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mettle [metl] samostalnik
pogum, vnema; kov, čud

a man of mettle človek dobrega kova
a horse of mettle isker konj
to be on one's mettle dati vse od sebe, izkazati se
to put s.o. on his mettle spodbuditi koga, da se izkaže
to try s.o.'s mettle preizkusiti koga

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!

minority [mainɔ́riti] samostalnik
manjšina
pravno mladoletnost

to be in the minority biti v manjšini
to be in one's minority biti mladoleten
ekonomija minority share delnica, ki je premajhna, da bi dovoljevala vpogled v poslovanje

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

miss³ [mis]

1. prehodni glagol
zamuditi (priložnost, vlak); zgrešiti, izpustiti; ne imeti, biti brez, ne dobiti; preslišati, spregledati, ne opaziti; pogrešati izogniti se

2. neprehodni glagol
ne zadeti, zgrešiti (strel); spodleteti

pogovorno to miss the bus (ali boat) zapraviti šanse
to miss fire ne sprožiti se; figurativno ne uspeti, ne zbuditi zanimanja
to miss one's footing spodrsniti
to miss one's hold zgrešiti, napak prijeti
to miss one's mark zgrešiti cilj, ne uspeti
he didn't miss much nič mu ni ušlo, ni mnogo zamudil
I just missed running him over za las sem se ga izognil (da ga nisem povozil)
to miss the point of ne razumeti poante česa
to miss a trick preslišati, ne uspeti videti
to miss out zamuditi (priliko); izpustiti, preskočiti (besedo)
aeronavtika missed approach zgrešen dolet

morish [mə́:riš] pridevnik

pogovorno it tastes morish jed je dobra, le da bi je bilo več

mortgage¹ [mɔ́:gidž] samostalnik
pravno zastava, poroštvo (v nepremičninah), zastavnica, zastavno pismo; hipoteka, poroštveno pismo

to give in mortgage zastaviti
by mortgage hipotečno
to borrow on mortgage vzeti posojilo na hipoteko
to foreclose a mortgage izjaviti, da je hipoteka zapadla
to lend on mortgage posoditi na hipoteko
to raise a mortgage on vzeti hipotečno posojilo na kaj

mouth¹ [mauɵ] samostalnik
usta; gobec, smrček; žrelo (topa), grlo (steklenice), odprtina (cevi), vhod (v jamo); ustje (reke)
sleng ustenje, gobcanje

pogovorno down in the mouth žalosten, potrt
from s.o.' s mouth komu z jezika (vzeti)
from mouth to mouth od ust do ust
to give mouth lajati (pes)
to give mouth to one's thoughts naglas povedati kar mislimo
to have a big mouth imeti dolg jezik, preveč govoriti
the horse has a good (bad) mouth konja je lahko (težko) voditi
pogovorno to keep one's mouth shut držati jezik za zobmi
to laugh on the wrong (ali other) side of one's mouth kislo se smejati
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe, zmrdovati se nad darilom
my mouth waters sline se mi cedijo
to make s.o. laugh on the wrong side of his mouth odvaditi koga smeha
to make s.o.'s mouth water delati komu skomine
to make a wry mouth namrdniti se
to open one's mouth too wide preveč zahtevati
to put (ali place) words into s.o.'s mouth položiti komu besede v usta; trditi da je kdo kaj rekel
to shoot off one's mouth izblebetati
to shut (ali stop) s.o.'s mouth zapreti komu usta
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth spraviti koga ob zaslužek
to take the words out of s.o.'s mouth vzeti komu besedo iz ust
by word of mouth ustno
useless mouth kdor jé, a ne dela

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

name¹ [néim] samostalnik
ime, vzdevek, označba; reputacija, glas, ugled, čast; slavno ime, slaven človek; rod, rodbina

by name po imenu
to call s.th. by its proper name dati čemu pravo ime, reči bobu bob
to call s.o. names dajati komu priimke, psovati koga
family name priimek
first (ali given) name krstno ime
to give a dog a bad name and hang him vso krivdo zvaliti na človeka, ki je na slabem glasu
to give one's name povedati svoje ime
pogovorno give it a name! povej naravnost, kaj želiš!
to go by the name of živeti pod (tujim) imenom
the great names of our century slavni ljudje našega stoletja
to have a good (ill) name biti na dobrem (slabem) glasu
in name only samo po imenu
to have a name for biti na glasu; da
in the name of v imenu (ljudstva, usmiljenja itd.)
of name ugleden, pomemben
maiden name dekliško ime
in one's own name v svojem imenu
proper name lastno ime
to make one's name; ali to make a name for o.s.; ali to make o.s. a name zasloveti
not a penny (ali nickel) to his name čisto brez denarja je
to put one's name down for priglasiti kandidaturo
to send in one's name napovedati se, priglasiti se
to take a name in vain nespoštljivo o kom govoriti, po nemarnem imenovati
to keep one's name on the books ostati v klubu, šoli
to take one's name off the books izstopiti iz kluba, šole
to win a name for o.s. napraviti si ime, zasloveti
what's in a name? ime kaj malo pomeni

name² [néim] prehodni glagol
imenovati, nazivati, zvatti (after, from po)
omeniti po imenu, poklicati po imenu, našteti; imenovati, določiti (for za)
določiti (datum)
britanska angleščina, parlament posvariti, pozvati k redu

to name but one da omenim le enega
to be named after dobiti ime po kom
he is not to be named on the same day with me še zdaleč mi ni enak
to name the day določiti dan poroke
to name one's price (conditions) povedati svojo ceno (pogoje)

need² [ni:d]

1. neprehodni glagol
arhaično biti potrebno; biti v stiski, primanjkovati česa

2. prehodni glagol
potrebovati; zahtevati

3. pomožni (z nedoločnikom s to v trdilnih, brez to v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih)
morati, treba je

it needs not that; ali it does not need that ni treba, da
there needs no excuse opravičilo ni potrebno
it needed doing to je bilo treba narediti
it needs to be done to je treba narediti
she needn't do it tega ji ni treba narediti
you needn't have come ne bi ti bilo treba priti
more than needs več kot je potrebno
what need (ali needs) ? čemu to?

nil [nil] samostalnik
nič

šport the score was 3 to nil rezultat je bil 3:0
his influence is nil njegov vpliv je enak ničli
nil report (ali return) sporočilo, da česa ni

no² [nou] prislov (za or)
ne; (s komparativom) nič, sploh ne

vojska, sleng no compree ne razumem
whether or no da ali ne
no sooner ... than komaj ... že
no sooner said than done rečeno - storjeno
let no sooner said than done rečeno storjeno
let us have no more of it dovolj besedi
no more nič več, ne več, niti
no little nemalo
no less than vsaj, najmanj, nič manj od
no less for vkljub
no longer ne več
no longer (ago) than yesterday šele včeraj

nonsense [nɔ́nsəns] samostalnik
nesmisel, neumnost

to stand no nonsense zahtevati, da kdo opravi svoje delo v redu; zahtevati, da kdo pove čisto resnico
to talk nonsense govoriti neumnosti

not [nɔt] prislov
ne

not at all nikakor
not to be sneezed at ne da bi zavrgel
not to be thought of izključeno, ni misliti
not a few mnogi
sleng not half zelo, in še kako; ni govora!
as likely as not verjetno
not on your life nikakor, za nič na svetu
more often than not pogosto
not a little mnogo
not in the least niti najmanj
not seldom pogosto
not that ne da morda ni
not the thing ni spodobno
not but what (ali that) čeprav, vseeno
I'm not taking any še na misel mi ne pride
not yet še ne

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

notice¹ [nóutis] samostalnik
obvestilo, objava, oglas; opazovanje, zaznanje; zaznamek, opomin; pozornost; odpoved; pismena opomba ali kratek članek v časopisu; ocena (knjige, filma itd.)

ekonomija notice of assessment davčna odločba
previous notice predhodna objava
this is to give notice that s tem obveščamo, da
pravno to give notice of appeal vložiti priziv
parlament to give notice of motion dati iniciativen predlog
obituary notice osmrtnica, obvestilo o smrti
to attract (ali come into) notice obrniti pozornost nase
to be under notice to quit biti blizu smrti
to bring s.th. to s.o.'s notice opozoriti koga na kaj
to escape notice ostati neopazen
to give s.o. notice odpovedati komu službo
to give s.o. notice of s.tb. sporočiti komu kaj
to give notice to quit odpovedati (stanovanje, službo)
to have notice zvedeti, biti obveščen
pravno to serve notice upon s.o. pozvati koga (na sodišče)
at a minute's (ali moment's) notice takoj
a month's notice enomesečna odpoved
without notice brez odloga (odpuščen itd.)
at short notice v kratkem roku
to put up a notice objaviti (na oglasni deski)
šaljivo to sit up and take notice iti na bolje (zdravje)
until further notice do nadaljnjega
baby takes notice otrok se začenja zavedati stvari okoli sebe
to take notice of opaziti, ozirati se na kaj
take notice that opozarjam te, da
to take no notice of ne zmeniti se za kaj, ignorirati
not worth s.o.'s notice nevreden upoštevanja

notify [nóutifai] prehodni glagol
javiti, objaviti; prijaviti, sporočiti, opozoriti (of na, that da)
ekonomija avizirati

notion [nóušən] samostalnik
pojem, ideja, predstava (of o)
mnenje, stališče, nazor; namen (of doing s.th.)
ameriško, ekonomija, množina drobno modno blago, galanterija

airy notions gradovi v oblakih
given to notions zanesenjaški
not to have the vaguest notion of ne imeti najmanjšega pojma o
I have a notion that mislim si, da
to fall into the notion that na misel priti, da