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momènt moment, instant; second; (dejavnik) factor

v momèntu (v hipu, kot bi mignil) in a second (ali in a jiffy, in a trice, in a twinkling), in an instant
inercijski momènt moment of inertia
psihološki momènt the psychological moment, the right time
vrtilni momènt fizika torque, twisting moment
v momèntu je bilo vse končano everything was over in a flash
on ima svoje dobre momènte (figurativno) he has his decent spells
moraš oditi ta momènt you must start straight away (ali right off)
momènt, ne razumem te popolnoma! half a second, (ali pogovorno hang on a sec!), I don't quite get you!

mornár sailor; seaman, pl -men; mariner; marine; seafaring (ali seagoing) man; seafarer

mornár vojne mornarice bluejacket, Jack Tar
mornár prostak VB rating
mornár I. (II., III.) razreda leading (able, ordinary) seaman
mornár I. razreda able-bodied seaman
dom mornárjev sailor's home
star, izkušen mornár sea dog, old salt, navigator
služiti pri mornárjih to serve in the navy
služiti kot navaden mornár to serve before the mast
moj sin bi bil rad mornár my son wants to be a sailor (ali to go to sea)

móž man, pl men

velik (visok) móž a tall man, (figurativno) a great man; (soprog) husband
kot en móž (enoglasno) as one man
móž proti móžu (bližinski) hand-tohand
borba móža proti móžu hand-to-hand struggle
slamnati móž (figura, statist) man of straw, dummy
divji móž wild man of the woods
povodni móž water sprite
do zadnjega móža (= vsi) to the last man, (all) to a man
padli so (v boju) do zadnjega móža they perished to a man
pravi móž na pravem mestu the right man in the right job (ali place)
vsi možje brez izjeme every man jack
priti, naleteti na pravega móža to come to the right man
biti le pol móža (figurativno) to be only a half man
izkazati se za móža to play the man, (ne se ustrašiti) to stand up to it like a man
dvigniti se kot en móž to rise like one man
pokaži, da si móž! show yourself a man!, show us what you're made of!
govorita kot móž móžu! let us have a man-to-man talk!
biti móž beseda to keep one's word, to be a man of one's word
on je móž beseda he is a man of his word
ladja se je potopila z vsemi móžmí na krovu the ship went down (ali sank) with all hands
móž jo tepe, kadar je pijan her husband (ali man) beats her when he is drunk

móžnost possibility, chance; (izvedljivost) feasibility, practicability; (verjetnost) probability, likelihood

meje móžnosti the bounds pl of possibility
nimamo druge móžnosti, kot da... we have no alternative but to...
izključevati móžnost to rule out the possibility
v okviru móžnosti within the range of possibility
nobene móžnosti ni, da bi ona prišla there is no possibility of her coming
nobene druge móžnosti ni there is no other alternative
izkoristiti obe móžnosti to have the best of both worlds

mráčen dusky, dark, darkish; dim; obscure; murky, sombre; (obraz) gloomy, sad; figurativno dismal; (oblačen) overcast, heavy, cloudy; (mrk) hateful, frowning, sullen, scowling, pogovorno bloody-minded

mráčno (temno) je kot v rogu it is pitch dark

mrávlja zoologija ant

bela mrávlja (termit) white ant, termite
krilata mrávlja winged ant
biti priden, marljiv kot mrávlja to be as busy as a bee, to work like a beaver

mŕšav thin, lean, meagre; lank; skinny; slender; scrawny

mŕšav kot trska (as) thin as a rake
mŕšavega obraza thin-faced
mŕšav dobiček meagre (ali poor) profits pl

mŕtev dead; (umrli, rajni) deceased, late

mŕtvi pl the dead; (brez življenja) lifeless, inanimate, inert; (brezčuten) insensible, benumbed, hardened (za against); (ugasel) extinct; past; (neproduktiven) idle
na pol mŕtev half-dead
mŕtev kot hlod stone dead, as dead as a doornail, dead as mutton
bolj mŕtev kot živ more dead than alive; more than half-dead
ves mŕtev na kaj dead keen on something, crazy about something, pogovorno into something
že davno mŕtev dead and gone
stoj, ali pa si mŕtev! stop, or you're a dead man!
mŕtev jezik dead language
mŕtva barva dull (ali lifeless) colour
mŕtev kapital unemployed (ali frozen) capital
mŕtva kopriva dead nettle
Mrtvo morje the Dead Sea
mŕtva sezona dead (ali off) season
mŕtva tišina dead silence
mŕtva oseba the deceased, dead person; vojska casualty
mŕtev tir dead-end siding
mŕtev kót dead ground, shielded angle, blind spot
mŕtva veja dead branch
mŕtva teža dead weight
mŕtva straža vojska forlorn hope
mŕtev prostor dead area
mŕtva točka tehnika dead centre, dead point, (figurativno) deadlock, standstill
mŕtev tek tehnika lost motion, šport dead heat
kraljestvo mrtvih kingdom (ali realm) of the dead
sežig(anje) mrtvih cremation, incineration
smo na mŕtvi točki (figurativno) we are at a standstill
stvar je prišla na mŕtvo točko it came to a deadlock
pogajanja so prišla na mŕtvo točko the negotiations have come to a deadlock (ali to a dead end, to a standstill)
denar mu leži mŕtev v blagajni his money lies dead in a safe
biti ves mŕtev na kaj to be mad (ali crazy) about something, to be dead (ali mad) keen on something
delati se mrtvega to feign death, to sham dead
pretepsti do mŕtvega to beat black and blue
proglasiti za mŕtvega to declare someone dead, to officially pronounce someone dead
zbuditi (vstati) od mrtvih to raise (to rise) from the dead
zgruditi se mŕtev to drop dead, to die in one's boots, ZDA to die in one's tracks

mučénec mučeník martyr

umreti kot mučénec, mučeník to die a martyr's death

múčiti to torture; to torment; to rack; to inflict pain on, to martyr; to maltreat; (bolečina) to hurt, to ail; (v šoli) to bully, to intimidate; (dražiti z varljivimi upi) to tantalize; (nadlegovati, jeziti) to bother, to worry, to vex, to plague, to tease, to grieve, to harass

skrbi jo mučijo she is tormented with worry
muči ga protin he is a martyr to gout
muči me misel na... I am uneasy (ali anxious) about...
do smrti múčiti to martyr
múčiti se (z delom) to labour, to slave, to toil, to moil, to toil and moil; to be at pains; to take pains, to make efforts, to strive hard, to struggle; to trouble oneself
múčiti se navkreber, v hrib to toil up the hill
múčiti se kot črna živina to drudge
muči se na žive in mrtve he is working himself to death

múha zoologija fly; figurativno (muhavost) caprice, whim, freak, fancy, vagary, crotchet, bee in one's bonnet

cece múha tseste, tsetse fly
domača múha common housefly
konjska múha horsefly
mesarska múha flesh fly, blowfly, bluebottle
španska múha Spanish fly, cantharis, pl cantharides
umetna múha (kot vaba) fly, (za ribolov) dry fly, hackle fly, hackle, grey-drake, ZDA tail fly
múha na strelnem orožju sight, bead
opikan od múh fly-bitten
onesnažen od múh flyblown
biti od múh (biti nič vreden) to be of no use, to be good for nothing, to be a dead loss
na múho vzeti (figurativno) to take aim (kaj at something)
iz múhe slona narediti (figurativno) to make a mountain out of a molehill, to make mountains out of molehills
s kolom múhe pobijati (figurativno) to break a fly on the wheel
čudne múhe mu rojijo po glavi he's got bats in the belfry
lahkó bi bili slišali múho leteti (taka tišina je bila) you could have heard a pin drop
ubiti dve múhi z enim udarcem to kill two birds with one stone
v sili hudič múhe žre (figurativno) beggars can't be choosers, half a loaf is better than no bread

múla zoologija mule; figurativno sulks pl, sulk, sulking

majhna múla hinny
trmast kot múla (as) obstinate as a mule
jezditi na múli to go on (ali by) muleback
múlo kuhati (figurativno) to sulk
z múlo ne boš nič dosegel you'll get nowhere with your sulking
kdor múlo kuha sulker

nabásati to stuff; to cram

nabásati s perjem to stuff with feathers
nabásati ljudi v avtobus to cram the bus with people
nabásati učenca z datumi to cram a pupil with dates
nabasani kot sardine (figurativno) packed like sardines

nágel quick, swift, speedy, rapid, hasty; prompt; fast, rash; sudden

nágla jeza sudden anger
on je nágle jeze he has a hot temper, he is swift to anger
nágli sod martial law
po náglem sodu according to martial law
nágla smrt sudden death
bil je zelo nagel v svoji odločitvi he was very hasty in his decision
náglo prislov swift, quick
náglo odgovoriti to answer promptly
kot blisk náglo (as) quick as lightning
na náglo narejen most hastily constructed bridge
(pre)nágla odločitev a rash decision

nagráda reward; award; prize, premium; recompense; (honorar) fee, royalty, honorarium; (plačilo) remuneration; bonus, bounty

kot nagráda (plačilo) za... as a reward for...
Kidričeva nagráda the Kidrič award (za leto 1977 for 1977)
dobitnik nagráde prizewinner
razdelitev nagrad (v šoli) prize-giving
dobiti nagrádo to win a prize
dobil je prvo nagrádo he won (ali he carried off) the first prize
dati nagrádo to award a prize
razpisati nagrádo to offer a reward
razpisati nagrádo na glavo kake osebe to set a price on someone's head (ali life)
podelitev Prešernovih nagrád the presentation of the Prešeren Awards
tolažilna nagráda consolation prize

najzádnji last, extreme; ultimate; (končni) final; (najbolj zadajšnji) hindmost

iti kot najzádnji (biti na repu kolone) to bring up the rear

naklónski

naklónski kot angle of inclination

nalášč intentionally, deliberately; premeditatedly; wilfully; by design, designedly; on purpose, purposely

to je kot nalášč zame it is just the thing for me
priti kot nalášč (ravno prav) to be most welcome

namázan (z mastjo) greased, (z oljem) oiled, anointed, (s katranom) tarred, (s firnežem, lakom) varnished, (z barvo) painted, coated, (z voskom) waxed, (s sadro) plastered, (z maslom, kruh) buttered; (stroj) lubricated

kot namázano (figurativno) smoothly, with a swing, swimmingly, like clockwork
gre kot namázano! it's going swimmingly (ali like a house on fire)!
gre nam kot namázano (žargon) we're getting on like a house on fire
stvari gredo kot namázano things are running smoothly
vse je šlo kot namázano everything went swimmingly
iti kot namázano to go with a swing

naméček addition; supplement; (do polne teže) makeweight

dobiti (dati) kot naméček to get (to give) into the bargain
za naméček into the bargain; to boot