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to put one's money on

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1 money

noun

(coins or banknotes used in trading: Have you any money in your purse?; The desire for money is a cause of much unhappiness.) denar

- money-box
- moneylender
- lose/make money
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[mʌni]
noun

denar, plačilno sredstvo; bogastvo, premoženje; plural archaic ali juridically vsote denarja

money of account — denar kot merilo vrednosti, a ne v obtoku (angleška guinea)

money on account — denar v dobrem

money on ( —ali at) call — dnevno plačljiv denar

money on hand — denar pri roki

money due — neplačan (zapadel) denar

ready money — gotovina pri roki

colloquially in the money — pri denarju, bogat

out of money — brez denarja

short of money — na tesnem z denarjem

to get one's money's worth — imeti stroške povrnjene, dobro kupiti

to make money (by) — obogateti, dobro zaslužiti (s, z)

to coin money — hitro obogateti

slang money for jam — lahek zaslužek

to marry money — bogato se poročiti

economy money in cash ( —ali hand) — stanje blagajne

money makes the mare go — denar odpira vsa vrata

not for love or money — na noben način

for one's money — kolikor se koga tiče

made of money — bogat

to pay money down — plačati v gotovini

pin money — postranski zaslužek

to put one's money on — staviti denar na

to raise money — izprositi denar, dobiti denar v gotove svrhe, sposoditi si denar

time is money — čas je zlato

conscience money — denar, vplačan v državno blagajno (zaradi davčne utaje)

to call in money — zahtevati denar nazaj, zahtevati izplačilo

to recall money — odpoklicati kapital

it is not every man's money — ni za vsakega enako vredno

to come into money — priti do denarja, podedovati denar

English-Slovenian dictionary > money
2 put

[put]
present participle - putting; verb

1) (to place in a certain position or situation: He put the plate in the cupboard; Did you put any sugar in my coffee?; He put his arm round her; I'm putting a new lock on the door; You're putting too much strain on that rope; When did the Russians first put a man into space?; You've put me in a bad temper; Can you put (=translate) this sentence into French?) postaviti

2) (to submit or present (a proposal, question etc): I put several questions to him; She put her ideas before the committee.) zastaviti

3) (to express in words: He put his refusal very politely; Children sometimes have such a funny way of putting things!) izraziti

4) (to write down: I'm trying to write a letter to her, but I don't know what to put.) zapisati

5) (to sail in a particular direction: We put out to sea; The ship put into harbour for repairs.) zapluti

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- put-on
- a put-up job
- put about
- put across/over
- put aside
- put away
- put back
- put by
- put down
- put down for
- put one's feet up
- put forth
- put in
- put in for
- put off
- put on
- put out
- put through
- put together
- put up
- put up to
- put up with
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I [put]
noun

met kamna z rame; (borza) premijski posli

put and call — borzni terminski sklep
II [put]
1.

transitive verb

položiti, postaviti, dati kam, vtakniti ( in one's pocket v žep; in prison v ječo); spraviti (koga v posteljo, v neprijeten položaj, v red, v tek); izpostaviti, podvreči čemu ( to put to death usmrtiti koga); posaditi (into, under s čim; the land was put under potatoes); poslati, dati, siliti, naganjati (to v, k; to put to school poslati v šolo, to put to trade dati koga v uk, to put the horse to the fence nagnati konja v skok čez ograjo); napeljati, zvabiti (on, to k); napisati ( to put one's signature to a document); prestaviti, prevesti ( into French v francoščino); izraziti, formulirati ( I cannot put it into words ne znam tega z besedami izraziti; how shall I put it kako naj to formuliram?); oceniti, preceniti (at; I put his income at £ 1000 a year po mojem zasluži 1000 funtov na leto); uporabiti (to; to put s.th. to a good use dobro kaj uporabiti); zastaviti, postaviti (vprašanje, predlog; I put it to you apeliram na vas, obračam se na vas); staviti (on; denar na kaj); vložiti, investirati ( into v); naložiti (npr. davek, to put a taɔ on obdavčiti kaj); naprtiti, pripisati komu kaj (on; they put the blame on him krivdo valijo na njega); sport metati, vreči (kroglo); poriniti (bodalo), streljati (in, into);

2.

intransitive verb

podati se, napotiti se, iti, hiteti ( for kam; to put to land podati se na kopno; to put to sea odpluti

to put for home — napotiti se domov); nautical jadrati, krmariti, pluti; American izlivati se ( into v)

to put s.o. above s.o. else — postaviti koga pred drugega

to put one's brain to it — koncentrirati se na kaj, lotiti se česa

to put a bullet through — ustreliti, preluknjati koga

to put in black and white, to put in writing — napisati

to be put to it — biti prisiljen

to be hard put to it — biti v zagati, v škripcih, biti prisiljen k čemu

to put the cow to the bull — pripeljati kravo k biku

put the case that — recimo, da

to put the cart before the horse — nesmiselno ravnati

to put o.s. in (under) the care of s.o. — postaviti se pod zaščito koga

to put out of action — onesposobiti

to put s.o. out of countenance — spraviti koga iz ravnotežja

to put down the drain — vreči v vodo, neumno zapraviti

to put all one's eggs in one basket — staviti vse na eno karto

to put an end ( —ali stop, period) to — napraviti konec s čim, končati

to put the good face on it — mirno kaj prenesti

to put one's foot in it — narediti napako, osramotiti se, blamirati se

to put in force — uveljaviti

to put s.o. on his feet — spraviti koga na noge

to put the finger on — pokazati s prstom na, identificirati koga (kaj)

to put s.o. on guard — opozoriti koga na previdnost

to put one's hands to — lotiti se; pomagati

to put into the hands of s.o. — prepustiti komu, dati komu v roke

to put out of one's head — izbiti si iz glave, pozabiti

to put a horse to — vpreči konja

to put s.o. in a hole — spraviti koga v neugodon položaj

to put the hand to the plough — prijeti za delo

to put one's hands in one's pocket — globoko seči v žep

to put it to s.o. — apelirati na koga, dati komu na voljo

to put a knife into — zabosti

slang to put the lid on — presegati vse meje, biti višek česa

to put money on — staviti na kaj

to put the money to a good use — pametno porabiti denar

to put a matter right — izgladiti (zadevo)

to put it mildly — milo rečeno

to put in mind — spomniti koga

to put s.o.'s nose out of joint — spodriniti koga

to put in order — urediti

to put s.o. on his oath — zapriseči koga

to put in practice — izvajati

to put o.s. in s.o.'s place — vživeti se v položaj koga drugega

to put on paper — napisati

not to put it past one — pripisati komu kaj slabega

to put to ransom — zahtevati odkupnino za

to put s.o. right — popraviti koga

to put in shape — spraviti v dobro kondicijo, oblikovati

to put one's shoulder to the wheel — potruditi se

to put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel — metati komu polena pod noge

to put to the sword — prebosti z mečem

to stay put — ostati na mestu

figuratively to put teeth into — zagristi se v kaj

to put s.o. through it — dajati koga na sito in rešeto

to put in use — uporabiti

to put a veto on it — uporabiti veto

to put into words — izraziti z besedami, točno opisati

to put s.o. in the wrong — postaviti koga na laž, dokazati, da nima prav

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

slang to put s.o. wise — odpreti komu oči

slang to put the wind up s.o. — prestrašiti koga, dati mu vetra

well put — dobro povedano

to put the weight — metati kroglo

to put everything wrong — narediti vse narobe
III [pʌt]
noun

archaic tepec, čudak, kmet
IV [pʌt]
noun

& verb see putt

English-Slovenian dictionary > put
3 put up

1) (to raise (a hand etc).) dvigniti

2) (to build; to erect: They're putting up some new houses.) zgraditi

3) (to fix on a wall etc: He put the poster up.) nalepiti

4) (to increase (a price etc): They're putting up the fees again.) zvišati

5) (to offer or show (resistance etc): He's putting up a brave fight.) braniti se

6) (to provide (money) for a purpose: He promised to put up the money for the scheme.) preskrbeti

7) (to provide a bed etc for (a person) in one's home: Can you put us up next Thursday night?) prenočiti

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1.

transitive verb

dvigniti (roko, zastavo, jadra itd.); obesiti (sliko, zastor); nalepiti (plakat); razpeti (dežnik); postaviti (šotor); colloquially fingirati, izmisliti ( a put up job naprej domenjena stvar, prevara); pomoliti se, zahvaliti se (bogu); sprejeti gosta, vzeti pod streho, prenočiti; shraniti, spraviti; zaviti, zložiti, paketirati (in v); vtakniti (meč) v nožnico; konservirati, vkuhati, vložiti (sadje); pripraviti zdravilo (v lekarni); theatre uprizoriti (igro); postaviti, predlagati (kandidata); ponuditi, dati v prodajo; zvišati (ceno); spoditi, splašiti, pregnati iz brloga (divjad); dati na oklice; plačati; staviti, zastaviti (na stavi); napeljati, nagovoriti, naščuvati (to k);

2.

intransitive verb

nastaniti se, ustaviti se pri kom (at); kandidirati, potegovati se ( for za); plačati ( for za); sprijazniti se s čim, prenašati, mirno sprejeti ( with)

slang to put s.o.'s back up — užaliti, zjeziti koga

to put up a fight — dobro se upirati, dobro se boriti

to put up a front — pretvarjati se

to put up for sale — dati v prodajo

to put up the shutters — zapreti trgovino

to put s.o. up to — nagovoriti koga k čemu, poučiti koga

to put up to s.o. — prepustiti komu odločitev

to put up with — prenašati, potrpeti, zadovoljiti se s čim

English-Slovenian dictionary > put up
4 pocket

['pokit] 1. noun
1) (a small bag sewn into or on to clothes, for carrying things in: He stood with his hands in his pockets; a coat-pocket; ( also adjective) a pocket-handkerchief, a pocket-knife.) žep

2) (a small bag attached to the corners and sides of a billiard-table etc to catch the balls.) luknja (pri biljardu)

3) (a small isolated area or group: a pocket of warm air.) otoček

4) ((a person's) income or amount of money available for spending: a range of prices to suit every pocket.) žep
2. verb
1) (to put in a pocket: He pocketed his wallet; He pocketed the red ball.) dati v žep

2) (to steal: Be careful he doesn't pocket the silver.) vtakniti v žep

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- pocketful
- pocket-book
- pocket-money
- pocket-sized
- pocket-size
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I [pɔkit]
noun

žep, vrečka, torbica

British English vreča (mera); figuratively denar, denarno sredstvo; mineralogy votlina polna rude; biljardna luknja; military žep kotel, obkoljeno področje; aeronautics air-pocket — zražni žep

figuratively a deep pocket — globok žep

to be in pocket — imeti denar, prislužiti

to be out of pocket — imeti izgubo, biti v denarni stiski

to be 5 dollars in (out of) pocket — imeti 5 dolarjev dobička (izgube)

figuratively he will suffer in his pocket — to se mu bo v denarnici poznalo

to have s.o. in one's pocket — imeti koga v oblasti

to have pockets to let — imeti prazen žep

to line one's pockets — zaslužiti mnogo denarja

out-of-pocket expenses — (plačani) izdatki

to pay out of one's own pocket — plačati iz svojega žepa

to pick a pocket — ukrasti iz žepa

figuratively to put one's hand in one's pocket — seči globoko v žep

to put one's pride in one's pocket — ponižati se
II [pɔkit]
transitive verb

vtakniti v žep; figuratively prisvojiti si; figuratively pogoltniti (žaljivko), potlačiti (ponos); military obkoliti; spraviti biljardno kroglo v luknjo; American politics uporabiti veto

to pocket an insult — pogoltniti žaljivko

to pocket one's pride — ponižati se, potlačiti ponos

English-Slovenian dictionary > pocket
5 trust

1. verb
1) (to have confidence or faith; to believe: She trusted (in) him.) zaupati

2) (to give (something to someone), believing that it will be used well and responsibly: I can't trust him with my car; I can't trust my car to him.) zaupati

3) (to hope or be confident (that): I trust (that) you had / will have a good journey.) upati
2. noun
1) (belief or confidence in the power, reality, truth, goodness etc of a person or thing: The firm has a great deal of trust in your ability; trust in God.) zaupanje

2) (charge or care; responsibility: The child was placed in my trust.) varstvo

3) (a task etc given to a person by someone who believes that they will do it, look after it etc well: He holds a position of trust in the firm.) odgovornost

4) (arrangement(s) by which something (eg money) is given to a person to use in a particular way, or to keep until a particular time: The money was to be held in trust for his children; ( also adjective) a trust fund) skrbništvo

5) (a group of business firms working together: The companies formed a trust.) trust

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- trustee
- trustworthy
- trustworthiness
- trusty
- trustily
- trustiness
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I [trʌst]
noun

zaupanje (in v), trdno upanje; zaupna oseba; kredit; depó, depozit; varstvo, skrbništvo, kuratorstvo; odgovornost, dolžnost skrbnika, kuratorja; obveznost, dolžnost; varovanec; dobrodelna ustanova, fundacija; economy trust, kartel, koncern

in trust — v shrambi, deponiran

on trust — na kredit; na pošteno besedo

trust money — pupilarni denar

breach of trust — zloraba zaupanja, verolomstvo

the steel trust — jeklarski trust

he is our sole trust — on je naše edino upanje

to be in a position of trust — biti na zaupnem (odgovornem) položaju

to commit to s.o.'s trust — zaupati komu v varstvo

to give trust — odobriti kredit, dati na kredit

to hold in trust for — hraniti, upravljati za (koga)

to leave s.th. in trust with s.o. — zaupati komu kaj, dati v varstvo

to place (to put) one's trust in — zaupati (komu), zanesti se na (koga)

there is no trust to be placed in him — nanj se ni moč zanesti

to put (to repose) trust in — zaupati (se) komu

to take on trust — vzeti na kredit

you must take what I say on trust — morate mi to verjeti na besedo

to watch over one's trust — paziti na osebo ali stvar, ki nam je zaupana
II [trʌst]
transitive verb & intransitive verb

verjeti (komu, čemu), zanesti se (in na); zaupati (komu), imeti zaupanje v; dati komu kredit; zaupati, poveriti (komu) (with s.th. kaj); trdno upati, pričakovati, verjeti ( that da), biti prepričan; upati si, tvegati

do not trust him with your watch! — ne zaupaj mu svoje ure!

trust him to say that! — to je tipično zanj!

trust to luck — zaupaj sreči!

a man not to be trusted — človek, ki se nanj ne moreš zanesti

I trust he is not hurt — upam, da se ni poškodoval

to trust o.s. to s.o. — zaupati se komu, zaupno se obrniti na koga

can his word be trusted? — ali lahko zaupamo njegovi besedi?

I can trust my children with her — lahko ji zaupam svoje otroke

you cannot trust a child in the streets after dark — ne morete brez skrbi pustiti otroka na ulici, ko se začne nočiti

she was trusted with child — dali so ji otroka v skrbstvo (varstvo)

I cannot trust you out of my sight — niti za hip vas ne morem izgubiti iz vida (iz bojazni, da ne napravite kake neumnosti)

you can trust him for any amount — lahko mu kreditirate katerokoli vsoto

to trust to luck — zaupati v (zanašati se na) srečo

English-Slovenian dictionary > trust
6 egg

I [eɡ] noun
1) (an oval object usually covered with shell, laid by a bird, reptile etc, from which a young one is hatched: The female bird is sitting on the eggs in the nest.) jajce

2) (such an object laid by a hen, used as food: Would you rather have boiled, fried or scrambled eggs?) jajce

3) (in the female mammal, the cell from which the young one is formed; the ovum: The egg is fertilized by the male sperm.) jajčece

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- egg-cup
- eggplant
- eggshell
- put all one's eggs in one basket
- teach one's grandmother to suck eggs II [eɡ]
- egg on

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I [eg]
noun

jajce; slang letalska bomba; American slang neotesanec, fant, dečko

in the egg — v zarodku

slang a bad egg — pokvarjenec

slang a good egg — dober dečko

like a Curate's egg — samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab

to have ( —ali put) all one's eggs in one basket — staviti vse na eno karto

to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs — pišče več od koklje ve

slang goose egg — ničla, nič

to crush in the egg — v kali zatreti

as full as an egg — do vrha poln

to get eggs for one's money — preveč plačati

to lay eggs — nesti jajca

military sl — polagati mine

as sure as eggs is eggs — popolnoma gotovo

to tread upon eggs — hoditi zelo oprezno

hard-boiled egg — v trdo kuhano jajce

soft-boiled egg — v mehko kuhano jajce

poached egg — skrknjeno jajce

wind ( —ali addle) egg — gnilo jajce

white of egg — beljak

yolk of egg — rumenjak

fried eggs — pečena jajca "na oko"

scrambled eggs — cvrtje
II [eg]
transitive verb

(on) spodbosti, spodbadati, siliti; z rumenjakom namazati; obmetavati z gnilimi jajci; nabirati jajca

to egg and crumb — povaljati v jajcu in drobtinah, panirati

English-Slovenian dictionary > egg
7 slot

[slot] 1. noun
1) (a small narrow opening, especially one to receive coins: I put the correct money in the slot, but the machine didn't start.) reža za kovance

2) (a (usually regular) position (in eg the schedule of television/radio programmes): The early-evening comedy slot.) termin
2. verb
((with in or into) to fit (something) into a small space: He slotted the last piece of the puzzle into place; I managed to slot in my tea-break between two jobs.) vstaviti

- slot machine

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I [slɔt]
1.

noun

technical

razpoka, reža ali odprtina (za vlaganje kovancev v avtomat, za spuščanje pisem v poštni nabiralnik); žlebič, utor, zareza; theatre zaklopna vratca (v odrskem podu);

2.

transitive verb

zarezati, napraviti ozko podolgovato odprtino (režo)
II [slɔt]
noun

hunting sled ali steza (jelena, damjaka itd.)

English-Slovenian dictionary > slot
8 pay

[pei] 1. past tense, past participle - paid; verb
1) (to give (money) to (someone) in exchange for goods, services etc: He paid $5 for the book.) plačati

2) (to return (money that is owed): It's time you paid your debts.) plačati

3) (to suffer punishment (for): You'll pay for that remark!) plačati

4) (to be useful or profitable (to): Crime doesn't pay.) izplačati (se)

5) (to give (attention, homage, respect etc): Pay attention!; to pay one's respects.) posvečati
2. noun
(money given or received for work etc; wages: How much pay do you get?) plača

- payable
- payee
- payment
- pay-packet
- pay-roll
- pay back
- pay off
- pay up
- put paid to
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I [péi]
noun

plača, plačilo

colloquially plačnik; American mineralogy donosna ruda; colloquially he is good pay — on je dober plačnik

he is in the pay of s.o. — njega plačuje, najet je od, je v službi nekoga

American figuratively to strike pay dirt — naleteti na vir bogastva
II [péi]
1.

transitive verb

plačati, odplačati, izplačati; figuratively nagraditi, poplačati, povrniti ( for za kaj); figuratively posvečati pozornost (spoštovanje), dajati čast, delati komu komplimente; obiskati koga; odškoditi, odškodovati ( for za); izplačati se za koga, koristiti komu;

2.

intransitive verb

plačati ( for za); izplačati se ( crime doesn't ŋ zločin se ne izplača)

to pay attention ( —ali heed) to — posvečati pozornost (komu, čemu)

to pay one's attention ( —ali court) to — dvoriti

to pay a call ( —ali visit) — obiskati

to pay a compliment — napraviti poklon

to pay the debt of nature — umreti

the devil to pay — mnogo sitnosti

to pay s.o. home — povrniti komu

to pay in kind — plačati v naturalijah

to pay lip service to — hinavsko pritrjevati

to pay on the nail — takoj plačati

to pay penalty — plačati globo

to pay the penalty — pokoriti se, biti kaznovan

slang to pay the piper — nositi posledice; figuratively plačati za užitek koga drugega

he who pays the piper calls the tune — kdor plača, tudi zapoveduje

to pay one's respects to — napraviti vljudnosten obisk

to pay the shot — nositi stroške

to pay through the nose (for) — predrago plačati, preplačati

to pay one's way — ne ostati ničesar dolžan, živeti od svojega dohodka

to pay with fine speeches — izvleči se z lepimi besedami
III [péi]
transitive verb

nautical katraniti, premazati s katranom ali smolo

English-Slovenian dictionary > pay
9 by

1. preposition
1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) poleg, blizu, pri

2) (past: going by the house.) mimo

3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) po

4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) od

5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) s, z

6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) po

7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) do

8) (during the time of.) med

9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) do, za

10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) krat

11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) na

12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) po
2. adverb
1) (near: They stood by and watched.) blizu, zraven

2) (past: A dog ran by.) mimo

3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) poleg, na stran

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- bygones: let bygones be bygones
- bypass 3. verb
(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) obiti

- by-product
- bystander
- by and by
- by and large
- by oneself
- by the way
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I [bai]
preposition

blizu, pri, ob, od, do, med, po, s, poleg

by the advice of — po nasvetu koga

by all means — vsekakor

by air — z letalom

by appearance — po videzu

by s.o.'s bedside — ob postelji koga

by birth — po rodu

by blood — po izvoru, po rodu

by boat — z ladjo

by the by(e) — mimogrede povedano, da ne pozabim

by chance — po naključju, slučajno

by day — podnevi

by the day — na dan (natanko)

day by day — dan za dnevom

by degrees — postopoma

by my desire — po moji želji

by dint of — zaradi, s pomočjo

by the dozen — na ducate

by experience — po izkušnji

by far — veliko bolj

by force — nasilno

by George! — pri moji veri!

by heart — na pamet

by the hour — na uro

by hundreds — na stotine

by itself — samo zase

by Jove! — pri moji veri!

by law — po zakonu

by leaps and bounds — skokoma, hitro

by letter — pismeno, s pismom

American by mail — po pošti

I have no money by me — nimam s seboj denarja

by no means — nikakor ne

by means of — s pomočjo, s

by mistake — pomotoma

by name — po imenu

by nature — po naravi

by next month — do prihodnjega meseca

by now — sedaj, že, medtem

one by one — drug za drugim, posamezno

by o.s. — sam zase, sam od sebe

by order — po naročilu

by post — po pošti

by profession — po poklicu

by rail — z železnico

by reason of — zaradi

by right — po pravici

by sea — po morju, z ladjo

side by side — drug poleg drugega

by stealth — kradoma, skrivaj

by this time — medtem; že; ob tem času

by trade — po poklicu

to travel by London — potovati prek Londona

by turns — menjaje, drug za drugim, po vrsti

two by two, by twos — po dva

by my watch — po moji uri

by the way — mimogrede, približno

by word of mouth — ustno

by way of trial — za poskus

by a year younger — leto mlajši

two meters by six — dvakrat šest metrov površine
II [bai]
adverb

blizu, v bližini, poleg, zraven; mimo

by and by — kmalu nato, kasneje

close by — čisto zraven

to go by — iti mimo

hard by — čisto poleg

by and large — nasploh

to lay by — prihraniti

to pass by — mimo iti

figuratively to pass s.o. by — prezreti koga

to put by — prihraniti

to stand by — nič ne delati

to set by — prihraniti

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10 pledge

[ple‹] 1. noun
1) (a promise: He gave me his pledge.) obljuba

2) (something given by a person who is borrowing money etc to the person he has borrowed it from, to be kept until the money etc is returned: He borrowed $20 and left his watch as a pledge.) zastavilo

3) (a sign or token: They exchanged rings as a pledge of their love.) jamstvo
2. verb
1) (to promise: He pledged his support.) obljubiti

2) (to give to someone when borrowing money etc: to pledge one's watch.) zastaviti

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I [pledž]
noun

jamstvo, poroštvo, zastava, zalog; history talec, porok; obljuba, zaobljuba, obveza; zdravica, napitnica; figuratively dokaz ljubezni

pledge of love — otrok, dokaz ljubezni

in pledge of — kot jamstvo za; figuratively kot dokaz za; kot znak, da

under (the) pledge of secrecy — pod obljubo molčečnosti

to hold in pledge — imeti v zalogu

to put in pledge — dati v zalog, zastaviti

to redeem one's pledge — izpolniti zaobljubo

to take ( —ali sign) the pledge — odpovedati se pijači

to take in pledge — vzeti kot zalog
II [pledž]
transitive verb

zastaviti, dati v zalog, jamčiti; naložiti dolžnost (to komu), slovesno obljubiti; nazdraviti, napiti komu

economy pledged securities — lombardirani vrednostni papirji

to pledge allegiance to — zapriseči (zastavi zvestobo)

to pledge o.s. — zaobljubiti se

to pledge one's word — dati besedo

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11 colour

1. noun
1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) barva

2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) barva

3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) barva

4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) barvitost
2. adjective
((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) barven
3. verb
(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) barvati

- coloured
4. noun
((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) črnec

- colourful
- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours
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I
American color [kʌlə]

noun barva, odtenek; barva kože, pigment; kolorit; rdečica; videz; figuratively pretveza, maska; plural zastava; ton, prizvok

to be in colours — imeti na sebi pisano obleko

colour bar — rasna segregacija; diskriminacija

to change colour — prebledeti, zardeti

to come off with flying colours — zmagati na vsej črti

to come out of one's true colour — pokazati svoj pravi značaj

to desert the colours — dezertirati

to feel ( —ali be) off colour — slabo se počutiti

to fly false colours — varati pod krinko poštenosti

fast colour — obstojna barva

fugitive colour — nestalna barva

to give colour to s.th. — poživiti, opravičiti kaj; dati videz resničnosti

to join the colours — iti služit vojake

high colour — rdeča polt

to hoist the colours — izobesiti zastavo

to lay on the colours too thickly — pretiravati

to lend colour to s.th. — poživiti kaj

colour line — črta, ki strogo deli belce od črncev

to lose colour — prebledeti

to nail one's colours to the mast — neomajno vztrajati pri svoji odločitvi

to paint in bright colours — biti optimist

to put a false colour on — napačno razložiti

to see the colour of s.o.'s money — dobiti od koga denar

to see things in their true colour — videti stvari v pravi luči

to stick to one's colours — držati se svojih načel, ravnati po svojih načelih

to strike ( —ali lower) one's colours — vdati, ukloniti se

to take one's colour from s.o. — posnemati koga

to serve with the colours — služiti v vojski

under colour of s.th. — pod krinko česa

to wear s.o.'s colours — biti privrženec koga

to sail under false colours — pretvarjati se, biti licemerec

man (woman) of colour — človek, ki ni belec
II
American color [kʌlə]

1.

transitive verb

barvati, slikati; figuratively olepšati, pretiravati;

2.

intransitive verb

barvo dobiti, zardeti

to colour up to the eyes — zardeti do ušes

English-Slovenian dictionary > colour
12 replace

[rə'pleis]
verb

1) (to put, use etc (a person, thing etc), or to be put, used etc, in place of another: I must replace that broken lock; He replaced the cup he broke with a new one; Cars have replaced horses as the normal means of transport.) nadomestiti

2) (to put (something) back where it was: Please replace the books on the shelves.) dati nazaj

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- replaceable
- replacement
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[ripléis]
transitive verb

nadomestiti (by, with z); zopet namestiti (položiti, postaviti) (in v); postaviti na prejšnje mesto; dati nazaj, vrniti; stopiti na, zavzeti mesto, izpodriniti, zastopati (koga) (as kot); izpolniti mesto (kake osebe), zamenjati koga (by s kom)

to replace a lost book — nadomestiti izgubljeno knjigo

paper money has replaced specie — papirnati denar je izpodrinil kovanega

to replace a sum of money borrowed — vrniti izposojeno vsoto denarja

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13 fight

1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb
1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) pretepati se

2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) upirati se

3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) prepirati se
2. noun
1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) spopad

2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) boj

3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) bojevitost

4) (a boxing-match.) dvoboj

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- fighter
- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight
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I [fait]
noun

boj, borba, bitka, spopad, dvoboj, mečevanje; prepir, pretep; tekma; bojevitost

colloquially a dog fight — borba v zraku

to give ( —ali make) a fight — boriti se

to put up a good fight — hrabro se boriti

running fight — borba pred umikom

single fight — dvoboj

to show fight — pokazati pripravljenost za boj, pokazati zobe

sham fight — manever, navidezna bitka

to make a fight of it — pogumno se boriti

a tea fight — velika čajanka

hand-to-hand fight — pretep, boj na nož

there is no fight left in him — je že od boja utrujen

there is fight in him yet — še ni premagan

stand-up fight — borba po vseh pravilih
II [fait]
transitive verb & transitive verb

(against, about, for, with, on behalf of) boriti, vojskovati se; odbijati; braniti (se); priboriti si; premagati; pestiti se, boksati; prepirati se

to fight one's battles over again — obnavljati spomine na razburljive dogodke v svoji preteklosti

that cock won't fight — to ne bo držalo; tukaj nekaj ni v redu

to fight with one's gloves off — ne izbirati sredstev za boj, ne prijemati koga z rokavicami

to fight a lone hand — boriti se sam, brez pomoči

to fight for one's own hand — boriti se za lastno korist

to fight shy of s.o. — izogibati se koga

to fight for dear life — boriti se na življenje in smrt

to fight in the last ditch — do kraja se boriti

to fight a good fight — hrabro se boriti

to fight one's way — prebiti se

to fight a question — prepirati se za kaj

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14 claim

[kleim] 1. verb
1) (to say that something is a fact: He claims to be the best runner in the class.) trditi

2) (to demand as a right: You must claim your money back if the goods are damaged.) zahtevati

3) (to state that one is the owner of: Does anyone claim this book?) lastiti si
2. noun
1) (a statement (that something is a fact): Her claim that she was the millionaire's daughter was disproved.) trditev

2) ((a demand for) a payment of compensation etc: a claim for damages against her employer.) zahteva

3) (a demand for something which (one says) one owns or has a right to: a rightful claim to the money.) terjatev

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- claimant

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I [kleim]
transitive verb

zahtevati, terjati, lastiti si; priti po kaj; American trditi, sklicevati se; ugotoviti

to claim against — zahtevati odškodnino (s tožbo)

to claim attention — zaslužiti pozornost
II [kleim]
noun

( for) zahteva, terjatev; reklamacija; American ugotovitev, trditev; (to) upravičenost, pravica; dodeljena parcela; rudarska koncesija

to lay claim to, to put in ( —ali enter) a claim to — lastiti si, zahtevati kaj

to have no claim on s.o. — ne imeti pravice od koga kaj zahtevati

to make good a claim — dokazati svojo pravico

to jump a claim — nezakonito se polastiti tujega zemljišča

to stake out a claim — zagotoviti si pravico na kaj, lastiti si pravico do odkritja

to place a claim — zahtevati odškodnino

English-Slovenian dictionary > claim
15 order

['o:də] 1. noun
1) (a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command: He gave me my orders.) ukaz

2) (an instruction to supply something: orders from Germany for special gates.) naročilo

3) (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) naročilo

4) (a tidy state: The house is in (good) order.) red

5) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) red

6) (an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc: in alphabetical order; in order of importance.) red

7) (a peaceful condition: law and order.) red

8) (a written instruction to pay money: a banker's order.) nalog

9) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) vrsta, red

10) (a religious society, especially of monks: the Benedictine order.) red
2. verb
1) (to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority): He ordered me to stand up.) ukazati

2) (to give an instruction to supply: I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.) naročiti

3) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) urediti

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- orderly
3. noun
1) (a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.) bolničar

2) (a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.) vojaški kurir

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- orderliness
- order-form
- in order
- in order that
- in order
- in order to
- made to order
- on order
- order about
- out of order
- a tall order
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I [ɔ:də]
noun

red, ureditev, urejenost

biology red, vrsta; vrsta, zapovrstje; military razvrstitev, razpored, predpisana uniforma in oprema; stanje; ukaz, nalog, odredba; economy (plačilni) nalog, naročilo, naročilnica, nakaznica; juridically sklep (sodišča), odredba; vrsta, razred, stopnja; čin; mathematics red, stopnja; družbeni sloj, družbena ureditev; ecclesiastic cerkveni red, liturgijski red; viteški red, odlikovanje viteškega reda; odlikovanje, red; architecture klasičen slog stebrov; military at the order — puška pri nogi

military battle order — bojni red

military marching order — paradna formacija

military close (open) order — zaprta (odprta) formacija

mathematics equation of the first order — enačba prve stopnje

holy orders — duhovniški stan

in orders — posvečen (v duhovnika)

to take orders — biti posvečen v duhovnika (meniha)

lower (higher) orders — nižji (višji) družbeni sloji

by order of — po nalogu, na ukaz

to order — po povelju, po naročilu

in order — v redu, urejen

in bad order — v slabem stanju, neurejen

to keep order — vzdrževati red

to put in order — urediti

to set in order — urediti, razvrstiti

to take order with — urediti kaj, razpolagati s čim

in order to — zato da, da bi

in order that — da bi

on order — po naročilu, naročen

made to order — narejen po naročilu (meri)

on the order of — do neke mere sličen; economy po naročilu koga

out of order — pokvarjen, neurejen, v slabem stanju; medicine načet (zdravje)

under the orders of — pod poveljstvom

to be under orders to do s.th. — na ukaz kaj narediti

till further orders — do nadaljnjega

parliament to call to order — pozvati k redu

parliament to rise to (a point of) order — prositi za besedo

parliament to rule s.o. out of order — odvzeti komu besedo

economy to be on order — biti naročen (blago)

economy to fill an order — izvršiti naročilo

economy to give ( —ali place) an order — naročiti

economy money order — denarna nakaznica

economy postal order — poštna nakaznica

apple-pie order — popoln red

order of the day — dnevni red; military dnevno povelje

to pass to the order of the day — preiti na dnevni red

architecture Doric order — dorski slog (stebrov)

colloquially a large ( —ali tall) order — težka naloga

Order of Merit — red za zasluge

American in short order — takoj, nemudoma

standing order — trajno pravilo, določen poslovnik

in working order — pripravljen za delo (stroj)

law and order — mir in red
II [ɔ:də]
1.

transitive verb

ukazati, odrediti; poslati koga kam (to); medicine predpisati (zdravilo); naročiti; urediti;

2.

intransitive verb

ukazovati; naročati

military order arms! — puške k nogam!

to order s.o. home — poslati koga domov

to order s.o. out of one's house — spoditi koga iz svoje hiše

English-Slovenian dictionary > order
16 keep

[ki:p] 1. past tense, past participle - kept; verb
1) (to have for a very long or indefinite period of time: He gave me the picture to keep.) obdržati

2) (not to give or throw away; to preserve: I kept the most interesting books; Can you keep a secret?) obdržati (zase)

3) (to (cause to) remain in a certain state or position: I keep this gun loaded; How do you keep cool in this heat?; Will you keep me informed of what happens?) imeti, (vz)držati

4) (to go on (performing or repeating a certain action): He kept walking.) nadaljevati

5) (to have in store: I always keep a tin of baked beans for emergencies.) imeti na zalogi

6) (to look after or care for: She keeps the garden beautifully; I think they keep hens.) skrbeti za, rediti

7) (to remain in good condition: That meat won't keep in this heat unless you put it in the fridge.) držati se

8) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) voditi

9) (to hold back or delay: Sorry to keep you.) zadrževati

10) (to provide food, clothes, housing for (someone): He has a wife and child to keep.) vzdrževati

11) (to act in the way demanded by: She kept her promise.) držati

12) (to celebrate: to keep Christmas.) praznovati
2. noun
(food and lodging: She gives her mother money every week for her keep; Our cat really earns her keep - she kills all the mice in the house.) oskrba; stanovanje in hrana

- keeper
- keeping
- keep-fit
- keepsake
- for keeps
- in keeping with
- keep away
- keep back
- keep one's distance
- keep down
- keep one's end up
- keep from
- keep going
- keep hold of
- keep house for
- keep house
- keep in
- keep in mind
- keep it up
- keep off
- keep on
- keep oneself to oneself
- keep out
- keep out of
- keep time
- keep to
- keep something to oneself
- keep to oneself
- keep up
- keep up with the Joneses
- keep watch
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I [ki:p]
noun

history osrednji grajski stolp, trdnjava, temnica; življenjske potrebščine, oskrba, stanovanje in hrana, vzdrževanje; paša, krma; military utrdba, reduta; plural igra, pri kateri zmagovalec obdrži dobitek

to play for keeps — igrati za dobitek

slang for keeps — za vedno

to earn one's keep — preživljati se, zaslužiti za vsakdanji kruh
II [ki:p]
1.

transitive verb

držati, obdržati, ohraniti, zadržati; držati se (zakona, navade); vztrajati, obdržati se; zadrževati koga; vzdrževati, čuvati, varovati, podpirati; nadzirati, na skrbi imeti, skrbeti za; imeti, voditi (trgovino), upravljati (šolo), imeti (sejo); imeti v zalogi; voditi (knjige, račune); praznovati, obhajati (praznik); imeti, gojiti (čebele, konje itd.);

2.

intransitive verb

ostati (doma, v postelji); počutiti se ( he ŋs well); držati se, ne kvariti se (hrana, vreme); kar naprej kaj delati ( she ŋs smiling); colloquially stanovati (where do you keep?)

to keep an appointment — držati se zmenka

commerce we don't keep this article — tega artikla nimamo v zalogi

to keep s.o. at arm's length — ne dati komu do sebe

to keep in bread and water — komaj se preživljati

to keep one's balance — obdržati ravnotežje

to keep the ball rolling — ohraniti kaj v teku

to keep body and soul together — životariti

commerce to keep books — voditi knjige

to keep cool — ostati miren

to keep one's counsel — obdržati kaj zase

to keep s.o.'s counsel — varovati tujo skrivnost

to keep a close check on — skrbno nadzirati

to keep in countenance — bodriti koga

to keep one's countenance — ostati resen, zadrževati smeh

to keep clear of — izogniti se česa, čuvati se česa

to keep s.o. company — delati komu družbo

to keep company with — skupaj hoditi, družiti se z

to keep s.th. dark — obdržati zase, ne izdati

to keep a diary — voditi dnevnik

to keep one's distance — držati se ob strani

to keep one's end up — braniti svoja načela, opravljati svoje delo

to keep an eye on ( —ali out for) —ali to keep one's eyes open ( —ali skinned) —ali to keep one's weather eye lifted — imeti odprte oči, budno paziti

to keep the field — vztrajati, ne se umakniti

to keep one's feet — obdržati se na nogah

to keep a straight face — zadrževati smeh

to keep friends — ostati v prijateljstvu

to keep guard — stražiti

to keep (a) guard over s.o. — čuvati koga

sport to keep (the) goal — biti vratar, čuvati gol

God keep you! — bog te varuj!

to keep s.th. going — ohraniti kaj v teku

to keep s.o. going — komu (denarno) pomagati; ohraniti koga pri življenju

to keep the game alive — ohraniti v teku

to keep one's ground — ne popustiti, vztrajati, ostati čvrst

to keep early ( —ali good) hours — prihajati zgodaj domov, hoditi zgodaj spat

to keep bad ( —ali late) hours — prihajati pozno domov, hoditi pozno spat

to keep one's hand in — ne priti iz vaje

to keep one's head — ne izgubiti glave, ostati miren

to keep one's head above water — ne zaiti v dolgove

to keep house — vzdrževati družino, gospodinjiti

to keep open house — biti gostoljuben, sprejemati goste ob vsakem času

to keep hold of — ne puščati iz rok

to keep in good health — ostati pri dobrem zdravju

to keep a good look-out — budno opazovati, paziti

to keep s.o. for lunch — zadržati koga pri kosilu

to keep a stiff upper lip — ne izgubiti poguma

to keep the law — držati se zakona

to keep in mind — zapomniti si

to keep one's nose to the grindstone — neprestano garati

to keep pace ( —ali step) with — iti v korak, ne zaostajati

to keep peace between — obdržati mir med

to keep the peace — držati se reda

American to keep plugging along — kar naprej garati

to keep s.o. posted ( —ali advised, informed, up to date) — stalno koga obveščati

to keep the pot boiling — životariti, komaj se prebijati

to keep one's pecker up — ne izgubiti poguma in odločnosti

to keep good relations with s.o. — ostati s kom v dobrih odnosih

to keep a record of s.th. — voditi zapise o čem

to keep in good repair — ohraniti v dobrem stanju

to keep sight of — imeti kaj pred očmi, misliti na

to keep the stage — obdržati se na odru

to keep straight on — iti naravnost naprej

to keep in suspense — pustiti koga v negotovosti; commerce imeti v evidenci (nerešeno zadevo)

to keep time — držati se takta

to keep good time — biti točen (ura)

to keep track of — zasledovati (dogodke), biti na tekočem

to keep one's temper — zadržati se, ne razburjati se

American to keep tabs on — nadzirati, budno spremljati (dogodke), zapomniti si

to keep in touch with — ostati s kom v stikih

to keep together — biti složen, držati skupaj

to keep one's word — držati besedo

to keep watch (over, on) — stražiti koga, oprezovati za kom

to keep the wolf from the door — komaj se preživljati

English-Slovenian dictionary > keep
17 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
18 pot

[pot] 1. noun
(any one of many kinds of deep container used in cooking, for holding food, liquids etc or for growing plants: a cooking-pot; a plant-pot; a jam-pot; The waiter brought her a pot of tea.) lonec
2. verb
(to plant in a pot.) posaditi v lonček

- potted
- pothole
- pot-shot
- take pot luck
* * *
I [pɔt]
noun

lonec, lonček, ročka; kangla, vrč (za pivo); technical talilni lonec, topilnik; colloquially pehar denarja; sport colloquially pokal, nagrada; colloquially polog (pri kvartanju); past (košara) za lov na rake; slang marihuana; okrogel klobuk; mera za sadje; z vodo napolnjena luknja; colloquially "visoka živina"

ink pot — črnilnik

tea pot — čajnik

chamber pot — nočna posoda

slang big pot — visoka živina, pomembna oseba

slang a pot of money — na kupe denarja

the pot calls the kettle black — sova sinici glavana pravi

to enjoy one's pot — uživati ob vrčku piva

slang to go to pot — propasti, iti k vragu

to keep the pot boiling — ali to make the pot boil — životariti, ohraniti stvar v teku

slang to put on the pot — visoko staviti (na dirki)

to put the pot on — preveč zahtevati, pretirati

to pot a quart into a pint pot — poskusiti kaj nemogočega

slang to take a pot at — streljati na koga

a watched pot never boils — kdor nestrpno čaka, nikoli ne dočaka

pots and pans — kuhinjska posoda
II [pɔt]
1.

transitive verb

vložiti (sadje), dati v lonec, kuhati v sopari, dušiti; posaditi lončnice; ustreliti z bližine (samo za hrano); pograbiti; colloquially doseči kaj; opehariti koga;

2.

intransitive verb

streljati z bližine (at na)

English-Slovenian dictionary > pot
19 pile

I 1. noun
1) (a (large) number of things lying on top of each other in a tidy or untidy heap; a (large) quantity of something lying in a heap: There was a neat pile of books in the corner of the room; There was pile of rubbish at the bottom of the garden.) kup

2) (a large quantity, especially of money: He must have piles of money to own a car like that.) kup
2. verb
(to make a pile of (something); to put (something) in a pile: He piled the boxes on the table.) zložiti na kup

- pile-up
- pile up II
(a large pillar or stake driven into the ground as a foundation for a building, bridge etc: The entire city of Venice is built on piles.) pilot

- pile-driver
III noun
(the thick soft surface of carpets and some kinds of cloth eg velvet: The rug has a deep/thick pile.) vlaknata površina

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I [páil]
noun

ošiljen kol, opornik, pilot
II [páil]
transitive verb

zabiti kole, podpreti z oporniki
III [páil]
noun

skladanica, kup, kopa; grmada (tudi funeral ŋ); visoka stavba, skupina stavb; electrical suha baterija (voltova), galvanski stolp; colloquially kup (denarja, zlata itd.)

atomic pile — nuklearni reaktor

a pile of arms — piramida pušk

he has piles of money — ima na kupe denarja

to make one's pile — obogateti
IV [páil]
1.

transitive verb

kopičiti, nakopičiti, grmaditi, nagrmaditi, skladati (tudi up); naložiti, natrpati (on na), prenatrpati; colloquially gnati do skrajnosti, pretirati;

2.

intransitive verb

(zlasti z up) nakopičiti se, natlačiti se; colloquially zdrenjati se ( into v, out of iz); American colloquially plezati, plaziti se

to pile up arms — zložiti puške v piramido

colloquially to pile it on — pretiravati

to pile in — stlačiti se v tesen prostor

to pile on ( —ali up) the agony — s pretiravanjem povečati bolečino

to pile up — nasesti (ladja), razbiti avion, doživeti letalsko nesrečo
V [páil]
noun

dlaka, kožušček; vlakno (volne, bombaža žameta); žametasta površina blaga
VI [páil]
noun

British English archaic stran kovanca s števiiko

cross or pile — glava ali številka

English-Slovenian dictionary > pile
20 roll

I 1. [rəul] noun
1) (anything flat (eg a piece of paper, a carpet) rolled into the shape of a tube, wound round a tube etc: a roll of kitchen foil; a toilet-roll.) zvitek

2) (a small piece of baked bread dough, used eg for sandwiches: a cheese roll.) žemljica

3) (an act of rolling: Our dog loves a roll on the grass.) valjanje

4) (a ship's action of rocking from side to side: She said that the roll of the ship made her feel ill.) zibanje

5) (a long low sound: the roll of thunder.) bobnenje

6) (a thick mass of flesh: I'd like to get rid of these rolls of fat round my waist.) kolobar (sala)

7) (a series of quick beats (on a drum).) tuš (bobnanje)
2. verb
1) (to move by turning over like a wheel or ball: The coin/pencil rolled under the table; He rolled the ball towards the puppy; The ball rolled away.) kotaliti (se)

2) (to move on wheels, rollers etc: The children rolled the cart up the hill, then let it roll back down again.) odkotaliti

3) (to form (a piece of paper, a carpet) into the shape of a tube by winding: to roll the carpet back.) zviti

4) ((of a person or animal in a lying position) to turn over: The doctor rolled the patient (over) on to his side; The dog rolled on to its back.) prevaliti (se)

5) (to shape (clay etc) into a ball or cylinder by turning it about between the hands: He rolled the clay into a ball.) svaljkati

6) (to cover with something by rolling: When the little girl's dress caught fire, they rolled her in a blanket.) zamotati

7) (to make (something) flat or flatter by rolling something heavy over it: to roll a lawn; to roll pastry (out).) valjati

8) ((of a ship) to rock from side to side while travelling forwards: The storm made the ship roll.) zibati (se)

9) (to make a series of low sounds: The thunder rolled; The drums rolled.) bobneti

10) (to move (one's eyes) round in a circle to express fear, surprise etc.) zavijati (oči)

11) (to travel in a car etc: We were rolling along merrily when a tyre burst.) voziti se

12) ((of waves, rivers etc) to move gently and steadily: The waves rolled in to the shore.) valiti se

13) ((of time) to pass: Months rolled by.) teči

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- roller
- rolling
- roller-skate 3. verb
(to move on roller-skates: You shouldn't roller-skate on the pavement.) kotalkati se

- rolling-pin
- roll in
- roll up II
(a list of names, eg of pupils in a school etc: There are nine hundred pupils on the roll.) seznam

- roll-call

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I [róul]
noun

zvitek (papirja, pergamenta itd.), rola; listina, seznam, spisek, popis, imenik, register, katalog; zmotani akti, spisi, letopisi, kronike, anali itd.; American slang zvitek bankovcev, denar; kruhek, žemljica, (mesna) rulada; archaic polž; technical valj, cilinder; military klicanje po imenih, apel; valjanje, trkljanje, kotaljenje, obračanje; figuratively majava hoja, guganje; pozibavanje (ladje, letala); bobnenje (groma), hrumenje, valovanje (vode); (o zvoku) blagoglasje, skladnost, gostolevek (kanarčka); aeronautics obračanje, vrtenje (umetnostno letanje)

roll film — film v zvitku

roll of hair — rola, zvitek, koder las

roll of honour — častni seznam (zlasti padlih v vojni)

Master of the Rolls — predsednik državnega arhiva

the Rolls — državni arhiv, registratura (v Londonu)

Swiss roll — vrsta sendviča z marmelado

to call the roll — klicati po imenih

to put on the roll — vpisati v seznam

to strike s.o. off the rolls — brisati, črtati koga s seznama; diskvalificirati koga (zaradi nepoštenja itd.)
II [róul]
1.

transitive verb

valiti, valjati, kotaliti; zviti, (za)motati, zvijati, svaljkati; prevažati, transportirati, voziti; tanjšati, valjati (železo); gugati, pozibavati, valoviti; phonetics izgovarjati soglasnik r z vibriranjem; (o reki) valiti, gnati; vrteti (okoli osi); razmišljati, prevračati misli, tuhtati

to roll a barrel — valiti sod

to roll a blanket, a carpet — zviti odejo, preprogo

to roll a cigarette — zviti (si) cigareto

to roll one's eyes — zavijati oči

to roll a lawn, a road — zvaljati trato, cesto

to roll metals — valjati kovino

to roll 10 miles on one's bicycle — prevoziti 10 milj na biciklu

to roll one's r's — drdrati, pogrkavati svoje r

to roll onesslf into one's blanket — zaviti se v odejo

to roll paste — razvaljati testo

to roll a problem round in one's mind — premišljati sem in tja o problemu

to roll a snowball — narediti sneženo kepo

roll my log and I'll yours figuratively roka roko umiva

he rolled himself from side to side — pozibaval, majal se je z ene strani na drugo

the hedgehog rolled itself into a ball — jež se je zvil v klobčič

they rolled him along the corridor — peljali so ga (na vozičku) po hodniku

the waves rolled the ship — valovi so pozibavali ladjo

to set the ball rolling figuratively spraviti (stvar) v tek, sprožiti, začeti;

2.

intransitive verb

valiti se, valjati se, kotaliti se; voziti se, potovati; obračati se, vrteti se; potekati, minevati, teči (o času, letnih časih); odteči, odtekati (o vodi); valovati, biti valovit (o morju); valovito se raztezati (o kopnem, zemlji); odjekniti, odmevati, razlegati se (o zvoku); bobneti; šumeti; gostoleti (o kanarčku); (o osebah) majati se, zibati se, racati; vrteti se, obračati se (okoli svoje osi)

a rolling country — valovita pokrajina

a rolling stone — valeč se kamen, figuratively nestanoviten človek, ki stalno menjava službo

to roll in money, in riches — valjati se v denarju, biti zelo bogat

to roll into one — stekati se v eno, združiti se

a rolling stone gathers no moss figuratively goste službe, redke suknje

to start the ball rolling figuratively spraviti kaj v tek, začeti, sprožiti

to start rolling — začeti se

we had been rolling for hours without stopping once at a station — vozili smo se ure in ure, ne da bi se bili ustavili enkrat na kaki postaji

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