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kite¹ [káit] samostalnik
papirnat zmaj
zoologija škarjar (vrsta sokola)
figurativno grabežljivec, slepar
množina, navtika najvišja jadra
ekonomija, sleng menica brez kritja
sleng avion

to fly a kite spuščati zmaja; sleng sposoditi si denar na menico brez kritja; figurativno ocenjevati javno mnenje (s širjenjem tendencioznih novic)
sleng go and fly a kite! v uho me piši!

lawful [lɔ́:ful] pridevnik (lawfully prislov)
zakonit, zakonski, postaven, veljaven

lawful age polnoletnost
lawful money veljaven denar

love¹ [ləv] samostalnik
ljubezen (of, for, to, towards za)
ljubica, ljubček
pogovorno ljubka stvar
šport brez zadetka, brez gola

to be in love with biti zaljubljen v
to fall in love with zaljubiti se v
for love za šalo, zastonj, iz ljubezni
to play for love igrati samo zaradi igre (ne za dobiček)
for the love of iz ljubezni do
for the love of God za božjo voljo
not for love or money za nič na svetu, za noben denar
to give (ali send) love to poslati prisrčne pozdrave
there's no love lost between them ne moreta se trpeti
to make love to dvoriti, ljubimkati, spolno občevati
all's fair in love and war v ljubezni in vojni je vse dovoljeno
love in a cottage poroka iz ljubezni, poroka brez denarja
cupboard love ljubezen iz koristoljubja
love game igra v kateri ostane premaganec brez zadetka
šport love all brez zadetka
šport the score is 2 love rezultat je 2 proti nič
a love of a tea cup ljubka čajna skodelica

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati

make away neprehodni glagol
pobegniti

to make away with pobegniti (z denarjem); uničiti, ubiti koga; zapraviti (denar); znebiti se
to make away with o.s. napraviti samomor

medium² [mí:diəm] samostalnik (množina media, mediums)
sredina, srednja pot
biologija, fizika, kemija srednik, medij
medicina gojišče; reklamno sredstvo (radio, TV itd.); sredstvo, pripomoček, posrednik

at a medium povprečno
by (ali through) the medium of s pomočjo, s posredovanjem
the just medium zlata sredina
to hit upon (ali find) the happy medium najti srednjo pot
social medium okolje
ekonomija medium of exchange valuta, denar

metallic [mitǽlik] pridevnik (metallically prislov)
kovinski, metalen
figurativno kovinski, zvonek (glas)
figurativno hladen, trd (človek)

ekonomija metallic currency kovani denar
metallic paper kredni papir

mulct² [mʌlkt] prehodni glagol
naložiti komu globo; oskubiti koga (from)
ogoljufati koga (of)

to mulct s.o. in a pound naložiti komu en funt globe
to be mulcted biti oskubljen (za denar)

necessary² [nésisəri] samostalnik
potreba
množina življenjske potrebščine
ekonomija potrebščina

sleng the necessary denar; arhaično stranišče

object¹ [ɔ́bdžikt] samostalnik
predmet, stvar
ironično predmet posmeha ali usmiljenja; cilj, smoter, namen
slovnica objekt

no object brez pridržkov, postranska stvar (v oglasih)
money is no object denar ne igra vloge
salary no object plača je postranska stvar
what an object you are! kako pa izgledaš!
with the object of doing s.th. z namenom kaj narediti
to make it one's object to do s.th. zastaviti si cilj nekaj narediti
there is no object in doing that nesmiselno je to narediti
slovnica direct object objekt v tožilniku, direktni objekt

on¹ [ɔn] predlog

1.
na (on earth, on the radio)

2. figurativno
na (based on facts ki temelji na dejstvih, on demand na zahtevo, to borrow on jewels izposoditi si denar na nakit, a duty on silk carina na svilo, interest on one's capital obresti na kapital)

3.
(ki si sledi) za (loss on loss izguba za izgubo)

4.
(zaposlen) pri, v (to be on a committee, jury, the general staff biti v komisiji, v poroti, pri generalštabu)

5.
(stanje) v, na (on duty v službi, dežuren, on fire v ognju, gori, on strike v stavki, on leave na dopustu, on sale na prodaj)

6.
(namerjen) na, proti (an attack on s.o. napad na koga, a joke on me šala na moj račun, the strain tells on him napor ga zdeluje)

7.
(predmet, tema) o (a lecture on s.th. predavanje o čem, to talk on a subject govoriti o nekem predmetu)

8.
(časovno za en dan) v, na; po, ob (on Sunday v nedeljo, on April 1 prvega aprila; on his arrival ob njegovem prihodu, on being asked ko so me vprašali)

9.

Razno:

that is a new one on me to je zame novo, za to še nisem slišal
she is all day on me ves dan me gnjavi
on an average povprečno
away on business službeno odsoten
on the contrary nasprotno
on edge ko na trnju, nervozen
on foot peš
on hand pri roki, na zalogi
on one's own samostojen, neodvisen
on the instant takoj
to live on air živeti od zraka
on pain of death pod smrtno kaznijo
on principle načelno
on purpose namenoma
on receipt po prejemu
on a sudden nenadoma
on time točno
on the whole v glavnem
on my word na mojo častno besedo
have you a match on you? imaš kakšno vžigalico pri sebi?
ameriško, pogovorno to have nothing on s.o. ne imeti nič proti komu

picking [píkiŋ] samostalnik
kraja; obiranje, nabiranje, prebiranje, sortiranje
množina ostanki, paberki
figurativno postranski zaslužek

pickings and stealings nepošteno prislužen denar, nepošten dobiček, plen

play¹ [pléi] samostalnik
igra (na srečo, za stavo, za zabavo, športna), zabava, šala; igranje, kvartanje, poteza (pri šahu)
figurativno igra (besed, barv, valov, žarkov itd.)
gledališče gledališka igra, predstava
glasba igranje, predvajanje, glasbeno delo; spretno ravnanje s čim (običajno v sestavljenkah npr. swordplay)
delovanje, dejavnost, torišče
tehnično toleranca
figurativno svoboda gibanja
ameriško, sleng manever, (zvijačen) poskus za dosego česa
ameriško, sleng publiciteta, poznanost, propaganda

at the play v gledališču
to be at play igrati se
to bring (ali call, put) into play spraviti v pogon, izkoristiti
to come into play začeti delati, stopiti v akcijo
child's play otročarija, igračkanje
fair play pošteno ravnanje
foul play nepošteno ravnanje
in full play v polnem teku, v polnem pogonu
to give free play to one's fancy dati domišljiji prosto pot
to give the rope more play zrahljati vrv
as good as a play zelo zabavno in zanimivo
grandstand play razkazovanje
figurativno to hold in play zaposliti (koga s čim)
high play kvartanje za debel denar
in play še v igri (kvartanje), za šalo
it is your play ti imaš potezo (šah), ti igraš (karte)
out of play ne več v igri (kvartanje)
lively play of fantasy živahna domišljija
to make play imeti uspeh; utruditi preganjalce (pri lovu)
to make a play for potegovati se za naklonjenost
to make play with postavljati se, bahati se
that was pretty play to je bilo dobro (zaigrano)
a play on words besedna igra

play² [pléi]

1. neprehodni glagol
igrati (for za)
šaliti se, zabavati se, igračkati se; začeti igrati (karte), napraviti potezo, biti na potezi (šah); poigravati se (barve, valovi, žarki itd.); streljati (top), brizgati (vodomet), sijati
tehnično imeti prostor za gibanje, imeti toleranco, premikati se (bat), biti v pogonu; biti primeren za igro (igrišče)

2. prehodni glagol
gledališče igrati, uprizoriti
šport nastopiti, igrati proti, sprejeti igralca v moštvo; uperiti (žaromet, luč, vodni curek) na koga; ustreliti (iz topa)
tehnično spraviti v pogon, upravljati (stroj), obvladati

to play along with sodelovati, v en rog trobiti s kom
to play it cagey biti previden, omahovati
figurativno to play both ends against the middle previdno, rafinirano ravnati
to play ball with s.o. pošteno postopati s kom
to play booty prevarati
figurativno to play one's cards well (badly) (ne)spretno manevrirati
to play s.o. dirt izigrati koga
to play the devil (ali deuce) with prekrižati komu račune
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to play fair (foul) pošteno (nepošteno) ravnati
to play s.o. false izdati koga
to play the fool zganjati neumnosti
to play a fish utruditi ribo na trnku
to play fast and loose with zlorabljati koga
to play the game držati se pravil, pošteno ravnati
to play to the gallery šopiriti se pred javnostjo
to play guns on obstreljevati
to play into s.o.'s hands koristiti drugemu, pomagati komu
to play one's hand for all it is worth izrabiti vsako priliko, uveljaviti vse svoje zmožnosti
to play the knave varati
to play a good knife and fork jesti z apetitom
to play the horses staviti na konjskih dirkah
to play for love igrati za zabavo ne za denar
sleng to play it (low) on izigrati koga, zlorabiti
to play a joke (ali prank, trick) on potegniti koga za nos
to play the races staviti na konjskih dirkah
to play a part igrati vlogo, pretvarjati se
to play possum hliniti spanje
to play upon the square pošteno ravnati
to play safe previdno ravnati, ne tvegati
to play second fiddle imeti podrejen položaj
to play a good stick dobro sabljati
to play for time zavlačevati, poskušati pridobiti na času
to play truant (ali hooky) neopravičeno izostati od pouka
to play s.o. a mean trick prevarati koga
to play tricks with nagajati
to play (up)on igrati na, figurativno izrabljati koga
to play (up)on words zbijati šale, igrati se z besedami
to play with igrati se s, z; lahkomiselno ravnati s

press² [pres]

1. prehodni glagol
stiskati, stisniti; pritisniti, pritiskati, tlačiti (tudi figurativno)
iztisniti, izžeti (sadje, sok); likati, polikati; stisniti skupaj, pritisniti naprej, stran; goniti, priganjati, ne dati miru, prisiliti, izsiliti, pritiskati na koga; vsiliti komu kaj; dati čemu poudarek, ostati, vztrajati (pri svojem mnenju); moledovati (for za)

2. neprehodni glagol
stiskati se, prerivati se, gnesti se, vsiljevati se, biti nujen

to press the button pritisniti na zvonec, dati znak za začetek dela; figurativno napraviti odločilen korak
to press an attack trdovratno napadati
to press home an argument trdovratno dokazovati
to press one's point trdovratno vztrajati pri svojem mnenju
to be pressed for money (time) biti v denarni (časovni) stiski
to press s.o. for money pritiskati na koga za denar
to press s.th. on s.o. vsiljevati komu kaj
to press into service zaposliti koga (zlasti proti volji)
hard pressed v stiski, v težkem položaju
time presses čas priganja

privy¹ [prívi] pridevnik (privily prislov)
zaseben, oseben, neslužben, privaten; poučen, uveden, vpeljan (to)
skriven, tajen, zaupen

pravno privy to soudeležen pri
britanska angleščina privy council tajni državni svet (sedaj le časten naziv)
britanska angleščina privy councellor član tajnega državnega sveta
britanska angleščina privy seal državni pečat
britanska angleščina Lord Privy Seal čuvar državnega pečata
privy parts spolovila
privy purse denar za kraljeve osebne potrebe

pump² [pʌmp]

1. prehodni glagol
črpati, sesati, polniti; izprašati koga, iztisniti (informacije iz koga); poganjati (pedala)

2. neprehodni glagol
utripati (srce); trdovratno iskati, poizvedovati (for za)

to pump dry izčrpati, izprazniti
to pump out izčrpati, izprazniti; figurativno izčrpati, utruditi, spraviti ob sapo
to pump up napolniti (kolo), napihniti
ekonomija to pump money into vlagati denar v kaj
to pump bullets into s.o preluknjati koga (s streli)

purse-strings [pə́:sstriŋz] samostalnik
množina vrvica mošnje

to hold the purse-strings upravljati z denarjem, nadzirati uporabo denarja
to keep a tight hand on the purse-strings skopariti
to loosen the purse-strings biti radodaren, izdati denar
to tighten the purse-strings zmanjšati izdatke

put^*2 [put]

1. prehodni glagol
položiti, postaviti, dati kam, vtakniti (in one's pocket v žep; in prison v ječo)
spraviti (koga v posteljo, v neprijeten položaj, v red, v tek); izpostaviti, podvreči čemu (to put to death usmrtiti koga)
posaditi (into, under s čim; the land was put under potatoes)
poslati, dati, siliti, naganjati (to v, k; to put to school poslati v šolo, to put to trade dati koga v uk, to put the horse to the fence nagnati konja v skok čez ograjo)
napeljati, zvabiti (on, to k)
napisati (to put one's signature to a document)
prestaviti, prevesti (into French v francoščino)
izraziti, formulirati (I cannot put it into words ne znam tega z besedami izraziti; how shall I put it kako naj to formuliram?)
oceniti, preceniti (at; I put his income at £ 1000 a year po mojem zasluži 1000 funtov na leto)
uporabiti (to; to put s.th. to a good use dobro kaj uporabiti)
zastaviti, postaviti (vprašanje, predlog I put it to you apeliram na vas, obračam se na vas)
staviti (on denar na kaj)
vložiti, investirati (into v)
naložiti (npr. davek, to put a tax on obdavčiti kaj)
naprtiti, pripisati komu kaj (on; they put the blame on him krivdo valijo na njega)
šport metati, vreči (kroglo); poriniti (bodalo), streljati (in, into)

2. neprehodni glagol
podati se, napotiti se, iti, hiteti (for kam; to put to land podati se na kopno; to put to sea odpluti; to put for home napotiti se domov)
navtika jadrati, krmariti, pluti
ameriško izlivati se (into v)

to put s.o. above s.o. else postaviti koga pred drugega
to put one's brain to it koncentrirati se na kaj, lotiti se česa
to put a bullet through ustreliti, preluknjati koga
to put in black and white, to put in writing napisati
to be put to it biti prisiljen
to be hard put to it biti v zagati, v škripcih, biti prisiljen k čemu
to put the cow to the bull pripeljati kravo k biku
put the case that recimo, da
to put the cart before the horse nesmiselno ravnati
to put o.s. in (under) the care of s.o. postaviti se pod zaščito koga
to put out of action onesposobiti
to put s.o. out of countenance spraviti koga iz ravnotežja
to put down the drain vreči v vodo, neumno zapraviti
to put all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to put an end (ali stop, period) to napraviti konec s čim, končati
to put the good face on it mirno kaj prenesti
to put one's foot in it narediti napako, osramotiti se, blamirati se
to put in force uveljaviti
to put s.o. on his feet spraviti koga na noge
to put the finger on pokazati s prstom na, identificirati koga (kaj)
to put s.o. on guard opozoriti koga na previdnost
to put one's hands to lotiti se; pomagati
to put into the hands of s.o. prepustiti komu, dati komu v roke
to put out of one's head izbiti si iz glave, pozabiti
to put a horse to vpreči konja
to put s.o. in a hole spraviti koga v neugodon položaj
to put the hand to the plough prijeti za delo
to put one's hands in one's pocket globoko seči v žep
to put it to s.o. apelirati na koga, dati komu na voljo
to put a knife into zabosti
sleng to put the lid on presegati vse meje, biti višek česa
to put money on staviti na kaj
to put the money to a good use pametno porabiti denar
to put a matter right izgladiti (zadevo)
to put it mildly milo rečeno
to put in mind spomniti koga
to put s.o.'s nose out of joint spodriniti koga
to put in order urediti
to put s.o. on his oath zapriseči koga
to put in practice izvajati
to put o.s. in s.o.'s place vživeti se v položaj koga drugega
to put on paper napisati
not to put it past one pripisati komu kaj slabega
to put to ransom zahtevati odkupnino za
to put s.o. right popraviti koga
to put in shape spraviti v dobro kondicijo, oblikovati
to put one's shoulder to the wheel potruditi se
to put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel metati komu polena pod noge
to put to the sword prebosti z mečem
to stay put ostati na mestu
figurativno to put teeth into zagristi se v kaj
to put s.o. through it dajati koga na sito in rešeto
to put in use uporabiti
to put a veto on it uporabiti veto
to put into words izraziti z besedami, točno opisati
to put s.o. in the wrong postaviti koga na laž, dokazati, da nima prav
to put s.o. out of the way spraviti koga s poti
sleng to put s.o. wise odpreti komu oči
sleng to put the wind up s.o. prestrašiti koga, dati mu vetra
well put dobro povedano
to put the weight metati kroglo
to put everything wrong narediti vse narobe

rainy [réini] pridevnik (rainily prislov)
deževen

rainy day deževen dan, figurativno stiska, sila, hudi časi
rainy streets od dežja mokre ulice
a rainy weather deževno vreme
to provide against a rainy day, to lay by (to put by) money for a rainy day hraniti denar za težke, hude čase