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21 level

['levl] 1. noun
1) (height, position, strength, rank etc: The level of the river rose; a high level of intelligence.) nivo, stopnja

2) (a horizontal division or floor: the third level of the multi-storey car park.) nadstropje

3) (a kind of instrument for showing whether a surface is level: a spirit level.) libela

4) (a flat, smooth surface or piece of land: It was difficult running uphill but he could run fast on the level.) ravnina
2. adjective
1) (flat, even, smooth or horizontal: a level surface; a level spoonful (= an amount which just fills the spoon to the top of the sides).) zvrhan, zravnan

2) (of the same height, standard etc: The top of the kitchen sink is level with the window-sill; The scores of the two teams are level.) v isti višini, izenačen

3) (steady, even and not rising or falling much: a calm, level voice.) umirjen
3. verb
1) (to make flat, smooth or horizontal: He levelled the soil.) izravnati

2) (to make equal: His goal levelled the scores of the two teams.) izenačiti

3) ((usually with at) to aim (a gun etc): He levelled his pistol at the target.) nameriti

4) (to pull down: The bulldozer levelled the block of flats.) zravnati (z zemljo)

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- levelness
- level crossing
- level-headed
- do one's level best
- level off
- level out
- on a level with
- on the level
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I [levl]
adjective ( levelly adverb)

raven, vodoraven; enak, izenačen; trezen, pameten; prediren, hladen (pogled); physics enake potence; American slang pošten, fair; American economy obročen

level with — v isti višini z

to make level with the ground — zravnati z zemljo

to draw level with s.o. — dohiteti koga

a level race — izenačena dirka

to do one's level best — potruditi se na vso moč

to give s.o. a level glance — predirno (hladno) koga pogledati
II [levl]
noun

technical libela, vodna tehtnica; nivelacijski instrument; ravnina, gladina; nivo, raven, stopnja; višina (vode, glasu); mineralogy (raven) rov

see level — morska gladina

level of sound — glasovna višina

American colloquially on the level — pošten(o), odkrit(o)

on a level with — na isti višini s, z

low production level — nizka stopnja produkcije

to put o.s. on the level of others — izenačiti se z drugimi

to sink to the level of — pasti na raven koga

to find one's level — najti svoje pravo mesto

on the same level — na isti ravni

politics a conference on the highest level — konferenca na najvišji ravni

to rise to higher levels — napredovati
III [levl]
transitive verb

(i)zravnati, izenačiti (to, with s, z); zbiti (koga) na tla; meriti, nameriti, naperiti, usmeriti (puško, pogled, kritiko, at, against na)

to level with the ground — zravnati z zemljo;

English-Slovenian dictionary > level
22 stand

[stænd] 1. past tense, past participle - stood; verb
1) (to be in an upright position, not sitting or lying: His leg was so painful that he could hardly stand; After the storm, few trees were left standing.) stati

2) ((often with up) to rise to the feet: He pushed back his chair and stood up; Some people like to stand (up) when the National Anthem is played.) vstati

3) (to remain motionless: The train stood for an hour outside Newcastle.) stati

4) (to remain unchanged: This law still stands.) veljati

5) (to be in or have a particular place: There is now a factory where our house once stood.) stati

6) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stati

7) (to accept or offer oneself for a particular position etc: He is standing as Parliamentary candidate for our district.) kandidirati

8) (to put in a particular position, especially upright: He picked up the fallen chair and stood it beside the table.) postaviti

9) (to undergo or endure: He will stand (his) trial for murder; I can't stand her rudeness any longer.) prestati; prenašati

10) (to pay for (a meal etc) for (a person): Let me stand you a drink!) dati za
2. noun
1) (a position or place in which to stand ready to fight etc, or an act of fighting etc: The guard took up his stand at the gate; I shall make a stand for what I believe is right.) položaj

2) (an object, especially a piece of furniture, for holding or supporting something: a coat-stand; The sculpture had been removed from its stand for cleaning.) stojalo

3) (a stall where goods are displayed for sale or advertisement.) stojnica

4) (a large structure beside a football pitch, race course etc with rows of seats for spectators: The stand was crowded.) tribuna

5) ((American) a witness box in a law court.) prostor za priče

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- take the stand
- standing 3. noun
1) (time of lasting: an agreement of long standing.) trajanje

2) (rank or reputation: a diplomat of high standing.) ugled

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- stand-by
4. adjective
((of an airline passenger or ticket) costing or paying less than the usual fare, as the passenger does not book a seat for a particular flight, but waits for the first available seat.) na čakalnem seznamu
5. adverb
(travelling in this way: It costs a lot less to travel stand-by.) potovati v aranžmaju stand-by

- stand-in
- standing-room
- make someone's hair stand on end
- stand aside
- stand back
- stand by
- stand down
- stand fast/firm
- stand for
- stand in
- stand on one's own two feet
- stand on one's own feet
- stand out
- stand over
- stand up for
- stand up to
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I [stænd]
noun

stanje (na nogah), položaj, mesto; stališče; tribuna, oder; stojnica, začasna prodajalna na trgu; stojalo, mizica, regal, polica; photography stativ; postaja, postajališče, parkirni prostor za taksije; zastoj (tudi figuratively), ustavitev, odpor; theatre gostovanje igralcev, trajanje gostovanja; American (še) nepožeto žito; (še) neposekan gozd; zajezena voda; obsolete garnitura; obsolete dialectal roj (čebel), history krdelo (vojakov); juridically American prostor za priče

a stand of arms — popolna oprema z orožjem za vojaka, puška s priborom

stand of colours — polkovna zastava

band-stand — paviljon za godbo

a bold stand — junaški odpor

book-stand — stojnica, kiosk za prodajo knjig

cab-stand — postajališče taksijev ali kočij

cruet-stand — steklenički za olje in kis

flower-stand — stojalo za cvetlice

fruit-stand — stojnica za prodajo sadja na trgu

grand stand — uradna (glavna) tribuna (na tekmah, dirkah itd.)

hat-stand — polica (obešalnik) za klobuk

ink-stand — tintnik

news stand American kiosk za prodajo časopisov

one-night stand theatre enkratno (igralsko) gostovanje

umbrella-stand — stojalo za dežnike

wash-stand — umivalnik

to be at a stand obsolete odreveneti, obstrmeti (od začudenja), biti zbegan, zmeden

there is a cabstand in this street — v tej ulici je parkirni prostor za taksije

to be brought (to come) to a stand — ustaviti se, zastati, obstati

we were brought to a stand by a deep river — zaustavila nas je globoka reka

to bring to a stand — (za)ustaviti, privesti do ustavitve, do zastoja

to make a stand — upirati se, ustavljati se (čemu)

the enamy made a good stand against our attack — sovražnik je nudil krepak odpor našemu napadu

to take stand in a debate — zavzeti stališče v debati

he took his stand near the door — zavzel je mesto (postavil se je) poleg vrat

he took his stand on the letter figuratively oprl, skliceval se je na pismo

to take the stand American juridically nastopiti kot priča, potrditi s prisego (on s.th. kaj)
II [stænd]
1.

intransitive verb

stati (na nogah itd.); dosegati stalno višino v stoječem položaju; postaviti se pokonci; biti nameščen, ležati, biti, nahajati se; stati na mestu, nehati se premikati, (za)ustaviti se; ostati brez sprememb, veljati tudi vnaprej, ne izgubiti moči (veljave); zadržati, obdržati svoj dosedanji položaj; zavzemati se ( for za); zagovarjati ( for kaj); zavzemati stanoviten odnos do česa; nasprotovati ( against čemu), upirati se; vztrajati, vzdržati, ostajati; oklevati, bati se (at česa), ustrašiti se; sestajati (in iz); skladati se, biti v skladu ( with z); kandidirati, biti kandidat ( for za); nabrati se, zbrati se; (za)pihati, pri(haja)ti (o vetru); colloquially stati, veljati; biti v prid (komu), koristiti; nautical pluti, držati se določene smeri (for, to proti); stopiti ( back nazaj)

stand! — stoj!

stand at ease! military voljno!

stand fast! military British English mirno!, military American vod, stoj!

to stand aghast — zgroziti se, osupniti

to stand alone (on an opinion) — (o)stati sam (s svojim mnenjem)

to stand against s.o. — postaviti se proti, uveljaviti se proti komu

to stand accused — biti obtožen

to stand at attention military stati v pozoru

we stand by each other — drživa skupaj

to stand by one's promise — držati svojo obljubo

we will stand by whatever he says — z vsem, kar bo rekel, bomo soglašali

to stand corrected — uvideti, priznati svojo krivdo

to stand firm as a rock — stati trdno kot skala

he stands six feet in his stockings — sezut meri v višino (je visok) šest čevljev

to stand for an office — potegovati se za (neko) službo

to stand for a constituency — kandidirati za poslanca nekega volilnega okrožja

to stand for birth control — zavzemati se za kontrolo rojstev (za načrtovanje družine)

I won't stand for this American tega ne bom trpel (prenašal)

to stand for s.o. (with s.o.) — potegniti se za koga, potegniti s kom

to stand gaping — stati in zijati, zijala prodajati

to stand gasping — stati in sopsti

to stand good — ostati veljaven, obdržati svojo veljavo (vrednost)

my hair stood on end — lasje so se mi naježili

to stand in line American stati in čakati v vrsti

to stand in need of help — potrebovati pomoč

to stand in terror of s.o. — bati se koga

to stand model — stati (biti) za modél

it stands me in 8 shillings a bottle colloquially steklenica me stane 8 šilingov

to stand neutral — biti, ostati nevtralen

the same objection still stands — ta ugovor še vedno obstaja

he will not stand at murder — on se ne bo ustavil pred umorom

to stand on one's head — držati stojo na glavi

to stand on guard — paziti se

don't stand on ceremony — ne delaj ceremonij

to stand on ceremony — paziti (gledati) na etiketo, ceremonialno se obnašati

to stand on one's own feet — stati na lastnih nogah, figuratively opravljati svoje zadeve brez tuje pomoči

to stand on one's rights — mnogo dati na svoje pravice

stand on me for that slang zanesi se name glede tega!

she stands over the girl while she does her homework — ona pazi na (nadzira) deklico, ko dela domačo nalogo

to stand pat slang ostati trden

to stand the racket slang plačati ceno, globo

to stand security (surety, sponsor) for s.o. — biti porok, jamčiti za koga

to stand (as) sponsor (godfather) — biti za botra

to stand still — mirovati, ostati miren, ustaviti se

the thermometer stands at 30 — barometer kaže 30

to stand to one's duty — (vestno) opravljati svojo dolžnost

to stand to one's guns (one's colours) figuratively trdno vztrajati pri svojem (prepričanju, mnenju), military držati postojanko

to stand to one's oars — pošteno, krepko zaveslati

to stand to reason — biti čisto razumljiv (logičen)

with this horse we certainly stand to win (to lose) — s tem konjem moremo le zmagati (izgubiti)

to stand to it that... — vztrajati na tem, da...

to stand upon one's trial juridically stati, biti pred sodiščem

to stand (a) watch nautical , to stand guard military biti na straži

to stand well with s.o. — dobro se razumeti (shajati) s kom

the wind stands in the east — veter piha z vzhoda

if it stands with honour — če se sklada s častjo;

2.

transitive verb

postaviti; ustaviti; zoperstaviti se, upirati se (čemu); prenašati, prenesti, trpeti (koga, kaj); podvreči se, prestati; colloquially dati (plačati) za; stati (biti) pred (čem)

to stand an assault — vzdržati, upreti se napadu

I shall stand you in the corner — (za kazen) te bom postavil v kot

I don't stand pain — ne prenesem bolečine

I can't stand him — ne morem ga trpeti

she cannot stand the sun — ona ne prenese sonca

to stand a drink colloquially dati za pijačo

to stand a chance — imeti možnost (priliko, priložnost, upanje, šanso)

to stand one's chance — tvegati

to stand all hazards — vse tvegati

to stand the test — prestati preizkušnjo, izkazati se, obnesti se

to stand trial — biti obtožen

to stand one's trial — biti zaslišan pred sodiščcm;

English-Slovenian dictionary > stand
23 water

['wo:tə] 1. noun
(a colourless, transparent liquid compound of hydrogen and oxygen, having no taste or smell, which turns to steam when boiled and to ice when frozen: She drank two glasses of water; `Are you going swimming in the sea?' `No, the water's too cold'; Each bedroom in the hotel is supplied with hot and cold running water; ( also adjective) The plumber had to turn off the water supply in order to repair the pipe; transport by land and water.) voda
2. verb
1) (to supply with water: He watered the plants.) zaliti

2) ((of the mouth) to produce saliva: His mouth watered at the sight of all the food.) sliniti se

3) ((of the eyes) to fill with tears: The dense smoke made his eyes water.) solziti se

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- waters
- watery
- wateriness
- waterborne
- water-closet
- water-colour
- watercress
- waterfall
- waterfowl
- waterfront
- waterhole
- watering-can
- water level
- waterlily
- waterlogged
- water main
- water-melon
- waterproof 3. noun
(a coat made of waterproof material: She was wearing a waterproof.) dežni plašč
4. verb
(to make (material) waterproof.) napraviti nepremočljivo

- watershed
- water-skiing
- water-ski
- watertight
- water vapour
- waterway
- waterwheel
- waterworks
- hold water
- into deep water
- in deep water
- water down
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I [wɔ:tə]
1.

noun

voda, vodna površina; reka, morje; plural vodé, vodovje, voda, morje; slatina, mineralna voda; plima in oseka; chemistry vodna raztopina; technical vodni sijaj, blesk (na draguljih); spreminjanje barv (na tkanini); medicine seč, urin; solze; slina; znoj

above water — nad vodo, plavajoč; figuratively finančno trden

by water — po vodi, po vodni poti

on the water — v čolnu, na ladji; na morju

in Chinese waters — v kitajskih vodah

as a fish out of water figuratively kot riba na suhem

in deep water(s) — v težavah, v neprilikah, v škripcih

between wind and water figuratively na ranljivem mestu, v ranljivo mesto

in low water figuratively (biti) v slabih razmerah, na suhem

like water figuratively izdatno, potratno

of the first water — (dragulj) prvega sijaja, najboljše vrste

water bewitched colloquially zvodenela redka pijača (čaj, alkoholna pijača)

water on the brain figuratively vodenoglavec

blue water — morska gladina

brandy and water — z vodo mešano žganje

high water — plima; figuratively vrhunec, kulminacija

lavender water — sivkina (toaletna) voda

low water — oseka; figuratively najnižji nivó, najslabši rezultat

mineral water — slatina, mineralna voda

red water — krvav urin, seč

strong water obsolete žganje

table water — slatina (zlasti v steklenicah)

thermal water — termalna voda

written in water figuratively prehoden, kratkotrajen, na pesku zgrajen; ki se bo uresničil

to be on the water — biti na ladji, na poti z ladjo

to be in hot water — biti v nepriliki, v škripcih

to be in low water — biti v stiski

to be in smooth water — biti v ugodnih razmerah, uspevati

it brings the water to my mouth — sline se mi pocede ob tem

to cast one's bread upon the waters — izkazati dobroto, ne da bi pričakovali zahvalo

to cross the waters — iti čez morje

the boat draws 10 feet of water — ladja ima 10 čevljev ugreza

to fish in troubled waters figuratively v kalnem ribariti

to get into hot water for — priti (zaiti) v neprilike (v stisko, v škripce)

to hold one's water — zadrževati vodo

to keep one's head above water — obdržati se na površini

to make ( —ali to pass) water — urinirati

to make ( —ali to take) water — puščati vodo (o ladji)

to make foul water nautical jadrati v plitvi vodi

to pour oil on the waters figuratively izgladiti, poravnati, odstraniti zapreke; umiriti

to spend money like water figuratively za prazen nič trošiti denar

to throw cold water on figuratively posmehovati se (čemu), ohladiti, politi z mrzlo vodo; zmanjšati veselje ali navdušenje za; spodnesti, preprečiti, onemogočiti

that threw cold water on my plans — to je bilo kot hladna prha na moje načrte

to take the water — (o ladji) biti splavljen, porinjen v vodo

to take ( —ali to drink) the waters — piti mineralno vodo, zdraviti se s slatino ( at Radenci — v Radencih)

still waters run deep — tiha voda globoko dere (bregove podira);

2.

adjective

vodni

water balance technical libela

water buffalo — vodni bufalo

water bus — vodni avtobus, hidrobus

water heater — bojler

water ski — vodna smučka; intransitive verb smučati se na vodi

water skier — vodni(a) smučar(ka)

water skiing — smučanje na vodi

water storage reservoir — akumulacijski bazen
II [wɔ:tə]
transitive verb

(po)škropiti ( streets — ceste); zalivati ( plants — rastline); namočiti, namakati, ovlažiti, napeljati vodo na; razredčiti z vodo, zvodeniti (milk, wine — mleko, vino); napojiti, napajati ( animals — živali); oskrbeti, oskrbovati z vodo ( an engine — stroj); economy povečati dolg ali kapital (podjetja) z izdajo novih delnic brez kritja; moarirati (tkanino)

to water down — zvodeniti, razredčiti; figuratively omiliti, ublažiti

to water down one's claims — ublažiti, zmanjšati svoje zahteve

he watered his lecture — zavlačeval (razvlekel) je svoje predavanje; intransitive verb puščati vodo; liti solze, solziti se (oči); izločati vodo, slino; zmočiti se, ovlažiti se; napajati se, piti, iti se napajat (živali); oskrbeti se z vodo; piti mineralno (delati kuro z) zdravilno vodo, zdraviti se s slatino; hunting iti v vodo (pes)

it made my eyes water — oči so se mi zasolzile ob tem

to make s.o.'s mouth water — napraviti, da se komu pocedijo sline

my mouth watered (for, after) — sline so se mi pocedile (po, za)

to water the stock economy izda(ja)ti nove delnice (brez povečanja glavnice), zvodeniti (delniški kapital)

English-Slovenian dictionary > water
24 hit

[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb
1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) udariti, zadeti

2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) odbiti

3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) prizadeti

4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) zadeti, naleteti na
2. noun
1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) udarec

2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) zadetek

3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) uspešnica

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- hit-and-run
- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with
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I [hit]
noun

udarec (at komu); zadetek, sreča; posrečena misel, posrečena pripomba, uspel poskus; uspela knjiga, popevka, drama itd.; American printing odtis

to make a hit — doživeti velik uspeh

he was a big hit with — zelo je uspel v

a smash hit — izredno uspela prireditev

stage hit — uspelo odrsko delo

that is a hit at me — to meri name
II [hit]
1.

transitive verb

udariti, poriniti, zadeti; figuratively prizadeti; zaleteti se v; figuratively naleteti na, najti; zadeti, uganiti; figuratively ostro kritizirati, bičati (napake); doseči, uspeti;

2.

intransitive verb

tolči (at po); slučajno naleteti (on, upon na); zadeti ( against na); American colloquially vžgati, teči (motor)

to be hard ( —ali badly) hit by — biti močno prizadet od, izgubiti veliko denarja

American to hit the books — guliti se

colloquially to hit the bottle — pijančevati

to hit s.o. a blow — koga močno udariti

to hit s.o. below the belt — udariti pod pasom (boks), nepošteno se boriti, nečastno ravnati

to hit a bull's eye with a vengeance — imeti predoren uspeh

to hit the ceiling ( —ali roof) — poskočiti od jeze

American colloquially to hit on all four cylinders — dobro teči, figuratively dobro potekati

to hit s.o.'s fancy ( —ali taste) — zadeti, uganiti okus nekoga

to hit home — zadeti v živec, priti do živca

to hit s.o. home — zavrniti koga, zasoliti jo komu

hit hard! — močno udari!

to hit one's head against ( —ali upon) s.th. — z glavo se zaleteti v kaj

slang to hit the hay ( —ali sack) — spraviti se spat

to hit the jackpot — terno zadeti, priti nenadoma do denarja

figuratively to hit a man when he is down — zadati udarce človeku v nesreči

nautical to hit a mine — zadeti na mino

to hit the nail on the head ( —ali nub) —ali to hit it — v črno zadeti

to hit oil — najti nafto

prices hit an all-time high — cene so dosegle rekordno višino

American to hit the numbers pool — zadeti pti lotu

to hit the right road — najti pravo cesto

to hit the road — odpraviti se na dolgo pot

sport to hit one's stride — priti v dobro kondicijo

to hit the spot — pravo zadeti, zadovoljiti

American colloquially to hit the town — prispeti v mesto

colloquially to hit it up — pošteno se česa lotiti

English-Slovenian dictionary > hit
25 work

[wə:k] 1. noun
1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) delo

2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) delo

3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) delo

4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) delo

5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) delo

6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) delo
2. verb
1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) delati; priganjati k delu

2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) delati

3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) delovati; upravljati

4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) delovati

5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) s težavo napredovati

6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) postajati bolj in bolj

7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) izdelati

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- - work
- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural
1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mehanizem

2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) dela

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- work-basket
- work-box
- workbook
- workforce
- working class
- working day
- work-day
- working hours
- working-party
- work-party
- working week
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanship
- workmate
- workout
- workshop
- at work
- get/set to work
- go to work on
- have one's work cut out
- in working order
- out of work
- work of art
- work off
- work out
- work up
- work up to
- work wonders
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I [wə:k]
noun

(telesno ali duševno) delo; ukvarjanje, ustvarjanje, dejavnost; posel, zaposlitev; naloga; (žensko) ročno delo; delovni proces, rezultat dela, proizvod, izdelek; izdelava, obdelava, način izdelave; delovna sposobnost; težak posel, trud, muka; pogon (stroja); plural stavbna dela, stavbišče; javna dela; military utrdbe, utrdbena dela; (singular construction) tovarna, fabrika, obrat, delavnica; talilnica, livarna; technical mehanizem, gonilo, kolesje, zobčasti prenos; plural religion dobra dela

in work — zaposlen; (ki je) v pogonu (obratu)

out of work — brez dela, brezposeln, nezaposlen

a work of art — umetniško delo, umetnina

a work of genius — genialno delo

works of a clock — mehanizem ure

the works of Bach — Bachova dela

works of mercy — dobrodelna dela

earth works architecture zemeljska dela

good works — dobra dela

iron works — talilnica železa, železarna

Minister of Works — minister za javna dela

glass works — steklarna

gas works — plinarna

Public Works — javna dela

out works architecture zunanja dela

stone works — zidarska dela

upper works nautical nadvodni del ladje; vrhnja gradba, deli ladje nad zgornjo palubo

wood works — lesena konstrukcija, leseni deli hiše, leseni predmeti

shock-work — udarniško delo

to be out of work — biti brez dela, biti brezposeln

to be at work — delati, delovati, funkcionirati

it's all in the day's work — to ni (prav) nič nenavadnega, to je normalno, to je del (vsako)-dnevnega dela

to cease ( —ali to stop) work — nehati z delom

I did a good day's work — veliko sem naredil danes

to give s.o. the works American colloquially ozmerjati, premlatiti koga

to get ( —ali to set) to work — lotiti se dela, začeti delati

to go ( —ali to set) about one's work — lotiti se svojega dela

to have plenty of work to do — imeti mnogo dela

I have my work cut out for me — imam polne roke dela

to make sad work of it figuratively vse uničiti

to make short ( —ali quick) work of — hitro opraviti z, hitro obvladati

that is your work — to je tvoja naloga

to look for work — iskati delo
II
() [wə:k]

1.

transitive verb

delati (na čem), izdel(ov)ati, obdelati; narediti, proizvesti, proizvajati; poetically umetniško izdelati; plesti, tkati, izdelati na statvah; šivati; vesti; oblikovati, (iz)kovati; tiskati; mesiti; kopati (rudo), obdelovati (zemljo); commerce poslovati, poslovno potovati (po nekem področju); slang prodati; plačati (potovanje) z delom; preiskati, raziskati; mathematics izračunati, rešiti (nalogo); vplivati na (koga), nagovarjati (koga); slang prevarati, oslepariti; izvesti, uresničiti, izvršiti, povzročiti; streči (topu, stroju); uporabljati (žival) za delo, vpreči; izkoriščati (rudnik); pustiti koga, da težko dela; premikati, poganjati, gnati, goniti

to work o.s. to death — ubi(ja)ti se z delom, garati

to work o.s. into s.o.'s favour — pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebe

to work o.s. into a rage — pobesneti

to work the bellows — goniti meh

to work a farm — voditi farmo (kmetijo)

to work a change — izvršiti, povzročiti spremembo

to work wonders — delati čuda (čudeže)

to work one's will — uresničiti svojo voljo

can you work the screw loose? — lahko zrahljate vijak?

to work (one's way) through college — sam se vzdrževati med študijem

my partner works the Liverpool district — moj družabnik potuje (poslovno) na področju Liverpoola

to work a slave to death — do smrti priganjati sužnja k delu, ubiti ga z delom

servants are not worked now as they were formerly — od služinčadi se danes ne zahteva več toliko dela kot nekoč

to work a crane — upravljati z žerjavom

to work a coal seam — izkoriščati plast premoga

to work a ship — upravljati ladjo

to work one's way — pot si utreti (napraviti)

these machines are worked by steam — te stroje poganja para

it is a good scheme, but can you work it? — to je dober načrt, toda, ali ga lahko izvedete?

this belief has worked much evil — to verovanje je povzročilo mnogo zla

the candidate works the district — kandidat opravlja volilno kampanjo v okrožju

to work one's passage nautical zaslužiti svoj prevoz z delom

to work one's horses — priganjati konje k delu

to work one's social relations in business — izkoriščati svoje družabne zveze poslovno;

2.

intransitive verb

delati, delovati, biti zaposlen (s čim); baviti se (s čim); truditi se; funkcionirati, posrečiti se, uspeti; razviti se, dozoreti; vreti; biti v pogonu, delati (stroj), prijemati eden v drugega (zobata kolesa); šivati, vesti (vezem); prebijati se (z delom); razvleči se; trzati (se) (obraz); mahati (s čim); težko, z muko se premikati, gibati; nautical križariti; besneti, biti razburkan (morje); figuratively krčevito delati

to work against time — delati v tekmi s časom

to work like a dog ( —ali horse —ali nigger) — delati kot črna živina

my stove works well — moja peč dobro dela

your method won't work — z vašo metodo ne boste uspeli

I tried but it did not work — poskušal sem, a ni se mi posrečilo

the poison began to work — strup je začel delovati

to work into a crowd — vriniti se v množico

to work loose — zrahljati se (vijak itd.)

waves work to and fro — valovi so razburkani

to work double tides — delati podnevi in ponoči

that won't work with me — to ne bo vplivalo name (vžgalo pri meni);

English-Slovenian dictionary > work
26 mix

[miks] 1. verb
1) (to put or blend together to form one mass: She mixed the butter and sugar together; He mixed the blue paint with the yellow paint to make green paint.) zmešati

2) (to prepare or make by doing this: She mixed the cement in a bucket.) pripraviti

3) (to go together or blend successfully to form one mass: Oil and water don't mix.) mešati (se)

4) (to go together socially: People of different races were mixing together happily.) mešati se
2. noun
1) (the result of mixing things or people together: London has an interesting racial mix.) mešanica

2) (a collection of ingredients used to make something: (a) cake-mix.) sestavine

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- mixed
- mixer
- mixture
- mix-up
- be mixed up
- mix up
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I [miks]
noun

mešanica; colloquially zbrka, zmeda; slang pretep
II [miks]
1.

transitive verb

metati, pomešati, zmešati ( with s, z); biology križati; melirati (blago); figuratively združiti;

2.

intransitive verb (po)mešati se; zlagati se s kom

to mix into — primešati

to mix in — baviti se s čim

to mix in society — zahajati v družbo

to mix up — premešati, zamešati; zamenjati ( with s, z)

to be mixed up — biti vpleten (in, with), biti zmeden

to get mixed up — zmesti se; vmešati se, zaplesti se (in, with)

to mix work and pleasure — združiti delo in zadovoljstvo

American slang to mix it (up) — skočiti si v lase

not to mix well — ne zlagati se s kom, ne spadati skupaj

English-Slovenian dictionary > mix
27 short

[ʃo:t] 1. adjective
1) (not long: You look nice with your hair short; Do you think my dress is too short?) kratek

2) (not tall; smaller than usual: a short man.) majhen

3) (not lasting long; brief: a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.) kratek

4) (not as much as it should be: When I checked my change, I found it was 20 cents short.) premajhen

5) ((with of) not having enough (money etc): Most of us are short of money these days.) ne imeti dovolj

6) ((of pastry) made so that it is crisp and crumbles easily.) drobljiv
2. adverb
1) (suddenly; abruptly: He stopped short when he saw me.) nenadoma

2) (not as far as intended: The shot fell short.) prekratek

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- shortness
- shortage
- shorten
- shortening
- shortly
- shorts
- shortbread
- short-change
- short circuit
- shortcoming
- shortcut
- shorthand
- short-handed
- short-list 3. verb
(to put on a short-list: We've short-listed three of the twenty applicants.) izbrati

- short-lived
- short-range
- short-sighted
- short-sightedly
- short-sightedness
- short-tempered
- short-term
- by a short head
- for short
- go short
- in short
- in short supply
- make short work of
- run short
- short and sweet
- short for
- short of
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I [šc:t]
adjective

kratek, majhen; nizek; prosody nenaglašen; figuratively nezadosten, pičel (zaloga, obrok); prhek, drobljiv, lomljiv, lomen; figuratively nasajen, osoren, zadirčen, kratkih besedi, žaljiv; (o pijači) močan, hud

at short range — od blizu, iz bližine, na majhno razdaljo (oddaljenost)

for short — zaradi kratkosti

on short commons — slabo hranjen

little short of 5 dollars — ne polnih ɜ dolarjev, skoraj ɜ dolarjev

nothing short of — nič manj kot, skoraj

a short 10 miles — komaj 10 milj, (na pogled) manj od 10 milj

a short way off — ne daleč proč

short bill (paper) loan — kratkoročna menica, posojilo

short of breath — zasopel, nadušljiv

short of cash — brez gotovine

short circuit electrical kratek stik

short cut — bližnjica

short date — kratek rok

short drinks — nerazredčene (nemešane) močne alkoholne pijače

short of hands — brez zadostne delovne sile

short rations — pičli obroki

a short sea — kratki (morski) valovi

short sight — kratkovidnost

a short memory — kratek spomin

short and sweet — kratek in vsebinsko bogat (npr. govor)

short story — novela

short temper — razvnemljivost, nagla jeza

short ton — mera za težo (907,20 kg)

short weight — slaba vaga

a short time ago — pred kratkim

to be short with s.o. — biti kratkih besedi (osoren) s kom

to cut (to make) a long story short — na kratko povedati; skrajšati; skratka

to come (to fall) short of — ne izpolniti pričakovanj, ne zadovoljiti, razočarati

the copy falls of the original — kopija zaostaja za originalom

I am short of money — zmanjkalo mi je denarja, trda mi prede za denar

we are short of goods — nimamo robe

the bag is 3 pounds short — vreča tehta 3 funte premalo

the gate-money fell short of the expenses — vstopnina ni krila izdatkov

it is nothing short of treason — to je nič več in nič manj kot (čisto enostavna) izdaja

it would be little short of madness — to bi bila skoraj norost

to come short of one's duty — ne izpolniti svoje dolžnosti

his joy had but a short time — njegovo veselje je bilo (le) kratko

to make short work of — hitro opraviti z

to make short shrift of figuratively napraviti kratek proces z

I ran short of bread — zmanjkalo mi je kruha

to give short weight — dajati slabo vago, goljufati pri teži

to grow shorter — zmanjšati se

to take short views — videti le sedanjost, ne videti daleč

to be of short breath — biti ob sapo, biti nadušljiv
II [šɔ:t]
adverb

na kratko, nenadoma, naenkrat, naglo; neposredno, naravnost, brez ovinkov; nezadostno; osorno; economy brez kritja

short of — razen, z izjemo; skoraj

short of killing he will do anything — razen ubijanja je zmožen vsega

it was little short of a miracle — to je bil skoraj čudež

to cut s.o. short — prekiniti koga (v govoru)

cut it short! — povej na kratko!

to jump short — prekratko skočiti

to pull up short — naglo ustaviti

to sell short — pod ceno prodajati, (borza) prodajati brez kritja, špekulirati na baisse

to stop short — nenadoma se ustaviti

to be taken short — znajti se v stiski

to take s.o. up short — prekiniti koga
III [šɔ:t]
noun

kratek (dokumentaren, risan itd.) film; kratek zlog (samoglasnik), kratka oblika; znak za kračino samoglasnika (a); economy deficit, primanjkljaj, manko; electrical kratek stik; plural kratke hlače; plural stranski produkti

in short — na kratko, skratka, z eno besedo

the long and the short of it is that... — nakratko povedano je stvar ta, da...

Bob is short for Robert — Bob je skrajšana beseda za Robert

he is called Joe for short — na kratko mu rečejo Joe

English-Slovenian dictionary > short
28 square

[skweə] 1. noun
1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) kvadrat

2) (something in the shape of this.) kvadrat

3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) trg

4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 3² = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) kvadrat
2. adjective
1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) kvadraten

2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) izenačen; bot

3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) kvadraten, na kvadrat

4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) staromoden
3. adverb
1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) pravokotno

2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) naravnost
4. verb
1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) dati kvadratasto obliko

2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) poravnati

3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) ujemati se

4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) kvadrirati (število)

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- squared
- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
- go back to square one
- a square deal
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I [skwʌ/ə]
1.

noun

mathematics

kvadrat; četverokotnik; četverokoten trg z drevjem ali obkrožen s stanovanjskimi poslopji; American četverokoten blok hiš, obkrožen od štirih ulic; polje na šahovnici; kotnik, oglomer, naprava v obliki črke L —, ali T — za dobivanje ali preverjanje pravih kotov; mathematics kvadratno število; površinska mera (100 kvadratnih čevljev); military četverokotna razporeditev vojakov, karé; črke, razporejene v četverokotniku tako, da navpično in vodoravno dajejo iste besede; slang malomeščan, buržuj, filister

by the square — točno, natančno

on the square — pravokotno; figuratively odkrito, pošteno, lojalno, fair

out of square — ne pod pravim kotom, figuratively ne takó kot običajno, ne v redu

magic square — magični kvadrat

T-square, L-square — ravnalo v obliki črke T, L

two squares up American dva bloka hiš naprej (dlje, dalje)

to act on the square figuratively pošteno (lojalno) ravnati

to be on the square — biti prostozidar; military defilirati za pregled

to raise to a square mathematics kvadrirati;

2.

adjective ( squarely adverb)

kvadraten, četverokoten, četveroogeln, štirioglat, ki je pod pravim kotom (to k, do), pravokoten; oglat; četveren; mathematics kvadraten; figuratively odkrit, jasen, brez ovinkov ali namigovanj; reden, urejen, pošten, pravičen, vrl, iskren; popoln, temeljit, izdaten (obrok), obilen; močan, plečat, širok(ih pleč); pomemben; ki je plačal dolg, uredil račune, se je poravnal ( with z), poravnan, bot, slang staromoden, filistrski

all square — neodločen rezultat (tekme)

square all around — pravičen do vsakogar

square bracket — oglati oklepaj

square dance — kvadrilja, četvorka (ples)

square corner — pravi kot (ogel)

a square deal — pošten postopek

a square foot — kvadratni čevelj (površinska mera)

square iron — četverokotno železo

a man of square frame — čokat možakar

the square man in the square hole figuratively pravi mož na pravem mestu

a square meal — izdaten, obilen jedilni obrok, obed

square measure — ploščinska, površinska mera

a square number — kvadratno število

a square peg in a round hole — oglat klin v okrogli luknji, figuratively oseba, ki po svoji sposobnosti ne ustreza svojemu (službenemu) položaju, svojemu poslu

square root mathematics kvadratni koren

a square refusal — jasna, gladka odklonitev

square timber — četverooglato otesan les

to be square with all the world — biti v složnosti z vsemi ljudmi; nikomur ne biti nič dolžan

I expect a square deal — pričakujem pošten, pravičen postopek

to get square with s.o. — poravnati račune s kom, poplačati koga, biti bot s kom

to get things square — urediti svoje stvari

to make accounts square — poravnati račune

that makes us squares — tem sva bot

he met me with a square refusal — gladko mi je odklonil

I put everything square before I left — preden sem odpotoval, sem vse spravil v red;

3.

adverb

pravokotno, pod pravim kotom; figuratively spodobno, odkrito, pošteno; American naravnost, direktno, gladko

fair and square — odkrito in pošteno

he hit him square on the nose — naravnost po nosu ga je udaril

to play square — pošteno igrati (ravnati)
II [skwʌ/ə]
1.

transitive verb

dati (čemu) kvadratasto ali četverokotno (četverooglato) obliko, napraviti (kaj), otesati četverooglato; dati (čemu) pravokotne robove; položiti (kaj) pravokotno; mathematics kvadrirati (število); karirati (papir); urediti, razporediti (kaj) (by po, v skladu z); prilagoditi, prirediti (kaj) (to čemu); izravnati; uskladiti ( with z); saldirati; izplačati, zadovoljiti (koga); sport končati (tekmo) neodločeno; slang utišati, podkupiti (koga), "mazati" (komu); nautical namestiti križe jambora pravokotno na ladijski trup;

2.

intransitive verb

napraviti, delati pravi kot; imeti četverooglato obliko; poševno sedeti (na sedlu); skladati se, ujemati se (o računu); biti v skladu ( with z); spraviti se v sklad; urediti svoje zadeve

5 squareed — ɜ na kvadrat (52)

to square (up) accounts with s.o. — poravnati račune s kom (tudi figuratively), obračunati s kom

to square the circle — kvadrirati krog, figuratively lotiti se nečesa nemogočega

to square one's conduct with one's principles — uskladiti svoje obnašanje s svojimi načeli

to square one's conscience — pomiriti si vest

to square one's elbows — razširiti komolce, s komolci si napraviti (dobiti) prostor

to square a number — kvadrirati število

to square o.s. with s.o. — pogoditi se s kom, (zopet) se zlágati s kom

he tried to square the police slang skušal je podkupiti policijo

to square one's shoulders figuratively ostati trdovraten, hoteti doseči svoje

to square a stone — oklesati kamen na ɔ ogle

to square a theory to fit the facts — prilagoditi teorijo, da ustrera dejstvom (praksi)

the facts do not square with the theory — dejstva se ne skladajo s teorijo

to square timber — oklesati hlod (deblo)

to square one's way of living to ( —ali with) one's square means — svoje življenje prilagoditi ali urediti ustrezno svojim dohodkom;

English-Slovenian dictionary > square
29 start

I 1. verb
1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) oditi

2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) začeti

3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) pognati v tek

4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) osnovati
2. noun
1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) start, začetek

2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) prednost

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- starter
- starting-point
- for a start
- get off to a good
- bad start
- start off
- start out
- start up
- to start with II 1. verb
(to jump or jerk suddenly because of fright, surprise etc: The sudden noise made me start.) zdrzniti se
2. noun
1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) trzaj

2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) presenečenje

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I [sta:t]
noun

start, odhod; aeronautics vzlet; startna točka; možnost za start; znak za start; začetek; sport prednost; trzaj, zdrznjenje, planitev kvišku; izbruh; presenečenje; začasen napor; naključje, slučaj

at the start — v začetku, skraja, sprva

by fits and starts — v presledkih

from the start — od samega začetka

from start to finish — od začetka do konca

start of fancy figuratively muha, domislek

false start sport figuratively napačen start

fiying start — leteči start

a good start in life — dober začetek v življenju

a rum start colloquially veliko presenečenje

to appear at the start sport pojaviti se na startu, iti na start

to awake with a start — planiti iz spanja

to give the start — dati znak za start

to give s.o. a start (in life) — pomagati komu pri startu v življenje

to give s.o. a start — prestrašiti koga

I can give him 10 yards start and beat him (in the race) — lahko mu dam 10 jardov prednosti in ga premagam (v teku)

I gave the wheel a start — pognal sem kolo

to get the start of one's rivals — prehiteti svoje tekmece

to make a start — začeti

to make a new start in life — začeti novo življenje

to work by fits and starts — delati s pogostnimi presledki (neredno, neenakomerno)
II [sta:t]
1.

intransitive verb

iti (kreniti) na pot, odpotovati ( for v); oditi, odpeljati (vlak); sport startati; izhajati ( from iz); trzniti, zdrzniti se, predramiti se, (po)skočiti, planiti; ostrmeti, osupniti (at ob); izbuljiti se (oči), izskočiti; zrahljati se, popustiti (žebelj); zviti se, skočiti iz svojega položaja (les); American slang iskati, začeti prepir;

2.

transitive verb

začeti (kaj), povzročiti, pognati ali spustiti v tek; osnovati; preplašiti (divjad); izpahniti; pretočiti (tekočino) iz soda, izprazniti; sport dati (tekaču) znak za start; aeronautics dati (letalu) znak za vzlet; oživiti, poklicati (kaj) v življenje; zrahljati, omajati (žebelj); odpreti (trgovino); pomagati komu, da kaj začne, nagnati (koga) k čemu; figuratively širiti (novice), sprožiti (vprašanje)

starting next week — počenši s prihodnjim tednom

to start with — za začetek, najprej, predvsem

to start agitation American colloquially povzročiti nemire

to start after s.o. — oditi za kom, zasledovati koga

his absence started everybody talking — vsi so začeli govoričiti zaradi njegove odsotnosti

to start back — umakniti se nazaj, ustrašiti se

to start on a book — začeti (pisati) knjigo

to start in business — začeti s trgovino

it was not your business, to start with — predvsem se vas to ni tikalo

to start the collar-bone — izpahniti si ključnico

this started me coughing — ob tem sem začel kašljati

to start s.o. in business — uvesti koga v (neki) posel

to start to one's feet — skočiti, planiti na noge

to start an engine — pognati, spraviti v tek stroj

his eyes seemed to start from their sockets — oči so mu skoraj izpadle iz jamic (od jeze)

to start on a journey — iti na potovanje

to start a hare — prepoditi, preplašiti zajca

to start with Latin — začeti z učenjem latinščine

to start a paper — začeti izdajati časopis

to start into rage — razjeziti se

to start for school — odpraviti se, iti v šolo

to start at the sound of a siren — zdrzniti se ob zvoku sirene

to start a seam — odpreti šiv

to start into song — začeti peti

to start from one's seat — planiti s sedeža

a screw has started — vijak se je odvil

this speech will start him in politics — s tem govorom bo začel politično kariero

the storm started half the ship's rivets — vihar je zrahljal ladji polovico zakovic

to start on a thing — začeti neko stvar, lotiti se česa

when do you start? — kdaj odrinete (odpotujete)?

English-Slovenian dictionary > start
30 sweep

[swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb
1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) pometati

2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) pomesti

3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) pomesti

4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) (pri)hrumeti
2. noun
1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) pometanje

2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) zamah

3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) dimnikar

4) (a sweepstake.) stava pri konjskih dirkah

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- sweeper
- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep up
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I [swi:p]
noun

pometanje, čiščenje, zamah z metlo; (krožna) kretnja, zamah; zavoj (reke, ceste), vijuga, krivina; razprostiranje, proženje, figuratively razsežnost; vplivno področje; obseg; doseg, domet; vršenje (vetra), šuštenje (obleke); plural smeti; dolgo veslo (za veslanje stojé); ročica sesalke; (kartanje) dobitje vseh vzetkov, vseh nagrad; British English pometač, dimnikar; colloquially (= sweepstake(s)) stava, nagrada iz stav pri dirkah in igrah; figuratively umazanec; slang čemernež, nejevoljnež

at one sweep — z enim zamahom, udarcem; naenkrat

with a sweep of one's hand — z močnim zamahom (svoje) roke

the sweep of Napoleon's genius — širina Napoleonovega genija

beyond the sweep of the eye — dljè kot seže oko

a wide sweep of plain — razsežna ravnina

chimney sweep — dimnikar

to give a sweep to the room — pomesti sobo

to make a clean sweep of one's old furniture — znebiti se starega pohištva

to make a clean sweep of the clerks — odpustiti vse nameščence

to make a clean sweep of the table figuratively pomesti s čim, odpraviti kaj
II [swi:p]
transitive verb & intransitive verb

pomesti, pometati, omesti, ometati, (po)čistiti; oplaziti, rahlo se dotakniti; (o vetru) mêsti, briti; odstraniti, s poti spraviti (zapreke itd.); z očmi, s pogledom preleteti; opazovati; (topništvo) gosto obsipavati z granatami; (o valu) preplaviti (čoln); iti (z roko) (on prek); križariti (po morju); vleči se (po tleh) (o obleki); z mrežo iti (po rečnem dnu); stoje poganjati (čoln) z veslom; dobiti večino (skoraj vse glasove) (pri glasovanju)

at a sweeping reduction commerce po zelo znižani ceni

sweep before your own door — pometaj(te) pred lastnim pragom

to sweep all before one figuratively doseči popoln uspeh

to sweep a constituency — z veliko večino dobiti poslansko mesto na volitvah

to sweep the board — dobiti vse vložke pri kaki igri, figuratively pobrati vse nagrade

to sweep all obstacles from one's path — odstraniti vse ovire na svoji poti

to sweep everything into one's net figuratively vse (zase) pobrati

to sweep the seas — prepluti morja v vseh smereh, križariti po morjih

to sweep the strings — iti, preleteti z roko po strunah glasbila, brenkati po strunah

the boat was swept out of sight — čoln je odneslo iz vida

a new broom sweeps clean — nova metla dobro pometa

the coast sweeps to the east — obala zavije proti vzhodu

he swept his hand across his forehead — z roko si je šel preko čela

his glance swept the room — s pogledom je preletel sobo

the river sweeps over its bed — reka se zliva čez bregove

the procession swept up the nave of the church — procesija se je veličastno pomikala po cerkvi proti oltarju

they swept the river to find his body — preiskali so rečno strugo, da bi našli njegovo truplo

to sweep the sea of enemy ships — očistiti morje od sovražnih ladij

she swept from her room — odšumela je (z dolgo obleko) iz sobe

the wind sweeps over the plain — veter brije čez planjavo

English-Slovenian dictionary > sweep
31 touch

1. verb
1) (to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else: Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot.) dotakniti se

2) (to feel (lightly) with the hand: He touched her cheek.) potipati

3) (to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc: I was touched by her generosity.) ganiti

4) (to be concerned with; to have anything to do with: I wouldn't touch a job like that.) ukvarjati se
2. noun
1) (an act or sensation of touching: I felt a touch on my shoulder.) dotik

2) ((often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things: the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch.) tip

3) (a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something: The painting still needs a few finishing touches.) poteza

4) (skill or style: He hasn't lost his touch as a writer.) tenkočutnost

5) ((in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with touchlines): He kicked the ball into touch.) avt

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- touching
- touchingly
- touchy
- touchily
- touchiness
- touch screen
- in touch with
- in touch
- lose touch with
- lose touch
- out of touch with
- out of touch
- a touch
- touch down
- touch off
- touch up
- touch wood
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I [təč]
noun

dotik, dotikanje, stik, kontakt; zveza, spoj; otip, otipavanje; čutilo tipa, tip; občutnost, tankočutnost; lahen udarec; lahen napad (bolezni ipd.); music udarec; (umetnost) poteza, črta; karakteristična, značilna poteza, izraz; figuratively roka, stil, izvedba, umetnost, spretnost; figuratively kakovost; pečat, kov, žig; primes, sled, nadih, malce; slang stroka, področje; slang izvabljenje (denarja), izprošen denar; prisleparjenje, kraja, "izžicanje"

at a touch — pri dotiku

out of touch with — brez stika z

on the slightest touch — pri najrahlejšem dotiku

within touch of — na dosegu

the touch of nature — prirodna črta, simpatičnost po prirodi

a touch of pepper — malce popra

a touch of romance — nadih romantike

a touch of the sun — sončarica

finishing touch — zadnja poteza

a shilling touch — slang cena enega šilinga, stane en šiling

the Nelson touch — figuratively spretnost (umetnost) izvleči se iz težavnega položaja

soft to the touch — mehak za otip

that was a (near) touch! — za las je šlo!

this isn't my touch — to se me ne tiče

he has a touch of genius — nekaj genialnega je v njem

be had a near touch — za las (komaj) je ušel nevarnosti

to get into touch with — priti v stik z, vzpostaviti zvezo z

to keep in touch with s.o. — biti v stalnem stiku, imeti stalno zvezo s kom

to lose touch with s.th. — izgubiti stik s čim

to put s.o. in touch with — povezati, zvezati koga z (tudi telefonično)

to put s.th. to the touch — postaviti kaj na preskušnjo
II [təč]
transitive verb

dotakniti se, dotikati se; (o)tipati, potipati; spraviti v dotik (stik); udarjati, igrati (na klavir, na strune), ubirati (strune); lahno se dotakniti (kakega predmeta); ukvarjati se s čim, imeti opravka z; pokusiti; vzeti, dvigniti, prejeti (plačo); slang izvabiti (denar) od koga, prevarati, ukaniti, ogoljufati, oslepariti; priti v stik (s čim), mejiti na, naslanjati se na, segati do, raztezati se do; ganiti, užalostiti; užaliti, vznemiriti, pretresti, razburiti; (pri)zadeti, pustiti sledove na; vplivati na; colloquially biti enak (komu), doseči (koga), meriti se (s kom); pogoditi, uganiti; skicirati; šatirati; modificirati; žigosati (žlahtno kovino); intransitive verb dotikati se, dotakniti se, priti v stik, mejiti; vplivati na, imeti posledice za; nautical pristati za kratek čas

the apples are touched with frost — jabolka so pozebla

clouds are touched with red — oblaki so rdeče obarvani

I was touched by his story — njegova zgodba me je ganila

it touches none but him — to zadeva (se tiče) le njega

to touch bottom — dotikati se dna; figuratively doseči najnižjo ceno

his brain ( —ali he) is touched — v njegovi glavi ni vse v redu

to touch the bell — pozvoniti

it touched me to the heart — to mi je šlo k srcu

I was touched to tears — bil sem do solz ganjen

I do not touch cocktails — koktajlov se ne dotaknem

no one can touch her for ( —ali in) beauty — nihče se ne more meriti z njo po lepoti

he touches 5 feet — visok je 5 čevljev

to touch glasses — trčiti s čašami

to touch one's hat — dotakniti se klobuka (v pozdrav)

how does this touch him? — kakšno zvezo ima to z njim? kaj se to njega tiče?

to touch lucky — imeti srečo

nobody can touch him — nihče mu ni enak, se ne more meriti z njim

to touch s.o. for two pounds — izvabiti iz (upiliti, navrtati) koga za 2 funta

to touch to the quick — zadeti v živo, prizadeti (koga), užaliti

to touch on the raw — razžaliti, razjeziti, razkačiti

the soap won't touch these spots — milo ne doseže ničesar pri teh madežih

to touch the spot — pravo pogoditi

to touch wood — potrkati po lesu (da se ubranimo zlih sil usode)

touch wood! — ne kličimo nesreče!

this touches on treason — to meji na izdajo, to je že kot izdaja;

English-Slovenian dictionary > touch
32 way

[wei] 1. noun
1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) prehod

2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) pot; smer

3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) cesta

4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) pot

5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) način

6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) ozir

7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) navada

8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) pot
2. adverb
((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) daleč

- wayfarer
- wayside
- be/get on one's way
- by the way
- fall by the wayside
- get/have one's own way
- get into / out of the way of doing something
- get into / out of the way of something
- go out of one's way
- have a way with
- have it one's own way
- in a bad way
- in
- out of the/someone's way
- lose one's way
- make one's way
- make way for
- make way
- under way
- way of life
- ways and means
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I [wéi]
noun

pot, cesta, steza; proga; prehod; stran, smer; nautical kurz

way in — vhod

way out — izhod; prehojena pot; pot ali oddaljenost, ki jo je treba prehoditi; dalja, del poti ali potovanja; prosta pot, prostor; figuratively priložnost, prilika, možnost, izhod; napredovanje, napredek, razvoj; colloquially okolica, stran; figuratively pot, način, sredstvo, postopek, metoda; navada, lastnost, običaj; poklic, stroka, področje dejavnosti; (zdravstveno) stanje, položaj; ozir, pogled, zveza, razmerje, stopnja; nautical plural grede za spuščanje ladje v vodo, sanke

a long ( —ali a great) way off ( —ali from here) — daleč stran od tu

any way — vsekakor, v vsakem primeru

by way of — na poti čez; z namenom, da; zato, da; s pomočjo; zaradi

by the way — mimogrede, spotoma, na poti; sicer; slučajno

by way of compliment — kot kompliment

in a way — nekako, na neki način, ne popolnoma

in every way — v vsakem pogledu (oziru)

in many ways — v mnogih ozirih (pogledih)

in more ways than one — v več kot enem oziru (pogledu)

in a polite (friendly) way — vljudno (prijazno)

in a small way — skromno, brez pretenzij, ponižno

not by a long way — še dolgo ne

in some ( —ali several) ways — v marsikakem pogledu (oziru)

one way or another — tako ali tako, kakorkoli, nekako

over the way — na drugi strani (poti), čez cesto

on one's way to — na poti k

no way — nikakor ne

some way or other — na ta ali na oni način

the other way round — v obratni smeri, narobe, (ravno) obratno

under way nautical na poti, na vožnji

well on one's way — v polnem teku

ways and means — pot in način (zlasti kako priti do denarja)

Ways and Means — parlamentarna budžetna komisija

the way of the world — tok, način življenja, ukoreninjen običaj

the way of the cross religion križev pot

no way inferior — nikakor ne slabši, neznatnejši

the good old ways — dobri, stari običaji

high way — glavna cesta, državna cesta; figuratively običajni način delovanja

Milky Way — rimska cesta (na nebu)

lion in the way — zapreka, motnja (zlasti namišljena, fiktivna)

permanent way railway tir, tračnice

permanent-way man railway progovni delavec

nothing out of the way — nič posebnega (nenavadnega, izrednega)

somewhere London way — nekje v okolici Londona

right of way — pravica prehoda (čez tuje zemljišče)

this way please! — semkaj, za menoj, prosim!

this is not in my way — to ni moja stroka, s tem se ne bavim

to ask the ( —ali one's) way — vprašati za pot

to be in a bad way — biti v slabem položaju

to be in the family way — biti noseča, pričakovati otroka

to be by way of being angry — skoraj pobesneti

to be in s.o.'s way — biti komu napoti, motiti koga

to be under way — biti na poti

the conference was already under way — konferenca je bila že v teku

to be on the way — biti na poti, približevati se

to be in a way colloquially biti vznemirjen, razburjen

it is not his way — to ni njegova navada

the furthest way about is the nearest way home — najkrajša pot ni vedno najhitrejša

to clear the way — umakniti se s poti, dati prost prehod

to come by way of Paris — priti prek Pariza

to come ( —ali to fall) in s.o.'s way — srečati koga, naleteti na koga

to gather way — povečati hitrost

to find one's way — znajti se

to get in the way — biti napoti, zapreti pot, ovirati

to get in the way of s.th. — razumeti kaj

to get out of the way — iti s poti, umakniti se (s poti)

to give way — umakniti se, odmakniti se, izogniti se; popuščati, popustiti

to force one's way — izsiliti, utreti si pot

to go a long way — iti daleč

to go one's way — oditi, iti po svoji poti

to go ( —ali to take) one's own way — iti svojo pot; ravnati, narediti neodvisno od nasvetov drugih

to go the way of all the earth (of all flesh, of nature) figuratively umreti

to have it both ways — po potrebi si izbrati

you can't have it both ways — ne moreš imeti obojega; figuratively ne more biti volk sit in koza cela

to have one's own way — delati po svoji glavi; doseči to, kar želimo

if I had my (own) way — če bi šlo po mojem

to live in a great (small) way — razkošno (skromno) živeti

to look the other way — stran gledati

to look s.o.'s way — gledati proti komu

to lose way — izgubiti, zmanjšati hitrost

to lose one's way — zaiti, izgubiti se

to make way — napredovati; figuratively prodreti, uspeti

to make one's own way — iti po svoji poti, oditi

to make the best of one's way — iti čim hitreje, pohiteti

to pave the way for — utreti pot za

to put o.s. out of the way — truditi se, da(ja)ti si truda

to put s.o. out of the way — spraviti koga s poti, tajno ubiti koga

to see a way out — videti pot (izhod, neko možnost)

to stand in the way of s.o. — ovirati koga, zastaviti komu pot

to twist one's way through — zvijati se (kot kača) skozi

to work one's way — študirati, preživljati se z delom

where there's a will there's a way — hoteti je moči
II [wéi]
transitive verb

izuriti (konja) za hojo ali ježo po cesti
III [wéi]
adverb colloquially daleč

way below — daleč doli

way down south — daleč doli na jugu

way off — daleč

English-Slovenian dictionary > way
33 hand

[hænd] 1. noun
1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) roka

2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) kazalec

3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) pomočnik

4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) pomoč

5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) karte v roki

6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) dlan (mera)

7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) pisava
2. verb
(often with back, down, up etc)

1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) izročiti

2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) predati

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- handful
- handbag
- handbill
- handbook
- handbrake
- handcuff
- handcuffs
- hand-lens
- handmade
- hand-operated
- hand-out
- hand-picked
- handshake
- handstand
- handwriting
- handwritten
- at hand
- at the hands of
- be hand in glove with someone
- be hand in glove
- by hand
- fall into the hands of someone
- fall into the hands
- force someone's hand
- get one's hands on
- give/lend a helping hand
- hand down
- hand in
- hand in hand
- hand on
- hand out
- hand-out
- handout
- hand over
- hand over fist
- hands down
- hands off!
- hands-on
- hands up!
- hand to hand
- have a hand in something
- have a hand in
- have/get/gain the upper hand
- hold hands with someone
- hold hands
- in good hands
- in hand
- in the hands of
- keep one's hand in
- off one's hands
- on hand
- on the one hand... on the other hand
-... on the other hand
- out of hand
- shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
- shake hands with / shake someone's hand
- a show of hands
- take in hand
- to hand
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I [hænd]
noun

roka, prednja noga četveronožca, noga (sokolova), škarnik (rakov); spretnost, ročnost, izurjenost; strokovnjak, izvedenec; vodenje; izvedba, izvajanje; delo; pomoč; človek, sluga, delavec, mornar; plural mornarji, posadka (ladje), tovarniški delavci; postopek, način; moč, premoč, oblast, vpliv; posredovanje, posrednik; vir (podatkov); snubitev; lastnina, lastnik; kartanje, kvartač, karte v roki; urni kazalec; pisava, podpis, znak; dlan (mera, 10,16 cm); šop (banan, tobačnih listov); theatre slang ploskanje, aplavz; stran, smer

all hands — vsa posadka, vsi delavci

on all hands — povsod, na vseh straneh

at hand — blizu, pri roki

at the hands of — s strani nekoga

bloody hands — grb grofije Ulster

a bird in the hand — nekaj gotovega (imeti v roki)

a bold hand — energična pisava

with a bold hand — pogumno

by hand — ročno, na roko (narejeno)

by the hands of — s posredovanjem

hand cash — gotovina pri roki

a cool hand — hladnokrvnež

figuratively clean hands — čiste roke, čista vest

on every hand — povsod okoli

even hands — izenačeno

for one's own hand — sebi v prid

from hand to hand — iz rok v roke

from first hand — iz prve roke

from second hand — iz druge roke; ponošen, rabljen, antikvaričen

from good hand — iz dobrega vira

the hand of God — božja roka

hand on heart — roko na srce

heart and hands — iz vsega srca

heavy on hand — dolgočasen, mučen

with a heavy hand — s trdo roko

with a high hand — drzno, predrzno, naduto

his hand is out — iz vaje je

hand to hand (struggle) — človek proti človeku (borba)

hand over hand ( —ali fist) — preprijemanje (pri plezanju); figuratively na vrat na nos, hitro, igraje

in hand — v roki, v delu, na razpolago, pod nadzorstvom, skupaj, vzajemno, roko v roki

a legible hand — čitljiva pisava

on the mending hand — na poti k okrevanju

near hand — leva stran

near at hand — pri roki, blizu

a niggling hand — nečitljiva pisava, čačka

an old hand — strokovnjak, star lisjak

off hand — nepripravljen, brez obotavljanja, desna stran

hands off! — roke proč!

hands off policy — politika nevmešavanja

on hand — v roki, na zalogi, v breme, prisoten; American pri roki, pri sebi

on the one (other) hand — po eni (drugi) strani

out of hand — nepripravljen, takoj, ekstempore, nenadzorovan, divji

hands up! — roke kvišku!

a slack hand — brezdelje, brezbrižnost

to (one's) hand — pri roki, dosegljiv, pripravljen, na razpolago

under the hand — pod roko, skrivaj

under the hand of — podpisani...

contract under hand — preprosta pogodba brez pečata

the upper hand — premoč, nadvlada

with one's own hand — lastnoročno

Z glagoli: to ask for a girl's hand — prositi dekle za roko, zasnubiti

to be a good (poor) hand at — biti spreten (neroden) v čem

to be bound hand and foot — imeti vezane roke

to be in good hands — biti v dobrih rokah

to be on s.o.'s hands — biti komu na vratu, skrbi

to bear a heavy hand — zatirati

to bite the hand that feeds one — biti zelo nehvaležen

to bring a baby up by hands — hraniti dojenčka s stekleničko

to come to hand — priti v roke, dospeti

to change hands — menjati lastnika, priti v druge roke

to do a hand's turn — samo s prstom migniti

not to do a hand's turn — ali not to lift ( —ali raise) a hand — niti s prstom migniti

to fall into s.o.'s hands — priti komu v roke

figuratively to feed out of s.o.'s hand — komu iz rok jesti

to get a big hand — dobiti velik aplavz

to get s.o. in hand — dobiti koga v roke

to get one's hands in — dela se zares lotiti

to get the upper hand — dobiti premoč

to get off one's hands — otresti se česa, znebiti se

to get out of hand — iz rok se izmuzniti, izgubiti oblast nad

to give one's hand to — poročiti se s kom, roko komu dati

to give one's hand on a bargain — v roko si seči, skleniti kupčijo, obljubiti

to give s.o. a free hand — dati komu proste roke

to give s.o. a hand — iti komu na roko, pomagati, ploskati komu

to go hand in hand with figuratively & literatureeral v korak s kom stopati

to have a hand for — biti spreten, nadarjen za kaj

to have o.s. well in hand — dobro se obvladati

to have a hand in a matter — imeti svoje prste vmes

to have ( —ali keep) one's hand in — ostati v vaji

to have one's hands full — imeti polne roke dela

to have time on one's hands — ne vedeti kam s časom, imeti mnogo prostega časa

to hold hands — držati se za roke

to hold one's hand — zadržati se

to hold a good hand — imeti dobre karte

to join hands — združiti se

to keep a tight hand over — imeti koga na vajetih

to keep one's hands on — imeti čvrsto v rokah

to let one's temper get out of hand — ne obvladati se, podivjati

to live from hand to mouth — iz rok v usta živeti

to lay hands on — vzeti, najti, roko na kaj položiti

to lay hands on o.s. — roko nase položiti, napraviti samomor

to lend a hand — pomagati

to make a hand — napraviti dobiček

many hands make light work — v slogi je moč

to pass through many hands — iti skozi mnogo rok

to play into the hands of — nevede komu delati v prid

to play a good hand — dobro igrati karte

to play for one's own hand — delati sebi v prid

to put one's hand in one's pocket — seči v žep, prispevati v denarju

figuratively to put one's hands on — najti, spomniti se

to put ( —ali set, turn) one's hands to — v roke vzeti, poprijeti se

to serve ( —ali wait on) s.o. hand and foot — komu vdano služiti

to shake s.o. by the hand — stisniti komu roko

to shake hands with — rokovati se s kom

to show one's hand — ali to have a show of hands figuratively odkriti svoje karte, pokazati svoj pravi namen

it shows a master's hand — mojstrsko je, kaže na mojstra

to strengthen the hands of — podpreti koga

to take s.o. by the hand — koga za roko prijeti, figuratively vzeti koga pod svoje okrilje

to take in hand — vzeti v roke, lotiti se

to take a hand at a game — sodelovati v igri

to take s.th. off one's hands — kupiti kaj od koga; pomagati komu, da se česa znebi

to take a hand in a matter — vmešati se v kaj

to take one's courage in both hands — zbrati ves svoj pogum

time hangs heavy on my hands — dolgčas mi je

to try one's hand at — poskusiti se v čem

to throw up one's hands — obupati nad čim

to vote by show of hands — glasovati z dviganjem rok

figuratively to wash one's hands of — umiti si roke, odkloniti odgovornost

to win a girl's hand — dobiti dekletovo privoljenje za poroko

to win hands down — z lahkoto dobiti, igraje zmagati

to witness the hand of — overiti podpis

to write a good hand — imeti lepo pisavo
II [hænd]
transitive verb

vročiti, podati; voditi za roko, spremiti; podati roko v pomoč; ravnati s, z

nautical zviti jadra; American slang to hand it to s.o. — nekomu povedati, komu poročati

American slang you must hand it to him — to mu moraš pustiti, to mu moraš priznati

to hand s.o. in (out of) the car — pomagati komu v avto (iz avta)

English-Slovenian dictionary > hand
34 head

[hed] 1. noun
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
2. verb
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
- header
- heading
- heads
- headache
- headband
- head-dress
- headfirst
- headgear
- headlamp
- headland
- headlight
- headline
- headlines
- headlong
- head louse
- headmaster
- head-on
- headphones
- headquarters
- headrest
- headscarf
- headsquare
- headstone
- headstrong
- headwind
- above someone's head
- go to someone's head
- head off
- head over heels
- heads or tails?
- keep one's head
- lose one's head
- make head or tail of
- make headway
- off one's head
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I [hed]
adjective

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
II [hed]
noun

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
III [hed]
1.

transitive verb

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;

2.

intransitive verb

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

English-Slovenian dictionary > head
35 quarrel

['kworəl] 1. noun
(an angry disagreement or argument: I've had a quarrel with my girl-friend.) prepir
2. verb
(to have an angry argument (with someone): I've quarrelled with my girl-friend; My girl-friend and I have quarrelled.) prepirati se

- quarrelsome
- quarrelsomeness
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I [kwɔrəl]
noun

prepir, spor ( with s, z; between med)

to find quarrel in a straw — biti prepirljiv, iskati dlako v jajcu

to have no quarrel with — ne imeti povoda za prepir, ne imeti kaj zameriti

to make ( —ali patch) up a quarrel — pomiriti se, izgladiti spor

to pick ( —ali seek) a quarrel with — zanetiti prepir

it takes two to make a quarrel — za prepir je treba dveh
II [kwɔrəl]
intransitive verb

prepirati se, spreti se ( with s, z; for, about zaradi); pritoževati se

to quarrel with each other — spreti se

to quarrel with one's bread and butter — pljuvati v lastno skledo, škodovati samemu sebi

to quarrel with one's lot — pritoževati se čez svojo usodo
III [kwɔrəl]
noun

history kratka puščica; rombasta ali kvadratna šipa; steklarski diamant; kamnoseško dleto

English-Slovenian dictionary > quarrel
36 whistle

['wisl] 1. verb
1) (to make a shrill, often musical, sound by forcing one's breath between the lips or teeth: Can you whistle?; He whistled to attract my attention; He whistled a happy tune.) žvižgati

2) (to make such a sound with a device designed for this: The electric kettle's whistling; The referee whistled for half-time.) (za)piskati

3) (to make a shrill sound in passing through the air: The bullet whistled past his head.) žvižgati

4) ((of the wind) to blow with a shrill sound.) žvižgati
2. noun
1) (the sound made by whistling: He gave a loud whistle to his friend across the road.) žvižg

2) (a musical pipe designed to make a whistling noise.) piščal

3) (an instrument used by policemen, referees etc to make a whistling noise: The referee blew his whistle at the end of the game.) piščalka

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I [wisl]
noun

žvižg, pisk, žvižganje, signal z žvižgom; piščalka; colloquially grlo, goltanec

whistle stop American majhna postaja; volilna turneja (za predsedništvo)

penny whistle — otroška piščalka (iz pločevine)

to blow a whistle — zapiskati, zažvižgati

to pay (dear) for one's whistle figuratively drago plačati (svojo) šalo

to wet one's whistle — zmočiti si grlo, napiti se
II [wisl]
1.

intransitive verb

(za)žvižgati, požvižgavati; piskati na piščal(ko); dati znak z žvižgom; vršeti (veter), šumeti, žvižgati (krogla);

2.

transitive verb

žvižgati; music igrati na flavto; poklicati z žvižgom

to whistle for a wind nautical žvižgati za veter (pri brezvetrju)

you may whistle for it colloquially figuratively na to lahko še dolgo čakaš

to whistle s.o. — požvižgati komu

to whistle back, to whistle up — poklicati z žvižgom, požvižgati (komu)

to whistle off colloquially popihati jo

English-Slovenian dictionary > whistle
37 bargain

1. noun
1) (something bought cheaply and giving good value for money: This carpet was a real bargain.) dobra kupčija

2) (an agreement made between people: I'll make a bargain with you.) kupčija
2. verb
(to argue about or discuss a price etc: I bargained with him and finally got the price down.) barantati

- bargain for

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I [bá:gin]
intransitive verb ( about o; with s; for za) barantati, trgovati; prodajati, kupovati; računati na kaj, pričakovati

I didn't bargain for that — tega nisem pričakoval, s tem nisem računal

it was more than I bargained for — tega nisem pričakoval

to bargain away — poceni prodati
II [bá:gin]
noun

(dobra) kupčija, ugodna priložnost; pogodba; razprodaja

a bad bargain — nesreča, huda zadeva

by bargain — po dogovoru

a chance bargain — priložnostni nakup

bargain counter — oddelek z blagom po znižani ceni

I got it a dead bargain — skoraj zastonj sem dobil

to drive a hard bargain — mnogo zahtevati

it's a bargain! — velja!

Dutch bargain — kupčija ali ugovor v enostransko korist

to make the best of a bad bargain — ne obupavati

a good bargain is a pickpocket — poceni blago je slabo

a bargain is a bargain — kar je, je

into the bargain — povrhu

bargain hunter — tisti, ki išče dobro kupčijo

a losing ( —ali hard, bad) bargain — slaba kupčija

to strike ( —ali make, close) a bargain — napraviti kupčijo, pogoditi se, dogovoriti se

to be off one's bargain — rešiti se obveznosti

switch bargain — ovinkarska kupčija

wet bargain — kupčija, ki se konča s popivanjem

English-Slovenian dictionary > bargain
38 cut

1. present participle - cutting; verb
1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)

2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)

3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)

4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)

5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)

6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)

7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)

8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)

9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')

10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)

11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)

12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)

13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)
2. noun
1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) rez; prekinitev; striženje; znižanje

2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) kroj

3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) kos

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- cutter
- cutting 3. adjective
(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) žaljiv

- cut glass
- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective
(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) neusmiljen

- a cut above
- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short
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I [kʌt]
noun

kroj, rez, izrez, vrez; reženj, kos, odrezek; znižanje, zmanjšanje, odtegnitev; privzdignjenje (kart); udarec (pri tenisu ipd.); ignoriranje, prezir; American predor, tunel; slang delež; kanal; grafika; gravura; American izostanek iz predavanja

a cut above — za stopnjo višji

that's a cut above me — tega ne razumem

to give s.o. the cut — pretrgati stike s kom

the cut of one's jib ( —ali rig) — obraz, zunanjost

cut and thrust — prerekanje

to draw cuts — žrebati

figuratively to make a cut in — zmanjšati, zreducirati
II [kʌt]
1.

transitive verb

(od)rezati, (od)sekati, (pri)striči, rezbariti, (po)kositi, (po)žeti; (na)brusiti; gravirati, vrezovati; (pri)krojiti; skopiti, kastrirati; zbosti, zbadati; prizadeti; tepsti, bičati; figuratively izogniti, izogibati se, ne pozdraviti; zmanjšati, znižati; odložiti; izpustiti, opustiti;

2.

intransitive verb

rezati, sekati; zbadati; žeti, kositi; slang zbežati, ucvreti, pobrisati jo; privzdigniti (karte)

to cut after s.o. — letati za kom

to cut at s.o. — udariti koga (z mečem); figuratively prizadeti koga

that cuts both ways — to govori za in proti

figuratively to cut one's cable — umreti

to cut capers ( —ali didoes) — prevračati kozolce; smešne uganjati, norce briti

to cut cards — privzdigniti karte

to cut s.o.'s claws — pristriči komu kremplje

to cut and come again — dvakrat si odrezati

to cut and contrive — varčno gospodariti

to cut (dead) — ne pozdraviti, ignorirati

to cut dirt, to cut it, to cut one's lucky ( —ali stick, sticks) — popihati jo

to cut a dash — zbujati pozornost

to cut a figure ( —ali splash, show, flash) — imeti vlogo, postavljati se na vidno mesto

to cut it fine — premalo časa si vzeti; natanko preračunati

figuratively to cut one's fingers — opeči se

to cut the ground under s.o.'s feet — pokvariti komu načrte

to cut free — osvoboditi

to cut to the heart — globoko prizadeti

slang to cut no ice — ne imeti vpliva

to cut it ( —ali the matter) short — na kratko, skratka

cut it! — molči(te)!

figuratively to cut the knot — odločno rešiti vprašanje

to cut a loss — odreči se, sprijazniti se z izgubo

to cut one's profits — žrtvovati svoj dobiček

to cut the painter — pretrgati stike

to cut the record — potolči rekord

to be cutting one's teeth — dobivati zobe

to cut one's own throat — samemu sebi škodovati

to cut to — usmeriti kam

to cut one's wisdom teeth ( —ali eyeteeth) — spametovati, izučiti se

to cut the price — znižati ceno
III [kʌt]
preterite & past participle

od cut
IV [kʌt]
adjective

narezan; skrajšan, zmanjšan, zreduciran; brušen; skopljen; ostrižen

cut and dried — pripravljen; dolgočasen, šablonski

cut (over the head) — pijan

cut out for s.th. — ustvarjen za kaj

to have one's work cut out — s trudom izvršiti; imeti mnogo dela

English-Slovenian dictionary > cut
39 eye

1. noun
1) (the part of the body with which one sees: Open your eyes; She has blue eyes.) oko

2) (anything like or suggesting an eye, eg the hole in a needle, the loop or ring into which a hook connects etc.) odprtina, luknja, uho

3) (a talent for noticing and judging a particular type of thing: She has an eye for detail/colour/beauty.) oko
2. verb
(to look at, observe: The boys were eyeing the girls at the dance; The thief eyed the policeman warily.) opazovati

- eyeball
- eyebrow
- eye-catching
- eyelash
- eyelet
- eyelid
- eye-opener
- eye-piece
- eyeshadow
- eyesight
- eyesore
- eye-witness
- before/under one's very eyes
- be up to the eyes in
- close one's eyes to
- in the eyes of
- keep an eye on
- lay/set eyes on
- raise one's eyebrows
- see eye to eye
- with an eye to something
- with one's eyes open
* * *
I [ai]
noun

oko; vid; pogled; vidik; popek; ušesce (npr. šivanke); zankica; luknja (v kruhu, siru); figuratively namera; blesk diamanta; središče; American slang vohun

it's all my eye — vse to je neumnost

the apple of one's eye — nad vse drag

black eye — modrica, American poraz

by the eye — na oko, po videzu

to cast sheep's eyes at s.o. — zaljubljeno koga gledati

to clap an eye at s.o. — zagledati koga

to catch the eyes of s.o. — s pogledom koga opozoriti

to close one's eyes to s.th. — zapirati oči pred čim

to come to the eye of s.o. — pojaviti se pred kom

to cry one's eyes out — izjokati si oči

colloquially to do in the eye — oslepariti, ukaniti

easy on the eye — čeden, prijeten

to feast one's eyes — z užitkom gtedati

to give an eye to — pogledati, popaziti

if you had half an eye — ko bi ne bil čisto slep in gluh

to have eyes at the back of one's head — imeti povsod oči, biti bister

to have in one's eye — opazovati

to have an eye to s.th. — paziti na kaj

to have an eye to the main chance — urediti sebi v prid

in the eyes of — vpričo

to keep an eye on, to keep a close ( —ali steady, strict) eye on — budno opazovati

to keep one's eyes skinned ( —ali open) — budno paziti

to keep one's weather eye open — oprezovati, budno paziti

to make eyes at s.o. — spogledovati se s kom

to make s.o. open his eyes — hudo koga presenetiti

mind your eye — bodi previden

my eye! — presneto!

in the eye of the law — po zakonu

with the naked eyes — prostim očesom

quick eye — oster vid, dar opazovanja

military eyes right! (left!, front!) — desno (levo, naravnost) glej!

slang in a pig's eye — nikdar

right in the eye of — naravnost proti

do you see any green in my eye? — mar res misliš, da sem tako neumen, da bi ti verjel?

to see with half an eye — takoj opaziti

to see eye to eye with s.o. — popolnoma se strinjati

to set ( —ali lay) eyes on s.th. — zagledati kaj

a sight for sore eyes — nepričakovano veselje

to turn a blind eye — prizanašati

up to one's eyes — prek ušes

it strikes the eye — pade v oči

to throw dust in the eyes of s.o. — vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga

with an eye to — zaradi

in the eyes of the world — po javnem mnenju

in the twinkling of an eye — kot bi trenil
II [ai]
transitive verb

gledati, opazovati

to eye s.o. over, to eye s.o. head to foot — premeriti koga z očmi

English-Slovenian dictionary > eye
40 nothing

1. pronoun
(no thing; not anything: There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.) nič
2. noun
(the number 0; nought: The final score was five - nothing (= 5 - 0).) ničla
3. adverb
(not at all: He's nothing like his father.) sploh ne

- nothingness
- come to nothing
- for nothing
- have nothing to do with
- make nothing of
- mean nothing to
- next to nothing
- nothing but
- nothing doing!
- there is nothing to it
- think nothing of
- to say nothing of
* * *
I [nʌmiŋ]
adverb

nič, niti malo, sploh ne

nothing like so bad as — še zdaleč ne tako slabo

nothing like complete — še zdaleč ne gotovo

nothing much — nič posebnega
II [nʌmiŋ]
noun

nič; figuratively ničevost, malenkost, niče; plural nepomembnosti, prazno govoričenje

for nothing — zaman, zastonj

not for nothing — ne zastonj, ne brez razloga

good for nothing — za nobeno rabo

next to nothing — skoraj nič

nothing but — samo

nothing at all — sploh nič

slang nothing doing — od tega ne bo nič

nothing else than — nič drugega razen

nothing if not courageous — zelo hraber

that's nothing — nič ne de, nič ne pomeni

that's nothing to you — to se ne tiče

there's nothing to it — to je čisto preprosto

there's nothing in it — ni res, ni važno

there's nothing for it but to — ni alternative, ne preostane nič drugega

to feel like nothing on earth — počutiti se kot uboga para

nothing like — nič boljšega od

nothing like leather — vsak berač svojo malho hvali, zadostuje kar imaš

to make nothing of — ne moči razumeti, ne imeti za važno, ne izkoristiti, omalovaževati

I can make nothing of — čisto nič ne razumem

to make nothing of doing — storiti brez obotavljanja

to say nothing of — kaj šele, da ne rečem

to come to nothing — izjaloviti se

to dance on nothing — biti obešen, viseti

to fade away to nothing — razbliniti se

to have nothing to do with it — ne imeti nič opraviti s tem

a mere nothing — malenkost

neck or nothing — na kocki, vse ali nič

nothing short of — popolnoma, popolno

no nothing — čisto nič

nothing to speak of — nevažno

soft nothings — čebljanje zaljubljencev

the little nothings of life — življenjske ničevosti

nothing venture nothing have — kdor nič ne tvega, nič ne dobi

all to nothing — popolnoma, v največji meri

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