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21 leaf

[li:f]
plural - leaves; noun

1) (a part of a plant growing from the side of a stem, usually green, flat and thin, but of various shapes depending on the plant: Many trees lose their leaves in autumn.) list

2) (something thin like a leaf, especially the page of a book: Several leaves had been torn out of the book.) list

3) (an extra part of a table, either attached to one side with a hinge or added to the centre when the two ends are apart.) preklopna mizna plošča

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- leaflet
- leafy
- turn over a new leaf
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I [li:f]
noun

botany list, tobačni listi, čajni listi; list v knjigi; kovinski list, tanka kovinska ploščica, listič, folija, lamela; preklopna mizna plošča; vzdižno krilo vzdižnega mostu; krilo vrat, okna; tech zob zobatnika; ledvično salo

leaf blade — listna ploskev

leaf bud — listni popek

to burst ( —ali come) into leaf — ozeleneti

in leaf — ozelenel, v listju

fall of the leaf — jesen

leaves without figs — prazne besede

to take a leaf out of ( —ali from) s.o.'s book — vzeti si koga za vzgled

to turn over a leaf — obrniti list, prelistavati

figuratively to turn over a new leaf — poboljšati se, začeti novo življenje
II [li:f]
1.

intransitive verb

zeleneti;

2.

transitive verb American

listati (po knjigi) ( through)
III [li:f]
noun

military slang dopust

English-Slovenian dictionary > leaf
22 make

[meik] 1. past tense, past participle - made; verb
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?)
2. noun
(a (usually manufacturer's) brand: What make is your new car?) znamka

- maker
- making
- make-believe
- make-over
- makeshift
- make-up
- have the makings of
- in the making
- make a/one's bed
- make believe
- make do
- make for
- make it
- make it up
- make something of something
- make of something
- make something of
- make of
- make out
- make over
- make up
- make up for
- make up one's mind
- make up to
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I [méik]
noun

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
II [méik]
1.

transitive verb

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;

2.

intransitive verb

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

English-Slovenian dictionary > make
23 mean

[mi:n] I adjective
1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skop

2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) grd

3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) popadljiv

4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) reven

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- meanly
- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective
1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) srednji

2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) povprečen
2. noun
(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) sredina
III 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb
1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) pomeniti

2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) nameravati

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- meaning
2. adjective
((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) pomenljiv

- meaningful
- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well
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I [mi:n]
adjective

nizek, navaden, manjvreden (stan, rod); boren, reven, oguljen, odrgnjen, umazan; nepomemben; prostaški, nizkoten, podel; skop, stiskaški; American colloquially popadljiv, hudoben (konj); American colloquially bolehen

mean birth — nizek rod

no mean achievement — zelo dober uspeh

no mean foe — sovražnik, ki ni za podcenjevanje

no mean scholar — pametna glava. pomemben učenjak

American mean white — siromašen belec na jugu ZDA

American to feel mean over — sramovati se česa
II [mi:n]
adjective

srednji, povprečen

mean life — povprečna življenjska doba

mean annual temperature — povprečna letna temperatura
III [mi:n]
noun

sredina; povprečje, povprečnost; (plural z glagolom v singular) sredstvo, način; plural premoženje

a means of communication — občilo

a means of transportation — prometno sredstvo

means of production — proizvodna sredstva

to be a means of — bitt česa kriv, biti povod za kaj

by means of — s pomočjo

by any means — na kakršenkoli način

by all (manner of) means — vsekakor, na vsak način, za vsako ceno

by no (manner of) means — ali not by any means — nikakor, na noben način

by this means or other — tako ali drugače

by fair (foul) means — na pošten (nepošten) način

the end justifies the means — namen posvečuje sredstva

a means to an end — sredstvo za dosego cilja

the golden ( —ali happy) mean — zlata sredina

to live beyond one's means — živeti preko svojih razmer

a man of means — premožen človek

ways and means — pota in načini

British English means test — preveritev premoženjskih razmer delavca, ki prejema socialno podporo
IV [mi:n]
1.

transitive verb

nameravati, imeti vmislih, kaniti, hoteti; (zlasti pasiv) nameniti ( for za); meniti, misliti; pomeniti;

2.

intransitive verb

pomeniti (to komu)

to mean business — resno misliti

to mean mischief — imeti zlobne namene, imeti kaj za bregom

to mean well — imeti dobre namene

to mean well (ill) by ( —ali to) s.o. — dobro (slabo) komu želeti, biti komu (ne)naklonjen

what do you mean by it? — kaj hočeš s tem reči?, kaj naj to pomeni?

I mean it — resno mislim

he was meant for a soldier — bil je namenjen za vojaka

that was meant for you — to je bilo namenjeno tebi

to mean little to s o. — komu malo pomeniti

I mean you to go — želim, da greš

English-Slovenian dictionary > mean
24 meet

[mi:t] 1. past tense, past participle - met; verb
1) (to come face to face with (eg a person whom one knows), by chance: She met a man on the train.) srečati

2) ((sometimes, especially American, with with) to come together with (a person etc), by arrangement: The committee meets every Monday.) sestati se

3) (to be introduced to (someone) for the first time: Come and meet my wife.) spoznati

4) (to join: Where do the two roads meet?) združiti se

5) (to be equal to or satisfy (eg a person's needs, requirements etc): Will there be sufficient stocks to meet the public demand?) zadostiti

6) (to come into the view, experience or presence of: A terrible sight met him / his eyes when he opened the door.) naleteti

7) (to come to or be faced with: He met his death in a car accident.) soočiti se

8) ((with with) to experience or suffer; to receive a particular response: She met with an accident; The scheme met with their approval.) doživeti

9) (to answer or oppose: We will meet force with greater force.) zoperstaviti se
2. noun
(a gathering, especially of sportsmen: The local huntsmen are holding a meet this week.) sestanek

- meeting
- meet someone halfway
- meet halfway
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I [mi:t]
adjective

archaic ( meetly adverb)

primeren, prikladen

it is meet that — prav je, da; spodobi se, da
II [mi:t]
1.

transitive verb

srečati, sestati se s kom; spoznati, predstaviti, biti predstavljen komu; počakati koga (na postaji); figuratively zadovoljiti, izpolniti (željo); spoprijeti se s kom, nastopiti proti komu; figuratively postaviti se po robu, premagati (težave), rešiti (problem), opraviti s čim; naleteti na koga; ustrezati, ujemati se; izpolniti (obveznosti), plačati (stroške);

2.

intransitive verb

srečati se, sestati se, zbrati se; spoznati se; združiti se, stikati se (ceste), dotikati se, priri vstik; ujemati se, skladati se; naleteti ( with na); doživeti, pretrpeti ( with)

to meet each other (one another) — srečati se

well met! — lepo, da smo se sestali!

pleased to meet you — veseli me, da sva se spoznala

meet Mr. Brown — da vam predstavim g. Browna

economy to meet a bill — plačati dolg, honorirati (menico)

to meet the case — zadostvovati, biti primeren

to meet one's death — umreti

he met his fate — umrl je

he met his fate calmly — sprijaznil se je zusodo

to meet the eye — prikazati se, pasti v oči

to meet s.o's. eye — spogledati se s kom

there is more in it than meets the eye — za tem tiči več

to meet the ear — priti na ušesa

to meet expenses — plačati stroške

the supply meets the demand — ponudba ustreza povpraševanju

to meet s.o. half way — popustiti, iti na pol pota nasproti

to meet one's match — naleteti na sebi enakovrednega človeka

to make both ends meet — shajati (s plačo)

to meet misfortunes with a smile — hrabro prenašati nesreče

to meet trouble half way — biti prezgodaj zaskrbljen, prezgodaj se razburjati

to meet s.o.'s wishes — izpolniti komu želje

to meet with — doživeti, naleteti na kaj, American strinjati se

he met with an accident — ponesrečil se je

to meet with success — uspeti

to be well met — dobro se ujemati

this coat does not meet — ta suknja je pretesna
III [mi:t]
noun

sestanek (lovcev, tekmovalcev)

English-Slovenian dictionary > meet
25 middle

['midl] 1. noun
1) (the central point or part: the middle of a circle.) sredina

2) (the central area of the body; the waist: You're getting rather fat round your middle.) pas
2. adjective
(equally distant from both ends: the middle seat in a row.) srednji

- middling
- middle age
- middle-aged
- Middle Ages
- Middle East
- middleman
- be in the middle of doing something
- be in the middle of something
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I [midl]
adjective

srednji

figuratively middle coarse ( —ali way) — srednja pot

middle ear — srednje uho

middle finger — sredinec

sport middle distance — srednja razdalja (800 do 1500 m)

middle ground nautical plitvina, figuratively nevtralno stališče

middle life — srednja starost

in the middle fifties — sredi petdesetih let

middle name — srednje (osebno) ime; figuratively izrazita lastnost

inertia is his middle name — je rojen lenuh

economy middle quality — srednja kakovost

nautical middle watch — straža od polnoči do štirih zjutraj

Middle East — srednji vzhod

British English bližnji vzhod; American Middle Atlantic States — države New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
II [midl]
noun

sredina; pas (život); posrednik; grammar medialni način; plural economy srednja vrsta

up to the middle — do pasu

in the middle of — v sredini, v sredi

figuratively caught in the middle — ujet na limanice

British English middle (article) — feljton
III [midl]
transitive verb

centrirati (zlasti žogo pri nogometu)

English-Slovenian dictionary > middle
26 nail

[neil] 1. noun
1) (a piece of horn-like substance which grows over the ends of the fingers and toes to protect them: I've broken my nail; toe-nails; Don't bite your finger-nails.) noht

2) (a thin pointed piece of metal used to fasten pieces of wood etc together: He hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture on it.) žebelj
2. verb
(to fasten with nails: He nailed the picture to the wall.) pribiti

- nail-brush
- nail-file
- nail-polish
- nail-varnish
- nail-scissors
- hit the nail on the head
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I [néil]
noun

technical žebelj; noht; zoology krempelj, trd izrastek na kljunu nekih ptic; stara dolžinska mera (0,057 m)

a nail in one's coffin — vse, kar pospeši smrt; padec vlade, režima

to drive a nail in — zabiti žebelj

to drive the nail home — iti (dognati) do kraja

one nail drives out another — klin se s klinom izbija

to fight tooth and nail — boriti se z zobmi in nohti, boriti se na vso moč

as hard as nails — trdnega zdravja, žilav, neusmiljen, trd

to hit the nail (right) on the head — zadeti v črno

on the nail — takoj

to pay on the nail — takoj plačati v gotovini

to the nail — do konca, dokončan, dovršen

right as nails — točen, v redu

nails in mourning — umazani nohti
II [néil]
transitive verb

pribiti (on, to na), zabiti, obiti z žeblji, okovati (z žeblji); zakovati (tudi up)

figuratively zgrabiti, prijeti (tatu), pograbiti (priliko); ukrasti; figuratively upreti pogled, obrniti pozornost (on, to na); colloquially ujeti na laži; slang ujeti, zasačiti (v šoli); figuratively to nail one's colours to the mast — ostati zvest svojim načelom, javno jih izpovedati

figuratively to nail a lie to the counter ( —ali barndoor) — dokazati ali razkrinkati (laž, prevaro)

English-Slovenian dictionary > nail
27 odd

[od]
adjective

1) (unusual; strange: He's wearing very odd clothes; a very odd young man.) nenavaden

2) ((of a number) that cannot be divided exactly by 2: 5 and 7 are odd (numbers).) lih

3) (not one of a pair, set etc: an odd shoe.) brez para

4) (occasional; free: at odd moments.) priložnosten

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- oddity
- oddly
- oddment
- odds
- odd jobs
- odd job man
- be at odds
- make no odds
- oddly enough
- odd man out / odd one out
- odds and ends
- what's the odds?
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I [ɔd]
adjective ( oddly adverb)

odvečen; lih, neparen, presežen, brez para, nadštevilen; priložnosten, prigoden; čuden, nenavaden, čudaški

an odd fish ( —ali fellow, stick) — čudak

odd jobs — priložnostni opravki, drobna dela

odd man — priložnostni delavec

the odd man — človek z odločilnim glasom (pri enakem številu glasov)

odd man out — človek, ki je ostal brez para

odd and even — igra na par in nepar

at odd moments ( —ali times) — priložnostno, tu in tam

odd number — liho število

odd months — meseci, ki imajo 31 dni

odd years — leta z lihim številom dni

twenty odd years — nekaj čez dvajset let

it cost 5 pounds odd — stalo je nekaj nad ɜ funtov

economy odd lot — slab borzni zaključek; American malenkostna množina
II [ɔd]
noun

nekaj čudnega, nekaj nenavadnega; prednostni udarec (pri golfu)

English-Slovenian dictionary > odd
28 odds

noun plural

1) (chances; probability: The odds are that he will win.) verjetnost

2) (a difference in strength, in favour of one side: They are fighting against heavy odds.) premoč

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[ɔdz]
noun

plural (često edninska konstrukcija) neenakost, različnost, razlika; premoč; nesloga, spor; verjetnost, sreča; sport prednost (slabšemu tekmecu); neenaka stava, razlika med stavo in dobičkom pri stavi

to be at odds with — prepirati se s kom

odds and ends — drobnarije, ostanki

to give s.o. odds — dati tekmecu prednost

to lay (the) odds of 3 to 1 — staviti ʌ proti 1

to lay (the) long odds — veliko staviti

by long odds — veliko bolj

against long odds — proti veliki premoči, z malo upanja na uspeh

by long ( —ali all) odds — v vsakem pogledu

the odds are in our favour — ali the odds lie on our side — mi imamo prednost

to make odds even — odpraviti neenakosti

it makes ( —ali is) no odds — nič ne de, ni važno

odds are against us — izgubljamo; verjetnost, da dobimo je zelo majhna

the odds are that — verjetno je, da

to receive odds — dobiti prednost (pri tekmovanju)

to set at odds — nahujskati

what's the odds? — kaj je na tem?, to pa res ni važno!

what odds is it to him? — kaj pa je to njemu mar?, kaj ga pa to briga?

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29 pick

I 1. [pik] verb
1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) izbrati

2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) nabirati

3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) dvigniti

4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) odpreti
2. noun
1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) izbira

2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) najboljši del

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- pickpocket
- pick-up
- pick and choose
- pick at
- pick someone's brains
- pick holes in
- pick off
- pick on
- pick out
- pick someone's pocket
- pick a quarrel/fight with someone
- pick a quarrel/fight with
- pick up
- pick up speed
- pick one's way II [pik] noun
((also (British) pickaxe, (American) pickax - plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc.) kramp

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I [pik]
noun

cepin, kramp, šilo, križna sekira, rovača; printing madež na knjigi, razmazana črka

tooth-pick — zobotrebec
II [pik]
noun

izbira, najboljši del; zbodljaj; agronomy economy pobrana letina

the pick of the bunch — najboljši od vseh

to take one's pick — izbrati
III [pik]
1.

transitive verb

kopati, izkopati (luknjo), prekopati; pobrati (s prsti, kljunom), zobati, kljuvati (ptiči), počasi jesti (ljudje); trgati, nabirati (cvetice, jagode); prebirati, čistiti (zelenjavo); skubsti, skubiti (perutnino); pukati, puliti, česati (volno); čistiti, trebiti (zobe); (o)glodati (kosti); prebirati, odbirati (rudo); spraskati (z nohti); vrtati, drezati (v) kaj; krasti, vlomiti (ključavnico); iz trte izviti, izvati (prepir); figuratively skrbno izbrati, izbirati; strgati, scefrati (tudi figuratively); American music brenkati;

2.

intransitive verb

krasti; jesti po malem; popraviti se (up)

to pick a bone with — ali to have a bone to pick with — imeti s kom še račune

to give s.o. a bone to pick — zapreti komu usta

to pick s.o.'s brains — ukrasti komu idejo

to pick and choose — prenatančno izbirati

figuratively to pick holes in — najti šibko točko, skritizirati

to pick a lock — vlomiti ključavnico

to pick one's nose — vrtati po nosu

to pick s.o.'s pocket — izprazniti komu žep (žepar)

to pick to pieces — skritizirati; figuratively koga do kosti obrati

to pick a quarrel with s.o. — izzvati prepir

to pick and steal — krasti

to pick one's teeth — trebiti si zobe

to pick one's way ( —ali steps) — previdno stopati

to pick one's words — izbirati besede

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30 play

[plei] 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) igrati se

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) igrati

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) igrati

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) igrati

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) igrati

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) potegniti koga za nos

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) igrati proti komu

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) poigravati se

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) usmeriti

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) igrati
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) igra

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) gledališka igra

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) tekma

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) delovanje

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up
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I [pléi]
noun

igra (na srečo, za stavo, za zabavo, športna), zabava, šala; igranje, kvartanje, poteza (pri šahu); figuratively igra (besed, barv, valov, žarkov itd.); theatre gledališka igra, predstava; music igranje, predvajanje, glasbeno delo; spretno ravnanje s čim (običajno v sestavljenkah npr. swordplay); delovanje, dejavnost, torišče; technical toleranca; figuratively svoboda gibanja; American slang manever, (zvijačen) poskus za dosego česa; American slang publiciteta, poznanost, propaganda

at the play — v gledališču

to be at play — igrati se

to bring ( —ali call, put) into play — spraviti v pogon, izkoristiti

to come into play — začeti delati, stopiti v akcijo

child's play — otročarija, igračkanje

fair play — pošteno ravnanje

foul play — nepošteno ravnanje

in full play — v polnem teku, v polnem pogonu

to give free play to one's fancy — dati domišljiji prosto pot

to give the rope more play — zrahljati vrv

as good as a play — zelo zabavno in zanimivo

grandstand play — razkazovanje

figuratively to hold in play — zaposliti (koga s čim)

high play — kvartanje za debel denar

in play — še v igri (kvartanje), za šalo

it is your play — ti imaš potezo (šah), ti igraš (karte)

out of play — ne več v igri (kvartanje)

lively play of fantasy — živahna domišljija

to make play — imeti uspeh; utruditi preganjalce (pri lovu)

to make a play for — potegovati se za naklonjenost

to make play with — postavljati se, bahati se

that was pretty play — to je bilo dobro (zaigrano)

a play on words — besedna igra
II [pléi]
1.

intransitive verb

igrati ( for za), šaliti se, zabavati se, igračkati se; začeti igrati (karte), napraviti potezo, biti na potezi (šah); poigravati se (barve, valovi, žarki itd.); streljati (top), brizgati (vodomet), sijati; technical imeti prostor za gibanje, imeti toleranco, premikati se (bat), biti v pogonu; biti primeren za igro (igrišče);

2.

transitive verb theatre

igrati, uprizoriti; sport nastopiti, igrati proti, sprejeti igralca v moštvo; uperiti (žaromet, luč, vodni curek) na koga; ustreliti (iz topa); technical spraviti v pogon, upravljati (stroj), obvladati

to play along with — sodelovati, v en rog trobiti s kom

to play it cagey — biti previden, omahovati

figuratively to play both ends against the middle — previdno, rafinirano ravnati

to play ball with s.o. — pošteno postopati s kom

to play booty — prevarati

figuratively to play one's cards well (badly) — (ne)spretno manevrirati

to play s.o. dirt — izigrati koga

to play the devil ( —ali deuce) with — prekrižati komu račune

to play by ear — igrati po posluhu

to play fair (foul) — pošteno (nepošteno) ravnati

to play s.o. false — izdati koga

to play the fool — zganjati neumnosti

to play a fish — utruditi ribo na trnku

to play fast and loose with — zlorabljati koga

to play the game — držati se pravil, pošteno ravnati

to play to the gallery — šopiriti se pred javnostjo

to play guns on — obstreljevati

to play into s.o.'s hands — koristiti drugemu, pomagati komu

to play one's hand for all it is worth — izrabiti vsako priliko, uveljaviti vse svoje zmožnosti

to play the knave — varati

to play a good knife and fork — jesti z apetitom

to play the horses — staviti na konjskih dirkah

to play for love — igrati za zabavo ne za denar

slang to play it (low) on — izigrati koga, zlorabiti

to play a joke ( —ali prank, trick) on — potegniti koga za nos

to play the races — staviti na konjskih dirkah

to play a part — igrati vlogo, pretvarjati se

to play possum — hliniti spanje

to play upon the square — pošteno ravnati

to play safe — previdno ravnati, ne tvegati

to play second fiddle — imeti podrejen položaj

to play a good stick — dobro sabljati

to play for time — zavlačevati, poskušati pridobiti na času

to play truant ( —ali hooky) — neopravičeno izostati od pouka

to play s.o. a mean trick — prevarati koga

to play tricks with — nagajati

to play (up)on — igrati na, figuratively izrabljati koga

to play (up)on words — zbijati šale, igrati se z besedami

to play with — igrati se s, z; lahkomiselno ravnati s

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31 Pole

I [pəul] noun
1) (the north or south end of the Earth's axis: the North/South Pole.) tečaj

2) (the points in the heavens opposite the Earth's North and South Poles, around which stars seem to turn.) pol

3) (either of the opposite ends of a magnet: The opposite poles of magnets attract each other.) pol

4) (either of the opposite terminals of an electric battery: the positive/negative pole.) pol

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- polar
- polar bear
- the pole star
- be poles apart II [pəul]
(a long, thin, rounded piece of wood, metal etc: a telegraph pole; a tent pole.) drog

- pole-vault

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[póul]
noun

Poljak(inja)

English-Slovenian dictionary > Pole
32 pole

I [pəul] noun
1) (the north or south end of the Earth's axis: the North/South Pole.) tečaj

2) (the points in the heavens opposite the Earth's North and South Poles, around which stars seem to turn.) pol

3) (either of the opposite ends of a magnet: The opposite poles of magnets attract each other.) pol

4) (either of the opposite terminals of an electric battery: the positive/negative pole.) pol

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- polar
- polar bear
- the pole star
- be poles apart II [pəul]
(a long, thin, rounded piece of wood, metal etc: a telegraph pole; a tent pole.) drog

- pole-vault

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I [póul]
noun

astronomy geography tečaj, pol (zemeljski); mathematics pol, skrajna točka osi skozi krog ali kroglo; electrical physics (pozitivni ali negativni) pol, magnetni pol; figuratively nasprotje, ekstrem

celestial pole — nebesni pol

like poles — enaka ali istoimenska pola

unlike (opposite) poles — neenaka (nasprotna) pola

to be poles asunder ( —ali apart) — biti diametralno nasproten, daleč narazen
II [póul]
noun

kol; (telegrafski) drog; prekla (za fižol)

sport palica (za skoke); ojnica (voza); nautical jadrnik; drog za potiskanje čolnov; dolžinska mera (5,029 m); površinska mera (2ɜ,29ʌ m2); figuratively to climb up the greasy poles — premagati velike težave, lotiti se težke stvari

nautical under bare poles — s spuščenimi jadri

slang up the pole — čez les, prismojen; v škripcih

sport to have the pole — biti v notranji progi
III [póul]
transitive verb

porivati čoln z drogom; preklati fižol

English-Slovenian dictionary > pole
33 punt

1. noun
(a type of flat-bottomed boat with square ends, moved by pushing against the bottom of the river etc with a pole.) plitev čoln
2. verb
(to travel in a punt: They punted up the river.) pluti s čolnom

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I [pʌnt]
1.

noun

British English

plitek čoln (z drogom namesto vesla);

2.

transitive verb & intransitive verb

z drogom porivati čoln, prevažati se v plitkem čolnu
II [pʌnt]
1.

noun

udarec žoge preden pade na tla (rugby);

2.

transitive verb & intransitive verb

udariti žogo, preden pade na tla
III [pʌnt]
1.

noun

vložek pri kvartanju; colloquially stava na konjskih dirkah;

2.

intransitive verb

vložiti denar (pri kvartanju); colloquially staviti na konja

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34 residuary

[rizíduəri]
adverb ( residuarily adverb)

prestal, ostal(i)

residuary legatee juridically glavni, univerzalni dedič (vsega premoženja, potem ko se plačajo vsi dolgovi, pristojbine itd.)

residuary substances — ostanki

some residuary odds and ends — nekaj (pre)ostankov

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35 roll on

intransitive verb odvijati se, potekati, teči, nadaljevati se

time roll ons on — čas teče naprej

roll on! slang naj ta čas pride kmalu!

rationing ends in May -- roll on, May! — racioniranja bo konec v maju --pridi že, o maj!

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36 secure

[si'kjuə] 1. adjective
1) ((often with against or from) safe; free from danger, loss etc: Is your house secure against burglary?; He went on holiday, secure in the knowledge that he had done well in the exam.) varen

2) (firm, fastened, or fixed: Is that door secure?) čvrst

3) (definite; not likely to be lost: She has had a secure offer of a job; He has a secure job.) zanesljiv
2. verb
1) ((with against or from (something bad)) to guarantee or make safe: Keep your jewellery in the bank to secure it against theft.) zavarovati

2) (to fasten or make firm: He secured the boat with a rope.) pritrditi

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- securely
- security
- security risk
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I [sikjúə]
adjective

varen, zavarovan; siguren, gotov, zanesljiv, zagotovljen; zajamčen, miren, brezskrben; čvrst, nezavzemljiv (trdnjava); zaščiten, na varnem ( against proti); archaic ne sluteč, slepo zaupljiv

a secure existence — varen, brezskrben obstoj

secure from all dangers — varen pred vsemi nevarnostmi

secure of success — gotov uspeha

victory is secure — zmaga je zagotovljena

to be secure of victory — biti (si) gotov zmage

to make s.th. secure — konsolidirati, utrditi, pritrditi, zapreti kaj

you may rest secure — bodite prepričani
II [sikjúə]
transitive verb

(za)ščititi, zavarovati, spraviti na varno ( against proti, pred); military utrditi, obdati z zidom; (za)jamčiti, garantirati, preskrbeti, nabaviti, pobrigati se za, zagotoviti si; dobiti, zavzeti, prilastiti si, zasesti (mesto); izpodvezati (žilo)

to secure a debt by mortgage — zajamčiti terjatev dolga s hipoteko

to secure the door — čvrsto zapreti, zakleniti vrata

to secure one's ends — doseči svoj(e) cilj(e)

to secure a majority — dobiti, zagotoviti si večino

to secure a prize — dobiti nagrado

to secure o.s. against loss — zavarovati se pred izgubo

to secure s.th. to s.o., to secure s.o. s.th. — (za)jamčiti komu kaj

to secure places — zagotoviti si prostore, sedeže, mesta

to secure valuables — spraviti na varno dragocenosti; intransitive verb biti varen ( against pred); priskrbeti si zaščito ( against pred)

English-Slovenian dictionary > secure
37 snip

[snip] 1. past tense, past participle - snipped; verb
(to cut sharply, especially with a single quick action, with scissors etc: I snipped off two inches of thread.) odrezati
2. noun
1) (a cut with scissors: With a snip of her scissors she cut a hole in the cloth.) urez

2) (a small piece cut off: The floor was covered in snips of paper.) odrezek

3) (a bargain: It's a snip at $3!) dobra kupčija

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- snippet

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[snip]
1.

noun

rezljanje, striženje s škarjami; odrezek, izrezek, odstrižek, izstrižek; colloquially krojač; slang (konjske dirke) zanesljiva informacija; plural škarje za rezanje pločevine;

2.

transitive verb & intransitive verb

striči, rezljati, rezati s škarjami; izrezati kaj ( out of iz); slang krasti, zmakniti

to snip off — odrezati, odstriči ( the ends — konce, kraje)

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38 stubble

noun

1) (the stubs or ends of corn left in the ground when the stalks are cut.) strnišče

2) (short coarse hairs growing eg on an unshaven chin.) ščetine

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- stubbly

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[stʌbl]
noun

collective & plural strn, strnišče; ostra, kratka (neobrita) brada (dlaka, lasje)

English-Slovenian dictionary > stubble
39 trim

[trim] 1. past tense, past participle - trimmed; verb
1) (to cut the edges or ends of (something) in order to make it shorter and/or neat: He's trimming the hedge; She had her hair trimmed.)

2) (to decorate (a dress, hat etc, usually round the edges): She trimmed the sleeves with lace.)

3) (to arrange (the sails of a boat etc) suitably for the weather conditions.)
2. noun
(a haircut: She went to the hairdresser's for a trim.) striženje
3. adjective
(neat and tidy: a trim appearance.) urejen

- trimly
- trimness
- trimming
- in good trim
- in trim
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I [trim]
noun

red, (pravilno) stanje; razpoloženje, (telesno, duševno) stanje; oprema, (gala, paradna) obleka, okras; nautical opremijenost, oborožitev, pripravljenost; pravilen položaj (jader, jamborov) proti vetru; uravnoteženost (tovora, bremena)

in fighting trim — military pripravljen za boj, za borbo (tudi figuratively)

in good trim, out of trim — dobro, slabo opremljen; figuratively dobro, slabo razpoložen

in travelling trim — v potovalni opremi, obleki

trim of the hold — pravilna namestitev tovora v ladijskem skladišču

to be in trim — biti v dobrem stanju

to be in sailing trim — biti pripravljen za plovbo

to put in trim — spraviti v red, v dobro stanje
II [trim]
1.

transitive verb

urediti, v red spraviti, namestiti; pripraviti; opremiti; obleči, odeti ( with z); okrasiti, okititi, dekorirati; obšiti, zarobiti, garnirati (obleko, klobuk itd.) ( with z); počesati, ostriči, pristriči (lase, brado) (off, away); obrezati (nohte); oklestiti, pristriči (drevje, živo mejo); kopuniti (petelina); (pod)netiti, podkuriti (ogenj); prirezati, utrniti (stenj sveče); očistiti (svetilko); obtesati (les); nautical dobro namestiti (tovor); natovoriti ladjo, kot treba; uravnotežiti ladjo; obrniti jadra proti vetru; military nameriti top; colloquially ukoriti, grajati, ozmerjati; premlatiti, pretepsti; potolči, poraziti; slang prevarati, ogoljufati, oslepariti;

2.

intransitive verb figuratively

iskati ravnotežje, kolebati, nihati; politics prilagoditi se, najti ali obdržati srednji kurz, lavirati

to trim a Christmas tree — okrasiti božično drevo

to trim s.o.'s jacket — izprašiti komu hlače, nabiti, našeškati, premlatiti koga

to trim one's sails to every wind figuratively obračati plašč po vetru

to trim shore figuratively plavati čisto ob obali (ribe)

to trim with the times politics figuratively voditi oportunistično politiko

to trim away, to trim off transitive verb odstriči, odrezati

to trim up transitive verb čedno obleči; okrasiti, nališpati;

3.

adjective

v dobrem stanju, v redu, urejen; čist, čeden, negova.n, lep, lepo oblečen; eleganten, koketen; čedne postave; ugoden; spreten;

4.

adverb

urejeno, čedno, lepó

English-Slovenian dictionary > trim
40 twirl

[twə:l] 1. verb
(to (cause to) turn round (and round); to spin: She twirled her hair round her finger.) vrteti
2. noun
(an act of twirling.) vrtenje

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[twə:l]
1.

noun

hiter obrat; vrtljaj; vrtenje, rotacija; figuratively zavita črta (pri podpisu);

2.

transitive verb & intransitive verb

hitro (se) vrteti (obračati, sukati); viti se; žvrkljati

to twirl one's thumbs — palce vrteti, figuratively dolgočasiti se, lenariti

he twirled the ends on his moustache — vrtel (sukal, zvijal) je konce svojih brk

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ends — cal·ends; ends; week·ends; … English syllables
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Ends — This name is of Anglo Saxon origin and is topographical for one resident at the end of a settlement of a street. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century ende , (Middle High German ende , from the Old High German enti ). Early… … Surnames reference
ends — n pl American money. The term, probably originating in black street argot in the 1950s, was later adopted by college students. It may have begun as N s , referring to (bank)notes, or possibly derived from the cliche to make ends meet . It is also … Contemporary slang
ends — Jamaican Slang Glossary A place. Mi a go pon one ends still. (I am going to one place) … English dialects glossary
ends — n Money. I really would like to go to the shore this weekend but I just don t have the ends. 1990s … Historical dictionary of American slang
Ends — Money. I got no ends until Monday … Dictionary of american slang
Ends — Money. I got no ends until Monday … Dictionary of american slang
ENDS — comp. abbr. Ends Segment … United dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms

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