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can^*1 [kæn, kən] pomanjkljiv, pomožni

I can morem, znam
I can't, cannot [kænt, ka:nt] ne morem, ne znam
you can go lahko greš
I can see (hear) you vidim (slišim) te
can you translate it? znaš to prevesti?
I cannot but wish ne morem si kaj, da si ne bi želel, želim si le

cannot [kǽnɔt] ➞ can't

I cannot ne morem, ne znam
I cannot but moram, drugo mi ne preostaja
I cannot away with this tega ne zmorem

manage¹ [mǽnidž]

1. prehodni glagol
upravljati, voditi; gospodariti, upravljati posestvo; nadzirati
pogovorno izpeljati, izvršiti, opraviti, uspeti; ravnati, krotiti

2. neprehodni glagol
gospodariti; voditi podjetje (trgovino)
pogovorno shajati, pomagati si, izvoziti jo (with s, z, without brez)

to manage a business voditi posel, podjetje, trgovino
he managed to do it uspelo mu je to narediti
I can manage him znam z njim ravnati
ekonomija managed currency dirigirana valuta

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

rub along neprehodni glagol
pot si utirati, pretolči se, prebi(ja)ti se (in a difficulty skozi težavo)
zvoziti jo; životariti, imeti težko življenje

I know enough Russian to rub along znam dovolj ruski, da se sporazumem v tem jeziku
the system still rub alongs along sistem se še drži

seem [si:m] neprehodni glagol
zdeti se, zazdeti se, dozdevati se, videti se

all seemed pleased vsi so bili videti zadovoljni
apples do not seem to grow here videti je (najbrž) jabolka ne rastejo tu
I seem to be... zdi se, da sem...
it seems to me zdi se mi, mislim
it seems good to me zdi se mi prav (dobro)
it seems that he cannot deny it videti je (kazno je), da ne more tega zanikati
I seem to have known them for ages zdi se mi (imam vtis), da jih poznam že celo večnost
I can't seem to unlock this door teh vrat preprosto ne morem (znam) odpreti
he does not seem well ni videti (čisto) zdrav
she seems to be tired videti je utrujena
so it seems tako se zdi, tako je videti
there seems no need of help zdi se, da pomoč ni potrebna
arhaično me seems, me seemeth zdi se mi
me seemed zdelo se mi je

shift² [šift] prehodni glagol
premakniti, premikati, premestiti, spremeniti položaj, prestaviti, prevreči, preložiti (odgovornost from ... to od ... na)
obrniti (one's attention svojo pozornost)
menjati (mesto, položaj), odstraniti (koga), osvoboditi se, znebiti se (koga); preobleči
sleng pobiti, umoriti
neprehodni glagol
menjati mesto (položaj), premestiti se, premikati se sem in tja; preseliti se; menjati se; obrniti se; preobleči se; znati si pomagati, zateči se k pomagalom
jezikoslovje premakniti se (o glasu)

I must shift as I can moram si pomagati, kot vem in znam, moram se znajti
to shift one's ground figurativno spremeniti (svoje) stališče, menjati svoje argumente v dokazovanju
to shift from one foot to the other prestopati se z ene noge na drugo
to shift gears (avto) menjati prestave
to shift the helm premakniti krmilo
to shift one's lodging menjati stanovanje, preseliti se
to shift for oneself (for a living) sam skrbeti zase, sam si pomagati, se prebijati v stiski, sam se znajti
to shift the scenes menjati kulise
to shift one's shirt preobleči srajco
the wind has shifted to the north again veter se je obrnil spet proti severu

tip¹ [tip]

1. samostalnik
konica, konec, kraj; vrh
tehnično okov (palice); ustnik (cigarete)

tip of ear ušesna mečica
from tip to toe od glave do pete
on the tips of one's toes po prstih
I have it at the tips of my fingers to imam v mezincu, to dobro znam
I had it on the tip of my tongue imel sem to na jeziku

2. prehodni glagol
okovati, opremiti s konico; priostriti, zašiliti; okrasiti konico; podrezati, podstriči vrhove (vršičke)

a black tipped feather pero s črno konico
to tip with steel okovati (konico) z jeklom

two [tu:]

1. pridevnik
dva, dve; oba, obe

one or two books ena ali dve knjigi, nekaj knjig
in a day or two v nekaj dneh
he is not two yet on še ni dve leti star

2. samostalnik
dvojka (številka 2); dvojica, dvoje, par

the two oba(dva); obe(dve); oboje
the two of us midva (oba)
by twos, in twos (po) dva in dva, v parih
two and two po dva, v parih
in twos and threes po dva in tri
in two na dvoje, na pol
in twos v zelo kratkem času, v hipu
two of a trade dva konkurenta
the two of spades pikova dvojka
to cut s.th. in two prerezati kaj na dvoje
this cost me two and two to me je stalo dva šilinga in dva penija
to go two and two iti po dva in dva, v parih
to walk by twos and threes hoditi v gručah po dva in tri
to put two and two together zbližati dejstva in potegniti zaključek, zaključiti; napraviti pravi, logični zaključek po presoji dejstev
two can play at that game figurativno to znam tudi jaz ali kdo drug; bomo videli, kdo bo potegnil boljši konec (kraj); palica ima dva kraja

wit¹ [wit] samostalnik
pamet, razumnost, bistrost, inteligenca, razsodnost; duševna sposobnost; zdrav razum; duhovitost, domiselnost; duhovitež, duhovit, odrezav človek, inteligentna oseba, duhovna veličina

flash of wit duhovit domislek
the five wits zastarelo petero čutov
a conversation sparkling with wit od duhovitosti se iskreč razgovor
to be at one's wit's end ne vedeti kako in kaj, ne se znajti
I am at my wit's end sem pri kraju s svojo pametjo, ne znam si več pomagati
to be out of one's wits izgubiti pamet (glavo), ne biti pameten
he has his wits about him on si zna vedno pomagati, prisotnost duha ga nikoli ne zapusti, on je vedno buden (oprezen)
bought wit is best izguba izmodri človeka
to have wit to imeti dovolj pameti za (da...)
he has not the wit to see... nima toliko pameti, da bi uvidel...
it taught me wit to me je spametovalo
he sets up for a wit dela se duhovitega
to live by one's wits živeti od svoje prebrisanosti (prevar, goljufij), več ali manj pošteno se prebijati skozi živijenje

wizard [wízəd]

1. samostalnik
čarodej, čarovnik, coprnik
pogovorno človek, ki dela čudovite stvari
zastarelo modrijan

W wizard of the North čarovnik s severa (= Sir Walter Scott)
the Welsh Wizard valizijski čarovnik (= Lloyd George)
I am no wizard pogovorno jaz nisem noben čarovnik, ne znam čarati

2. pridevnik
čarovniški; očarljiv
sleng prvovrsten, izvrsten, "prima"