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know^*2 [nóu]

1. prehodni glagol
vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti (from)

2. neprehodni glagol
vedeti (of za, o)
spoznati se (about na)

to know one's bussiness; ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem
to be known to biti komu znan
to be known as biti znan po čem
I know better than to nisem tako neumen, da bi
to know by heart znati na pamet
to know by sight poznati na videz
to know one from the other razločiti med dvema, razpoznati
to know a hawk from a handsaw biti dovolj bister
don't know him from Adam nimam pojma, kdo je
to get (ali come) to know spoznati, zvedeti
to let s.o. know sporočiti komu
to make known razglasiti, oznaniti
to make o.s. known to predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom
to know one's own mind vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati
not to know what to make of a thing ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti
not that I know ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej
to know one's way around znajti se, spoznati se
to know which side one's bread is buttered vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi
to know from a bull's foot znati razlikovati, znati ločiti
before you know where you are hipoma, preden se zaveš
don't I know it! pa še kako to vem!
he wouldn't know (that) težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti
I would have you know that rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil
I have never known him to lie kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal
after I first knew him potem ko sem ga spoznal
he has known better days doživel je že boljše čase
I know of s.o. who vem za nekoga, ki
pogovorno not that I know of ne da bi vedel
pogovorno do (ali don't) you know? ali ni res?

like³ [laik] predlog
kakor (a house like yours)
približno, blizu (something like 100)

to look like biti podoben komu, čemu
what does he look like? kako izgleda?
it looks like rain kaže na dež
to feel like s.th. biti pri volji za kaj, biti razpoložen za kaj
I feel like sleeping rad bi spal, želim si spati
like that tak, tako, na tak način
nothing like as bad as that še zdaleč ne tako slab
there is nothing like that nič ni boljšega od tega
something like a day res krasen dan
pogovorno this is something like! to se lepo sliši, to je že boljše
pogovorno that is more like it! to se že boljše sliši
like father, like son jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
like master, like man kakršen gospodar, tak sluga
like a shot kot bi izstrelil, brez pomisleka
pogovorno like anything besno, noro, kot nor

meat [mi:t] samostalnik
meso (hrana)
arhaično hrana, obed
sleng slast, užitek
figurativno substanca, vsebina

meat and drink hrana in pijača
to be meat and drink to s.o. biti v veliko zadovoljstvo, iti v slast
meats mesnine
cold meat hladna plošča
meat tea hladna večerja s čajem
green meat zelenjava
before meat pred jedjo
after meat po jedi
as full as an egg is of meat res poln
a thing full of meat zelo duhovita stvar
to make (cold) meat of e.o. umoriti koga
one man's meat is another man's poison ni vse za vsakega
that meat is for your master tega je škoda zate
meat packing plant industrijska klavnica

mind² [máind]

1. prehodni glagol
paziti na kaj, meniti se za kaj, skrbeti, brigati, ozirati se na kaj; nasprotovati, ugovarjati
arhaično spomniti (of na)
spomniti se na kaj

2. neprehodni glagol
paziti; biti proti

to mind one's book pridno se učiti
to mind one's own business pometati pred svojim pragom, brigati se zase
if you don't mind če nimaš nič proti
don't mind me ne oziraj se name, ne pusti se motiti
would you mind coming! bi prišel, prosim!
do you mind my smoking? imaš kaj proti, če kadim?
pogovorno mind you write glej, da boš pisal
pogovorno I don't mind if I do prav rad to storim
mind and do that pazi, da boš to res storil
sleng to mind one's eye biti previden
mind (yon)! zapomni si!
never mind! nič ne de, ni važno, ne vznemirjaj se, ne oziraj se na to!
never mind him! ne brigaj se zanj!
sleng mind out! pazi, umakni se!
he minds a great deal je proti, zelo ga moti
to mind one's P's and Q's biti previden v besedah in vedenju
I shouldn't mind (a drink) rad bi (kaj popil), nimam nič proti
mind the step! pazi na stopnico!

nothing² [nʌ́ɵiŋ] samostalnik
nič
figurativno ničevost, malenkost, niče
množina nepomembnosti, prazno govoričenje

for nothing zaman, zastonj
not for nothing ne zastonj, ne brez razloga
good for nothing za nobeno rabo
next to nothing skoraj nič
nothing but samo
nothing at all sploh nič
sleng nothing doing od tega ne bo nič
nothing else than nič drugega razen
nothing if not courageous zelo hraber
that's nothing nič ne de, nič ne pomeni
that's nothing to you to se ne tiče
there's nothing to it to je čisto preprosto
there's nothing in it ni res, ni važno
there's nothing for it but to ni alternative, ne preostane nič drugega
to feel like nothing on earth počutiti se kot uboga para
nothing like nič boljšega od
nothing like leather vsak berač svojo malho hvali, zadostuje kar imaš
to make nothing of ne moči razumeti, ne imeti za važno, ne izkoristiti, omalovaževati
I can make nothing of čisto nič ne razumem
to make nothing of doing storiti brez obotavljanja
to say nothing of kaj šele, da ne rečem
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
to dance on nothing biti obešen, viseti
to fade away to nothing razbliniti se
to have nothing to do with it ne imeti nič opraviti s tem
a mere nothing malenkost
neck or nothing na kocki, vse ali nič
nothing short of popolnoma, popolno
no nothing čisto nič
nothing to speak of nevažno
soft nothings čebljanje zaljubljencev
the little nothings of life življenjske ničevosti
nothing venture nothing have kdor nič ne tvega, nič ne dobi
all to nothing popolnoma, v največji meri

odds [ɔdz] samostalnik
množina (često edninska konstrukcija) neenakost, različnost, razlika; premoč; nesloga, spor; verjetnost, sreča
šport prednost (slabšemu tekmecu); neenaka stava, razlika med stavo in dobičkom pri stavi

to be at odds with prepirati se s kom
odds and ends drobnarije, ostanki
to give s.o. odds dati tekmecu prednost
to lay (the) odds of 3 to 1 staviti 3 proti 1
to lay (the) long odds veliko staviti
by long odds veliko bolj
against long odds proti veliki premoči, z malo upanja na uspeh
by long (ali all) odds v vsakem pogledu
the odds are in our favour; ali the odds lie on our side mi imamo prednost
to make odds even odpraviti neenakosti
it makes (ali is) no odds nič ne de, ni važno
odds are against us izgubljamo; verjetnost, da dobimo je zelo majhna
the odds are that verjetno je, da
to receive odds dobiti prednost (pri tekmovanju)
to set at odds nahujskati
what's the odds? kaj je na tem?, to pa res ni važno!
what odds is it to him? kaj pa je to njemu mar?, kaj ga pa to briga?

one³ [wʌn] samostalnik
poedinec, eden, ena

one and all vsi skupaj in vsak zase
the all and the one celotnost in edinost, vsi in vsak zase
all in one skupaj, istočasno
one by one posamič, drug za drugim
never a one nihče
one ... the other eden ... drugi
you are a one! ti si res čudak!
to be at one with s.o. strinjati se s kom
I for one jaz na primer
in the year one davno
to come by ones and twos prihajati posamič in po dva
to be one up on s.o. biti za malenkost pred kom
number one kar je odlično, prvovrstno; ego, jaz, osebna korist

proud¹ [práud] pridevnik (proudly prislov)
ponosen (of na)
domišljav, ošaben (as kot)
s čimer se lahko ponaša; sijajen, krasen (npr. ladja); samozavesten
biologija bujen, bohoten, ki divje raste; narasel (voda)
poetično isker, ognjevit (konj)
zoologija pojav

that is nothing to be proud of s tem se res ni treba ponašati
medicina proud flesh divje meso

quite [kwáit] prislov
popolnoma, čisto, docela; resnično, zares (quite a gentleman)
precej, ravno, prav, zelo

quite a precej, zares
quite a few veliko, mnogo
quite other čisto drugačen
quite the thing prava stvar, kot je treba, primeren
not quite proper ne ravno primeren
Oh quite!; ali quite so! res je, se strinjam
she (he) isn't quite ni prava dama (ni pravi gospod)

reality [riǽliti] samostalnik
realnost, stvarnost, resničnost; bistvo, bitnost; vernost (opisa), naravno prikazovanje; dejstvo, fakt, resnica, prava narava (of česa)

in reality v resnici, dejansko, (za)res
the reality prava, resnična narava, stvarnost
to make one's dream a reality uresničiti svoj sen

really [rí:əli] prislov
resnično, v resnici, dejansko, zares, objektivno

really? res?
really, this is too much! resnično, to je (pa) preveč!

rough¹ [rʌf] samostalnik
hrapavost, neravnost; surovo stanje; surovost, grobost; neprijetne stvari, težki trenutki, surova stran življenja; težaven teren; surov, neotesan človek, neotesanec, prostak

in the rough v surovem, neobdelanem stanju
the rough(s) of life neugodnosti življenja
over rough and smooth v slabem in v dobrem
it is true in the rough v glavnem je to res
to take s.o. in the rough vzeti koga, kakršen je
to take the rough with the smooth enako spreje(ma)ti dobro in slabo, vzeti stvari, kot pač pridejo
to work in the rough grobo izdelati

say^*1 [séi]

1. prehodni glagol
reči, izjaviti, govoriti (kaj); izreči, izgovoriti, povedati, izraziti; navesti, omeniti, trditi; obljubiti; deklamirati
pogovorno domnevati, vzeti (da...)

2. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, praviti; pomeniti; odločiti se; biti napisano

so said so done, no sooner said than done rečeno--storjeno
sad to say obžalovanja vredno, žal
I say! slišiš! čuj!, hej!
I dare say zelo verjetno; (često slabšalno), (kakor) mislim
it is hard to say težko je reči
it is said, they say govori se, pravijo
he is said to be ill baje (pravijo, da) je bolan
let us say recimo
(let us) say this happens vzemimo (recimo), da se to zgodi
said I?, pogovorno says I? sleng kajne?, ali ni res?
say it with flowers sleng povejte to obzirno, vljudno!
I'll give you say five days to do it dal vam bom recimo pet dni, da to napravite
period of say 10 years doba recimo 10 let
a country, say India dežela kot (npr.) Indija
that is to say to se pravi, to je, to pomeni, z drugimi besedami
a sum of 50 pounds (say fifty pounds) vsota 50 funtov (z besedami: fifty pounds)
this is saying a great deal to se že nekaj pravi, to že nekaj pove
you don't say so! česa ne poveste!, je to mogoče?
what do you say to that? kaj pravite k temu?
to say a good word for reči dobro besedo za
to say Mass cerkev brati mašo
to say no more da ne rečem(o) nič več
to say no reči ne, odkloniti, odbiti, zanikati
to say nothing of... da molčimo o..., kaj šele
to say one's prayers opraviti svoje molitve
to say yes reči da, odobriti
to have s.th. to say to (with) imeti nekaj reči, povedati k (pri)
he has nothing to say for himself on je redkobeseden (skromen, nepomemben) človek
to hear say slišati govoriti
what I say is... po mojem mišljenju
when all is said and done skratka, konec koncev
to say the word povedati (reči) geslo
so to say tako rekoč

so [sóu]

I. prislov
tako, na ta način, s tem; v takem stanju; v redu, dobro; zato, potemtakem, iz tega razloga, zaradi tega, torej, kot posledica tega; tudi

1.

so so tako tako, ne dobro ne slabo
so and so tako ali tako
so as na isti način kot; tako da (posledica)
so ... as toliko ... kolikor
never before so useful as now nikoli poprej tako koristen kot zdaj
so be it! tako bodi! pa dobro! (naj bo!)
so far doslej
so far so good doslej (vse) dobro
so far I haven't heard of him doslej nimam glasu o njem
so far as (in so far as) I am concerned kar se mene tiče
so far as I know kolikor (jaz) vem
so far forth do te stopnje, arhaično doslej
so far from nasprotno od, namesto da
so fashion ameriško na ta način, tako
so help me! (prisega) tako mi bog pomagaj!
so long! pogovorno na svidenje!
so many tako mnogi, toliki
so many men, so many minds kolikor ljudi (glav), toliko mnenj
so much toliko, v tolikšni meri
so much bread toliko kruha
so much for that toliko o tem, s tem je stvar urejena
so much the better (the worse) toliko bolje (slabše)
so tempting an offer tako zapeljiva ponudba
so then torej tako je to; zaradi tega
so to speak tako rekoč

2.

and so on, and so forth in tako dalje
even so celó tako, celó v tem primeru
ever so neskončno
he was ever so pleased preprosto (naravnost) očaran je bil
it was ever so much better as it was before bilo je neprimerno bolje poprej
every so often tu pa tam
if so če je (to) tako, v takem primeru
in so far as... v toliki meri, da...; toliko, da...
in so many words dobesedno, prav s temi besedami
Mr. So-and-so g. X.Y.
not so very bad ne ravno slabo
or so približno (toliko)
10 pounds or so 10 funtov ali kaj takega
quite so takó je, popolnoma točno
why so? zakaj tako? zakaj to?

3.

I hope so upam, da
I told so rekel sem tako (to)
Do you think he will come? -- I think so. Misliš, da bo prišel? -- Mislim, da (bo).
I sent it to you. -- So you did. Poslal sem ti to. -- Da, si (poslal). Res je. Tako je.
Her brother came and so did she. Njen brat je prišel in ona tudi

4.

I avoid him so as not to be obliged to talk to him izogibam se ga, da mi ni treba govoriti z njim
he is not so rich as his brother ni tako bogat kot njegov brat
I am sorry to see you so žal mi je, da vas vidim v takem stanju
it is not so much that he cannot as that he will not ni toliko, da ne more, kot pa, da noče
they climbed like so many monkeys plezali so kot (prave) opice
it is only so much rubbish vse to je nesmisel (neumnost)
is that so? je to tako? je res? tako? res?
you are unhappy, but I am still more so ti si nesrečen, jaz pa še bolj
he was not so sick but he could eat a hearty dinner ni bil toliko bolan, da ne bi mogel pojesti obilne večerje
I found them so many robbers ugotovil (spoznal) sem, da niso nič drugega kot tatovi
that is ever so much better pogovorno to je toliko bolje
he did not so much as look at me še (niti) pogledal me ni
as you make your bed, so you must lie kakor si si postlal, tako boš spal
and so say all of us in tega mnenja smo mi vsi
you don't say so! (saj to) ni mogoče!
all he said was so much slander vse, kar je rekel, ni bilo nič drugega kot samo obrekovanje
I told him everything, so you need not write to him vse sem mu povedal, torej ni treba, da mu pišeš
I do not want it, so there you are ne maram tega, da veš (sedaj veš)

II. veznik
pogovorno zaradi tega, zato; torej, potemtakem; (v pogojnih in dopustnih stavkih) če le

so, that's what it is! takó je torej to!
so that tako da
he annoyed us so that we never asked him again tako nas je dolgočasil, da ga nismo nikoli več povabili

III. medmet
tako! narejeno! opravljeno!

some [sʌm]

1. pridevnik
neki, nekak, nekateri, en; katerikoli, kakršenkoli
sleng velik, silen, pomemben, odličen; (pred samostalnikom v množini) nekaj, neko število, nekoliko, malo (od njih), kakih, okrog, približno

at some time or other enkrat pač, kadarkoli, prej ali slej
for some time nekaj časa
in some way or other na ta ali na oni način, tako ali tako
to some extent do neke mere, nekako
some day nekega dne
some few maloštevilni, majhno število
some girl! čedno dekle!
some people nekateri (ljudje), nekaj ljudi
some time enkrat
some time ago nekaj časa (je) (od) tegá
a village of some 50 houses vas kakih 50 hiš
it is some five years since we saw each other kakih pet let je, kar sva se (zadnjič) videla
shall I give you some more tea? naj vam dam še malo čaja?
have some jam with your bread vzemite si (nekaj) džema s kruhom!
I call that some poem! to (pa) je pesem!
that's some hat! to (pa) je klobuk (in pol)! to je kolosalen klobuk!
I left it in some corner pustil sem ga (to) v kakem kotu
as you say, it did cost some money kot pravite, je to (res) stalo nekaj (= precéj) denarja
I must do it some day ta ali oni dan (enkrat) moram to napraviti
that will take you some time to vam bo vzelo nekaj časa

2. zaimek
katerikoli, neki, nekateri
ameriško, sleng precéj, kar veliko, kar mnogo, še več

some ... some eni ... drugi
some of it nekaj tega
some of them nekateri od njih
some of these days te dni, v kratkem, kmalu
some accepted, some refused nekateri so sprejeli, drugi odklonili
if you have no money, I will give you some če nimaš denarja, ti ga jaz nekaj dam
may I have some of this cake? lahko dobim nekaj tega kolača?
he looked some tipsy bil je videti precéj vinjen
he ran a mile and then some tekel je eno miljo in nato še naprej

3. prislov
nekaj; precéj, zelo

that's going some! to mi je všeč! to je sijajno!
he seems annoyed some videti je nekaj nejevoljen (jezen)

something [sʌ́mɵiŋ]

1. samostalnik
nekaj; nekaj važnega; nekaj takega; (evfemizem) presnet, preklet

something else nekaj drugega
something old nekaj starega
something or other karkoli, to ali ono
a certain something nekaj določenega (gotovega)
not for something! za nič na svetu ne!
that something man! ta prekleti človek!
something must be done nekaj je treba storiti
I have something for you imam nekaj za vas
he is something of a... on je nekak (nekaj takega kot)
he is something of a poet on je nekak pesnik; on je malo pesnika
there is something in that nekaj je na tem
it is something to have nothing to pay to (pa) je nekaj (vredno), da ni treba nič plačati
he gave her a brooch or something dal ji je brošo ali nekaj takega (podobnega)
I hope to see something of you there upam, da vas bom tam videl od časa do časa
he thinks himself something ima se za pomembno osebo

2. prislov
nekaj, malce; precéj; izredno, važno

something like pogovorno nekaj kot
stooping something like his father nekoliko sključen kot njegov oče
that is something like burgundy pogovorno to je pa res (pravi) burgundec!
that is something like! tako je! tako je prav! odlično!

speak^* [spi:k]

1. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, besediti; imeti govor; pogovarjati se (with, to z; about, of o)
izraziti se
glasba (o glasbilih) dati glas od sebe, slišati se, zadoneti; dati se čutiti; (o portretu) biti kot živ
navtika signalizirati, dati znak
britanska angleščina dati glas, oglasiti se (o psu)

2. prehodni glagol
(iz)reči, izgovoriti, povedati, govoriti (kaj); izražati, izjaviti, najaviti; dokazovati, pričati, potrditi, pokazati
navtika poklicati (ladjo)

generally (strictly) speaking splošno (točno, strogo) povedano (vzeto)
plainly speaking odkrito povedano
roughly speaking v grobem (približno, grosso modo) povedano
so to speak tako rekoč
not to speak of... da (niti) ne govorimo o...
nothing to speak of nič važnega, ni vredno niti omembe
to speak back (nazaj) odgovarjati (na očitke ipd.)
to speak by the book govoriti z rokopisa, čitati (govor), govoriti s točnim poznavanjem
to speak like a book govoriti kot knjiga
to speak without book navesti dejstva po spominu
to speak bluntly naravnost, brez ovinkov govoriti
to speak by the card z veliko natančnostjo govoriti, biti precizen
to speak in s.o.'s cast prekiniti koga
to speak comfort to... imeti tolažilne besede za...
his conduct speaks him generous njegovo vedenje (ravnanje) priča o njegovi plemenitosti
my dog speaks only when I order him moj pes zalaja le, če mu ukažem
to speak in s.o.'s ear komu (kaj) prišepniti na uho, skrivaj govoriti s kom
fame speaks him honest on je na dobrem glasu
to speak fair dostojno govoriti
to speak for s.o. govoriti komu v korist, reči dobro besedo za koga
that speaks for itself to govori samo za sebe, tega ni treba (še) pojasnjevati (priporočati)
to speak French govoriti francoski
I found nobody to speak to nikogar nisem našel, da bi z njim govoril
to speak by hearsay govoriti, kar smo od drugih slišali
this speaks a man of honour to kaže (izdaja) človeka, ki ni brez časti
this speaks a small mind to izdaja (dokazuje) duševno majhnost
to speak one's mind povedati svoje mnenje
I will speak to your objections in a minute takoj bom odgovoril na vaše ugovore
to speak to oneself sam s seboj (sebi) govoriti
this portrait speaks ta portret je kot živ
to your praise be it spoken... v vašo pohvalo bodi povedano...
to speak plain and to the purpose jasno govoriti
to speak sense pametno govoriti
you might as well speak to a stone figurativno prav tako bi lahko govoril steni
to speak to govoriti komu, potrditi kaj
these trumpets speak his presence trobente javljajo njegovo prisotnost
things speak for themselves dejstva govore sama (po sebi)
that speaks of self-will to govori (priča) o samovolji (trmi)
to speak the truth govoriti resnico
I cannot speak to the truth of that ne morem z gotovostjo reči (jamčiti), da je to res
to speak volumes for jasno (prepričljivo) govoriti za, pričati o, dokazovati (kaj)
this speaks volumes for his faith in you to jasno govori za njegovo zaupanje v vas
to speak well for govoriti (iti) (komu ali čemu) v korist
to speak well (badly) of dobro (slabo) govoriti o
that does not speak well for his intelligence to ne priča (govori) o njegovi inteligenci
to speak with tongues (redko) biti nadarjen za jezike
to speak words of praise izreči pohvalne besede
who is speaking? (pri telefonu) kdo je pri aparatu?, kdo govori (tam)?

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

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

supposing that [səpóuziŋðæt] veznik
vzemimo, da; predpostavljajmo, da

supposing that it were true vzemimo (recimo), da bi to bilo res