prevračati kozolce

1) (a wheel of a cart.) kolo pri vozu

2) (a sideways somersault.) (bočni) kozolec

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vozno kolo; slang velik novec; plural (bočni) kozolci

to turn ( —ali throw) cartwheels — prevračati kozolce (bočno)

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.)

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

- cut glass

- a cut above

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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

(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;

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

preterite & past participle

od cut

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

colloquially norčija, šala; kozolec

to cut didoes — prevračati kozolce

1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) postaviti

2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) vreči

3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) pasti

4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) zibati se

5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) intonirati

1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) igrišče

2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) višina tona

3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) stopnja

4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) stojnica

5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) met

6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) zibanje (ladje)

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- - pitched

- pitch-black

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mineralogy smola (zemeljska), katran; botany drevesna smola

mineral pitch — bitumen

dark as pitch — ko smola črn

you can't touch pitch without being defiled — gnilo jabolko zdravo kvari

smoliti, namazati s smolo, katranizirati

met (žoge), lučaj (balinske krogle), metanje; nautical zibanje ladje; nagnjenost, strmec, strmina (strehe); višina, stopnja; music višina tona, uglašenost (glasbila); figuratively (najvišja ali najnižja) točka, najvišja stopnja, vrh, vrhunec; British English stojnica (uličnega prodajalca); economy ponudba blaga na tržišču; American slang hvalisanje blaga, reklamni oglas; American slang čenče, blebetanje; sport igrišče, (kriket) polje med vrati; razmak med luknjicami (na filmu), razmak med žlebiči (na gramofonski plošči)

absolute (perfect) pitch — absolutni posluh

pitch of an arch — višina oboka

pitch level — višina tona, glasu

music above (below) pitch — previsoko (prenizko)

to sing true to pitch — uglašeno peti

to fly a high pitch — visoko letati

to the highest pitch — do skrajnosti

at the pitch of one's voice — na ves glas

to queer s.o.'s pitch — prekrižati komu načrte

American slang I get the pitch — razumem

slang what's the pitch? — kaj se godi?

postaviti (tabor, šotor, stojnico); zabiti, zasaditi (kole itd.); metati, vreči, zalučati (žogo, kovance itd.); naložiti (seno z vilami); postaviti v bojni red; določiti (po višini, vrednosti); (govor itd.) uglasiti, prilagoditi (on čemu); izraziti na poseben način, s posebnim stilom; music uglasiti (glasbilo), intonirati (pesem); sport meriti na cilj, zamahniti; figuratively usmeriti (misli; toward k); nasuti (cesto), tlakovati, asfaltirati; določiti adut (pri začetku igre); ponuditi, razstaviti, hvaliti blago; slang pripovedovati, izblebetati;

pasti kakor dolg in širok; nautical zibati se (ladja); sport podati žogo metalcu, metati; nagniti se (streha); utaboriti se

pitched battle — naprej pripravljena in brezobzirna borba

to pitch the fork — pripovedovati ganljive zgodbe

to go a pitching — prevračati kozolce

to pitch too high — previsoko meriti

to pitch the voice high — visoko zapeti

his voice was well pitched — njegov glas je bil dobro uglašen

to pitch it strong — močno pretiravati

to pitch a story — pripovedovati laži, debele tvesti, izmisliti si zgodbo

to pitch a tent — postaviti šotor

figuratively to pitch one's tent — naseliti se

to pitch a yarn — debele tvesti, pripovedovati neverjetno zgodbo

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prekuc, salto, "kozolec"; figuratively popoln preobrat (v naziranju)

double, treble somersault — dvojni, trojni salto

to turn (to cut) a somersault — napraviti kozolec ali salto;

prevračati kozolce; napraviti salto

(= somersault) prekuc, kozolec, salto

to turn summersaults — prevračati kozolce

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transitive verb & intransitive verb

prevrniti (se), prekopicniti (se); vreči na tla; preteče viseti (on, over nad); dialectal prevračati kozolce

to topple s.th. down — prevrniti kaj, vreči kaj na tla

1) (to (cause to) fall, especially in a helpless or confused way: She tumbled down the stairs; The box suddenly tumbled off the top of the wardrobe.) zrušiti se

2) (to do tumbling.) delati salte

- tumbler

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padec, zrušenje; prevračanje, "kozolec", salto; valovanje sem in tja; figuratively nered, zmeda, zmešnjava, direndaj; American slang znak zanimanja ali priznanja

to get a tumble — pasti (padem)

to give s.o. a tumble — slang zanimati se za koga

he wouldn't even give her a tumble — najmanjšega zanimanja ni pokazal zanjo, zanj je ni bilo

he left all his things in a tumble — vse svoje stvari je pustil v neredu

pasti, telebniti, štrbunkniti, zrušiti se, prevrniti se, prekopicniti se, kozolce prevračati; poskakovati, skakati, delati salte (kot kak akrobat); valiti se sem in tja, prevračati se, premetavati se (v postelji); spotakniti se; slepo zdrveti, planiti; slang naglo padati (o cenah); pridrveti, privihrati, pridivjati kot vihar, prihiteti, prileteti

tumble to slang nenadoma razumeti, dojeti, doumeti; privoliti v, veseliti se, vzljubiti; transitive verb podreti, zrušiti, prevrniti, prekucniti; prebrskati, spraviti v nered, premeta(va)ti; zagnati, zalučati; zmečkati; ustreliti

to tumble into bed — pasti, zvaliti se v posteljo

they tumbled him into the river — vrgli so ga v reko

your bed is all tumbled — vaša postelja je vsa razmetana

I did not tumble to the joke at first — sprva nisem razumel šale (dovtipa)

he tumbled into an old friend — slučajno je naletel na starega prijatelja

the waves tumble and toss — valovi se valijo sem in tja

the wall finally tumbled — končno se je stena (zid) zrušila

to tumble a hare with a shot — z enim strelom podreti zajca