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úlica street, (ozka, majhna) lane, alley

na úlici in the street, ZDA on the street
glavna úlica main street, high street
enosmerna úlica one-way street
stranska úlica side street
čez úlico across the street
slepa úlica cul-de-sac, street with a dead end, dead-end street, figurativno blind alley, dead end
tlakovana, asfaltirana úlica paved, asphalted street
živahna úlica busy (ali crowded) street
človek z úlice the man in the street, man on the Clapham omnibus
prodaja na úlici street sale
seznam úlic street directory
čiščenje úlic street cleaning, scavenging
soba gleda na úlico the room faces the street
za parkiranje prepovedana úlica no-parking street
v kateri úlici stanujete? which street do you live in?
postaviti na úlico (na cesto) to turn out, to put out (in the street)
za promet zaprta úlica! street (ali road) closed for traffic!

ulómek matematika fraction, fractional number

navadni (decimalni, pravi, nepravi, sestavljeni, dvojni) ulómek simple ali vulgar (decimal, proper, improper, compound, continued) fraction
periodični ulómek recurring decimal, repeating decimal
ulomkova črta fraction-line

úm reason, intellect, intelligence; sense; understanding; mind; brains pl; wit

človek ostrega úma a man of sharp intellect
brez úma out of one's senses, out of one's (right) mind
omračen úm clouded mind
je bistrega úma he is quick-witted, he is bright
bil je največji úm svojega časa he was the greatest intellect of his time
ves iz úma je he is out of his wits (ali out of his mind)
úm se mu je omračil he is mentally deranged, he is out of his senses, his mind is unhinged, he has lost his reason, he has gone mad
kaj ti pade na úm! what an absurd idea!
ne pade mi na úm, da bi to naredil I am not so stupid as to do it
ni ji prišlo na úm, da bi zaprla plin she had not the sense to turn off the gas
priti na úm komu to enter someone's mind
prišlo mi je na úm, da... I was struck by the idea that..., it occurred to me that...
priti nazaj na um to recur (ali to come back) to mind

umázan dirty; soiled, filthy; sordid; slovenly; mean; foul; (skop) stingy, niggardly

umázano moder dull blue
umázani dobički sordid gains pl
umázano govorjenje foul language
umázano ravnanje (postopek) a sordid way of behaving (ali of doing things)
ulice so umázane the streets are dirty (blatne muddy)
prati umázano perilo pred ljudmi (figurativno) to wash one's dirty linen in public

uméten artificial; (nepravi) false, imitation

uméten diamant imitation diamond
umétne cvetlice artificial flowers pl
umétno gnojilo artificial manure, fertilizer
umétni kamen artificial stone
umétni lasje false hair
umétna mast synthetic fat (ali grease)
umétno maslo margarine, slabšalno ersatz butter
umétna obrt arts and crafts pl, applied (ali useful) art
uméten nakit imitation jewellery
uméten led artificial ice
uméten ognjemet, ogenj fireworks pl
umétna osemenitev artificial insemination
uméten proizvod artificial product
umétna smola synthetic resin, synthetic plastic material, plastic
umétna snov synthetic material, artificial substance, plastics pl
umétna svila artificial silk, rayon
umétno vlakno synthetic (ali man-made) fibre
umétna volna artificial wool; shoddy
uméten ud (proteza) artificial limb
umétno usnje imitation (ali artificial) leather, leatherette, leatheroid
umétni zobje (proteza) false teeth pl

umíti umívati to wash; pesniško to lave; (rano) to bathe

umíti, umívati si glavo (lase) to shampoo, to have a shampoo, to wash one's hair
umíti, umívati si roke to wash one's hands
umíti, umívati se to wash (oneself), to have a wash, to do (ali to perform) one's ablution
umíti, umívati si roké nad čim (figurativno) to wash one's hands of something (nad to zadevo of this affair)
roka roko umiva (figurativno) one good turn deserves another, scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

umòr murder; (iz zasede) assassination; pravo homicide

težak umòr pravo ZDA first-degree murder
navaden umòr pravo ZDA second-degree murder
nameren umòr wilful murder
premišljen umòr premeditated murder
nepremišljen umòr manslaughter
poskušan umòr attempted murder
umòr očeta (matere, brata ali sestre) patricide (matricide, fratricide)
zakriviti, zagešiti umòr to commit a murder
dokazati komu umòr to convict someone of murder
vsak umòr pride prej ali slej na dan murder will out
justični umòr judicial murder

umréti to die, to pass away; to expire; to decease; to depart this life; to give up the ghost; to yield up one's breath, to breathe one's last; to close one's eyes; žargon to bite the dust; žargon to pop off, to kick the bucket, to push up the daisies; (evfemistično) to go West, to go the way of all flesh, to go to one's long rest

umréti naravne smrti to die a natural death, to die in one's bed
nasilne smrti umréti to die a violent death, to die with one's boots on, to die by violence
umréti na grmadi zgodovina to die at the stake
umréti na morišču to die on the scaffold
umréti za jetiko to die of consumption
umréti od lakote to die of hunger
umréti od mraza to die of cold
umréti za rakom to die of cancer
umréti bedne smrti to die like a dog (ali the death of a dog)
umréti v bedi to die destitute (ali a pauper)
umréti od žalosti to die of grief
umréti od lastne roke to die by one's own hand
umréti sredi (aktivnega) dela to die in harness, to die in the shafts
umréti junaške smrti to die a hero (ali a hero's death)
hrabro umréti to die game (to the end)
umréti od strahu to die of fright
umrl je v najboljših letih he was taken in the prime of life
mislil sem, da bom umrl od smeha I thought I would die laughing
naj umrem, če je to res! I'll stake my life it isn't true (ali there isn't a word of truth in it)!
umrl je kot berač he died a beggar
naj na mestu umrem, če... I'll be damned if...

uníčenje uničevánje destruction; ruin; wreckage, wrecking; demolition; devastation; annihilation; extinction; extermination

povzročiti lastno uníčenje, uničevánje to bring about (ali to cause) one's own destruction

univêrza university; VB pogovorno (nekdaj) varsity

ljudska univêrza (university) extension college, (university) extramural department, adult education institute
delavska univêrza workers' university
sprejemni izpit na univêrzi university entrance examination
študent univêrze university student
iti (na študij) na univêrzo to go up to (the) university
on gre na univêrzo he is going up (to university) (ali to college)
zapustiti univêrzo to go down (from university)
biti, študirati na univêrzi to be at (the) university

univerzitéten university(-); (of the) university; done at a university, acquired at a university

univerzitétna izobrazba university education
univerzitétna knjižnica university library
univerzitétna leta years at university, university (ali college) years pl
univerzitétno mesto university town
univerzitétno (športno) moštvo university team, (oxfordsko) dark blues, (cambriško) light blues pl
univerzitétni učitelj university professor

úpanje hope; hopefulness; expectation; expectancy; anticipation; (bright) prospect

goljufivo, varljivo úpanje false hope(s)
prazno úpanje vain hope
zadnje (skoraj neuresničljivo) úpanje forlorn hope, figurativno (zanesljivo) sheet anchor
brez úpanja hopeless, past (all) hope
poln úpanja full of hope, hopeful
niti trohice úpanja not a glimmer of hope, (pogovorno) not the ghost of a chance, not a dog's (ali an earthly) chance
Rt Dobrega Upanja the Cape of Good Hope
žarek úpanja a ray (ali a gleam) of hope
úpanje, da bo prišel there is (some) hope that he will come, it is hoped he will come, hopefully he will come
zanj ni več úpanja he is past hope
nobenega úpanja ni bilo, da bi on prišel there was no prospect of his coming
on je moje zadnje úpanje he is my last hope, he is my only remaining hope
dajati komu úpanje to hold out hope to someone
dajati mnogo úpanja to promise well, to be very promising
gojiti úpanje to cherish (ali to entertain) a (ali the) hope
imeti malo úpanja, da... to hope against hope that...
imam le slabo, šibko úpanje I have only a faint hope
nobenega úpanja več ne imeti to be out of hope, to have no hope left
imeti úpanje to stand a chance
nikoli ne izgubljaj úpanja! (= ne obupaj!) never say die!
opustiti vsako úpanje to abandon hope, to give up every hope
oklepati se úpanja to cling to hope (ali one's hopes)
preseči úpanja to exceed hopes
prevarati koga v úpanju to frustrate someone's hopes
razočarati koga v úpanju to disappoint someone, to frustrate someone
moje úpanje se ni uresničilo my hopes have not been realized
upati brez úpanja zmage to hope against hope
vdajati se úpanju, da... to allow oneself the hope of..., to hope for..., to be in hopes that...
komu vsako úpanje vzeti to deprive someone of all hope
vzeti komu úpanje to dampen someone's hopes
zbujati úpanje to give (ali to inspire) hope, to raise expectations, to provide grounds for hope
zbujati komu úpanje to raise hopes in someone
zbujati prazno úpanje to raise false hopes
živeti v úpanju za, za... to live in hopes of (kaj something)
malo úpanja je ostalo (ostaja) there is little hope left

úpati si to dare, to venture; to risk

upam si reči, da... I venture to say that...
ni si upal odpreti ust he dared not open his mouth, he dared not speak a word
ne upa si to napraviti he dare not (ali does not dare to) do it
upal si je predaleč ven na jezero he ventured too far out on the lake

upériti

upériti svoj pogled na... to fix one's eyes on (ali upon)

upírati

upírati oči v, na... to fix one's eyes (ali gaze) on...

upòr rebellion, revolt, mutiny, insurrection, sedition, rising; fizika resistance (to)

kmečki upòr peasant rising
zračni upòr air resistance
iti po črti najmanjšega upòra to take the line of least resistance
premagati zračni upòr to overcome air resistance
podnetiti upòr to stir up a revolt
zanetiti upòr proti to raise rebellion against
zasejati seme upòra to sow the seeds of revolt
zadušiti upòr to crush a revolt, to quell (ali to stamp out) a rebellion, to smother a rebellion, to stifle a revolt

uporába use; usage; employment; application (za to)

vsestranska uporába general application
navodila za uporábo directions pl (ali instructions pl) for use
za zunanjo uporábo for external application

uporábiti uporábljati to use (za for), to make use (kaj of something); to bring into use; to employ; to apply

tega nimam za kaj uporábiti, uporábljati I have no use for it
uporábiti, uporábljati zavore to apply the brakes
dobro uporábiti, uporábljati to put to good use
to pravilo se da uporábiti, uporábljati tudi za naš primer this rule applies to (ali in) our case as well
dobro uporábiti, uporábljati čas to make good use of one's time

uporábnik user; consumer; beneficiary

uporábniki proizvodov ali uslug users of products or services

upoštévati to consider, to take into consideration (ali into account); to pay regard to; to allow for; to give consideration (to); to bear in mind; to give (ali to pay) heed (to)

če upoštevamo, upoštevajoč considering, allowing for
če vse upoštevamo taking everything into account, all things considered
ne upoštévati to leave out of consideration (ali out of account), to pay no regard (to), to ignore (kaj, česa something)