pustiti koga na cedilu

1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) hrbet

2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) hrbet

3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) hrbtna stran, zadnji del

4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) branilec

1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) nazaj

2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) stran

3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) zadaj

4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) nazaj

5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) nazaj

1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) vzvratno peljati

2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) podpreti

3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) staviti na

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- backer

- backlog

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hrbet, hrbtišče; zadnja, spodnja stran; naslonilo, hrbtnik; velik čeber, sod; sport branilec, zaščitnik

at the back — za

behind the back of s.o. figuratively za hrbtom komu

the back of beyond — zelo daleč od tod

to break the back of s.th. — opraviti glavni del naloge

to be cast on one's back — doživeti poraz

back and belly — obleka in hrana

the Backs — parki za študentskimi domovi v Cambridgeu

to get to the back — izslediti vzroke

to have s.o. on one's back — imeti koga na vratu

to give ( —ali make) a back — pripogniti se

I can make neither back nor edge of him — ne spoznam se v njem

at the back of one's mind — podzavestno

to be on one's back — ležati bolan

to be thoroughly on one's back — biti popolnoma na koncu

to put one's back into — z vso vnemo se lotiti

to put up one's back — razhuditi se

to see the back of s.o. — znebiti se koga

to bave a strong back — veliko prenesti

to turn one's back upon s.o. — obračati hrbet komu, zapustiti koga

to get one's back up — trdovratno se upirati

with one's back to the wall — v hudi stiski

hrbten; nazadujoč, zaostal; zadnji; zastarel, nazadnjaški

back number — stara številka (časopisa); slang nemoderen človek, starokopitnež; zastarel način

back rent — neplačana najemnina

to take a back seat — imeti skromno službo, ne siliti v ospredje

back view — pogled od zadaj

nazaj; zadaj; nekoč, prej; spet, znova

to be back — vrniti se

back and forth — sem in tja

to go back on s.o. — pustiti koga na cedilu

back off — izza

never to look back — imeti v vsem srečo

to pay s.o. back (in his own coin) — vrniti komu milo za drago

to keep back — utajiti

to go back from ( —ali upon) one's word — besedo snesti, preklicati

to hang back — mečkati, omahovati

to hold ( —ali keep) back — zadrževati

to talk ( —ali answer) back — ugovarjati, oporekati

nazaj stopiti, umikati se; zmuzniti se;

nazaj potisniti, nazaj gnati, nazaj voziti; podpreti, podpirati; pomagati; staviti; (o)krepiti; biti opora; biti ozadje; indosirati

I'll back myself against any odds — stavim ne vem kaj

to back a horse — zajahati konja; staviti na konja

to back the wrong horse — ušteti se, staviti na napačno karto

to back the oars, to back astern — nazaj veslati

to back and fill — kolebati, ne se odločiti

to back on one's word — besedo snesti

to back on s.o. — izdati koga, pustiti ga na cedilu

to back a cheque — indosirati ček

marine back her! — vozi nazaj!

to back water — nazaj veslati

1) (anything growing from the ground, having a stem, a root and leaves: flowering/tropical plants.) rastlina

2) (industrial machinery: engineering plant.) tovarniška oprema

3) (a factory.) tovarna

1) (to put (something) into the ground so that it will grow: We have planted vegetables in the garden.) saditi

2) (to make (a garden etc); to cause (a garden etc) to have (plants etc) growing in it: The garden was planted with shrubs; We're going to plant an orchard.) zasaditi

3) (to place heavily or firmly: He planted himself between her and the door.) postaviti

4) (to put in someone's possession, especially as false evidence: He claimed that the police had planted the weapon on his brother.) podtakniti

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- plantation

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botany rastlina, sadika; rast; drža; obrat, obratni material, tovarna, tovarniška oprema; slang ukana, past, prevara; policijska zaseda

in plant — rastoč

to lose plant — odmirati, veneti

to miss plant — ne vzkliti

saditi, posaditi (in v), zasaditi ( with s, z); posejati (on na, with s, z); polagati (ribe, ikre v vodo); naseliti, kolonizirati, ustanoviti (naselje, društvo), urediti, okrasiti, posaditi z drevjem; figuratively vcepiti (misel); postaviti, podtakniti, vtihotapiti (npr. špijona); slang pritisniti, udariti koga, prebosti z bodalom; slang skriti ukradeno blago; slang podtakniti komu kaj, pustiti koga na cedilu

to plant s.th. on s.o. — podtakniti komu kaj

to plant out — posaditi v presledkih

to plant o.s. — postaviti se, vtihotapiti se (npr. za špijona)

1) (at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board.) visok

2) (having a particular height: This building is about 20 metres high; My horse is fifteen hands high.) visok

3) (great; large; considerable: The car was travelling at high speed; He has a high opinion of her work; They charge high prices; high hopes; The child has a high fever/temperature.) visok

4) (most important; very important: the high altar in a church; Important criminal trials are held at the High Court; a high official.) visok

5) (noble; good: high ideals.) visok

6) ((of a wind) strong: The wind is high tonight.) močan

7) ((of sounds) at or towards the top of a (musical) range: a high note.) visok

8) ((of voices) like a child's voice (rather than like a man's): He still speaks in a high voice.) visok

9) ((of food, especially meat) beginning to go bad.) pokvarjen

10) (having great value: Aces and kings are high cards.) visok

- highly

- highly-strung

- high tide

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visok, dvignjen; velik, važen; močan, silen; plemenit, odličen, imeniten; obilen (hrana); začinjen, pikanten (meso, divjačina); daljen, star (čas); visok, prediren, rezek (glas); velike vrednosti, visoke cene, drag; skrajen, goreč, vnet ( a high Tory); napet, razburljiv (doživljaj); veder, jasen, vesel (razpoloženje)

colloquially natrkan; slang omamljen (od mamila); American slang high on — nor na kaj

of high birth — plemenitega rodu, visokega rodu

high complexion — zardel obraz

British English higher school certificate — abiturientsko spričevalo

high day — beli dan, prazničen dan

high and dry figuratively osamljen, zapuščen; nautical nasedel, na suhem

to leave s.o. high and dry — pustiti koga na cedilu

in high feather — dobre volje, opit

to fly a high game — visoko letati

in high health — pri odličnem zdravju

with a high hand — samovoljno, ošabno

to carry things off with a high hand — samovoljno, predrzno ravnati

a high kicker — lahkoživka

high latitudes — pokrajine blizu zemeljskih tečajev

high and low — gospoda in raja

land is high — zemlja je draga

colloquially to mount ( —ali ride) the high horse — biti ponosen, biti domišljav

high merit — velika zasluga

high and mighty — nadut, ošaben

high noon — točno opoldne

high praise — velika hvala

high politics — visoka politika

high period — obdobje največje slave (umetnika itd.)

on the high ropes — ohol, poln prezira; besen

high speed — največja hitrost

high society — visoka družba

of high standing — visokega stanu, ugleden

high summer — visoko poletje

high spirit — razigranost, vedrost

in high spirits — razigran, colloquially natrkan, "v rožicah"

high seas — razburkano morje

the high seas — odprto morje

high time — skrajni čas

high wind — močan veter

high words — ostre besede, prepir

a high old time — ali high jinks — imenitna zabava

the Most High — bog

slang how is that for high? — to je pa že malo preveč

visoko; močno, zelo

to fly high — visoko letati

my heart beats high with — srce mi razbija od

to hold one's head high — glavo visoko nositi

to hunt ( —ali search) high and low for — povsod iskati

to live high — razkošno živeti

to pay high — drago plačati

to play high — igrati za mnogo denarja

to run high — biti razburkan (morje); figuratively biti razburjen, razburiti se

višina; anticiklonsko področje; najvišja karta; technical najvišja prestava (v vozilu); American colloquially gimnazija; American slang omama (od mamila)

on high — zgoraj, visoko gor; v nebesih, v nebesa

from on high — od zgoraj, z nebes

to shift into the high — dati v najvišjo prestavo

- leave in the lurch

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nagnjenje na stran; opotekanje; American nagnjenje ( towards do);

nagniti se na stran; opotekati se, opoteči se

archaic kritična stopnja igre

to leave s.o. in the lurch — pustiti koga na cedilu

1) (to require: This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help?) potrebovati

2) (to be obliged: You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present.) morati

1) (something essential, that one must have: Food is one of our basic needs.) potreba

2) (poverty or other difficulty: Many people are in great need.) pomanjkanje

3) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) potreba

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- needless

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potreba, sila nuja (of, for po); pomanjkanje (of, for česa)

to be ( —ali stand) in need of s.th. — ali to have need of s.th. — nujno kaj potrebovati

to be in need — biti v stiski

if need be — ali if need arise — ali in case of need — če je potrebno, v sili

to do one's needs — opraviti potrebo

I had need remember — moral bi si zapomniti

to have no need to do s.th. — ne čutiti potrebe kaj narediti

there is no need for you to come — ni ti treba priti

a friend in need is a friend indeed — v sili spoznaš pravega prijatelja

to fail s.o. in his need — pustiti koga na cedilu

to feel the need of ( —ali for) s.th. — pogrešati kaj

intransitive verb archaic

biti potrebno; biti v stiski, primanjkovati česa;

potrebovati; zahtevati;

auxiliary verb (z nedoločnikom s to v trdilnih, brez to v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih) morati, treba je

it needs not that — ali it does not need that — ni treba, da

there needs no excuse — opravičilo ni potrebno

it needed doing — to je bilo treba narediti

it needs to be done — to je treba narediti

she needn't do it — tega ji ni treba narediti

you needn't have come — ne bi ti bilo treba priti

more than needs — več kot je potrebno

what need ( —ali needs) ? — čemu to?

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plural (= soap-suds) milnica

in the suds — v perilu (pranju), figuratively v stiski, v škripcih

to leave s.o. in the suds figuratively pustiti koga na cedilu

intransitive verb ven iti, narediti sprehod; colloquially stavkati; stopiti v stavko; demonstrativno iti ven

to walk out on s.o. American colloquially pustiti koga na cedilu

to walk out with s.o. — "hoditi" s kom, imeti ljubezen s kom; transitive verb iti ven s kom, spremiti ven (npr. nadležen obisk); peljati (psa) na sprehod

1) (to go away or depart from, often without intending to return: He left the room for a moment; They left at about six o'clock; I have left that job.) zapustiti, odpotovati

2) (to go without taking: She left her gloves in the car; He left his children behind when he went to France.) pustiti

3) (to allow to remain in a particular state or condition: She left the job half-finished.) pustiti

4) (to let (a person or a thing) do something without being helped or attended to: I'll leave the meat to cook for a while.) pustiti

5) (to allow to remain for someone to do, make etc: Leave that job to the experts!) prepustiti

6) (to make a gift of in one's will: She left all her property to her son.) zapustiti

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- leave alone

1) (permission to do something, eg to be absent: Have I your leave to go?) dovoljenje

2) ((especially of soldiers, sailors etc) a holiday: He is home on leave at the moment.) dopust

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- take one's leave of

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dovoljenje, privoljenje; dopust; slovo

leave of absence — dopust

to ask s.o. for leave — ali to ask leave of s.o. — prositi koga za dovoljenje

by your leave — z vašim dovoljenjem

leave off — dovoljenje za odsotnost

to get leave off — dobiti dovoljenje za odsotnost

on leave — na dopustu

to go on leave — iti na dopust

leave on pay — plačan dopust

to take leave to say — dovoliti si reči

to take leave of — posloviti se od

to take one's leave — oditi

to take French leave — oditi brez pozdrava

to take leave of one's senses — priti ob pamet

ticket of leave — pogojni dopust (kaznjenca)

pustiti, zapustiti, prepustiti; opustiti, prenehati; pustiti, na cedilu, iti preko česa; American dovoliti, dopustiti;

oditi, odpotovati ( for kam)

to be left — ostati

colloquially to get left — ostati na cedilu

to leave in the lurch — pustiti na cedilu

colloquially it leaves me cold ( —ali cool) — ne zanima me, ne vznemirja me

colloquially leave it at that — naj ostane pri tem

to leave things as they are — pustiti stvari kot so, pustiti stvari pri miru

6 from 8 leaves 2 — 8-6 je 2

there is nothing left to us but to go — ne preostane nam drugega kot da gremo

to be left till called for — poštno ležeče

I have nothing left — nič mi ni ostalo

left on hand — preostalo (v zalogi)

it leaves much to be desired — še zdaleč ni dovolj

to leave no stone unturned — obrniti vsak kamen, vsestransko se truditi

to leave s.o. wondering whether — pustiti koga v dvomu o

I leave it to you — to prepuščam tebi

to leave to accident ( —ali chance) — prepustiti naključju

to leave s.o. to himself ( —ali to his own devices) — prepustiti koga samemu sebi

to be well left — dobro dedovati

to leave s.o. in the dark — zamolčati komu kaj, ne povedati komu česa

to leave a place for another — oditi kam od kod

to leave hold of — spustiti kaj

vulgar to leave go of — spustiti kaj iz rok

to leave one's mark (up)on — zapustiti neizbrisen vtis

to leave open — pustiti (vprašanje) odprto

to leave up to — prepustiti

to leave word — sporočiti, pustiti sporočilo

to leave card on s.o. — pustiti vizitko pri kom

ozeleneti

- river-bed

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reka; potok (tudi figuratively); figuratively velika množina

the river Thames British English reka Temza

Hudson River American reka Hudson

down the river — po reki (vodi) navzdol

up the river — po reki (vodi) navzgor, proti vodi

river of tears — potok solz

rivers of lava — reka lave

to cross the river — iti čez reko, figuratively umreti

to sell s.o. down the river American slang popolnoma koga na cedilu pustiti, prevarati, izdati, zlorabiti

to send s.o. up the river American slang vtakniti koga v ječo, v zapor;

rečni

river mouth — ustje reke

river traffic — rečni promet

river rat slang tat, ki deluje zlasti na rečnih bregovih

River Brethren — amerikanska baptistična sekta

cepilec (lesa, drv); kdor cepi, kolje, trga

1) (low in temperature: cold water; cold meat and salad.) hladen

2) (lower in temperature than is comfortable: I feel cold.) hladen

3) (unfriendly: His manner was cold.) hladen

1) (the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings: She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.) mraz

2) (an illness with running nose, coughing etc: He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.) prehlad

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- coldly

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adjective ( coldly adverb)

hladen, mrzel; (to) ravnodušen, brezčuten, trezen; nezavesten

to be cold — zmrzovati

I am cold — zebe me

in cold blood — hladnokrvno

to blow hot and cold — vedno spreminjati svoje prepričanje

cold comfort — slaba tolažba

to give ( —ali show, turn) s.o. the cold shoulder — prezirati koga, hladno ga sprejeti

slang cold feet — strah, trema

to make blood run cold — prestrašiti

as cold as charity — brezsrčen, hladen, neusmiljen

cold pig — polivanje spečega z mrzlo vodo; mrzla prha

cold meat — narezek

to throw cold water on s.o. — vzeti komu pogum

a cold scent — slaba sled

American cold snap(s) — hladen val

cold war — hladna vojna

cold wave — hladna ondulacija

colloquially cold without — alkohol z vodo

cold steel — hladno orožje

mraz; medicine prehlad, nahod

to catch ( —ali get, take) (a) cold — prehladiti se

to have a cold — imeti nahod

to leave s.o. out in the cold — ne posvetiti komu pozornosti, pustiti ga na cedilu

cold in the head — nahod

to be in the cold — biti osamljen

figuratively out in the cold — zapuščen, zanemarjen

vstati, dvigniti se; stati pokonci (lasje); pokonci se dvigniti (bodice itd.), dvigati se (dim); lotiti se, napasti (against s.o. koga); (javno) nastopiti, potegniti se ( for za)

I'll stand up for him whatever happens — potegnil (zavzel) se bom zanj, naj se zgodi, kar hoče; (pogumno) nastopiti nasproti, upreti se (to čemu); sport postaviti se (o moštvu); colloquially postaviti se pred, stopiti pod (v dežju vedriti); American biti zraven; vzdržati (konj pri dirki itd.); plesati ( with z)

to stand up in colloquially nositi na sebi

I've only the clothes I stand up in — imam le obleko, ki jo nosim (imam) na sebi;

(le) zavlačevati; varati, slepiti; American colloquially pustiti na cedilu, pustiti zastonj čakati; American slang vzdrževati (koga), plačevati (za koga)

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kokoška, pišče; kokanje, kokodakanje; cmokanje, tlesk(anje)

kokati, kokodakati; cmokati, tleskati; klicati kokoši;

pi pi pi!

familiarly srček, ljubček, ljubica

metanje; lahek udarec, trepljanje; slang zapuščanje; odpust

to give s.o. the chuck — odpustiti, spoditi koga; pretrgati stike s kom

po vratu božati, (po)trepljati; familiarly ven vreči, na cedilu pustiti

to chuck one's weight about — domišljavo se vesti

slang chuck it! — nehaj, dovolj je tega!

slang hrana

nautical hard chuck — ladijski prepečenec

chuck wagon — voziček za prevažanje hrane

poleno, klada; technical natezalna podloga, pritezalnik;

pritrditi z natezalno podlogo

1) (to be interested in having or doing, or to wish to have or do (something); to desire: Do you want a cigarette?; She wants to know where he is; She wants to go home.) želeti

2) (to need: This wall wants a coat of paint.) potrebovati

3) (to lack: This house wants none of the usual modern features but I do not like it; The people will want (= be poor) no longer.) trpeti pomanjkanje

1) (something desired: The child has a long list of wants.) želja

2) (poverty: They have lived in want for many years.) pomanjkanje

3) (a lack: There's no want of opportunities these days.) pomanjkanje

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- wanted

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pomanjkanje; stiska, revščina, siromaštvo; potreba, nujna potreba, nujno potrebna (željena) stvar; (navadno plural) želja, zahteva; American colloquially iskanje, ponudba službe

for ( —ali from) want of — zaradi pomanjkanja

a longfelt want — dolgo (časa) občutena potreba

for want of s.th. better — ker ni boljšega

want of care — nebrižnost, nepazljivost

want of sense — nespametnost

want of thought — nepremišljenost

to be in want of — (nujno) potrebovati; biti brez, ne imeti (česa)

I am in want of a dress — (nujno) potrebujem obleko

he is a man of few wants — on je človek, ki se zadovolji z malim

to be in want — živeti v pomanjkanju, v revščini

to fall in want — pasti v pomanjkanje, v revščino, obubožati

biti brez, ne imeti, trpeti pomanjkanje, revno živeti; obsolete manjkati; (le v sed. deležniku) pustiti na cedilu (to s.o. koga), ne ustrezati pričakovanju, ne upravičiti pričakovanj

he does not want for talent — on ni brez daru

he wants for nothing — nič mu ne manjka

he is never found wanting — nanj se lahko vedno zaneseš

he will never let me want — nikoli ne bo dopustil, da bi jaz trpel pomanjkanje

there never want discontented persons — nezadovoljneži se vedno najdejo;

ne imeti, čutiti pomanjkanje ( for česa); potrebovati, čutiti nujno potrebo; zahtevati, hoteti, želeti, hrepeneti po

to want for — potrebovati, biti brez; American colloquially želeti, hoteti

wanted a waitress — (v oglasih) išče se natakarica

I have all I want — imam vse, kar potrebujem

I want it done — želim, da se to napravi

he is wanted by the police — za njim je izdana tiralica

she wants 2 years for her majority — manjkata ji 2 leti do polnoletnosti

it wants 5 minutes to nine — manjka ɜ minut do devetih

we want him to leave to-morrow — želimo, da (on) odpotuje jutri

this clock wants a repair (repairing, to be repaired) — ta ura je potrebna popravila

what else do you want? — kaj še hočete?

you are wanted — iščejo vas, sprašujejo po vas, potrebujejo vas, želijo govoriti z vami

you want to see a doctor — morate iti k zdravniku

you don't want to be rude — ni vam treba biti grob

you want to have your hair cut — moraš si dati ostriči lase