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cut^*2 [kʌt]

1. prehodni glagol
(od)rezati, (od)sekati, (pri)striči, rezbariti, (po)kositi, (po)žeti; (na)brusiti; gravirati, vrezovati; (pri)krojiti; skopiti, kastrirati; zbosti, zbadati; prizadeti; tepsti, bičati
figurativno izogniti, izogibati se, ne pozdraviti; zmanjšati, znižati; odložiti; izpustiti, opustiti

2. neprehodni glagol
rezati, sekati; zbadati; žeti, kositi
sleng zbežati, ucvreti, pobrisati jo; privzdigniti (karte)

to cut after s.o. letati za kom
to cut at s.o. udariti koga (z mečem); figurativno prizadeti koga
that cuts both ways to govori za in proti
figurativno to cut one's cable umreti
to cut capers (ali didoes) prevračati kozolce; smešne uganjati, norce briti
to cut cards privzdigniti karte
to cut s.o.'s claws pristriči komu kremplje
to cut and come again dvakrat si odrezati
to cut and contrive varčno gospodariti
to cut (dead) ne pozdraviti, ignorirati
to cut dirt, to cut it, to cut one's lucky (ali stick, sticks) popihati jo
to cut a dash zbujati pozornost
to cut a figure (ali splash, show, flash) imeti vlogo, postavljati se na vidno mesto
to cut it fine premalo časa si vzeti; natanko preračunati
figurativno to cut one's fingers opeči se
to cut the ground under s.o.'s feet pokvariti komu načrte
to cut free osvoboditi
to cut to the heart globoko prizadeti
sleng to cut no ice ne imeti vpliva
to cut it (ali the matter) short na kratko, skratka
cut it! molči(te)!
figurativno to cut the knot odločno rešiti vprašanje
to cut a loss odreči se, sprijazniti se z izgubo
to cut one's profits žrtvovati svoj dobiček
to cut the painter pretrgati stike
to cut the record potolči rekord
to be cutting one's teeth dobivati zobe
to cut one's own throat samemu sebi škodovati
to cut to usmeriti kam
to cut one's wisdom teeth (ali eyeteeth) spametovati, izučiti se
to cut the price znižati ceno

day [dei] samostalnik
dan; obletnica

all day, all the day, all day long ves dan
the day after the fair prepozno
the day before the fair prezgodaj
the day after tomorrow pojutrišnjem
the day before yesterday predvčerajšnjim
ameriško between two days ponoči
broad day beli dan
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
sleng call it a day smatraj za opravljeno
to carry (ali gain, get, win) the day zmagati
to end one's days umreti
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give s.o. the time of the day povedati komu, koliko je ura; pozdraviti ga
far in the day proti večeru
first day nedelja
to have one's day imeti srečo
to have a day of it, to take a merry day of it dobro se zabavati, uživati
if a day natanko, nič več in nič manj od
day in day out dan za dnevom
in the days of old nekoč, prej
to lose the day zgubiti bitko
men of the day znameniti ljudje
to name on (ali in) the same day with dati se primerjati s čim
one's off day slab dan (v športu)
every other (third etc.) day vsak drugi (tretji itd.) dan
one day or other pred kratkim, nedavno, oni dan
one's out day uspešen dan (v športu)
the day of judgement sodni dan
in the face of day pri belem dnevu
to pass the time of the day pogovarjati se, klepetati
the present day danes
to save up (ali put by) for a rainy day prihraniti za hude čase
this day danes
he has seen better days nekoč se mu je bolje godilo
one of these days kmalu
without day za nedoločen čas
in the days of yore nekoč
to know the time of day biti buden, paziti, biti izkušen
the Lord's day nedelja

dead² [ded] prislov
skrajno, popolnoma, docela

dead against naravnost proti
dead broke brez ficka
dead ahead naravnost naprej
to cut s.o. dead ignorirati koga, ne pozdraviti ga
dead tired na smrt utrujen
dead sure popolnoma prepričan
dead set against nepopustljivo proti
dead earnest čisto resno
dead on the target naravnost proti cilju
to stop dead nenadoma se ustaviti

declaim [dikléim] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
deklamirati; javno govoriti

to declaim against protestirati proti

demur¹ [dimə́:] samostalnik
pomislek, dvom; oklevanje, neodločnost, kolebanie

to make demur to oklevati, imeti pomisleke proti

despite¹ [dispáit] samostalnik
nevolja, jeza; trma, lokavost; sovraštvo
arhaično zaničevanje

(in) despite of kljub, navzlic, ne glede na
in one's own despite proti svoji volji

diamond¹ [dáiəmənd] samostalnik
mineralogija diamant, demant
matematika romb; karo (karte)
tisk vrsta črk
ameriško baseballsko igrišče
množina poševno sečišče dveh prog

diamond cut diamond, diamond against diamond zvijača proti zvijači, kosa na kamen
diamond cut into angles briljant
cutting diamond, glazier's diamond steklarski demant
English diamonds, black diamonds črni premog
figurativno rough diamond neolikan, a pošten človek
a small diamond karta nizke vrednosti
diamond of the first water najboljše vrste

direct¹ [dirékt, dairékt] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
uravna(va)ti (towards, to)
usmeriti, napotiti (to do)
ukazovati, ukazati (to)
nasloviti, naslavljati; režirati

as directed po predpisu, po navodilu
to be directed to biti obrnjen proti

discriminate¹ [diskrímineit] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (between med; from od)
razlikovati, ločiti (against proti)
favorizirati, biti pristranski

to discriminate in favour of favorizirati, dajati prednost
to discriminate against zapostavljati

dispute¹ [dispjú:t]

1. neprehodni glagol (with, against s, proti; on, about o)
prepirati, pričkati se, razpravljati

2. prehodni glagol
razlagati, pretresati; pobijati; spodbijati, oporekati; braniti, boriti se

it cannot be disputed o tem ni dvoma

drive^*1 [draiv]

1. prehodni glagol
gnati, goniti, pognati; zabiti; vreči, zagnati (žogo); vbiti; voditi, upravljati, šofirati; pregnati, spoditi; siliti; peljati; preutruditi; graditi (cesto); vrtati (predor)

2. neprehodni glagol
peljati se; hiteti; voziti se; meriti, ciljati

to drive a bargain dobro voditi kupčijo
to drive a good (hard) bargain dobro (slabo) opraviti
to drive a coach and four through spregledati lažnivost pripovedovanja
to drive a nail home popolnoma zabiti žebelj
to drive home a point neizpodbitno dokazati
to drive a roaring trade narediti sijajno kupčijo
to let drive at zamahniti proti
to drive to the wall (ali into the corner) pritisniti ob zid, ugnati v kozji rog
to drive one's pigs to the market glasno hrkati
to drive a quill (ali pen) biti pisatelj(ica)
to drive to one's wit's end popolnoma koga zbegati
to drive s.o. mad razbesniti koga
to drive s.th. into s.o. vbiti komu kaj v glavo
to drive s.o. hard zatirati koga
to drive s.o. to despair spraviti koga v obup

ear⁴ [iə] samostalnik
uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
figurativno pozornost

to be all ears napeto poslušati
to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
to give ear pazljivo poslušati
to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
to have itching ears rad opravljati
to have long ears biti radoveden
to have no ears ne imeti posluha
in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
over (head and) ears preko ušes
to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
quick ear dober sluh
to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
up to the ears preko ušes
to tickle the ears laskati
walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
I would give my ears glavo stavim

evidence¹ [évidəns] samostalnik
očitnost, jasnost, razvidnost (for)
dokaz; pričanje

to admit in evidence priznati
to establish by evidence dokazati
in evidence jasno viden, na vidiku
to give (ali bear, furnish) evidence of s.th. pričati o čem, kazati znake česa
to turn King's (ali Queen's, State's) evidence izdati sokrivce in pričati proti njim, biti glavna priča
on this evidence zaradi tega
to be called in evidence biti klican za pričo
a piece of evidence dokaz

expectation [ekspektéišən] samostalnik
pričakovanje; upanje na dediščino; slutnja, domneva, verjetnost

against all expectation proti pričakovanju
to answer (ali meet, come up to) one's expectation(s) izpolniti, kar smo pričakovali
expectation of life pričakovana dolžina življenja
beyond expectation več kakor bi človek upal
contrary to expectation nepričakovano
to fall short of (ali not to come up to) one's expectation(s) razočarati, ne izpolniti pričakovanja
on the tiptoe of expectation v velikem pričakovanju

eye¹ [ai] samostalnik
oko; vid; pogled; vidik; popek; ušesce (npr. šivanke); zankica; luknja (v kruhu, siru)
figurativno namera; blesk diamanta; središče
ameriško, sleng vohun

it's all my eye vse to je neumnost
the apple of one's eye nad vse drag
black eye modrica, ameriško poraz
by the eye na oko, po videzu
to cast sheep's eyes at s.o. zaljubljeno koga gledati
to clap an eye at s.o. zagledati koga
to catch the eyes of s.o. s pogledom koga opozoriti
to close one's eyes to s.th. zapirati oči pred čim
to come to the eye of s.o. pojaviti se pred kom
to cry one's eyes out izjokati si oči
pogovorno to do in the eye oslepariti, ukaniti
easy on the eye čeden, prijeten
to feast one's eyes z užitkom gtedati
to give an eye to pogledati, popaziti
if you had half an eye ko bi ne bil čisto slep in gluh
to have eyes at the back of one's head imeti povsod oči, biti bister
to have in one's eye opazovati
to have an eye to s.th. paziti na kaj
to have an eye to the main chance urediti sebi v prid
in the eyes of vpričo
to keep an eye on, to keep a close (ali steady, strict) eye on budno opazovati
to keep one's eyes skinned (ali open) budno paziti
to keep one's weather eye open oprezovati, budno paziti
to make eyes at s.o. spogledovati se s kom
to make s.o. open his eyes hudo koga presenetiti
mind your eye bodi previden
my eye! presneto!
in the eye of the law po zakonu
with the naked eyes prostim očesom
quick eye oster vid, dar opazovanja
vojska eyes right! (left!, front!) desno (levo, naravnost) glej!
sleng in a pig's eye nikdar
right in the eye of naravnost proti
do you see any green in my eye? mar res misliš, da sem tako neumen, da bi ti verjel?
to see with half an eye takoj opaziti
to see eye to eye with s.o. popolnoma se strinjati
to set (ali lay) eyes on s.th. zagledati kaj
a sight for sore eyes nepričakovano veselje
to turn a blind eye prizanašati
up to one's eyes prek ušes
it strikes the eye pade v oči
to throw dust in the eyes of s.o. vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga
with an eye to zaradi
in the eyes of the world po javnem mnenju
in the twinkling of an eye kot bi trenil

fact [fækt] samostalnik
dejstvo, resničnost, resnica; dejanje; ugotovitev

pravno before the fact pred zagrešitvijo zločina
in (point of) fact, as a matter of fact pravzaprav, po pravici povedano, dejansko
it is a positive fact to je čista resnica, čisto gotovo
facts are stubborn things proti dejstvom smo brez moči
pogovorno the facts of life resnica o spolnem življenju
taken in the fact zasačen pri samem dejanju
pravno before the fact pred izvršitvijo dejanja

field¹ [fi:ld] samostalnik
polje, njiva; igrišče; bojišče; tekmovalci, moštvo; igralec kriketa (ki odbija napad); vojskovanje, bitka; področje, torišče, poprišče, teren

battle field bojišče
coal field sloj premoga
to leave the rival in possession of the field zgubiti bitko
fair field and no favour enaki pogoji tekmovanja
open field system kmetijstvo
to fight a field boriti se
ice field drsališče
field editor dopisnik iz dežele
ameriško field study (ali survey) neposredno dognanje dejanskega stanja
ameriško field strawberry gozdna jagoda
a field day dan važnih dogodkov
to lose the field biti premagan, zgubiti
to lay (ali bet) against the field staviti na konja
to hold the field ne se vdati, vztrajati
to win the field zmagati proti vsem drugim
to play the field imeti široko področje
to take the field začeti bojni pohod
to keep the field ne se vdati, ne popustiti
to be in the field tekmovati
in the field aktiven
field of vision, field of sight vidno polje

fire¹ [fáiə] samostalnik
ogenj, plamen, požar; streljanje
figurativno gorečnost, navdušenje, vnema, razburjenje; vročica; pekel; smrt na grmadi

to add fuel to the fire prilivati olje v ogenj; poslabšati; razpihovati strasti
medicina St. Anthony's fire šen
between two fires med dvema ognjema
a burnt child dreads the fire kdor se opeče, je drugič previden
to catch (ali take) fire vneti se
fire control stolp, s katerega vodijo streljanje; boj proti gozdnim požarom
fire department požarni oddelek
to go through fire and water mnogo pretrpeti
to lay a fire pripraviti za zakurjenje
to open fire začeti obstreljevati
out of the frying-pan into the fire z dežja pod kap
to pour oil on fire prilivati olje na ogenj, razdražiti, podpihovati
to set on fire, to set fire to zažgati, prižgati
vojska blind fire streljanje brez cilja, na slepo
to keep up a fire vzdrževati ogenj; nenehno obstreljevati
to be on fire goreti
there's no smoke without fire kjer je dim, je tudi ogenj; iz nič ni nič
to set the Thames on fire narediti nekaj izrednega, iznajti smodnik
to strike fire izkresati ogenj
withering fire uničevalen ogenj
running fire salva strelov; zapovrstni napadi kritike

fool¹ [fu:l] samostalnik
norec, bedak, butec, zmedenec; dvorni norec, pavliha
figurativno igračka

All Fools' Day 1. april
April Fool aprilska šala; žrtev aprilske šale
to be no fool biti bister
as the fool thinks so the bell clinks norec veruje v to, kar si želi
everyone has a fool in his sleeve vsakdo se včasih obnaša kakor norec
a fool's bolt is soon shot norec je kmalu pri kraju s svojo pametjo
a fool's errand brezplodno delo
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to be a fool for one's pains zaman si prizadevati
fool's paradise deveta dežela
to play the fool neumno se obnašati
to be but a fool to, to be a fool to ne biti nič v primeri s
mineralogija fool's gold železov kršec
he is a fool to... on nič ne pomeni proti...
there's no fool like an old fool nič ni hujšega kakor ponoreli starec
botanika fool's parsley mala trobelika

fortify [fɔ́:tifai] prehodni glagol
ojačiti, krepiti, podpreti, podpirati; potrditi; utrjevati

to fortify o.s. against oborožiti, utrditi se proti