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straw¹ [strɔ:]

1. samostalnik
slamnata bilka, slama, pletena slama; slamica (za pitje)
figurativno bilka, malenkost, mrvica; slamnik

in the straw zastarelo v porodni postelji
a straw in the wind slamica v vetru, figurativno majhna stvar, ki je znak prihodnjih velikih dogodkov
the last straw figurativno tisto, kar preseže mero
the last straw that breaks the camel's back majhen dodatek bremenu, ki zlomi kameli hrbet, figurativno tisto, kar sodu izbije dno
a man of straw slamnati mož, lutka, slabič; ptičje strašilo
to be (to lie) in the straw zastarelo biti otročnica
I don't care a straw še malo mi ni mar, požvižgam se
to catch at (to cling to) a straw oprije(ma)ti se bilke (da bi se rešili)
to draw straws vleči (žrebati) slamice
my eyes draw straws oči se mi zapirajo (od zaspanosti)
a straw shows which way the wind blows tudi majhna stvar pokaže (da slutiti) važne stvari (dogodke)
it is not worth a straw ni vredno prebite pare, počenega groša
to be quite out of one's straw figurativno biti ves zmešan, zmeden
I have a straw to break with you s teboj imam majhen obračun
to split straws cepiti slamice, figurativno ukvarjati se z nekoristnimi stvarmi, prepirati se zaradi malenkosti
to throw straws against the wind figurativno zaman se truditi

2. pridevnik
slamnat

straw cutter slamoreznica
straw mattress slamnjača
straw worker slamopletec

street [stri:t]

1. samostalnik
ulica, cesta
zastarelo deželna cesta; vozišče, cestišče; ljudje na cesti ali prebivalci določene ulice

across the street čez cesto (ulico)
in (ameriško on) the street na ulici (cesti)
the street glavna (poslovna) ulica
streets ahead, streets better figurativno, pogovorno daleč boljši (močnejši)
not in the same street with figurativno, pogovorno neprimerno slabši, ki se ne da primerjati z; (borza) zaključen po zaprtju borze
man in the street človek z ulice, poprečen, navaden človck
side street stranska ulica
woman of the streets pocestnica, prostitutka
this is not up my street pogovorno to se me ne tiče; to ni zame, to mi ne leži
to go on the streets figurativno iti na cesto, postati prostitutka
to have the key of the street biti na cesti, biti brezdomec
to live in the street biti stalno na poti, nikoli ne biti doma
the window looks on the street okno gleda (je obrnjeno) na ulico
to walk the streets figurativno biti pocestnica, prostitutka
don't walk in the street! ne hodi po vozišču (cestišču)!
to turn s.o. out into the street postaviti koga na cesto, vreči koga iz stanovanja

2. pridevnik
uličen, cesten

street lighting cestna razsvetljava
street porter postrešček
street sale prodaja na cesti (ulici); (borza) kratkoročen, v prostem prometu, poborzni

strike^*2 [stráik]

1. prehodni glagol
udariti, dati udarec (komu), zadeti; prizadeti, napasti (o bolezni); biti (uro); odbiti z udarcem, udarjati (na boben); kovati (denar, medalje); igrati (harfo itd.); začeti (pesem, muziko); prekiniti (delo)
navtika spustiti (jadro, zastavo); podreti (tabor, šotor); potegniti (črto), prečrtati; izravnati, razati; izgladiti; izkresati (ogenj), prižgati (vžigalico, luč); napolniti; zapičiti zob strupnik v (o kači); zabosti (nož itd.), harpunirati (kita); oddajati (toploto); naleteti na, zadeti ob; udariti v (o streli); napraviti vtis, pretresti, prizadcti (koga), pasti (komu) v oči, spraviti v začudenje, osupiti; pasti (komu) na parnet, (za)zdeti se (komu); menjati, odnesti (kulise)
ekonomija zaključiti (račun); nenadoma ali dramatično (kaj) izzvati
ameriško doseči, najti, odkriti
sleng prositi (for za)
zastarelo božati, (po)gladiti z roko

2. neprehodni glagol
udariti (against ob, on na, po)
udarjati, tolči, nameriti udarec (at proti)
razbijati; stavkati; biti se, boriti se (for za)
biti, tolči (srce), udariti (strela)
navtika, vojska spustiti belo zastavo
figurativno predati se; kreniti, iti, oditi (to proti)
nenadoma začeti prodirati, prebijati se (through skozi)
(svetloba, toplota); padati (on na)
širiti roke, plavati; vžgati se (vžigalica); držati se za podlago (školjka); pihati (veter); nasesti (ladja)
medicina izbruhniti (epidemija); ugrizniti, prijeti (o ribi)
figurativno pasti v oči, biti opozorljiv (nenavaden, čuden)
ameriško, vojska biti častniški sluga

struck by a stone zadet od kamna
to strike across the fields udariti jo čez polja
to strike an average izračunati povprečje
to strike all of a heap figurativno zbegati, presenetiti, osupiti
to strike a balance napraviti bilanco
to strike a ball out of court šport suniti žogo v out
to strike a bargain skleniti kupčijo; doseči sporazum
to strike s.o. blind (deaf, dumb) z udarcem koga oslepiti (oglušiti, onemiti)
to strike a blow zadati udarec
the blow struck me silly udarec me je omamil
without striking a blow brez boja
the cold struck into my marrow mraz mi je prodrl v mozeg
to strike s.o. dead figurativno pošteno osupiti koga
to strike s.o.'s eye pasti komu v oči
to strike s.o. in the face udariti koga po obrazu
to strike into fame postati slaven
to strike s.o.'s fancy ugajati, biti všeč komu
to strike fire out of a flint izkresati ogenj iz kresilnega kamna
to strike fish s potegom zatakniti trnek v ribji gobec
he struck his fist on the table udaril je s pestjo po mizi
to strike for freedom boriti se za svobodo
to strike one's flag spustiti zastavo, figurativno predati se
to strike (into) a gallop spustiti se v dir
to be struck in a girl sleng biti zatreskan v (neko) dekle
to strike ground (bottom) zadeti ob dno
to strike one's hand on the table udariti z roko po mizi
to strike hands zastarelo udariti v roko (v znak sporazuma)
the hour has struck ura je odbila
his hour has struck njegov čas je prišel
to strike for home udariti jo proti domu
it has just struck five pravkar je ura bila pet
how does it strike you? kako se vam zdi?
an idea struck him prišel je na (neko) misel
to strike upon a good idea priti na dobro idejo
to strike a light (a match) prižgati luč (vžigalico)
lightning struck the tree strela je udarila v drevo
to strike s.o.'s name in the newspaper naleteti na ime neke osebe v časopisu
to strike oil naleteti na nafto, figurativno imeti srečo, uspeti; obogateti
they were struck with panic polastila se jih je panika
it struck me as ridiculous zdelo se mi je smešno
to strike a plan skovati načrt
to strike to the right kreniti (po poti) na desno
to strike the right note zadeti pravilen ton
to strike root pognati korenino
to strike into a run spustiti se v tek
to strike the sands nasesti, obtičati na sipini
to strike sail spustiti, zviti jadro; priznati poraz
the ship struck to the pirates ladja se je predala gusarjem
to strike a snag sleng naleteti na nepričakovano težavo
to strike tents podreti šotore, tabor
to strike terror into s.o. navdati koga z grozo (s strahom)
to strike the track iti po sledi
to strike a track nenadoma naleteti na stezo
to strike with terror napolniti z grozo
town strikes mesto se preda
to strike a vein naleteti, odkriti žilo (rude)
what struck me was... kar me je osupilo, je bilo...
to strike at the root posekati korenino, figurativno udariti na najbolj občutljivo mesto
to strike work ustaviti delo, stavkati
the wind strikes cold veter ostro brije
strike while the iron is hot kuj železo, dokler je vročc

suffer [sʌ́fə]

1. prehodni glagol
(pre)trpeti, prenašati; dopuščati dovoliti
zastarelo pustiti, dati (o.s. se)

the criminal suffered death hudodelec je bil usmrčen
how can you suffer him? kako ga morete prenašati?
to suffer a default pravno izgubiti pravdo zaradi neprihoda na sodišče
he suffered them to come dovolil jim je, da so prišli
I cannot suffer such impudence ne morem trpeti take nesramnosti
to suffer heavy losses imeti težke izgube
to suffer fools gladly biti potrpežljiv z norci (bedaki)
to suffer great pain trpeti, prenašati velike bolečine
to suffer thirst trpeti žejo
he suffered himself to be cheated pustil se je oslepariti

2. neprehodni glagol
trpeti (from od, zaradi)
imeti škodo (in v)
trpeti, biti kaznovan, morati plačati (for za kaj)
izgubiti (in v, pri, na; from od, zaradi)
biti usmrčen, pretrpeti (mučeniško) smrt, najti smrt
zastarelo vzdržati, prenašati, trpeti

to suffer acutely hudó trpeti
he is suffering from a bad headache trpi za hudimi glavoboli
you will suffer for it! pogovorno to mi boš plačal! še žal ti bo za to!
the engine suffered severely motor je močno trpel
no one suffered in the accident nihče ni bil poškodovan v nesreči
to suffer on scaffold umreti na morišču
to suffer from stage-fright imeti tremo (pred nastopom na odru)
trade suffers from (under) war trgovina trpi zaradi vojne

suggest [sədžést] prehodni glagol
predlagati, sugerirati; omeniti, predočiti, spodbuditi, napeljati na, navdahniti (misel); domnevati; (o ideji, zamisli) vsiljevati (itself se)
dati slutiti, spomniti na; namigniti, kazati na, napoved(ov)ati

I suggest dovoljujem si izraziti mnenje, po mojem mnenju, predlagam
I suggest that we should accept his offer predlagam, da sprejmemo njegovo ponudbo
I suggest that you were aware of the facts domnevam (suponiram), da ste poznali dejstva
he suggested that... dal je razumeti, da...
his words suggested great understanding njegove besede so dale sklepati (slutiti) veliko razumevanje
the idea suggested itself to me vsilila (porodila) se mi je misel

suit² [sju:t] prehodni glagol
obleči, oblačiti, krasiti, opremiti; prilagoditi (to čemu)
pristajati, prilegati se, ustrezati, biti v skladu z, biti primeren; prijati, goditi, biti po volji; zadovoljiti

to suit o.s. napraviti po svoje
neprehodni glagol
pristajati, podati se, ustrezati (with čemu)
zadovoljiti, prijati

I am suited našel sem, kar mi je po volji
suit yourself napravi, kar hočeš
this book is not suited to (ali for) children ta knjiga ni primerna za otroke
to suit one's action to one's words uskladiti svoje početje s svojimi besedami, takoj izvršiti grožnjo itd.
that suits my book figurativno to mi ustreza, mi je prav
it suits my book that... prav mi pride, da...
does it suit you to come tomorrow? vam je prav, če pridete jutri?
this dress suits you well ta obleka se ti lepo poda
he is hard to suit njemu je težko ustreči
the frame does not suit with the picture okvir se ne sklada s sliko
he is not suited for (ali to be) a teacher on ni primeren za učiteljski poklic
this will suit my requirements to bo ustrezalo mojim zahtevam, to bo (kot nalašč) zame
to suit one's style of living to one's means prilagoditi svoj način življenja svojim sredstvom
wine does not suit me vino mi ne prija, vina ne prenesem

summon [sʌ́mən] prehodni glagol
pozvati; pozvati (mesto) k predaji; poslati po (koga), poklicati k sebi, citirati (koga); sklicevati (konferenco)
pravno pozvati pred sodišče
figurativno zbrati (moči)

to summon Parliament sklicati parlament
he summoned all his strength zbral je vse svoje moči
in the midst of his work he was summoned figurativno sredi svojega dela je umrl
this sight summoned the blood to my face ta pogled mi je pognal kri v obraz

suspect¹ [səspékt] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
(o)sumiti, sumničiti, imeti na sumu (of zaradi česa)
imeti (kaj) za verjetno ali možno; slutiti; misliti, domnevati (that da)
dvomiti (o čem), ne zaupati, biti nezaupljiv

to suspect an ambush (a danger) slutiti zasedo (nevarnost)
I suspect him to be a liar, I suspect him of lying mislim (zdi se mi, sumim), da on laže
I suspect you once thought otherwise mislim (zdi se mi), da ste nekoč drugače mislili
I half suspect you don't care for him vse se mi zdi, da vam ni zanj
to suspect s.o.'s honesty dvomiti o poštenju neke osebe
to suspect s.o. of theft (of murder) osumiti koga tatvine (umora)
to suspect a plot sumiti zaroto, bati se zarote
to suspect the truth of the evidence dvomiti o resnici dokaznega gradiva

swell^*2 [swel]

1. neprehodni glagol (tudi swell up, swell out)
oteči, otekati, nabrekniti; napihniti se, napeti se, nabuhniti, napenjati se; (voda) narasti; (jadro) napeti se, napihniti se; rasti, prerasti (into v)
narasti, povečati se; izbruhniti (izvirek, solze)
arhitektura izbočiti se
figurativno kipeti (čustva); (srce) napenjati se, (hoteti) počiti (with od)
biti poln (with česa)
figurativno napihovati se, hvalisati se, bahati se

2. prehodni glagol (tudi swell up, swell out)
napihniti, napeti; razširiti, povečati (into do)
zvišati, pomnožiti

swelled head sleng nadutost, domišljavost
swollen legs otekle noge
swelled with success domišljav na svoj uspeh
to be swelled with pride napihovati se od ošabnosti
my cheek is swelling lice mi oteka
to swell out one's chest (iz)prsiti se
the cost of war has swollen our debt stroški za vojno so povečali naš dolg
my heart is swelling with happiness srce mi je prepolno sreče
to swell like a turkey cock šopiriti se kot pav
to swell note glasba peti (igrati) noto izmenoma crescendo in diminuendo
rains have swollen the river zaradi deževja je reka narasla
the rivers are swelling reke naraščajo
the sails swelled in the wind jadra so se napela v vetru
to suffer from swelled head figurativno biti nadut, domišljav

swelp [swelp] medmet sleng

swelp me! tako mi bog pomagaj!

swim^*2 [swim]

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

2. prehodni glagol
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 figurativno)
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 figurativno 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 figurativno), figurativno 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 figurativno zdrsnila je k njemu, kot da bi plavala

sympathetic [simpəɵétik]

1. pridevnik (sympathetically prislov)
simpatičen, ki vzbuja simpatijo, privlačen (to za)
izražajoč simpatijo, sočuten, usmiljen, dobrohoten; solidaren, enakega mišljenja
anatomija simpatičen; simpatetičen, skrivnostno učinkujoč
pogovorno prijeten, zanimiv

sympathetic clock sinkrona ura
sympathetic cure zdravljenje z zagovarjanjem
sympathetic ink simpatično, nevidno črnilo
sympathetic nerve simpatični živec, simpatikus
sympathetic pain bolečina, ki jo čutimo zaradi krivice, prizadete drugim; bolečina v enem delu telesa kot odraz bolečine v nekem drugem delu telesa
sympathetic sound zvok, ki nastane kot odmev nekega drugega zvoka
sympathetic strike solidarnostna stavka
sympathetic words sočutne besede
his poetry is not very sympathetic to me njegova poezija mi ničesar ne pove

2. samostalnik
anatomija simpatikus; simpatični živčni sistem; za hipnozo občutljiva oseba

take^*1 [téik] prehodni glagol

1.
vzeti, jemati; prijeti, zgrabiti; polastiti se, zavzeti; ujeti, zalotiti, zasačiti
vojska ujeti; vzeti mero, izmeriti; peljati se (z); (po)jesti, (po)piti

to take advice vprašati (prositi) za (na)svet, posvetovati se
he does not take alcohol on ne pije (alkohola)
to take one's bearings mornarica izmeriti (določiti) svoj položaj, figurativno ugotoviti, pri čem smo
take her through this book predelaj z njo to knjigo
to take the bull by the horns zgrabiti bika za rogove, figurativno spoprijeti se s kom (čim)
to take breakfast zajtrkovati
the car cannot take more than five v avto ne more več kot pet oseb
to take a cup of tea popiti skodelico čaja
shall we take our coffee in the garden? bi pili kavo na vrtu?
to take the chair figurativno prevzeti predsedstvo, voditi (sejo ipd.)
to take s.o.'s eye pritegniti pozornost kake osebe
to take a flat vzeti (v najem) stanovanje
to take in one's hands vzeti v roke
to be taken ill zboleti
to take the lead prevzeti vodstvo, iti (kot prvi) naprej
I took her in a lie ujel sem jo na laži
to take s.o.'s measurements vzeti komu mere (o krojaču)
I take the opportunity to tell you... izkoriščam priliko, da vam povem...
to take (holy) orders cerkev biti posvečen, ordiniran
to take a part prevzeti, igrati vlogo
to take in bad part zameriti, za zlo vzeti
to take poison vzeti strup, zastrupiti se
to take precedence over imeti prednost pred
to take s.o. prisoner (ali captive) vojska ujeti koga
to take 3000 prisoners vojska ujeti 3000 sovražnikov
to take a seat sesti (na stol)
to take s.o. for s.tiv. ameriško, sleng izvabiti, izmamiti, izlisičiti kaj iz koga
to take s.o. stealing zasačiti koga pri tatvini
I take his statement with a grain of salt njegove izjave ne jemljem dobesedno ("z zrnom soli", razsodno, s pametnim premislekom)
to take by storm (ali assault) zavzeti, osvojiti z jurišem
to take a bit between teeth figurativno odpovedati poslušnost
to take s.o.'s temperature (iz)meriti komu temperaturo
to take by the throat zgrabiti za vrat
to take a ticket vzeti, kupiti vozovnico
to take the train (a taxi, a tram) peljati se z vlakom (taksijem, tramvajem)
to take a thief in the act zasačiti tatu pri dejanju
to be taken in a trap ujeti se v past
the town was taken after a short siege mesto je bilo zavzeto po kratkem obleganju
to take s.o. unawares presenetiti koga
to take the waters piti zdravilno vodo (v zdravilišču)
to take the trouble of doing s.th. vzeti si trud in napraviti kaj
to take the veil religija iti v samostan, postati nuna
to take a wife oženiti se
to take the right way with s.o. lotiti se koga s prave strani, na pravi način
we must have taken the wrong way morali smo se zmotiti v poti
to take a poor view (ali a dim view) of ne odobravati (česa), imeti slabo mnenje o

2.
odvzeti, odšteti; odnesti, s seboj vzeti, (od)peljati, odvesti; iztrgati

children were taken from their mothers materam so odvzeli otroke
take three from ten odštej tri od deset
he tried to take her handbag from her skušal ji je iztrgati torbico
take this letter to the post-office odnesi to pismo na pošto
take your umbrella vzemi dežnik s seboj
the bus will take you there avtobus vas bo peljal tja
to take s.o. home odvesti koga domov
where will this road take us? kam nas pelje ta pot?
he was taken in the prime of life umrl je v najboljših letih
he was taken hence umrl je

3.
dobiti; izkoristiti; prejemati, biti naročen na; nakopati si, stakniti

to take cold dobiti (stakniti, nakopati si) nahod, prehlad
to take a cold prehladiti se
to take a fever dobiti mrzlico
to take an infection okužiti se, inficirati se
to take a game dobiti igro
to take s.th. as a reward dobiti kaj kot nagrado
to take the first prize in dobiti prvo nagrado v (pri)
to take a monthly salary prejemati mesečno plačo
to take a degree at the university diplomirati na univerzi
to take a newspaper biti naročen na časopis
to take a (mean) advantage of s.th. (grdo) izkoristiti kaj
to take s.th. under a will dobiti (podedovati) kaj po testamentu

4.
vzeti, zahtevati, potrebovati, biti potreben

it takes a good actor to play this role le dober igralec more igrati to vlogo
it takes time and courage za to je potreben čas in pogum
it took me (ali I took) 5 minutes to reach the station potreboval sem 5 minut, da sem prišel do postaje
it did not take more than 3 minutes to ni trajalo več kot 3 minute
it would take a strong man to move it potreben bi bil močan možakar, da bi to premaknil
which size in hats do you take? katero številko (velikost) klobuka potrebujete (nosite, imate)?
it takes two to make a quarrel za prepir sta potrebna dva

5.
občutiti, imeti; nositi, pretrpeti, prenašati, prestati, doživeti; napraviti

to take the consequences nositi, prevzeti posledice
to take an examination napraviti izpit
to take a fall ameriško, sleng nositi posledice
to take a loss (pre)trpeti, imeti izgubo
to take offense biti užaljen, zameriti
to take pains (po)truditi se
to take pity on s.o. občutiti (imeti) usmiljenje za koga
to take umbrage sumničiti, posumiti
to take great pleasure in s.th. imeti veliko veselje za kaj, uživati v čem
are we going to take it lying down? bomo to prenesli, ne da bi reagirali?
these troops had taken the brunt of the attack te čete so doživele glavni sunek napada

6.
očarati, prevzeti, privlačiti

to be taken with (by) biti očaran od
he takes readers with him on očara (potegne za seboj) svoje bralce
to take s.o.'s fancy ugajati, prikupiti se komu
his play did not take njegova drama ni imela uspeha
they soon took to each other kmalu sta se vzljubila
what took him most was the sweetness of her voice kar ga je najbolj prevzelo, je bila milina njenega glasu

7.
razumeti, razlagati (si), tolmačiti (si), sklepati; smatrati (za), imeti za, vzeti za, verjeti

I take it that... to razumem tako, da...
shall I take it that... naj to razumem (naj si to razlagam), da...?
then, I take it, you object to his coming torej, če prav razumem, vi nasprotujete temu, da bi on prišel
as I take it kot jaz to razumem, po mojem mnenju (mišljenju)
do not take it ill if I do not go ne zamerite mi, če ne grem
to take a hint (ali cue) razumeti namig
to take a joke well (ill) (ne) razumeti šalo
to take seriously resno vzeti
you may take it from me lahko mi to verjamete
whom do you take me for? za koga me (pa) imate?
to take s.o. for a fool imeti koga za norca
to take s.th. for granted vzeti (smatrati) kaj za dejstvo, za samoumevno
I take this to be fun to smatram za šalo
I take him to be (ali for) an honest man imam ga za poštenjaka
to take as read politika, pravno smatrati za prebrano (zapisnik itd.)
may I take the minutes as read? smem smatrati, da je zapisnik odobren?

8.
zateči se (k, v); iti (k, v); vreči se v, pognati se v; preskočiti

to take earth lov zbežati v luknjo (o lisici), figurativno umakniti se, skriti se
to take a header skočiti (na glavo) v vodo
to take (to) the water iti v vodo
he took the bush zatekel se je (pobegnil je, šel je) v hosto
they took to the woods zbežali so (zatekli so se) v gozdove
to take refuge (ali shelter) zateči se (with k)
to take to the stage iti h gledališču
take the corner slowly počasi zavijte okoli vogala
the horse took the hedge with the greatest ease konj je preskočil živo mejo z največjo lahkoto

9.
fotografirati; skrbeti (za)

he took me while I was not looking fotografiral me je, ko sem gledal(a) drugam
he insisted on being taken with his hat on na vsak način je hotel biti fotografiran s klobukom na glavi
to take views delati (fotografske) posnetke, fotografirati
to have one's photograph taken dati se fotografirati
to take a photo fotografirati
she took her mother in her old age skrbela je za mater v njeni starosti

10. neprehodni glagol
uspeti, imeti uspeh, naleteti na odziv
botanika prijeti se, uspevati, ukoreniniti se
tehnično prijeti; prijeti se (o barvi)
medicina učinkovati, delovati (zdravilo, cepivo ipd.); (o ribi) prijeti, ugrizniti
fotografija fotografirati se, biti fotografiran; (redko) vneti se, vžgati se
pogovorno biti prizadet

the book did not take knjiga ni imela uspeha
the dye takes well on this cloth barva se dobro prime (drži) na tem blagu
some people take better than others nekateri ljudje so videti boljši na fotografiji kot drugi
he did not take well this time to pot on ni dober (ni dobro uspel) na fotografiji
to take well biti fotogeničen
he takes well (badly) on je (ni) dober na fotografiji
to take sick zboleti
to take as heir prevzeti dediščino, nastopiti kot dedič

Posebne zveze:

to take into account (ali consideration), to take account for vzeti v poštev (v račun), upoštevati, računati z, ozirati se na, vračunati
to take aim at vojska meriti, ciljati na
to take the air iti na zrak (na prosto, ven); (o pticah) zleteti v zrak; aeronavtika dvigniti se
to take alarm vznemiriti se
to take breath zajeti sapo, oddahniti si
to take the bun (ali cake; ali biscuit) sleng, figurativno vse prekositi
this takes the cake! sleng to je pa že višek!
to take care biti oprezen, paziti
to take charge of prevzeti vodstvo (upravljanje, odgovornost) za; vzeti v svoje varstvo
to take one's chance tvegati, upati se
to take s.o. into one's confidence zaupati se komu, zaupno povedati komu kaj
to take under consideration vzeti v pretres, v presojo
to take comfort potolažiti se
to take a dare pustiti (dati) se izzvati ali razdražiti
deuce take it! vrag vzemi to! k vragu s tem!
to take effect učinkovati, imeti učinek, uspeh; pravno stopiti v veljavo
to take exception to (ali at, against) grajati, oporekati, biti užaljen, zameriti, delati očitke
to take evasive action sleng izmuzniti se (pred nevarnostjo, dolžnostjo, plačanjem)
to take one's ease udobno se namestiti
to take s.o.'s evidence pravno zaslišati koga
to take one's farewell vzeti slovo, posloviti se
to take to heart vzeti si k srcu, biti prizadet, užalostiti se
to take holiday vzeti si dopust
to take hold of prijeti, zgrabiti
to take it into one's head vbiti si (to) v glavo
to take an interest in zanimati se za
to take issue with ugovarjati, nasprotovati, biti proti
to take it (on the chin) sleng požreti (žalitev), mirno sprejeti (kazen)
take it or leave it! vzemi ali pa pusti! reci da ali pa ne! napravi, kar hočeš!
to take a journey potovati, iti na potovanje
to take kindly to s.o. čutiti nagnjenje do koga, marati koga
to take a leap poskočiti
to take leave of vzeti slovo od, posloviti se od
to take liberties preveč si dovoliti, biti predrzen
to take lessons jemati učne ure (lekcije)
to take one's life in one's hand tvegati (svoje) življenje, staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to take the measure of s.o.'s foot vzeti mero za obutev, figurativno premeriti sposobnosti, moči kake osebe
to take the minutes pisati, voditi zapisnik (seje itd.)
to take no dobiti odklonitev
to take possession of vzeti v posest
to take notice pogovorno opaziti
to take notice of vzeti na znanje, upoštevati
to take no notice of ne upoštevati, ne se meniti za, ignorirati
to take in (ali to) pieces narazen (se) dati, razstaviti (se)
to take part in udeležiti se, sodelovati v
to take a ride pojezditi; peljati se (z vozilom)
to take a river iti čez reko
to take rise izvirati, nasta(ja)ti
to take root ukoreniniti se
to take shape dobiti obliko, (iz)oblikovati se
to take the rough with the smooth figurativno vzeti življenje takšno, kakršno je
the son took after his father sin se je vrgel po očetu
to take by surprise presenetiti
to take short presenetiti, zalotiti
to take to singing a tune začeti peti melodijo
to take to bad habits vdati se slabim navadam
to take to s.th. like ducks to water takoj se vneti (ogreti) za kaj
to take to task poklicati na odgovornost, grajati, ošteti
to take the time from s.o. figurativno točno se ravnati po kom
to take one's turn priti na vrsto
to take turns menjavati se (za)
to take a turn for the worse obrniti se na slabše
to take things easy lagodno delati
take it easy! ne razburjaj se!
I am not taking any pogovorno hvala, tega ne bom (vzel), tega ne maram
to take the water mornarica izpluti
to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno preprečiti komu kaj, prekrižati komu načrte
to take wine with s.o. nazdraviti komu
to take upon o.s. an office prevzeti (neko) službo (dolžnost, opravilo)
that walk did take it out of us! ta sprehod nas je zares zdelal
to take one's time vzeti si čas
to take s.o. at his word koga za besedo prijeti

talk² [tɔ:k] neprehodni glagol
pogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se
sleng pametno govoriti

for the sake of talking le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimo
to talk big (ali tall) bahavo govoriti, bahati se
to talk by signals govoriti, sporazumevati se z znaki
to talk ill of s.o. slabo govoriti o kom
to talk in one's sleep govoriti v spanju
to talk nineteen to the dozen figurativno klepetati, brbljati kot raglja
to talk to the point govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he is always talking on neprestano govori
now you are talking figurativno to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumeti
do what you will, people will talk napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe
prehodni glagol
govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedati

to talk a donkey's hind leg off figurativno preveč, neprestano govoriti
to talk nonsense govoriti nesmisle
to talk turkey odkrito, naravnost govoriti
to talk politics govoriti o politiki
to talk rubbish govoriti neumnosti, čvekati
to talk sense (ali wise) razumno, pametno govoriti
to talk shop figurativno govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarno
to talk to o.s. sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovore
to talk to s.o. resno govoriti s kom, ošteti koga
to talk o.s. hoarse do hripavosti govoriti
you are talking my head off figurativno govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadla
you are talking me silly govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredil
he can talk five languages on zna (govoriti) pet jezikov
to talk through one's hat figurativno pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnosti
to get o.s. talked about dati govoriti o sebi
he tried to talk me into buying the horse skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konja
to talk s.o. out of s.th. (skušati) odvrniti koga od česa
to talk s.o. into believing s.th. prepričati koga o čem
to talk s.o. into his grave figurativno spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem

tax² [tæks] prehodni glagol
oceniti, preceniti, obdavčiti, odmeriti (naložiti) davek
ameriško zahtevati ceno; taksirati
pravno določiti stroške; obremeniti, naprtiti; napeti, napenjati; očitati, grajati obdolžiti, obtožiti

to tax s.o. with a crime obtožiti koga zločina
I cannot tax my memory figurativno nikakor se ne morem spomniti
I will not tax your patience nočem zlorabljati vaše potrpežljivosti nočem vam sitnariti
what will you tax me? ameriško, pogovorno koliko mi boste zaračunali?

tell^* [tel]

1. prehodni glagol
povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti
parlament šteti (glasove)

all told (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj
tell me another! sleng tega mi ne boš natvezel!
I was told (so) rekli so mi (tako)
I'll tell you what nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)
I'll tell you the world ameriško o tem sem prepričan
I can tell you zagotavljam vam
I cannot tell him from his brother ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata
to tell s.th. abroad pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj
to tell fortunes from cards vedeževati iz kart
to tell one's money ameriško šteti svoj denar
to tell one's beads religija moliti rožni venec
to tell one's name povedati svoje ime
to tell the news naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico
to tell a lie (ali lies) lagati
to tell the reason navesti razlog
to tell the tale pogovorno pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)
to tell tales zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti
to tell the truth povedati resnico
to tell the votes politika šteti glasove
he told him to go rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre
he can be told by his hat lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku
never tell me! ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!
the clock tells the time ura kaže čas
this tells its own tale to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno
we were told to get up rekli so nam, naj vstanemo
you're telling me! sleng tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!

2. neprehodni glagol
pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati (about o)
spoznati, vedeti (by po)
imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati
pogovorno izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

for all we can tell kolikor mi vemo
who can tell kdo ve
how can you tell? kako morete to vedeti?
you never can tell človek nikoli ne ve
every shot tells vsak strel pogodi
her tears tell of her grief njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino
to tell on (ali of) s.o. izdati, zatožiti koga
don't tell on me ne izdaj(te) me!
the hard work began to tell on her težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej
that tells against you to govori proti tebi

tempt [tempt] prehodni glagol
skušati, zavesti (privesti) v skušnjavo, mikati, izzivati, mamiti, zapeljevati, zbujati poželenje; pregovoriti; staviti na preskušnjo

a tempting offer vabljiva, zapeljiva ponudba
to tempt Providence skušati, izzivati usodo
to tempt one's fate izzivati svojo usodo
I am tempted to... mika me, hoče se mi, sem v skušnjavi, da...
I was strongly tempted to resist zelo me je mikalo, da bi se uprl
nothing would tempt me to do it nič me ne bi zavedlo, da bi to storil
his proposal does not tempt me njegov predlog me nič ne mika

thank¹ [ɵæŋk] samostalnik
(samo množina) zahvala, hvala, zahvaljevanje

thanks! hvala!
many thanks, thanks very much! hvala lepa!
thanks to (your intervention) zahvaljujoč se (zaradi) vašemu posredovanju
in thanks for v zahvalo za
cordial thanks prisrčna zahvala
letter of thanks zahvalno pismo
thanks be to God hvala (bodi) bogu
no thanks to him brez njegove pomoči
to give thanks to zahvaliti se
to return thanks zahvaliti se
please accept my thanks sprejmite, prosim, mojo zahvalo
small thanks to you, I succeeded brez tvoje pomoči mi je uspelo
small thanks I got for it! slabo zahvalo sem dobil za to!

that¹ [ðæt, ðóuz]

1. zaimek (množina those)
(kazalni) ta, to; oni, -a, -o

and that in to, in sicer
at that vrh tega, poleg tega, pogovorno pri tem
and all that in vse to (táko)
for all that pri vsem tem, kljub vsemu temu
like that takó
this, that, and the other to in ono, vse vrste
with that s tem
that which... to (ono), kar...
that house over there ona hiša tam preko
to that degree that do tolikšne mere, da...
that's all to je vse
that's it! tako je prav! tako je treba!
that's so takó je
that's right! takó je! točno! res je!; vulgarno da
and that's that! pogovorno in s tem je stvar opravljena! in stvar je končana! in zdaj dovolj tega!
that may be to je možno
that's what it is saj to je ravno; stvar je v tem; tako je to; za tem grmom tiči zajec
(is) that so? ali res? je (to) res tako?
that's the way! tako je prav!
that is why zato
that is because to je zato, ker
that is (to say) to se pravi
those are they to so oni
those are his children to (ono) so njegovi otroci
that was the children to so bili (so naredili) otroci
that's a dear! to je lepo od tebe!
what of that? (pa) kaj za to?
what's that noise? kakšen hrup je to?
that's what he told me tako mi je on povedal
let it go at that pogovorno pustimo to, kot je
why do you run like that? zakaj tako tečeš?
this cake is better than that (one) ta kolač je boljši kot oni
I went to this and that doctor šel sem k več zdravnikom

2. prislov
pogovorno takó (zelo)

that much toliko
that far tako daleč
that angry (small, tired) tako jezen (majhen, utrujen)

that³ [ðæt] veznik
da; da bi; (zato) ker; ko

in order that, to the end that da bi
so that tako, da
now that sedaj, ko
I am sorry that you can't come žal mi je, da ne morete priti
we eat that we may live jémo, da bi mogli živeti
he lives that he may eat on živi, da bi mogel jesti
I was so tired that I fell asleep bil sem tako utrujen, da sem zaspal
now that we know the reason sedaj, ko vemo za razlog
it is 3 years that she went away tri leta je, da (odkar) je odšla
at the time that I was born v času, ko sem se rodil
it is rather that prej (je), ker
not that it mightn't be better ne, ker ne bi moglo biti bolje