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dôba epoch; era; age; period; season

za nedoločeno dôbo for an undetermined period
deževna dôba rainy season
kamena dôba the Stone Age
karenčna dôba waiting time
ledena dôba the Ice Age; glacial period
junaška dôba heroic age
otroška dôba childhood
prehodna dôba transitional period, time of transition
zlata dôba the golden age
on je v najlepši dôbi he is in the prime of life
starostna dôba od 13 do 19 let teens pl

fólija foil

kositrna fólija (stanjol) tin foil
zlata fólija gold foil

imitácija imitation; imitating; copying

imitácija nakita imitation (ali artificial, pinchbeck) jewellery
imitácija marmorja imitation marble
imitácija usnja imitation leather
imitácija zlata imitation gold

iskálec searcher; seeker; (teleskopa itd.) finder

iskálec avantur adventure seeker
iskálec zlatá gold miner, prospector, (figurativno) gold digger
iskálci resnice seekers after truth

íz from, out of; of, by, through, for, because of

iz angleščine from (the) English
iz ambicije for (ali because of) ambition
iz dneva v dan from day to day
iz glave (na pamet) by heart, from memory, extempore, off-hand
iz ljubezni for love
iz ljubezni do for love of
iz mode out of fashion
narejen iz made of (ali from)
iz (notranjosti) hiše from within the house
iz leta v leto year by year
iz prepričanja by conviction
iz izkustva from experience
iz radovednosti out of curiosity
iz tega razloga for this reason
iz skoposti through (ali because of) avarice
iz sovraštva through hatred
iz strahu for fear (pred... of...)
iz usmiljenja out of pity
iz vljudnosti through politeness
iz dobrega vira from a good source
biti ves iz sebe od jeze to be beside oneself with anger
je tvoja ura iz zlatá? is yours a gold watch?
ima hčer iz prvega zakona he has a daughter by his first marriage
piti iz kozarca to drink out of a glass
priti iz Zagreba to come from Zagreb
prevesti iz slovenščine v angleščino to translate from Slovene (ZDA Slovenian) into English
razvideti iz to see by
ni si upal iz hiše he did not dare venture out of the house

jáma pit; cave; cavern; grotto; (brlog) den; (gròb) grave

Postojnska jáma the Postojna caves
jáma za smeti, odpadke refuse pit
zlata jáma gold mine, treasure-house
vodna (suha, snežna, ledena, turistična) jáma active (inactive, freezing, ice, commercial ali show) cave
raziskovanje jám cave research, speleology
kdor drugim jámo koplje, sam vanjo pade he who digs a pit for others, often falls in himself; curses like chickens come home to roost
kopati jámo komu to dig a pit for someone
sam sebi jámo kopati (figurativno) to be hoist with one's own petard, to make a rod for one's own back

képa (rough) lump; (zemlje) clod, clump

snežna képa snowball
zlata képa nugget
narediti képo to lump
obmetavati se s snežnimi képami to snowball

kokóš hen, (mlada) pullet

kokóš valilka sitting hen
vodna kokóš water hen
tudi slepa kokóš zrno najde sometimes fortune favours fools
zaklati kokóš, ki leže zlata jajca (figurativno) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

mladína youth; young people; young folks pl

ameriška mladína young America
nezrela mladína callow youth
vsa vaška mladína all the youth of the village
zlata mladína gilded youth

mŕzlica medicina fever; shivers pl; ague

rumena mŕzlica yellow ever, yellow jack
menjajoča se mŕzlica intermittent fever
zlata mŕzlica (figurativno) gold fever, gold rush
imeti mŕzlico to be in a fever

obréza (knjige) edges pl

zlata obréza gilt edges pl

odtòk outlet, outflow; sink; (iz jezera, reke) effluent

odtòk zlata (figurativno) outflow of gold

péna foam; (na pivu) froth; arhaično spume; (umazana, nečista) scum; (konjska) froth

milna péna lather
péna za gašenje ognja fire-extinguishing foam
zlata péna tinsel, gold leaf, gold foil
delati péno, pokriti se s péno to scum
posneti péno to skim

poróka wedding; nuptials pl; marriage

srebrna (zlata, diamantna) poróka silver (golden, diamond) wedding
poróka iz ljubezni, brez denarja love match
goden za poróko marriageable
cerkvena, (civilna) poróka church wedding, civil marriage
razumska, preračunana poróka marriage of convenience
tajna poróka secret marriage

prílika¹ (priložnost) opportunity, occasion; chance

ob tej príliki on this occasion
ob prvi príliki at the first opportunity
ugodna prílika a favourable (ali lucky) chance (ali opportunity)
zlata prílika golden opportunity
ob vsaki príliki at every opportunity, on every occasion
po vsej príliki presumably
ob príliki one day or (the) other
dati komu príliko to give (ali to afford) someone an opportunity
izgubiti, zamuditi príliko to lose, to miss one's opportunity, to let one's chance slip by
izrabiti vsako príliko to take every opportunity
dobiti príliko to get the chance
izkoristiti príliko to avail oneself of the opportunity
ko se ponudi prílika when the opportunity crops up, when opportunity offers
ponudila se je prílika the opportunity happened to occur (ali cropped up)
popasti, zgrabiti príliko to seize (ali to take) the opportunity, figurativno to strike while the iron's hot
prílika naredi tatú temptation makes a thief
prílika zamujena ne vrne se nobena time and tide wait for no man

púta (kokoš) hen

jajce več ve kot púta (figurativno) he's teaching his grandmother to suck eggs
kurnik za púte hen coop, hen house
zaklati púto, ki nese zlata jajca (figurativno) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
pútka pullet

rán -a, -o early; (sadež) early, precocious, arhaično pesniško rathe, rathripe, rathe-ripe; before one's time

rán, -a, -oa ura, zlata ura early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise; the early bird catches the worm
rán, -a, -oa mladost one's early days pl

rezêrva reserve

v rezêrvi in reserve, vojska in support
bančna rezêrva bank(er's) reserve
gotovinska, kapitalna, obratna, tajna rezêrva cash (capital, operating, secret) reserve
skrite rezêrve hidden (undisclosed) reserves pl
zlata rezêrva gold reserves (banke of a Bank)
železna rezêrva vojska iron rations pl
(na)kopičiti rezêrve to accumulate reserves
objaviti z vso rezêrvo (s pridržki) to state with due reservation
držati v rezêrvi (zalogi) to keep in stock
vpoklicati rezêrve vojska to call up reserves
zateči se k rezêrvam to fall back on one's reserves
imeti železno rezêrvo (figurativno) to have an arrow (ali a shaft) left in one's quiver

ríbica small fish, fishlet

človeška ríbica zoologija proteus
okrasna ríbica ornamental fish
zlata ríbica goldfish
okrogla steklena posoda za ríbice fishbowl

sredína middle; matematika mean; medium

zlata sredína the golden mean, the happy medium
v sredíni in the middle (of), midst
v naši sredíni in our midst
iz naše sredíne from our midst
proti sredíni meseca towards the middle of the month
v sredíni julija in mid-July
v sredíni ladje amidships, midships
sredína poletja midsummer
sredína zime midwinter
sredína leta midyear
sredína toka midstream
ki je najbolj v sredíni midmost
določiti zlato sredíno to strike the happy medium