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come on neprehodni glagol
napredovati; rasti; prikazati se, nastopiti; (pri)bližati se; groziti

come on! pridi(te) sem!, daj, dajte!

impend [impénd] neprehodni glagol
viseti, lebdeti (over nad)
figurativno groziti, pretiti, biti neizbežno

menace [ménəs]

1. samostalnik
grožnja, pretnja (to komu, čemu)

2. prehodni glagol
groziti, pretiti, ogrožati

threaten [ɵretn] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
pretiti, groziti (with z)
ogrožati
figurativno groziti, grozeče se bližati (neurje, nesreča); grozeče napovedati

the building threatens to collapse zgradbi preti zrušenje
they threatened us with punishment zagrozili so nam s kaznijo
he threatened punishment to all of us vsem nam je zagrozil s kaznijo
to threaten peace ogrožati mir
the sky threatens a strom nebo preteče napoveduje nevihto
the weather threatens (slabo) vreme grozi

fist¹ [fist] samostalnik
pest
pogovorno roka, šapa
hudomušno pisava

a bad fist grda pisava
a good fist lepa pisava
close-fisted, tight-fisted skopuški, skop
clenched fist stisnjena pest
fist law pravica močnejšega
to grease s.o.'s fist podkupovati koga
he made a better fist of it delo mu je šlo bolje od rok
he made a poor fist of it delo se mu ni posrečilo
the mailed fist moč, oblast
to make money hand over fist zaslužiti veliko denarja
to shake one's fist at s.o. groziti komu s pestjo

sabre [séibə]

1. samostalnik
sablja

the sabre vojaščina; vojaška moč ali vlada
300 sabres vojska 300 konjenikov
to rattle one's sabre rožljati s sabljo, figurativno groziti z vojno

2. prehodni glagol
posabljati, posekati, raniti ali pobiti s sabljo, pokositi

sabre rattling rožljanje s sabljo, figurativno grožnja z vojno

shake^*2 [šéik]

1. prehodni glagol
tresti, stresati, pretresti, (za)vihteti, zamahniti; (o)majati
figurativno oslabiti
ameriško stresti roko, rokovati se; (po)kimati (z glavo)
ameriško mešati (karte)

2. neprehodni glagol
stresti se, tresti se, drhteti, drgetati, trepetati (with od)
(o)majati se
glasba izvajati trilerje, gostolevke

shake! ameriško sezimo si v roke! pobotajmo se!
quite shaken potrt, pobit, pretresen, presunjen
to shake a carpet iztepsti preprogo
he was much shaken by his friend's death prijateljeva smrt ga je zelo pretresla
to shake one's ears figurativno zdramiti se; opomoči si
to shake with fear (cold) drgetati od strahu (mraza)
to shake one's fists in s.o.'s face pretiti komu s pestjo, požugati komu s pestjo
his faith was shaken njegova vera je bila omajana
to shake hands with s.o. rokovati se s kom
he shook his head zmajal je z glavo
to shake one's elbow (the elbow) sleng kockati
to shake s.o. by the hand stresti komu roko, rokovati se s kom
his health is much shaken njegovo zdravje je zelo zrahljano
his hands shake roke se mu tresejo
the laughter shook him tresel se je od smeha
to shake one's sides with laughing tresti se od smeha
to shake a leg sleng plesati; hiteti
he was much shaken by (with, at) the news novica ga je zelo pretresla
to shake in one's shoes sleng tresti se po vsem telesu, drgetati od strahu
the house shook with the explosion hiša se je stresla od eksplozije
to shake a stick at s.o. groziti komu s palico
to shake s.o. out of his sleep stresti, zdramiti koga iz spanja