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answer² [á:nsə ameriško ǽnsə]

1. prehodni glagol (to)
odgovoriti, odgovarjati; ustrezati, uslišati, izpolniti (prošnjo); rešiti (vprašanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
odgovoriti; posrečiti se; jamčiti, biti odgovoren; biti pokoren

to answer the bell (ali door, door bell) iti odpret vrata
to answer a bill of exchange izplačati menico
to answer a call odgovoriti po telefonu, odzvati se klicu
to answer a debt poravnati dolg
it doesn't answer ni vredno
to answer s.o.'s expectations izpolniti pričakovanja koga
to answer in law odzvati se vabilu sodišča
money answers all things denar vse zmore
to answer to the name slišati na ime
to answer a prayer uslišati molitev
to answer the purpose ustrezati namenu
to answer a question odgovoriti na vprašanje
to answer a riddle rešiti uganko
to answer a summons odzvati se vabilu
to answer back ostro zavrniti
to answer up hitro odgovoriti

recite [risáit] prehodni glagol
recitirati, deklamirati, na pamet povedati; ustno ponoviti; predavati; naštevati
pravno poročati o čem, navajati
arhaično pripovedovati, slikati, opisovati

to recite facts navajati, prikazati dejstva
neprehodni glagol
recitirati; povedati svojo lekcijo, odgovarjati (v šoli)

represent [reprizént] prehodni glagol
predstaviti, predstavljati, predočiti, prikazati, opisati, orisati, slikati, izraziti; utelesiti
gledališče igrati, predvajati, izvesti, da(ja)ti, uprizoriti; simbolično predstavljati, pokazati, prikazati, simbolizirati; zastopati, predstavljati, reprezentirati; pomeniti; odgovarjati, ustrezati

to represent to oneself predstavljati si
to represent a firm zastopati firmo, biti zastopnik firme
to be represented biti zastopan
I am not what you represent me to be jaz nisem tak, kakršnega me predstavljate
he is represented as being a liar prikazujejo ga kot lažnivca
he represents his constituency on zastopa svoje volilno okrožje

respond [rispɔ́nd]

1. samostalnik
cerkev responzorij, odpevanje (med duhovnikom in verniki)
arhitektura polsteber, ki rabi za oporo loku, oboku ali svodu

2. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
odgovoriti, dati odgovor (to na)
ameriško, pravno dati zadoščenje; odgovarjati, jamčiti za; biti dovzeten (to za)
reagirati na kaj; sprejeti

he responded to the insult with a blow na žalitev je odgovoril (reagiral) z udarcem

talk hack prehodni glagol
nevljudno, kljubovalno nazaj odgovarjati, jezikati, imeti dolg jezik

children should not talk hack otroci ne bi smeli odgovarjati (jezikati)

correspondent [kɔrispɔ́ndənt]

1. samostalnik
dopisnik, dopisovalec

to be a bad correspondent ne odgovarjati na pisma

2. pridevnik (correspondently prislov) (to)
ustrezen

liable [láiəbl] pridevnik
ekonomija, pravno odgovoren (for za)
ki ima nalogo, dolžan, zavezan (to, for)
nagnjen, podvržen (to k)
(z nedoločnikom) predisponiran

to be liable for odgovarjati za, biti porok za
liable for military service ki mora služiti vojsko
liable to prosecution kazniv
liable to taxation ki mora plačati davke
liable to fits of temper ki se hitro razburi
liable to catch cold ki se hitro prehladi
difficulties are liable to occur treba je računati na težave
everybody is liable to make mistakes vsak se lahko zmoti

lip¹ [lip] samostalnik
ustna, ustnica
množina usta, šoba
sleng predrznost, nesramnost, jezikanje; rob (jame, rane); kljun (posode)

to bite one's lip gristi si ustnico (v jezi), zadrževati smeh
to carry (ali keep) a stiff upper lip pogumno prenašati udarec usode
to curl one's lip porogljivo se našobiti
sleng to give lip jezikati, predrzno odgovarjati
to hang one's lip pobesiti nos
to hang on s.o.'s lips napeto koga poslušati
to keep a thing within, one's lips obdržati kaj zase
it never passed my lips tega nisem nikoli rekel (povedal)
we heard it from his own lips slišali smo ga to reči
to lick (ali smack) one's lips oblizovati se
sleng none of your lip! ne bodi predrzen!, ne jezikaj!
to part with dry lips ločiti se brez poljuba
there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip do cilja je daleč
the word escaped my lips beseda mi je ušla

mute¹ [mju:t] pridevnik (mutely prislov)
nem (tudi črka)

pravno to stand mute (of malice) namenoma ne odgovarjati (obtoženec)

piece² [pi:s] prehodni glagol
sestaviti, povezati, zakrpati

to piece on dodati; pristajati, odgovarjati
to piece out podaljšati, razširiti; figurativno povečati, dopolniti
to piece up zakrpati, sestaviti po kosih; figurativno urediti, izgladiti
to piece together sestaviti, zložiti

responsible [rispɔ́nsibl] prislov (responsibly prislov)
odgovoren, poln odgovornosti; zanesljiv, zaupanja vreden; prišteven (for za)
trgovina ki more plačati, solventen, soliden

responsible government vlada, ki se mora zagovarjati (pred parlamentom)
a responsible position odgovoren položaj
to be responsible for biti odgovoren za, jamčiti, nositi odgovornost za, odgovarjati za
to make oneself responsible for prevzeti (nase) odgovornost za

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)?