glavo si razbijati

1) (the top part of the human body, containing the eyes, mouth, brain etc; the same part of an animal's body: The stone hit him on the head; He scratched his head in amazement.) glava

2) (a person's mind: An idea came into my head last night.) pamet

3) (the height or length of a head: The horse won by a head.) dolžina glave

4) (the chief or most important person (of an organization, country etc): Kings and presidents are heads of state; ( also adjective) a head waiter; the head office.) glava; glaven

5) (anything that is like a head in shape or position: the head of a pin; The boy knocked the heads off the flowers.) glava, glavica

6) (the place where a river, lake etc begins: the head of the Nile.) izvir

7) (the top, or the top part, of anything: Write your address at the head of the paper; the head of the table.) vrh

8) (the front part: He walked at the head of the procession.) čelo

9) (a particular ability or tolerance: He has no head for heights; She has a good head for figures.) nadarjenost

10) (a headmaster or headmistress: You'd better ask the Head.) predstojnik

11) ((for) one person: This dinner costs $10 a head.) na osebo

12) (a headland: Beachy Head.) rt

13) (the foam on the top of a glass of beer etc.) pena

1) (to go at the front of or at the top of (something): The procession was headed by the band; Whose name headed the list?) biti na čelu

2) (to be in charge of; to be the leader of: He heads a team of scientists investigating cancer.) voditi

3) ((often with for) to (cause to) move in a certain direction: The explorers headed south; The boys headed for home; You're heading for disaster!) iti proti

4) (to put or write something at the beginning of: His report was headed `Ways of Preventing Industrial Accidents'.) nasloviti

5) ((in football) to hit the ball with the head: He headed the ball into the goal.) udariti z glavo

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- - headed

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glavni, na čelu

British English head boy — najboljši dijak v razredu

head cook — glavni kuhar

head nurse — glavna medicinska sestra

head waiter — glavni natakar, plačilni

head wind — nasprotni veter

glava; dolžina glave (pri konjskih dirkah); pamet, razum, nadarjenost; vodja, voditelj, predstojnik; šolski direktor, -ica; glava kovanca; glava, vrh, gornji del, vzglavje (strani, postelje, knjige, pisma, stopnišča itd); glava žeblja, kladiva, bucike; višek, kriza; pena na pivu, mleku; rogovje (srnjadi); oseba, komad, kos, glava (živine); stržen čira; izvir reke; zajezena voda; pritisk pare zraka, plina, vode; predgorje, rt; familiarly plačilni, glavni natakar; streha na vozu; glavna točka (govora), poglavje (knjige), rubrika, stolpič (v časopisu); economy postavka (v računu, fakturi), kategorija; slang latrina

above one's head — težko razumljivo, prepametno za koga

at the head of — na čelu

by head and shoulders — ali by the head and ears — s silo, na silo

(by) head and shoulders above — mnogo boljši od

by a short head — za dolžino nosu, figuratively z majhno prednostjo

crowned heads — kronane glave

a deer of the first head — petleten jelen ali srnjak

nautical down by the head — s prednjim delom ladje globoko v vodi

head of the family — družinski poglavar

heads of state — državni voditelji

the head and front — bistvo, politics glava zarote, vodja upora

from head to foot — od nog do glave, popolnoma

head first ( —ali foremost) — z glavo naprej, figuratively nepremišljeno

a large head of game — velik trop živali

hot head — vročekrvnež

a beautiful head of hair — gosti lasje

head over heels — narobe, do ušes, na vrat na nos

old head on young shoulders — pameten mlad človek

off one's head — ali out of one's head — nor

over one's head — viseč nad glavo (nevarnost); težko razumljivo

over head and ears — ali head over ears — preko glave, do ušes, popolnoma

on this head — o tem predmetu

out of one's own head — sam od sebe, sam, na lastnem zeljniku

two heads are better than one — kolikor glav, toliko misli

head of water — vodni steber

heads or tails — obe strani kovanca (pri metanju)

twopence a head — 2 penija na osebo

slang King's (Queen's) head — poštna znamka

weak in the head — slaboumen

head, cook and bottle washer — kdor s svojim vedenjem poudarja svojo veljavo

figuratively on your head be it! — naj gre na tvojo glavo, ti si odgovoren

ten head of cattle — deset glav živine;

Z glagoli: to beat s.o.'s head off — prekositi koga

colloquially to bite ( —ali snap) s.o.'s head off — uničiti koga

to bring to a head — pripeljati do krize

figuratively to break one's head — glavo si razbijati

to carry one's head high — nositi glavo pokonci, biti ponosen

to come to a head — priti do krize, zaostriti se

medicine zagnojiti se, dozoreti (čir); slang to do a thing on one's head — igraje kaj napraviti

to drag in by the head and ears — s silo privleči, za ušesa privleči

to eat ( —ali cry, scream, run) one's head off — pretirano se razburjati

it entered my head — v glavo mi je padlo

to give s.o. his head figuratively popustiti uzde

to get s.th. through one's head — doumeti, razumeti kaj

to go over s.o.'s head — biti pretežko za koga

to go to s.o.'s head — v glavo stopiti

this horse eats his head off — ta konj več pojé, kot je vreden

to have a good head for — biti nadarjen za

to have a head — imeti "mačka"

to have a good head on one's shoulders — biti dobre glave

to have one's head in the clouds figuratively živeti v oblakih, sanjariti

to have one's head screwed in the right way — imeti glavo na pravem koncu

to have a head like a sieve — imeti glavo kot rešeto, biti pozabljiv

to hit the nail on the head — točno zadeti

to keep one's head — ostati miren

figuratively to keep one's head above water — obdržati se nad vodo, životariti

to knock s.th. on the head — onemogočiti kaj

to lay ( —ali put) heads together — glave stikati, posvetovati se

to let s.o. have his head — pustiti komu delati po svoji glavi

to lie on s.o.'s head — biti komu v breme

to lose one's head — izgubiti glavo

I cannot make head or tail of — ne razumem, ne vidim ne repa ne glave

to make head — izbiti na čelo, napredovati

to make head against — uspešno se upirati

to be put over the heads of other persons — pri napredovanju preskočiti druge

to put s.th. into s.o.'s head — vtepsti komu kaj v glavo

to put s.th. into one's head — vtepsti si kaj v glavo

to put s.th. out of s.o.'s head — izbiti komu kaj iz glave

to put s.th. out of one's head — izbiti si kaj iz glave

to put one's head in the lion's mouth — izpostavljati se nevarnosti

to rear one's head — glavo dvigniti

to run in s.o.'s head — vrteti se komu po glavi

to run one's head against a brick wall — riniti z glavo skozi zid

to shake one's head — odkimati

to shake one's head at — z glavo zmajati

to suffer from swelled ( —ali swollen) head — biti zelo domišljav

to take the head — prevzeti vodstvo

to take s.th. into one's head — v glavo si kaj vtepsti

to talk over s.o.'s head — za koga preučeno govoriti

to talk s.o.'s head off — utruditi koga z nenehnim govorjenjem

to talk through the back of s.o.'s head — neprestano v koga govoriti

to throw o.s. at the head of — obesiti se komu za vrat

to talk one's head off — nenehno govoriti

to turn one's head — v glavo stopiti

to turn s.o.'s head — glavo komu zmešati

to win by a head — zmagati za dolžino glave (konj)

to work one's head off — pretegniti se od dela, garati

heads I win, tails you lose — izgubiš v vsakem primeru

voditi, biti na čelu, priti na čelo; zapovedovati; prekositi, prekašati; obiti (reko) pri izviru; dati naslov, glavo (pismu itd.); obrezati, odsekati vrh (stebla, krošnjo drevesa); upreti se, nasprotovati, postaviti se po robu; obrniti proti; sport udariti žogo z glavo;

biti obrnjen z glavo, pročeljem proti; iti, gibati se proti ( for); pluti proti ( for); razvijati se; American izvirati (reka)

to head for war — siliti v vojno

1) (to make a sharp noise by hitting or tapping, especially on a door etc to attract attention: Just then, someone knocked at the door.) potrkati

2) (to cause to move, especially to fall, by hitting (often accidentally): She knocked a vase on to the floor while she was dusting.) suniti, zbiti

3) (to put into a certain state or position by hitting: He knocked the other man senseless.) udariti

4) ((often with against, on) to strike against or bump into: She knocked against the table and spilt his cup of coffee; I knocked my head on the car door.) zadeti (se) ob

1) (an act of knocking or striking: She gave two knocks on the door; He had a nasty bruise from a knock he had received playing football.) udarec

2) (the sound made by a knock, especially on a door etc: Suddenly they heard a loud knock.) trkanje

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- knocker

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udarec, sunek; trkanje; ropotanje motorja

American slang neugodna kritika; slang to take the knock — pretrpeti hudo denarno izgubo

there is a knock — nekdo trka

to give a double knock — dvakrat potrkati

udariti, suniti; tolči, trkati, potrkati (at, on na, po); colloquially osupniti, zaprepastiti, sapo vzeti; American slang ostro kritizirati, zmesti;

tolči, razbijati, trkati; trčiti, udariti (against, into ob, v); ropotati (motor); American colloquially godrnjati

to knock the bottom out of — dokazati neresničnost, izpodbiti kaj

to knock cold — udariti do nezavesti

to knock at an open door — po nepotrebnem se truditi

to knock on the head — ubiti, udariti do nezavesti; figuratively zadati udarec, onemogočiti kaj

to knock one's head against (a brick wall) — udariti z glavo ob zid; figuratively riniti z glavo skozi zid

to knock s.th. into s.o. — ali to knock s.th. into s.o.'s head — vtepsti komu kaj v glavo

to knock all of a heap — presenetiti, osupniti

to knock into a cocked hat — uničiti, izmaličiti; zaprepastiti, potolči (nasprotnika)

to knock home — dobro zabiti; figuratively vtepsti komu kaj v glavo

to knock to pieces — razbiti na koščke

to knock into shape — navaditi na red

to knock s.o. into the middle of next week — udariti koga, da odleti; ven vreči, nagnati

to knock sideways — vreči iz tira

slang what knocks me — kar mi ne gre v glavo

1) ((also pound sterling: usually abbreviated to $L when written with a number) the standard unit of British currency, 100 (new) pence.) funt

2) ((usually abbreviated to lb(s) when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms).) funt

1) (to hit or strike heavily; to thump: He pounded at the door; The children were pounding on the piano.) tolči

2) (to walk or run heavily: He pounded down the road.) topotati

3) (to break up (a substance) into powder or liquid: She pounded the dried herbs.) zdrobiti

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funt (angleški denar); funt (453,59 g)

pound sterling — funt šterling

troy pound — ali pound troy — 373,2418 g

to pay 5 s in pound — plačati 25 procentov

figuratively to pay 20 shillings in the pound — polno plačati, vse plačati

to exact one's pound of flesh — zahtevati točno izpolnitev obljube

in for a penny, in for a pound — see penny

penny wise and pound foolish — see penny

it is a matter of pounds, shillings and pence — to je čisto denarno vprašanje

staja za izgubljeno živino, obor; skladišče za izgubljene predmete; figuratively ječa; hunting težek položaj;

zapreti v stajo, obor (često up)

tolčenje, razbijanje, udarec

tolči, raztolči, zdrobiti, razdrobiti; butati, bobnati, razbijati (s pestmi); zabijati, močno udarjati;

razbijati (tudi srce), bobnati; vleči noge za seboj (zlasti along), klecati (kolena)

American slang to pound the ear — spati

to pound into s.o. — vbijati komu kaj v glavo

to pound away at — delati z vso vnemo; napadati, kritizirati

1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) kladivo

2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) kladivce

3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) kladivo

1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) zabiti s kladivom

2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) zabijati (v glavo)

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- give someone a hammering

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kladivo, bat; petelin na puški; kladivce v zvonu, kladivce v klavirju; anatomy nakovalce, slušna koščica

to be down s.o. like a hammer — biti s kom zelo strog

to come ( —ali go) under the hammer — priti pod stečaj, biti prodan na dražbi

hammer and tongs — z vso močjo, silovito

to be ( —ali go) at it hammer and tongs — močno se prepirati, živeti v napetem ozračju

sport throwing the hammer — metanje kladiva

knight of the hammer — kovač

transitive verb & intransitive verb

zabiti, zabijati, tolči s kladivom; kovati; colloquially tolči s pestmi, potolči, poraziti; (borza) razglasiti stečaj, razglasiti nezmožnost plačevanja; razbijati (pulz)

- rack one's brains

- go to rack and ruin

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(hlevske) jasli (za seno); stojalo, obešalnik s klini; polica s predali za sortiranje; mreža za prtljago v vagonu itd.; technical nazobčana palica, tračnica

clothes rack — stojalo, obešalnik za obleko

hat-rack — obešalnik za klobuk(e)

newspaper rack — stojalo za časopise

parcel rack — mreža, polica za prtljago (v avtobusu, vlaku)

plate-rack — odcejalnik za krožnike

toast-rack — stojalce za rezine praženega kruha

to live at rack and manger — živeti brezskrbno, v razkošju; biti pri koritu

opremiti (hlev) z jaslimi; napolniti jasli s krmo; namestiti ali postaviti na polico, obesiti na obešalnik; hraniti, krmiti (konja)

to rack up a horse — privezati konja k jaslim, dati konju sena v jasli

natezalnica, naprava za mučenje, lestev za natezanje, za mučenje; muke na natezalnici, muka; nevihta, neurje, huda burja

on the rack figuratively na natezalnici, na mučenju; z muko, z največjim naporom, zelo napeto

to be on the rack — biti na natezalnici (tudi figuratively)

to put on the rack — dati na natezalnico, mučiti;

dati na natezalnico, mučiti; figuratively mučiti, trpinčiti, mrcvariti, pritisniti koga (ob zid); napenjati, napeti do skrajnosti (možgane); (iz)tirjati, izsiliti čim višjo najemnino, izses(av)ati (zakupnike, stanovanjske najemnike); izkoriščati, izčrpavati (zemljo)

racked with pain — izmučen od bolečin(e)

to rack one's brains — beliti, razbijati si glavo, napenjati možgane

uničenje, poguba, propad

to go to rack and ruin — popolnoma propasti

od vetra gnani oblaki, gmota oblakov;

poditi se, drveti; vleči se, biti gnan od vetrov (o oblakih)

arak (vrsta vzhodnjaških likerjev, navadno iz riža);

pretakati, odtakati (vino v steklenice) (često off)

drnec, dir; droben korak;

dirkati; teči v lahnem diru, v drncu

debela vratina (teletine, svinjine, jagnjetine, ovčjega mesa)