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small¹ [smɔ:l] pridevnik
majhen (po velikosti, obsegu, številu, starosti, količini, pomembnosti); maloštevilen; kratek, kratkotrajen; redek, lahek, vodén (o pijači)
narečno ozek
figurativno nepomemben, malo važen, neznaten, brez večje vrednosti; ozkosrčen, ozkogruden, malenkosten; šibek, skromen, reven; nizek; majhne moralne vrednosti, podel; osramočen

at a small rate poceni
in a small way, on a small scale v majhnem razmerju, v malem, skromno, malo
on the small side nezadostno velik, ne prevelik
small and early party družba maloštevilnih gostov, ki se kmalu razide; intimna večerna zabava
a small beginning majhen, skromen začetek
small blame to them ni se jim treba sramovati, to jim ne dela sramote; ni jim treba zameriti
and no blame to him! in kdo ga ne bi (po)karal!
small cattle drobnica
small drinker slab pivec
small farmer mali kmet, mali posestnik
small gross 10 ducatov
small hand navadne pisane črke
small hours ure po polnoči, male ure
small letters male črke
small means nezadostna sredstva
a small place majhen kraj
a small poetično nepomemben pesnik
small rain dežek, droben dež
small talk kramljanje, klepet(anje)
the small voice, the still small voice figurativno glas vesti
small wonder temu se je komaj čuditi
it is small of him to remind me of it malenkostno je od njega, da me spomni na to
that is only a small matter to je le malenkost
I call it small of him smatram, da je to nizkotno od njega
to feel small sramovati se
I found the way at last, and small thanks to you for your directions končno sem našel pot, in za to se mi ni treba zahvaliti vašim navodilom
he has small Latin and less Greek latinski zna malo, grški pa še manj
I have had small experience of such matters doslej imam malo izkušenj v teh stvareh
he has too small a mind not to be jealous of your success preozkosrčen je, da ne bi bil ljubosumen na vaš uspeh
to make s.o. feel small figurativno osramotiti koga
to make o.s. small napraviti se majhnega
to live in a very small way zelo skromno živeti
he was surprised, and no small wonder bil je presenečen, in nič čudnega (če je bil)
it will take only a small time to bo vzelo le malo časa
everybody thought it small of him to refuse to help vsakdo je smatral, da je grdó od njega, da je odklonil pomoč

some [sʌm]

1. pridevnik
neki, nekak, nekateri, en; katerikoli, kakršenkoli
sleng velik, silen, pomemben, odličen; (pred samostalnikom v množini) nekaj, neko število, nekoliko, malo (od njih), kakih, okrog, približno

at some time or other enkrat pač, kadarkoli, prej ali slej
for some time nekaj časa
in some way or other na ta ali na oni način, tako ali tako
to some extent do neke mere, nekako
some day nekega dne
some few maloštevilni, majhno število
some girl! čedno dekle!
some people nekateri (ljudje), nekaj ljudi
some time enkrat
some time ago nekaj časa (je) (od) tegá
a village of some 50 houses vas kakih 50 hiš
it is some five years since we saw each other kakih pet let je, kar sva se (zadnjič) videla
shall I give you some more tea? naj vam dam še malo čaja?
have some jam with your bread vzemite si (nekaj) džema s kruhom!
I call that some poem! to (pa) je pesem!
that's some hat! to (pa) je klobuk (in pol)! to je kolosalen klobuk!
I left it in some corner pustil sem ga (to) v kakem kotu
as you say, it did cost some money kot pravite, je to (res) stalo nekaj (= precéj) denarja
I must do it some day ta ali oni dan (enkrat) moram to napraviti
that will take you some time to vam bo vzelo nekaj časa

2. zaimek
katerikoli, neki, nekateri
ameriško, sleng precéj, kar veliko, kar mnogo, še več

some ... some eni ... drugi
some of it nekaj tega
some of them nekateri od njih
some of these days te dni, v kratkem, kmalu
some accepted, some refused nekateri so sprejeli, drugi odklonili
if you have no money, I will give you some če nimaš denarja, ti ga jaz nekaj dam
may I have some of this cake? lahko dobim nekaj tega kolača?
he looked some tipsy bil je videti precéj vinjen
he ran a mile and then some tekel je eno miljo in nato še naprej

3. prislov
nekaj; precéj, zelo

that's going some! to mi je všeč! to je sijajno!
he seems annoyed some videti je nekaj nejevoljen (jezen)

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)?

stand^*2 [stænd]

1. neprehodni glagol
stati (na nogah itd.); dosegati stalno višino v stoječem položaju; postaviti se pokonci; biti nameščen, ležati, biti, nahajati se; stati na mestu, nehati se premikati, (za)ustaviti se; ostati brez sprememb, veljati tudi vnaprej, ne izgubiti moči (veljave); zadržati, obdržati svoj dosedanji položaj; zavzemati se (for za)
zagovarjati (for kaj)
zavzemati stanoviten odnos do česa; nasprotovati (against čemu)
upirati se; vztrajati, vzdržati, ostajati; oklevati, bati se (at česa)
ustrašiti se; sestajati (in iz)
skladati se, biti v skladu (with z)
kandidirati, biti kandidat (for za)
nabrati se, zbrati se; (za)pihati, pri(haja)ti (o vetru)
pogovorno stati, veljati; biti v prid (komu), koristiti
navtika pluti, držati se določene smeri (for, to proti)
stopiti (back nazaj)

stand! stoj!
stand at ease! vojska voljno!
stand fast! vojska, britanska angleščina mirno!, vojska, ameriško vod, stoj!
to stand aghast zgroziti se, osupniti
to stand alone (on an opinion) (o)stati sam (s svojim mnenjem)
to stand against s.o. postaviti se proti, uveljaviti se proti komu
to stand accused biti obtožen
to stand at attention vojska stati v pozoru
we stand by each other drživa skupaj
to stand by one's promise držati svojo obljubo
we will stand by whatever he says z vsem, kar bo rekel, bomo soglašali
to stand corrected uvideti, priznati svojo krivdo
to stand firm as a rock stati trdno kot skala
he stands six feet in his stockings sezut meri v višino (je visok) šest čevljev
to stand for an office potegovati se za (neko) službo
to stand for a constituency kandidirati za poslanca nekega volilnega okrožja
to stand for birth control zavzemati se za kontrolo rojstev (za načrtovanje družine)
I won't stand for this ameriško tega ne bom trpel (prenašal)
to stand for s.o. (with s.o.) potegniti se za koga, potegniti s kom
to stand gaping stati in zijati, zijala prodajati
to stand gasping stati in sopsti
to stand good ostati veljaven, obdržati svojo veljavo (vrednost)
my hair stood on end lasje so se mi naježili
to stand in line ameriško stati in čakati v vrsti
to stand in need of help potrebovati pomoč
to stand in terror of s.o. bati se koga
to stand model stati (biti) za modél
it stands me in 8 shillings a bottle pogovorno steklenica me stane 8 šilingov
to stand neutral biti, ostati nevtralen
the same objection still stands ta ugovor še vedno obstaja
he will not stand at murder on se ne bo ustavil pred umorom
to stand on one's head držati stojo na glavi
to stand on guard paziti se
don't stand on ceremony ne delaj ceremonij
to stand on ceremony paziti (gledati) na etiketo, ceremonialno se obnašati
to stand on one's own feet stati na lastnih nogah, figurativno opravljati svoje zadeve brez tuje pomoči
to stand on one's rights mnogo dati na svoje pravice
stand on me for that sleng zanesi se name glede tega!
she stands over the girl while she does her homework ona pazi na (nadzira) deklico, ko dela domačo nalogo
to stand pat sleng ostati trden
to stand the racket sleng plačati ceno, globo
to stand security (surety, sponsor) for s.o. biti porok, jamčiti za koga
to stand (as) sponsor (godfather) biti za botra
to stand still mirovati, ostati miren, ustaviti se
the thermometer stands at 30 barometer kaže 30
to stand to one's duty (vestno) opravljati svojo dolžnost
to stand to one's guns (one's colours) figurativno trdno vztrajati pri svojem (prepričanju, mnenju), vojska držati postojanko
to stand to one's oars pošteno, krepko zaveslati
to stand to reason biti čisto razumljiv (logičen)
with this horse we certainly stand to win (to lose) s tem konjem moremo le zmagati (izgubiti)
to stand to it that... vztrajati na tem, da...
to stand upon one's trial pravno stati, biti pred sodiščem
to stand (a) watch; navtika, to stand guard vojska biti na straži
to stand well with s.o. dobro se razumeti (shajati) s kom
the wind stands in the east veter piha z vzhoda
if it stands with honour če se sklada s častjo

2. prehodni glagol
postaviti; ustaviti; zoperstaviti se, upirati se (čemu); prenašati, prenesti, trpeti (koga, kaj); podvreči se, prestati
pogovorno dati (plačati) za; stati (biti) pred (čem)

to stand an assault vzdržati, upreti se napadu
I shall stand you in the corner (za kazen) te bom postavil v kot
I don't stand pain ne prenesem bolečine
I can't stand him ne morem ga trpeti
she cannot stand the sun ona ne prenese sonca
to stand a drink pogovorno dati za pijačo
to stand a chance imeti možnost (priliko, priložnost, upanje, šanso)
to stand one's chance tvegati
to stand all hazards vse tvegati
to stand the test prestati preizkušnjo, izkazati se, obnesti se
to stand trial biti obtožen
to stand one's trial biti zaslišan pred sodiščcm

stick^*3 [stik]

1. prehodni glagol
prebosti, zabosti, zabadati; zaklati; nabosti, nasaditi, zadreti; zatakniti; iztegniti, pomoliti (out of iz)
natakniti (čepico) (on, to na)
naježiti; nalepiti, prilepiti (on, to na)
zamazati, pomazati; podpreti (rastlino) s kolcem
pogovorno vreči pri izpitu
figurativno spraviti (koga) v zadrego; zmesti; zaustaviti; podtakniti (s.th. on s.o. kaj komu)
sleng prevarati, oslepariti
sleng prenesti, vzdržati

2. neprehodni glagol
tičati; biti poln (česa); sršati, štrleti, moleti (out of iz)
(pri)lepiti se (on, to na, za)
zalepiti se, oprijeti se, prijemati se (to česa)
obtičati, ne se premikati, zatakniti se (tudi figurativno)
zagaziti; čvrsto sedeti (na konju)
pogovorno osta(ja)ti, vztrajati (at to pri)
držati se (to česa)
ostati zvest (by komu, čemu)
ne se pustiti odvrniti; biti zmeden, oklevati ustrašiti se (at ob, pred)

stuck to ameriško, sleng zaljubljen, zateleban v
stuck up sleng zmeden, zbegan
to stick at ustaviti se ob, oklevati, ustrašiti se ob
he sticks at nothing on se ničesar ne ustraši, njega nobena stvar ne zadrži
to stick bills lepiti lepake, plakate, plakatirati
stick no bills! plakatiranje prepovedano!
the boat stuck on a shoal čoln je nasedel na plitvino
she sticks to me like a bur ona se me drži (prime) kot klòp
to stick butterflies nabadati (nabosti) metulje
the door has stuck vrata so se zaskočila
to stick a flower in one's buttonhole zatakniti si cvetlico v gumbnico
to stick to a friend ostati zvest prijatelju
to stick to one's guns figurativno ostati zvest čemu, ne prelomiti besede
to stick one's head out of the window pomoliti glavo iz okna
they stuck to his heels prilepili (obesili) so se mu na pete
to stick one's hands in one's pockets vtakniti roke v žep
he sticks indoors on vedno tiči doma
to stick it sleng vzdržati, vztrajati
to stick to it oprijeti se, ne popustiti
to stick a knife into s.o.'s back zasaditi komu nož v hrbet
a man who will stick at nothing figurativno človek brez pomislekov, ki se pred ničemer ne ustavi
some money stuck to his fingers figurativno poneveril je nekaj denarja
to stick in the mud obtičati v blatu
stick my name down on the list zapišite moje ime v seznam!
the nickname stuck to him vzdevek se ga je prijel
he is always sticking his nose into my business vedno vtika svoj nos v moje posle (zadeve)
to stick a pig zaklati prašiča
to stick to the point ostati pri stvari, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he stuck me with a puzzle spravil me je v zadrego z (neko) uganko
I stuck him with that question s tem vprašanjem sem ga vrgel na izpitu
to stick to one's promise držati svojo obljubo
to stick a stamp on a letter nalepiti znamko na pismo
it sticks in my throat obtičalo mi je v grlu, ne morem pogoltniti; figurativno ne morem zaupati
if you throw mud enough, some of it will stick če zelo obrekuješ koga, bodo ljudje nekaterim teh klevet verjeli; tudi nedolžnost ni varna pred obrekovanjem
to stick to his word držati (svojo) besedo

subject¹ [sʌ́bdžikt]

1. samostalnik
podložnik, podanik, državljan; predmet (stvar) pogovora, téma; učni predmet
glasba téma; razlog, povod, vzrok, motiv (for za)
človek, oseba
slovnica osebek, subjekt
filozofija ego; poskusni predmet (oseba, žival); mrlič (za seciranje)
medicina oseba, pacient

on the subject of gledé, kar se tiče, kar zadeva
a subject for complaint razlog za pritožbo
the subject of ridicule predmet posmehovanja
compulsory (optional, additional) subject obvezen (izbiren, dodaten) učni predmet
a hysterical subject histerična oseba (pacient)
a nervous subject živčna oseba, živčnež
the liberty of the subject državljanska svoboda
a ticklish subject kočljiv, delikaten predmet
he is a French subject on je francoski državljan
there is no subject for joking ni nobenega razloga za zbijanje šal
to change the subject menjati témo (razgovora)
to drop a subject opustiti razgovor o nekem predmetu
to wander from the subject oddaljiti se od predmeta

2. pridevnik
podvržen, podložen, podrejen (to komu, čemu)
odvisen (to od)
nesamostojen (država itd.); občutljiv (to za)
nagnjen (to k)
izpostavljen (to čemu)

subject to pogojèn z, s pogojem; odvisen od (česa), s pridržkom
subject to his consent če on privoli
subject to your approval s pogojem (pridržkom), da vi odobrite
subject to duty podvržen carini
subject to ridicule izpostavljen posmehu
I am subject to indigestion podvržen sem prebavnim motnjam
the treaty is subject to ratification pogodba mora biti ratificirana, da postane veljavna
she is subject to headaches ona je nagnjena h glavobolom
to hold subject imeti v podložnosti, v odvisnosti
to be held subject biti odvisen

suffice [səfáis]

1. neprehodni glagol
zadostovati, zadovoljevati potrebe

my word will suffice moja beseda bo zadostovala
what I have will suffice for me kar imam, bo zame zadostovalo
suffice it to say... dovolj bodi, če povem (naj samo povem), da...

2. prehodni glagol
zadovoljiti, zadostovati (komu)

the reason did not suffice him razlog mu ni zadostoval, ga ni zadovoljil
one dollar sufficed him en dolar mu je zadostoval

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

survive [səváiv]

1. prehodni glagol
preživeti (koga ali kaj); živeti dljè kot

2. neprehodni glagol
ostati pri življenju; obdržati se (npr. običaj)

to survive one's children preživeti svoje otroke
if he survives me če me bo on preživel
he did not survive his injuries podlegel je poškodbam
to survive a disaster preživeti katastrofo

tail¹ [téil]

1. samostalnik
rep; trtica; spodnji del; konec (sprevoda itd.); zadnji del pluga; stran kovanca z napisom; spremstvo; najslabši igralci kakega moštva, odpadki; stranka, privrženci; žaket, frak, škric, vlečka (obleke)
množina, pogovorno družabna obleka

tail of a letter konec pisma
tail of the trenches vojska najbolj sprednji jarki
tail of gale konec nevihte
tail of a stream tih, miren tok reke
tail margin spodnji beli rob strani (knjige)
tails up figurativno dobre volje, vesel
tail of a musical note del note pod črto
close on s.o. 's tail komu tik za petami
cow's tail figurativno razcefran konec vrvi
the dirty end of the cow's tail figurativno spolzko govorjenje (pogovor)
heads or tail? glava ali napis? (vprašamo, če mečemo kovanec v zrak za odločitev v kaki stvari)
with his tail between his legs figurativno ves preplašen, kot polit cucek
to be unable to make head or tail of s.th. ne se spoznati, ne se moči znajti v čem
to drop a pinch of salt on the tail of a bird (a hare) šaljivo natresti ptiču (zajcu) soli na rep (da bi ga ujeli)
to go into tails figurativno hitro rasti
my son has gone into tails moj sin je oblekel svoj prvi žaket
to follow the tail of a plough držati plug za ročaj, biti kmetovalec
he had the enemy on his tail sovražnik mu je bil tik za petami
she looked at me out of the tail of her eye skrivaj, s koncem očesa me je pogledala
to put one's tail between one's legs stisniti rep med noge, zbežati
to turn tail obrniti hrbet, planiti v beg, pete pokazati, popihati jo
to twist s.o.'s tail figurativno nadlegovati ali dolgočasiti koga
to twist the lion's tail mučiti, izzivati leva (aluzija na tuje časnikarje ali govornike, ki izzivalno žalijo Anglijo)
to walk at the tail of a cart hoditi za vozom
the tail wags the dog rep miga s psom, figurativno najneumnejši (najmanj pomembni) komandira, vlada

2. pridevnik
najbolj zadajšnji, zadnji, končni, repni

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

tale [téil] samostalnik
zgodba, povest, pripoved, pripovedka; bajka, pravljica; poročilo, vest, novica; izmislek, izmišljotina, lažna zgodba, laž
zastarelo pogovor, pogovarjanje; opravljanje, obiranje
zastarelo naštevanje; obračun; (skupno) število

out of tale neštevilen
fairy tale pravljica
legendary tale legenda
old wives' tales babje čenče
his tale is out figurativno z njim je konec
if all tales be true če je vse res, kar se pripoveduje
to sell by tale prodajati po kosih
that tells its own tale to že samo vse pove, stvar je jasna, vsak komentar k temu je odveč
I want to tell my own tale jaz hočem zgodbo sam povedati
to tell (to carry, to bear, to bring) tales brbljati, klepetati, čenčati; opravljati, obrekovati, ovajati
to tell tales out of school figurativno pripovedovati zaupane skrivnosti, izklepetati; tožariti, ovajati

thank² [ɵæŋk] prehodni glagol
zahvaliti se

to thank s.o. for s.th. zahvaliti se komu za kaj
(I) thank you! hvala!
no, thank you! ne, hvala!
(yes), thank you! (da), prosim!
thank you for nothing (ironično) se najlepše zahvaljujem; hvala vam tudi za to, bom že brez vas!
thanking you in anticipation (ali beforehand, ali in advance) zahvaljujoč se vam vnaprej
I'll thank you for some bread prosim (vas) malo kruha
I will thank you to leave that to me bil bi vam hvaležen, če bi to prepustili meni
he has only himself to thank for it samo sebi se mora za to zahvaliti (si to pripisati)
your tea, sir, thank you vaš čaj, gospod, prosim!

then [ðen]

1. prislov
nato, potem; takrat; (na)dalje, razen tega; torej

now and then včasih, tu pa tam
every now and then vedno zopet, od časa do časa
then and there na mestu, takoj
long before then davno pred tem, davno prej
all right then torej prav, no pa dobro, v redu
well then no!; no dobro
now then toda prosim, pa dobro
on then! kar (samo) naprej!
then this, then that včasih to, včasih ono
if ... then če ... tedaj
but then ampak seveda
and then some ameriško, sleng in še mnogo več
what then? pa potem?
there and then neposredno nato, takoj nato, precej nato
then is it so? torej je tako? torej vendar?
then how are you? pa kako se počutite?
I think, then I exist mislim, torej sem
I was in Italy then bil sem v Italiji takrat
is it raining? then we had better stay at home ali dežuje? potem je bolje, da ostanemo doma

2. pridevnik
takraten, tedanji

the then president tedanji predsednik

3. samostalnik
tisti (takratni, tedanji) čas

by then do takrat, do tistega časa
from then od tistega časa, od takrat
not till then šele od tistega časa, odtlej, šele nato
till then do tistega časa, do takrat, dotlej

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'?

to¹ [tu:, tu, tə] predlog
(osnovni pomen k)

1.
(krajevno) k, proti, do, v, na, poleg, ob

to arms! k orožju!
to the right na desno
from Paris to London od Pariza do Londona
face to face iz obraza v obraz
to his eyes pred njegovimi očmi
next door to us sosedna vrata, tik poleg naših vrat (poleg nas)
shoulder to shoulder z ramo ob rami
come here to me pridi sem k meni
I have never been to Paris nikoli nisem bil v Parizu
to go to the post-office iti na pošto
I bought it to Baker's to sem kupil pri Bakerju
he jumped to his feet skočil je na noge
I told him to his face v obraz sem mu povedal
to take one's hat off to s.o. odkriti se komu

2.
(časovno) do

five minutes to two dve minuti do dveh
to time točno, pravočasno
to this day do danes
to the minute do minute (na minuto) točno
to the last do zadnjega
to live to a great age doživeti visoko starost

3.
(namera, cilj, posledica ipd.)

as to... kar se tiče...
to you pogovorno vam na uslugo
a friend to the poor prijatelj revežev
to what purpose? čemú?
to my delight (disappointment) na (veliko) moje veselje (razočaranje)
to this end v ta namen
to my grief sorrow na mojo veliko žalost
dead fallen to their hands mrtvi, ki so padli od njihove roke
to the rescue na pomoč
sentenced to death obsojen na smrt
that is nothing to me to se me ne tiče; to ni nič zame
what is that to you? kaj te to briga?
to come to hand priti v roke, v posest
here's to you! na tvoje (vaše) zdravje!
to drink to s.o.'s health piti na zdravje kake osebe, nazdraviti komu
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose
would to God (Heaven)! daj bog!

4.
(stopnja, mera, meja)

to the full do sitega, do mile voije
to a high degree v veliki meri
to a great extent v veliki meri, zelo
to the life točno po življenju
to a man do poslednjega moža
to perfection dovršeno
to a nicety na las
to a T do zadnje pičice
to drink to excess čezmerno piti
they were to the number of 400 bilo jih je 400

5.
(pripadnost, posest)

to my cost na moje stroške
to my credit v mojo korist (moj plus)
to the point k stvari (spadajoč)
heir to his father očetov dedič
preface to a book predgovor h knjigi
a victim to influenza žrlev gripe
designer to a firm risar pri neki firmi
he has a doctor to his son-in-law ima zdravnika za zeta
he took her to wife vzel jo je za ženo
that is all there is to it to je vse in nič več

6.
(odnos, razmerje)

aversion to s.th. odpor do česa
in comparison to v primeri z
nothing to... nič v primeri z...
to all appearance po vsem videzu, po vsej priliki
to my feeling po mojem občutku
to my knowledge kolikor jaz vem
to my taste po mojem okusu
to my mind po mojem mnenju
to my (your etc) heart's desire po moji (tvoji itd.) mili volji
the score is 5 to 4; šport rezultat je 5:4
5 is to 10 as 10 to 20 5 proti 10 je kot 10 proti 20
ten to one deset proti ena
three to dozen tri na ducat

7.
(rabi za tvorbo dajalnika)

he explained it to me razložil mi je to
it seems to me zdi se mi
she was a good mother to him bila mu je dobra mati

8.
(za oznako nedoločnika, pred nedoločnikom)

much work to do mnogo dela (ki naj se opravi)
the time to learn čas za učenje
to be or not to be biti ali ne biti
I want to go želim (hočem) iti
she came to see me obiskala me je
there is no one to see us nikogar ni, ki bi nas videl
what am I to do? kaj naj naredim?
he was seen to fall videli so ga, kako je padel
we expect her to come pričakujemo, da bo prišla
to be honest, I should decline če hočem biti pošten, moram odkloniti

9.
(kot nadomestilo za predhodni nedoločnik)

I don't go because I don't want to ne grem, ker nočem (iti)
I meant to ring you up but had no time to nameraval sem vam telefonirati, pa nisem imel časa (telefonirati)

toss-up [tɔ́sʌ́p] samostalnik
metanje novca v zrak
figurativno negotova stvar, slučaju prepuščena stvar

it was a toss-up bilo je odvisno od slučaja, ni bilo sigurno
it is a toss-up whether she comes or not je še vprašanje, če bo prišla ali ne

turn¹ [tə:n] samostalnik
vrtljaj, vrtenje, obračanje, obrat; ovinek, zavoj, okljuk, vijuga, krivulja
figurativno izkrivljenje; (posebna) smer, sprememba smeri, obrnjena smer; preokret, preobrat; kriza
ekonomija prodaja, promet; sprememba, menjava, redno menjavanje pri opravljanju (posla, službe), turnus, vrstni red; zamena, šiht, posada, delovna izmena; runda; (kratek) sprehod, pot, runda; zaposlenost (s čim), (prehoden) poklic; usluga; prilika, priložnost; točka v programu (varieteja); namen, namera, potreba
figurativno sposobnost, talent, dar (for za)
nagnjenje; oblika, obris; način mišljenja, razpoloženje; postopek; izraz
pogovorno živčni pretres, šak, omotica, strah, močno razburjenje; skisanje (mleka)
tisk obrnjena črka, obrnjen tisk
šport trojka (pri drsanju)
množina, medicina menstruacija, mesečna čišča

turn (and turn) about izmenoma, menjaje se
at every turn pri vsakem koraku, ob vsaki priliki, neprestano, ob vsakem času
before one's turn preden smo na vrsti
by turns, in turns izmenoma, zaporedoma; v turnusu, eno za drugim
every one in his turn! vsakdo (vsi) po vrsti!
in turn po vrsti
in the turn of a hand v hipu, kot bi trenil
out of one's turn zunaj, mimo svoje vrste; ne na mestu
to a turn izvrstno
a turn of anger napad jeze
turn of the century konec stoletja
a turn of fortune (of Fortune's wheel) preobrat, preokret sreče, usode
a turn to the left zavoj na levo
turn of life medicina klimakterij
the turn of the tide oseka, figurativno sprememba položaja, preobrat
done to a turn (s)pečen kot treba
hand's turn ročno delo
to be of humorous turn imeti smisel za humor
to be on the turn biti na preokretnici, prelomnici
he is fond of old turns of expression on se rad starinsko izraža
whose turn is it? kdo je na vrsti?
now it is my turn sedaj sem jaz na vrsti
the milk is on the turn mleko se bo vsak hip skisalo
the cake is done to a turn kolač je ravno prav pečen
to do s.o. a good (bad) turn napraviti komu dobro (slabo) uslugo
he did me an ill turn škodoval mi je, eno mi je zagodel
one good turn deserves another roka roko umiva, usluga za uslugo
to (a)wait one's turn čakati, da pridemo na vrsto
to give s.o. a turn prestrašiti koga
to have a turn for languages ima dar za jezike
he has a curious turn of mind čudnega značaja je
I heard short turns in the music-hall slišal sem kratke točke programa v varieteju
left (right) turn! britanska angleščina, vojska na levo (desno)!
we read turn and turn about menjavali smo se pri čitanju
don't speak out of your turn! ne govori, če nisi na vrsti!
it serves my turn to mi prav pride, mi dobro služi (koristi)
to take a turn at s.th. kratek čas se s čim ukvarjati
to take a turn to the right zaviti na desno
to take turns medsebojno se menjavati (at rowing pri veslanju)
to take a turn in the park napraviti kratek sprehod (rundo) v parku
to take the good (bad) turn, to take a turn for the good (bad) obrniti se na boljše (slabše)
disease took a favourable turn bolezen se je obrnila na bolje

turn² [tə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
(za)vrteti (v krogu); obrniti, obračati, narobe obrniti; preobrniti, prekopati; odbiti, odvrniti; spremeniti smer, dati drugo smer; odločiti; spremeniti (v), predrugačiti, pretvoriti; prevesti (tekst); skisati (mleko); prekoračiti, preiti; obiti
vojska obkoliti; izogniti se; zaviti okoli, obrniti, nameriti (korak itd.); napotiti, nagnati, spoditi (into v)
šport delati (prekuce, salte, kolo); otopiti, skrhati (nož); naščuvati, nahujskati (against proti)
zmešati (glavo), zmesti, znoriti
ekonomija v denar spraviti, unovčiti; stružiti, zaokrogliti, zaobliti, dati okroglo obliko; lepo oblikovati
figurativno lepo formulirati (stavek)
zastarelo speljati na kriva pota, zapeljati; spreobrniti

2. neprehodni glagol
vrteti se, dati se vrteti; obračati se, obrniti se; prevračati se, prevrniti se
figurativno postaviti se na glavo; postati omotičen; zaviti, kreniti, napraviti zavoj; zateči se (to k)
obrniti se, pogledati nazaj; oprijeti se, lotiti se, ukvarjati se; spremeniti se, spremeniti naravo; skisati se (mleko), postati (žaltav itd.), pokvariti se; stružiti se, postati top, skrhati se (nož)
zastarelo prebegniti, postati uskok (odpadnik, dezerter)

to turn an attack vojska odbiti napad
to turn the (ali one's) back (up)on hrbet obrniti (pokazati); obrniti se proč od
to turn bankrupt priti pod stečaj (v konkurz), bankrotirati, doživeti bankrot, priti na boben
he turned many books in his life figurativno mnogo je prebral v svojem življenju
to turn s.o.'s brain znoriti koga
his brain has turned with overwork zmešalo se mu je zaradi čezmernega dela
to turn bridle obrniti se, začeti se umikati
to turn bear (bull) ekonomija špekulirati na padec (dvig) cen in tečajev na borzi
to turn into cash spraviti v denar (gotovino), unovčiti
to turn the cat in the pan figurativno stvar (že nekako) urediti, v red spraviti
to turn Catholic postati katoličan
to turn the cheek figurativno obrniti (nastaviti) tudi drugo lice, požreti (kaj) zaradi (ljubega) miru
to turn one's coat figurativno obrniti, obračati plašč (po vetru)
he turned his coat izneveril se je svoji stranki, postal je odpadnik
to have an old overcoat turned dati si obrniti star površnik
turned commas narekovaj
to turn colour spremeniti barvo (postati bled ali rdeč)
to turn a compliment napraviti lep poklon (kompliment)
to turn a street corner zaviti okoli uličnega vogala
to turn the corner figurativno srečno prebroditi krizo
to turn a difficulty izogniti se težavi, obiti težavo
to turn a deaf ear narediti se gluhega (to za), ne hoteti slišati
to turn to a dictionary zateči se k slovarju
to turn to the doctor obrniti se na (konsultirati) zdravnika
to turn the edge of a knife skrhati nož
to turn the edge of a remark napraviti opazko manj ostro, omiliti opazko
to turn English into Slovene prevesti iz angleščine v slovenščino
to turn king's (ameriško state's) evidence pravno postati glavna obremenilna priča
he is just turning 50 pravkar je prekoračil 50. leto
to turn a film snemati film
to turn one's face to the wall obrniti obraz proti steni, figurativno biti pripravljen za smrt, (hoteti) umreti
to turn the enemy's flank obiti sovražnikov bok
to turn s.o.'s tiank figurativno prelisičiti koga, premagati koga v debati
to turn one's flght northwards usmeriti svoj polet proti severu
to turn ground prekopati zemljo
his hair has turned grey osivel je
to turn one's hand to s.th. lotiti se, oprijeti se česa
she can turn her hand to anything ona je zelo spretna, praktična
not to turn a hand to help s.o. s prstom ne migniti, da bi komu pomagali
my head turns vse se mi vrti v glavi
his head turned with the success uspeh mu je stopil v glavo
to turn one's head obrniti glavo, pogledati nazaj
to turn s.o.'s head zmešati komu glavo
to turn headsprings šport delati (vrteti) kolesa
to turn head over heels prekucniti se, prekopicniti se
to turn s.o.'s heart figurativno pregovoriti koga
to turn s.th. inside out obrniti kaj (narobe), zvrniti kaj
the joke was turned against me šala je letela name
the key won't turn ključ se ne mara zavrteti
the leaves are beginning to turn listje začenja spreminjati barve
to turn to the left obrniti se, kreniti, zaviti na levo
to turn loose odvezati, izpustiti koga (na prostost); popustiti; ameriško streljati, ustreliti
to turn s.o. mad napraviti koga blaznega
you will turn me mad zblaznel, znorel bom zaradi vas
the milk has turned (sour) mleko se je skisalo
the warm weather has turned the milk (sour) toplo vreme je skisalo mleko
to turn s.th. in one's mind premišljevati kaj
to turn pale postati bled
it turned her pale prebledela je ob tem
to turn an honest penny živeti od poštenega dela (zaslužka)
to turn s.th. to one's profit obrniti kaj v svojo korist, izkoristiti kaj
to turn rancid postati žaltav
to turn s.o. to religion spreobrniti koga (k veri)
to turn and rend napasti s sramotenjem
to turn the scale nagniti tehtnico, figurativno odločifi (kaj)
to turn s.o. sick povzročiti komu slabost
she turned sick slabo ji je postalo, morala je bruhati; zbolela je
to turn a somersault napraviti prekuc, salto
to turn one's steps home kreniti domov
my stomach turns (at) želodec se mi obrača (ob), vzdiguje se mi
it turns my stomach ob tem se mi obrača želodec
to turn a table leg stružiti nogo za mizo
to turn the tables (up)on s.o. figurativno obrniti argumente proti komu, obrniti položaj
to turn tail obrniti se, stisniti rep med noge, zbežati
the tide has turned nastopila je oseka, figurativno sreča se je obrnila (se obrača)
to turn one's thumb down figurativno odkloniti, ne hoteti
to turn traitor postati izdajalec
to turn turtle navtika, sleng prevrniti se
to turn upon s.th. biti odvisen od česa
to turn everything upside down postaviti vse na glavo
the boat turned upside down čoln se je prevrnil
my umbrella turned inside out dežnik se mi je obrnil (sprevrgel)
to turn a Latin verse skovati latinski stih
to turn water into wine spremeniti vodo v vino
my coat won't turn water moj plašč ni nepremočljiv
I don't know which way to turn ne vem, po kateri poti naj krenem, figurativno ne vem ne kod ne kam; ne vem, kaj naj naredim
to turn a wheel (za)vrteti kolo
the wheel turns kolo se vrti
the wind has turned zapihal je drug veter (tudi figurativno)
the whole world has turned topsy-turvy cel svet je postavljen na glavo
this wood turns well ta les se dobro struži
even a worm will turn figurativno tudi najmirnejši človek se brani, če je napaden