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  • set against prehodni glagol
    obrniti, postaviti proti

    to set theory against practice postaviti teorijo proti praksi
    to set one's face (oneself) against s.th. zoperstaviti se čemu
    to set brother against brother nahujskati brata proti bratu
    opinion is setting against him mnenje se obrača proti njemu
  • share3 [šɛ́ə] prehodni glagol
    deliti (with s.o. s kom)
    porazdeliti (among med)
    deliti (mišljenje); udeleževati se
    neprehodni glagol
    imeti delež, biti deležen, sodelovati, udeležiti se

    to share alike, to share and share alike imeti enake deleže, enako si razdeliti; sodelovati pri prispevkih in pri dobičku
    I have shared your dangers delil sem z vami nevarnosti
    to share the costs prispevati k stroškom
    they shared (in) our sorrow žalovali so skupaj z nami
    he would share his last crust figurativno on bi delil zadnjo skorjico svojega kruha (bi dal svojo zadnjo srajco)
    to share an opinion deliti mnenje
    they ought to share with us in the expenses oni bi morali deliti z nami izdatke
  • small beer [smɔ́:lbiə] samostalnik
    vodéno (slabo) pivo
    figurativno nepomembna oseba ali stvar

    to chronicle small beer pogovorno kramljati o nepomembnih stvareh, kot da bi bile zelo važne, figurativno iz muhe slona delati
    to think no small beer of o.s. imeti visoko mnenje o sebi, biti nadut (domišljav)
  • sober1 [sóubə] pridevnik
    trezen, ne pijan, iztreznjen; zmeren, spodoben, razumen, pameten, zdrave pameti; miren, umirjen, uravnovešen, nepretiran, hladnokrven, oprezen; resen, slovesen; razsoden; gol (o dejstvu); hladen, miren, nekričeč (o barvah); preprost, temen (o obleki)

    as sober as a judge popolnoma trezen
    in sober earnest čisto resno, brez šale
    sober understanding zdrava pamet
    to appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober opozoriti koga, da je njegovo trenutno mnenje pogojeno od razpoloženja
  • 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)?
  • spirit1 [spírit] samostalnik
    duh; duša; prikazen, duh, nadnaravno bitje, demon; genij, velik duh; smisel, duh (zakona)
    figurativno polet, elan, pogum, morala, ognjevitost, energija
    figurativno življenjska moč, volja
    figurativno gonilna moč, duša (podviga, podjetja)
    množina razpoloženje; veter, sapica

    in (the) spirit v duhu
    out of spirits potrt, deprimiran
    absent in body, but present in spirit telesno odsoten, duhovno pa prisoten
    animal spirit življenjska moč
    astral spirits duhovi, za katere verujejo, da žive med zvezdami
    familiar spirits duhovi, ki spremljajo čarovnice ali jim služijo
    great spirits véliki duhovi (razumniki, velikani duha)
    high spirits dobro, veselo razpoloženje, veselost
    the Holy Spirit cerkev sv. duh
    low spirits potrtost, deprimiranost
    a master-spirit človek izredne pameti, ki drugim vsiljuje svoje mnenje
    a mischievous spirit hudoben škrat
    a man of a domineering spirit mož zapovedovalnega značaja
    peace to his departed spirit mir njegovi duši
    the poor in spirit ubogi na duhu, ponižni
    poor spirits pobitost, potrtost
    public spirit smisel za javni blagor
    unbending spirit neupogljiv duh (značaj)
    the spirit of the law duh zakona
    to be in poor (low) spirits biti potrt (pobit, malodušen, deprimiran)
    he is the driving spirit of the undertaking on je duša podjetja
    to call up a spirit klicati duhá
    our spirits go up (rise) naša morala se dviga
    he has the spirit of a lion on ima levji pogum
    to keep up one's spirits ne izgubiti poguma
  • stick in prehodni glagol
    nalepiti v album (photographs fotografije)
    neprehodni glagol
    ostati doma

    don't stick your oar in! figurativno ne vmešavaj se v to! nihče te ni vprašal za tvoje mnenje!
  • stop2 [stɔp]

    1. prehodni glagol
    ustaviti, zaustaviti; prekiniti, ovirati, zadrževati; prenehati s čim; zamašiti (z zamaškom), začepiti (često up)
    zatesniti; plombirati (zob); zapolniti, zapreti, ustaviti (krvavenje itd.); zastavljati, zadrževati (promet); prestreči, odbiti, parirati (udarec); odtrgati, zadržati, prikrajšati (plačo, podporo itd.); zapreti (plin, paro, vodo); odvrniti (from od)
    navtika privezati (ladjo)
    slovnica označiti z ločili, staviti interpunkcijo, ločila
    glasba pritisniti na (žico, struno), spremeniti višino tona s pritiskom na struno; udušiti (glas)

    2. neprehodni glagol
    ustaviti se, obstati
    pogovorno ostati (v postelji, pri kom itd.), biti na obisku; nastaniti se (with s.o. pri kom)
    (pre)nehati, prekiniti se, napraviti prekinitev (odmor, pavzo), pavzirati; zamašiti se (cev)

    a badly spelt and badly stopped letter pismo, polno pravopisnih in interpunkcijskih napak
    stop thief! primite tatu!
    to stop in bed ostati v postelji
    to stop a blow odbiti, parirati udarec
    to stop a blow with one's head hudomušno dobiti udarec po glavi
    to stop s.o.'s breath sapo komu zapreti; zadušiti koga
    to stop a bullet sleng biti zadet od krogle, biti ustreljen
    to stop a car ustaviti, stopati avto
    to stop a cheque prepovedati izplačilo čeka
    to stop dead (short) nenadoma se ustaviti, obstati kot ukopan
    to stop doing s.th. prenehati s čim
    shall you stop for dinner? boste ostali na večerji?
    to stop one's ears (za)mašiti si ušesa, figurativno ne hoteti slišati
    to stop a gap zamašiti vrzel (luknjo), nadomestovati v potrebi
    I am going to stop a few days zaustavil se bom nekaj dni
    to stop s.o.'s mouth zamašiti komu usta
    do stop that noise! nehajte vendar s tem hrupom (ropotom)!
    stop your nonsense! dovolj je vaših neumnosti!
    he'll stop at nothing on se ničesar ne ustraši
    to stop payment ustaviti plačilo
    to stop running nehati teči
    he stopped me from speaking preprečil mi je, da bi povedal svoje mnenje
    he never stops to think nikoli si ne vzame časa, da bi premislil (za premislek)
    to stop a tooth plombirati zob
    my watch has stopped ura se mi je ustavila
    to stop the way zastaviti, zapreti pot, ovirati napredovanje
    to stop work ustaviti delo
    to stop a wound ustaviti krvavitev rane
  • straight2 [stréit] prislov
    premo, ravno, naravnost, v pravi smeri; točno, pravilno; neposredno, direktno
    figurativno odkrito, iskreno, jasno, pošteno
    zastarelo takoj, precej, na mestu, nemudoma; brez ovinkov, brez ovinkarjenja

    straight away takoj, na mestu, precej
    straight off takoj, prècej, brez pomišljanja
    straight on naravnost (naprej)
    straight through naravnost skozi
    straight from the horse's mouth sleng iz prvega vira
    to come straight to the point jasno in brez oklevanja, naravnost pojasniti
    to go straight on iti naravnost naprej
    to hit straight from the shoulder naravnost (brez strahu) povedati svoje mnenje
    to keep straight iti kar (naravnost) naprej
    to live straight pošteno živeti
    to ride straight on jahati naravnost naprej, čez vse ovire
    to run straight moralno, pošteno živeti
    to sit up straight pokonci sedeti
    to speak straight out odkrito, brez ovinkov govoriti
    to think straight logično misliti
    I told him straight out povedal sem mu naravnost v obraz
    I cannot tell you straight off ne morem vam povedati kar takoj (pri priči, prècej)
  • suggest [sədžést] prehodni glagol
    predlagati, sugerirati; omeniti, predočiti, spodbuditi, napeljati na, navdahniti (misel); domnevati; (o ideji, zamisli) vsiljevati (itself se)
    dati slutiti, spomniti na; namigniti, kazati na, napoved(ov)ati

    I suggest dovoljujem si izraziti mnenje, po mojem mnenju, predlagam
    I suggest that we should accept his offer predlagam, da sprejmemo njegovo ponudbo
    I suggest that you were aware of the facts domnevam (suponiram), da ste poznali dejstva
    he suggested that... dal je razumeti, da...
    his words suggested great understanding njegove besede so dale sklepati (slutiti) veliko razumevanje
    the idea suggested itself to me vsilila (porodila) se mi je misel
  • sway1 [swéi] prehodni glagol
    zibati, gugati, majati; vihteti; zvijati, pripogibati
    navtika dvigati
    figurativno vplivati, delovati na; rokovati; upravljati, voditi, vladati (komu, čemu); odvrniti (od naklepa)
    neprehodni glagol
    gugati se, zibati se, nihati, majati se, zvijati se, nagibati se, pripogibati se (towards k, proti)
    kreniti, zaviti; opotekati se, omahovati; vladati

    to sway home kreniti, zaviti proti domu
    man is often swayed by his passions človeka često vladajo njegove strasti
    opinion sways to his side javno mnenje se nagiblje njemu v prid
    he swayed his sword vihtel je svoj meč
    to sway the sceptre držati žezlo, vladati
    to sway the world vladati svetu
    to be swayed by a dream dati si vplivati od sanj
    the trees sway in the wind drevesa se pozibavajo v vetru
    the wind sways the trees veter pozibava drevesa
    the wall sways to the right zid (stena) se nagiblje na desno
  • swing*2 [swiŋ]

    1. neprehodni glagol
    nihati, zibati se, gugati se, guncati se, pozibavati se
    figurativno biti odvisen (from od)
    viseti, bingljati; biti obešen na vislice; obračati se, vrteti se
    navtika obračati se okoli sidra ali boje; gibati se v krivulji, zavijati; hoditi hitro, z dolgimi koraki in z elanom

    2. prehodni glagol
    zamahniti, mahati z, vihteti; zibati, gugati, pustiti nihati; obesiti; obračati na vse strani; meriti (čas) z nihaji; bingljati z; z zamahom dvigniti kvišku (on, to na)
    ameriško vplivati na
    ameriško uspešno izvesti
    politika pridobiti si (volilce)

    swing it! sleng prekleto!
    to swing a bat (a sword, a lasso) vihteti gorjačo (meč, laso)
    to swing one's arms mahati, otepati z rokami
    to swing a child guncati otroka
    the door swings on its hinges vrata se vrte na svojih tečajih
    to swing a hammock obesiti visečo mrežo
    to swing one's legs bingljati z nogami
    to swing into line vojska formirati eno vrsto
    to swing the lead navtika, sleng ogibati se dela, zabušavati, delati se bolnega
    to swing into motion priti v tek, v zamah
    to swing round the circle ameriško večkrat spremeniti svoje mnenje; politika, ameriško obiskati volilna okrožja
    he shall swing for it za to bo visel, bo obešen
    the shutter swung to and fro in the wind veter je oknico obračal sem in tja
    he swung when I shouted obrnil se je, ko sem zavpil
    he swung out of the room z dolgimi, brzimi, prožnimi koraki je odšel iz sobe
    the trees were swinging in the wind drevesa so se pozibavala v vetru
    there is not room enough to swing a cat figurativno niti toliko ni prostora, da bi se človek obrnil
  • 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
  • think* [ɵiŋk]

    1. prehodni glagol
    misliti (kaj); premišljati; izmisliti; predstavljati si, zamisliti si (kaj); snovati, naklepati, nameravati, kaniti; pomisliti; smatrati, soditi, ceniti, pretehtati, verjeti; imeti za; imeti pred očmi

    2. neprehodni glagol
    misliti, umovati, razmišljati, premišljevati, mozgati; pomisliti, predstavljati si; verjeti, biti mišljenja, biti mnenja; priti do zaključkov, soditi

    I think so mislim, da (odgovor na vprašanje)
    I think it best to go now smatram, da je najbolje, če (da) grem zdaj
    I should think so mislim, da; rekel bi (da je) tako; vsekakor, (to je) jasno
    I could not bear to think what might happen misel, kaj bi se moglo zgoditi, mi je bila neznosna
    I think him (he is thought) to be a poet imam ga (imajo ga) za pesnika
    he thinks the lecture interesting predavanje smatra za zanimivo
    he talks and thinks airplanes samó letala mu gredo (rojé) po glavi
    he will think himself silly od samega premišljevanja se mu bo zmešalo
    only think! samo pomisli! samo predstavljaj si!
    you are a model of tact, I don't think! sleng (ironično) ti si pa res vzor obzirnosti!
    to think aloud, to think out loud glasno misliti
    to think to o.s. misliti pri sebi
    to think better of premisliti si; imeti ugodnejše mnenje o
    to think o.s. clever imeti se za pametnega
    to think fit (good) to smatrati za primerno (ustrezno), dobro za
    to think littie of ne mnogo ceniti, ne spoštovati
    to think much of zelo ceniti, spoštovati
    to think no harm nič hudega ne misliti, ne imeti slabih namenov
    to think no small beer of zelo ceniti, imeti zelo visoko (ugodno) mnenje o
    to think nothing of podcenjevati, prezirati
    to think scorn of prezirati
    to think twice dvakrat (dobro prej) premisliti
    to think of his not guessing that! komaj bi človek verjel, da on tega ni slutil!
    think away prehodni glagol odmisliti
  • universal [ju:nivə́:səl]

    1. pridevnik
    splošen, občen, splošno razširjen (veljaven); univerzalen; svetoven
    zastarelo ves, cel, totalen

    universal opinion splošno mnenje
    universal genius univerzalen genij
    universal language svetovni, univerzalni jezik
    universal legatee glavni, univerzalni dedič
    universal suffrage splošna volilna pravica
    to meet with universal applause naleteti na splošno odobravanje

    2. samostalnik
    splošnost
    filozofija splošen pojem; splošno načelo
    množina splošni pojmi, univerzalije
  • veer1 [víə] neprehodni glagol
    obrniti se v drugo smer, obračati se; spremeniti smer
    figurativno spremeniti mišljenje (zadržanje) (v svojem ravnanju itd.)
    prehodni glagol
    obračati (ladjo) po vetru; izpustiti (vrv) (away, out)
    figurativno kolebati, oklevati, biti neodločen; cincati, omahovati

    veer and haul (veter) spreminjati se izmenoma
    to veer round obrniti se; figurativno spremeniti mnenje, premisliti si, pridružiti se mnenju koga drugega
  • voice2 [vɔis] prehodni glagol
    izgovoriti, izreči, izraziti z besedami, formulirati
    glasba uglasiti, regulirati (orgle)
    jezikoslovje zveneče izgovarjati

    he voiced his gratitude izrazil je svojo hvaležnost
    to voice the general opinion izraziti splošno mnenje
  • volunteer [vɔləntíə]

    1. samostalnik
    prostovoljec (tudi vojska)
    volonter; pripravnik; kdor brezplačno opravlja kako službo
    botanika divje rastoče drevo

    Volunteers of America množina prostovoljna organizacija pomoči v ZDA (podobna Salvation Army v Angliji)

    2. pridevnik
    prostovoljski
    agronomija divje rastoč

    a volunteer corps vojska prostovoljski korpus
    Volunteer State (vzdevek za državo) Tennessee (ZDA)

    3. neprehodni glagol
    prostovoljno se javiti (se ponuditi) (for za, kot; to do napraviti kaj)
    vojska javiti se ali služiti kot prostovoljec, biti prostovoljec, prostovoljno služiti vojsko
    prehodni glagol
    prostovoljno (sam od sebe) ponuditi, prevzeti ali napraviti (uslugo itd.); nepoklican reči, izjaviti (an opinion mnenje)

    she volunteered a song ponudila se je, da bo zapela pesem
    he volunteered to show me the way ponudil se je, da mi bo pokazal pot
    how many of them volunteered? koliko od njih se je javilo prostovoljno?
  • vox množina voces [vɔks, vóusi:z] samostalnik
    (latinsko) glas

    vox populi [pɔ́pjulai] glas ljudstva; javno mnenje
  • wheel2 [wi:l] prehodni glagol
    obrniti, obračati okoli osi; vrteti v krogu; valiti, valjati; opremiti s kolesi; voziti (a wheel chair stol na kolesih)
    kotaliti, prevažati na kolesih

    to wheel in a barrow voziti v samokolnici
    to wheel a victim zgodovina treti žrtev na kolesu
    neprehodni glagol
    naglo se obrniti (round okoli)

    to wheel on an axis vrteti se okoli osi
    to wheel about in one's opinion spremeniti svoje mnenje
    to wheel about to the other extreme zapasti v drugo skrajnost