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živálsko prislov beastly, brutally, brutishly, like an animal

ab intestato

dedič ab intestato heir-at-law
podedovati ab intestato to inherit from an intestate person

absolúten absolute; positive

absolútni ablativ gramatika ablative absolute
absolútni alkohol absolute alcohol
absolúten dokaz absolute proof
absolútna monarhija absolute monarchy
absolútna oblast absolute power
absolútna večina an absolute majority
absolútna višina altitude; height above sea-level
absolútno zaupanje complete (ali perfect ali absolute) confidence
absolútna potreba absolute necessity
absolútni posluh glasba perfect pitch

adút trump, trump card

brez adúta no trumps
adút v rezervi (figurativno) an ace up one's sleeve
kaj je adút? what are trumps?
srce je adút hearts are trumps
izigrati adúta to lead trumps ali a trump
igrati adút (tudi figurativno) to play a trump card, to trump
imeti vse adúte v rokah to hold all the trumps (ali all the winning cards)
vzeti z adútom to trump, to take with a trump
(pre)vzeti vzetek z adútom to take a trick with a trump
to je eden naših najboljših adútov (figurativno) it is one of our best assets
uporabiti svoj zadnji adút to play one's last card

aeroplán aircraft (sg in pl); VB aeroplane; ZDA airplane; plane; flying machine

vkrcati se v aeroplán to board an aircraft, ZDA to emplane
aeroplán mora vsak čas priti the plane is due any moment now

affidávit pravo affidavit

priseči affidávit to swear an affidavit

ákcija action; move; act; activity; (delnica) share, ZDA stock, stocks

skupna ákcija joint action
stopiti v ákcijo to go into action
začeti ákcijo to initiate an action, to take an action (v in)
on je vedno v ákciji he is always active (ali busy), he is always on the go

aktíven active; (delaven) energetic, busy; (vojak) regular; (vojska) regular; (oficir)

v aktívni službi on active service
aktívna koeksistenca active coexistence
aktívna služba active service
aktívna volilna pravica elective franchise; trgovina having assets exceeding liabilities
aktívni dolgovi debts due to an account, assets pl
aktivno prislov actively

álibi alibi

nesporen álibi watertight alibi
dokazati svoj álibi to prove (ali to establish) one's alibi
priskrbeti si álibi to set up an alibi

amandmá amendment

predlagati, predložiti amandmá to propose (ali to move) an amendment (za zakonski osnutek to a bill)
ustavni amandmáji constitutional amendments

amnestíja amnestíranje amnesty; general pardon

zakon o amnestíji act of grace
prositi za amnestíjo to ask for an amnesty

ángelski angelic, angelical; seraphic; celestial

ángelsko potrpljenje patience of an angel
ángelski zbor angelic host
angelsko prislov angelically

anónsa advertisement (krajšava: ad)

del za anónse v časopisu classified advertisements, pogovorno small ads
dati anónso v časopis to put (ali to insert) an advertisement in a paper

anonsírati to advertise (za for)

anonsírati v časopisu to put (ali to insert) an advertisement in a paper

apetít appetite (za for)

velikanski apetít a ravenous appetite
dobiti apetít to get an appetite
narediti, delati apetít to give an appetite
biti brez apetíta to be off one's food
nimam veliko apetíta pogovorno I'm off my feed
dražiti apetít to whet (ali to stimulate) the appetite, to sharpen the appetite, to give an edge to the appetite
izgubiti apetít to lose one's appetite
z apetítom jesti to eat with gusto
pokvariti komu apetít to spoil someone's appetite
apetít pride z jedjo start eating, and you work up an appetite; much must have more; the appetite grows with what it feeds on; appetite comes with eating

apríl April

1. april (figurativno) April Fools' Day, All Fools' Day
potegniti koga za 1. april to make someone an April fool
poslati koga po aprila to send someone upon a fool's errand

argumént argument (za, proti for, against)

močan argumént a forceful ali powerful argument
prepričljiv argumént a convincing ali cogent argument
končen, neovrgljiv argumént a conclusive, irrefutable argument
navesti nespodbiten argumént to clinch an argument
podpreti argumént to buttress up an argument

atáka attack

silovita atáka attack in force
izvesti atáko na to carry out an attack upon

atakírati to attack; arhaično to assail

atakírati sovražnika, utrdbo to attack an enemy, a fort

atentát attempt on someone's life

atentát na predsednika an attempt (up)on the life of the president
izvesti atentát na koga to carry out an attempt on the life of someone