prenapenjati si oči

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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- trier

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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!;

1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) napeti (se)

2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) pretegniti, napenjati

3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) izkušati

4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) precediti

1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) napetost, obremenitev

2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) preobremenjenost

3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) izvin

4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) obremenitev

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- strained

1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) vrsta

2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) nagnjenje, poteza

3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) zvoki

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pritisk, vlek, poteg, natezanje, napetost, moč; obremenjenost; (pre)napenjanje, prizadevanje, trud, teženje; obremenitev, breme, napor; izpah, izvin; technical deformacija, poklina, razpoka, lom; izbruh, ploha (besedi), tirada, ton, stil, način izražanja; (često plural) zvoki, melodije; stih, verz, odstavek; razpoloženje; (redko) višek, stopnja

on the strain — v napetosti

under a strain — zdelan, živčno uničen, pri kraju z živci

without strain — brez truda

the strain of modern life — napeto sodobno življenje

a humorous strain — šaljiv ton

martial strains — bojevite melodije, vojaška muzika

strains of obscenity — ploha (izbruh) nespodobnih besed

the strain on the rope — napetost, nategnjenost vrvi

the strain of my responsibility — breme moje odgovornosti

to the strains of the national anthem — ob zvokih narodne himne

to be in a philosophizing strain — biti v razpoloženju za filozofiranje

it is a strain colloquially to človeka zdela

she is a great strain on my resources — ona je veliko breme za moje finance

all his senses were on the strain — vsi čuti so mu bili skrajno napeti

he has a strain in his leg — nogo ima izpahnjeno

she spoke of him in lofty strains — govorila je o njem v samih superlativih

to impose a strain on a machine — preobremeniti stroj, preveč zahtevati od stroja

he is suffering from strain — bolan je od pretiranega dela

nategniti, napeti; (pre)napenjati, pretegniti, (i)zviniti, izpahniti

to strain a rope — nategniti vrv

to strain every nerve — napeti vse živce, vse od sebe dati

to strain one's eyes — prenapenjati si oči

to strain a muscle — nategniti si mišico

to strain one's wrist — izviniti si zapestje; technical upogniti, zverižiti, (preveč) raztegniti, deformirati, preoblikovati; forsirati, silo delati; prekoračiti, preveč zahtevati, precenjevati, previsoko oceniti

to strain the law — silo delati zakonu (pravici)

to strain the meaning of a word — forsirati, silo delati pomenu besede

to strain a point — predaleč iti

to strain the truth — po svoje resnico prikrojiti

to strain one's credit (one's powers, one's rights) — prekoračiti svoj kredit (svoja pooblastila, svoje pravice)

to strain one's strength — precenjevati svojo moč; precediti, filtrirati, pasirati (tudi out)

to strain out coffee grounds — (pre)filtrirati kavino goščo; (močno) stisniti (to k), objeti; obsolete (pri)siliti, primorati, priganjati;

vleči, trgati; (do skrajnosti) se napenjati, si prizadevati, se truditi (for, after za), stremeti (for, after po); upogniti se, (s)kriviti se, zviti se; teči, curljati skozi, pronicati (o tekočini); ustrašiti se (at pred), osupniti, ostrmeti, ustaviti se (at ob), imeti preveč pomislekov

the dog strains at the leash — pes vleče (za) vrv

he strains too much after effect — on preveč stremi, se lovi za efekti

the ship strained in the heavy sea — ladja se je krivila v razburkanem morju

to strain at a gnat — pri malenkostih se obotavijati (se obirati)

he is straining under the load — šibi se pod bremenom

rod, družina, linija; biology rasa, čista linija; (rasni) znak, poteza, primes; poreklo, izvor; (dedno) nagnjenje, dispozicija, poteza (v značaju); soj, vrsta, sorta; obsolete oploditev

a strain of Greek blood — (značilna) lastnost (poteza, kanec) grške krvi

a strain of insanity — dedna nagnjenost k blaznosti

a strain of fanaticism — sled (nadih, poteza) fanatičnosti