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to give it up as a bad job

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1 give up as a bad job

(to decide that (something) is not worth doing, or impossible to do, and so stop doing it.) dvigniti roke od česa

English-Slovenian dictionary > give up as a bad job
2 job

[‹ob]
noun

1) (a person's daily work or employment: She has a job as a bank-clerk; Some of the unemployed men have been out of a job for four years.) služba

2) (a piece of work or a task: I have several jobs to do before going to bed.) opravilo

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- give up as a bad job
- a good job
- have a job
- just the job
- make the best of a bad job
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I [džɔb]
noun

delo, opravilo, posel; delo na akord; naloga, dolžnost; služba, položaj

colloquially zadeva; colloquially težka naloga; špekulacija, izrabljanje službe za privaten zaslužek; American slang nečeden posel, kraja, rop, zločin; printing akcidenčni tisk; economy job card ( —ali ticket) — seznam delavčevih delovnih ur

job order — naročilo za delo

job production — izgotovitev posamičnega dela

job specification — opis dela

job analysis — analiza dela, analiza zaposlenosti

job classification — poklicna razvrstitev

job control — sindikalni vpliv na kadrovsko politiko v podjetju

job evaluation ( —ali rating) — ocenitev dela

job rotation — rotacija delovnih mest

on the job training — izobrazba na delovnem mestu

odd jobs — priložnostna dela

bad job — slaba stvar, težek položaj, neuspeh

a good job (too) — (res) sreča

by the job — na akord, od kosa plačano delo

job time — čas za delo na akord

job wage — plačilo za delo na akord

out of a job — brezposeln

job for the boys — služba za pristaše (politične stranke)

bank job — bančni rop

what a job! — to je obupno!

it was quite a job — bila je res težka stvar

to make a good job of it — delo res dobro opraviti

to make a thorough job of it — delo temeljito opraviti

to make the best of a bad job — popraviti, kar se še da; molče požreti, ne kazati nevolje

to give it up as a bad job — opustiti kaj, kar je brezupno

to know one's job — razumeti stvar

it is your job to do — it tvoja naloga je, da to narediš

to be on the job — pridno delati, paziti

this is not everybody's job — to delo ni za vsakega

to pull a job — zagrešiti zločin

to do s.o.'s job for him — ali to do a job on s.o. — uničiti koga, likvidirati koga

a put-up job — naprej dogovorjen zločin, prevara

American to lie down on the job — zanemarjati delo, zabušavati

American colloquially she is a tough job — ona je žilava
II [džɔb]
1.

intransitive verb

delati na akord; špekulirati, igrati na borzi, trgovati z delnicami; priložnostno delati;

2.

transitive verb

dati akordno delo; preprodajati, špekulirati s, z; najeti, dati v najem (konja, voz); izrabljati službo za privaten zaslužek ali korist; uničiti koga

to job out — dati akordno delo

to job s.o. into a post — vriniti koga na položaj

to job off goods — prodati robo pod ceno

American slang to job s.o. out of — oslepariti koga za kaj
III [džɔb]
noun

vbod, zbodljaj, sunek; potegljaj z brzdo
IV [džɔb]
1.

transitive verb

zbosti, prebosti; izbosti ( out), izbezati; potegniti konja za brzdo;

2.

intransitive verb

bosti, udariti (at)

English-Slovenian dictionary > job
3 Job

[‹ob]
noun

1) (a person's daily work or employment: She has a job as a bank-clerk; Some of the unemployed men have been out of a job for four years.) služba

2) (a piece of work or a task: I have several jobs to do before going to bed.) opravilo

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- give up as a bad job
- a good job
- have a job
- just the job
- make the best of a bad job
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[džɔb]
noun

Job

patience of Job — velika potrpežljivost

that would try the patience of Job — to bi privedlo vsakega do obupa

Job's comforter — slab tolažnik

Job's news — žalostna novica

Job's post — glasnik nesreče

botany Job's tears — Jobove solze, mehiška koruzna trava

English-Slovenian dictionary > Job
4 quarter

['kwo:tə] 1. noun
1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) četrtina

2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) 25 centov

3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) četrt

4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) smer

5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) milost

6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) del živali

7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) krajec

8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) četrtina

9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) četrtletje
2. verb
1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) razrezati na štiri dele

2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) razdeliti na štiri dele

3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) nastaniti

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- quarterly
3. adverb
(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) četrtletno
4. noun
(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) četrtletnik

- quarters
- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters
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I [kwɔ:tə]
noun

četrtina, četrt ( a quarter of an hour četrt ure; for quarter the price, for a quarter of fhe price za četrtino cene); četrtina funta (0,113 kg); četrtina milje, tek na četrt milje ( he won the ŋ zmagal je v teku na četrt milje); mera za tkanine, četrtina jarda (22,8 cm); trgovska mera, četrtina stota (28 funtov, 12,7 kg, American 2ɜ funtov, 11,ʌɔ kg; British English 2,91 hl); American Scottish šolsko četrtletje; četrtletje, kvartal; četrtina zaklane živali, ena od štirih nog, hrbet konja; heraldry eno od štirih polj grba; astronomy lunin krajec ( first ŋ prvi krajec, last ŋ zadnji krajec); American četrt dolarja, novec za 25 centov; mestna četrt, kvart ( residential ŋ stanovanjska četrt); stran neba, smer vetra (what quarter is the wind in? iz katere strani piha?, figuratively od kje piha veter?); predel, kraj ( in this ŋ v teh krajih), smer ( in that ŋ v ono smer), stran ( from another ŋ z druge strani); vir ( from a good ŋ iz dobrega vira); družbeni krog ( in government ŋs v vladnih krogih); usnje za peto (čevlja); technical ɔ palce širok kos lesa (v tesarstvu); military (zlasti plural) stan, bivališče ( to be confined to ŋs biti v hišnem priporu); (zlasti military) milost, prizanašanje, pomilostitev ( to find no quarter with ne najti milosti pri); nautical bok krme ( on the port ŋ na levi strani krme); nautical borbeni položaj posadke ( to beat to ŋs sklicati posadko na položaje)

to ask ( —ali call, cry) for quarter — prositi za milost

to give quarter — izkazati milost, pomilostiti

to give fair quarter — prizanesti

a bad quarter of an hour — neprijetni trenutki

at close quarters — od blizu, v neposrednem stiku (spopadu)

to live in close quarters — stanovati na tesnem

from every quarter — ali from all quarters — od vseh strani

hind quarters — stegna

high quarters — višji krogi

it has gone the quarter — ura je odbila četrt

the proper quarter — pristojno mesto

to take up one's quarters — nastaniti se

to beat up the quarters of — pogosto obiskovati
II [kwɔ:tə]
1.

transitive verb

razdeliti na štiri dele; razkosati, razčetveriti (izdajalca); heraldry razdeliti na štiri polja (grb); vzeti pod streho; military (prisilno) nastaniti (at, in a place; to be ŋed at (in) stanovati kje); pretakniti, preiskati teren (lovski psi); nautical določiti borbeni položaj posadke;

2.

intransitive verb

stanovati, živeti (at pri); tekati sem in tja (psi)

figuratively to quarter o.s. on s.o. — vseliti se pri kom

English-Slovenian dictionary > quarter
5 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

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6 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
7 best

[best] 1. adjective, pronoun
((something which is) good to the greatest extent: the best book on the subject; the best (that) I can do; She is my best friend; Which method is (the) best?; The flowers are at their best just now.) najboljši
2. adverb
(in the best manner: She sings best (of all).) najbolje
3. verb
(to defeat: He was bested in the argument.) potegniti krajši konec

- best man
- bestseller
- the best part of
- do one's best
- for the best
- get the best of
- make the best of it
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I [best]
adjective

najboljši; najprimernejši; najodličnejši

to be best at — odlikovati se v čem

he was on his best behaviour — zelo je pazil na svoje vedenje

at the best hand — iz prve roke; poceni

to put one's best foot ( —ali leg) foremost ( —ali forward) — pohiteti; na moč si prizadevati

best maid — družica

slang one's best girl — ljubica

best man — drug (pri poroki)

best part — večji del

to get best thrashing — biti hudo tepen

best seller — zelo uspešna knjiga

to send one's best regards — poslati pozdrav
II [best]
noun

najboljše, najprimernejše

the best — najodličnejši, najboljši ljudje

at the best — v najboljšem primeru

the very best — najboljše od vsega

to be at one's best — biti na višku

bad is the best — nič dobrega ne moremo pričakovati

to do one's best — do skrajnosti se potruditi

to get ( —ali have) the best of the bargain — napraviti dobro kupčijo

make the best of your way home — glej, da boš čimprej doma

to make the best of a bad bargain ( —ali job, business, of it) — pogumno prenašati udarce usode, ne biti malodušen, ne obupati, ne zgubiti glave

to try one's best — na vso moč se truditi

to the best of my power — kolikor zmorem

the best is the enemy of good — prevelike zahteve ovirajo napredek

with the best — med najboljšimi

to have the best of both worlds — izkoristiti obe možnosti

my best, my Sunday best — moja najboljša, praznična obleka
III [best]
adverb

najbolje, najugodneje

to give it best — odreči se

you had best — najbolje bi bilo, če bi

as best one could — na vso moč
IV [best]
transitive verb

colloquially premagati, prekositi, preseči; ukaniti

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8 help

[help] 1. verb
1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) pomagati

2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) pripomoči

3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) ublažiti

4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) pomagati

5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) (ne moči si) pomagati
2. noun
1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) pomoč

2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) pomoč

3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) sluga, hlapec

4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) ni pomoči

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- helper
- helpful
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- helping
- helpless
- helplessly
- helplessness
- help oneself
- help out
* * *
I [help]
noun

pomoč, pomočnik; American služkinja, hišna pomočnica, sluga, hlapec; familiarly porcija (jedi); figuratively pripomoček

by ( —ali with) the help of — s pomočjo

he is a great help — zelo pomaga, je v veliko pomoč

there is no help for it — ni pomoči
II [help]
transitive verb

pomagati, podpreti, podpirati; pripomoči, prispevati; (u)blažiti; (s can in neg) ne moči se upirati, si pomagati, preprečiti, se izogniti; ponuditi, podati (pri mizi)

I cannot help it — ne morem pomagati, sem nemočen

it cannot be helped — ni pomoči

if I can help it — če se temu lahko izognem

don't be late if you can help it — ne ostani delj, kot je potrebno

don't do more than you can help — napravi le tisto, kar moraš

I cannot help laughing — moram se smejati; ne morem si kaj, da se ne bi smejal

I cannot help myself — ne morem drugače

how could I help it? — kaj sem jaz mogel za to

to help s.o. in ( —ali with) s.th. — pomagati komu pri čem

to help o.s. to s.th. — postreči si s čim, prisvojiti si kaj, ukrasti

to help s.o. to s.th. — ponuditi komu kaj (pri mizi), postreči komu s čim

to help a lame dog over a stile — ali to help s.o. out — pomagati komu prebroditi težave

to lend a helping hand — priskočiti v pomoč

every little helps — vse prav pride

nothing will help now — ni več pomoči

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9 mark

1. noun
1) ((also Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark) the standard unit of German currency before the euro.)

2) (a point given as a reward for good work etc: She got good marks in the exam.)

3) (a stain: That spilt coffee has left a mark on the carpet.)

4) (a sign used as a guide to position etc: There's a mark on the map showing where the church is.)

5) (a cross or other sign used instead of a signature: He couldn't sign his name, so he made his mark instead.)

6) (an indication or sign of a particular thing: a mark of respect.)
2. verb
1) (to put a mark or stain on, or to become marked or stained: Every pupil's coat must be marked with his name; That coffee has marked the tablecloth; This white material marks easily.)

2) (to give marks to (a piece of work): I have forty exam-papers to mark tonight.)

3) (to show; to be a sign of: X marks the spot where the treasure is buried.)

4) (to note: Mark it down in your notebook.)

5) ((in football etc) to keep close to (an opponent) so as to prevent his getting the ball: Your job is to mark the centre-forward.)

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- marked
- markedly
- marker
- marksman
- marksmanship
- leave/make one's mark
- mark out
- mark time
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I [ma:k]
noun

znak, znamenje; madež, brazgotina, praska, zareza; odtis, žig; British English red, ocena (šolska); economy varstvena (tovarniška) znamka; cilj, tarča; figuratively standard, raven, norma, ugled; znak, križ (nepismenega človeka); military tip, model; sport startno mesto (tek), mesto za kazenski strel (nogomet), sredina želodca (boks); history marka, mejno ozemlje

ear mark — razpoznavni znak na ušesu, figuratively razpoznavni znak

distinctive mark — razpoznavni znak

a mark V tank — tank tipa V

mark moot — občinski zbor, shod

below the mark — pod običajno ravnijo, nezadovoljiv, bolan

beside the mark — mimo tarče, figuratively netočen, nepravilen, zgrešen, irelevanten

American slang easy mark — lahkovernež

sport to get off the mark — startati

to hit the mark — zadeti, uspeti

to leave one's mark — pustiti sled

a man of mark — ugleden človek

to make one's mark upon ( —ali with) — uspeti, uveljaviti se pri

to make a mark in the calender — zaznamovati dan v koledarju

slang not my mark — ni po mojem okusu, mi ne odgovarja

to miss the mark — zgrešiti, ne uspeti

bad marks — slabo spričevalo (v šoli)

to obtain full marks — dobiti dobre ocene

off the mark — čisto napačen, zgrešen

you are quite off the mark — zelo se motite

to overshoot the mark — ustreliti preko tarče; iti predaleč, gnati predaleč

straight off the mark — takoj

(god) save the mark — bog pomagaj če povem (opravičilo preden se pove kaj neprijetnega)

economy trade mark — varstvena (tovarniška) znamka

to toe the mark — storiti svojo dolžnost

up to the mark — na običajni ravni, zadovoljiv, dobrega zdravja

wide of the mark — daleč mimo, figuratively zelo zgrešen

within the mark — v dovoljenih mejah, upravičen

mark of mouth — znak starosti (po konjevih zobeh)

marks of punctuation — ločila

question mark — vprašaj
II [ma:k]
transitive verb

zaznamovati, označiti; vžgati znak, žigosati, pustiti znanienje, biti znak ( for za); izbrati določiti predvideti ( for za); izraziti, pokazati; redovati (v šoli); opaziti, zapomniti si; economy označiti blago, določiti blagu ceno; sport kriti, ovirati nasprotnika (nogomet)

to mark time — tolči takt z nogami, stopati na mestu; figuratively čakati, ostati na mestu

that marks him for a leader — to kaže, da bi bil primeren za voditelja

to mark one's displeasure by whistling — pokazati svoje nezadovoljstvo z žvižganjem

mark my words! — zapomni si moje besede!

mark! — pazi!
III [ma:k]
noun

marka (denar); mera za težo zlata in srebra (ca 8 unč)

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