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enter into neprehodni glagol
prodreti; sodelovati; lotiti se

I enter into your feelings razumem vas, sočustvujem z vami
enter into an arrangement sporazumeti se
enter into a contract skleniti pogodbo
enter into business relations navezati poslovne stike
enter into details spustiti se v podrobnosti
enter into a treaty skleniti pogodbo
enter into one's mind na misel priti
enter into correspondence with s.o. začeti si s kom dopisovati
enter into obligations prevzeti obveznost

escape² [iskéip]

1. neprehodni glagol
zbežati, izpuhtevati, izhlapevati, izginiti; rešiti se; podivjati (rastlina)

2. prehodni glagol
izogibati se komu, uiti

your point escapes me kaj ste hoteli reči?, ne razumem vas
to make one's escape zbežati
it escapes notice nihče ni opazil
it escapes me (ali my memory) ne morem se spomniti
the name escaped me ime sem pozabil

fie [fai] medmet
fej!

fie on (ali upon) you! sram te (vas) bodi!

follow¹ [fɔ́lou]

1. prehodni glagol
slediti, iti po sledi, spremljati koga; priključiti se; ubogati, pokoriti se; prizadevati si za kaj; iti za čim (from)
izhajati, izvirati; biti posledica; ukvarjati se, posvetiti se; preganjati; dojeti, razumeti; strinjati se

2. neprehodni glagol
slediti, kasneje se zgoditi

to follow up an advantage izkoristiti ugodnost
to follow s.o.'s advice ravnati se po nasvetu koga
to follow home (ali up) vztrajati
to follow the hounds iti na lov
to follow one's nose iti naravnost
to follow a lead ravnati se po navodilu
to follow the law biti pravnik
to follow the plough orati
to follow in his steps (ali wake) iti za njegovimi sledovi
to follow the sea biti mornar
to follow suit priznati barvo
as follows kakor sledi, sledeče
letter to follow pismo sledi
to follow the fashion ravnati se po modi
I cannot follow you ne razumem vas

for¹ [fɔ:, fə] predlog
za; zaradi; proti; namesto; glede na

for all navzlic, kljub
as for me kar se mene tiče, zastran mene
pogovorno to be in for, to be for it pričakovati (sitnosti, težave)
pogovorno to be out for nameravati
for the better na bolje
but for ko bi ne bilo, brez
for fear iz strahu
for love iz ljubezni
for the present za zdaj
for the first time prvič
not for love or money za nič na svetu
to know for certain (ali sure, a certainty, a fact) z gotovostjo vedeti
now for them! na juriš!
for good za vedno
there's nothing for it nič drugega ne preostaja
to go for a walk iti na sprehod
sleng to go for a soldier postati vojak
to give a Roland for an Oliver poplačati enako z enakim, vrniti milo za drago
I am in for flu gripa se me loteva
he wants for nothing nič mu ne manjka, vsega ima dovolj
to take for granted smatrati kot dejstvo
it's for you do decide ti se moraš odločiti
it is not nice for him ni lepo od njega
once for all enkrat za vselej
for as much v koliko
for all (ali aught) I know... kolikor je meni znano...
for instance, for example na primer
for the nonce tokrat
I for one jaz na primer
for God's sake za božjo voljo
to look for s.th. iskati kaj
not for the life of me za nič na svetu
for shame! sram te (vas) bodi!
to be out for trouble (ali row) iskati prepir
she could not speak for weeping tako se je jokala, da ni mogla govoriti
the train for London vlak proti Londonu
word for word beseda za besedo
Mary for ever! naj živi Marija!
for the time being za zdaj
he's been here for an hour je tukaj že eno uro

Greek¹ [gri:k] samostalnik
Grk(inja); grščina; heleniziran Žid; član grške pravoslavne cerkve
figurativno premetenec

when Greek meets Greek kadar se spopadeta hrabra nasprotnika
that's Greek to me to mi je španska vas

Hebrew [hí:bru:]

1. pridevnik
hebrejski

2. samostalnik
Hebrej, Jud; hebrejščina

it is Hebrew to me to mi je španska vas
written Hebrew-wise pisan z desne na levo

invade [invéid] prehodni glagol
vdreti, napasti, navaliti; prevzeti, zavzeti; prisvojiti si
figurativno kratiti; prekršiti; samovoljno posegati v kaj

fear invaded him ves je bil v strahu
the village was invaded by tourists turisti so napolnili vas
to invade s.o.'s rights kratiti komu njegove pravice

land¹ [lænd] samostalnik
kopno, zemlja; dežela; zemljišče, tla; posestvo
figurativno področje
množina nepremičnine; polje (del med dvema brazdama puškine cevi)

by land po kopnem
by land and sea po kopnem in po morju
the land of dreams kraljestvo sanj
the land of the living tostranstvo, ta svet
the fat of the land obilje
the land of the leal raj
the lay of the land topografska lega
native land domovina
land of Nod spanec
the Holy Land sveta dežela
the Promised Land obljubljena dežela
land of cakes; ali land of the thistle Škotska
back to the land nazaj na dežslo
to go on the land oditi v vas, postati kmetovalec
navtika to make the land zagledati kopno, pristati
to come to land dospeti v pristanišče
navtika land ho! kopno na vidiku!
to lay (ali shut in) the land zgubiti kopno z vidika
to see how the land lies videti od kod veter piha, videti kakšno je stanje

length [leŋɵ] samostalnik
dolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)

at length nadrobno; končno
at arm's length na doseg roke; čim delj od sebe
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljski
to know the length of s.o.'s foot koga dobro poznati
at full length v naravni velikosti
at great (ali some, full) length na drobno, na dolgo in široko
to go to great length daleč iti; zelo se potruditi
to go all lengths; ali to go to any length iti do skrajnosti
to go to the length of mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, da
to win by a length zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)
when will you come our length? kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam?

put^*2 [put]

1. prehodni glagol
položiti, postaviti, dati kam, vtakniti (in one's pocket v žep; in prison v ječo)
spraviti (koga v posteljo, v neprijeten položaj, v red, v tek); izpostaviti, podvreči čemu (to put to death usmrtiti koga)
posaditi (into, under s čim; the land was put under potatoes)
poslati, dati, siliti, naganjati (to v, k; to put to school poslati v šolo, to put to trade dati koga v uk, to put the horse to the fence nagnati konja v skok čez ograjo)
napeljati, zvabiti (on, to k)
napisati (to put one's signature to a document)
prestaviti, prevesti (into French v francoščino)
izraziti, formulirati (I cannot put it into words ne znam tega z besedami izraziti; how shall I put it kako naj to formuliram?)
oceniti, preceniti (at; I put his income at £ 1000 a year po mojem zasluži 1000 funtov na leto)
uporabiti (to; to put s.th. to a good use dobro kaj uporabiti)
zastaviti, postaviti (vprašanje, predlog I put it to you apeliram na vas, obračam se na vas)
staviti (on denar na kaj)
vložiti, investirati (into v)
naložiti (npr. davek, to put a tax on obdavčiti kaj)
naprtiti, pripisati komu kaj (on; they put the blame on him krivdo valijo na njega)
šport metati, vreči (kroglo); poriniti (bodalo), streljati (in, into)

2. neprehodni glagol
podati se, napotiti se, iti, hiteti (for kam; to put to land podati se na kopno; to put to sea odpluti; to put for home napotiti se domov)
navtika jadrati, krmariti, pluti
ameriško izlivati se (into v)

to put s.o. above s.o. else postaviti koga pred drugega
to put one's brain to it koncentrirati se na kaj, lotiti se česa
to put a bullet through ustreliti, preluknjati koga
to put in black and white, to put in writing napisati
to be put to it biti prisiljen
to be hard put to it biti v zagati, v škripcih, biti prisiljen k čemu
to put the cow to the bull pripeljati kravo k biku
put the case that recimo, da
to put the cart before the horse nesmiselno ravnati
to put o.s. in (under) the care of s.o. postaviti se pod zaščito koga
to put out of action onesposobiti
to put s.o. out of countenance spraviti koga iz ravnotežja
to put down the drain vreči v vodo, neumno zapraviti
to put all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to put an end (ali stop, period) to napraviti konec s čim, končati
to put the good face on it mirno kaj prenesti
to put one's foot in it narediti napako, osramotiti se, blamirati se
to put in force uveljaviti
to put s.o. on his feet spraviti koga na noge
to put the finger on pokazati s prstom na, identificirati koga (kaj)
to put s.o. on guard opozoriti koga na previdnost
to put one's hands to lotiti se; pomagati
to put into the hands of s.o. prepustiti komu, dati komu v roke
to put out of one's head izbiti si iz glave, pozabiti
to put a horse to vpreči konja
to put s.o. in a hole spraviti koga v neugodon položaj
to put the hand to the plough prijeti za delo
to put one's hands in one's pocket globoko seči v žep
to put it to s.o. apelirati na koga, dati komu na voljo
to put a knife into zabosti
sleng to put the lid on presegati vse meje, biti višek česa
to put money on staviti na kaj
to put the money to a good use pametno porabiti denar
to put a matter right izgladiti (zadevo)
to put it mildly milo rečeno
to put in mind spomniti koga
to put s.o.'s nose out of joint spodriniti koga
to put in order urediti
to put s.o. on his oath zapriseči koga
to put in practice izvajati
to put o.s. in s.o.'s place vživeti se v položaj koga drugega
to put on paper napisati
not to put it past one pripisati komu kaj slabega
to put to ransom zahtevati odkupnino za
to put s.o. right popraviti koga
to put in shape spraviti v dobro kondicijo, oblikovati
to put one's shoulder to the wheel potruditi se
to put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel metati komu polena pod noge
to put to the sword prebosti z mečem
to stay put ostati na mestu
figurativno to put teeth into zagristi se v kaj
to put s.o. through it dajati koga na sito in rešeto
to put in use uporabiti
to put a veto on it uporabiti veto
to put into words izraziti z besedami, točno opisati
to put s.o. in the wrong postaviti koga na laž, dokazati, da nima prav
to put s.o. out of the way spraviti koga s poti
sleng to put s.o. wise odpreti komu oči
sleng to put the wind up s.o. prestrašiti koga, dati mu vetra
well put dobro povedano
to put the weight metati kroglo
to put everything wrong narediti vse narobe

remark² [rimá:k] prehodni glagol
opaziti, zaznati; pripomniti, komentirati, kritizirati; opozoriti (na)
neprehodni glagol
izreči svojo sodbo (on, upon na)
dati svoje pripombe, pojasniti, povedati svoje stališče (on, upon o, gledé)

to remark on s.th. omeniti kaj
allow me to remark that it is getting late dovolite, da vas opozorim, da je že pozno
he remarked on her laziness imel je pripombo gledé njene lenobe

remember [rimémbə] prehodni glagol
spominjati (spomniti) se; zapomniti si, ne pozabiti, misliti na; na pamet znati ali vedeti; izročiti pozdrave, pozdraviti, priporočiti
arhaično spomniti (of na)
neprehodni glagol
spomniti se

remember to come! ne pozabi priti!
remember what I tell you zapomni si, kaj ti rečem
remember me kindly to your sister lepo pozdravite (svojo) sestro!
I cannot remember the man you mean ne morem se spomniti, koga mislite
he cannot remember names on si ne more zapomniti imen
don't you remember me? se me ne spomnite?
as far as I can remember kolikor se morem spomniti
he wants (begs) to be remembered to you on želi, da vam izročim njegove pozdrave, on vas lepo pozdravlja
if I remember right če se prav spominjam
not that I remember ne da bi jaz vedel
to remember oneself zavedeti se; popraviti se

remote [rimóut] pridevnik (remotely prislov)
(krajevno, časovno) oddaljen; daven, daljni; odročen, zakoten, samoten
figurativno osamljen; nejasen, meglen (pojem), nepomemben; indirekten, šibek

remote ages daljni (pretekli) časi
remote antiquity davna preteklost, davnina
remote country daljna dežela
remote control usmerjanje (vódenje) na daljavo (z radijskimi valovi)
remote future daljna bodočnost
remote village zakotna vas
a very remote resemblance zelo majhna (šibka) podobnost
not the remotest chance of success niti mrvice upanja za uspeh
I haven't the remotest idea nimam najmanjšega pojma
to be not remote from the truth ne biti daleč (proč) od resnice, biti blizu resnice

request² [rikwést] prehodni glagol
zaprositi, prositi za (kaj), želeti; zahtevati; prositi za dovoljenje (that da)
povpraševati po, iskati

it is requested prosimo, prosi se
your presence is requested prosimo vas, da bi bili prisotni, vaša prisotnost je zaželena
to request a favour, to request permission prositi za uslugo, za dovoljenje
we requested him to sing prosili smo ga, da bi pel
visitors are requested not to touch the objects exposed prosimo obiskovalce, da se ne dotikajo razstavljenih predmetov

rest² [rest] neprehodni glagol
mirovati, počivati, najti mir, umiriti se, biti miren; ležati, spati; odpočiti se; oddahniti se; obstati, ustaviti se (o stroju); opirati se (against, on na)
opreti se, nasloniti se; zanesti se na, zaupati (in v)
prehodni glagol
pustiti (komu) počivati, dati počitek komu; varovati, prizanašati komu; dati mir komu; nasloniti, opreti (on na)
upreti (pogled) na, v

to rest oneself odpočiti se, oddahniti si
rest his soul! mir, pokoj njegovi duši!
to rest in the churchyard večno počivati na pokopališču
to rest from toil odpočiti si od težkega dela
I rest on your promise zanesem se na vašo obljubo
he rested his head on the pillow položil je glavo na blazino k počitku
he rests his suspicions on that letter on opira svoja sumničenja na ono pismo
to rest on (upon) one's oars nehati veslati, figurativno počivati po napornem delu
to rest on one's laurels figurativno počivati na svojih lovorikah
to rest a ladder against a wall nasloniti lestev na zid
are you rested? si se odpočil?
it rests with you to propose terms vam je prepuščeno, da predlagate pogoje
the burden rests upon him breme odgovornosti leži, počiva na njem
the fault rests with you krivda je vaša (leži pri vas)
let him rest in peace! naj (on) v miru počiva!
to let a quarrel rest pokopati prepir
the matter cannot rest there stvar (zadeva) ne more ostati pri tem
the officer rested the soldiers častnik je dal počitek (odmor) vojakom
a shadow rests on the valley senca leži nad dolino
we stopped to rest the horses ustavili smo se, da bi dali počitka konjem

rock¹ [rɔk]

1. samostalnik
skala, čer, kleč; kamnit blok; kamenina
množina, kolektivno prepad, strma pečina, stena
figurativno čvrsta tla; nevarna zapreka; vrsta paličastega bonbona; bonbon
množina sadni bonboni
ameriško, pogovorno kamen
ameriško, sleng kovanec

the Rock Gibraltar
rock bottom absolutno najnižji
Rock English gibraltarsko angleško narečje
Rock of Ages figurativno, religija Kristus
on the rocks nasedel, figurativno, sleng v denarni stiski
as firm as a rock trden kot skala
built on a rock zgrajen na skali, figurativno osnovan na trdni podlagi, trden, siguren
bed-rock, living rock živa skala
there are rocks ahead figurativno nevarnost je pred nami, nevarnost grozi
to be on the rocks nasesti na čer, figurativno biti v denarnih težavah
to be wrecked on the rocks razbiti se na čereh
that's the rock you'll split on figurativno to je za vas posebno nevarno, tu si boste lahkó polomili zobe
to run against a rock figurativno drveti v nevarnost
to run upon a rock nasesti, zadeti na čer, figurativno razbiti se
to see rocks ahead figurativno morati računati s težavami
to throw rocks at s.o. ameriško obmetavati koga s kamenjem

2. pridevnik
skalnat

sake [séik] samostalnik
razlog; obzir

for the sake of zavoljo, zaradi, na ljubo
for God's (ali heaven's) sake zaboga, za božjo voljo
for conscience's sake zavoljo vesti
for goodness' sake za božjo voljo, zaboga
for my sake meni na ljubo, zavoljo mene
for my own sake as well as yours zavoljo mene in zavoljo vas
for both (all) our sakes (ali sake) zavoljo naju (nas vseh)
for mercy's sake, for pity's sake iz usmiljenja
for my name's sake zavoljo moje časti
for old sake's zaradi starih časov (starega prijateljstva)
for peace's sake zavoljo ljubega miru
sakes alive! je to mogoče!
art for art's sake umetnost zaradi umetnosti

scorn¹ [skɔ:n] samostalnik
prezir(anje), zaničevanje, podcenjevanje; roganje, norčevanje; predmet prezira (roganja, norčevanja)

he is the scorn of the whole village vsa vas se mu posmehuje (roga)
to hold in scorn, to think scorn of prezirati
to laugh to scorn imeti za norca, zasmehovati, osmešiti
I shall be laughed to scorn bom v posmeh

see^*2 [si:]

1. prehodni glagol
videti, zagledati, opaziti, (po)gledati, ogledovati; razbrati, prečitati v časopisih; razumeti, uvideti, pojmiti, predstavljati si, smatrati; izslediti, doživeti, izkusiti; dopustiti, poskrbeti za; sprejeti (goste, obiske); obiskati, priti in pogovoriti se (on o)
govoriti z; iti (k zdravniku), konzultirati (zdravnika); spremiti

2. neprehodni glagol
videti, uvideti, razumeti; premisliti se; pogledati (za čem)

worth seeing vreden, da se vidi
I see! razumem!
see?, do you see? razumeš?, razumete?
as far as I can see kakor daleč mi seže oko; figurativno kolikor morem razbrati, po mojem mišljenju
let me see naj (malo) premislim
to see the back figurativno znebiti se obiskovalca, vsiljivca
to see s.o. to bed spraviti koga v posteljo
I cannot see anybody after five ne morem nikogar sprejeti po peti uri
he saw me on business obiskal me je poslovno
to see death pretrpeti smrt
I must see the doctor moram iti k zdravniku (na pregled)
he came to see me prišel me je obiskat
they have seen better days poznali so boljše čase
to see s.o. through a difficulty pomagati komu preko težave
to see eye to eye pogovorno strinjati se v mišljenju (with z)
to see with half an eye sleng jasno (na prvi pogled, mižé) videti
to see s.o. further sleng poslati koga k vragu
go and see him pojdi ga obiskat
to see good smatrati (kaj) za dobro, za primerno
to see s.o. home spremiti koga domov
I cannot see the joke ne vem, kaj je smešnega pri tem
we must see the judge moramo govoriti s sodnikom
to see life mnogo izkusiti v življenju, pogovorno veselo živeti
I shall not live to see it tega ne bom doživel
I don't see him kneeling at her feet ne morem si ga predstavljati, kako kleči pred njo
to see the light figurativno spreobrniti se; videti, kaj je treba narediti, da bo prav
to see the red light figurativno zavedati se neposredne nevarnosti ali nevšečnosti
to see how the land lies odkriti, kakšen je položaj
I don't see what he means ne razumem, kaj hoče reči (kaj misli)
you will not see me shot like a dog? ne boste dopustili, da me ustrelijo kot psa?
they see too many people preveč ljudi sprejemajo (v obiske), obiskujejo
to see a play ogledati si gledališko igro
to see red sleng pobesneti
to see service pogovorno udeležiti se vojnega pohoda
to see the sights ogledati si znamenitosti
he will never see sixty again figurativno je (že) nad 60 let star
we will see you to the station spremili vas bomo na postajo
to see stars vse zvezde videti (od udarca)
see that the door is locked prepričaj se, poglej, če so vrata zaklenjena!
see this done! poskrbi (glej), da bo to narejeno!
to see things figurativno imeti privide (halucinacije)
to see through a brickwall (a millstone) figurativno biti zelo bister, "slišati travo rasti"
to see snakes figurativno, sleng biti v deliriju ali na robu deliriuma tremensa
to see one's way videti, najti način (da se nekaj napravi)
he cannot see a yard before his nose figurativno (neumen je, da) ne vidi ped pred nosom