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  • spud [spʌd]

    1. samostalnik
    kratka lopatica, rovnica (za puljenje plevela), kopuljica; nekaj kratkega in debelega; pritlikavec
    pogovorno krompir
    sleng, množina denar

    2. prehodni glagol
    kopati, okopavati, pleti (često out, up)
    neprehodni glagol
    vrtati

    to spud out okopa(va)ti, opleti; izkopati
    to spud in začeti vrtati
  • stand over neprehodni glagol
    biti odgoden (odložen) (to na)
    odložiti se, preložiti se, odgoditi se; obležati, čakati

    these accounts can stand over till next month ti računi lahko počakajo do drugega meseca
  • stay1 [stéi] samostalnik
    (začasno) bivanje, trajanje bivanja; zadrževanje, brzdanje, zaviranje, preprečevanje
    pravno odgoditev, odložitev, ustavitev
    figurativno vztrajnost, vzdržljivost

    to make a long stay zadržati se dalj časa, muditi se, bivati dalj časa
    I'll make a short stay in London za krajši čas se bom zadržal (ustavil) v Londonu
    his lack of education is a great stay upon him njegova pomanjkljiva izobrazba je zanj velika ovira
    to order a stay of execution pravno odrediti odgoditev prisilne izvršbe (rubežni)
    to put a stay on zavirati, brzdati, zadrževati
    to stand at a stay zastarelo mirovati, zasta(ja)ti, zatikati se
  • story1 [stɔ́:ri]

    1. samostalnik
    zgodba, pripoved, povest; zabavna zgodba, anekdota; pripovedka, bajka
    zastarelo zgodovina, historiat; legenda; verzija; fabula, dejanje (romana), zaplet (drame)
    pogovorno laž, izmišljotina; lažnivec
    literature junaška pesem, saga

    according to your story po tem, kar vi pripovedujete, po vaši verziji
    always the old story figurativno vedno ista zgodba (pesem)
    the Caruso story zgodba o Carusu
    cock-and-bull story otročja izmišljotina
    the story of my life moji doživljaji, moje življenje
    a funny story zabavna, smešna zgodba
    oh you story! o ti lažnivec!
    nursery story otroška bajka, pravljica
    short story novela
    but that is another story toda to je (že) druga zgodba
    it is quite another story now figurativno to je zdaj nekaj čisto drugega
    the story goes that... govori se, pravijo, da...
    to make (to cut) a long story short na kratko povedano, da na kratko povem
    don't tell stories! ne izmišljaj si stvari!, ne govori laži!
    you have been telling me a story eno si mi natvezel

    2. prehodni glagol
    okrasiti z zgodovinskimi ali legendarnimi scenami
    neprehodni glagol
    pripovedovati
  • straw1 [strɔ:]

    1. samostalnik
    slamnata bilka, slama, pletena slama; slamica (za pitje)
    figurativno bilka, malenkost, mrvica; slamnik

    in the straw zastarelo v porodni postelji
    a straw in the wind slamica v vetru, figurativno majhna stvar, ki je znak prihodnjih velikih dogodkov
    the last straw figurativno tisto, kar preseže mero
    the last straw that breaks the camel's back majhen dodatek bremenu, ki zlomi kameli hrbet, figurativno tisto, kar sodu izbije dno
    a man of straw slamnati mož, lutka, slabič; ptičje strašilo
    to be (to lie) in the straw zastarelo biti otročnica
    I don't care a straw še malo mi ni mar, požvižgam se
    to catch at (to cling to) a straw oprije(ma)ti se bilke (da bi se rešili)
    to draw straws vleči (žrebati) slamice
    my eyes draw straws oči se mi zapirajo (od zaspanosti)
    a straw shows which way the wind blows tudi majhna stvar pokaže (da slutiti) važne stvari (dogodke)
    it is not worth a straw ni vredno prebite pare, počenega groša
    to be quite out of one's straw figurativno biti ves zmešan, zmeden
    I have a straw to break with you s teboj imam majhen obračun
    to split straws cepiti slamice, figurativno ukvarjati se z nekoristnimi stvarmi, prepirati se zaradi malenkosti
    to throw straws against the wind figurativno zaman se truditi

    2. pridevnik
    slamnat

    straw cutter slamoreznica
    straw mattress slamnjača
    straw worker slamopletec
  • struggle2 [strʌgl] neprehodni glagol
    boriti se (with z, for za, against proti)
    truditi se, napenjati se, mučiti se (with s.th. s čim)
    trgati se (za kaj); upirati se (against čemu)
    braniti se (česa), otepati se; s težavo si utirati pot, se prebijati; (redko) prepirati se
    prehodni glagol
    izbojevati, priboriti si

    a struggling artist umetnik, ki se še ni uveljavil in se s težavo prebija (skozi življenje)
    to struggle along prebi(ja)ti se
    to struggle for breath s težavo loviti sapo
    I struggled in my coat z muko sem oblekel plašč
    to struggle up a cliff s težavo se vzpenjati po pečini
    to struggle with death boriti se s smrtjo
    to struggle to one's feet z muko se dvigniti, vstati na noge
    he struggled to save his life boril se je za svoje življenje
    to struggle against overwhelming forces boriti se proti veliki premoči
    he has to struggle to earn his living z velikim trudom si služi svoj kruh
    to struggle for power boriti se za oblast
    to struggle through the crowd s težavo si utirati pot skozi množico
  • suffer [sʌ́fə]

    1. prehodni glagol
    (pre)trpeti, prenašati; dopuščati dovoliti
    zastarelo pustiti, dati (o.s. se)

    the criminal suffered death hudodelec je bil usmrčen
    how can you suffer him? kako ga morete prenašati?
    to suffer a default pravno izgubiti pravdo zaradi neprihoda na sodišče
    he suffered them to come dovolil jim je, da so prišli
    I cannot suffer such impudence ne morem trpeti take nesramnosti
    to suffer heavy losses imeti težke izgube
    to suffer fools gladly biti potrpežljiv z norci (bedaki)
    to suffer great pain trpeti, prenašati velike bolečine
    to suffer thirst trpeti žejo
    he suffered himself to be cheated pustil se je oslepariti

    2. neprehodni glagol
    trpeti (from od, zaradi)
    imeti škodo (in v)
    trpeti, biti kaznovan, morati plačati (for za kaj)
    izgubiti (in v, pri, na; from od, zaradi)
    biti usmrčen, pretrpeti (mučeniško) smrt, najti smrt
    zastarelo vzdržati, prenašati, trpeti

    to suffer acutely hudó trpeti
    he is suffering from a bad headache trpi za hudimi glavoboli
    you will suffer for it! pogovorno to mi boš plačal! še žal ti bo za to!
    the engine suffered severely motor je močno trpel
    no one suffered in the accident nihče ni bil poškodovan v nesreči
    to suffer on scaffold umreti na morišču
    to suffer from stage-fright imeti tremo (pred nastopom na odru)
    trade suffers from (under) war trgovina trpi zaradi vojne
  • suit2 [sju:t] prehodni glagol
    obleči, oblačiti, krasiti, opremiti; prilagoditi (to čemu)
    pristajati, prilegati se, ustrezati, biti v skladu z, biti primeren; prijati, goditi, biti po volji; zadovoljiti

    to suit o.s. napraviti po svoje
    neprehodni glagol
    pristajati, podati se, ustrezati (with čemu)
    zadovoljiti, prijati

    I am suited našel sem, kar mi je po volji
    suit yourself napravi, kar hočeš
    this book is not suited to (ali for) children ta knjiga ni primerna za otroke
    to suit one's action to one's words uskladiti svoje početje s svojimi besedami, takoj izvršiti grožnjo itd.
    that suits my book figurativno to mi ustreza, mi je prav
    it suits my book that... prav mi pride, da...
    does it suit you to come tomorrow? vam je prav, če pridete jutri?
    this dress suits you well ta obleka se ti lepo poda
    he is hard to suit njemu je težko ustreči
    the frame does not suit with the picture okvir se ne sklada s sliko
    he is not suited for (ali to be) a teacher on ni primeren za učiteljski poklic
    this will suit my requirements to bo ustrezalo mojim zahtevam, to bo (kot nalašč) zame
    to suit one's style of living to one's means prilagoditi svoj način življenja svojim sredstvom
    wine does not suit me vino mi ne prija, vina ne prenesem
  • 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
  • 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
  • talk1 [tɔ:k] samostalnik
    pogovor, razgovor, govorjenje, govor, govoričenje, govorica, (prazno) besedičenje, čenče; predmet pogovora; (radio) predavanje, kramljanje; način govorjenja, izražanje, jezik

    the talk of the town figurativno stvar, o kateri vsi govore
    full of talk brbljav, žlobudrav
    idle talk prazno besedičenje, govoričenje
    he is all talk on samo govori (ne naredi pa nič)
    she is the talk of the town vse mesto govori o njej
    there is much talk and no work veliko je govorjenja, storjenega pa nič
    those people are nothing but talk teh ljudi so samo besede, ti ljudje samo frazarijo
    it will all end in talk iz tega ne bo nič, ostalo bo le pri besedah
    to make talk govoriti zaradi govorjenja
    there is talk of his being bankrupt govori se, da.je (on) v bankrotu
    I want to have a talk with him rad bi govoril (se pogovoril) z njim
  • tell* [tel]

    1. prehodni glagol
    povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti
    parlament šteti (glasove)

    all told (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj
    tell me another! sleng tega mi ne boš natvezel!
    I was told (so) rekli so mi (tako)
    I'll tell you what nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)
    I'll tell you the world ameriško o tem sem prepričan
    I can tell you zagotavljam vam
    I cannot tell him from his brother ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata
    to tell s.th. abroad pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj
    to tell fortunes from cards vedeževati iz kart
    to tell one's money ameriško šteti svoj denar
    to tell one's beads religija moliti rožni venec
    to tell one's name povedati svoje ime
    to tell the news naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico
    to tell a lie (ali lies) lagati
    to tell the reason navesti razlog
    to tell the tale pogovorno pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)
    to tell tales zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti
    to tell the truth povedati resnico
    to tell the votes politika šteti glasove
    he told him to go rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre
    he can be told by his hat lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku
    never tell me! ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!
    the clock tells the time ura kaže čas
    this tells its own tale to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno
    we were told to get up rekli so nam, naj vstanemo
    you're telling me! sleng tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!

    2. neprehodni glagol
    pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati (about o)
    spoznati, vedeti (by po)
    imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati
    pogovorno izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

    for all we can tell kolikor mi vemo
    who can tell kdo ve
    how can you tell? kako morete to vedeti?
    you never can tell človek nikoli ne ve
    every shot tells vsak strel pogodi
    her tears tell of her grief njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino
    to tell on (ali of) s.o. izdati, zatožiti koga
    don't tell on me ne izdaj(te) me!
    the hard work began to tell on her težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej
    that tells against you to govori proti tebi
  • that2 [ðæt, ðət] oziralni zaimek (množina that)

    1.
    ki; kateri, -a, -o; ki ga, ki jo, ki jih; katere, katera

    2.
    kar

    all that everything that vse, kar
    the best that najboljše, kar
    much that mnogo (tega), kar
    nothing that nič, kar
    no one that nihče, ki
    the book that I sent you knjiga, ki sem ti jo poslal; ki
    the man that bought the house (tisti) človek, ki je kupil hišo
    the lady that he is acquainted with gospa, s katero se pozna
    it is the ideas that matter ideje so važne
    the fool that he is! takšen bedak!
    grboslovje husband that is to be njen bodoči mož (soprog)
    Mrs. Black, Miss Brown that was pogovorno gospa Black, rojena Brown
    Mrs. Jones that is sedanja gospa Jones
    for the reason that iz razloga, zaradi katerega
    the day (that) I met him na dan, na katerega (ko) sem se seznanil z njim
  • there [ðɛ́ə]

    1. prislov
    tam, tamkaj; tu, tukaj
    figurativno takoj, précej; tja; v tem (pogledu)

    there and back tja in nazaj
    there and then takoj, précej, na mestu
    down there tam doli
    here and there tu in tam
    here, there and everywhere vsepovsod
    in there tam notri
    neither here nor there ne tu ne tam, figurativno nepomemben
    out there tam zunaj
    over there tam preko
    from there od tam, od tod
    up there tam gori
    there it is! v tem je težava! to je tisto! tako je s stvarjo!
    there is the rub tu je (tiči) težava
    there you are! (vidiš) kaj sem ti rekel! zdaj pa imaš!
    I have been there before sleng to že vse vem
    to have been there sleng dobro se spoznati
    all there pogovorno pameten, preudaren, priseben
    he is not all there on ni čisto pri pravi (pameti)
    there I agree with you v tem (pogledu) se strinjam z vami
    we had him there v tem smo ga prelisičili
    to get there sleng doseči kaj, uspeti
    put it there! postavi (daj) to tja!; figurativno udari(te) v roko! (v znak sporazuma)

    2.
    (oslabljeno) tam, tu (se ne prevaja: pred neprehodnimi glagoli često brezosebno)

    there is je, se nahaja
    there are so, se nahajajo
    there was a king bil je (nekoč) kralj
    there is no saying ne da se reči
    there arises the question... nastaja vprašanje...
    there comes a time when... pride čas, ko...
    will there be any lecture? ali bo (kako) predavanje?
    what is there to do? kaj naj storimo?
    never was there such a man nikoli ni bilo takega človeka
    there's a man at the door nekdo je pri vratih
    there were many cases of influenza bilo je mnogo primerov gripe

    3. medmet
    glej! no! na!; pomiri se!

    there! no, no, pomiri se! bodi no dober (priden, spodoben)!
    don't cry! no, no, ne jokaj!
    there now! glej ga no
    so there! zdaj pa imal! zdaj pa je dovolj!
    well there čuj!
    there, didn't I tell you? na, ali vam nisem rekel?
    there, it is done! na, pa je narejeno!
    there's a good girl! bodi dobra, pridna deklica (in podaj mi knjigo)!; dobra deklica si, tako je prav (ker si mi podala knjigo)!
  • thine [ðáin] zaimek
    zastarelo tvoj, -a, -e

    the fault is thine krivda je tvoja, ti si kriv
  • 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
  • though, tho' [ðou]

    1. veznik
    čeprav, četudi, dasi

    as though kakor (kot) če
    even though tudi če, pa čeprav
    what though nič za to če, kaj za to, če; (pa) četudi
    what though the way is long? kaj za to, če je pot dolga?
    he was running as though the devil was after him tekel je, kot da bi mu bil vrag za petami
    I shall buy it, even though it should cost a hundred pounds kupil bom to, pa čeprav bi stalo 100 funtov

    2. prislov
    pogovorno (na koncu stavka) seveda, resda, zares; vendar(le), vsekakor

    I wish he were here, though rad bi, da bi on bil tu, seveda
    you knew it, though? ti si to, seveda, vedel'?
  • tit2 [tit] samostalnik
    protiudarec, povračilo

    tit for tat milo za drago, šilo za ognjilo; kakor ti meni, tako jaz tebi
    to give tit for tat vrniti milo za drago, vrniti enako
  • tooth1 [tu:ɵ, ti:ɵ] samostalnik (množina teeth)
    zob; tech zob (žage, glavnika itd.); zob kolesa; konica; kavelj; parožek
    figurativno nagnjenje, posebna ljubezen (do)

    tooth and nail figurativno z vso močjo; neizprosno
    by the skin of one's teeth figurativno za las, komaj še (uiti)
    in the teeth of kljub, navzlic; proti
    the tooth of time zob časa
    armed to the teeth oborožen do zob
    long in the tooth star
    a good set of teeth dobro zobovje
    from the teeth outward figurativno površno
    artificial tooth, false tooth umeten zob
    corner (dog, eye, laniary) tooth podočnik
    decayed tooth gnil zob
    incisor (incision, cutting) tooth sekalec (zob)
    loose tooth majav zob
    milk (shedding) tooth mlečnik
    molar (grinding) tooth kočnik
    to clean one's teeth (o)čistiti si zobe
    to clench one's teeth stisniti zobe
    to cast s.th. in s.o.'s teeth komu kaj v zobe (v obraz) vreči; očitati
    to cut one's (first) teeth dobi(va)ti (prve) zobe
    to cut one's eye-teeth figurativno začeti spoznavati življenje
    to draw s.o.'s teeth figurativno pristriči komu krila, napraviti koga neškodljivega
    to escape by the skin of one's teeth za las uiti
    to fight (to struggle) tooth and nail boriti se z vsemi močmi (zagrizeno, nepopustljivo)
    to get one's teeth into s.th. zagristi se v kaj; trmasto (nepopustljivo) se česa lotiti
    to grind one's teeth škripati z zobmi
    to have a great tooth for fruit zelo rad imeti sadje
    to have a sweet tooth biti sladkosneden, rad imeti sladkarije
    to lie in one's teeth v obraz lagati; nesramno, predrzno lagati
    to sail in the teeth of the wind pluti proti vetru
    to set one's teeth stisniti zobe
    this set my teeth on edge zaskominalo me je ob tem; to me je razburilo (ozlovoljilo)
    to show ons's teeth pokazati zobe
    to take the bit between one's teeth figurativno postati trmoglav; upreti se; osamosvojiti se
  • torch1 [tɔ:č] samostalnik
    (smolnata) bakla, plamenica
    figurativno luč, plamen, svetloba
    kemija, tehnično gorilnik

    torch of Hymen ljubezenska strast
    torch lamp tehnično spajkalka, spajkalnik
    torch race tek (štafeta) z baklo v stari Grčiji
    torch singer ameriško pevec, pevka sentimentalnih popevk
    torch song ameriško sentimentalna ljubezenska pesem
    torch welding plinsko varjenje
    electric torch električna žepna svetilka
    to hand on the torch figurativno naprej, drugim poda(ja)ti znanje ita.