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strength [strenɵ] samostalnik
moč, jakost, sila; čvrstost, odpornost; krepkost, žilavost; intenzivnost
vojska številčno stanje, dejansko stanje armade; jakost (utrdbe); (tekočine) vsebina

at full strength polnoštevilno, vsi
below strength, under strength vojska pod običajnim številčnim stanjem
in great strength v velikem številu
on the strength vojska na seznamu
(up)on the strength of na temelju, na osnovi česa
strength of body telesna moč
the strength of a horse figurativno konjska (silna) moč
strength of purpose moč volje, odločnost, vztrajnost
feat of strength dejanje, ki ga more napraviti le velika moč
it is beyond my strength to gre preko mojih moči
to measure one's strength with meriti svojo moč z
his relatives were there in full strength njegovi sorodniki so bili tam v polnem številu (vsi)

style² [stáil] prehodni glagol
nazivati, ogovarjati, da(ja)ti naslov, titulirati, naslavljati, imenovati, označiti; narediti (zasnovati, ukrojiti) po najnovejši modi
ekonomija, ameriško, sleng delati reklamo za

the King's eldest son is styled the Prince of Wales najstarejši kraljev sin ima naslov P. of. W. (knez Valizije, valizijski princ)
he is styled Sir naslavljajo ga s Sir
to style a new type of shoe uvesti, spraviti v modo nov tip čevlja

succeed [səksí:d]

1. prehodni glagol
slediti (komu, čemu), priti za (kom, čem); biti naslednik, naslediti; podedovati

2. neprehodni glagol
slediti, priti (to za kom, čem)
uspeti, posrečiti se, imeti uspeh, doseči svoj cilj (in pri čem, with pri)

succeeding ages bodoči časi (pokolenja)
autumn succeeds summer za poletjem pride jesen
a calm succeeded (to) the tempest po nevihti je sledila (nastopila) tišina
he succeeded as a doctor kot zdravnik je imel uspeh
he succeeded in doing s.th. posrečilo se mu je, nekaj napraviti
Edward VII succeeded Victoria Edvard VII je sledil Viktoriji
they succeeded with him dosegli so svoj cilj pri njem
he succeeded to his father's estate podedoval je očetovo posestvo
he succeeded his uncle as heir podedoval je po stricu
the plan did not succeed načrt se ni posrečil
we did not succeed in seeing him ni se nam posrečilo, da bi ga videli
we succeeded (very badly) imeli smo (zelo slab) uspeh
to succeed to the throne slediti na prestolu
to succeed to a title (a fortune) podedovati pravni naslov (premoženje)
nothing succeeds like success za enim uspehom pride drugi, uspeh rodi uspeh

such [sʌč]

1. pridevnik
takšen, tak; (pred pridevnikom) takó; podoben; (za samostalnikom v množini) kot (as na primer)
tako velik, zelo velik, izreden
pravno zgoraj navedeni, omenjeni

such a takšen
such as takšen kot, tak kot
such a(n) one zastarelo tak in tak, nekdo, neki
Mr. such and such g. Ta in Ta
such being the case ker je stvar tako, ker je takó
such a day! kakšen dan!
such another disaster še ena takšna nesreča
in such or such a place na tem ali onem mestu
no such thing nič takega, ni govora o tem
such was not my idea tega nisem mislil
there are such things take stvari se dogajajo
they gave us such a fright tako so nas prestrašili
we had such sport imenitno smo se zabavali
he said he had lost his way, or some such thing rekel je, da je bil zašel, ali nekaj takega
no such thing as a room was to be had in the whole town v celem mestu ni bilo mogoče najti eno samo sobo
do you think she will believe you? no such thing! mislite, da vam bo verjela? Kje pa! (Kaj še! Ni govora o tem!)
such master, such servant kakršen gospodar, takšen sluga

2. prislov
takó

such a nice day tako lep dan

3. zaimek
takšen, neki takšen
pogovorno isti
trgovina & vulgarno zgoraj omenjeni

arhaično & poetično such as tisti, ki; kdor; vsi
as such kot tak(šen)
all such vsi takšni
and such (like) in takšni, podobni
such or such of ta ali oni od
such as believe that are mistaken tisti, ki to verjamejo, se varajo (motijo)
he is a fool, but I am not such on je bedak, jaz pa nisem
I have a car I can lend you, such as it is imam avto, ki vam ga lahko posodim, kaj prida pa ni

suck¹ [sʌk] samostalnik
sesanje; vsesavanje, šum sesanja; cuzanje; vpijanje, vsrkavanje; sesajoča mlada žival; vrtinec; materino mleko
pogovorno srkljaj, požirek
sleng bonbon, sladkorček
sleng sleparija, bluf (tudi suck-in)
neuspeh

what a suck! kakšna smola! res nisi imel sreče!
just a suck of brandy won't harm you požirek žganja vam ne bo škodil
to give suck to dojiti (otroka)
to take a suck at a bottle srkniti ga iz steklenice
to take a suck at it pogovorno dobro ga srkniti, napraviti dober požirek

suck² [sʌk] prehodni glagol
sesati; cuzati; izmozgati, izčrpati, iztisniti
figurativno izvleči (from iz)
izmolsti, dobiti; vsesa(va)ti; dati sesati, dojiti
neprehodni glagol
sesati (at kaj)
sesati pri prsih

to suck s.o.'s brain(s) izvleči iz koga ideje (zamisli) za lastno uporabo, okoristiti se z idejami koga drugega
to suck s.o.'s lifeblood figurativno piti kri komu, do zadnjega ga izkoristiti
to suck the breast sesati pri prsih
to suck dry izsesati
to suck an orange izsesati, iztisniti oranžo
sucked orange "izžeta limona"
to suck the monkey britanska angleščina, sleng piti iz steklenice, piti s slamico
to suck s.o. to the very marrow koga do kraja izmozgati ali izžeti
to suck one's thumb sesati palec
the pump does not suck well črpalka ne vsesava dobro

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

sufferance [sʌ́fərəns] samostalnik
tiha, molčeča privolitev; (redko) trpljenje, bolečina
zastarelo prenašanje, potrpljenje, strpnost, popustljivost, obzirnost
ekonomija carinska olajšava

on sufferance s tiho privolitvijo, iz obzirnosti
he is here on sufferance tu ga (pač) tolerirajo (trpe)
it is beyond sufferance to presega človeško potrpljenje
to remain in sufferance ekonomija ostati neplačan (o menici)
sufferance ware-house zasebno tranzitno skladišče

suffice [səfáis]

1. neprehodni glagol
zadostovati, zadovoljevati potrebe

my word will suffice moja beseda bo zadostovala
what I have will suffice for me kar imam, bo zame zadostovalo
suffice it to say... dovolj bodi, če povem (naj samo povem), da...

2. prehodni glagol
zadovoljiti, zadostovati (komu)

the reason did not suffice him razlog mu ni zadostoval, ga ni zadovoljil
one dollar sufficed him en dolar mu je zadostoval

superior² [sjupíəriə] samostalnik
predstojnik, starešina, šef; kdor je boljši (in v)
zgodovina fevdni gospod

my superior in rank moj službeni predstojnik
Mother Superior, Lady Superior cerkev prednica samostana
I am his superior in courage prekašam ga v pogumu
he has no superior in speed v hitrosti prekaša vse

suppose [səpóuz] prehodni glagol
domnevati; dopustiti, sprejeti kot možno; smatrati, predpostavljati; imeti kot predpogoj (kaj)
neprehodni glagol
misliti, domnevati

always supposing s pogojem, da...
I suppose so verjetno, menda, tako mislim
Is he at home? -- I suppose so. Je on doma? -- Mislim, da je. Verjetno. Menda.
I suppose you've heard it menda (verjetno) ste to slišali
it is not to be supposed that... ni misliti, da...
I don't suppose he will come mislim, da ne bo prišel
you will come, I suppose? mislim (upam), da boste prišli?
suppose it rains vzemimo (recimo), da dežuje (bi deževalo)
suppose we went for a walk? kaj ko bi šli na sprehod?
suppose you meet me at 5 o'clock predlagam, da se dobiva ob petih
he is supposeed to be able to do it od njega se pričakuje, da bo mogel to napraviti
he was supposed to be dead mislili so (zanj), da je mrtev
you are not supposed to know everything ni ti treba vsega vedeti
why, that was to be supposed no, to se je moglo pričakovati
I suppose him to be an artist domnevam, da je umetnik; imam ga za umetnika
let us suppose that to be true domnevajmo (vzemimo, recimo), da je to res
his style of living supposes a big fortune njegov način življenja predpostavlja (da misliti na) veliko premoženje

suspicion [səspíšən]

1. samostalnik
sum, sumnja, sumničenje; sumljiva okoliščina; nezaupanje, slutnja; majhna količina, malce, malenkost sled

above suspicion ki ga ni moči sumiti
a suspicion of s.o. sum proti komu
on suspicion of murder zaradi suma umora
to cast (to draw) suspicion on s.o. vreči (obrniti) sum na koga, prikazati koga kot sumljivega

2. prehodni glagol
ameriško, pogovorno (za)sumiti (that da)

swarm¹ [swɔ:m]

1. samostalnik
roj (čebel), jata (ptic); mrgolenje; velika množina, kup, veliko število

a swarm of bills kup računov

2. neprehodni glagol
rojiti
figurativno mrgoleti, gnesti se, prerivati se; biti zelo številen, obilovati
prehodni glagol
ujeti roj čebel; obsuti

he was swarmed by a swarm of porters obsul ga je roj nosačev
the boys swarmed round him dečki so ga v roju obkrožili
the region is swarmed with game pokrajina ima divjačine v izobilju
the town is swarming with spies v mestu mrgoli špijonov

sweat¹ [swet] samostalnik
znoj, pot, znojenje, potenje; vlaga
figurativno, pogovorno muka, napor, težko, naporno delo, garanje
pogovorno strah
medicina znojilna kura; sredstvo za potenje
sleng vojak

in (by) the sweat of one's brow (ali face) v potu svojega obraza
in a cold sweat, all of a sweat oblit s hladnim znojem, prestrašen
bloody sweat krvavi pot
the sweat of hay in stacks vlaga sena v kopicah
to be in a sweat znojiti se, potiti se
to be all of a sweat, to be in a sweat biti moker od znoja, od strahu
he broke out in a cold sweat od strahu ga je oblil mrzel pot
to get into a sweat oznojiti se, zaznojiti se
to live on the sweat of the people živeti od znoja (žuljev) ljudstva
it was an awful sweat pogovorno pošteno smo se oznojili
to put into a sweat oznojiti, spotiti

swing¹ [swiŋ]

1. samostalnik
zamah, mahanje, vihtenje; nihaj, nihanje sem in tja; zibanje, guganje; tok; elastična, ritmična hoja; svoboda gibanja; gugalnica, guncnica
glasba swing (hitri stil jazza, kompozicija v tem smislu)
ekonomija, ameriško doba konjunkture, procvit, višek
politika krožno volilno potovanje (kandidata)
pogovorno posad, (delovna) izmena

in full swing v polnem razmahu
off one's swing figurativno ne na višini, ne pri moči
free swing svoboda gibanja, torišče
the swing of the pendulum nihanje nihala, figurativno spremenljivost (zlasti prihod na oblast zdaj ene zdaj druge politične stranke)
to be on the swing nihati sem in tja
to get into the swing of s.th. uvesti se v kaj, priučiti se čemu
to give full swing to s.th. dati čemu popoln razmah, popolno svobodo potekanja
to go with a swing gladko iti ali potekati
to have one's swing figurativno iti svojo pot
to let s.th. have its swing pustiti kaj potekati po normalni poti (normalno)
let him have his full swing pustite ga, naj dela, kar hoče
let me have a swing daj, da se malo poguncam na gugalnici
to live in the full swing of prosperity živeti v največjem blagostanju
to walk with a swing hoditi z dolgimi, ritmičnimi koraki, z elanom

2. pridevnik
vrtljiv; nihalen; gugalen

swing up prehodni glagol
obesiti

he was swung up to the nearest tree obesili so ga na najbližje drevo

table¹ [téibl] samostalnik
miza
figurativno pogrnjena miza, jed na mizi, obed, hrana; omizje, gostje; plošča (lesena itd.) z napisom; igralna miza (za biljard) itd.; tabela, tablica, popis, register
geografija plató, ravno zemljišče
tehnično deska
arhitektura plošča za oblogo

at table pri mizi, pri obedu
billiard-table miza za biljard
folding table zložijiva miza
kitchen-table kuhinjska miza
round table okrogla miza
multiplication table poštevanka
table of contents tabela, kazalo vsebine
table of exchanges ekonomija tabela (za preračunavanje) tečajev
sliding table raztezna miza
tea-table čajna miza
toilet-table toaletna miz(ic)a
writing table pisalna miza
the pleasures of the table užitki pri mizi (jedeh)
synoptic table sinoptična tabela
time-table vozni red
the twelve tables zgodovina, pravno zakoni 12 plošč
the two tables of the law religija plošči 10 božjih zapovedi
to be at table biti pri mizi, pri obedu
to clear the table pospraviti mizo
he keeps a good table pri njem se dobro jé
he kept the table amused zabaval je vse omizje
to lay on the table parlament odgoditi, odložiti (na kasneje)
these matters are on the table figurativno o teh zadevah (stvareh) se prav zdaj razpravlja
to learn one's tables učiti se poštevanke, računanja
to lie on the table ležati na mizi, figurativno biti odložen (na kasneje)
to set (to lay, to spread) the table pogrniti mizo
to set the whole table laughing, in a roar spraviti vse omizje v smeh, v krohot
to take the head of the table sesti na čelo mize
to turn the tables figurativno spremeniti (čemu) smer, spremeniti situacijo, obrniti vloge, obrniti srečo
the tables are turned sreča se je obrnila (drugemu v prid), vloge so obrnjene
to turn the table on the opponent pobijati nasprotnika z njegovim lastnim orožjem
I turned the tables on him spravil sem ga v stisko, v težave, v katere me je on hotel spraviti
to wait at table streči pri mizi

tail¹ [téil]

1. samostalnik
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)
množina, pogovorno družabna obleka

tail of a letter konec pisma
tail of the trenches vojska 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 figurativno 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 figurativno razcefran konec vrvi
the dirty end of the cow's tail figurativno 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 figurativno 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) šaljivo natresti ptiču (zajcu) soli na rep (da bi ga ujeli)
to go into tails figurativno 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 figurativno 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, figurativno najneumnejši (najmanj pomembni) komandira, vlada

2. pridevnik
najbolj zadajšnji, zadnji, končni, repni

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

talk down prehodni glagol
z govorjenjem (koga) utišati, pripraviti k molku

he brought forward an objection but was talked down imel je ugovor, a so ga utišali
neprehodni glagol
preprosto govoriti; prilagoditi se (nižjemu) nivoju (poslušalcev); pokroviteljsko, zviška govoriti

he always talks me down vedno govori zviška z menoj