vrteti se komu po glavi

1) (the top part of the human body, containing the eyes, mouth, brain etc; the same part of an animal's body: The stone hit him on the head; He scratched his head in amazement.) glava

2) (a person's mind: An idea came into my head last night.) pamet

3) (the height or length of a head: The horse won by a head.) dolžina glave

4) (the chief or most important person (of an organization, country etc): Kings and presidents are heads of state; ( also adjective) a head waiter; the head office.) glava; glaven

5) (anything that is like a head in shape or position: the head of a pin; The boy knocked the heads off the flowers.) glava, glavica

6) (the place where a river, lake etc begins: the head of the Nile.) izvir

7) (the top, or the top part, of anything: Write your address at the head of the paper; the head of the table.) vrh

8) (the front part: He walked at the head of the procession.) čelo

9) (a particular ability or tolerance: He has no head for heights; She has a good head for figures.) nadarjenost

10) (a headmaster or headmistress: You'd better ask the Head.) predstojnik

11) ((for) one person: This dinner costs $10 a head.) na osebo

12) (a headland: Beachy Head.) rt

13) (the foam on the top of a glass of beer etc.) pena

1) (to go at the front of or at the top of (something): The procession was headed by the band; Whose name headed the list?) biti na čelu

2) (to be in charge of; to be the leader of: He heads a team of scientists investigating cancer.) voditi

3) ((often with for) to (cause to) move in a certain direction: The explorers headed south; The boys headed for home; You're heading for disaster!) iti proti

4) (to put or write something at the beginning of: His report was headed `Ways of Preventing Industrial Accidents'.) nasloviti

5) ((in football) to hit the ball with the head: He headed the ball into the goal.) udariti z glavo

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glavni, na čelu

British English head boy — najboljši dijak v razredu

head cook — glavni kuhar

head nurse — glavna medicinska sestra

head waiter — glavni natakar, plačilni

head wind — nasprotni veter

glava; dolžina glave (pri konjskih dirkah); pamet, razum, nadarjenost; vodja, voditelj, predstojnik; šolski direktor, -ica; glava kovanca; glava, vrh, gornji del, vzglavje (strani, postelje, knjige, pisma, stopnišča itd); glava žeblja, kladiva, bucike; višek, kriza; pena na pivu, mleku; rogovje (srnjadi); oseba, komad, kos, glava (živine); stržen čira; izvir reke; zajezena voda; pritisk pare zraka, plina, vode; predgorje, rt; familiarly plačilni, glavni natakar; streha na vozu; glavna točka (govora), poglavje (knjige), rubrika, stolpič (v časopisu); economy postavka (v računu, fakturi), kategorija; slang latrina

above one's head — težko razumljivo, prepametno za koga

at the head of — na čelu

by head and shoulders — ali by the head and ears — s silo, na silo

(by) head and shoulders above — mnogo boljši od

by a short head — za dolžino nosu, figuratively z majhno prednostjo

crowned heads — kronane glave

a deer of the first head — petleten jelen ali srnjak

nautical down by the head — s prednjim delom ladje globoko v vodi

head of the family — družinski poglavar

heads of state — državni voditelji

the head and front — bistvo, politics glava zarote, vodja upora

from head to foot — od nog do glave, popolnoma

head first ( —ali foremost) — z glavo naprej, figuratively nepremišljeno

a large head of game — velik trop živali

hot head — vročekrvnež

a beautiful head of hair — gosti lasje

head over heels — narobe, do ušes, na vrat na nos

old head on young shoulders — pameten mlad človek

off one's head — ali out of one's head — nor

over one's head — viseč nad glavo (nevarnost); težko razumljivo

over head and ears — ali head over ears — preko glave, do ušes, popolnoma

on this head — o tem predmetu

out of one's own head — sam od sebe, sam, na lastnem zeljniku

two heads are better than one — kolikor glav, toliko misli

head of water — vodni steber

heads or tails — obe strani kovanca (pri metanju)

twopence a head — 2 penija na osebo

slang King's (Queen's) head — poštna znamka

weak in the head — slaboumen

head, cook and bottle washer — kdor s svojim vedenjem poudarja svojo veljavo

figuratively on your head be it! — naj gre na tvojo glavo, ti si odgovoren

ten head of cattle — deset glav živine;

Z glagoli: to beat s.o.'s head off — prekositi koga

colloquially to bite ( —ali snap) s.o.'s head off — uničiti koga

to bring to a head — pripeljati do krize

figuratively to break one's head — glavo si razbijati

to carry one's head high — nositi glavo pokonci, biti ponosen

to come to a head — priti do krize, zaostriti se

medicine zagnojiti se, dozoreti (čir); slang to do a thing on one's head — igraje kaj napraviti

to drag in by the head and ears — s silo privleči, za ušesa privleči

to eat ( —ali cry, scream, run) one's head off — pretirano se razburjati

it entered my head — v glavo mi je padlo

to give s.o. his head figuratively popustiti uzde

to get s.th. through one's head — doumeti, razumeti kaj

to go over s.o.'s head — biti pretežko za koga

to go to s.o.'s head — v glavo stopiti

this horse eats his head off — ta konj več pojé, kot je vreden

to have a good head for — biti nadarjen za

to have a head — imeti "mačka"

to have a good head on one's shoulders — biti dobre glave

to have one's head in the clouds figuratively živeti v oblakih, sanjariti

to have one's head screwed in the right way — imeti glavo na pravem koncu

to have a head like a sieve — imeti glavo kot rešeto, biti pozabljiv

to hit the nail on the head — točno zadeti

to keep one's head — ostati miren

figuratively to keep one's head above water — obdržati se nad vodo, životariti

to knock s.th. on the head — onemogočiti kaj

to lay ( —ali put) heads together — glave stikati, posvetovati se

to let s.o. have his head — pustiti komu delati po svoji glavi

to lie on s.o.'s head — biti komu v breme

to lose one's head — izgubiti glavo

I cannot make head or tail of — ne razumem, ne vidim ne repa ne glave

to make head — izbiti na čelo, napredovati

to make head against — uspešno se upirati

to be put over the heads of other persons — pri napredovanju preskočiti druge

to put s.th. into s.o.'s head — vtepsti komu kaj v glavo

to put s.th. into one's head — vtepsti si kaj v glavo

to put s.th. out of s.o.'s head — izbiti komu kaj iz glave

to put s.th. out of one's head — izbiti si kaj iz glave

to put one's head in the lion's mouth — izpostavljati se nevarnosti

to rear one's head — glavo dvigniti

to run in s.o.'s head — vrteti se komu po glavi

to run one's head against a brick wall — riniti z glavo skozi zid

to shake one's head — odkimati

to shake one's head at — z glavo zmajati

to suffer from swelled ( —ali swollen) head — biti zelo domišljav

to take the head — prevzeti vodstvo

to take s.th. into one's head — v glavo si kaj vtepsti

to talk over s.o.'s head — za koga preučeno govoriti

to talk s.o.'s head off — utruditi koga z nenehnim govorjenjem

to talk through the back of s.o.'s head — neprestano v koga govoriti

to throw o.s. at the head of — obesiti se komu za vrat

to talk one's head off — nenehno govoriti

to turn one's head — v glavo stopiti

to turn s.o.'s head — glavo komu zmešati

to win by a head — zmagati za dolžino glave (konj)

to work one's head off — pretegniti se od dela, garati

heads I win, tails you lose — izgubiš v vsakem primeru

voditi, biti na čelu, priti na čelo; zapovedovati; prekositi, prekašati; obiti (reko) pri izviru; dati naslov, glavo (pismu itd.); obrezati, odsekati vrh (stebla, krošnjo drevesa); upreti se, nasprotovati, postaviti se po robu; obrniti proti; sport udariti žogo z glavo;

biti obrnjen z glavo, pročeljem proti; iti, gibati se proti ( for); pluti proti ( for); razvijati se; American izvirati (reka)

to head for war — siliti v vojno

1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) plavati

2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) plavati

3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) vrteti se

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plavanje; figuratively rahlo drsenje; rib polno mesto, globina v reki; (redko) plavalni mehur; figuratively tok dogodkov, tekoči posli, posel; figuratively vrtogavica, omotica

the cross-channel swim — plavanje čez Rokavski preliv

to be in (out of) the swim colloquially (ne) poznati tekoče posle ali razmere, (ne) biti na tekočem

to be in the swim with — spoznati se v

to go for a swim — iti na plavanje (kopanje)

to have (to take) a swim — kópati se, plavati

plavati, priplavati, plavati na vodi, pluti; (prah ipd.) plavati, viseti v zraku; figuratively kópati se; figuratively čutiti vrtoglavico, biti vrtoglav, vrteti se (komu); plavati (in v), biti preplavljen, kópati se (in v);

preplavati, plavati (neko razdaljo); prisiliti, nagnati (koga), da plava; plavati na tekomovanju, prepeljati s plavanjem ( across čez)

to swim s.o. — tekmovati s kom v plavanju ( 100 yards 100 jardov)

to swim against the stream — plavati proti toku (tudi figuratively)

to swim to the bottom — potoniti, potopiti se

to swim beyond one's depth — predaleč (ven) plavati

to swim the horse across the river — s konjem preplavati reko

to swim the lake — preplavati jezero

to swim a mile — plavati eno miljo

to swim like a fish (a stone) — plavati kot riba (kamen)

to swim like a tailor's goose figuratively plavati kot kamen, potopiti se

to swim a race — udeležiti se plavalnih tekem

to swim on one's side (on one's back) — bočno (hrbtno) plavati

to swim with the tide (the stream) — plavati s tokom (tudi figuratively); figuratively pridružiti se večini

to swim the river, the Channel — preplavati reko, Rokavski preliv

the cellar was swimming in wine — klet je plavala v vinu, je bila preplavljena z vinom

cork swims in water — plutovina plava v vodi

oil swims on water — olje plava na vodi

the meat swims in gravy — meso plava v (mesnem) soku

her eyes were swimming with tears — oči so se ji topile v solzah

my head swims — vrti se mi v glavi, imam vrtoglavico

the room swam before my eyes — zdelo se mi je, da se soba vrti okoli mene

she swam up to him figuratively zdrsnila je k njemu, kot da bi plavala

1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) obrniti

2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) obrniti se

3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) zaviti

4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) usmeriti

5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) zaviti okoli

6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) spremeniti

7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) postati

1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) obrat

2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) navoj

3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) ovinek, odcep

4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) (biti) na vrsti za

5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) točka

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vrtljaj, vrtenje, obračanje, obrat; ovinek, zavoj, okljuk, vijuga, krivulja; figuratively izkrivljenje; (posebna) smer, sprememba smeri, obrnjena smer; preokret, preobrat; kriza; economy prodaja, promet; sprememba, menjava, redno menjavanje pri opravljanju (posla, službe), turnus, vrstni red; zamena, šiht, posada, delovna izmena; runda; (kratek) sprehod, pot, runda; zaposlenost (s čim), (prehoden) poklic; usluga; prilika, priložnost; točka v programu (varieteja); namen, namera, potreba; figuratively sposobnost, talent, dar ( for za), nagnjenje; oblika, obris; način mišljenja, razpoloženje; postopek; izraz; colloquially živčni pretres, šak, omotica, strah, močno razburjenje; skisanje (mleka); printing obrnjena črka, obrnjen tisk; sport trojka (pri drsanju); plural medicine menstruacija, mesečna čišča

turn (and turn) about — izmenoma, menjaje se

at every turn — pri vsakem koraku, ob vsaki priliki, neprestano, ob vsakem času

before one's turn — preden smo na vrsti

by turns, in turns — izmenoma, zaporedoma; v turnusu, eno za drugim

every one in his turn! — vsakdo (vsi) po vrsti!

in turn — po vrsti

in the turn of a hand — v hipu, kot bi trenil

out of one's turn — zunaj, mimo svoje vrste; ne na mestu

to a turn — izvrstno

a turn of anger — napad jeze

turn of the century — konec stoletja

a turn of fortune (of Fortune's wheel) — preobrat, preokret sreče, usode

a turn to the left — zavoj na levo

turn of life medicine klimakterij

the turn of the tide — oseka, figuratively sprememba položaja, preobrat

done to a turn — (s)pečen kot treba

hand's turn — ročno delo

to be of humorous turn — imeti smisel za humor

to be on the turn — biti na preokretnici, prelomnici

he is fond of old turns of expression — on se rad starinsko izraža

whose turn is it? — kdo je na vrsti?

now it is my turn — sedaj sem jaz na vrsti

the milk is on the turn — mleko se bo vsak hip skisalo

the cake is done to a turn — kolač je ravno prav pečen

to do s.o. a good (bad) turn — napraviti komu dobro (slabo) uslugo

he did me an ill turn — škodoval mi je, eno mi je zagodel

one good turn deserves another — roka roko umiva, usluga za uslugo

to (a)wait one's turn — čakati, da pridemo na vrsto

to give s.o. a turn — prestrašiti koga

to have a turn for languages — ima dar za jezike

he has a curious turn of mind — čudnega značaja je

I heard short turns in the music-hall — slišal sem kratke točke programa v varieteju

left (right) turn! British English military na levo (desno)!

we read turn and turn about — menjavali smo se pri čitanju

don't speak out of your turn! — ne govori, če nisi na vrsti!

it serves my turn — to mi prav pride, mi dobro služi (koristi)

to take a turn at s.th. — kratek čas se s čim ukvarjati

to take a turn to the right — zaviti na desno

to take turns — medsebojno se menjavati ( at rowing pri veslanju)

to take a turn in the park — napraviti kratek sprehod (rundo) v parku

to take the good (bad) turn, to take a turn for the good (bad) — obrniti se na boljše (slabše)

disease took a favourable turn — bolezen se je obrnila na bolje

(za)vrteti (v krogu); obrniti, obračati, narobe obrniti; preobrniti, prekopati; odbiti, odvrniti; spremeniti smer, dati drugo smer; odločiti; spremeniti (v), predrugačiti, pretvoriti; prevesti (tekst); skisati (mleko); prekoračiti, preiti; obiti, military

obkoliti; izogniti se; zaviti okoli, obrniti, nameriti (korak itd.); napotiti, nagnati, spoditi ( into v); sport delati (prekuce, salte, kolo); otopiti, skrhati (nož); naščuvati, nahujskati ( against proti); zmešati (glavo), zmesti, znoriti; economy v denar spraviti, unovčiti; stružiti, zaokrogliti, zaobliti, dati okroglo obliko; lepo oblikovati; figuratively lepo formulirati (stavek); obsolete speljati na kriva pota, zapeljati; spreobrniti;

vrteti se, dati se vrteti; obračati se, obrniti se; prevračati se, prevrniti se; figuratively postaviti se na glavo; postati omotičen; zaviti, kreniti, napraviti zavoj; zateči se (to k), obrniti se, pogledati nazaj; oprijeti se, lotiti se, ukvarjati se; spremeniti se, spremeniti naravo; skisati se (mleko), postati (žaltav itd.), pokvariti se; stružiti se, postati top, skrhati se (nož); obsolete prebegniti, postati uskok (odpadnik, dezerter)

to turn an attack military odbiti napad

to turn the ( —ali one's) back (up)on — hrbet obrniti (pokazati); obrniti se proč od

to turn bankrupt — priti pod stečaj (v konkurz), bankrotirati, doživeti bankrot, priti na boben

he turned many books in his life figuratively mnogo je prebral v svojem življenju

to turn s.o.'s brain — znoriti koga

his brain has turned with overwork — zmešalo se mu je zaradi čezmernega dela

to turn bridle — obrniti se, začeti se umikati

to turn bear (bull) economy špekulirati na padec (dvig) cen in tečajev na borzi

to turn into cash — spraviti v denar (gotovino), unovčiti

to turn the cat in the pan figuratively stvar (že nekako) urediti, v red spraviti

to turn Catholic — postati katoličan

to turn the cheek figuratively obrniti (nastaviti) tudi drugo lice, požreti (kaj) zaradi (ljubega) miru

to turn one's coat figuratively obrniti, obračati plašč (po vetru)

he turned his coat — izneveril se je svoji stranki, postal je odpadnik

to have an old overcoat turned — dati si obrniti star površnik

turned commas — narekovaj

to turn colour — spremeniti barvo (postati bled ali rdeč)

to turn a compliment — napraviti lep poklon (kompliment)

to turn a street corner — zaviti okoli uličnega vogala

to turn the corner figuratively srečno prebroditi krizo

to turn a difficulty — izogniti se težavi, obiti težavo

to turn a deaf ear — narediti se gluhega (to za), ne hoteti slišati

to turn to a dictionary — zateči se k slovarju

to turn to the doctor — obrniti se na (konsultirati) zdravnika

to turn the edge of a knife — skrhati nož

to turn the edge of a remark — napraviti opazko manj ostro, omiliti opazko

to turn English into Slovene — prevesti iz angleščine v slovenščino

to turn king's ( American state's) evidence juridically postati glavna obremenilna priča

he is just turning 50 — pravkar je prekoračil 50. leto

to turn a film — snemati film

to turn one's face to the wall — obrniti obraz proti steni, figuratively biti pripravljen za smrt, (hoteti) umreti

to turn the enemy's flank — obiti sovražnikov bok

to turn s.o.'s tiank figuratively prelisičiti koga, premagati koga v debati

to turn one's flght northwards — usmeriti svoj polet proti severu

to turn ground — prekopati zemljo

his hair has turned grey — osivel je

to turn one's hand to s.th. — lotiti se, oprijeti se česa

she can turn her hand to anything — ona je zelo spretna, praktična

not to turn a hand to help s.o. — s prstom ne migniti, da bi komu pomagali

my head turns — vse se mi vrti v glavi

his head turned with the success — uspeh mu je stopil v glavo

to turn one's head — obrniti glavo, pogledati nazaj

to turn s.o.'s head — zmešati komu glavo

to turn headsprings sport delati (vrteti) kolesa

to turn head over heels — prekucniti se, prekopicniti se

to turn s.o.'s heart figuratively pregovoriti koga

to turn s.th. inside out — obrniti kaj (narobe), zvrniti kaj

the joke was turned against me — šala je letela name

the key won't turn — ključ se ne mara zavrteti

the leaves are beginning to turn — listje začenja spreminjati barve

to turn to the left — obrniti se, kreniti, zaviti na levo

to turn loose — odvezati, izpustiti koga (na prostost); popustiti; American streljati, ustreliti

to turn s.o. mad — napraviti koga blaznega

you will turn me mad — zblaznel, znorel bom zaradi vas

the milk has turned (sour) — mleko se je skisalo

the warm weather has turned the milk (sour) — toplo vreme je skisalo mleko

to turn s.th. in one's mind — premišljevati kaj

to turn pale — postati bled

it turned her pale — prebledela je ob tem

to turn an honest penny — živeti od poštenega dela (zaslužka)

to turn s.th. to one's profit — obrniti kaj v svojo korist, izkoristiti kaj

to turn rancid — postati žaltav

to turn s.o. to religion — spreobrniti koga (k veri)

to turn and rend — napasti s sramotenjem

to turn the scale — nagniti tehtnico, figuratively odločifi (kaj)

to turn s.o. sick — povzročiti komu slabost

she turned sick — slabo ji je postalo, morala je bruhati; zbolela je

to turn a somersault — napraviti prekuc, salto

to turn one's steps home — kreniti domov

my stomach turns (at) — želodec se mi obrača (ob), vzdiguje se mi

it turns my stomach — ob tem se mi obrača želodec

to turn a table leg — stružiti nogo za mizo

to turn the tables (up)on s.o. figuratively obrniti argumente proti komu, obrniti položaj

to turn tail — obrniti se, stisniti rep med noge, zbežati

the tide has turned — nastopila je oseka, figuratively sreča se je obrnila (se obrača)

to turn one's thumb down figuratively odkloniti, ne hoteti

to turn traitor — postati izdajalec

to turn turtle nautical slang prevrniti se

to turn upon s.th. — biti odvisen od česa

to turn everything upside down — postaviti vse na glavo

the boat turned upside down — čoln se je prevrnil

my umbrella turned inside out — dežnik se mi je obrnil (sprevrgel)

to turn a Latin verse — skovati latinski stih

to turn water into wine — spremeniti vodo v vino

my coat won't turn water — moj plašč ni nepremočljiv

I don't know which way to turn — ne vem, po kateri poti naj krenem, figuratively ne vem ne kod ne kam; ne vem, kaj naj naredim

to turn a wheel — (za)vrteti kolo

the wheel turns — kolo se vrti

the wind has turned — zapihal je drug veter (tudi figuratively)

the whole world has turned topsy-turvy — cel svet je postavljen na glavo

this wood turns well — ta les se dobro struži

even a worm will turn — figuratively tudi najmirnejši človek se brani, če je napaden