from a good ŋ

1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.)

2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.)

3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.)

4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.)

5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.)

6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.)

7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.)

8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.)

9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.)

10) (suitable: a good man for the job.)

11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.)

12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?)

13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.)

14) (thorough: a good clean.)

15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.)

1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) dobro

2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) dobro

- goodness

- goods

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(comparative better —, superlative best)

dober; ljubezniv; koristen, zadovoljiv, precejšen, znaten, obilen; zdrav, kreposten; zapeljiv; pravi, veljaven; svež, nepokvarjen; cel

all in good time — vse o pravem času

as good as — skoraj, tako rekoč

colloquially good and — popolnoma

to be as good as one's word — biti mož beseda

good at, a good hand at — spreten, mojster v čem

good cheer — veseljačenje, požreševanje, krokanje, popivanje; pogum

a good deal — precej

in good earnest — čisto resno

be good enough to... — bodi tako dober in...

so far so good — doslej je še vse v redu

to feel good — biti dobre volje

good for — veljaven za

good for nothing — zanič, neraben

good for you — odlično

good form — lepo vedenje

Good Friday — veliki petek

from ( —ali on) good authority — iz dobrega vira

with a good grace — z dobro voljo

good gracious ( —ali heavens) — za božjo voljo!

to hold good — dobro se obnesti, obveljati

good humour — dobra volja

his good lady — njegova žena

good looks — lepa zunanjost

to make good — uspešno izvršiti

the good man of the house — hišni gospodar

to have a good mind to do it — imeti najboljši namen kaj storiti

good people — škrati

as good as a play — zabaven (prizor)

commerce your good self — vaša cenjena firma (v pismih)

good speed! — mnogo sreče!

that's a good'un! — ta je dobra!

to throw good money after bad — razmetavati denar, zapravljati

to do a good turn — izkazati ljubeznivost

good night! — lahko noč!

good Lord! — zaboga!

good for you! — prav imaš

a good turn — usluga

colloquially good and ready — popolnoma pripravljen

dobro, korist, ugodnost; premoženje; plural blago

to come to no good — slabo se končati

for good (and all) — za vedno, za vselej

no good — zanič

to the good — povrh, poleg redne plače

what's the good of it? — kakšen smisel ima?

American dry goods — blago na metre (tekstil, sukanec)

goods and chattels — vse premoženje

goods guard — skladiščnik

American colloquially to deliver the goods — izpolniti obljubo

ill gotten goods — nepošteno pridobljeno imetje

American colloquially the goods — ta pravo

it's no good — nima smisla

1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) četrtina

2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) 25 centov

3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) četrt

4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) smer

5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) milost

6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) del živali

7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) krajec

8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) četrtina

9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) četrtletje

1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) razrezati na štiri dele

2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) razdeliti na štiri dele

3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) nastaniti

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- quarters

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četrtina, četrt ( a quarter of an hour četrt ure; for quarter the price, for a quarter of fhe price za četrtino cene); četrtina funta (0,113 kg); četrtina milje, tek na četrt milje ( he won the ŋ zmagal je v teku na četrt milje); mera za tkanine, četrtina jarda (22,8 cm); trgovska mera, četrtina stota (28 funtov, 12,7 kg, American 2ɜ funtov, 11,ʌɔ kg; British English 2,91 hl); American Scottish šolsko četrtletje; četrtletje, kvartal; četrtina zaklane živali, ena od štirih nog, hrbet konja; heraldry eno od štirih polj grba; astronomy lunin krajec ( first ŋ prvi krajec, last ŋ zadnji krajec); American četrt dolarja, novec za 25 centov; mestna četrt, kvart ( residential ŋ stanovanjska četrt); stran neba, smer vetra (what quarter is the wind in? iz katere strani piha?, figuratively od kje piha veter?); predel, kraj ( in this ŋ v teh krajih), smer ( in that ŋ v ono smer), stran ( from another ŋ z druge strani); vir ( from a good ŋ iz dobrega vira); družbeni krog ( in government ŋs v vladnih krogih); usnje za peto (čevlja); technical ɔ palce širok kos lesa (v tesarstvu); military (zlasti plural) stan, bivališče ( to be confined to ŋs biti v hišnem priporu); (zlasti military) milost, prizanašanje, pomilostitev ( to find no quarter with ne najti milosti pri); nautical bok krme ( on the port ŋ na levi strani krme); nautical borbeni položaj posadke ( to beat to ŋs sklicati posadko na položaje)

to ask ( —ali call, cry) for quarter — prositi za milost

to give quarter — izkazati milost, pomilostiti

to give fair quarter — prizanesti

a bad quarter of an hour — neprijetni trenutki

at close quarters — od blizu, v neposrednem stiku (spopadu)

to live in close quarters — stanovati na tesnem

from every quarter — ali from all quarters — od vseh strani

hind quarters — stegna

high quarters — višji krogi

it has gone the quarter — ura je odbila četrt

the proper quarter — pristojno mesto

to take up one's quarters — nastaniti se

to beat up the quarters of — pogosto obiskovati

razdeliti na štiri dele; razkosati, razčetveriti (izdajalca); heraldry razdeliti na štiri polja (grb); vzeti pod streho; military (prisilno) nastaniti (at, in a place; to be ŋed at (in) stanovati kje); pretakniti, preiskati teren (lovski psi); nautical določiti borbeni položaj posadke;

stanovati, živeti (at pri); tekati sem in tja (psi)

figuratively to quarter o.s. on s.o. — vseliti se pri kom

1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) roka

2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) kazalec

3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) pomočnik

4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) pomoč

5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) karte v roki

6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) dlan (mera)

7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) pisava

1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) izročiti

2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) predati

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roka, prednja noga četveronožca, noga (sokolova), škarnik (rakov); spretnost, ročnost, izurjenost; strokovnjak, izvedenec; vodenje; izvedba, izvajanje; delo; pomoč; človek, sluga, delavec, mornar; plural mornarji, posadka (ladje), tovarniški delavci; postopek, način; moč, premoč, oblast, vpliv; posredovanje, posrednik; vir (podatkov); snubitev; lastnina, lastnik; kartanje, kvartač, karte v roki; urni kazalec; pisava, podpis, znak; dlan (mera, 10,16 cm); šop (banan, tobačnih listov); theatre slang ploskanje, aplavz; stran, smer

all hands — vsa posadka, vsi delavci

on all hands — povsod, na vseh straneh

at hand — blizu, pri roki

at the hands of — s strani nekoga

bloody hands — grb grofije Ulster

a bird in the hand — nekaj gotovega (imeti v roki)

a bold hand — energična pisava

with a bold hand — pogumno

by hand — ročno, na roko (narejeno)

by the hands of — s posredovanjem

hand cash — gotovina pri roki

a cool hand — hladnokrvnež

figuratively clean hands — čiste roke, čista vest

on every hand — povsod okoli

even hands — izenačeno

for one's own hand — sebi v prid

from hand to hand — iz rok v roke

from first hand — iz prve roke

from second hand — iz druge roke; ponošen, rabljen, antikvaričen

from good hand — iz dobrega vira

the hand of God — božja roka

hand on heart — roko na srce

heart and hands — iz vsega srca

heavy on hand — dolgočasen, mučen

with a heavy hand — s trdo roko

with a high hand — drzno, predrzno, naduto

his hand is out — iz vaje je

hand to hand (struggle) — človek proti človeku (borba)

hand over hand ( —ali fist) — preprijemanje (pri plezanju); figuratively na vrat na nos, hitro, igraje

in hand — v roki, v delu, na razpolago, pod nadzorstvom, skupaj, vzajemno, roko v roki

a legible hand — čitljiva pisava

on the mending hand — na poti k okrevanju

near hand — leva stran

near at hand — pri roki, blizu

a niggling hand — nečitljiva pisava, čačka

an old hand — strokovnjak, star lisjak

off hand — nepripravljen, brez obotavljanja, desna stran

hands off! — roke proč!

hands off policy — politika nevmešavanja

on hand — v roki, na zalogi, v breme, prisoten; American pri roki, pri sebi

on the one (other) hand — po eni (drugi) strani

out of hand — nepripravljen, takoj, ekstempore, nenadzorovan, divji

hands up! — roke kvišku!

a slack hand — brezdelje, brezbrižnost

to (one's) hand — pri roki, dosegljiv, pripravljen, na razpolago

under the hand — pod roko, skrivaj

under the hand of — podpisani...

contract under hand — preprosta pogodba brez pečata

the upper hand — premoč, nadvlada

with one's own hand — lastnoročno

Z glagoli: to ask for a girl's hand — prositi dekle za roko, zasnubiti

to be a good (poor) hand at — biti spreten (neroden) v čem

to be bound hand and foot — imeti vezane roke

to be in good hands — biti v dobrih rokah

to be on s.o.'s hands — biti komu na vratu, skrbi

to bear a heavy hand — zatirati

to bite the hand that feeds one — biti zelo nehvaležen

to bring a baby up by hands — hraniti dojenčka s stekleničko

to come to hand — priti v roke, dospeti

to change hands — menjati lastnika, priti v druge roke

to do a hand's turn — samo s prstom migniti

not to do a hand's turn — ali not to lift ( —ali raise) a hand — niti s prstom migniti

to fall into s.o.'s hands — priti komu v roke

figuratively to feed out of s.o.'s hand — komu iz rok jesti

to get a big hand — dobiti velik aplavz

to get s.o. in hand — dobiti koga v roke

to get one's hands in — dela se zares lotiti

to get the upper hand — dobiti premoč

to get off one's hands — otresti se česa, znebiti se

to get out of hand — iz rok se izmuzniti, izgubiti oblast nad

to give one's hand to — poročiti se s kom, roko komu dati

to give one's hand on a bargain — v roko si seči, skleniti kupčijo, obljubiti

to give s.o. a free hand — dati komu proste roke

to give s.o. a hand — iti komu na roko, pomagati, ploskati komu

to go hand in hand with figuratively & literatureeral v korak s kom stopati

to have a hand for — biti spreten, nadarjen za kaj

to have o.s. well in hand — dobro se obvladati

to have a hand in a matter — imeti svoje prste vmes

to have ( —ali keep) one's hand in — ostati v vaji

to have one's hands full — imeti polne roke dela

to have time on one's hands — ne vedeti kam s časom, imeti mnogo prostega časa

to hold hands — držati se za roke

to hold one's hand — zadržati se

to hold a good hand — imeti dobre karte

to join hands — združiti se

to keep a tight hand over — imeti koga na vajetih

to keep one's hands on — imeti čvrsto v rokah

to let one's temper get out of hand — ne obvladati se, podivjati

to live from hand to mouth — iz rok v usta živeti

to lay hands on — vzeti, najti, roko na kaj položiti

to lay hands on o.s. — roko nase položiti, napraviti samomor

to lend a hand — pomagati

to make a hand — napraviti dobiček

many hands make light work — v slogi je moč

to pass through many hands — iti skozi mnogo rok

to play into the hands of — nevede komu delati v prid

to play a good hand — dobro igrati karte

to play for one's own hand — delati sebi v prid

to put one's hand in one's pocket — seči v žep, prispevati v denarju

figuratively to put one's hands on — najti, spomniti se

to put ( —ali set, turn) one's hands to — v roke vzeti, poprijeti se

to serve ( —ali wait on) s.o. hand and foot — komu vdano služiti

to shake s.o. by the hand — stisniti komu roko

to shake hands with — rokovati se s kom

to show one's hand — ali to have a show of hands figuratively odkriti svoje karte, pokazati svoj pravi namen

it shows a master's hand — mojstrsko je, kaže na mojstra

to strengthen the hands of — podpreti koga

to take s.o. by the hand — koga za roko prijeti, figuratively vzeti koga pod svoje okrilje

to take in hand — vzeti v roke, lotiti se

to take a hand at a game — sodelovati v igri

to take s.th. off one's hands — kupiti kaj od koga; pomagati komu, da se česa znebi

to take a hand in a matter — vmešati se v kaj

to take one's courage in both hands — zbrati ves svoj pogum

time hangs heavy on my hands — dolgčas mi je

to try one's hand at — poskusiti se v čem

to throw up one's hands — obupati nad čim

to vote by show of hands — glasovati z dviganjem rok

figuratively to wash one's hands of — umiti si roke, odkloniti odgovornost

to win a girl's hand — dobiti dekletovo privoljenje za poroko

to win hands down — z lahkoto dobiti, igraje zmagati

to witness the hand of — overiti podpis

to write a good hand — imeti lepo pisavo

vročiti, podati; voditi za roko, spremiti; podati roko v pomoč; ravnati s, z

nautical zviti jadra; American slang to hand it to s.o. — nekomu povedati, komu poročati

American slang you must hand it to him — to mu moraš pustiti, to mu moraš priznati

to hand s.o. in (out of) the car — pomagati komu v avto (iz avta)

1) (the hour of the day: What time is it?; Can your child tell the time yet?) ura

2) (the passage of days, years, events etc: time and space; Time will tell.) čas

3) (a point at which, or period during which, something happens: at the time of his wedding; breakfast-time.) čas

4) (the quantity of minutes, hours, days etc, eg spent in, or available for, a particular activity etc: This won't take much time to do; I enjoyed the time I spent in Paris; At the end of the exam, the supervisor called `Your time is up!') čas

5) (a suitable moment or period: Now is the time to ask him.) pravi trenutek

6) (one of a number occasions: He's been to France four times.) krat

7) (a period characterized by a particular quality in a person's life, experience etc: He went through an unhappy time when she died; We had some good times together.) časi

8) (the speed at which a piece of music should be played; tempo: in slow time.) tempo

1) (to measure the time taken by (a happening, event etc) or by (a person, in doing something): He timed the journey.) meriti čas

2) (to choose a particular time for: You timed your arrival beautifully!) izbrati pravi čas

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čas; delovni čas; ura, trenutek; sport najkrajši čas; music akt, tempo; military tempo, korak, hitrost marša; plural časovna tabela, vozni red; službena doba; doba, epoha, era, vek; časi; prilika, priložnost; krat (pri množenju); nosečnost, porod; določeno razdobje; prosti čas, brezdelje; plural colloquially verb zaporu preživeta leta; računanje časa (po soncu, Greenwitchu itd.); plačilo po času (od ure, od dni itd.)

the Times (singular construction) časopis Times

time out of mind — davni čas(i)

time past, present and to come — preteklost, sedanjost in prihodnost

civil time — navadni čas

the correct (right) time — točen čas

a work of time — zamudno delo!

time! sport zdaj!

time, gentlemen, please! time! closing time! — zapiramo! (opozorilo obiskovalcem v muzeju, knjižnici ipd.)

hard times — težki časi

the ravages of time — zob časa

the good old time — dobri stari časi

against time — proti uri, z največjo hitrostjo, zelo naglo

ahead of (before) one's time — prezgodaj, preuranjeno, prerano

all the time — ves čas, nepretrgano, neprekinjeno

a long time since — zdavnaj

at any time — ob vsakem (kateremkoli) času

at a time — naenkrat, skupaj, skupno, hkrati

one at a time — po eden, posamično

at all times — vsak čas, vedno

as times go — v današnjih časih

at times — od časa do časa, občasno

at no time — nikoli, nikdar

at one time — nekoč, nekdaj

at some time — kadarkoli, enkrat

at some other time, at other times — (enkrat) drugič, drugikrat

at the present time — sedaj, zdaj, táčas

at the same time — istočasno, ob istem času; hkrati; vseeno, pri vsem tem, vendarle

at this time of day figuratively verb tako kasnem času dneva, ob tako pozni uri

at that time — tisti čas, tačás

before one's time — prezgodaj, prerano

behind time — prepozno

to be behind time — imeti zamudo

by that time — do takrat, dotlej; medtem

close time — hunting lovopust

each time that... — vsakikrat, ko

every time — vsakikrat, vsaki pot

for all time — za vse čase

for the time — trenutno, ta trenutek

for the time being — za sedaj, trenutno, v sedanjih okolnostih

for the last time — zadnjikrat

from time immemorial — (od)kar ljudje pomnijo

from time to time — od časa do časa

for a long time past — že dolgo

in the course of time — v teku časa

in day time — v dnevnem času, podnevi, pri dnevu

in due (proper) time — o pravem času

in good time — pravočasno

all in good time — vse ob svojem času

in no time — v hipu, kot bi trenil (hitro)

in the mean time — medtem, med (v) tem času

in the length of time — trajno

in the nick of time — v pravem času, v kritičnem času

in time — pravočasno; v ritmu, po taktu

in times of old — v starih časih

in one's own good time — kadar je človeku po volji

in time to come — v bodoče, v prihodnje

many a time — včasih; marsikaterikrat

many times — mogokrat, često

mean time — srednji, standardni čas

near one's time — (o ženskah) pred porodom

not for a long time — še dolgo ne, še dolgo bo trajalo

off time — iz (zunaj) takta, ritma

on time — točno, o pravem času

once upon a time (there was a king) — nekdaj, nekoč (je bil kralj...)

out of time — iz takta, ne po taktu, iz ritma; ob nepravem času, predčasno, prepozno

some time longer — še nekaj časa

some time about noon — nekako opoldne

time after time — ponovno, češče

time and again — ponovno, češče, večkrat

this long time — zdavnaj

this time a year (twelve months) — danes leto (dni), ob letu

this time tomorrow — jutri ob tem času

till next time — do prihodnjič

times without (out of) number — neštetokrat

to time — pravočasno, točno; zelo hitro; obsolete za vedno

up to time — točno

up to the present time, up to this time — dozdaj, doslej, do danes

up to that time — do takrat, dotlej

what time? — ob katerem času? kdaj?

what time? poetically (v času) ko

with times — časom, sčasoma

time is money — čas je zlato

what is the time? what time is it? — koliko je ura?

it is high time to go — skrajni čas je, da gremo

time is up! — čas je potekel!

there is time for everything — vse ob svojem času

he is out of his time — končal je učenje (vajenstvo); odslužil je svoj (vojaški) rok

now is your time — zdaj je prilika zate

she is far on in her time — ona je v visoki nosečnosti

she was near her time — bližal se je njen čas (poroda)

it was the first time that — bilo je prvikrat, da...

to ask time — economy prositi za podaljšanje roka

to beat the time — udarjati, dajati takt

to bid (to give, to pass) s.o. the time of (the) day — želeti komu dober dan, pozdraviti koga

to call time — sport dati znak za začetek ali za konec

to comply with the times — vdati se v čase

my time has come — moj čas (smrti) je prišel

my time is drawing near — bliža se mi konec

to do time slang odsedeti svoj čas v zaporu

to get better in times — časom si opomoči

my watch gains (loses) time — moja ura prehiteva (zaostaja)

he has time on his hands — ima mnogo (prostega) časa, ne ve kam s časom

to have a time with colloquially imeti težave z

to have a time of it — izvrstno se zabavati

to have a good (fine) time — dobro se zabavati

to have a hard time — preživljati težke čase

I have had my time — najboljši del svojega življenja imam za seboj

what a time he has been gone! — kako dolgo ga ni!

to keep time — držati takt (korak), plesati (hoditi, peti) po taktu

to keep good time — iti dobro, točno (o uri)

I know the time of day colloquially jaz vem, koliko je ura

to kill time — čas ubijati

this will last our time — to bo trajalo, dokler bomo živeli

what time do you make? — koliko je na tvoji (vaši) uri?

to lose time — izgubljati čas; (ura) zaostajati

to mark time — na mestu stopati (korakati), ne se premikati se z mesta

to move with the times, to be abreast of the times — iti, korakati s časom

time will show — čas bo pokazal

I am pressed for time — mudi se mi

to serve one's time — military služiti svoj rok

to speak against time — zelo hitro govoriti

to stand the test of time — obnesti se; upirati se zobu časa

to take one's time — vzeti si čas, pustiti si čas

take your time! — ne hiti!

to take time by the forelock — pograbiti priliko, izkoristiti (ugoden) trenutek

take time while time serves — izkoristiti čas, dokler ga imaš

tell me the time — povej mi, koliko je ura

time and tide wait for no man — čas beži; ne zamudi prilike; izkoristi priložnost

to watch the time — pogledovati (često pogledati) na uro

to watch one's time — prežati na ugodno priložnost

to waste time — čas zapravljati

to work against time — delati z največjo hitrostjo (tempom);

časoven; economy z določenim plačilnim rokom; (ki je) na obroke

meriti čas (z uro); določati čas; izbrati (pravi) čas; urediti po času, uravnati po okoliščinah; napraviti kaj ob pravem času; gledati na čas, držati se časa; časovno ugotoviti; regulirati, naravnati (uro); music udarjati, dajati takt (tempo)

to time one's arrival rightiy — izbrati pravi čas za svoj prihod

to time the speed — meriti hitrost

to time one's steps to the music — plesati po taktu

my train is timed to leave at four — po voznem redu odhaja moj vlak ob štirih;

ujemati se, biti soglasen ( with z), sporazumeti se; držati takt, ritem (to z)

1) (to create, form or produce: God made the Earth; She makes all her own clothes; He made it out of paper; to make a muddle/mess of the job; to make lunch/coffee; We made an arrangement/agreement/deal/bargain.) narediti

2) (to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something): They made her do it; He made me laugh.) pripraviti koga do česa

3) (to cause to be: I made it clear; You've made me very unhappy.) narediti

4) (to gain or earn: He makes $100 a week; to make a profit.) zaslužiti

5) ((of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to: 2 and 2 make(s) 4.) znašati

6) (to become, turn into, or be: He'll make an excellent teacher.) postati

7) (to estimate as: I make the total 483.) oceniti

8) (to appoint, or choose, as: He was made manager.) imenovati

9) (used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed: He made several attempts (= attempted several times); They made a left turn (= turned left); He made (= offered) a suggestion/proposal; Have you any comments to make?)

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delo, izdelovanje; economy izdelek, fabrikat, proizvod, (tovarniška) znamka; kroj, fasona; technical vrsta, oblika, tip, proizvodnja; postava, stas; zgradba (zgodbe); electrical spoj, kontakt; napoved aduta (bridge), mešanje kart

our own make — naš izdelek

of best English make — najboljše angl. kvalitete

is this your own make — si to sam naredil?

electrical to be at make — biti spojen

slang to be on the make — biti na lovu za denarjem, za dobičkom; vzpenjati se (družbeno)

British English nautical make and mend — prost čas za mornarje

delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz); predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v); pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti; figuratively napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.); povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti ( she ŋs him a good wife); znesti, znašati; imenovati za ( he was made a general); (z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk); meniti, misliti, predstavljati si ( what do you make of it); colloquially imeti koga za kaj ( I make him an honest man); zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot); slang zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči; nautical zagledati (kopno); British English jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte; electrical spojiti American slang identificirati koga;

nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to); nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda); figuratively povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances — truditi se koga pridobiti

to make no account of — ne ozirati se na kaj

to make allowance for — upoštevati, biti uvideven

to make amends for — odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj

to make angry — zjeziti

to make an appointment — dogovoriti se za sestanek

to make as if ( —ali as though) — pretvarjati se, hliniti

as you make your bed so you must lie upon it — kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal

to make a bag — imeti dober lov

to make the bed — postlati

to make believe — pretvarjati se, hliniti

to make a bid for — truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj

to make bold — drzniti si, upati si

to make no bones about — povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj

to make one's bread — vzdrževati se sam

slang to make book — ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah

this book makes good reading — ta knjiga se dobro bere

to make or break s.o. — pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma

to make a clean breast of — priznati, olajšati si srce

to make bricks without straw — delati nekaj neizvedljivega

to make the best of — izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim

to make cards — mešati karte

to make certain — prepričati se

to make clear — objasniti, razložiti

to make the door upon s.o. — zapreti komu vrata

to make a difference to — biti važno, spremeniti stvar

to make s.th. do — ali to make do with a.th. — zadovoljiti se s čim

to make no doubt — ne dvomiti

to make both ends meet — shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom

to make eyes at — spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati

to make an effort — potruditi se

to make excuses — opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se

to make an example of — eksemplarično kaznovati

to make an exhibition of o.s. — spozabiti se

to make faces at — pačiti se komu

to make a face — nakremžiti se

to make a figure — zgledati smešen

to make a fire — zakuriti

you are made for this job — si kot ustvarjen za to delo

to make one's fortune — obogateti

to make a fool of o.s. — biti za norca

to make a fool of s.o. — imeti koga za norca

to make free with — brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim

to make friends with — sprijateljiti se s kom

to make fun ( —ali game) of — zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati

to make a go of — uspeti v čem

to make good — uspeti

to make s.th. good — povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi

to make a hash of — pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)

to make a habit of it — priti v navado

to make haste — pohiteti

to make hay — pospraviti seno

to make hay of — napraviti zmešnjavo

to make hay while the sun shines — kovati železo dokler je vroče

to make head(way) — napredovati

to make headway against — premagati (težave)

not to make head or tail of — ne razumeti

American to make a hit — postati popularen

to make o.s. at home — biti kakor doma

American to make it — uspeti

nautical to make it so — izvršiti nalog

to make it hot for s.o. — naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga

to make things humorously gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)

American to make a killing — nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja

to make known — sporočiti, objaviti

to make land — zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče

to make light ( —ali little) of — podcenjevati, nalahko jemati

slang to make like — posnemati

to make a living — preživljati se

to make one's own life — živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot

to make love to — ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom

to make one's mark — napraviti karijero, izkazati se

to make one's mark on — vtisniti svoj pečat

to make or mar — pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma

to make a match — dobro se omožiti (oženiti)

to make a good meal — dobro jesti

to make merry — hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti

to make minoemeat of — izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati

to make a monkey out of — osmešiti koga

to make money — dobro zaslužiti, obogateti

to make the most of — čim bolj izrabiti

to make a mountain out of a molehill — napraviti iz muhe slona

to make mouths at — pačiti se komu

to make s.o.'s mouth water — vzbuditi zavist ali željo

to make move — lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti

to make much of — ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi

to make a name for o.s. — napraviti si ime

to make a night of it — prekrokati vso noč

to make a noise in the world — postati slaven, zasloveti

to make nothing of — ne razumeti, biti zmeden

to make of — tolmačiti, razlagati si

to make one of — priključiti se

to make the pace — voditi, diktirati tempo

to make passes at — objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti

to make peace — skleniti mir

to make one's pile — obogateti, spraviti denar na kup

to make a play for — poskužati pridobiti

to make a plunge — lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti

nautical to make port — pripluti v pristanišče

to make a point of — vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi

to make a price — nastaviti ceno

to make a practice of — imeti navado, navaditi se

to make a racket — biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati

to make ready — pripraviti

to make the rounds — obhoditi (stražar)

to make sail — odpluti, odjadrati

to make o.s. scarce — izginiti

to make a scene — napraviti komu neprijetno sceno

to make no secret of — ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati

to make shift with — pomagati si, nekako urediti

to make s.o. sit up — koga zelo presenetiti

to make a good (poor) showing — dobro (slabo) se izkazati

to make it snappy — podvizati se

to make s.o. sore — razjeziti koga

to make a splash — napraviti senzacijo

to make a speech — imeti govor

to make great strides — hitro napredovati

to make a stab at — poskusiti kaj narediti

nautical to make sternway — ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati

to make a stand — zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)

to make sure — prepričati se

to make a clean sweep of — dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti

to make tick — pripraviti do dela

to make good time — hitro napredovati

this makes the 10th time — to je že desetič

to make a good thing of — obrniti v svojo korist

to make a touch — sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi

to make hacks for — odpraviti se kam, napotiti se

American to make the team — biti sprejet v moštvo

to make a train — ujeti vlak

to make a trial of — poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj

to make o.s. understood — jasno se izraziti

to make use of — uporabiti kaj

to make way — utreti si pot, napredovati

to make one's way in the world — uspeti v življenju

to make one's way — out oditi

to make way for — umakniti se komu

to make s.o. out of his wits — spraviti koga ob pamet

to make war upon — vojskovati se s kom

nautical to make heavy weather — prebijati se po razburkanem morju

to make short work of — hitro kaj končati

to make water — scati

1) (to have for a very long or indefinite period of time: He gave me the picture to keep.) obdržati

2) (not to give or throw away; to preserve: I kept the most interesting books; Can you keep a secret?) obdržati (zase)

3) (to (cause to) remain in a certain state or position: I keep this gun loaded; How do you keep cool in this heat?; Will you keep me informed of what happens?) imeti, (vz)držati

4) (to go on (performing or repeating a certain action): He kept walking.) nadaljevati

5) (to have in store: I always keep a tin of baked beans for emergencies.) imeti na zalogi

6) (to look after or care for: She keeps the garden beautifully; I think they keep hens.) skrbeti za, rediti

7) (to remain in good condition: That meat won't keep in this heat unless you put it in the fridge.) držati se

8) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) voditi

9) (to hold back or delay: Sorry to keep you.) zadrževati

10) (to provide food, clothes, housing for (someone): He has a wife and child to keep.) vzdrževati

11) (to act in the way demanded by: She kept her promise.) držati

12) (to celebrate: to keep Christmas.) praznovati

- keeper

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history osrednji grajski stolp, trdnjava, temnica; življenjske potrebščine, oskrba, stanovanje in hrana, vzdrževanje; paša, krma; military utrdba, reduta; plural igra, pri kateri zmagovalec obdrži dobitek

to play for keeps — igrati za dobitek

slang for keeps — za vedno

to earn one's keep — preživljati se, zaslužiti za vsakdanji kruh

držati, obdržati, ohraniti, zadržati; držati se (zakona, navade); vztrajati, obdržati se; zadrževati koga; vzdrževati, čuvati, varovati, podpirati; nadzirati, na skrbi imeti, skrbeti za; imeti, voditi (trgovino), upravljati (šolo), imeti (sejo); imeti v zalogi; voditi (knjige, račune); praznovati, obhajati (praznik); imeti, gojiti (čebele, konje itd.);

ostati (doma, v postelji); počutiti se ( he ŋs well); držati se, ne kvariti se (hrana, vreme); kar naprej kaj delati ( she ŋs smiling); colloquially stanovati (where do you keep?)

to keep an appointment — držati se zmenka

commerce we don't keep this article — tega artikla nimamo v zalogi

to keep s.o. at arm's length — ne dati komu do sebe

to keep in bread and water — komaj se preživljati

to keep one's balance — obdržati ravnotežje

to keep the ball rolling — ohraniti kaj v teku

to keep body and soul together — životariti

commerce to keep books — voditi knjige

to keep cool — ostati miren

to keep one's counsel — obdržati kaj zase

to keep s.o.'s counsel — varovati tujo skrivnost

to keep a close check on — skrbno nadzirati

to keep in countenance — bodriti koga

to keep one's countenance — ostati resen, zadrževati smeh

to keep clear of — izogniti se česa, čuvati se česa

to keep s.o. company — delati komu družbo

to keep company with — skupaj hoditi, družiti se z

to keep s.th. dark — obdržati zase, ne izdati

to keep a diary — voditi dnevnik

to keep one's distance — držati se ob strani

to keep one's end up — braniti svoja načela, opravljati svoje delo

to keep an eye on ( —ali out for) —ali to keep one's eyes open ( —ali skinned) —ali to keep one's weather eye lifted — imeti odprte oči, budno paziti

to keep the field — vztrajati, ne se umakniti

to keep one's feet — obdržati se na nogah

to keep a straight face — zadrževati smeh

to keep friends — ostati v prijateljstvu

to keep guard — stražiti

to keep (a) guard over s.o. — čuvati koga

sport to keep (the) goal — biti vratar, čuvati gol

God keep you! — bog te varuj!

to keep s.th. going — ohraniti kaj v teku

to keep s.o. going — komu (denarno) pomagati; ohraniti koga pri življenju

to keep the game alive — ohraniti v teku

to keep one's ground — ne popustiti, vztrajati, ostati čvrst

to keep early ( —ali good) hours — prihajati zgodaj domov, hoditi zgodaj spat

to keep bad ( —ali late) hours — prihajati pozno domov, hoditi pozno spat

to keep one's hand in — ne priti iz vaje

to keep one's head — ne izgubiti glave, ostati miren

to keep one's head above water — ne zaiti v dolgove

to keep house — vzdrževati družino, gospodinjiti

to keep open house — biti gostoljuben, sprejemati goste ob vsakem času

to keep hold of — ne puščati iz rok

to keep in good health — ostati pri dobrem zdravju

to keep a good look-out — budno opazovati, paziti

to keep s.o. for lunch — zadržati koga pri kosilu

to keep a stiff upper lip — ne izgubiti poguma

to keep the law — držati se zakona

to keep in mind — zapomniti si

to keep one's nose to the grindstone — neprestano garati

to keep pace ( —ali step) with — iti v korak, ne zaostajati

to keep peace between — obdržati mir med

to keep the peace — držati se reda

American to keep plugging along — kar naprej garati

to keep s.o. posted ( —ali advised, informed, up to date) — stalno koga obveščati

to keep the pot boiling — životariti, komaj se prebijati

to keep one's pecker up — ne izgubiti poguma in odločnosti

to keep good relations with s.o. — ostati s kom v dobrih odnosih

to keep a record of s.th. — voditi zapise o čem

to keep in good repair — ohraniti v dobrem stanju

to keep sight of — imeti kaj pred očmi, misliti na

to keep the stage — obdržati se na odru

to keep straight on — iti naravnost naprej

to keep in suspense — pustiti koga v negotovosti; commerce imeti v evidenci (nerešeno zadevo)

to keep time — držati se takta

to keep good time — biti točen (ura)

to keep track of — zasledovati (dogodke), biti na tekočem

to keep one's temper — zadržati se, ne razburjati se

American to keep tabs on — nadzirati, budno spremljati (dogodke), zapomniti si

to keep in touch with — ostati s kom v stikih

to keep together — biti složen, držati skupaj

to keep one's word — držati besedo

to keep watch (over, on) — stražiti koga, oprezovati za kom

to keep the wolf from the door — komaj se preživljati

1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) oditi

2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) začeti

3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) pognati v tek

4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) osnovati

1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) start, začetek

2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) prednost

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- starter

1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) trzaj

2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) presenečenje

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start, odhod; aeronautics vzlet; startna točka; možnost za start; znak za start; začetek; sport prednost; trzaj, zdrznjenje, planitev kvišku; izbruh; presenečenje; začasen napor; naključje, slučaj

at the start — v začetku, skraja, sprva

by fits and starts — v presledkih

from the start — od samega začetka

from start to finish — od začetka do konca

start of fancy figuratively muha, domislek

false start sport figuratively napačen start

fiying start — leteči start

a good start in life — dober začetek v življenju

a rum start colloquially veliko presenečenje

to appear at the start sport pojaviti se na startu, iti na start

to awake with a start — planiti iz spanja

to give the start — dati znak za start

to give s.o. a start (in life) — pomagati komu pri startu v življenje

to give s.o. a start — prestrašiti koga

I can give him 10 yards start and beat him (in the race) — lahko mu dam 10 jardov prednosti in ga premagam (v teku)

I gave the wheel a start — pognal sem kolo

to get the start of one's rivals — prehiteti svoje tekmece

to make a start — začeti

to make a new start in life — začeti novo življenje

to work by fits and starts — delati s pogostnimi presledki (neredno, neenakomerno)

iti (kreniti) na pot, odpotovati ( for v); oditi, odpeljati (vlak); sport startati; izhajati ( from iz); trzniti, zdrzniti se, predramiti se, (po)skočiti, planiti; ostrmeti, osupniti (at ob); izbuljiti se (oči), izskočiti; zrahljati se, popustiti (žebelj); zviti se, skočiti iz svojega položaja (les); American slang iskati, začeti prepir;

začeti (kaj), povzročiti, pognati ali spustiti v tek; osnovati; preplašiti (divjad); izpahniti; pretočiti (tekočino) iz soda, izprazniti; sport dati (tekaču) znak za start; aeronautics dati (letalu) znak za vzlet; oživiti, poklicati (kaj) v življenje; zrahljati, omajati (žebelj); odpreti (trgovino); pomagati komu, da kaj začne, nagnati (koga) k čemu; figuratively širiti (novice), sprožiti (vprašanje)

starting next week — počenši s prihodnjim tednom

to start with — za začetek, najprej, predvsem

to start agitation American colloquially povzročiti nemire

to start after s.o. — oditi za kom, zasledovati koga

his absence started everybody talking — vsi so začeli govoričiti zaradi njegove odsotnosti

to start back — umakniti se nazaj, ustrašiti se

to start on a book — začeti (pisati) knjigo

to start in business — začeti s trgovino

it was not your business, to start with — predvsem se vas to ni tikalo

to start the collar-bone — izpahniti si ključnico

this started me coughing — ob tem sem začel kašljati

to start s.o. in business — uvesti koga v (neki) posel

to start to one's feet — skočiti, planiti na noge

to start an engine — pognati, spraviti v tek stroj

his eyes seemed to start from their sockets — oči so mu skoraj izpadle iz jamic (od jeze)

to start on a journey — iti na potovanje

to start a hare — prepoditi, preplašiti zajca

to start with Latin — začeti z učenjem latinščine

to start a paper — začeti izdajati časopis

to start into rage — razjeziti se

to start for school — odpraviti se, iti v šolo

to start at the sound of a siren — zdrzniti se ob zvoku sirene

to start a seam — odpreti šiv

to start into song — začeti peti

to start from one's seat — planiti s sedeža

a screw has started — vijak se je odvil

this speech will start him in politics — s tem govorom bo začel politično kariero

the storm started half the ship's rivets — vihar je zrahljal ladji polovico zakovic

to start on a thing — začeti neko stvar, lotiti se česa

when do you start? — kdaj odrinete (odpotujete)?

1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) srce

2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) središče, jedro

3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) srce

4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) srčnost

5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) srce

6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) srce

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- heart-warming

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srce, srčni prekat; čud, duša; ljubezen, naklonjenost; usmiljenje, sočutje; hrabrost, srčnost; razum; jedro, središče, osrčje; srčevina, srčika (debla, rastline), srce (solate); bistvo, bit; srček, dragec, dragica; srčen, pogumen človek; predmet oblike srca; rodovitnost (zemlje); plural srčne karte

after one's own heart — po želji, kot srce poželi

at heart — v duši, v srcu, po srcu

an affair of the heart — ljubezenska zadeva

bless my heart! — za boga!

by heart — na pamet

at the bottom of one's heart — na dnu srca

heart's desire — srčna želja

from one's heart — iskreno, iz srca

for one's heart — srčno rad

heart and head — navdušeno

heart of oak — srčika hrasta, figuratively srčen človek; leseno ladjevje

heart and soul — z dušo in telesom

a heart-to-heart talk — odkrit pogovor

in good heart — v dobrem stanju

the land is in good heart — zemlja je rodovitna, ni izčrpana

in the heart of — v osrčju

in one's heart — skrivoma

in one's heart of hearts — v dnu duše, zares

in heart — dobre volje

light of heart — vesel, brezbrižen

left heart — levi srčni prekat

king (queen) of hearts — srčni kralj (dama)

nautical my hearts! — tovariši!, pogumni fantje!

near one's heart — všeč, pri srcu

the very heart of the matter — bistvo zadeve

out of heart — malodušen; nerodoviten, izčrpan (zemlja)

sick at heart — potrt, žalosten

smoker's heart — kadilčevo (bolno) srce

searchings of heart — tesnoba, sum

to one's heart's content — do mile volje, kot srce poželi

with all one's heart — iz vsega srca, srčno rad

with a heavy heart — s težkim srcem

medicine disordered heart — srčna nevroza;

Z glagoli: to break s.o.'s heart — streti komu srce

to clasp s.o. to one's heart — prižeti koga na srce

to cry one's heart out — oči si izjokati

to cut s.o. to the heart — zadeti koga v srce, užaliti

to do one's heart good — dobro deti, osrečiti

to eat one's heart out — giniti od žalosti

my heart fails — pogum mi upada

I cannot find it in my heart to — ali I don't have the heart to — srce mi ne da, da bi

to get (go) to the heart of — priti (iti) stvari do dna

to give heart — opogumiti

to give one's heart to s.o. — dati komu srce

to go near ( —ali to) one's heart — ganiti

my heart goes out to him — sočustvujem z njim

to grow out of heart — postajati malodušen; izčrpavati se (zemlja)

to have a heart — imeti (dobro) srce

have a heart! — usmili se!

to have no heart — biti brez srca, neusmiljen

to have s.th. at heart — srčno kaj želeti

to have one's heart in one's mouth — v grlu stiskati, biti zelo prestrašen

to have one's heart in one's boots — biti zelo malodušen

to have one's heart in the right place — imeti srce na pravem mestu

to have s.o.'s good at heart — brigati se za dobro nekoga

to have one's heart in one's work — biti z vsem srcem pri delu

his heart leaps up — srce mu zaigra

to lay s.th. to heart — na srce položiti

to lose heart — izgubiti pogum

to lose one's heart to — zaljubiti se

to make one's heart bleed — čutiti veliko usmiljenje in žalost (srce krvavi)

to open one's heart to s.o. — razkriti komu srce, biti velikodušen

to pluck up heart — opogumiti se

to pour out one's heart — srce izliti

to put s.o. in good heart — razveseliti, razvedriti koga

to put one's heart into s.th. — biti pri stvari z dušo in telesom

my heart sank — srce mi je padlo v hlače

to set one's heart on s.th. — iz vsega srca kaj želeti

to set one's heart at rest — umiriti se, pomiriti se

to take s.th. to heart — k srcu si kaj gnati, v srce si vtisniti

to take heart (of grace) — zbrati pogum, opogumiti se

to wear one's heart on one's sleeve — imeti srce na jeziku

to win s.o.'s heart — srce osvojiti

what the heart thinketh, the mouth speaketh — povedati, kar ti leži na srcu

1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) soditi

2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) ocenjevati

3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) presoditi

4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) obsojati

1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) sodnik

2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) razsodnik

3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) dober poznavalec

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juridically sodnik

figuratively razsodnik; izvedenec, strokovnjak, dober poznavalec česa (of); military judge advocate — sodnik pri naglem sodišču

military judge advocate general — vrhovni sodnik pri naglem sodišču

associate judge — sodni prisednik

as God's my judge! — pri bogu!

to be a judge of — razumeti se na kaj

a good judge of — dober poznavalec česa

I am no judge of it — tega ne morem presoditi

let me be the judge of that — prepusti to meni

to be judge and jury in one's own cause — biti sodnik in tožitelj hkrati

as sober as a judge — popolnoma trezen

soditi, razsoditi, presoditi, odločiti (s.th. kaj, that da); sklepati (by po), preceniti;

razsoditi, izreči sodbo; ustvariti si sodbo (of o, by, from po); domnevati, soditi, misliti

judge for yourself! — sam presodi!

judging by his words — sodeč po njegovih besedah

to judge by ( —ali from) — sodeč po

I judge that — sodim, da; domnevam

1) (strong or in good condition: The foundations of the house are not very sound; He's 87, but he's still sound in mind and body.) zdrav

2) ((of sleep) deep: She's a very sound sleeper.) trden

3) (full; thorough: a sound basic training.) temeljit

4) (accurate; free from mistakes: a sound piece of work.) brez napake

5) (having or showing good judgement or good sense: His advice is always very sound.) pameten

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- soundly

1) (the impressions transmitted to the brain by the sense of hearing: a barrage of sound; ( also adjective) sound waves.) zvok; zvočen

2) (something that is, or can be, heard: The sounds were coming from the garage.) zvok

3) (the impression created in the mind by a piece of news, a description etc: I didn't like the sound of her hairstyle at all!) podoba

1) (to (cause something to) make a sound: Sound the bell!; The bell sounded.) zveneti

2) (to signal (something) by making a sound: Sound the alarm!) (po)zvoniti

3) ((of something heard or read) to make a particular impression; to seem; to appear: Your singing sounded very good; That sounds like a train.) slišati se; zdeti se

4) (to pronounce: In the word `pneumonia', the letter p is not sounded.) izgovoriti

5) (to examine by tapping and listening carefully: She sounded the patient's chest.) osluškovati

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- soundless

- sound-track

- sounding

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zvok, zven, glas, šum; ton; slušaj, doseg sluha; figuratively vtis; pomen, smisel; obsolete sporočilo, naznanilo

within the sound of — v slušaju

sound amplifier — ojačevalec zvoka

the sound of a bell — glas zvona, zvonjenje

sound and fury — prazne (gole) besede

I don't like the sound of it — to mi ni všeč, tu nekaj ne more biti v redu

there was much sound but little sense in his speech — njegov govor je bil poln donečih besed, a reven idej

zveneti, doneti, razlegati se; figuratively zdeti se, delati vtis, slišati se; transitive verb music trobiti, pihati (v trobento); igrati (na glasbilo); napraviti, da nekaj zveni, se sliši; izgovoriti (glas); naznaniti z zvonom, s trobento (umik, alarm); naglasiti kaj; pregledati pravilnost (kolesa železniškega vagona) s trkanjem kladiva; preiskati, prcgledati (npr. pljuča) z osluškovanjem; objaviti, razglasiti

to sound the alarm — dati znak s trobento za alarm

to sound s.o.'s lungs — osluškovati komu pljuča

to sound in damages — tožiti za nadomestilo nepreverjene škode

to sound s.o.'s praises — peti komu hvalo

to sound a trompet — (za)trobiti na trobento

to sound a retreat — trobiti k umiku

to sound a wheel — pregledati stanje kolesa (pri vagonu)

the bell sounds noon — zvon bije poldan

the clarion sounded — rog je zadonel

it sounds as if he was keeping something back — to zveni, kot da nekaj prikriva (da ne pove vsega)

his report sounds all right — njegovo poročilo daje ugoden vtis

the n in column is not sounded — v besedi column — se končni n — ne izgovarja

it did not sound like his voice — ni bilo slišati, kot da bi to bil njegov glas

to sound off American slang odkrito govoriti, pritožiti se; klicati imena

to sound in — iti za; glasiti se na

adjective ( soundly adverb)

zdrav, čil; nepoškodovan, neranjen, cel, dobro ohranjen, brez napake; nepokvarjen (o sadju); (o spanju) miren, trden, globok; krepak, poštén (o udarcih); (o ceni) zmeren, ki ustreza vrednosti blaga; pameten, trezen, pravilen (sodba itd.); osnovan, upravičen, temeljit, tehten (razlog); pravi; juridically veljaven zakonit; dobro premišljen, pameten; (o osebi) zanesljiv, zvest, pošten; (vedenje) pravilno, brez graje; economy soliden, zanesljiv; solventen

safe and sound — živ (čil) in zdrav

sound as a bell, as sound as a roach — zdrav kot riba

sound advice — dober, poraben nasvet

a sound friend — zvest prijatelj

sound currency economy zdrava valuta

a sound fruit — zdrav (negnil) sadež

sound in life and limb — zdrav in čil

sound merchant — soliden (nezadolžen) trgovec

a sound mind in a sound body — zdrav duh v zdravem telesu

a sound objection — utemeljen, tehten ugovor

a sound ship — ladja v dobrem stanju

sound timber — zdrav, jeder les

the child is sound already — otrok že trdno spi

the firm is not quite sound — tvrdka ni čisto solventna

is he quite sound in mind? — je (on) čisto pri pravi pameti?

to be a sound sleeper — imeti trdno spanje

to get a sound whipping — biti pošteno našeškan (tepen);

trdno, globoko; zelo

to be sound asleep, to sleep sound — trdno, globoko spati

I will sleep the sounder for it — bom toliko bolje spal

sonda; nautical merjenje globine; nautical grezilo, svinčnica;

transitive verb nautical

(s svinčnico) meriti (globino), preiskovati (dno), določiti globočino vode (v ladijskem trupu); medicine preiskovati, pregledati (sečni mehur) s sondo; figuratively oprezno pretipati; sondirati mišljenje (kake osebe); intransitive verb meriti globočino; (o kitu) potopiti se do dna

to sound s.o. on (about) — pretipati koga gledé

to sound out s.o.'s views — skušati zvedeti stališča kake osebe

morska ožina; obsolete morski rokav; zoology ribji mehur; zoology sipa

1) ((negative unsafe) protected, or free (from danger etc): The children are safe from danger in the garden.) varen

2) (providing good protection: You should keep your money in a safe place.) varen

3) (unharmed: The missing child has been found safe and well.) nepoškodovan

4) (not likely to cause harm: These pills are safe for children.) varen

5) ((of a person) reliable: a safe driver; He's a very fast driver but he's safe enough.) zanesljiv

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- safeness

- safety-belt

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varen, siguren, zanesljiv; dobro čuvan; nenevaren; zdrav, cel, nepoškodovan, ki je v dobrem stanju, srečen; previden, ničesar ne tvegajoč

as safe as houses colloquially popolnoma, absolutno varen

safe from — varen pred

safe and sound — čil in zdrav

from a safe quarter — iz zanesljivega vira

safe arrival commerce srečno dospetje (o blagu)

safe back — (zopet) srečno doma (domov)

a safe catch (cricket) dobra žoga

a safe estimate — previdna ocenitev

a safe guide — zanesljiv vodnik

a safe man — zanesljiv, zvest človek

a safe place — varen kraj

safe receipt commerce v redu prejem

a safe winner — zanesljiv zmagovalec

to be safe from — biti varen pred ( the wolves — volkovi)

is it safe to go there? — je varno iti tja?

the bridge is not safe — most ni varen, zanesljiv

this dog is not safe to touch — nevarno je, dotakniti se tega psa

it is safe to say — z gotovostjo (mirno) lahko rečemo

he is safe to come first — gotovo bo prišel prvi

to be on the safe side — biti na varnem, iti brez nevarnosti

I want to be on the safe side — ne maram se po nepotrebnem spuščati v nevarnosti, ne maram ničesar tvegati

to err on the safe side — napraviti napako, a brez škode

they feel safe now — zdaj se čutijo varne

to keep s.th. safe — (s)hraniti kaj na varnem

to play safe — varno iti; zaradi varnosti

I saw him safe home — srečno sem ga spremil (spravil) domov

varna jeklena blagajna; sef (safe); colloquially blagajna; shramba, omara za živila, za hrano

meat-safe — hladilnik za meso

1) (the top part of the human body, containing the eyes, mouth, brain etc; the same part of an animal's body: The stone hit him on the head; He scratched his head in amazement.) glava

2) (a person's mind: An idea came into my head last night.) pamet

3) (the height or length of a head: The horse won by a head.) dolžina glave

4) (the chief or most important person (of an organization, country etc): Kings and presidents are heads of state; ( also adjective) a head waiter; the head office.) glava; glaven

5) (anything that is like a head in shape or position: the head of a pin; The boy knocked the heads off the flowers.) glava, glavica

6) (the place where a river, lake etc begins: the head of the Nile.) izvir

7) (the top, or the top part, of anything: Write your address at the head of the paper; the head of the table.) vrh

8) (the front part: He walked at the head of the procession.) čelo

9) (a particular ability or tolerance: He has no head for heights; She has a good head for figures.) nadarjenost

10) (a headmaster or headmistress: You'd better ask the Head.) predstojnik

11) ((for) one person: This dinner costs $10 a head.) na osebo

12) (a headland: Beachy Head.) rt

13) (the foam on the top of a glass of beer etc.) pena

1) (to go at the front of or at the top of (something): The procession was headed by the band; Whose name headed the list?) biti na čelu

2) (to be in charge of; to be the leader of: He heads a team of scientists investigating cancer.) voditi

3) ((often with for) to (cause to) move in a certain direction: The explorers headed south; The boys headed for home; You're heading for disaster!) iti proti

4) (to put or write something at the beginning of: His report was headed `Ways of Preventing Industrial Accidents'.) nasloviti

5) ((in football) to hit the ball with the head: He headed the ball into the goal.) udariti z glavo

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glavni, na čelu

British English head boy — najboljši dijak v razredu

head cook — glavni kuhar

head nurse — glavna medicinska sestra

head waiter — glavni natakar, plačilni

head wind — nasprotni veter

glava; dolžina glave (pri konjskih dirkah); pamet, razum, nadarjenost; vodja, voditelj, predstojnik; šolski direktor, -ica; glava kovanca; glava, vrh, gornji del, vzglavje (strani, postelje, knjige, pisma, stopnišča itd); glava žeblja, kladiva, bucike; višek, kriza; pena na pivu, mleku; rogovje (srnjadi); oseba, komad, kos, glava (živine); stržen čira; izvir reke; zajezena voda; pritisk pare zraka, plina, vode; predgorje, rt; familiarly plačilni, glavni natakar; streha na vozu; glavna točka (govora), poglavje (knjige), rubrika, stolpič (v časopisu); economy postavka (v računu, fakturi), kategorija; slang latrina

above one's head — težko razumljivo, prepametno za koga

at the head of — na čelu

by head and shoulders — ali by the head and ears — s silo, na silo

(by) head and shoulders above — mnogo boljši od

by a short head — za dolžino nosu, figuratively z majhno prednostjo

crowned heads — kronane glave

a deer of the first head — petleten jelen ali srnjak

nautical down by the head — s prednjim delom ladje globoko v vodi

head of the family — družinski poglavar

heads of state — državni voditelji

the head and front — bistvo, politics glava zarote, vodja upora

from head to foot — od nog do glave, popolnoma

head first ( —ali foremost) — z glavo naprej, figuratively nepremišljeno

a large head of game — velik trop živali

hot head — vročekrvnež

a beautiful head of hair — gosti lasje

head over heels — narobe, do ušes, na vrat na nos

old head on young shoulders — pameten mlad človek

off one's head — ali out of one's head — nor

over one's head — viseč nad glavo (nevarnost); težko razumljivo

over head and ears — ali head over ears — preko glave, do ušes, popolnoma

on this head — o tem predmetu

out of one's own head — sam od sebe, sam, na lastnem zeljniku

two heads are better than one — kolikor glav, toliko misli

head of water — vodni steber

heads or tails — obe strani kovanca (pri metanju)

twopence a head — 2 penija na osebo

slang King's (Queen's) head — poštna znamka

weak in the head — slaboumen

head, cook and bottle washer — kdor s svojim vedenjem poudarja svojo veljavo

figuratively on your head be it! — naj gre na tvojo glavo, ti si odgovoren

ten head of cattle — deset glav živine;

Z glagoli: to beat s.o.'s head off — prekositi koga

colloquially to bite ( —ali snap) s.o.'s head off — uničiti koga

to bring to a head — pripeljati do krize

figuratively to break one's head — glavo si razbijati

to carry one's head high — nositi glavo pokonci, biti ponosen

to come to a head — priti do krize, zaostriti se

medicine zagnojiti se, dozoreti (čir); slang to do a thing on one's head — igraje kaj napraviti

to drag in by the head and ears — s silo privleči, za ušesa privleči

to eat ( —ali cry, scream, run) one's head off — pretirano se razburjati

it entered my head — v glavo mi je padlo

to give s.o. his head figuratively popustiti uzde

to get s.th. through one's head — doumeti, razumeti kaj

to go over s.o.'s head — biti pretežko za koga

to go to s.o.'s head — v glavo stopiti

this horse eats his head off — ta konj več pojé, kot je vreden

to have a good head for — biti nadarjen za

to have a head — imeti "mačka"

to have a good head on one's shoulders — biti dobre glave

to have one's head in the clouds figuratively živeti v oblakih, sanjariti

to have one's head screwed in the right way — imeti glavo na pravem koncu

to have a head like a sieve — imeti glavo kot rešeto, biti pozabljiv

to hit the nail on the head — točno zadeti

to keep one's head — ostati miren

figuratively to keep one's head above water — obdržati se nad vodo, životariti

to knock s.th. on the head — onemogočiti kaj

to lay ( —ali put) heads together — glave stikati, posvetovati se

to let s.o. have his head — pustiti komu delati po svoji glavi

to lie on s.o.'s head — biti komu v breme

to lose one's head — izgubiti glavo

I cannot make head or tail of — ne razumem, ne vidim ne repa ne glave

to make head — izbiti na čelo, napredovati

to make head against — uspešno se upirati

to be put over the heads of other persons — pri napredovanju preskočiti druge

to put s.th. into s.o.'s head — vtepsti komu kaj v glavo

to put s.th. into one's head — vtepsti si kaj v glavo

to put s.th. out of s.o.'s head — izbiti komu kaj iz glave

to put s.th. out of one's head — izbiti si kaj iz glave

to put one's head in the lion's mouth — izpostavljati se nevarnosti

to rear one's head — glavo dvigniti

to run in s.o.'s head — vrteti se komu po glavi

to run one's head against a brick wall — riniti z glavo skozi zid

to shake one's head — odkimati

to shake one's head at — z glavo zmajati

to suffer from swelled ( —ali swollen) head — biti zelo domišljav

to take the head — prevzeti vodstvo

to take s.th. into one's head — v glavo si kaj vtepsti

to talk over s.o.'s head — za koga preučeno govoriti

to talk s.o.'s head off — utruditi koga z nenehnim govorjenjem

to talk through the back of s.o.'s head — neprestano v koga govoriti

to throw o.s. at the head of — obesiti se komu za vrat

to talk one's head off — nenehno govoriti

to turn one's head — v glavo stopiti

to turn s.o.'s head — glavo komu zmešati

to win by a head — zmagati za dolžino glave (konj)

to work one's head off — pretegniti se od dela, garati

heads I win, tails you lose — izgubiš v vsakem primeru

voditi, biti na čelu, priti na čelo; zapovedovati; prekositi, prekašati; obiti (reko) pri izviru; dati naslov, glavo (pismu itd.); obrezati, odsekati vrh (stebla, krošnjo drevesa); upreti se, nasprotovati, postaviti se po robu; obrniti proti; sport udariti žogo z glavo;

biti obrnjen z glavo, pročeljem proti; iti, gibati se proti ( for); pluti proti ( for); razvijati se; American izvirati (reka)

to head for war — siliti v vojno

1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) povedati

2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) reči

3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) govoriti

4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) prepoznati

5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) izklepetati

6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) poznati se

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povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti; parliament šteti (glasove)

all told — (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj

tell me another! slang tega mi ne boš natvezel!

I was told (so) — rekli so mi (tako)

I'll tell you what — nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)

I'll tell you the world American o tem sem prepričan

I can tell you — zagotavljam vam

I cannot tell him from his brother — ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata

to tell s.th. abroad — pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj

to tell fortunes from cards — vedeževati iz kart

to tell one's money American šteti svoj denar

to tell one's beads religion moliti rožni venec

to tell one's name — povedati svoje ime

to tell the news — naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico

to tell a lie ( —ali lies) — lagati

to tell the reason — navesti razlog

to tell the tale colloquially pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)

to tell tales — zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti

to tell the truth — povedati resnico

to tell the votes politics šteti glasove

he told him to go — rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre

he can be told by his hat — lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku

never tell me! — ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!

the clock tells the time — ura kaže čas

this tells its own tale — to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno

we were told to get up — rekli so nam, naj vstanemo

you're telling me! slang tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!;

pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati ( about o); spoznati, vedeti (by po); imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati; colloquially izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

for all we can tell — kolikor mi vemo

who can tell — kdo ve

how can you tell? — kako morete to vedeti?

you never can tell — človek nikoli ne ve

every shot tells — vsak strel pogodi

her tears tell of her grief — njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino

to tell on ( —ali of) s.o. — izdati, zatožiti koga

don't tell on me — ne izdaj(te) me!

the hard work began to tell on her — težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej

that tells against you — to govori proti tebi;

1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) držati

2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) držati

3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) (za)držati

4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) zdržati

5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) zadržati

6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) držati, vsebovati

7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) biti

8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) držati se

9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) imeti

10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) verjeti, imeti (koga za kaj)

11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) veljati

12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) držati za

13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) braniti

14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) zadržati nasprotnika

15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) pritegniti (pozornost)

16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?) proslavljati

17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) imeti

18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) obdržati se

19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) počakati pri telefonu

20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) držati

21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) obdržati

22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) prinesti

23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?)

1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.) prijem

2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.) vpliv

3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.) prijem

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- - holder

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nautical podpalubje, ladijsko skladišče; aeronautics prostor za prtljago v letalu

to stow the hold — utovoriti na ladjo

prijem, opora; moč, vpliv (on, over, of); American ustavitev, zadrževanje; archaic utrdba

to afford no hold — ne nuditi opore

to catch ( —ali get, lay, seize, take) hold of s.th. — prijeti kaj, dobiti

to get hold of s.o. — ujeti koga, zalotiti koga

to get hold of o.s. — dobiti se v oblast, obvladati se

to get a hold on s.o. — dobiti koga v oblast

to have a (firm) hold on s.o. — imeti koga v oblasti

to keep hold of — čvrsto držati, ne izpustiti iz rok

to miss one's hold — zgrešiti, napak prijeti

in politics no holds are barred — v politiki je vse dovoljeno

to quit ( —ali let go) one's hold of — izpustiti kaj iz rok

American to put a hold on s.th. — zaustaviti kaj, zadržati kaj

to take hold of one's fancy — zbuditi domišljijo

držati, obdržati, zadržati; omejiti, zadrževati, ovirati, krotiti; zdržati; sport zadržati nasprotnika; zavezati koga za kaj (to); imeti (npr. sestanek); imeti, posedovati (zemljo, pravice, delnice, službo); imeti koga za kaj (npr. za poštenjaka); proslavljati (praznik); obdržati (smer); prenašati (alkohol); military & figuratively odbraniti, obdržati (položaj); juridically odločiti, odrediti; pritegniti (pozornost); American zadostovati (hrana); American rezervirati, imeti rezervacijo (v hotelu); American prijeti, obdržati v zaporu;

držati se, zadržati se, vztrajati (by, to pri, na čem); veljati, obveljati; obstati, prenehati; dogajati se, biti

hold! — počakaj, ustavi se!

to hold the baby — proti svoji želji imeti odgovornost

to hold to bail — proti jamstvu izpustiti na svobodo

to hold the bag — ostati na cedilu, imeti vso odgovornost

to hold a brief for — odobravati, strinjati se

to hold one's breath — zadržati dih

to hold the boards — obdržati se na odru (igra)

to hold cheap — ne ceniti

to hold in check — imeti koga v šahu, krotiti

to hold in chase — zasledovati

to hold a candle to the devil — dajati potuho

to hold in contempt — prezirati koga

to hold dear — ceniti, čislati, ljubiti

to hold fast — čvrsto držati, ne izpustiti

to hold the fort — obraniti se

to hold a good hand — imeti dobre karte

to hold good — veljati, obveljati, izkazati se

to hold one's ground ( —ali one's own) — vztrajati, ne popustiti, biti kos

to hold one's horses — potrpeti

to hold s.o. (s.th.) in the hollow of one's hand — imeti koga (kaj) v pesti

hold hard! — počakaj!, stoj!

to hold one's hand — vzdržati se česa

to hold one's head high — biti zelo ponosen

hold everything! — takoj prenehaj!

to hold at nought — omalovaževati, ne ceniti

to hold s.o. to his promise ( —ali word) — držati koga za besedo

to hold pace with — iti v koraku s kom ali čim

to hold one's peace ( —ali tongue) — molčati, držati jezik za zobmi

to hold still — ostati miren

to hold a stock — imeti zalogo, imeti na zalogi

to hold the stage — biti v središču zanimanja (igralec na odru)

to hold tight — čvrsto (se) držati

to hold true — veljati, biti res

to hold water — prenesti natančen pregled, veljati; biti vodotesen

to hold a wager — staviti

to hold watch — stražiti

there is no holding him — ne da se ga zadržati, nezadržen je

neither to hold nor to bind — ki se ga ne da obvladati, neukročen

the rule holds of ( —ali in) all cases — pravilo velja v vsakem primeru

the place holds many memories — kraj je poln spominov

to eat as much as one can hold — jesti kolikor kdo zmore

1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) slab

2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) slab, grd

3) (unpleasant: bad news.) slab

4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) pokvarjen

5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) škodljiv

6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) bolan

7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) slabo

8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) težak

9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) dvomljiv

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- badly

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adjective (comparative worse —, superlative worst) slab, pokvarjen, škodljiv, ponarejen; hud, hudoben, krivičen; bolan

bad to beat — težko premagljiv

bad blood — sovraštvo, huda kri

to be in s.o.'s bad books — biti pri kom slabo zapisan

bad egg ( —ali hat, lot) — človek na slabem glasu

bad fairy — zli duh

bad form — neprimerno vedenje

from bad to worse — vedno slabše

to go bad — pokvariti se; propasti, propadati

not half (as) bad — čisto čedno

bad language — zmerjanje, psovke

bad luck — smola

American bad man — razbojnik, bandit

in bad odour — na slabem glasu

not too bad — kar dobro

it is too bad — škoda, preneumno

with a bad grace — nerad

bad ways — razuzdano življenje

bad woman — razuzdanka

zlo; primanjkljaj, zguba, poguba

to go to the bad — propasti, propadati

to take the bad with the good — sprijazniti se z neprijetnim

to be to the bad — biti na zgubi

1) ((usually with from or by) to gain advantage: He benefited from the advice.) izkoristiti

2) (to do good to: The long rest benefited her.) koristiti

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- give someone the benefit of the doubt

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dobro, korist, ugodnost, prednost; podpora; nadarba; beneficij

theatre benefit night — benefična predstava

to give the benefit of the doubt — zaradi pomanjkljivostih dokazov razložiti zadevo komu v prid; pomilostiti, odpustiti

to the benefit of — v korist koga, česa

for your (special) benefit — (samo) za vas

American to take the benefit — objaviti bankrot

unemployment benefit — podpora za brezposelne

to derive benefit from — okoristiti se s čim

koristiti; pomagati; prijati, pomagati;

okoristiti se

1) (a (usually short) period of not working etc after, or between periods of, effort; (a period of) freedom from worries etc: Digging the garden is hard work - let's stop for a rest; Let's have/take a rest; I need a rest from all these problems - I'm going to take a week's holiday.) počitek

2) (sleep: He needs a good night's rest.) spanje

3) (something which holds or supports: a book-rest; a headrest on a car seat.) opora, naslon

4) (a state of not moving: The machine is at rest.) mirovanje

1) (to (allow to) stop working etc in order to get new strength or energy: We've been walking for four hours - let's stop and rest; Stop reading for a minute and rest your eyes; Let's rest our legs.) odpočiti se

2) (to sleep; to lie or sit quietly in order to get new strength or energy, or because one is tired: Mother is resting at the moment.) počivati

3) (to (make or allow to) lean, lie, sit, remain etc on or against something: Her head rested on his shoulder; He rested his hand on her arm; Her gaze rested on the jewels.) počivati

4) (to relax, be calm etc: I will never rest until I know the murderer has been caught.) oddahniti si

5) (to (allow to) depend on: Our hopes now rest on him, since all else has failed.) opreti (se)

6) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) biti odvisen (od)

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- restful

- the rest

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(nočni) počitek, počivanje, mirovanje, mir; spanje, odmor, oddih; večni počitek (mir); počivališče; dom, zavetišče, prebivališče; technical opora, opornik, podpornik; music pavza; (metrika) cezura; (redko) obnovljena moč

without rest — brez miru, brez odloga, nemudoma

at rest — miren, nepremičen, mrtev

a good night's rest — dobro spanje

rest room — soba za počivanje, dnevna soba; American toaleta

rest period sport odmor v igri

day of rest — dan počitka, praznik

sailors' rest — dom za pomorščake

travellers' rest — turistični dom (prenočišče)

vulcano at rest — mirujoč vulkan

to be at rest — mirovati, v miru počivati (o mrtvem); biti pomirjen

to allow an hour for rest — privoščiti si uro počitka

to come to rest — priti do miru, pomiriti se

to go (to retire) to rest — iti k počitku, iti spat

to lay to rest — položiti k (večnemu) počitku, zagrebsti, pokopati

to set s.o.'s mind at rest — pomiriti, umiriti, utešiti, potolažiti koga

to set a question at rest — odločiti, rešiti vprašanje

to take a rest — odpočiti se

to take one's rest — počivati, iti k počitku

I want rest — potreben sem počitka

mirovati, počivati, najti mir, umiriti se, biti miren; ležati, spati; odpočiti se; oddahniti se; obstati, ustaviti se (o stroju); opirati se (against, on na), opreti se, nasloniti se; zanesti se na, zaupati (in v); transitive verb pustiti (komu) počivati, dati počitek komu; varovati, prizanašati komu; dati mir komu; nasloniti, opreti (on na); upreti (pogled) na, v

to rest oneself — odpočiti se, oddahniti si

rest his soul! — mir, pokoj njegovi duši!

to rest in the churchyard — večno počivati na pokopališču

to rest from toil — odpočiti si od težkega dela

I rest on your promise — zanesem se na vašo obljubo

he rested his head on the pillow — položil je glavo na blazino k počitku

he rests his suspicions on that letter — on opira svoja sumničenja na ono pismo

to rest on (upon) one's oars — nehati veslati, figuratively počivati po napornem delu

to rest on one's laurels figuratively počivati na svojih lovorikah

to rest a ladder against a wall — nasloniti lestev na zid

are you rested? — si se odpočil?

it rests with you to propose terms — vam je prepuščeno, da predlagate pogoje

the burden rests upon him — breme odgovornosti leži, počiva na njem

the fault rests with you — krivda je vaša (leži pri vas)

let him rest in peace! — naj (on) v miru počiva!

to let a quarrel rest — pokopati prepir

the matter cannot rest there — stvar (zadeva) ne more ostati pri tem

the officer rested the soldiers — častnik je dal počitek (odmor) vojakom

a shadow rests on the valley — senca leži nad dolino

we stopped to rest the horses — ustavili smo se, da bi dali počitka konjem

ostanek; preostanek; ostalo, ostali; rezervni sklad, rezerva (zlasti v Bank of England); commerce zaključek bilance, delanje bilance, računski zaključek; tennis niz (dolga zaporednost) žog

among the rest — med ostalim

and all the rest of it — in vse ostalo (drugo)

and the rest of it — in (ostalo) podobno

for the rest — v ostalem, kar se ostalega tiče, gledé ostalega, sicer

the rest of us — ostali od nas

net rest — neto prebitek

all the rest are going — vsi drugi (ostali) gredo (hočejo iti)

he was drunk like the rest — bil je pijan kot vsi ostali (drugi)

ostati, preostati, biti preostanek (of česa)

rest assured that I will do my best — bodite prepričani, da bom storil vse, kar bo v moji moči

to rest with — biti v rokah, biti odvisen od

it rests with you to decide — vi odločite; vaša stvar je, da odločite

it does not rest with me to decide — odločitev ni v mojih rokah

the affair rests a mystery — zadeva (stvar) ostaja (je še naprej) skrivnost

history kavelj na oklepu srednjeveškega viteza, v katerega je zataknil svoje kopje pri napadu na nasprotnika

1) (beauty of form or movement: The dancer's movements had very little grace.) gracioznost

2) (a sense of what is right: At least he had the grace to leave after his dreadful behaviour.) vljudnost

3) (a short prayer of thanks for a meal.) molitev pred jedjo in po njej

4) (a delay allowed as a favour: You should have paid me today but I'll give you a day's grace.) odlog

5) (the title of a duke, duchess or archbishop: Your/His Grace.) Vaša milost

6) (mercy: by the grace of God.) milost

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- graceful

- graciously

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milina, dražest, privlačnost, ljubkost; okras; milost, naklonjenost, usluga; usmiljenje; molitev pred jedjo in po njej; British English dovoljenje, odločba; vljudnost; igra z obročem; naslov vojvode ali nadškofa (Your, His Grace)

act of grace — zakon o amnestiji

airs and graces — šopirjenje

with a bad grace — nevljudno, neprijazno

to be in s.o.'s grace — biti v milosti pri kom

grace to boot! — bog se nas usmili!

with a good grace — v milosti pri kom

in s.o.'s good graces — v milosti pri kom

to say grace — moliti pred jedjo ali po njej

days of grace — dnevi odloga plačila

the Three Graces — tri gracije

to fall from grace — grešiti

time of grace — doba prepovedi lova

in the year of grace — v letu gospodovem

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okrasiti; počastiti; podpreti, podpirati; obdariti; poveličati

1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) značaj; vrsta

2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) značaj

3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) dober glas

4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) oseba (v igri)

5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) čudak

6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) črka

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- characteristic

- characteristically

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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

figuratively 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

poetically archaic opisati

1) (light-coloured; with light-coloured hair and skin: fair hair; Scandinavian people are often fair.) svetel

2) (just; not favouring one side: a fair test.) nepristranski

3) ((of weather) fine; without rain: a fair afternoon.) lep

4) (quite good; neither bad nor good: Her work is only fair.) zadovoljiv

5) (quite big, long etc: a fair size.) precejšen

6) (beautiful: a fair maiden.) čeden

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- fairness

1) (a collection of entertainments that travels from town to town: She won a large doll at the fair.) semenj

2) (a large market held at fixed times: A fair is held here every spring.) sejem

3) (an exhibition of goods from different countries, firms etc: a trade fair.) sejem

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lep; nežen; jasen, svetel; čist; svež; ugoden; svetlolas, blond; precejšen; znaten; ( with do) pošten, pravičen; spodoben, vljuden; primeren, zadovoljiv; čitljiv

the fair (sex) — ženske

a fair amount — precejšnja količina, precej denarja

to be a fair game — biti po pravici predmet zasmehovanja

to be in a fair way — biti na najboljši poti

a fair chance — dobra priložnost

a fair copy — čistopis

for fair — dejansko, zares

to give s.o. a fair warning — pravočasno koga posvariti

colloquially fair to middling — še kar dobro

fair play — poštena igra, nepristranost

fair and soft goes far in the day — s poštenjem in dobroto veliko dosežeš

fair field and no favour — ista priložnost za vsakogar

fair and square — pošten in odkrit; naravnost

to be in a fair way — dobro kazati

what is fair for one is fair for all — kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za druge

fair wind — ugoden veter

to write a fair hand — imeti lepo pisavo

fair view — lep razgled; odkrito mnenje

a fair proposal — sprejemljiv predlog

to be in a fair way — dobro komu kazati

naravnost; jasno; pošteno; pravilno; vljudno; nežno

to bespeak s.o. fair — dobro o kom govoriti

to promise ( —ali bid) fair — dobro kazati

to copy fair — na čisto prepisati