na mojo srečo

adverb na srečo

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k sreči, po srečnem naključju

luckily for me — na mojo srečo

1) (to attempt or make an effort (to do, get etc): He tried to answer the questions; Let's try and climb that tree!) poskusiti

2) (to test; to make an experiment (with) in order to find out whether something will be successful, satisfactory etc: She tried washing her hair with a new shampoo; Try one of these sweets.) preizkusiti

3) (to judge (someone or their case) in a court of law: The prisoners were tried for murder.) postaviti pred sodišče

4) (to test the limits of; to strain: You are trying my patience.) preizkušati

1) (an attempt or effort: Have a try (at the exam). I'm sure you will pass.) poskus

2) (in rugby football, an act of putting the ball on the ground behind the opponents' goal-line: Our team scored three tries.) poskus

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colloquially poskus, eksperiment; poskušnja; preizkušnja

a try-on — nepošten poskus (ki ni mogel uspeti)

to have a try at s.th. — poskusiti kaj, napraviti poskus s čim

let me have a try — naj poskusim

to have another try — še enkrat poskusiti

he had a good try — poskušal je, kolikor je mogel

poskusiti, lotiti se, začeti; preizkusiti, raziskati; pokusiti (jed); ugotoviti (kaj) s poskusom, eksperimentirati z; juridically (sodno) preiskovati (primer), zasliševati, izpraševati pred sodiščem; soditi, voditi sodni postopek, postaviti pred sodišče ( for zaradi); odločiti, rešiti (spor, vprašanje); (po)skušati (kaj izvesti, doseči); (večinoma try up) (pre)čistiti, rafinirati (kovine, olje itd.), rektificirati (špirit), stopiti (mast, loj itd.); prenapenjati, utrujati (oči), mučiti, preveč zahtevati od, staviti na hudo preizkušnjo; (večinoma try up) tesati, strugati, stružiti, rezljati; intransitive verb poskusiti, napraviti poskus; truditi se ( for za), prizadevati si, mučiti se(at z)

a tried friend — zvest, zanesljiv prijatelj

go and try! — poskusi!

try again! — poskusi še enkrat!

try and repeat! colloquially poskusi ponoviti!

he is a tried hand at it — on je izkušen v tem

I'll try my best ( —ali my hardest) — skušal bom napraviti vse, kar bo v moji moči

to try one's hand at — preizkusiti svojo spretnost v, poskusiti sev

to try a criminal for murder — soditi zločincu zaradi umora

to be tried for one's life — biti sojen (biti pred sodiščem) zaradi zločina, ki se lahko kaznuje s smrtjo

to try a new remedy — preiskusiti novo zdravilo

to try it on s.o. slang skušati koga prelisičiti

to try it on the dog figuratively koga uporabiti za poskusnega kunca; igrati gledališko igro za poskušnjo najprej na deželi

to try the door — skušati odpreti vrata

I was afraid he was going to try s.th. wild — bal sem se, da bo napravil kako neumnost

you are trying my patience — na hudo preskušnjo stavljaš mojo potrpežljivost

the poor light tries my eyes — slaba luč mi utruja oči

to try one's luck with s.o. — poskusiti svojo srečo pri kom

the widow was sorely tried — vdova je mnogo prestala

he tried hard for a job — zelo si je prizadeval, da bi dobil (kako) delo (službo)

I tried for a scholarship — potegoval sem se za štipendijo

try the ice before you skate figuratively premisli, preden kaj storiš!;