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pat¹ [pæt] samostalnik
trepljanje; lahen udarec, tlesk; kepica (masla)

he gave himself a pat on the back čestital si je (za kaj)

pick³ [pik]

1. prehodni glagol
kopati, izkopati (luknjo), prekopati; pobrati (s prsti, kljunom), zobati, kljuvati (ptiči), počasi jesti (ljudje); trgati, nabirati (cvetice, jagode); prebirati, čistiti (zelenjavo); skubsti, skubiti (perutnino); pukati, puliti, česati (volno); čistiti, trebiti (zobe); (o)glodati (kosti); prebirati, odbirati (rudo); spraskati (z nohti); vrtati, drezati (v) kaj; krasti, vlomiti (ključavnico); iz trte izviti, izvati (prepir)
figurativno skrbno izbrati, izbirati; strgati, scefrati (tudi figurativno)
ameriško, glasba brenkati

2. neprehodni glagol
krasti; jesti po malem; popraviti se (up)

to pick a bone with; ali to have a bone to pick with imeti s kom še račune
to give s.o. a bone to pick zapreti komu usta
to pick s.o.'s brains ukrasti komu idejo
to pick and choose prenatančno izbirati
figurativno to pick holes in najti šibko točko, skritizirati
to pick a lock vlomiti ključavnico
to pick one's nose vrtati po nosu
to pick s.o.'s pocket izprazniti komu žep (žepar)
to pick to pieces skritizirati; figurativno koga do kosti obrati
to pick a quarrel with s.o. izzvati prepir
to pick and steal krasti
to pick one's teeth trebiti si zobe
to pick one's way (ali steps) previdno stopati
to pick one's words izbirati besede

picture¹ [píkčə] samostalnik
slika, podoba, risba, portret; predstava, duševna slika
pogovorno utelešenje, videz, slika; natančna podoba koga
figurativno grafičen prikaz, oris, nazoren opis
pogovorno lepa oseba, lep predmet
fotografija fotografija; film
množina kino
medicina klinična slika (blood picture krvna slika)

to be in the picture biti poznan, slaven
to come into the picture postati slaven, postati zanimiv
out of the picture nepomemben, pozabljen
to have one's picture taken fotografirati se
to sit for one's picture dati se slikati, pozirati za portret
to form a picture of s.th. ustvariti si sliko o čem, predstavljati si kaj
to keep s.o. in the picture stalno koga obveščati, gledati, da je na tekočem
to go to the pictures iti v kino
to be the picture of misery biti utelešena beda
the child is the very picture of his father otrok je izrezan oče
he looks the very picture of health videti je kot utelešeno zdravje
she is a perfect picture lepa je kot slika
TV picture frequency slikovna frekvenca
TV picture tube slikovna elektronka

pin¹ [pin]
bucika, igla, zaponka
tehnično količ, klinček, moznik, žebljiček, zatič, zagozda; šilo, osnik, lunek; strelica, kazalec (kompasa), krak (šestila); vijak pri violini
figurativno malenkost, mrvica; kuhinjski valjar
množina, pogovorno noge
šport kegelj

to be weak on one's pins imeti šibke noge
not to care a pin ne jemati v mar, ne upoštevati
there's no pin to choose between them nobene razlike ni med njima, podobna sta si kot jajce jajcu
to knock s.o. off his pins podreti koga na tla
in a merry pin vesel, razpoložen
on a merry pin okajen, opit
you might have heard a pin fall lahko bi bil slišal iglo pasti na tla
as neat as a new pin kakor iz škatlice
pins and needles mravljinci
on pins and needles kakor na trnih
pogovorno on one's pins na nogah, čil in zdrav
clothes-pin kljukica za perilo
drawing-pin risalni žebljiček
hair-pin lasna igla
nine pin kegelj
rolling pin kuhinjski valjar
safety-pin varnostna zaponka
tie-pin kravatna igla

pinch² [pinč]

1. prehodni glagol
ščipati, uščipniti; stisniti, stiskati
figurativno utesniti, tlačiti, omejiti
figurativno ščipati (mraz), osmoditi (slana), mučiti (žeja, lakota); iztisniti denar od koga
sleng ukrasti
sleng zapreti, aretirati
britanska angleščina priganjati konja

2. neprehodni glagol
tiščati (čevelj, dolg itd.)
figurativno biti v stiski, mučiti, boleti; skopariti
sleng krasti

to pinch off odščipniti (vršičke)
to be pinched for time (money) biti v časovni (denarni) stiski
to be pinched biti v stiski, biti na tesnem (for, in, of)
pinched circumstances omejene razmere
to be pinched with cold biti premražen, pomodreti od mraza
to be pinched with hunger biti izstradan
to be pinched with poverty biti zelo siromašen
a pinched face shiran obraz
to pinch and scrape komaj izhajati, stiskati, trpeti pomanjkanje, ničesar si ne privoščiti
to pinch s.o. in (on, for) držati koga na kratko
that is where the shoe pinches tam čevelj žuli

pipe¹ [páip] samostalnik
(dovodna) cev; piščalka, frula; brlizganje, žvižganje (ptičje)
glasba, množina dude
anatomija sapnik, prebavni kanal; glas (pri petju); pipa za tobak
geologija dimnik
mineralogija cev za zračenje v rudniku, rudna žila cilindraste oblike
botanika votlo steblo, votel pecelj
ekonomija vinski sod ali sod za olje (105 galonov, ca 477 litrov)
britanska angleščina, zgodovina obračun državne blagajne (Pipe Roll, Great Roll of the Pipes)
sleng lahka naloga

pipe of piece pipa miru
pogovorno put that in your pipe and smoke it! dobro si zapomni!, figurativno pomiri se s tem
to put s.o.'s pipe out preprečiti komu kaj
organ pipe orgelska piščalka
to clear one's pipe odkašljati se, odhrkati se

pitch⁴ [pič]

1. prehodni glagol
postaviti (tabor, šotor, stojnico); zabiti, zasaditi (kole itd.); metati, vreči, zalučati (žogo, kovance itd.); naložiti (seno z vilami); postaviti v bojni red; določiti (po višini, vrednosti); (govor itd.) uglasiti, prilagoditi (on čemu)
izraziti na poseben način, s posebnim stilom
glasba uglasiti (glasbilo), intonirati (pesem)
šport meriti na cilj, zamahniti
figurativno usmeriti (misli toward k)
nasuti (cesto), tlakovati, asfaltirati; določiti adut (pri začetku igre); ponuditi, razstaviti, hvaliti blago
sleng pripovedovati, izblebetati

2. neprehodni glagol
pasti kakor dolg in širok
navtika zibati se (ladja)
šport podati žogo metalcu, metati; nagniti se (streha); utaboriti se

pitched battle naprej pripravljena in brezobzirna borba
to pitch the fork pripovedovati ganljive zgodbe
to go a pitching prevračati kozolce
to pitch too high previsoko meriti
to pitch the voice high visoko zapeti
his voice was well pitched njegov glas je bil dobro uglašen
to pitch it strong močno pretiravati
to pitch a story pripovedovati laži, debele tvesti, izmisliti si zgodbo
to pitch a tent postaviti šotor
figurativno to pitch one's tent naseliti se
to pitch a yarn debele tvesti, pripovedovati neverjetno zgodbo

place¹ [pléis] samostalnik
prostor, kraj, mesto
ekonomija kraj, sedež (podjetja itd.); dom, hiša, stanovanje, kraj bivanja, pokrajina
pogovorno lokal
navtika kraj, pristanišče (place of call pristanišče, kjer ladja pristane)
sedež, mesto pri mizi; služba, službeno mesto, položaj, dolžnost
matematika decimalno mesto; družbeni položaj, stan
figurativno vzrok, povod
šport tekmovalčevo mesto

place of amusement zabaviščni prostor, zabavišče
place of birth; ali one's native place rojstni kraj
place of employment delovno mesto
place of worship (božji) hram
of this place tukajšnji
in this place tukaj, na tem mestu
at his place pri njem doma
from place to place s kraja v kraj
in all places povsod
in place mestoma, tu pa tam
put yourself in my place postavi se v moj položaj
to find one's place znajti se na pravem mestu
this is not the place for to ni pravo mesto za
it is not my place to do this ni moja stvar to narediti
to put s o. in his place pokazati komu, kje mu je mesto
there is no place for doubt ni vzroka za dvom
to give place to odstopiti mesto, umakniti se komu
ameriško going places uspeti, ogledati si znamenitosti nekega kraja
in place na pravem mestu, primeren
in place of namesto
in the first place predvsem
in the last place nazadnje, končno
to keep s.o. in his place zaustaviti koga, paziti, da ne postane preveč domač
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto
out of place na nepravem mestu, neprimeren, brez službe
to take place goditi se, vršiti se
to take the place of; ali to take s.o.'s place zamenjati koga, nadomeščati koga
take your places sedite na svoja mesta
in the next place potem
there is no place like home preljubo doma, kdor ga ima

please [pli:z]

1. prehodni glagol
ugajati komu, narediti veselje, razveseliti; ustreči, zadovoljiti
ironično blagovoliti (to do kaj narediti)

2. neprehodni glagol
dopasti se, ugajati, prikupiti se, biti po volji

it pleases me, I am pleased with ugaja mi
I'll be pleased veselilo me bo
I'm only too pleased to do it to naredim z največjim veseljem
I'm pleased to say veseli me, da lahko rečem
to please o.s., to do what one pleases delati, kar se komu zljubi
please yourself postrezi si, kot želiš
only to please you samo tebi na ljubo
please God če bog da
if you please če dovoliš, če ti je prav
and now if you please zamisli, lepo te prosim
please prosim
please not prosim ne

plough² [pláu]

1. prehodni glagol
britanska angleščina orati, preorati; plužiti, brazditi
figurativno utirati pot
navtika brazditi, sekati valove (ladja)
sleng vreči pri izpitu

2. neprehodni glagol
orati, plužiti, brazdati; truditi se, mučiti se, prebijati se
sleng pasti pri izpitu

to plough a lonely furrow opravljati svoje delo sam
to plough the sands mučiti se zaman
to plough the sea ploviti po morju
to plough ahead neutrudno delati naprej, počasi napredovati
to plough back obogatiti zemljo (s travo, deteljo), figurativno ponovno vložiti dobiček v podjetje
to plough out izkopati, preorati
to plough under podorati, spodkopati
to plough up zorati
to plough through prebijati se skozi, prebiti se
to plough one's way utirati si pot

possess [pəzés] prehodni glagol
imeti v lasti, imeti v posesti; obvladati (jezik, čustva)
figurativno navdahniti, obsesti (with s, z)

to possess one's soul in patience potrpežljivo čakati, potrpeti
to possess o.s. of s.th. polastiti se, prisvojiti si
what possessed him to do it? kaj ga je obsedlo, da je to storil?

possession [pəzéšən] samostalnik
posest, lastništvo
množina zemljišče, nepremičnine
figurativno obsedenost
figurativno obvladanje (čustev), navdahnjenost (by)

pravno actual possession neposredna posest
pravno adverse possession priposestvovanje
pravno naked possession stvarna posest
to be in the possession of s.o. pripadati komu
to be in the possession of s.th. imeti kaj
to put in possession of oskrbeti koga s čim
to come into possession of dobiti v last
to take possession of vzeti (v posest), prisvojiti si
to have (gain) possession of a woman spolno občevati (z žensko)

preen [pri:n] prehodni glagol
čistiti perje s kljunom (ptica), urediti (lase)

to preen o.s. čistiti se, čedno se obleči
to preen o.s. over a thing domišljati si

pretty¹ [príti] pridevnik (prettily prislov)
ljubek, čeden, prisrčen, dražesten, mikaven; afektiran, izumetničen, gizdav
pogovorno precejšen

pretty gentlemen gizdalini
a pretty how d'you do neroden položaj
a pretty mess (ali kettle of fish) you've made of it lepo kašo si si skuhal
a pretty penny precejšen znesek
ameriško a pretty pass kritičen položaj
a pretty way off kar precej daleč od tukaj

promise² [prɔ́mis]

1. prehodni glagol
obljubiti, dati besedo (to komu)

2. neprehodni glagol
vzbujati upanje, obetati

pogovorno I promise you to ti zagotavljam
to promise o.s. s.th. nadejati se česa, obetati si kaj
he promises well mnogo obeta
the weather promises fine videti je, da bo lepo vreme
I was promised a job obljubili so mi službo
Promised Land obljubljena dežela (tudi figurativno)

propose [prəpóuz]

1. prehodni glagol
predlagati (to komu; s.o. for koga za)
zasnubiti (to propose marriage)
politika predložiti, predlagati (kandidata, resolucijo, veto); nameravati, planirati (npr. potovanje); zadati, staviti (uganko); nazdraviti

2. neprehodni glagol
delati načrte; snubiti (to koga, for za roko)

man proposes (but) God disposes človek snuje, a bog obrne
to propose a toast (ali s.o.'s health) predlagati zdravico, nazdraviti komu
the object you propose yourself cilj, ki si ga zadaješ
I propose to leave tomorrow jutri nameravam oditi

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

queer³ [kwíə] prehodni glagol
sleng pokvariti
sleng napačno prikazati (with komu)

to queer o.s. škodovati si
britanska angleščina to queer the pitch for s.o. prekrižati komu račune

quieten [kwáiətn] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
narečno pomiriti (se)

to quieten one's conscience pomiriti si vest

quietus [kwaií:təs] samostalnik
poravnava (dolga)
britanska angleščina, pravno pobotnica; konec, smrt, smrtni udarec

to give the quietus to s.th. napraviti konec s čim
to give s.o. his quietus zadati komu smrtni udarec, uničiti koga
to make one's quietus vzeti si življenje