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meddle [medl] prehodni glagol
vmešavati se, vtikati se (in, with v)
igračkati se (with)

I will neither meddle nor make with it s tem nočem imeti nobenega opravka

merry² [méri] pridevnik (merrily prislov)
vesel, živahen; natrkan; smešen, zabaven
arhaično prijeten

as merry as a cricket (ali lark); ali as merry as the day is long zelo vesel, židane volje
to make merry zabavati se, veseliti se
to make merry over smejati se komu, norčevati se iz koga
a merry Christmas (to you)! vesel božič!
Merry England vesela, stara Anglija (zlasti za časa Elizabete I.)
the Merry Monarch vzdevek Charlesa II.

mind² [máind]

1. prehodni glagol
paziti na kaj, meniti se za kaj, skrbeti, brigati, ozirati se na kaj; nasprotovati, ugovarjati
arhaično spomniti (of na)
spomniti se na kaj

2. neprehodni glagol
paziti; biti proti

to mind one's book pridno se učiti
to mind one's own business pometati pred svojim pragom, brigati se zase
if you don't mind če nimaš nič proti
don't mind me ne oziraj se name, ne pusti se motiti
would you mind coming! bi prišel, prosim!
do you mind my smoking? imaš kaj proti, če kadim?
pogovorno mind you write glej, da boš pisal
pogovorno I don't mind if I do prav rad to storim
mind and do that pazi, da boš to res storil
sleng to mind one's eye biti previden
mind (yon)! zapomni si!
never mind! nič ne de, ni važno, ne vznemirjaj se, ne oziraj se na to!
never mind him! ne brigaj se zanj!
sleng mind out! pazi, umakni se!
he minds a great deal je proti, zelo ga moti
to mind one's P's and Q's biti previden v besedah in vedenju
I shouldn't mind (a drink) rad bi (kaj popil), nimam nič proti
mind the step! pazi na stopnico!

miss³ [mis]

1. prehodni glagol
zamuditi (priložnost, vlak); zgrešiti, izpustiti; ne imeti, biti brez, ne dobiti; preslišati, spregledati, ne opaziti; pogrešati izogniti se

2. neprehodni glagol
ne zadeti, zgrešiti (strel); spodleteti

pogovorno to miss the bus (ali boat) zapraviti šanse
to miss fire ne sprožiti se; figurativno ne uspeti, ne zbuditi zanimanja
to miss one's footing spodrsniti
to miss one's hold zgrešiti, napak prijeti
to miss one's mark zgrešiti cilj, ne uspeti
he didn't miss much nič mu ni ušlo, ni mnogo zamudil
I just missed running him over za las sem se ga izognil (da ga nisem povozil)
to miss the point of ne razumeti poante česa
to miss a trick preslišati, ne uspeti videti
to miss out zamuditi (priliko); izpustiti, preskočiti (besedo)
aeronavtika missed approach zgrešen dolet

mitt [mit] samostalnik
dolga rokavica brez prstov; športna rokavica (baseball)
ameriško, sleng roka

he gave me the frozen mitt hladno me je pozdravil
I tipped his mitt rokoval sem se z njim; figurativno spregledal sem ga

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

must² [məst]
v defect

I must moram
I must not ne smem
he must be over eighty gotovo jih ima čez 80 (let)
you must have heard it gotovo si to slišal

need¹ [ni:d] samostalnik
potreba, sila nuja (of, for po)
pomanjkanje (of, for česa)

to be (ali stand) in need of s.th.; ali to have need of s.th. nujno kaj potrebovati
to be in need biti v stiski
if need be; ali if need arise; ali in case of need če je potrebno, v sili
to do one's needs opraviti potrebo
I had need remember moral bi si zapomniti
to have no need to do s.th. ne čutiti potrebe kaj narediti
there is no need for you to come ni ti treba priti
a friend in need is a friend indeed v sili spoznaš pravega prijatelja
to fail s.o. in his need pustiti koga na cedilu
to feel the need of (ali for) s.th. pogrešati kaj

neither² [náiðə, ní:ðə] veznik
niti; tudi ne

he does not know, neither do I on ne ve in tudi jaz ne

never [névə] prislov
nikoli, nikdar; sploh ne

better late than never boljše pozno kakor nikoli
never fear ne boj se, brez strahu
never mind nič ne de
well, I never! kaj takega!, neverjetno!
he never so much as smiled še nasmehnil se ni
never so kolikorkoli
he said never a word niti besede ni rekel
now or never sedaj ali nikoli
pogovorno surely never! je to mogoče!
never a one nihče, niti eden

next¹ [nekst] pridevnik
naslednji, najbližji, sosednji (to)
sledeči, prvi (za)

next to poleg, takoj za, skoraj (nemogoče)
next door to v sosednji hiši, čisto blizu; figurativno skoraj
next door to death na pragu smrti
next to nothing skoraj nič
next to last predzadnji
next but one naslednji, drugi v vrsti
the next best thing to drugo najboljše za (tem)
(the) next moment naslednji trenutek
I will ask the next man vprašal bom prvega mimosdočega
what next? kaj še (želiš)?
šaljivo not till next do prihodnjič ne več
pravno next friend mladoletnikov zastopnik

next² [nekst] prislov
najbliže, zatem, takoj za; drugič, naslednjič

when I saw him next ko sem ga naslednjič videl

nicely [náisli] prislov
lepo, čedno, fino, dobro, izvrstno; ljubeznivo; skrbno, natančno, točno

she is doing nicely dobro napreduje, dobro ji je
sleng I was done nicely dobro so me potegnili
that will do nicely odlično pristoji, povsem ustreza
to put it nicely lepo se izraziti

nor [nɔ:] veznik
niti (za neither)
in tudi ne

nor will I deny that in tega tudi ne zanikam ➞ neither

nothing² [nʌ́ɵiŋ] samostalnik
nič
figurativno ničevost, malenkost, niče
množina nepomembnosti, prazno govoričenje

for nothing zaman, zastonj
not for nothing ne zastonj, ne brez razloga
good for nothing za nobeno rabo
next to nothing skoraj nič
nothing but samo
nothing at all sploh nič
sleng nothing doing od tega ne bo nič
nothing else than nič drugega razen
nothing if not courageous zelo hraber
that's nothing nič ne de, nič ne pomeni
that's nothing to you to se ne tiče
there's nothing to it to je čisto preprosto
there's nothing in it ni res, ni važno
there's nothing for it but to ni alternative, ne preostane nič drugega
to feel like nothing on earth počutiti se kot uboga para
nothing like nič boljšega od
nothing like leather vsak berač svojo malho hvali, zadostuje kar imaš
to make nothing of ne moči razumeti, ne imeti za važno, ne izkoristiti, omalovaževati
I can make nothing of čisto nič ne razumem
to make nothing of doing storiti brez obotavljanja
to say nothing of kaj šele, da ne rečem
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
to dance on nothing biti obešen, viseti
to fade away to nothing razbliniti se
to have nothing to do with it ne imeti nič opraviti s tem
a mere nothing malenkost
neck or nothing na kocki, vse ali nič
nothing short of popolnoma, popolno
no nothing čisto nič
nothing to speak of nevažno
soft nothings čebljanje zaljubljencev
the little nothings of life življenjske ničevosti
nothing venture nothing have kdor nič ne tvega, nič ne dobi
all to nothing popolnoma, v največji meri

notion [nóušən] samostalnik
pojem, ideja, predstava (of o)
mnenje, stališče, nazor; namen (of doing s.th.)
ameriško, ekonomija, množina drobno modno blago, galanterija

airy notions gradovi v oblakih
given to notions zanesenjaški
not to have the vaguest notion of ne imeti najmanjšega pojma o
I have a notion that mislim si, da
to fall into the notion that na misel priti, da

one³ [wʌn] samostalnik
poedinec, eden, ena

one and all vsi skupaj in vsak zase
the all and the one celotnost in edinost, vsi in vsak zase
all in one skupaj, istočasno
one by one posamič, drug za drugim
never a one nihče
one ... the other eden ... drugi
you are a one! ti si res čudak!
to be at one with s.o. strinjati se s kom
I for one jaz na primer
in the year one davno
to come by ones and twos prihajati posamič in po dva
to be one up on s.o. biti za malenkost pred kom
number one kar je odlično, prvovrstno; ego, jaz, osebna korist

option [ɔ́pšən] samostalnik
izbira, izbor, svobodna izbira, pravica do izbire
pravno možnost; izhod
ekonomija predkupna pravica, pravica do opcije, pravica do prodaje in nakupa po določem ceni v določenem roku

option of a fine pravica do izbire globe namesto zapora
local option pravica nižje instance do prepovedi prodaje alkohola
at one's option po izbiri
to make one's option izbrati
I had no option but to moral sem; nisem imel druge izbire, kot da
ekonomija plain option enostaven premijski posel
ekonomija double option dvojni premijski posel

ought³ [ɔ:t] glagol
pomanjkljiv moral bi

I ought to do it moral bi to narediti
I ought to have done it moral bi bil to narediti
he oughtn't to see it ne bi smel tega videti

owe [óu]

1. prehodni glagol
dolgovati, biti dolžen (s.th. to s.o., s.o. s.th. komu kaj)
biti dolžan zahvalo (for za)
šport dati prednost

2. neprehodni glagol
biti zadolžen

to owe s.o. a grudge imeti koga na piki, biti jezen na koga
ekonomija IOU (I owe you) zadolžnica