biti za norca

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?)

- maker

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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 deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) ukaniti

2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) noreti

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- foolish

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norec, bedak, butec, zmedenec; dvorni norec, pavliha; figuratively igračka

All Fools' Day — 1. april

April Fool — aprilska šala; žrtev aprilske šale

to be no fool — biti bister

as the fool thinks so the bell clinks — norec veruje v to, kar si želi

everyone has a fool in his sleeve — vsakdo se včasih obnaša kakor norec

a fool's bolt is soon shot — norec je kmalu pri kraju s svojo pametjo

a fool's errand — brezplodno delo

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

to be a fool for one's pains — zaman si prizadevati

fool's paradise — deveta dežela

to play the fool — neumno se obnašati

to be but a fool to, to be a fool to — ne biti nič v primeri s

mineralogy fool's gold — železov kršec

he is a fool to... — on nič ne pomeni proti...

there's no fool like an old fool — nič ni hujšega kakor ponoreli starec

botany fool's parsley — mala trobelika

šaliti se, norčevati se, uganjati norčije; archaic igrati norca;

za norca imeti: ukaniti, osmešiti, varati

sladko kuhano sadje s smetano

American colloquially nepreudaren, nerazsoden; smešen, prešeren

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vzeti, jemati; prijeti, zgrabiti; polastiti se, zavzeti; ujeti, zalotiti, zasačiti, military ujeti; vzeti mero, izmeriti; peljati se (z); (po)jesti, (po)piti

to take advice — vprašati (prositi) za (na)svet, posvetovati se

he does not take alcohol — on ne pije (alkohola)

to take one's bearings marine izmeriti (določiti) svoj položaj, figuratively ugotoviti, pri čem smo

take her through this book — predelaj z njo to knjigo

to take the bull by the horns — zgrabiti bika za rogove, figuratively spoprijeti se s kom (čim)

to take breakfast — zajtrkovati

the car cannot take more than five — v avto ne more več kot pet oseb

to take a cup of tea — popiti skodelico čaja

shall we take our coffee in the garden? — bi pili kavo na vrtu?

to take the chair figuratively prevzeti predsedstvo, voditi (sejo ipd.)

to take s.o.'s eye — pritegniti pozornost kake osebe

to take a flat — vzeti (v najem) stanovanje

to take in one's hands — vzeti v roke

to be taken ill — zboleti

to take the lead — prevzeti vodstvo, iti (kot prvi) naprej

I took her in a lie — ujel sem jo na laži

to take s.o.'s measurements — vzeti komu mere (o krojaču)

I take the opportunity to tell you... — izkoriščam priliko, da vam povem...

to take (holy) orders ecclesiastic biti posvečen, ordiniran

to take a part — prevzeti, igrati vlogo

to take in bad part — zameriti, za zlo vzeti

to take poison — vzeti strup, zastrupiti se

to take precedence over — imeti prednost pred

to take s.o. prisoner ( —ali captive) — military ujeti koga

to take 3000 prisoners military ujeti 3000 sovražnikov

to take a seat — sesti (na stol)

to take s.o. for s.tiv. adjective slang izvabiti, izmamiti, izlisičiti kaj iz koga

to take s.o. stealing — zasačiti koga pri tatvini

I take his statement with a grain of salt — njegove izjave ne jemljem dobesedno ("z zrnom soli", razsodno, s pametnim premislekom)

to take by storm ( —ali assault) — zavzeti, osvojiti z jurišem

to take a bit between teeth figuratively odpovedati poslušnost

to take s.o.'s temperature — (iz)meriti komu temperaturo

to take by the throat — zgrabiti za vrat

to take a ticket — vzeti, kupiti vozovnico

to take the train (a taxi, a tram) — peljati se z vlakom (taksijem, tramvajem)

to take a thief in the act — zasačiti tatu pri dejanju

to be taken in a trap — ujeti se v past

the town was taken after a short siege — mesto je bilo zavzeto po kratkem obleganju

to take s.o. unawares — presenetiti koga

to take the waters — piti zdravilno vodo (v zdravilišču)

to take the trouble of doing s.th. — vzeti si trud in napraviti kaj

to take the veil religion iti v samostan, postati nuna

to take a wife — oženiti se

to take the right way with s.o. — lotiti se koga s prave strani, na pravi način

we must have taken the wrong way — morali smo se zmotiti v poti

to take a poor view ( —ali a dim view) of — ne odobravati (česa), imeti slabo mnenje o;

odvzeti, odšteti; odnesti, s seboj vzeti, (od)peljati, odvesti; iztrgati

children were taken from their mothers — materam so odvzeli otroke

take three from ten — odštej tri od deset

he tried to take her handbag from her — skušal ji je iztrgati torbico

take this letter to the post-office — odnesi to pismo na pošto

take your umbrella — vzemi dežnik s seboj

the bus will take you there — avtobus vas bo peljal tja

to take s.o. home — odvesti koga domov

where will this road take us? — kam nas pelje ta pot?

he was taken in the prime of life — umrl je v najboljših letih

he was taken hence — umrl je;

dobiti; izkoristiti; prejemati, biti naročen na; nakopati si, stakniti

to take cold — dobiti (stakniti, nakopati si) nahod, prehlad

to take a cold — prehladiti se

to take a fever — dobiti mrzlico

to take an infection — okužiti se, inficirati se

to take a game — dobiti igro

to take s.th. as a reward — dobiti kaj kot nagrado

to take the first prize in — dobiti prvo nagrado v (pri)

to take a monthly salary — prejemati mesečno plačo

to take a degree at the university — diplomirati na univerzi

to take a newspaper — biti naročen na časopis

to take a (mean) advantage of s.th. — (grdo) izkoristiti kaj

to take s.th. under a will — dobiti (podedovati) kaj po testamentu;

vzeti, zahtevati, potrebovati, biti potreben

it takes a good actor to play this role — le dober igralec more igrati to vlogo

it takes time and courage — za to je potreben čas in pogum

it took me ( —ali I took) 5 minutes to reach the station — potreboval sem ɜ minut, da sem prišel do postaje

it did not take more than 3 minutes — to ni trajalo več kot 3 minute

it would take a strong man to move it — potreben bi bil močan možakar, da bi to premaknil

which size in hats do you take? — katero številko (velikost) klobuka potrebujete (nosite, imate)?

it takes two to make a quarrel — za prepir sta potrebna dva;

občutiti, imeti; nositi, pretrpeti, prenašati, prestati, doživeti; napraviti

to take the consequences — nositi, prevzeti posledice

to take an examination — napraviti izpit

to take a fall adjective slang nositi posledice

to take a loss — (pre)trpeti, imeti izgubo

to take offense — biti užaljen, zameriti

to take pains — (po)truditi se

to take pity on s.o. — občutiti (imeti) usmiljenje za koga

to take umbrage — sumničiti, posumiti

to take great pleasure in s.th. — imeti veliko veselje za kaj, uživati v čem

are we going to take it lying down? — bomo to prenesli, ne da bi reagirali?

these troops had taken the brunt of the attack — te čete so doživele glavni sunek napada;

očarati, prevzeti, privlačiti

to be taken with (by) — biti očaran od

he takes readers with him — on očara (potegne za seboj) svoje bralce

to take s.o.'s fancy — ugajati, prikupiti se komu

his play did not take — njegova drama ni imela uspeha

they soon took to each other — kmalu sta se vzljubila

what took him most was the sweetness of her voice — kar ga je najbolj prevzelo, je bila milina njenega glasu;

razumeti, razlagati (si), tolmačiti (si), sklepati; smatrati (za), imeti za, vzeti za, verjeti

I take it that... — to razumem tako, da...

shall I take it that... — naj to razumem (naj si to razlagam), da...?

then, I take it, you object to his coming — torej, če prav razumem, vi nasprotujete temu, da bi on prišel

as I take it — kot jaz to razumem, po mojem mnenju (mišljenju)

do not take it ill if I do not go — ne zamerite mi, če ne grem

to take a hint ( —ali cue) — razumeti namig

to take a joke well (ill) — (ne) razumeti šalo

to take seriously — resno vzeti

you may take it from me — lahko mi to verjamete

whom do you take me for? — za koga me (pa) imate?

to take s.o. for a fool — imeti koga za norca

to take s.th. for granted — vzeti (smatrati) kaj za dejstvo, za samoumevno

I take this to be fun — to smatram za šalo

I take him to be ( —ali for) an honest man — imam ga za poštenjaka

to take as read politics juridically smatrati za prebrano (zapisnik itd.)

may I take the minutes as read? — smem smatrati, da je zapisnik odobren?;

zateči se (k, v); iti (k, v); vreči se v, pognati se v; preskočiti

to take earth hunting zbežati v luknjo (o lisici), figuratively umakniti se, skriti se

to take a header — skočiti (na glavo) v vodo

to take (to) the water — iti v vodo

he took the bush — zatekel se je (pobegnil je, šel je) v hosto

they took to the woods — zbežali so (zatekli so se) v gozdove

to take refuge ( —ali shelter) — zateči se ( with k)

to take to the stage — iti h gledališču

take the corner slowly — počasi zavijte okoli vogala

the horse took the hedge with the greatest ease — konj je preskočil živo mejo z največjo lahkoto;

fotografirati; skrbeti (za)

he took me while I was not looking — fotografiral me je, ko sem gledal(a) drugam

he insisted on being taken with his hat on — na vsak način je hotel biti fotografiran s klobukom na glavi

to take views — delati (fotografske) posnetke, fotografirati

to have one's photograph taken — dati se fotografirati

to take a photo — fotografirati

she took her mother in her old age — skrbela je za mater v njeni starosti;

uspeti, imeti uspeh, naleteti na odziv; botany prijeti se, uspevati, ukoreniniti se; technical prijeti; prijeti se (o barvi); medicine učinkovati, delovati (zdravilo, cepivo ipd.); (o ribi) prijeti, ugrizniti; photography fotografirati se, biti fotografiran; (redko) vneti se, vžgati se; colloquially biti prizadet

the book did not take — knjiga ni imela uspeha

the dye takes well on this cloth — barva se dobro prime (drži) na tem blagu

some people take better than others — nekateri ljudje so videti boljši na fotografiji kot drugi

he did not take well this time — to pot on ni dober (ni dobro uspel) na fotografiji

to take well — biti fotogeničen

he takes well (badly) — on je (ni) dober na fotografiji

to take sick — zboleti

to take as heir — prevzeti dediščino, nastopiti kot dedič

to take into account ( —ali consideration), to take account for — vzeti v poštev (v račun), upoštevati, računati z, ozirati se na, vračunati

to take aim at military meriti, ciljati na

to take the air — iti na zrak (na prosto, ven); (o pticah) zleteti v zrak; aeronautics dvigniti se

to take alarm — vznemiriti se

to take breath — zajeti sapo, oddahniti si

to take the bun ( —ali cake —ali biscuit) — slang figuratively vse prekositi

this takes the cake! slang to je pa že višek!

to take care — biti oprezen, paziti

to take charge of — prevzeti vodstvo (upravljanje, odgovornost) za; vzeti v svoje varstvo

to take one's chance — tvegati, upati se

to take s.o. into one's confidence — zaupati se komu, zaupno povedati komu kaj

to take under consideration — vzeti v pretres, v presojo

to take comfort — potolažiti se

to take a dare — pustiti (dati) se izzvati ali razdražiti

deuce take it! — vrag vzemi to! k vragu s tem!

to take effect — učinkovati, imeti učinek, uspeh; juridically stopiti v veljavo

to take exception to ( —ali at, against) — grajati, oporekati, biti užaljen, zameriti, delati očitke

to take evasive action slang izmuzniti se (pred nevarnostjo, dolžnostjo, plačanjem)

to take one's ease — udobno se namestiti

to take s.o.'s evidence juridically zaslišati koga

to take one's farewell — vzeti slovo, posloviti se

to take to heart — vzeti si k srcu, biti prizadet, užalostiti se

to take holiday — vzeti si dopust

to take hold of — prijeti, zgrabiti

to take it into one's head — vbiti si (to) v glavo

to take an interest in — zanimati se za

to take issue with — ugovarjati, nasprotovati, biti proti

to take it (on the chin) slang požreti (žalitev), mirno sprejeti (kazen)

take it or leave it! — vzemi ali pa pusti! reci da ali pa ne! napravi, kar hočeš!

to take a journey — potovati, iti na potovanje

to take kindly to s.o. — čutiti nagnjenje do koga, marati koga

to take a leap — poskočiti

to take leave of — vzeti slovo od, posloviti se od

to take liberties — preveč si dovoliti, biti predrzen

to take lessons — jemati učne ure (lekcije)

to take one's life in one's hand — tvegati (svoje) življenje, staviti svoje življenje na kocko

to take the measure of s.o.'s foot — vzeti mero za obutev, figuratively premeriti sposobnosti, moči kake osebe

to take the minutes — pisati, voditi zapisnik (seje itd.)

to take no — dobiti odklonitev

to take possession of — vzeti v posest

to take notice colloquially opaziti

to take notice of — vzeti na znanje, upoštevati

to take no notice of — ne upoštevati, ne se meniti za, ignorirati

to take in ( —ali to) pieces — narazen (se) dati, razstaviti (se)

to take part in — udeležiti se, sodelovati v

to take a ride — pojezditi; peljati se (z vozilom)

to take a river — iti čez reko

to take rise — izvirati, nasta(ja)ti

to take root — ukoreniniti se

to take shape — dobiti obliko, (iz)oblikovati se

to take the rough with the smooth figuratively vzeti življenje takšno, kakršno je

the son took after his father — sin se je vrgel po očetu

to take by surprise — presenetiti

to take short — presenetiti, zalotiti

to take to singing a tune — začeti peti melodijo

to take to bad habits — vdati se slabim navadam

to take to s.th. like ducks to water — takoj se vneti (ogreti) za kaj

to take to task — poklicati na odgovornost, grajati, ošteti

to take the time from s.o. figuratively točno se ravnati po kom

to take one's turn — priti na vrsto

to take turns — menjavati se (za)

to take a turn for the worse — obrniti se na slabše

to take things easy — lagodno delati

take it easy! — ne razburjaj se!

I am not taking any colloquially hvala, tega ne bom (vzel), tega ne maram

to take the water marine izpluti

to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figuratively preprečiti komu kaj, prekrižati komu načrte

to take wine with s.o. — nazdraviti komu

to take upon o.s. an office — prevzeti (neko) službo (dolžnost, opravilo)

that walk did take it out of us! — ta sprehod nas je zares zdelal

to take one's time — vzeti si čas

to take s.o. at his word — koga za besedo prijeti

vzetje, odvzem; ulov (rib); hunting plen, uplenitev; prejemek, iztržek, izkupiček, inkaso (v gledališču, na koncertu itd.); film, televizija, posnetek scene, scena; British English zakup, zemlja v zakupu; šah odvzem (figure)

a great take of fish — velik ulov rib

he is very proud ot his take — zelo je ponosen na svoj plen, na to, kar je ujel (ulovil)

1) (one of the limbs by which animals and man walk: The horse injured a front leg; She stood on one leg.) noga

2) (the part of an article of clothing that covers one of these limbs closely: He has torn the leg of his trousers.) hlačnica

3) (a long, narrow support of a table etc: One of the legs of the chair was broken.) noga

4) (one stage in a journey, competition etc: the last leg of the trip; the second leg of the contest.) etapa

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noga, bedro, stegno; krača, bočnik; etapa (pri potovanju, letenju); hlačnica, nogavica, golenica (škornja); noga stola, mize; nautical ena smer pri cikcak vožnji; stranica trikotnika, tangenta, krak šestila; sport stran igrišča desno od metalca (kriket)

to be all legs — nogat, dolgonog

to be off one's legs — biti slab v nogah

to be on one's last legs — biti z eno nogo v grobu, biti na koncu svojih moči

the boot is on the other leg — resnica je čisto drugačna, razmere so se spremenile

to fall on one's legs — postaviti se na noge, končno uspeti, imeti srečo

to feel ( —ali find) one's legs — shoditi (otrok)

to get a leg in — pridobiti zaupanje

to get upon one's legs — razjeziti se, planiti kvišku

to get on one's hind legs — postaviti se po robu, pripraviti se k obrambi

to give s.o. a leg up — pomagati komu naprej

not to have a leg to stand on — ne imeti se na kaj opreti, ne imeti opravičila

to have a bone in one's leg — dati šaljiv odklonilen odgovor

to have the legs of — biti hitrejši od koga

to have legs — biti zelo hiter (zlasti ladja)

to have good sea legs — ne dobiti morske bolezni, biti pravi mornar

to keep one's legs — obdržati se na nogah

leg and leg — enako stanje v igri, enako število točk

on one's (hind) legs — na nogah, pri dobrem zdravju

to pull s.o.'s leg — imeti koga za norca, šaliti se s kom

to put one's best leg foremost — pohiten

to run s.o. off his legs — nalagati komu prevež dela, obremeniti koga z delom

to set s.o. on his legs — pomagati komu na noge

archaic to make a leg — prikloniti se

to shake a leg — British English colloquially plesati, American slang pohiteti, podvizati se

to shake a loose leg — razuzdano živeti

to show a leg — vstati

to show a clean pair of legs — zbežati

to stand on one's own legs — biti samostojen, postaviti se na lastne noge

to stretch one's legs — iti na sprehod

to take to one's legs — popihati jo

to walk s.o. off his legs — utruditi koga s hojo

black-leg — slepar, stavkokaz

intransitive verb colloquially to leg it — (hitro) hoditi, teči, pobegniti

1) (to receive or obtain: I got a letter this morning.) dobiti

2) (to bring or buy: Please get me some food.) nabaviti

3) (to (manage to) move, go, take, put etc: He couldn't get across the river; I got the book down from the shelf.) priti; dobiti

4) (to cause to be in a certain condition etc: You'll get me into trouble.) spraviti v

5) (to become: You're getting old.) postati

6) (to persuade: I'll try to get him to go.) prepričati

7) (to arrive: When did they get home?) priti

8) (to succeed (in doing) or to happen (to do) something: I'll soon get to know the neighbours; I got the book read last night.) uspeti

9) (to catch (a disease etc): She got measles last week.) dobiti

10) (to catch (someone): The police will soon get the thief.) ujeti

11) (to understand: I didn't get the point of his story.) doumeti

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- getaway

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dobiti; pridobiti zaslužiti; vzeti, jemati; preskrbeti, nabaviti, omisliti si, kupiti; spraviti, spravljati (pridelke); doseči; ujeti; razumeti, naučiti se, doumeti; zvedeti; dati si narediti; American slang razjeziti, razdražiti;

postati; priti, dospeti; napotiti se; navaditi se; American slang popihati jo

to get acquainted — seznaniti se

to get to be — postati

to get better — okrevati

to get the better of s.o. — premagati koga

to get the best of s.th. — najbolje opraviti

to get one's back up — razjeziti se

to get the bullet ( —ali boot, sack, mitten) — biti odpuščen

to get clear of — znebiti, otresti se

slang get cracking! — loti se posla!

to get dressed — obleči se

to get done — dati si narediti

there's no getting around — nič ne pomaga

to get drunk — opijaniti se

to get a glimpse of — bežno zagledati

to get even with s.o. — obračunati s kom

to get one's eye in — navaditi se, prilagoditi se

to get on a fair treat — zelo dobro napredovati

slang to get s.o.'s goat — razjeziti, razdražiti koga

get you gone! — proč od tod, izgini(te)!

to get the goods on s.o. — dobiti dokaze proti komu

to get a grip of — obvladati, premagati

slang to get a big hand — zelo ugajati, doživeti velik uspeh

to get the hang of s.th. — razumeti, doumeti kaj

to have got to — (z nedoločnikom) morati, biti prisiljen

to get by heart — naučiti se na pamet

American slang to get in Dutch with — zameriti se komu

to get hold of — polastiti se

colloquially to get the kick out of s.th. — uživati nad čim

to get to know — spoznati

slang to get left — razočarati se, podleči

to get lost — zgubiti se

to get to like — vzljubiti

to get it (in the neck) — biti grajan, kaznova

to get a move on — pohiteti

to get married — poročiti se

to get on s.o.'s nerves — dražiti koga

to get nowhere — nič ne doseči

to get possession of s.th. — polastiti se česa

to get a sight of — zagledati

to get the sow ( —ali pig) by the tail ( —ali ear), to get the wrong sow by the ear — zmotiti se

to get over ( —ali round) s.o. — pregovoriti koga

to get s.o. — razumeti koga; imeti koga za norca

slang to get the raspberry — biti zasmehovan

slang to get rattled — zmesti se, postati živčen

to get ready — pripraviti se

to get rid ( —ali quit) — znebiti se

to get a rise out of s.o. — razdražiti koga

to get one's second wind — oddahniti si

to get one's shoes soled — dati si podplatiti čevlje

to get to sleep — zaspati

to get a slip — pelin dobiti, biti zavrnjen

to get the start of s.o. — prehiteti koga

to get there — doseči uspeh

to get well — ozdraveti

to get the wind of s.th. — zvedeti, zavohati, zaslutiti kaj

figuratively to get the wind up — prestrašiti se

to get to work — lotiti se dela

to get the worst of the bargain — zgubiti, biti premagan

to get s.o. wrong — napačno koga razumeti

to get used to doing s.th. — navaditi se česa

to get the upper hand of s.o. — premagati koga

mladiči, potomci, zarod; pridobitev

1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) (pri)peljati

2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) voditi

3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) povzročiti

4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.) biti na čelu

5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) imeti

1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.) vodstvo

2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.) prednost

3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.) vodenje

4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).) prednost

5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.) (pasja) vrvica

6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.) sled

7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?) glavna vloga

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- leader

1) (( also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal: lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper?) svinec

2) (the part of a pencil that leaves a mark: The lead of my pencil has broken.) mina

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- leaden

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chemistry svinec; marine grezilo, svinčnica; plural svinčene krovne ploščice, svinčena streha, svinčen okenski okvir; chemistry grafit, mina (za svinčnik); printing medvrstnik

to cast ( —ali heave) the lead — meriti globino s svinčnico

British English military nautical slang to swing the lead — hliniti bolezen, simulirati

ounce of lead — krogla (iz pulke)

as dull as lead — zabit, neumen

zaliti s svincem, obtežiti, plombirati, zapečatiti; printing razmakniti vrstice;

intransitive verb nautical

meriti globino s svinčnico

vodenje, vodstvo; sport & figuratively prednost, naskok; začetni udarec (boks); zgled, primer, nasvet, napotek; theatre glavna vloga, glavni igralec, -lka; cards prednost, prva karta; kratek izvleček iz vsebine članka, uvod k članku; electrical vod, dovod, prevodnik, prevodna žica; mlinščica, korito za mlin; kanal skozi ledeno polje; pasji konopec; naplavina zlata v rečni strugi

under s.o.'s lead — pod vodstvom koga

to be in the lead of — biti na čelu, voditi

to take the lead — prevzeti vodstvo, prevzeti pobudo, sprožiti kaj

to give a lead — iti pred kom, jahati na čelu (lov)

sport to have the lead of — voditi pred, imeti prednost (naskok) pred

figuratively to have the lead over — imeti naskok pred (konkurenco)

to follow s.o.'s lead — ravnati se po nasvetu koga

to give s.o. a lead — dati komu dober zgled, svetovati

one minute's lead — ena minuta naskoka

cards it is your lead — ti začneš, ti si na vrsti (pri kartanju)

cards to return lead — vreči karto iste barve

voditi, peljati, pripeljati (to), odpeljati ( away); figuratively napeljati, napeljevati, nagniti koga (to k); voditi dirigirati (orkester); preživljati (življenje); speljati (koga, vodo kam); začeti igro (kartanje);

biti prvi, biti v vodstvu, na čelu; voditi, peljati (cesta, prehod itd); zadati prvi udarec (boks)

to lead the way — pokazati pot, peljati, iti pred kom

this leads nowhere — to nikamor ne vodi

this road will lead you to town — ta cesta te bo pripeljala v mesto

all roads lead to Rome — vse poti vodijo v Rim

to lead the dance — začeti, otvoriti ples

to lead s.o. up the garden (path) — povleči koga za nos

to lead s.o. by the nose — imeti koga na vajetih, imeti popolno oblast nad kom; povleči koga za nos

to lead into temptation — spravljati koga v skušnjavo

this led me to believe — to me je nagnilo k temu, da sem verjel

to lead s.o. a (dog's) life — greniti komu življenje

to lead a dog's life — po pasje živeti

to lead s.o. a nice ( —ali fine, pretty, merry) life — delati komu težave, pošiljati koga od Poncija do Pilata, imeti koga za norca

to lead a double life — živeti dvojno življenje

to lead a miserable existence — životariti

figuratively to lead with the chin — izzivati usodo

to lead (a girl) to altar — peljati (dekle) pred oltar, oženiti

sport to lead by points — voditi po točkah

sport to lead with the left — zadati prvi udarec z levico (boks)

American to lead captive — peljati v ujetništvo

Scottish juridically to lead evidence — pričati

parliament to lead the House — voditi parlamentarne zadeve

figuratively the blind leading the blind — slepec slepca vodi

led horse — rezervni konj

led captain — prisklednik

he is easier led than driven — lažje ga je prepričati, kakor prisiliti

- mistily

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megla, pršec; figuratively megla (pred očmi); figuratively nadih (na steklu)

to cast a mist before s.o.'s eyes — slepiti koga, imeti koga za norca

to go away in a mist — razbliniti se

to be in a mist — biti zbegan

zamegliti se, pršeti;

zaviti v meglo, zatemniti

- ragged

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cunja, krpa, capa; platno, platneno blago iz krp; plural ponošena, razcapana obleka, obleka za vsak dan; humorously obleka; derogatory žepni robec, zavesa ipd.; ničvreden časopis, bankovec; del, odlomek, košček katerekoli stvari; droben, majhen, neznaten ostanek, sled, trohica; revež, bednik, razcapanec, raztrganec

the rag — zastava

the Rag humorously častniški klub v Londonu

in rags — v cunjah, razcapan, raztrgan

not a rag to one's back — niti krpice, cunjice na telesu

not a rag of evidence — niti sledu o kakem dokazu, nobenega dokazilnega gradiva

worn to rags — ponošen, iznošen do cap, capast, cunjast

there is not a rag of truth in what you say — niti trohice resnice ni v tem, kar pravite

that meat is boiled to rags — to meso je čisto razkuhano

to cook to rags — razkuhati

to cram on every rag (of sail) nautical dvigniti, razpeti vsa jadra

to get one's rag out colloquially razjeziti se

I haven't a rag to put on — nimam kaj obleči

to show a red rag to a bull — razdražiti bika z rdečo krpo, figuratively razkačiti koga

to spread every rag of sail nautical razpeti vsa razpoložljiva jadra

American to take the rag off (the bush) — prekositi, posekati, preseči vse, vsakega

to tear to rags — raztrgati na koščke

his reputation is torn to rags — od njegovega ugleda ni ostalo niti sledu

slang pretep, ravs, tepež, zdraha, zdražba, razprtija, prepir; izgred; hrup, hrušč, vpitje, trušč, kričanje, razgrajanje; objestna šala, špas, draženje, nagajanje, zbadanje, izzivanje; objestno veselje na račun koga drugega; slang zmerjanje, oštevanje; slang študentovsko razgrajanje, zbijanje (objestnih) šal

just for a rag — za šalo

fancy dress rag — študentovska zabava, kostumirana zabava

to get one's rag out figuratively razjeziti se, razsrditi se, razkačiti se

transitive verb & intransitive verb

ozmerjati, ošteti, brati levite komu; drážiti, nagajati, zafrkavati, zbadati; mučiti, trpinčiti, prizadeti komu kaj hudega, narediti kaj komu navkljub; objestno, škodoželjno se šaliti s kom, za norca imeti, norce briti iz, delati objestne šale; potolči se, pobiti se, zlasati se; colloquially delati izgrede, razgrajati

to rag (over) — biti si v laseh (gledé), prepirati se (zaradi)

(glinasti) skrilavec, kremeni pesek; trdi listasti apnenec

see ragtime;

transitive verb music

sinkopirati, igrati v jazzovskem ritmu; intransitive verb plesati, igrati v ragtimeu (v močno sinkopiranem ritmu črnske glasbe)

1) (the cloudlike gases and particles of soot given off by something which is burning: Smoke was coming out of the chimney; He puffed cigarette smoke into my face.) dim

2) (an act of smoking (a cigarette etc): I came outside for a smoke.) kajenje

1) (to give off smoke.) kaditi

2) (to draw in and puff out the smoke from (a cigarette etc): I don't smoke, but he smokes cigars.) kaditi

3) (to dry, cure, preserve (ham, fish etc) by hanging it in smoke.) dimiti

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dim, oblak dima; sopara; figuratively megla, koprena; familiarly cigareta, cigara

a column of smoke — steber dima

like smoke slang kot veter (hitro), hipoma, naenkrat; brez težav, gladko

from smoke into smother — iz slabega v slabše, z dežja pod kap

the big smoke — (vzdevek za) London

there is no smoke without fire — kjer je dim, je tudi ogenj

that's all smoke slang vse to so same prazne besede

to end (to go up) in smoke figuratively razbliniti se, razpršiti se v dim, v nič

it will all end in a smoke — vse se bo razblinilo v nič, iz vsega tega ne bo nič

we're getting on like smoke slang to gre kot namazano

to go from smoke into smother — priti z dežja pod kap

I haven't had a smoke all the morning — ves dopoldan nisem nobene (cigarete) pokadil

let's have a smoke — prižgimo si eno (cigareto)!

to see things through the smoke of hate — videti stvari skozi tančico sovraštva

intransitive verb & transitive verb

kaditi (tobak, pipo itd.); kaditi se, dimiti (se) ( with od); čaditi (se), okaditi (se); pariti (se); završeti; obsolete slutiti, domnevati; sušiti v dimu, prekajevati, prekaditi, dati okus po dimu; pregnati (razkužiti, uničiti) z dimom; British English obsolete drážiti, nagajati, imeti za norca (koga)

smoked glasses — sajasta (temna) očala (za gledanje v sonce)

smoked ham — prekajena gnjat

to smoke like chimney figuratively kaditi kot Turek, biti strasten kadilec

this cigar doesn't smoke well — ta cigara se ne kadi dobro

I soon began to smoke that something was wrong — kmalu sem zasumil, da nekaj ni v redu (da je nekaj narobe)

I was the first to smoke him figuratively meni se je najprej zbudil sum o njem; prvi sem ga spregledal

green wood smokes — svež les se pari

to smoke green fly — uničiti listno uš z dimom

I have not smoked for three years — že tri leta ne kadim

he has smoked himself sick — toliko je kadil, da mu je postalo slabo

the lamp smokes the ceiling — svetilka čadi strop

to smoke a plot — slutiti (vohati) zaroto

put that in your pipe and smoke it figuratively tu imaš nekaj, o čemer lahko razmišljaš

this rice is smoked — ta riž diši po dimu

1) (something which is done, said etc in order to cheat or deceive someone, and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid: The message was just a trick to get her to leave the room.) zvijača

2) (a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc): The magician performed some clever tricks.) trik

- trickery

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trik, ukana, (vojna) zvijača, lokavščina, izvijanje; spletka; šala, burka, norija; veščina, mojstrstvo; videz, slepilo, iluzija; razvada; posebnost, značilnost; vzetek (pri kartanju); nautical služba pri krmilu (večinoma 2 uri)

full of tricks — poln spletk

the tricks of the trade — (posebne) poslovne zvijače

the whole bag of tricks — vreča (kup, koš) zvijač

none of your tricks with me! — tvoji triki pri meni ne vžgejo!

to be up to a trick or two — znajti se, znati si (hitro) pomagati

to be up to s.o.'s tricks — spregledati zvijače (trike) kake osebe, biti kos zvijačam kake osebe

I was up to his tricks — nisem se mu dal oslepariti, nisem mu nasedel

to do (to turn) the trick slang doseči cilj; izvesti ukano

he has a trick of frowning — ima to razvado, da mršči čelo

he played me a dirty (nasty, mean) trick — grdo (podlo) mi jo je zagodel

I know a trick worth two of that — poznam še nekaj boljšega kot to

to take up the trick — dobiti vzetek (pri kartanju)

prevarati; prelisičiti, oslepariti, ogoljufati; zapeljati, zavesti ( into doing (koga) da kaj naredi); pretentati; zvabiti v past; za norca imeti, za nos vleči, zagosti jo (komu); intransitive verb goljufati, slepariti, živeti od goljufije

to trick s.o. out of s.th. — opehariti, oslepariti koga za kaj

to trick off (out, up) — okrasiti, nakititi; prirezati, pristriči