Franja

Zadetki iskanja

  • hob2 [hɔb] samostalnik
    narečno kmetavz, teslo
    narečno škrat
    pogovorno nespodobnost

    to play (ali raise) hob with grdo s kom ravnati, pometati s kom
    to raise hob zagnati hrup
  • mischief [misčif] samostalnik
    škoda, nesreča, zlo, vzrok nesreče neprilika; zloba, krivica objestnost, prešernost, nagajrvost, navihanost, vragolija
    pogovorno navihanec, vražič

    to be up to (ali full of) mischief pripravljati vragolijo
    to do s.o. a mischief škoditi komu, storiti komu krivico; vulgarno raniti, ubiti
    to get into mischief zabresti v neprilike
    to keep out of mischief izogibati se zlu, biti dober
    to make mischief between sejati razdor med
    to mean mischief snovati zlo
    to play the mischief with grdo ravnati s, z
    napraviti nered, to run into mischief zaiti v nevarnost
    what (who, how, where) the mischief kaj (kdo, kako, kje) za vraga
    the mischief of it is that nerodna stvar pri tem je, da
    there is mischief brewing nekaj se kuha
    the mischief was a nail in the tyre vzrok nesreče je bil žebelj v pnevmatiki
  • nest1 [nest] samostalnik
    gnezdo; leglo
    figurativno skrivališče; majhen predalnik; serija, garnitura predmetov, ki gredo drug v drugega; zarod (živalskih mladičev)

    a nest of crime leglo zločina
    to feather one's nest mehko si postlati
    to foul one's own nest pljuvati v lastno skledo, grdo govoriti o svojem domu
    to leather one's nest napolniti si žepe
  • office [ɔ́fis] samostalnik
    služba, zaposlitev, opravilo, dolžnost, urad, pisarna, poslovalnica; ministrstvo
    ekonomija filiala, podružnica
    ekonomija zavarovalno društvo; usluga
    cerkev oficij, verski obred
    britanska angleščina, množina gospodarska poslopja
    britanska angleščina, sleng namig

    britanska angleščina Home Office notranje ministrstvo
    britanska angleščina Foreign Office ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve
    to be in office biti na vladi
    to come into office priti na vlado, nastopiti službo v ministrstvu
    Holy Office inkvizicija
    britanska angleščina booking office blagajna za vozovnice
    box office blagajna za vstopnice
    sleng to give s.o. the office namigniti komu
    sleng to take the office razumeti namig
    good office ljubeznivost
    good offices dobra dela, pomoč
    to hold office službovati
    to resign (ali leave) one's office odpovedati službo
    to take (ali enter upon) office nastopiti službo, sprejeti ministrstvo
    to do s.o. a good (bad) office storiti komu (slabo) uslugo
    ill office grdo ravnanje
    the last offices pogrebni obred
    to perform the last offices to izkazati komu zadnjo čast
    Office for the Dead črna maša
    divine office brevir
  • raw-boned [rɔ́:bound] pridevnik
    suh, mršav, koščen

    raw-boned deal pogovorno krivično ravnanje
    raw-boned person živ okostnjak
    he got a raw-boned deal grdó, krivično so ravnali z njim
  • rotten [rɔtn] pridevnik (rottenly prislov)
    gnil, črviv, trohnel, razpadel; onemogel, izčrpan (od starosti ali uporabe)
    pogovorno grd (o vremenu)
    figurativno pokvarjen, ničvreden, podel, hudoben
    sleng beden, odvraten, gnusen

    a rotten business umazan posel (zadeva)
    rotten egg gnilo jajce
    rotten luck grda (vražja) smola
    a rotten play strašansko slaba gledališka igra
    Rotten Row jahalna pot v Hydeparku
    rotten to the core do stržena gnil, figurativno skoz in skoz pokvarjen
    a rotten trick surovo, objestno dejanje
    rotten weather zelo grdo vreme
    to get rotten zgniti; pokvariti se
    something is rotten in the state of Denmark nekaj je gnilega v državi Danski
  • serve2 [sə:v]

    1. prehodni glagol
    služiti, delati za koga; (od)služiti (kazen); opravljati učno dobo; postreči, oskrbeti (with z)
    servirati (jed)
    šport servirati (žogo); zadostovati (komu), zadovoljiti (potrebe); ustrezati (namenu); prav priti
    pogovorno ravnati s kom; privesti samca k samici

    to serve one's apprenticeship služiti svojo učno dobo
    he has served us very badly zelo slabo je ravnal z nami
    to serve one's country služiti domovini
    to serve the devil služiti satanu
    dinner is served večerja je na mizi
    there is enough to serve five people tega je dovolj za pet ljudi
    that excuse will serve you to opravičilo ti bo prav prišlo (ti bo koristilo)
    I am glad to serve you (in this occurrence) veseli me, da sem vam lahko na uslugo (da vam lahko pomagam) (ob tej priliki)
    to serve a gun vojska streči topu
    if my memory serves me right če se prav spominjam
    serves you right! prav ti je!, zaslužil si to!
    they served him right ravnali so z njim, kot je zaslužil
    it does not serve my needs to ne ustreza mojim potrebam
    a man cannot serve two masters človek ne more služiti dvema gospodarjema
    this priest serves two parishes ta duhovnik upravlja dve župniji
    one pound serves us for three days en funt nam zadostuje za tri dni
    that will serve the purpose to bo ustrezalo (namenu)
    to serve a rope zvezati konec (spletene) vrvi z vrvico, da se prepreči odmotavanje
    to serve s.o. with the same sauce, to serve s.o. in his kind (in his coin) plačati, vrniti komu milo za drago
    to serve one's sentence presta(ja)ti svojo kazen
    to serve the time prilagoditi se času
    to serve one's time služiti leta do upokojitve; služiti svoj rok v vojski; prestajati svojo kazen v zaporu
    to serve the town with electric light oskrbovati mesto z električno razsvetljavo
    to serve s.o. a (nasty) trick (grdó) zagosti jo komu
    to serve s.o. a turn napraviti komu uslugo
    that will serve his turn to bo nekaj zanj, ta mu bo ustrezalo
    first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje

    2. neprehodni glagol
    služiti, biti v službi
    vojska služiti v vojski; streči, servirati; ustrezati, zadostovati; koristiti, biti koristen (primeren); napraviti uslugo, pomagati; opravljati funkcijo, fungirati (kot)
    cerkev ministrirati, biti ministrant

    as occasion serves ob primerni priložnosti, če se bo ponudila (ugodna) priložnost
    to serve in the army služiti v vojski
    to serve at table streči pri mizi
    to serve as an example služiti za zgled
    he serves rather badly (tenis) on zelo slabo servira
    to serve on a jury fungirati kot porotnik
    to serve as a mayor biti župan; opravljati funkcijo župana
    to serve with cold meat postreči s hladnim narezkom
    this string may serve later on ta vrvica utegne pozneje prav priti
    it will serve bo ustrezalo (prav prišlo, zadostovalo)
    while the time serves dokler je še čas (prilika)
  • shabby [šǽbi] pridevnik (shabbily prislov)
    ponošen, oguljen (o obleki); reven, siromašno oblečen, beden
    figurativno skop, skopuški, umazan, nizkoten

    shabby treatment nelepo, nizkotno, podlo ravnanje
    to play a shabby trick grdó jo zagosti
  • shocking [šɔ́kiŋ]

    1. pridevnik (shockingly prislov)
    spotikljiv, škandalozen, žaljiv, nespodoben, nezaslišan, strašen, grozen
    pogovorno ostuden, ogaben, gnusen

    a shocking sight strašen (grozen) prizor
    shocking weather pošastno (grdo) vreme

    2. prislov
    domačno grozno, strašno; zeló

    a shocking big town strašno veliko mesto
  • small1 [smɔ:l] pridevnik
    majhen (po velikosti, obsegu, številu, starosti, količini, pomembnosti); maloštevilen; kratek, kratkotrajen; redek, lahek, vodén (o pijači)
    narečno ozek
    figurativno nepomemben, malo važen, neznaten, brez večje vrednosti; ozkosrčen, ozkogruden, malenkosten; šibek, skromen, reven; nizek; majhne moralne vrednosti, podel; osramočen

    at a small rate poceni
    in a small way, on a small scale v majhnem razmerju, v malem, skromno, malo
    on the small side nezadostno velik, ne prevelik
    small and early party družba maloštevilnih gostov, ki se kmalu razide; intimna večerna zabava
    a small beginning majhen, skromen začetek
    small blame to them ni se jim treba sramovati, to jim ne dela sramote; ni jim treba zameriti
    and no blame to him! in kdo ga ne bi (po)karal!
    small cattle drobnica
    small drinker slab pivec
    small farmer mali kmet, mali posestnik
    small gross 10 ducatov
    small hand navadne pisane črke
    small hours ure po polnoči, male ure
    small letters male črke
    small means nezadostna sredstva
    a small place majhen kraj
    a small poetično nepomemben pesnik
    small rain dežek, droben dež
    small talk kramljanje, klepet(anje)
    the small voice, the still small voice figurativno glas vesti
    small wonder temu se je komaj čuditi
    it is small of him to remind me of it malenkostno je od njega, da me spomni na to
    that is only a small matter to je le malenkost
    I call it small of him smatram, da je to nizkotno od njega
    to feel small sramovati se
    I found the way at last, and small thanks to you for your directions končno sem našel pot, in za to se mi ni treba zahvaliti vašim navodilom
    he has small Latin and less Greek latinski zna malo, grški pa še manj
    I have had small experience of such matters doslej imam malo izkušenj v teh stvareh
    he has too small a mind not to be jealous of your success preozkosrčen je, da ne bi bil ljubosumen na vaš uspeh
    to make s.o. feel small figurativno osramotiti koga
    to make o.s. small napraviti se majhnega
    to live in a very small way zelo skromno živeti
    he was surprised, and no small wonder bil je presenečen, in nič čudnega (če je bil)
    it will take only a small time to bo vzelo le malo časa
    everybody thought it small of him to refuse to help vsakdo je smatral, da je grdó od njega, da je odklonil pomoč
  • 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
  • trick1 [trik] samostalnik
    trik, ukana, (vojna) zvijača, lokavščina, izvijanje; spletka; šala, burka, norija; veščina, mojstrstvo; videz, slepilo, iluzija; razvada; posebnost, značilnost; vzetek (pri kartanju)
    navtika služba pri krmilu (večinoma 2 uri)

    full of tricks poln spletk
    the tricks of the trade (posebne) poslovne zvijače
    the whole bag of tricks vreča (kup, koš) zvijač
    none of your tricks with me! tvoji triki pri meni ne vžgejo!
    to be up to a trick or two znajti se, znati si (hitro) pomagati
    to be up to s.o.'s tricks spregledati zvijače (trike) kake osebe, biti kos zvijačam kake osebe
    I was up to his tricks nisem se mu dal oslepariti, nisem mu nasedel
    to do (to turn) the trick sleng doseči cilj; izvesti ukano
    he has a trick of frowning ima to razvado, da mršči čelo
    he played me a dirty (nasty, mean) trick grdo (podlo) mi jo je zagodel
    I know a trick worth two of that poznam še nekaj boljšega kot to
    to take up the trick dobiti vzetek (pri kartanju)
  • ugly1 [ʌ́gli] pridevnik
    grd, nelep; odvraten, ostuden, ogaben; gnusen; umazan; neprijeten
    ameriško, pogovorno prepirljiv, hudoben, zlohoten; nevaren, preteč (oblak); kritičen

    as ugly as sin grd kot smrtni greh
    an ugly customer zoprn, neprijeten, nevaren človek
    an ugly crime podel zločin
    an ugly face grd obraz
    ugly duckling grda račka (ki se pozneje razvije v lepega laboda)
    an ugly job težavna, zoprna, neprijetna zadeva (delo)
    an ugly wound grda, nevarna rana
    ugly symptoms nevarni simptomi
    to look ugly biti grde, neprijetne zunanjosti (oseba); slabo, neugodno se obrniti (položaj)
    to grow ugly postati grd
    things have an ugly look stvari se grdo, neprijetno obračajo
    the sky looks ugly nebo obeta grdo vreme
  • vile [váil] pridevnik (vilely prislov)
    brez vrednosti, nič vreden; podel, nizkoten, hudoben, slab, pokvarjen; prostaški, vulgaren, odvraten, ogaben, oduren, grd; samoten, miren, strahopeten, vreden prezira; slab (hrana itd.)
    pogovorno popolnoma malopriden, ničvreden

    a vile dinner zelo slaba večerja
    a vile mind izprijen duh
    vile language prostaško govorjenje
    a vile temper čemerno razpoloženje
    vile weather grdo vreme
    the vilest of traitors najnizkotnejši izdajalec
  • villainous [vílənəs] pridevnik (villainously prislov)
    lopovski; odvraten, prostaški, podel, grd; sramoten
    pogovorno zelo slab, beden, mizeren, strašen

    villainous weather grdo, pasje vreme