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  • grindstone [gráindstoun] samostalnik
    brus, osla

    to be kept (ali put, held, brought) one's nose to the grindstone delati brez prestanka, potiti krvav pot
  • haulage [hɔ́:lidž] samostalnik
    vlačenje, vlaka; odvažanje, prevoz, prevoznina

    haulage cable kabel pri žičnici
    haulage contractor prevoznik
    haulage road spravilna pot
    haulage rope dvigalna vrv
  • hawse [hɔ:z] samostalnik
    navtika prednji del ladje z luknjami za vrvi, sidrno ustje

    to cross s.o.'s hawse biti komu na poti, prekrižati komu pot
  • hew* [hju:] prehodni glagol
    sekati, tolči, tesati, klesati; posekati (down)
    odsekati, obtesati (away, off)
    razsekati (asunder, up)
    krčiti, utreti (pot)

    to hew to pieces razsekati na koščke
    to hew one's way through; ali to hew a path for o.s. prekrčiti si pot skozi, utreti si pot
    to hew out a career for o.s. utreti si pot do poklica, pretolči se do poklica
  • highroad [háiroud] samostalnik
    deželna cesta, glavna cesta, magistralna cesta

    the highroad success sigurna pot do uspeha
  • hit*2 [hit]

    1. prehodni glagol
    udariti, poriniti, zadeti
    figurativno prizadeti; zaleteti se v
    figurativno naleteti na, najti; zadeti, uganiti
    figurativno ostro kritizirati, bičati (napake); doseči, uspeti

    2. neprehodni glagol
    tolči (at po)
    slučajno naleteti (on, upon na)
    zadeti (against na)
    ameriško, pogovorno vžgati, teči (motor)

    to be hard (ali badly) hit by biti močno prizadet od, izgubiti veliko denarja
    ameriško to hit the books guliti se
    pogovorno to hit the bottle pijančevati
    to hit s.o. a blow koga močno udariti
    to hit s.o. below the belt udariti pod pasom (boks), nepošteno se boriti, nečastno ravnati
    to hit a bull's eye with a vengeance imeti predoren uspeh
    to hit the ceiling (ali roof) poskočiti od jeze
    ameriško, pogovorno to hit on all four cylinders dobro teči, figurativno dobro potekati
    to hit s.o.'s fancy (ali taste) zadeti, uganiti okus nekoga
    to hit home zadeti v živec, priti do živca
    to hit s.o. home zavrniti koga, zasoliti jo komu
    hit hard! močno udari!
    to hit one's head against (ali upon) s.th. z glavo se zaleteti v kaj
    sleng to hit the hay (ali sack) spraviti se spat
    to hit the jackpot terno zadeti, priti nenadoma do denarja
    figurativno to hit a man when he is down zadati udarce človeku v nesreči
    navtika to hit a mine zadeti na mino
    to hit the nail on the head (ali nub); ali to hit it v črno zadeti
    to hit oil najti nafto
    prices hit an all-time high cene so dosegle rekordno višino
    ameriško to hit the numbers pool zadeti pti lotu
    to hit the right road najti pravo cesto
    to hit the road odpraviti se na dolgo pot
    šport to hit one's stride priti v dobro kondicijo
    to hit the spot pravo zadeti, zadovoljiti
    ameriško, pogovorno to hit the town prispeti v mesto
    pogovorno to hit it up pošteno se česa lotiti
  • idea [aidíə] samostalnik
    ideja, misel, duševna predstava, pojem; zamisel, zasnova, načrt; smoter, namen; mnenje
    glasba tema
    filozofija prapodoba

    the Idea absolutna ideja, absolutnost
    in idea v duhu, v mislih
    the idea of such a thing!; ali the (very) idea!; ali what an idea! pomisli, kaj takega!, kakšna neumnost!
    what's the (big) idea? kaj naj to pomeni?, kakšna neumnost je spet to?
    it is my idea that moje mnenje je, da
    the idea is namen stvari je
    that's the idea! tako je!, za to gre!
    the young idea otroška pamet
    the idea entered my mind prišlo mi je na misel
    to form an idea of ustvariti si mnenje o, predstavljati si kaj
    to get ideas into one's head vtepsti si kaj v glavo
    to get the idea of razumeti kaj
    to have no idea of ne imeti pojma o čem
    to strike a new idea skreniti na drugo pot
  • joy1 [džɔ́i] samostalnik
    veselje (at do, in za)
    sreča, radost

    for (ali with) joy od sreče
    to the joy of komu v veselje
    to give s.o. great joy koga zelo osrečiti
    to leap for joy skakati od veselja
    to wish s.o. joy (of) želeti komu srečo (pri)
    tears of joy solze sreče
    no joy without annoy pot do sreče je trnova
  • keel3 [ki:l] prehodni glagol
    hladiti

    to keel the pot paziti, da v loncu ne prekipi
  • keep*2 [ki:p]

    1. prehodni glagol
    držati, obdržati, ohraniti, zadržati; držati se (zakona, navade); vztrajati, obdržati se; zadrževati koga; vzdrževati, čuvati, varovati, podpirati; nadzirati, na skrbi imeti, skrbeti za; imeti, voditi (trgovino), upravljati (šolo), imeti (sejo); imeti v zalogi; voditi (knjige, račune); praznovati, obhajati (praznik); imeti, gojiti (čebele, konje itd.)

    2. neprehodni glagol
    ostati (doma, v postelji); počutiti se (he keeps well)
    držati se, ne kvariti se (hrana, vreme); kar naprej kaj delati (she keeps smiling)
    pogovorno stanovati (where do you keep?)

    to keep an appointment držati se zmenka
    trgovina we don't keep this article tega artikla nimamo v zalogi
    to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu do sebe
    to keep in bread and water komaj se preživljati
    to keep one's balance obdržati ravnotežje
    to keep the ball rolling ohraniti kaj v teku
    to keep body and soul together životariti
    trgovina to keep books voditi knjige
    to keep cool ostati miren
    to keep one's counsel obdržati kaj zase
    to keep s.o.'s counsel varovati tujo skrivnost
    to keep a close check on skrbno nadzirati
    to keep in countenance bodriti koga
    to keep one's countenance ostati resen, zadrževati smeh
    to keep clear of izogniti se česa, čuvati se česa
    to keep s.o. company delati komu družbo
    to keep company with skupaj hoditi, družiti se z
    to keep s.th. dark obdržati zase, ne izdati
    to keep a diary voditi dnevnik
    to keep one's distance držati se ob strani
    to keep one's end up braniti svoja načela, opravljati svoje delo
    to keep an eye on (ali out for); ali to keep one's eyes open (ali skinned); ali to keep one's weather eye lifted imeti odprte oči, budno paziti
    to keep the field vztrajati, ne se umakniti
    to keep one's feet obdržati se na nogah
    to keep a straight face zadrževati smeh
    to keep friends ostati v prijateljstvu
    to keep guard stražiti
    to keep (a) guard over s.o. čuvati koga
    šport to keep (the) goal biti vratar, čuvati gol
    God keep you! bog te varuj!
    to keep s.th. going ohraniti kaj v teku
    to keep s.o. going komu (denarno) pomagati; ohraniti koga pri življenju
    to keep the game alive ohraniti v teku
    to keep one's ground ne popustiti, vztrajati, ostati čvrst
    to keep early (ali good) hours prihajati zgodaj domov, hoditi zgodaj spat
    to keep bad (ali late) hours prihajati pozno domov, hoditi pozno spat
    to keep one's hand in ne priti iz vaje
    to keep one's head ne izgubiti glave, ostati miren
    to keep one's head above water ne zaiti v dolgove
    to keep house vzdrževati družino, gospodinjiti
    to keep open house biti gostoljuben, sprejemati goste ob vsakem času
    to keep hold of ne puščati iz rok
    to keep in good health ostati pri dobrem zdravju
    to keep a good look-out budno opazovati, paziti
    to keep s.o. for lunch zadržati koga pri kosilu
    to keep a stiff upper lip ne izgubiti poguma
    to keep the law držati se zakona
    to keep in mind zapomniti si
    to keep one's nose to the grindstone neprestano garati
    to keep pace (ali step) with iti v korak, ne zaostajati
    to keep peace between obdržati mir med
    to keep the peace držati se reda
    ameriško to keep plugging along kar naprej garati
    to keep s.o. posted (ali advised, informed, up to date) stalno koga obveščati
    to keep the pot boiling životariti, komaj se prebijati
    to keep one's pecker up ne izgubiti poguma in odločnosti
    to keep good relations with s.o. ostati s kom v dobrih odnosih
    to keep a record of s.th. voditi zapise o čem
    to keep in good repair ohraniti v dobrem stanju
    to keep sight of imeti kaj pred očmi, misliti na
    to keep the stage obdržati se na odru
    to keep straight on iti naravnost naprej
    to keep in suspense pustiti koga v negotovosti; trgovina imeti v evidenci (nerešeno zadevo)
    to keep time držati se takta
    to keep good time biti točen (ura)
    to keep track of zasledovati (dogodke), biti na tekočem
    to keep one's temper zadržati se, ne razburjati se
    ameriško to keep tabs on nadzirati, budno spremljati (dogodke), zapomniti si
    to keep in touch with ostati s kom v stikih
    to keep together biti složen, držati skupaj
    to keep one's word držati besedo
    to keep watch (over, on) stražiti koga, oprezovati za kom
    to keep the wolf from the door komaj se preživljati
  • kettle [ketl] samostalnik
    kotel, kotliček, čajnik
    geologija ledeniška vrtača, ledeniško jezerce

    a pretty kettle of fish lepa kaša
    the pot calling the kettle black sova, ki sinici glavana pravi
  • ladder1 [lǽdə] samostalnik
    lestva
    britanska angleščina spuščena zanka na nogavici

    Jacob's ladder; ali rope ladder vrvna lestev
    hook-on (ali pompier) ladder kljukasta lestev
    motor turntable ladder požarna vrtljiva lestev
    šport wall ladder telovadne lestve
    mechanical (ali sliding) ladder raztezna lestev
    he can't see a hole in a ladder je popolnoma pijan
    to see through a ladder videti nekaj očividnega
    he kicked down the ladder by which he rose pozabil je na stare prijatelje, ki so mu pomagali do uspeha
    to get one's foot on the ladder začeti, storiti prvi korak
    the ladder of success pot do uspeha
    figurativno at the bottom of the ladder na dnu
  • lead*4 [li:d]

    1. prehodni glagol
    voditi, peljati, pripeljati (to)
    odpeljati (away)
    figurativno napeljati, napeljevati, nagniti koga (to k)
    voditi dirigirati (orkester); preživljati (življenje); speljati (koga, vodo kam); začeti igro (kartanje)

    2. neprehodni glagol
    biti prvi, biti v vodstvu, na čelu; voditi, peljati (cesta, prehod itd); zadati prvi udarec (boks)

    to lead the way pokazati pot, peljati, iti pred kom
    this leads nowhere to nikamor ne vodi
    this road will lead you to town ta cesta te bo pripeljala v mesto
    all roads lead to Rome vse poti vodijo v Rim
    to lead the dance začeti, otvoriti ples
    to lead s.o. up the garden (path) povleči koga za nos
    to lead s.o. by the nose imeti koga na vajetih, imeti popolno oblast nad kom; povleči koga za nos
    to lead into temptation spravljati koga v skušnjavo
    this led me to believe to me je nagnilo k temu, da sem verjel
    to lead s.o. a (dog's) life greniti komu življenje
    to lead a dog's life po pasje živeti
    to lead s.o. a nice (ali fine, pretty, merry) life delati komu težave, pošiljati koga od Poncija do Pilata, imeti koga za norca
    to lead a double life živeti dvojno življenje
    to lead a miserable existence životariti
    figurativno to lead with the chin izzivati usodo
    to lead (a girl) to altar peljati (dekle) pred oltar, oženiti
    šport to lead by points voditi po točkah
    šport to lead with the left zadati prvi udarec z levico (boks)
    ameriško to lead captive peljati v ujetništvo
    škotsko, pravno to lead evidence pričati
    parlament to lead the House voditi parlamentarne zadeve
    figurativno the blind leading the blind slepec slepca vodi
    led horse rezervni konj
    led captain prisklednik
    he is easier led than driven lažje ga je prepričati, kakor prisiliti
  • leap1 [li:p] samostalnik
    skok (tudi figurativno)
    preskok

    a great leap forward velik skok naprej
    a leap in the dark tvegan poskus, pot v neznano
    by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro
    with a leap hitro, nenadoma
  • length [leŋɵ] samostalnik
    dolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)

    at length nadrobno; končno
    at arm's length na doseg roke; čim delj od sebe
    to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljski
    to know the length of s.o.'s foot koga dobro poznati
    at full length v naravni velikosti
    at great (ali some, full) length na drobno, na dolgo in široko
    to go to great length daleč iti; zelo se potruditi
    to go all lengths; ali to go to any length iti do skrajnosti
    to go to the length of mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, da
    to win by a length zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)
    when will you come our length? kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam?
  • lie*4 [lai] neprehodni glagol
    ležati, počivati; nahajati se, biti v; težiti, ležati (on na duši, v želodcu)
    peljati (pot)
    pravno biti dopusten, biti dovoljen, priti v poštev
    arhaično prenočiti, prespati
    lov ne vzleteti (ptice)
    vojska & navtika stati, ležati (čete, ladje)

    to lie around (ali about) valjati se naokoli (stvari)
    to lie asleep spati
    to lie in ambush (ali wait) ležati v zasedi
    to lie close skrivati se
    to lie hid pritajiti se, skriti se
    to lie dead ležati mrtev
    to lie dying umirati
    sleng to lie doggo negibno ležati, pritajiti se
    to lie in ruins biti v ruševinah
    to lie sick ležati bolan
    it lies at his door za to je on odgovoren
    the responsibility lies on you odgovornost nosiš ti
    the mistake lies here napaka je tukaj
    to find out how the land lies videti od kod veter piha
    as far as in me lies po svojih najboljših močeh, kolikor le morem
    to lie on s.o.'s hands ležati pri kom brez koristi (nerabljeno, neprodano)
    to lie idle biti neizkoriščen, mirovati (zemlja, stroj), lenuhariti
    to lie in prison biti zaprt
    to lie in the lap of the God biti v božjih rokah
    it lies in a nutshell to je na dlani
    to lie open to biti čemu izpostavljen
    to lie heavy (up)on težiti (krivda)
    to lie out of one's money biti ogoljufan za plačilo
    vojska to lie perdu ležati v skriti izvidniški točki
    to lie at the root of imeti korenine v
    to let sleeping dogs lie ne dregati v sršenje gnezdo
    to lie in state ležati na javnem mrtvaškem odru
    to lie through peljati skozi (pot)
    to lie under a charge biti obdolžen
    to lie under a mistake motiti se
    to lie under the necessity biti prisiljen
    to lie under an obligation imeti dolžnost
    to lie under a sentence of death biti na smrt obsojen
    to lie under suspicion biti osumljen
    it lies with you to do it na tebi je, da to storiš
    his talents do not lie that way za to nima sposobnosti
    to lie waste biti neobdelan (zemlja)
    here lies tukaj počiva
    pravno the appeal lies to the Supreme Court dopusten je priziv na vrhovno sodišče
    pravno to lie on s.o. biti komu obvezan
    his greatness lies in his courage njegova veličina je v njegovem pogumu
    he knows where his interest lies on ve kje bo imel korist
    to lie in s.o.'s way biti komu pri roki; biti komu na poti
    to lie to the oars pošteno veslati
    you will lie on the bed you have made kakor si boš postlal, tako boš ležal
  • likely1 [láikli] pridevnik
    verjeten, možen, mogoč; mnogo obetajoč (tudi likely-looking)

    not likely komaj, težko
    he is likely to come verjetno bo prišcl
    which is his most likely route? katero pot bo najverjetneje ubral?
    a likely lad mnogo obetajoč fant
    a likely candidate možen kandidat
    ironično a likely story! kaj malo verjetno
  • little1 [litl] pridevnik
    majhen, neznaten; kratek; malo; slaboten (glas); malenkosten, nepomemben; omejen
    ironično reven, beden

    little one malček
    the little ones otročički, malčki
    the little Browns Brownovi otroci
    the little majhni, nepomembni ljudje
    big (ali great) and little pomembni in nepomembni ljudje
    a little man mali mož, figurativno ničé
    the little people palčki
    the little finger mezinec
    a little way kratka pot
    a little while kratek čas, trenutek
    little hope malo upanja
    little minds omejenci, malenkostni ljudje
    his little intrigues njegovo bedne spletke
    pogovorno little Mary želodec, prebava
    the Little Masters skupina nemških risarjev in bakrorezcev v 16. in 17. stoletju
    I know his little ways poznarn njegove zvijače
    astronomija Little Bear Mali medved
    astronomija Little Dipper Mali voz
    politika, zgodovina Little Entente mala antanta
    Little Red Ridinghood Rdeča Kapica
    Little Russian Malorus, Ukrajinec
    little theater mali oder, eksperimentalno gledališče
  • luck [lʌk] samostalnik
    srečno naključje, sreča, usoda

    good luck! srečno!
    bad (ali ill, hard) luck smola, nesreča
    bad luck to him! bes ga plentaj!
    to be down on one's luck imeti smolo
    to be in luck's way; ali to be in luck imeti srečo
    the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
    for luck za srečo
    he has a run of luck sreča mu je naklonjena
    in luck srečen, ki ima srečo
    just my luck! kakšna smola!
    out of luck nesrečen, ki nima sreče
    pure luck slepa sreča, golo naključje
    luck in sieve kratkotrajna sreča
    streak of luck žarek sreče
    to take pot luck sprejeti karkoli je pripravljeno za obed
    to try one's luck at poskusiti srečo pri
    as luck would have it k sreči, po nesreči (po vsebini)
    worse luck na žalost, k nesreči
    worst luck velika smola
  • 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