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down³ [daun] prislov & predlog
dol, doli; spodaj, navzdol; na tleh; na tla; v postelji; do kraja; tik do

to be down oslabeti
to bear down pluti v zavetje
to burn down pogoreti
to die down poleči se
to climb (ali come) down spuščati se
to drop down on s.o. strogo koga grajati
to get down spustiti se; pogoltniti
to get down the bedrock priti stvari do dna
down to the ground popolnoma, temeljito
all down history skozi vso zgodovino
down at heels (and out at elbows) zanemarjene zunanjosti
from king down to cobbler od najvišjega do najnižjega
to let go down the wind opustiti
to look down upon s.o. zaničevati, omalovaževati koga
money (ali pay) down takojšnje plačilo
down on the nail takoj
down in the mouth potrt
down and out popolnoma brez sredstev, gladujoč, sestradan; uničen; za borbo nesposoben
one down the other drug za drugim
to put down zapisati
to run s.o. down slabo o kom govoriti
run down od dela izčrpan
to take s.o. down the peg ponižati koga
to talk down to s.o. razumljivo komu govoriti
down town v mesto, v središče mesta
down under pri antipodih, v Avstraliji
to write down zapisati
worn down ponošen
down the wind z vetrom
down on one's luck potrt

ensign [énsain] samostalnik
znak; zastava; zastavnik, častnik najnižje stopnje, praporščak

to dip one's ensign to spustiti zastavo pred
red ensign zastava angleške trgovske mornarice
white ensign zastava angleške vojne mornarice

enter into neprehodni glagol
prodreti; sodelovati; lotiti se

I enter into your feelings razumem vas, sočustvujem z vami
enter into an arrangement sporazumeti se
enter into a contract skleniti pogodbo
enter into business relations navezati poslovne stike
enter into details spustiti se v podrobnosti
enter into a treaty skleniti pogodbo
enter into one's mind na misel priti
enter into correspondence with s.o. začeti si s kom dopisovati
enter into obligations prevzeti obveznost

flag³ [flæg] samostalnik
zastava; košat pasji rep

black flag piratsko znamenje; piratstvo
flag of distress srajca, ki visi skozi raztrgano obleko; figurativno slab znak
to get one's flag postati admiral
to hang out the white flag vdati se
to hang out the red flag pozvati na boj
to hoist the flag izobesiti zastavo; prevzeti poveljništvo
house flag zastava ladijske družbe
merchant flag zastava trgovske mornarice
to strike (ali lower) the flag spustiti zastavo, priznati poraz
flag station postajališče (samo na znamenje)
yellow flag znamenje, da je na ladji kužna bolezen; karantena
to dip the flag pozdravljati s spuščanjem in dviganjem zastave

harry [hǽri] prehodni glagol
pleniti, ropati, pustošiti, vznemirjati, vpadati

to harry hell spustiti se v pekel (Kristus)

have^*2 [hæv] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
imeti; vsebovati, imeti v sebi; imeti mlade, otroka (to have a baby)
imeti, preživljati (to have a fine time dobro se imeti)
obdržati, imeti (may I have it?)
gojiti čustva, imeti (misli itd.); dobiti (I've had no news)
zvedeti od, slišati od (I have it from my friend)
znati, razumeti (she has no German)
jesti, piti, kaditi (I had a sandwich, some coffee, a cigarette)
trditi (as Plato has it)
sleng potegniti, prevarati koga
z nedoločnikom: morati (I have to do it)
z objektom in preteklim deležnikom: dati si kaj narediti (I had a suit made)
z nedoločnikom brez "to": dovoliti, trpeti (I won't have it, I won't have you say it)

Z nedoločnikom brez "to":

I had as good; ali as well prav tako bi lahko
I had as lief; ali as soon prav tako bi rad
I had better; ali best bolje bi storil, če, bilo bi pametno, če
I had sooner; ali rather raje bi
I had soonest; ali liefest najraje bi

Druge fraze in rabe:

sleng you have been had prevarali so te
parlament the Ayes have it večina je za
figurativno he had me in the argument potolkel me je
have them come here poskrbi, da pridejo
(not) to be had se (ne) dobi
you have it coming dobiš, kar zaslužiš
what would you have me do? kaj naj po tvojem storim?
I won't have you do it ne dovolim, da bi to naredil
have done! nehaj!
I have done with it s tem sem opravil
I have your idea sedaj te razumem
he had a leg broken zlomil si je nogo
he had a son born to him rodil se mu je sin
I won't have it tega ne trpim, ne dovolim
you have me, have you not? ti me razumeš, kajne?
rumour has it govorica gre
he will have it that on trdi, da
have it your own way naj bo po tvojem
I have it že imam, spomnil sem se
I would have you know rad bi, da zveš
I had him there na tem sem ga ujel, premagal sem ga, bil sem močnejši od njega
you have it right prav imaš, uganil si
to have breakfast, lunch, dinner (supper) zajtrkovati, kositi, večerjati
to have an affair imeti ljubezensko razmerje
to have the best of zmagati
to have s.th. by heart znati kaj na pamet
to have a chat pokramljati
to have a cold biti prehlajen
to have the cheek to predrzniti se
to have a day off imeti prost dan
to have to do with imeti kaj opraviti z
to have an edge on imeti majhno prednost, biti malo opit
to have one's fill of imeti dovolj česa
to have one's fling izdivjati se
ameriško, pravno to have and to hold imeti v posesti, ne spustiti iz rok
to have it in for s.o. zameriti komu, komu kaj slabega želeti
to have it in one to imeti dovolj poguma za
to have a heart biti usmiljen, imeti srce
to have kittens biti razburjen
to have the laugh on zadnji se smejati
to have a look at pogledati
to have a mind to kaj nameravati
to have s.th. in mind imeti kaj v mislih
to have it (all) over s.o. biti na boljšem od koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
to let s.o. have it kaznovati koga, odkrito komu povedati, kar mu gre
to have ready pripraviti
to have a short (long) run obdržati se malo (dolgo) časa
to have the run of imeti pravico uporabljati
to have a say in imeti pravico kaj reči k
to have a good time dobro se imeti
to have a way with znati s kom ali čim ravnati
to have a shot at poskusiti kaj narediti
to have s.th. on s.o. imeti koga v šahu
to have s.o. on toast imeti koga v rokah, prekaniti koga
to have a try poskusiti

involve [invɔ́lv] prehodni glagol
zaplesti, zamotati, zaviti, oviti (in v)
vplesti (in v)
spraviti v težave; obsegati, vsebovati; imeti za posledico; zahtevati, potrebovati, tikati se koga (česa)
matematika potencirati

it involves hard work za to je potrebno trdo delo
it involves all employees tiče se vseh zaposlenih
involved in a lawsuit vpleten v pravdo
to involve o.s. with s.o. in s.th. spustiti se s kom v kaj

it¹ [it]

1. osebni zaimek
ono, to (v slovenščini se navadno ne prevaja)

it writes well (svinčnik itd.) dobro piše
it is John John je
it is soldiers (to) so vojaki
Oh, it was you ah, ti si bil

2.
subjekt brezosebnih glagolov in konstrukcij

it rains dežuje
it is cold mrzlo je
it seems videti je
it says in the letter v pismu piše
what time is it? koliko je ura?
how is it with your promise? kako pa kaj s tvojo obljubo?
it is 6 miles to je šest milj do

3.
poudarjena oblika

it is to him that you should turn nanj bi se moral obrniti

4.
za predlogi

at it pri tem
by it s tem
for it za to
in it v tem
of it od tega, iz tega
to it k temu, na tem

5.
nedoločni objekt

confound it! da bi ga vrag pocitral
to fight it boriti se
to go it spustiti se v kaj, lotiti se česa
to foot it iti peš, plesati
to cab it peljati se s taksijem
to lord it igrati gospoda
to run for it teči po kaj, teči na varno, teči na vlak itd.
to keep at it naprej kaj delati
we have had a fine time of it odlično smo se zabavali
I take it that domnevam, da
there is nothing for it but to obey moramo pač ubogati
little was left of it od tega je malo ostalo

6. povratni
sebe, se, sebi, si, s seboj (za predlogi)

the war brought with it vojna je prinesla s seboj

large² [la:dž] samostalnik
svoboda

at large na svobodi; nadrobno, obširno; na splošno; na slepo; v celoti, ves
to set at large spustiti na svobodo
to discuss s.th. at large nadrobno kaj pretresti
the nation at large ves narod
the world at large ves svet, vsi ljudje
to talk at large govoriti tja v tri dni
gentleman at large dvorjan brez posebnih dolžnosti; svoj gospodar, človek brez poklica
in (the) large na veliko, v celoti

leave^*2 [li:v]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, zapustiti, prepustiti; opustiti, prenehati; pustiti, na cedilu, iti preko česa
ameriško dovoliti, dopustiti

2. neprehodni glagol
oditi, odpotovati (for kam)

to be left ostati
pogovorno to get left ostati na cedilu
to leave in the lurch pustiti na cedilu
pogovorno it leaves me cold (ali cool) ne zanima me, ne vznemirja me
pogovorno leave it at that naj ostane pri tem
to leave things as they are pustiti stvari kot so, pustiti stvari pri miru
6 from 8 leaves 2 8-6 je 2
there is nothing left to us but to go ne preostane nam drugega kot da gremo
to be left till called for poštno ležeče
I have nothing left nič mi ni ostalo
left on hand preostalo (v zalogi)
it leaves much to be desired še zdaleč ni dovolj
to leave no stone unturned obrniti vsak kamen, vsestransko se truditi
to leave s.o. wondering whether pustiti koga v dvomu o
I leave it to you to prepuščam tebi
to leave to accident (ali chance) prepustiti naključju
to leave s.o. to himself (ali to his own devices) prepustiti koga samemu sebi
to be well left dobro dedovati
to leave s.o. in the dark zamolčati komu kaj, ne povedati komu česa
to leave a place for another oditi kam od kod
to leave hold of spustiti kaj
vulgarno to leave go of spustiti kaj iz rok
to leave one's mark (up)on zapustiti neizbrisen vtis
to leave open pustiti (vprašanje) odprto
to leave up to prepustiti
to leave word sporočiti, pustiti sporočilo
to leave card on s.o. pustiti vizitko pri kom

lend^* [lend] prehodni glagol
posoditi (to komu)
dati (npr. poudarek čemu); prispevati

to lend one's aid to s.th. nuditi čemu podporo, podpreti kaj
to lend a blow udariti
to lend s.o. a box on the ear prisoliti komu zaučnico
to lend (an) ear; ali one's ears poslušati
to lend s.o. a (helping) hand (with) pomagati komu (pri)
to lend o.s. to s.th. spustiti se v kaj, odobravati, pristati na kaj
it lends itself to to je primerno za

let^*1 [let]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, dovoliti; dati v najem (to komu, for za čas)
dati (delo, to komu)
pomožni glagol za tvorbo velelnika v 1. in 3. osebi

2. neprehodni glagol
biti najet (at, for za)
iti (dobro, slabo) v najem

to let be pustiti pri miru
to let by pustiti mimo
to let bygones be bygones odpustiti in pozabiti
to let blood kri puščati
to let the cat out of the bag izklepetati skrivnost
to let drive at (puško)nameriti na koga, zamahniti, udariti
to let daylight into s.o. koga ustreliti ali zabosti
to let drop mimogrede omeniti, nehati o čem govoriti
to let fall spustiti, mimogrede omeniti, namigniti; matematika povleči navpičnico na premico
to let fly vreči, sprožiti (puško)
to let go spustiti, nehati na kaj misliti, (z besedami) napasti
to let go of s.th. spustiti kaj iz rok
to let o.s. go ne obvladati se, sprostiti se, dati si duška
let it go at that naj ostane kakor je
ameriško to let George do it pustiti, da kdo drug opravi tvoje delo
to let the grass grow under one's feet odlašati, obotavljati se
to let s.o. hear sporočiti komu
to let loose spustiti na svobodo
to let pass spregledati
to let ride pustiti po starem, spregledati
to let rip razuzdano živeti
to let her rip pustiti avto teči s polno hitrostjo
to let slide biti malomaren
to let slip izbrbljati, zamuditi dobro priliko, spustiti iz vajeti
rooms to let sobe v najem
let me see! da vidim!, pokaži!; pogovorno počakaj, da pomislim
he let himself be deceived dal se je ogoijufati
to let s.o. know obvestiti koga, sporočiti komu
to let into pustiti koga noter, seznaniti koga s čim, vstaviti (kos blaga itd.), vložiti
to let into s.o. napasti koga

loose¹ [lu:s] pridevnik (loosely prislov)
svoboden, prost, rešen (of, from česa)
odvezan, spuščen (lasje); ohlapen (obleka), rahel (zemlja), razmajan (vrata), majav (zob), mlahav (človek), redek (tkanina), mehek (ovratnik)
kemija prost, nevezan
pogovorno prost, na razpolago
figurativno nejasen, nenatančen, nestalen, netočen, zanikrn (prevod), neslovničen; lahkomiseln, površen, nesramen, nemoralen

loose ends malenkosti, ki jih je treba še urediti
at loose ends v neredu, zanemarjen; v negotovosti
to be at loose ends biti brez stalne zaposlitve, ne vedeti kaj storiti
loose bowels driska
a loose criminal zločinec na svobodi
to break loose pobegniti, osvoboditi se
to come (ali get) loose rešiti se, osvoboditi se; odvezati se, odpeti se, zrahljati se, odluščiti se (barva)
to cut loose from osvoboditi se (vpliva, vezi)
a loose fish pokvarjenec
a loose hour prosta ura
to have a loose tongue preveč govoriti, vse izblebetati
to have a screw loose ne imeti vseh kolesc v glavi, biti malo prismojen
there's a screw loose somewhere nekaj je narobe, nekaj je sumljivo, nekaj smrdi
vojska in loose order v razmaknjeni vrsti (vojaki)
to let loose izbruhniti, dati si duška, ne obvladati se
loose make (ali build) nerodna postava
to play fast and loose biti lahkomišljen, neuvideven
to ride with a loose rein popustiti vajeti, biti prizanesljiv
to set loose spustiti, osvoboditi
to work loose zrahljati se, razmajati se (vijak)
loose handwriting neizpisana pisava
ekonomija loose cash gotovina
a loose novel opolzek roman

oar¹ [o:] samostalnik
veslo; veslač
zoologija veslasta noga; greblja za peč (v pivovarni)

bank of oars veslaška klop
to bend to the oars veslati na vse kriplje
to boat the oars izvleči vesla v čoln
to feather the oars vesla na plosko spustiti
to have an oar in every man's boat vtikati se v vsako stvar
to lie on one's oars vesla na plosko položiti; figurativno dati roke križem
to pull a good oar dobro veslati
to put in one's oar vtikati se, vpasti v besedo
to rest on one's oars počivati na lovorikah
to toss the oars dvigniti vesla v pozdrav
figurativno chained to the oar prikovan k delu
pair-oar čoln na dve vesli
four-oar čoln na štiri vesla
ship your oars! pripravite vesla!
unship your oars! izvlecite vesla!

potato [pətéitou] samostalnik
krompir
ameriško, sleng "tikva", glava
ameriško, sleng dolar

French fried potatoes pommes frittes
ameriško, pogovorno small potatoes malenkost, nepomembni ljudje
he thinks himself no small potato zelo je nadut
sleng quite the potato v redu stvar
not quite the clean potato ne čisto neoporečen človek
to drop s.th. like a hot potato odvreči kaj, od strahu spustiti kaj na tla

rapid [rǽpid]

1. pridevnik (rapidly prislov)
hiter, brz; (o vodi) deroč; strm, prepaden, poln propadov
figurativno nagel, nenaden

rapid fire vojska brzo streljanje
a rapid river deroča reka

2. samostalnik
(tudi množina) brzice

to shoot the rapids spustiti se s čolnom po rečnih brzicah

release² [rilí:s] prehodni glagol
osvoboditi (from iz, od)
rešiti, odvezati (obveznosti), izvleči (from iz)
dati prostost, izpustiti (from iz)
pravno odpustiti, spregledati, zbrisati (dolg), prenesti (na koga), odreči se, odstopiti komu (posest, pravico itd.); prinesti na trg (tržišče); dovoliti javno predvajanje (a film filma)
tehnično sprožiti, izklopiti

to release an article for publication dovoliti objavo članka
to release bombs spustiti, odvreči bombe
to release from an obligation oprostiti obveznosti
to release a mortgage izbrisati hipoteko
to release a prisoner izpustiti ujetnika
to release a right odreči se pravici
to release s.o. from his word odvezati koga njegove besede

ring down prehodni glagol

to ring down the curtain gledališče dati znak z zvoncem za spustitev zastora; spustiti zastor; pogovorno napraviti konec (on z)

run¹ [rʌn] samostalnik
tekanje, tek
šport vztrajnostni tek, tekmovanje, dirka, hiter galop; naval, lov (for na)
hajka; hoja, vožnja, (hitro) potovanje; pot, izlet, sprehod; jadranje; brzi koraki, hiter tempo, hitra kretnja, premik, hiter padec, beg; zalet, zagon, napad, juriš
figurativno potek, smer, ritem, tendenca, moda; nepretrgana vrsta, niz, serija, nepretrgan čas, trajanje
ameriško potok, reka, jarek; tok, struja, plima, valovi; prost dostop (do), prosta uporaba; trop, jata; pašnik, ograda, ograjen prostor za živino, za perutnino; sankališče
trgovina veliko povpraševanje (on po, za)
dobra prodaja, trajen uspeh
trgovina kakovost, kvaliteta, vrsta, sorta
glasba hitra vrsta tonov, gostolevek, rulada
gledališče čas izvedbe, trajanje (gledališke igre), uprizarjanje, prikazovanje, nepretrgana vrsta predstav; (karte) sekvenca; naklada (časopisa)
tehnično delovni čas (o strojih); presek, prerez, splošnost, večina
tehnično tračnica; deska za vkrcavanje in izkrcavanje; odvodna cev

at the run, on the run v teku
in the long run sčasoma, končno, konec koncev
on the run na nogah, nepretrgoma zaposlen, ki leta sem in tja; vojska ki je na umiku, na begu
with a run nenadoma
a run to Bled vožnja, izlet, skok na Bled
a run of bad luck at cards dolgotrajna smola pri kartah
a run of ill luck nepretrgana smola, vrsta nesreč
run of customers naval odjemalcev
run of events potek dogodkov
a run of gold žila zlata
run of ground zemeljski plaz
the run of public opinion smer javnega mnenja
the common (ordinary) run of people običajni, poprečni tip ljudi
non-stop run nonstop vožnja
the usual run of things običajni potek dogodkov
to be in the run teči, dirkati, figurativno kandidirati
to be on the run teči, tekati po poslih, biti vedno na nogah, tekati sem in tja
it is only a 30 minutes' run to our place samo pol ure vožnje je do nas
it is all in the day's run vse to spada v program dneva (dnevnih dogodkov)
this inn is quite out of the common run of country inns ta gostilna je čisto različna od običajnega tipa podeželskih gostišč
there was a run on the banks vlagatelji so navalili na banke (da bi dvignili svoje prihranke)
to break into a run spustiti se v tek
to come down with a run zrušiti se
to give a run preskusiti
to go for a run teči (kot) za stavo
everything went with a run vse je šlo gladko, kot namazano
to have s.o. on the run pogovorno pognati koga
to have a run for one's money figurativno priti na svoj račun, zabavati se za svoj denar
to have the run of s.o.'s house imeti prost dostop v hišo kake osebe, počutiti se pri kom doma
I had the run of his library imel sem prost dostop do njegove knjižnice
these books have had the run this year te knjige so se letos najbolje prodajale
the play had but a short run igra je bila le kratek čas na sporedu
the piece had a run of 20 nights (gledališko) igro so uprizorili 20 večerov zaporedoma
to take a run vzeti zalet

sail¹ [séil] samostalnik
jadro; (vsa) jadra (ladje); (pri številu) ladje množina
krilo mlina na veter; dimnik za zračenje na ladji ali v rudniku; vožnja zjadrnico, z ladjo, potovanje z ladjo
poetično krilo, perut

in full sail s polnimi jadri, figurativno s polno paro
under sail pod jadri, na vožnji, na poti
under full sail, with all sails set s polnimi jadri
a fleet of 100 sail brodovje, flota 100 ladij
a few days' sail (le) nekaj dni trajajoče potovanje po morju
to clap on sail hitro zviti jadra
to crowd sail jadrati z vsemi jadri
to go for a sail iti na jadranje, na vožnjo z ladjo
to have a sail napraviti sprehodno vožnjo z jadrnico
to hoist (to set) sail dvigniti (razpeti) jadro
to loosen, to unfurl the sails odvezati, razviti jadra
to lower, to strike sail spustiti jadro
to make sail odpluti, iti na morje
to set sail for England odjadrati, odpluti v Anglijo
to set up one's sail to every wind figurativno obračati plašč po vetru
to shorten, to take in sail skrajšati jadro
to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno prekrižati komu načrte, pokvariti komu dobro priložnost
to take in sail sneti jadro, figurativno staviti manjše zahteve