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1 shift

[ʃift] 1. verb
1) (to change (the) position or direction (of): We spent the whole evening shifting furniture around; The wind shifted to the west overnight.) premikati

2) (to transfer: She shifted the blame on to me.) preložiti

3) (to get rid of: This detergent shifts stains.) odstraniti
2. noun
1) (a change (of position etc): a shift of emphasis.) sprememba

2) (a group of people who begin work on a job when another group stop work: The night shift does the heavy work.) izmena

3) (the period during which such a group works: an eight-hour shift; ( also adjective) shift work.) izmena

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- shiftless
- shiftlessness
- shifty
- shiftily
- shiftiness
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I [šift]
noun

premik, premestitev; sprememba (mesta, položaja); zamenjava; menjanje perila; history ženska srajca; izmena, posad, šiht, delovni čas ene izmene, dnevni delovni čas; sredstvo, pomoč v sili, pomagalo, pripomoček; domislica, prevara, zvijača, trik, pretveza, izgovor

for shift — za silo

shift of crop agronomy kolobarjenje

shift work — delo v izmenah

night shift — nočni posad

vowel shift — samoglasniški premik

to be driven (to be brought) to one's last shift figuratively nobenega drugega sredstva (izhoda) ne več imeti

he is full of shifts and devices figuratively on si zna na vse načine pomagati

to make shift — znati si pomagati, znajti se

I must make shift to pay him tomorrow — moram najti kak izhod in mu plačati jutri

I must make shift without it — moram si pomagati brez tega

to be reduced to mean shifts — biti prisiljen zateči se k nepoštenim sredstvom
II [šift]
transitive verb

premakniti, premikati, premestiti, spremeniti položaj, prestaviti, prevreči, preložiti (odgovornost from... to — od... na); obrniti ( one's attention — svojo pozornost); menjati (mesto, položaj), odstraniti (koga), osvoboditi se, znebiti se (koga); preobleči; slang pobiti, umoriti; intransitive verb menjati mesto (položaj), premestiti se, premikati se sem in tja; preseliti se; menjati se; obrniti se; preobleči se; znati si pomagati, zateči se k pomagalom; linguistics premakniti se (o glasu)

I must shift as I can — moram si pomagati, kot vem in znam, moram se znajti

to shift one's ground figuratively spremeniti (svoje) stališče, menjati svoje argumente v dokazovanju

to shift from one foot to the other — prestopati se z ene noge na drugo

to shift gears — (avto) menjati prestave

to shift the helm — premakniti krmilo

to shift one's lodging — menjati stanovanje, preseliti se

to shift for oneself (for a living) — sam skrbeti zase, sam si pomagati, se prebijati v stiski, sam se znajti

to shift the scenes — menjati kulise

to shift one's shirt — preobleči srajco

the wind has shifted to the north again — veter se je obrnil spet proti severu

English-Slovenian dictionary > shift
2 along

[ə'loŋ] 1. preposition
1) (from one end to the other: He walked along several streets; The wall runs along the river.) vzdolž

2) (at a point at the end or on the length of: There's a post-box somewhere along this street.) naprej (na)
2. adverb
1) (onwards or forward: He ran along beside me; Come along, please!) (korak) naprej

2) (to the place mentioned: I'll come along in five minutes.) sem, tja

3) (in company, together: I took a friend along with me.) zraven

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- alongside

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I [əlɔŋ]
adverb

vzdolž, poleg, naprej, dalje; s seboj

all along — nenehno, ves čas, vedno; povsod

as we go along — spotoma

come along — pojdi(te) z menoj

to get along well — znajti se; razumeti se

get along with you! — izgini(te) odtod!

to go along with s.o. — spremljati koga, iti s kom

move along! — naprej!

take this along with you! — zapomni(te) si!; izgini(te)!

American right along — vselej, nenehno

along with — skupaj s
II [əlɔŋ]
preposition

vzdolž, preko, po

along the street — po cesti

English-Slovenian dictionary > along
3 baffle

['bæfl]
verb

(to puzzle (a person): I was baffled by her attitude towards her husband.) zbegati

- baffling

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I [baefl]
noun

beganje, izigravanje; prevara
II [baefl]
transitive verb

uničiti, pokaziti; speljati v stran; zbegati, zmesti; ovirati; izigravati, preprečiti; odbijati

it baffles all description — ne da se popisati, nepopisno je

to be baffled — ne se znajti

to baffle s.o.'s designs — prekrižati komu račune

English-Slovenian dictionary > baffle
4 bean

[bi:n]
noun

1) (any one of several kinds of pod-bearing plant or its seed: black beans; green beans; red beans.) fižol

2) (the bean-like seed of other plants: coffee beans.) zrno

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I [bi:n]
noun

botany fižol; bob; slang glava, buča; slang denar; (kavino) zrno

every bean has its black — vsak ima napake, nihče ni brez napak

broad bean — bob

full of beans — dobre volje, bujen; energičen

slang to give s.o. beans — dati komu popra

to know how many beans make five — biti zelo bister, znajti se

slang old bean — moj dragi

not worth a bean — niti počenega groša vreden

French ( —ali string) beans — stročji fižol

like beans — kar se da hitro, v največjem diru

colloquially to get beans — biti pretepen, izkupiti jo

American a hill of beans — malenkost

to spill the beans — izdati skrivnost, izblebetati

he found the bean in the cake — posrečilo se mu je
II [bi:n]
transitive verb

American pripeljati komu klofuto

English-Slovenian dictionary > bean
5 bearing

noun

1) (manner, way of standing etc: a military bearing.) vedenje

2) ((usually in plural: sometimes short for ball-bearings) a part of a machine that has another part moving in or on it.) ležaj

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I [bʌ/əriŋ]
noun

vedenje, obnašanje, ravnanje; drža; (on, upon) razmerje, odnos, vpliv; zveza; pomen, smisel; ležaj; grbovna slika; architecture razpon; nautical smer; obrod

as bearing on — glede na

ball bearing — kroglični ležaj

beyond bearing — neznosen

bearing box ( —ali housing) — ležajni okrov

to consider the question in all its bearings — vsestransko pretehtati vprašanje

to lose one's bearing — zmesti se, priti v zadrego

past bearing — neznosen; ki več ne obrodi

to take one's bearing — razgledati, orientirati, znajti se

this has no bearing on the question — to nima nobene zveze z vprašanjem

the precise bearing of the word — natančen pomen besede

the true bearing of the case — dejansko stanje

trunnion bearing — tečajni ležaj
II [bʌ/əriŋ]
adjective

ki obrodi, ki nosi

bearing capacity — nosilnost

English-Slovenian dictionary > bearing
6 contrive

verb

1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) posrečiti se

2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) spretno narediti, scimprati

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- contrivance

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[kəntráiv]
transitive verb & intransitive verb

iznajti, izmisliti, izumiti; izvršiti, urediti; delati načrte, načrtovati; znajti se, znati si pomagati

they contrived to get there — posrečilo se jim je priti tja

to contrive to live, to cut and contrive — preživljati se s skromnimi sredstvi, varčno živeti

English-Slovenian dictionary > contrive
7 dark

1. adjective
1) (without light: a dark room; It's getting dark; the dark (= not cheerful) side.) temen

2) (blackish or closer to black than white: a dark red colour; a dark (= not very white or fair) complexion; Her hair is dark.) temen

3) (evil and usually secret: dark deeds; a dark secret.) temen
2. noun
(absence of light: in the dark; afraid of the dark; He never goes out after dark; We are in the dark (= we have no knowledge) about what is happening.) tema

- darken
- darkness
- keep it dark
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I [da:k]
adjective ( darkly adverb)

temen, temnolas, temačen, mračen, mrk; žalosten, obupan; skrit, skrivnosten, nerazumljiv, nejasen; neznan; negotov; neprosvetljen; zloben, zločinski

the dark ages — srednji vek

dark house — umobolnica

a dark horse — nepričakovan zmagovalec (v dirki); American malo znan kandidat za prezidenta

the Dark Blues — študenti iz Oɔforda; srednješolci iz Harrowa

the Dark Continent — Afrika

to keep s.th. dark — skrivati nekaj; obdržati skrivnost zase

dark room — temnica

to look on the dark side of things — biti črnogled

dark slide — kaseta

dark lantern — slepica

American dark and bloody ground — Kentucky
II [da:k]
noun

tema, mrak; senca; figuratively negotovost, neznanje; nejasnost, skrivnostnost

to keep s.o. in the dark — skrivati, tajiti pred kom

in the dark of the moon — v mlaju; v temi kot v rogu

to be in the dark — ne vedeti, ne se znajti, ne biti poučen

to take a leap in the dark — tvegati

figuratively to leave s.o. in the dark — pustiti koga v negotovosti

English-Slovenian dictionary > dark
8 expedient

[ik'spi:diənt]
adjective

(convenient or advisable: It is not expedient to pay him what he has asked.) primerno

- expedience
- expediency
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I [ikspí:diənt]
adjective ( expediently adverb)

primeren, ugoden, koristen, prikladen; sebičen, koristoljuben
II [ikspí:diənt]
noun

sredstvo, pomagalo, pomoček; iznajdba; zvijača

to hit upon an expedient — znajti se, pomagati si

reduced to expedients — prisiljen, da si pomaga, kakor ve in zna

to go to every expedient — ne izbirati sredstev

English-Slovenian dictionary > expedient
9 find

1. past tense, past participle - found; verb
1) (to come upon or meet with accidentally or after searching: Look what I've found!) najti

2) (to discover: I found that I couldn't do the work.) ugotoviti

3) (to consider; to think (something) to be: I found the British weather very cold.) ugotoviti
2. noun
(something found, especially something of value or interest: That old book is quite a find!) najdba

- find one's feet
- find out
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I [faind]
1.

transitive verb

najti, nahajati, odkriti, odkrivati; spoznati, opaziti; ugotoviti, izvedeti; misliti, soditi; odločiti; nabaviti, oskrbeti, opremiti; izreči, izraziti; iti po kaj;

2.

intransitive verb

zaslediti divjačino; juridically odločiti, razsoditi; zdeti se

to find amiss — grajati

to find expression — izraziti se

to find fault with — grajati koga ali kaj

to find favour — imeti podporo, zaščito

juridically to find s.o. guilty — spoznati, da je kdo kriv

colloquially to find one's feet — pridobiti zaupanje v samega sebe, uveljaviti se

juridically to find a true bill — izjaviti, da je vzrok tožbe utemeljen

to find s.o. in s.th. — oskrbeti koga s čim

I cannot find it in my heart — srce mi ne da

I could find it in my heart — rad bi

how do you find yourself? — kako se imaš?

to find one's match — najti pravega moža ali enakovrednega nasprotnika

the jury found for the culprit — porota je osvobodila obtoženca

I trust this finds you well — upam, da boste dobrega zdravja, ko boste dobili to pismo

to find o.s. — sam se oskrbeti; znajti se

to find pleasure in s.th. — imeti s čim veselje
II [faind]
noun

najdba; dragoceno odkritje

English-Slovenian dictionary > find
10 gumption

[gʌmpšən]
noun

colloquially razum, zdrava pamet, znajdljivost, odrezavost; spretnost v mešanju barv; raztopilo za barve

to have plenty of gumption — hitro se znajti

English-Slovenian dictionary > gumption
11 know

[nəu]
past tense - knew; verb

1) (to be aware of or to have been informed about: He knows everything; I know he is at home because his car is in the drive; He knows all about it; I know of no reason why you cannot go.) vedeti

2) (to have learned and to remember: He knows a lot of poetry.) poznati

3) (to be aware of the identity of; to be friendly with: I know Mrs Smith - she lives near me.) poznati

4) (to (be able to) recognize or identify: You would hardly know her now - she has become very thin; He knows a good car when he sees one.) prepoznati

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- knowing
- knowingly
- know-all
- know-how
- in the know
- know backwards
- know better
- know how to
- know the ropes
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I [nóu]
noun

vednost, znanje

colloquially to be in the know — vedeti (zaupne stvari), spoznati se
II [nóu]
1.

transitive verb

vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti ( from);

2.

intransitive verb

vedeti (of za, o); spoznati se ( about na)

to know one's bussiness — ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes — dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem

to be known to — biti komu znan

to be known as — biti znan po čem

I know better than to — nisem tako neumen, da bi

to know by heart — znati na pamet

to know by sight — poznati na videz

to know one from the other — razločiti med dvema, razpoznati

to know a hawk from a handsaw — biti dovolj bister

don't know him from Adam — nimam pojma, kdo je

to get ( —ali come) to know — spoznati, zvedeti

to let s.o. know — sporočiti komu

to make known — razglasiti, oznaniti

to make o.s. known to — predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom

to know one's own mind — vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati

not to know what to make of a thing — ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti

not that I know — ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne

to know one's place — vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej

to know one's way around — znajti se, spoznati se

to know which side one's bread is buttered — vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi

to know from a bull's foot — znati razlikovati, znati ločiti

before you know where you are — hipoma, preden se zaveš

don't I know it! — pa še kako to vem!

he wouldn't know (that) — težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti

I would have you know that — rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil

I have never known him to lie — kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal

after I first knew him — potem ko sem ga spoznal

he has known better days — doživel je že boljše čase

I know of s.o. who — vem za nekoga, ki

colloquially not that I know of — ne da bi vedel

colloquially do ( —ali don't) you know? — ali ni res?

English-Slovenian dictionary > know
12 live

I 1. [liv] verb
1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) živeti

2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.) preživeti

3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.) stanovati

4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) živeti

5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.) preživljati se

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- - lived
- living 2. noun
(the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) preživljanje

- living-room
- live-in
- live and let live
- live down
- live in
- out
- live on
- live up to
- within living memory
- in living memory II 1. adjective
1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.) živ

2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?) v živo

3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb) aktiven

4) (burning: a live coal.) goreč
2. adverb
((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.) v živo

- lively
- liveliness
- livestock
- live wire
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I [laiv]
attributive adjective živ; humorously pravi; goreč, živ (ogenj, cigareta, žerjavica); figuratively živahen, svež, aktiven, energičen, vitalen; aktualen, pereč; colloquially buden; neprižgan (vžigalica), nerazstreljen (granata), oster (naboj); electrical nabit z elektriko (žica); direkten (radio, TV prenos); mechanics gonilen, ki se premika; printing pripravljen za tisk

live axle — gonilna os

live coal — žerjavica

live issue — aktualno vprašanje

live oak — zimzeleni hrast

live transmission — direkten prenos
II [liv]
1.

intransitive verb

živeti, trajati, zdržati; preživeti; stanovati, živeti;

2.

transitive verb

preživljati

to live to be old — ali to live to a great age — dočakati visoko starost, dolgo živeti

to live close — živeti pretirano skromno

to live in a small way — skromno živeti

to live in clover — živeti v obilju, živeti brezskrbno

to live fast — razuzdano živeti

to live a lie — živeti čez svoje razmere

to live from hand to mouth — živeti iz rok v usta

live and learn! — učiš se vse življenje

to live by painting — živeti od slikanja

to live to o.s. — sam zase živeti

to live within o.s. — povleči se vase, živeti po svoje

live and let live — daj še drugim živeti, živi in pusti še druge živeti

to live a double life — živeti dvojno življenje

the dead live on in our hearts — mrtvi živijo dalje v naših srcih

to live to see — doživeti

to live off one's capital — živeti od svojega kapitala

to live by one's wits — znajti se v življenju, živeti od sleparstva

live wage — mezda, ki komaj zaleže za življenje

English-Slovenian dictionary > live
13 place

[pleis] 1. noun
1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) kraj

2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) prostor

3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) prostor

4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) sedež

5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) mesto

6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) položaj

7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) mesto

8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) dolžnost, pravica

9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) služba

10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) dom

11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) trg

12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) decimalka
2. verb
1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) postaviti

2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) prepoznati

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- place-name
- go places
- in the first
- second place
- in place
- in place of
- out of place
- put oneself in someone else's place
- put someone in his place
- put in his place
- take place
- take the place of
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I [pléis]
noun

prostor, kraj, mesto; economy kraj, sedež (podjetja itd.); dom, hiša, stanovanje, kraj bivanja, pokrajina; colloquially lokal; nautical kraj, pristanišče ( place of call pristanišče, kjer ladja pristane); sedež, mesto pri mizi; služba, službeno mesto, položaj, dolžnost; mathematics decimalno mesto; družbeni položaj, stan; figuratively vzrok, povod; sport tekmovalčevo mesto

place of amusement — zabaviščni prostor, zabavišče

place of birth — ali one's native place — rojstni kraj

place of employment — delovno mesto

place of worship — (božji) hram

of this place — tukajšnji

in this place — tukaj, na tem mestu

at his place — pri njem doma

from place to place — s kraja v kraj

in all places — povsod

in place — mestoma, tu pa tam

put yourself in my place — postavi se v moj položaj

to find one's place — znajti se na pravem mestu

this is not the place for — to ni pravo mesto za

it is not my place to do this — ni moja stvar to narediti

to put s o. in his place — pokazati komu, kje mu je mesto

there is no place for doubt — ni vzroka za dvom

to give place to — odstopiti mesto, umakniti se komu

American going places — uspeti, ogledati si znamenitosti nekega kraja

in place — na pravem mestu, primeren

in place of — namesto

in the first place — predvsem

in the last place — nazadnje, končno

to keep s.o. in his place — zaustaviti koga, paziti, da ne postane preveč domač

to know one's place — vedeti, kje je komu mesto

out of place — na nepravem mestu, neprimeren, brez službe

to take place — goditi se, vršiti se

to take the place of — ali to take s.o.'s place — zamenjati koga, nadomeščati koga

take your places — sedite na svoja mesta

in the next place — potem

there is no place like home — preljubo doma, kdor ga ima
II [pléis]
transitive verb

postaviti, položiti, namestiti; naložiti (denar); zaposliti, namestiti, dati službo, položaj; economy spraviti (blago) na trg, vložiti kapital, vnesti, knjižiti, skleniti (pogodbo itd.); prepoznati, spomniti se koga; sport plasirati

to place confidence in — imeti zaupanje v koga

I cannot place him — ne vem, kam bi ga del; ne morem se spomniti, od kje ga poznam

to place in order — urediti, postaviti na pravo mesto

to place a contract — skleniti pogodbo

economy to place an order — naročiti

to place a call — najaviti telefonski pogovor

to place on record — zapisati, vknjižiti

sport to be placed — plasirati se, biti med prvimi tremi

English-Slovenian dictionary > place
14 settle down

1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) umiriti (se)

2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) namestiti se

3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) posvetiti se

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intransitive verb usedati se, padati (usedlina, gošča); znajti se (in v), vrniti se v vsakdanje življenje, (nikalno) ne se umiriti; posvetiti se, ponovno začeti (to kaj); poročiti se; umiriti se (v nekem stanju)

to settle down on work — resno se lotiti (oprijeti) dela

he settled down — oženil se je, osnoval si je dom

he settled down in business — posvetil se je trgovini

English-Slovenian dictionary > settle down
15 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

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16 tail

[teil] 1. noun
1) (the part of an animal, bird or fish that sticks out behind the rest of its body: The dog wagged its tail; A fish swims by moving its tail.) rep

2) (anything which has a similar function or position: the tail of an aeroplane/comet.) rep
2. verb
(to follow closely: The detectives tailed the thief to the station.) skrivaj slediti

- - tailed
- tails 3. interjection
(a call showing that a person has chosen that side of the coin when tossing a coin to make a decision etc.) cifra

- tail-end
- tail-light
- tail wind
- tail off
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I [téil]
1.

noun

rep; trtica; spodnji del; konec (sprevoda itd.); zadnji del pluga; stran kovanca z napisom; spremstvo; najslabši igralci kakega moštva, odpadki; stranka, privrženci; žaket, frak, škric, vlečka (obleke); plural colloquially družabna obleka

tail of a — letter konec pisma

tail of the trenches military najbolj sprednji jarki

tail of gale — konec nevihte

tail of a stream — tih, miren tok reke

tail margin — spodnji beli rob strani (knjige)

tails up figuratively dobre volje, vesel

tail of a musical note — del note pod črto

close on s.o. 's tail — komu tik za petami

cow's tail — figuratively razcefran konec vrvi

the dirty end of the cow's tail — figuratively spolzko govorjenje (pogovor)

heads or tail? — glava ali napis? (vprašamo, če mečemo kovanec v zrak za odločitev v kaki stvari)

with his tail between his legs figuratively ves preplašen, kot polit cucek

to be unable to make head or tail of s.th. — ne se spoznati, ne se moči znajti v čem

to drop a pinch of salt on the tail of a bird (a hare); humorously natresti ptiču (zajcu) soli na rep (da bi ga ujeli)

to go into tails figuratively hitro rasti

my son has gone into tails — moj sin je oblekel svoj prvi žaket

to follow the tail of a plough — držati plug za ročaj, biti kmetovalec

he had the enemy on his tail — sovražnik mu je bil tik za petami

she looked at me out of the tail of her eye — skrivaj, s koncem očesa me je pogledala

to put one's tail between one's legs — stisniti rep med noge, zbežati

to turn tail — obrniti hrbet, planiti v beg, pete pokazati, popihati jo

to twist s.o.'s tail — figuratively nadlegovati ali dolgočasiti koga

to twist the lion's tail — mučiti, izzivati leva (aluzija na tuje časnikarje ali govornike, ki izzivalno žalijo Anglijo)

to walk at the tail of a cart — hoditi za vozom

the tail wags the dog — rep miga s psom, figuratively najneumnejši (najmanj pomembni) komandira, vlada;

2.

adjective

najbolj zadajšnji, zadnji, končni, repni
II [téil]
transitive verb

dodati (čemu) rep; tvoriti konec (sprevoda, pogreba itd.); skrivaj slediti (komu); prirezati rep, prijeti ali vleči za rep; odtrgati pecelj (sadežu); čuvati (koga); privezati (z enim koncem) (to na); intransitive verb tvoriti rep; biti z enim koncem pritrjen v zid (npr. greda); sport pustiti se vleči (po strmini navzgor)

to tail to the tide, to tail up and down the stream — dvigati in spuščati se na plimi (o zasidrani ladji);
III [téil]
noun

juridically omejitev dedne pravice, omejena lastninska pravica; premoženje, ki more pripasti samo otrokom lastnika

estate in tail male — imetje, ki lahko preide samo na moške dediče

a tenant in tail — uživalec premoženja, ki mora pripasti njegovim naravnim dedičem

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17 trick

[trik] 1. noun
1) (something which is done, said etc in order to cheat or deceive someone, and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid: The message was just a trick to get her to leave the room.) zvijača

2) (a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc): The magician performed some clever tricks.) trik
2. adjective
(intended to deceive or give a certain illusion: trick photography.) zavajajoč

- trickery
- trickster
- tricky
- trickily
- trickiness
- trick question
- do the trick
- play a trick / tricks on
- a trick of the trade
- trick or treat!
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I [trik]
noun

trik, ukana, (vojna) zvijača, lokavščina, izvijanje; spletka; šala, burka, norija; veščina, mojstrstvo; videz, slepilo, iluzija; razvada; posebnost, značilnost; vzetek (pri kartanju); nautical služba pri krmilu (večinoma 2 uri)

full of tricks — poln spletk

the tricks of the trade — (posebne) poslovne zvijače

the whole bag of tricks — vreča (kup, koš) zvijač

none of your tricks with me! — tvoji triki pri meni ne vžgejo!

to be up to a trick or two — znajti se, znati si (hitro) pomagati

to be up to s.o.'s tricks — spregledati zvijače (trike) kake osebe, biti kos zvijačam kake osebe

I was up to his tricks — nisem se mu dal oslepariti, nisem mu nasedel

to do (to turn) the trick slang doseči cilj; izvesti ukano

he has a trick of frowning — ima to razvado, da mršči čelo

he played me a dirty (nasty, mean) trick — grdo (podlo) mi jo je zagodel

I know a trick worth two of that — poznam še nekaj boljšega kot to

to take up the trick — dobiti vzetek (pri kartanju)
II [trik]
transitive verb

prevarati; prelisičiti, oslepariti, ogoljufati; zapeljati, zavesti ( into doing (koga) da kaj naredi); pretentati; zvabiti v past; za norca imeti, za nos vleči, zagosti jo (komu); intransitive verb goljufati, slepariti, živeti od goljufije

to trick s.o. out of s.th. — opehariti, oslepariti koga za kaj

to trick off (out, up) — okrasiti, nakititi; prirezati, pristriči

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18 wangle

['wæŋɡl]
verb

(to obtain or achieve (something) by trickery: He got us seats for the concert - I don't know how he wangled it.) izvesti z zvijačo

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[wæŋgl]
1.

transitive verb colloquially

izpeljati, doseči (kaj) pod roko, z zvijačo; ponarediti, (goljufivo) "popraviti";

2.

intransitive verb

izvesti z zvijačo, goljufati, slepariti, znajti se, znati si pomagati

to wangle accounts — goljufivo popraviti račune

we shall wangle it somehow — bomo že kako to izpeljali

we shall wangle through somehow — se bomo že kako izvili (izmazali) iz tega

to wangle one's way through the crowd — preriniti se skozi množico

to wangle s.o. into giving a party — pripraviti koga do tega, da priredi zabavo

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19 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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20 wit

[wit]
noun

1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) duhovitost

2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) duhovitež

3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) zdrav razum

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- witless
- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits
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I [wit]
noun

pamet, razumnost, bistrost, inteligenca, razsodnost; duševna sposobnost; zdrav razum; duhovitost, domiselnost; duhovitež, duhovit, odrezav človek, inteligentna oseba, duhovna veličina

flash of wit — duhovit domislek

the five wits obsolete petero čutov

a conversation sparkling with wit — od duhovitosti se iskreč razgovor

to be at one's wit's end — ne vedeti kako in kaj, ne se znajti

I am at my wit's end — sem pri kraju s svojo pametjo, ne znam si več pomagati

to be out of one's wits — izgubiti pamet (glavo), ne biti pameten

he has his wits about him — on si zna vedno pomagati, prisotnost duha ga nikoli ne zapusti, on je vedno buden (oprezen)

bought wit is best — izguba izmodri človeka

to have wit to — imeti dovolj pameti za (da...)

he has not the wit to see... — nima toliko pameti, da bi uvidel...

it taught me wit — to me je spametovalo

he sets up for a wit — dela se duhovitega

to live by one's wits — živeti od svoje prebrisanosti (prevar, goljufij), več ali manj pošteno se prebijati skozi živijenje
II [wit]
obsolete transitive verb & intransitive verb (sed. čas I (he) wot, preterite in past participle wist, — sed. deležnik witting) vedeti

God wot — bogve

I wot — dobro vem

to wit — to je, namreč; kot sledi; in to

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frónta — e ž (ọ̑) 1. področje, kjer se spopadata sovražni vojski: poslali so ga na fronto; zaledje in fronta / fronta se pomika proti središču države; držati, prebiti, utrditi fronto / fronta je razpadla; oskrbovati fronto / pasti na fronti // publ., s… … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
iznájti — nájdem dov., iznášel iznášla (á) 1. narediti, ustvariti kaj novega, zlasti na tehničnem področju: iznajti orodje, stroj; iznajti možnost konzerviranja hrane; iznajti nove načine dela ∙ slabš. ta prav gotovo ne bo iznašel smodnika ni posebno… … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
káša — e ž (á) 1. jed iz oluščenega prosa: kuhati, mešati kašo; zabeliti kašo z maslom / češpljeva kaša v kateri so slive; mlečna kaša kuhana na mleku / nadevati klobase s kašo s kuhanim pšenom / prosena kaša // redko oluščena zrna nekaterih žit ali jed … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
kómičen — čna o prid. (ọ) 1. nanašajoč se na komiko: komični konflikt v komediji temelji na zamenjavi oseb; navadno igra komične vloge / je izrazit komični talent ♦ muz. komična opera opera z zabavno, veselo vsebino 2. ki vzbuja smeh, smešen: komična… … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
kómpas — in kompás a m (ọ̑; ȃ) priprava z magnetno iglo za določanje strani neba: dijake so naučili uporabljati kompas; orientirati se s pomočjo kompasa ♦ navt. giroskopski kompas girokompas; navigacijski kompas // ekspr. (osnovna) usmeritev,… … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
komplicírati — am nedov. in dov. (ȋ) delati kaj težavno, težje rešljivo, zapletati: elementarne nesreče so položaj v državi še bolj komplicirale; številni kompleksi mu življenje zelo komplicirajo / čemu bi si sožitje po nepotrebnem komplicirali / situacija se… … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
línija — e ž (í) 1. nepretrgana vrsta točk; črta: potegniti linijo; ravna linija / knjiž. njegove risbe označuje nemirna, včasih pretrgana linija // kar je temu podobno: dolga linija letečih ptic / tekli so v vijugasti liniji in streljali; pren., publ.… … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

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