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supply² [səplái] prehodni glagol
dobaviti, dobavljati, preskrbeti, oskrbovati, dovažati; nadomestiti, dopolnjevati; odpomoči, odpraviti (nedostatek); zadovoljiti (povpraševanje)
ekonomija doplačati; zastopati, nadomestovati, suplirati (koga)
neprehodni glagol
vskočiti kot namestnik ali zastopnik, suplirati

to supply an army oskrbovati vojsko
to supply a deficiency priskrbeti, kar manjka; kriti primanjkljaj
to supply electricity to town oskrbovati mesto z elektriko
to supply a long-felt need zadovoljiti dolgo časa občuteno potrebo
to supply a loss nadomestiti izgubo
to supply missing words dopolniti manjkajoče besede
the cow supplies us with milk krava nas oskrbuje z mlekom
to supply the place of zamenjati (koga) na njegovem položaju
to supply a want zadovoljiti potrebo, odpraviti pomanjkljivost

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

surmount [sə:máunt] prehodni glagol
dvigati se nad, nadvladovati; obvladati, prebroditi (težave itd.), preplezati; povzpeti se na (goro); pokrivati, venčati
zastarelo prekositi, prekašati

peaks surmounted with snow s snegom pokriti (ovenčani) vrhovi
to surmount a difficulty (an obstacle) premagati težavo (zapreko)
a spire surmounted the building koničast stolp se je dvigal nad zgradbo

surrender² [səréndə] prehodni glagol
predati, izročiti; odstopiti, prepustiti; odreči se, odpovedati se (čemu); oddati (žito, mleko itd.) po planskem odkupu
pravno odstopiti (kaj); (zavarovalni polici) se odreči, a za to dobiti del premije
zastarelo odgovoriti, vrniti
neprehodni glagol
predati se, kapitulirati, položiti orožje; prepustiti se

to surrender o.s. vdati se, predati se, kapitulirati
to surrender at discretion (ali unconditionally) kapitulirati brezpogojno
to surrender upon term kapitulirati pogojno, z določenimi pogoji
to surrender one's bail prostovoljno se zopet javiti sodišču po izpustitvi proti kavciji
to surrender the fortress to the enemy predati trdnjavo sovražniku
to surrender freedom (hope) odreči se svobodi (upanju)
to surrender o.s. to one's grief prepustiti se svoji bolečini
to surrender an insurance policy zopet odstopiti zavarovalno polico
he had to surrender his office moral je podati ostavko, se odpovedati službi
to surrender a privilege odpovedati se privilegiju

suspect¹ [səspékt] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
(o)sumiti, sumničiti, imeti na sumu (of zaradi česa)
imeti (kaj) za verjetno ali možno; slutiti; misliti, domnevati (that da)
dvomiti (o čem), ne zaupati, biti nezaupljiv

to suspect an ambush (a danger) slutiti zasedo (nevarnost)
I suspect him to be a liar, I suspect him of lying mislim (zdi se mi, sumim), da on laže
I suspect you once thought otherwise mislim (zdi se mi), da ste nekoč drugače mislili
I half suspect you don't care for him vse se mi zdi, da vam ni zanj
to suspect s.o.'s honesty dvomiti o poštenju neke osebe
to suspect s.o. of theft (of murder) osumiti koga tatvine (umora)
to suspect a plot sumiti zaroto, bati se zarote
to suspect the truth of the evidence dvomiti o resnici dokaznega gradiva

suspend [səspénd] prehodni glagol
obesiti (from na)
začasno odgoditi, odložiti, ustaviti; začasno razveljaviti; začasno ustaviti (plačevanje); začasno odstaviti s službenega mesta, suspendirati; izključiti iz članstva itd.; zadrževati
neprehodni glagol
(začasno) opustiti, ustaviti svojo dejavnost

to suspend one's decision odložiti svojo odločitev
to suspend hostilities vojska ustaviti sovražnosti
to suspend a lamp from the ceiling obesiti svetilko na strop
to suspend a member of a club izključiti člana iz kluba
to suspend payments ustaviti plačila
to suspend an official suspendirati uradnika
to suspend one's indignation zadrževati (skrivati) svojo nevoljo
to suspend a sentenee pravno odložiti sodbo
to suspend a regulation začasno razveljaviti odredbo
the traffic was suspended promet je bil začasno ustavljen (prekinjen)
to stand suspended biti neodločen

sustain [səstéin] prehodni glagol
vzdrževati, oskrbovati, hraniti, preživljati; podpirati; podkrepiti; braniti; prenašati, nositi, prenesti, vzdržati, vztrajati, ne popuščati, ne prenehati; (pre)trpeti, utrpeti, prenesti (izgubo)
glasba obdržati (noto)
pravno odločiti v korist

to sustain an army oskrbovati vojsko
to sustain an attack vzdržati napad
to sustain conversation vzdrževati pogovor
to sustain comparison with dati se primerjati z
sustained efforts vztrajni napori
to sustain a family vzdrževati družino
sustaining food močna hrana
to sustain heavy losses imeti težke izgube
to sustain an injury biti ranjen
to sustain a theory podkrepiti, podpirati neko teorijo

sustainer [səstéinə] samostalnik
nosilec; podpornik; hranitelj, vzdrževalec; branilec (argumenta); podpora (tudi figurativno)

sustainers of an idea nosilci neke ideje

swallow² [swɔ́lou]

1. samostalnik
žrelo, grlo; požiranje, požirek
geologija (kraški) požiralnik
figurativno apetit, požrešnost, pohlep, poželenje

a swallow of water požirek vode
to drink s.th. at one swallow izpiti kaj na dušek

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
požirati, požreti, goltati, pogoltniti (tudi figurativno)
zadušiti, potlačiti (jezo); preklicati; verjeti (kaj), biti lahkoveren; pohlepno čitati; mirno trpeti, prenesti (žalitev); priključiti si (tuje ozemlje)

to swallow the anchor navtika, sleng obesiti mornarski poklic na klin
to swallow the bait pogoltniti vabo (trnek), figurativno vgrizniti v vabo, dati se speljati, iti na limanice
to swallow a camel figurativno verjeti nekaj neverjetnega; mirno trpeti, prenesti (kaj)
to swallow an insult pogoltniti žalitev
to swallow a story verjeti neresnično zgodbo
to swallow a tavern token figurativno opi(ja)niti se
to swallow one's words figurativno preklicati, nazaj vzeti svoje besede
he swallowed the wrong way zaletelo se mu je

swear^*2 [swɛ́ə] prehodni glagol
prisegati (kaj), s prisego potrditi, priseči (na kaj); položiti prisego; zapriseči (koga)
neprehodni glagol
priseči, izjaviti pod prisego; zatrjevati; zakleti se; preklinjati, zmerjati (at koga)

sworn enemies zakleti sovražniki
sworn friends prijatelji na življenje in smrt, pobratimi
to swear a charge against s.o. s prisego koga obtožiti
to swear a crime against s.o. s prisego koga zločina obtožiti
to swear s.o. to (secrecy) s prisego koga obvezati k (tajnosti)
I can swear to the man lahko prisežem, da je to on
to swear falsely, to swear a false oath po krivem priseči
to swear friendship priseči prijateljslvo
I swear to God that... prisegam pri bogu, da...
to swear it s prisego to potrditi
to swear an oath priseči
to swear a solemn oath slovesno priseči, obljubiti
he swore at me for getting in his way ozmerjal me je, češ da sem mu napoti
to swear obedience (revenge) priseči pokorščino (maščevanje)
he swears by the quality of his goods prisega, da je njegovo blago dobro
to swear like a lord (like a trooper) preklinjati ko Turek
have you sworn the witness? ste zaprisegli pričo?

swear in prehodni glagol
zapriseči

to swear in an officer zapriseči uradnika

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

switch on prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
prižgati (luč); obrniti, zavrteti (pipo); vzpostaviti (telefonsko zvezo)

to switch on the radio vključiti radio
to switch on to an aerial priključiti (radio) na anteno

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

take out prehodni glagol
izvleči, potegniti iz, vzeti iz; izruvati (zob); izbrisati, odstraniti (madež); odvesti, odpeljati, peljati ven; dobiti kot odškodnino; skleniti (zavarovanje); dati si izstaviti, izposlovafi si (patent)

to take it out odškodovati se, maščevati se
as he could not get paid, he took it out in groceries ker ni mogel dobiti denarja, si je dal plačati v špecerijskem blagu
to take it out on s.o. stresti svojo jezo nad kom
to take s.o. out to dinner peljati koga na večerjo
to take the children out for a walk peljati otroke na sprehod
to take out a patent dobiti patent
to take out an insurance policy skleniti zavarovanje
to take out one's first papers formalno izjaviti, da želi (kdo) postati državljan ZDA

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

talk over prehodni glagol
pretresati, prediskutirati (a plan načrt)
pregovoriti, pridobiti (koga) z nagovarjanjem

to talk over an opponent pregovoriti nasprotnika
talk over it over with your parents pogovorite se o tem s starši
he wanted to leave the party, but they talked him out hotel je zapustiti stranko, pa so ga pregovorili

tar [ta:]

1. samostalnik
katran, smola
figurativno mornar

a jolly (jack) tar mornar
an old weather-beaten tar star morski volk (mornar)

2. prehodni glagol
premazati, namazati s katranom

they are tarred with the same brush figurativno imata (imajo) iste napake, našla sta se dva enaka
to tar and feather namazati (koga) s katranom in posuti (ga) s perjem (kot kazen)
neprehodni glagol
postati katran; dajati katran

3. pridevnik
katranski

teach^* [ti:č] prehodni glagol
učiti, poučevati; naučiti, priučiti; (u)vežbati, navajati; dresirati, trenirati
neprehodni glagol
poučevati, biti učitelj, učiteljevati
ameriško učiti na

to teach s.o. manners (na)učiti koga manir
to teach s.o. better figurativno dopovedati komu
to teach s.o. to whistle naučiti koga žvižgati
I will teach him a lesson figurativno naučil ga bom, mu bom že pokazal
I will teach you to steal! pogovorno te bom že naučil krasti!
my brother teaches school moj brat uči na šoli
you can't teach an old dog new tricks figurativno kar smo v mladosti zamudili, ne moremo v starosti nadoknaditi

telescope [téliskoup]

1. samostalnik
teleskop

2. prehodni glagol
vriniti, zariniti eno v drugo (kot daljnogled)
figurativno skrajšati

his train was telescopeed by an express v njegov vlak se je zarinil ekspresni vlak
he telescoped all his arguments into one sentence vse svoje argumente je skrajšal (resumiral) v en stavek
neprehodni glagol
zariniti se eden v drugega