

to kick sb when he's down

dotući nekoga kada je pri kraju

7. down (have only):

she was down to her last bar of chocolate

ostala joj je samo još poslednja štangla čokolade

8. down (ill):

to be down with sth

bolovati od nečega

she's down with flu

ona ima grip

to come down with sth

razboleti se od nečega

9. down SPORTS:

down

iza

down

u zaostanku

10. down (at/to a lower amount):

he was only $50 down

nedostajalo mu je samo 50 dolara

to get the price down

sniziti cenu

11. down (including):

from the mayor down

od gradonačelnika pa na dalje

from the director down to the secretaries

svi od direktora do sekretarica

12. down (on paper):

to have sth down in writing [or on paper]

imati nešto napismeno

to get [or put] sb down for sth

upisati nekoga za nešto

13. down (already finished):

down

završeno

two lectures down, eight to go

dva predavanja završena, ostalo još osam

14. down (as initial payment):

down

uz kaparu

to pay [or put] £100 down

platiti 100 funti kao kaparu

15. down (attributable):

to be down to sth

biti zavisno od nečega

to be down to sb

biti zavisno od nekoga

it's all down to you now

sada sve zavisi od tebe

16. down (in crossword puzzles):

down

uspravno

Phrases:

down to the ground

u potpunosti

that suits me down to the ground

to mi u potpunosti odgovara

II.down¹ [daʊn] PREP

1. down:

down (in a downward/downhill direction)

niz

down (towards the speaker)

ka

up and down the stairs

uz i niz stepenice

she poured the milk down the sink

prosula je mleko u sudoperu

2. down (downhill):

down

nizbrdo

to come/go down the mountain

ići niz planinu

3. down (along):

down

niz

go down the street

ići niz ulicu

her office is down the corridor on the right

njena kancelarija je desno niz hodnik

we drove down the motorway as far as Bristol

vozili smo se autoputem sve do Bristola

I ran my finger down the list of ingredients

prstom sam prešao po listi sastojaka

her hair reached most of the way down her back

kosa joj je padala skoro niz cela leđa

down the river

niz reku

4. down (through time):

down the centuries

kroz vekove

down the generations

već generacijama

5. down Brit, Aus inf (to):

we went down the pub

išli smo u pab

to go down the shops

ići u kupovinu

6. down (inside):

you'll feel better once you've got some hot soup down you

osećaćeš se bolje čim budeš uzeo malo tople supe

III.down¹ <more down, most down> [daʊn] ADJ

1. down (moving downward):

down

silazan

the down escalator

silazne pokretne stepenice

2. down inf (unhappy):

down

utučen

down

potišten

3. down inf (disapprove of):

to be down on sb

ne voleti nekoga

4. down (not functioning):

down

pokvaren

down telephone lines

prekinut

5. down (sunk to a low level):

the river is down

nivo reke je nizak

IV.down¹ [daʊn] VB trans

1. down (knock down):

to down sb

oboriti nekoga

to down sb boxing

nokautirati

2. down (shoot down):

to down sth

upucati nešto

3. down esp Brit:

to down tools

odložiti oruđe zbog štrajka

4. down Am, Aus SPORTS (beat):

down

poraziti // poražavati

5. down (drink quickly):

down

progutati // gutati

V.down¹ [daʊn] N

1. down (bad fortune):

we've had our ups and downs

imali smo uspone i padove

2. down no pl inf (dislike):

to have a down on sb

imati pik na nekoga

3. down Am fball:

down

pokušaj napada m

VI.down¹ [daʊn] INTERJ

down with taxes!

Dole sa porezima!

down with the dictator!

Dole diktator!

down² [daʊn] N no pl (soft feathers)

down

paperje

down quilt

perjani jorgan

down³ [daʊn] N esp Brit

down

brdašce

the downs pl

valoviti predeli u južnoj Engleskoj

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The government's prudent approach has meant that it has managed to whittle down projected deficits for five years in a row, she said.

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It was a comfortable margin, but defections always seemed to whittle down the lead and sometimes produced defeat.

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Errant rock even flew through the roof of a nearby home and the blasting, grinding and drilling continues to whittle down the mountain.

www.goldstreamgazette.com

In the end, he had 2.5 million words, which he had to whittle down to 110,000.

www.thejournal.ie

He said the changes are necessary as the province works to whittle down a $16-billion deficit.

www.northernlife.ca

Over the coming weeks, the takeaways will receive mystery shopping assessments to whittle down the line up.

www.nottinghampost.com

Multiple drafts of the budget may be required to whittle down costs.

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Carefully whittle down the end of a round stick so it fits snugly in the end, reaching down to the beginning of the hole.

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However, little, if anything, had been done either to whittle down the budgetary difficulties or begin filming.

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None of us would wish to whittle down that principle in the slightest.

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