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ovínek turn, turning; detour; corner; (dolg) roundabout way; (cestni) bend, twist, wind; (rečni) meander

brez ovínkov (figurativno) bluntly, straight
po ovínkih (figurativno) indirectly, in a devious way
oster ovínek a hairpin bend
nepregleden ovínek blind corner
velik ovínek a long way round, a roundabout way (ali route)
napraviti ovínek to make a detour
napraviti velik ovínek to go a long way round
morali smo napraviti ovínek we had to take a roundabout way
je le majhen ovínek it's only a short way round
povem brez ovínkov I don't mince my words
po ovínkih sem zvedel, da... I have learned by devious ways that...
izjaviti brez ovínkov to declare bluntly
govoriti brez ovínkov to speak straight out
rezati ovínek to cut a corner
zaviti na desno po ovínku to take a right turn round the bend, to take the right turn

ovíra impediment, obstacle, hindrance; (nanada) check, (nepričakovana) snag; (zapora) bar, barrier; obstruction

večja ovíra a major obstacle
tek čez ovíre šport obstacle race, hurdle race, pogovorno hurdles pl
zakonska ovíra legal impediment
žične ovíre vojska barbed wire, barbed-wire entanglement
ni poti brez ovír no road is without obstacles
konj je padel pri prvi ovíri the horse fell at the first jump (ali fence)
delati ovíro, biti ovíra čemu to be in the way, to be (ali to constitute) an obstacle to something
naleteti na ovíre to run into obstacles
odstraniti vse ovíre to remove all obstacles
staviti komu ovíre na pot to set impediments in someone's way
naleteti na nepričakovano ovíro to come up against a snag

ovít wrapped

ovít v veiled in, shrouded with (diskrecijo discretion)
ovít v skrivnost wrapped in mystery
ovít v kopreno skrivnosti wrapped in a shroud of mystery
ovít z bršljanom ivied; ivy-clad

ovréči to disprove, to refute; to reverse; to cancel, to confute, to annul

ovréči razsodbo to reverse a verdict

ozádje background; back; rear

držati se v ozádju to stay (ali keep) in the background, (figurativno) to take a back seat
postaviti v ozádje to put (ali to place) in the rear
umakniti se v ozádje to recede into the background

ózek narrow; (tesen) tight; arhaično strait

ózki čevlji tight shoes pl
ózki samoglasniki close (ali narrow) vowels pl
v ožjem pomenu besede in the narrower sense of the word
ožji odbor a select committee
v ožjem smislu in a restricted sense, strictly speaking
ožja volitev second ballot

ozíroma respectively; or

moja otroka sta stara deset ozíroma štirinajst let my children are ten and fourteen years old respectively
pretekli ozíroma sedanji deležnik the past and present participle respectively
ta avtomobila sta vredna 5.000 ozíroma 7.000 funtov these cars are worth 5,000 and 7,000 pounds respectively
gledališče je ozíroma naj bi bilo središče kulturnega življenja the theatre is or should be a centre of cultural life
spomenik naj bi postavili na trgu ozíroma v parku they should put the monument up in the square or in the park

oznojèn sweating, evfemizem perspiring

biti ves oznojèn to be all of a sweat, to be in a sweat

oženíti to marry; to take for one's wife, to take in marriage, zastarelo to spouse; to wed

oženíti se to get married (z to), to marry, to take a wife
bogato se oženíti to marry an heiress

oživíti to resuscitate, to restore to life, to revive, to resurrect; figurativno to revive, to enliven, to vivify

mrtveca ni mogoče oživíti a dead man cannot be revived (ali resuscitated)

oživotvóriti ➞ oživiti; (uresničiti) to realize, to accomplish, to carry out

oživotvóriti se to come true, to become a fact

padálo parachute; pogovorno chute; žargon brolly

avtomatsko padálo automatic parachute
pomožno padálo auxiliary (ali lift off) parachute, ZDA pull off parachute
zložitev padála parachute folding
(od)skok s padálom parachute jump
svila za padálo parachute silk
(od)skočiti s padálom to parachute, to jump (with a parachute), (v nevarnosti) to bail out with a parachute
odvreči s padálom to parachute, to drop
spustiti se s padálom na ozemlje Slovenije to parachute into Slovenia
vrvica za odpiranje padála rip cord

padavína precipitation; precipitate

padavíne pl atmospheric precipitations pl, rainfall and snowfall
reven s padavínami with a low rainfall, (suh) dry
letna množina padavín annual rainfall
merilec padavín rain gauge

pádec fall; tumble; (s konja) spill; (cen) drop, dropping, decrease, decline; (vrednosti) depreciation; (zrušenje) crash, collapse; (strmec) decline, descent, inclination, gradient, downgrade; (propad) ruin, downfal

pádec vlade downfall of a government
pádec cen fall in prices, (nenaden) slump

pákt pact; treaty

prijateljski pákt pact of amity
pákt o zavezništvu treaty of alliance
pákt o medsebojni pomoči pact of mutual assistance
pákt o nenapadanju pact of non-aggression
tajen pákt secret pact
skleniti pákt to make a pact

pálec thumb; (nožni) big toe; (mera) inch (krajšava: in.)

odtis, madež od pálca (na knjigi ipd.) thumbmark
brez pálca thumbless
širina pálca a thumb, a thumb's breadth
gristi (si) pálec to bite one's thumb
vijak za stiskanje pálcev zgodovina, mučilno orodje thumbscrew
potipati s pálcem to thumb
imeti pod pálcem (figurativno, biti premožen) to be rich, to be well off, to be a man of means
pálce vrteti (figurativno, dolgočasiti se, lenariti) to twirl (ali to twiddle) one's thumbs (ali one's fingers)

pámet (um) intellect, intelligence, sense, brains pl, wits pl; (duh) reason, mind; prudence; mother wit; (razumevanje) understanding; (spomin) memory; pogovorno gumption

na pámet by heart
zdrava pámet common sense, sanity
si ob pámet? are you out of your senses?, have you lost your wits?
ali si pri pámeti? are you in your right mind?
sem pri kraju s svojo pámetjo I am at my wit's end
bodi no pri pámeti! be sensible!, be reasonable!, have a bit of common sense!
on ni pri pravi pámeti he is not in his right mind, he is out of his mind
nisem bil pri pravi pámeti I had not my wits about me
on je počasne pámeti he is slow-witted, pogovorno he is slow on the uptake
ona je kratke pámeti she is rather slow (ali dull, slow on the uptake)
še (vedno) mi je na pámeti... it is still fresh in my mind...
nima toliko pámeti, da bi (u)videl... he has not the wits to see...
to se krega s pámetjo it is thoughtless (ali senseless)
si se s pámetjo skregal? have you taken leave of your senses?
padlo mi je na pámet it occurred to me, the idea struck me, the thought crossed my mind
na kraj pámeti mi ne pade, da bi (rekel) far be it from me to (say)
reči, kar človeku pade na pámet to say whatever comes to mind
imeti več sreče kot pámeti to have more luck than brains
izgubiti pámet to go out of one's mind (ali pogovorno off one's rocker); to lose one's mind (ali one's reason)
to presega mojo pámet this is beyond me, that's over my head, that passes my comprehension
priti k pámeti to come to one's senses
kdo, ki je pri pravi pámeti, bi šel...? who in his senses would go...?
moram ga spraviti k pámeti I must make him see reason (oziroma see sense)
spraviti koga ob pámet to drive someone out of his mind (ali pogovorno up the wall, round the bend)
sklicevati se na zdravo pámet to appeal to reason
(iz)računati na pámet to calculate mentally
učiti se na pámet to learn by heart, to commit to memory
znati na pámet to know by heart (ali from memory), (vlogo) to be word-perfect
ko te bo pámet srečala... when you see reason...

pámeten reasonable, sensible, wise, judicious, intelligent, prudent; clever, rational; pogovorno brainy

pámeten človek a man of sense
vsak pámeten človek any man in his right senses...
pámetna misel a sound (ali sensible) idea
pámetno gledišče (stališče, vidik) a sensible point of view
bodi no pámeten! use your brains (ali intelligence)!, be sensible!, be reasonable!
biti pámeten to be sensible (ali reasonable), to have one's wits about one
pámetno ravnati to act sensibly
imeti zelo pámetne nazore o življenju to have very sound ideas on life
kar govoriš, je pámetno what you say is sound
pámetno govoriti to speak wisely, to talk sense, to speak reasonably
mislim, da boš tako pámeten, da ne boš šel tja I suppose you will know better than go there
storil bom vse, kar se mi bo zdelo pámetno I will do anything in reason
pámetno je, kar praviš there is reason in what you say
poslušati pámeten nasvet to listen to reason
pametnejši popustí the wiser head gives in
lahkó je biti pámet, ko je že storjeno hindsight is easier than foresight, it's easy to be wise after the event

pánika panic; scare; stampede

pánika na Borzi a panic on the Stock Exchange
pániko povzročajoč panicky
povzročíti pániko to panic
polastila se jih je pánika they were struck with panic, they became panic-stricken
pánika se je polastila množice panic seized the crowd
prebivalstva se je polastila splošna pánika the population was seized with a general panic

pára¹ (denar)

plačati dolg do zadnje párae to pay one's debt down to the last farthing
niti (prebite) párae nimam I am penniless
prebite párae ne vreden not worth a damn (ali a hoot), not worth a tinker's curse (ali VB cuss, ZDA dam(n)), žargon worth damn all