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1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) ono, to2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?)3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.)4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!)•- its- itself* * *I1.personal pronounono, to (v slovenščini se navadno ne prevaja)it writes well — (svinčnik itd.) dobro pišeOh, it was you — ah, ti si bil;2.subjekt brezosebnih glagolov in konstrukcijwhat time is it? — koliko je ura?how is it with your promise? — kako pa kaj s tvojo obljubo?it is 6 miles to — je šest milj do;3.poudarjena oblikait is to him that you should turn — nanj bi se moral obrniti;4.za predlogiof it — od tega, iz tegato it — k temu, na tem;5.nedoločni objektconfound it! — da bi ga vrag pocitralto go it — spustiti se v kaj, lotiti se česato foot it — iti peš, plesatito run for it — teči po kaj, teči na varno, teči na vlak itd.I take it that — domnevam, dalittle was left of it — od tega je malo ostalo;6.reflexivesebe, se, sebi, si, s seboj (za predlogi)IInouncolloquially nekaj posebnega, vrhunec; colloquially spolna privlačnost; British English colloquially martinihe was it — ni mu bilo enakega, bil je silno privlačen
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