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hotéti to be willing; to want; (marati) to like; (želeti) to wish, to want, to desire; (nameravati) to intend, to purpose, to mean, to have in view

rajši hotéti to prefer
ne hotéti to be unwilling
hočeš cigareto? will you have a cigarette?
kaj hočete? what do you want?
kaj hočeš od mene? what do you want of me?
on ve, kaj hoče he knows what he wants, he knows his mind
kakor hočete as you like, as you please, as you wish, suit yourself
naj to hoče ali ne whether he likes it or not
hočeš-nočeš whether you like it or not, willy-nilly, willing or unwilling
noče sprejeti denarja he won't accept the money
naj stane, kar hoče whatever the cost, whatever it may cost
kaj hočete reči s tem? what do you mean by it?
ona dela, kar hoče she has her own way
sam ne ve, kaj hoče he does not know his own mind
hočem, da greš domov I want you to go home
s silo hoče, da grem domov he insists on my going home, he insists I go home
imamo vse, kar hočemo we have all we want, we want for nothing
hočemo mu dobro we wish him well
kaj mi hoče (čemu mi bo) ta knjiga? I have no use for this book
hoče mi se (piti) I feel like a drink, I feel thirsty, I'd like a drink
dobro vem, kaj on hoče I fully appreciate (ali I realise full well) what he has in mind
kakorkoli hočete as you like (ali choose ali please), at your discretion
hoče biti (dela se, da je) znanstvenik he pretends to be a scientist
hočeš, da te peljem z avtom (na postajo)? would you like me to drive you (to the station)?, shall I drive you (to the station)?
hočete še malo mesa? will you have (ali take) a little more meat?
kaj sem hotel reči? what was I going to say
hotel sem samo reči, da... I only meant to say that...
hotel je telelefonirati, pa je pozabil he meant to call, but he forgot
(sam) si to hotel you asked for it (yourself)
hotela me je udariti she felt like hitting me
usoda je hotela, da... it was fated that...
srce mi je hotelo počiti my heart was ready to burst (ali to break)
on je tako hotel he wanted it that way
hotel se je poročiti he wanted to get married, he was about to be married
nesreča je hotela (as) ill luck (ali misfortune) would have it
na vsak način je hotel imeti nov avto he insisted on having a new car
jaz bi hotel (iti) I should like (I'd like) to (go)
kaj bi hoteli še več? what more could you wish for?
hotéti in želeti je dvoje willing and wishing are not the same

hvalíti to praise; to laud; to commend

čez mero hvalíti (slaviti) to extol
sam sebe hvalíti pogovorno to blow one's own trumpet, humoristično to toot one's own horn
hvalíti se s čim to pride oneself on something, to boast of something
hvali se, da je dober šahist he prides himself on being a good chess player
hvali se s svojim znanjem kemije he prides himself on his knowledge of chemistry
dobro blago se samo hvali good wine needs no bush
ne hvali dneva pred nočjo! there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
on se rad samo hvali he loves to brag (ali pogovorno to swank)
pretirano hvalíti (figurativno) to gild the lily

izbér choice

na izbér to choose from
ne imeti na izbér to have no choice
nikakršna izbér (samo ena stvar na izbér) Hobson's choice
nimaš izbéri it's Hobson's choice for you

iztegníti iztegováti to stretch (out); to extend; to reach out

iztegníti, iztegováti se to stretch oneself out
iztegníti, iztegováti roke (noge) to stretch (out) one's arms (one's legs)
iztegníti, iztegováti vrat to stretch one's neck
samó roko iztegnite za to you have only to reach out your hand for it
hrast je iztegoval svoje veje nad kočo the oak spread (ali stretched) its branches over the cottage

jésti to eat; to take food; to take one's meal(s); to have one's dinner (oziroma lunch oziroma supper oziroma breakfast); (hraniti se) to feed

dietično jésti to keep to a diet
dobro jésti (gostiti se) to enjoy sumptuous fare, to be regaled
glasno jésti to munch
jésti pri kom (biti na hrani) to board with someone
jésti s krožnika to eat from a plate
pohlepno, požrešno jésti to eat greedily, to eat like a wolf, to wolf one's food, to be a gourmandizer
naglo jésti to bolt down, to devour, to gulp down
rad jésti (svinino) to be partial to (pork)
rad jém sladice I have a sweet tooth, I like sweets
jésti na tuj račun to sponge, to be a sponger
jésti skupaj z (npr. v menzi) to mess with
jésti s tekom to relish one's food
jésti brez teka to eat without appetite
dati komu kaj jésti to give someone something to eat, to feed someone, (živalim) to feed (animals)
on ima komaj kaj jésti he lives from hand to mouth
ona malo (veliko) jé she is a poor (a hearty ali a great) eater
on obilno jé he is a great trencherman, he plies a good knife and fork
preveč jém I overeat
on jé samo ribe he eats nothing but fish
pri njih se dobro jé they keep a good table
jaz vse jém I eat anything
rajši jém teletino I prefer veal
mi jémo v restavraciji we take our meals in a restaurant
ves dan nisem ne jedel ne pil I've had nothing to eat or drink all day long
on mi jé iz roke (figurativno) he eats out of my hand, I've got him eating out of my hand
jedel sem do sitega I have eaten (ali I have had) my fill, pogovorno I'm full up
kdor ne dela, naj ne jé no work, no food
jésti kolikor kdo zmore to eat as much as one can

kádar when

zgrozim se, kádar samo pomislim na to I shudder just to think of it

ko when; as; (= če) if, in case of, in the event of; (= kot, kakor) than; as

ko ne bi bilo tega »ko« if ifs and ans were pots and pans
šli bomo, ko boste pripravljeni we shall start when you are ready
to boš naredil, ko bo prepozno you'll do it when it's too late
strese me, ko samo pomislim na to I shudder even to think of it
ko ga človek samo vidi, bi mislil, da... if you only saw him, you'd think that...
aretirali so ga, ko je odhajal iz hiše he was arrested as he was leaving his house
močnejši sem kot ti I am stronger than you
več ko ima, več hoče imeti the more he has the more he wants

kòt² as, like; (za primernikom ter za other, otherwise, else, rather) than; (za nikalnicami) but

čisto tako kòt just like
ne tako kòt unlike
več kòt 500 ljudi more than 500 people
bolje je to naredila ona kòt on she did it better than he (did) (ali pogovorno than him)
rajši kòt rather than
noben drug kòt ti none other than you
kòt kompliment by way of a compliment
to je lažje rečeno kòt storjeno it is easier said than done
prav kòt, baš kòt just as, just like, just the same as
kòt da as if, as though
kòt po maslu, kòt namazano (figurativno) like clockwork, swimmingly, without a hitch
kòt za stavo fast, quickly, hard
delal sem kòt za stavo I worked hard and fast
toliko je star kòt jaz he is old as I am (ali as I, pogovorno as me)
ni toliko star kòt jaz he is not so old as I am (ali as I, pogovorno as me)
kòt primer by way of example
kòt vedno as usual, as always
umreti kòt berač to die a pauper
kòt na primer as for instance
ona to jemlje, kòt da se to samo po sebi razume she takes it for granted
znan je kòt oderuh he is a notorious usurer
jaz bi rajši šel peš, kòt pa da bi se peljal I would rather walk than drive
ni ga bolj priljubljenega človeka, kòt je on there is no one more popular than he is (ali than he, pogovorno than him)

mánjkati to lack, to be lacking, to be wanting (in); to want; to fail; to be missing

manjka nam 5 knjig we have 5 books missing, we are missing 5 books, we are 5 books short
nekaj manjka something is missing (ali wanting)
dosti mi manjka do cilja I am far from the mark
mánjkati v šoli (zaradi bolezni) to stay away from school (ali off school)
on je manjkal he was absent, he was not present
manjka samo še 5 minut do 10ih it's still five to ten, it won't be ten o'clock for five minutes
nihče ne manjka nobody is missing
manjka mi denarja I am short of money
manjka ti zaupanja váse you are wanting in self-confidence
nič ne manjka tu there's nothing missing here
en list manjka v knjigi there's a leaf missing in that book
nič mi ne manjka I want for nothing
manjka ji eno leto do polnoletnosti she is one year short of her majority
manjka nam delovne sile we are short of staff, we are undermanned, we are shorthanded
manjka mu prave vneme he is wanting in zeal
vode vam tu ne bo nikoli manjkalo water will never fail you here, you will never lack water (ali be short of water) here
naročil ne manjka there is no lack of orders
podrobnosti še manjkajo details are lacking
prav to nam je še manjkalo! that's all we needed!, that beats everything!
malo je manjkalo, pa bi bil počil od smeha pogovorno I laughed fit to burst

márveč but

ne samo... márveč tudi not only... but also

mír peace; (mirovanje) tranquillity, quietness, calm, stillness, rest

v míru at peace (z with)
v míru in vojni at peace and at war
brez míru peaceless
mír! quiet!, silence!
mír, prosim! quiet, please!
mír za vsako ceno peace at any price
mír pred viharjem a hush (ali a lull) before the storm
časten mír peace with honour
srčni mír a quiet mind
duševni mír peace (ali tranquillity) of mind
javni mír public peace
motenje javnega míru disturbance (ali breach) of the peace, riot
kršilec míru peacebreaker, disturber of the peace
kršitev míru breach of the peace, violation of the peace
grožnja míru threat to peace
pipa míru calumet, peace pipe, pipe of peace
pogodba o míru peace treaty
sklenitev míru conclusion of peace, making peace
proslava míru celebration of peace
zagovornik míru advocate of peace, pogovorno dove
ki ljubi mír peace-loving
zaradi ljubega mírú for peace' sake
ohranitev mírú preservation (ali maintenance)
mír bodi z vami! peace be with you!
ta deček ni nikoli pri míru this boy is fidgety
ni imel mírú, dokler ni... he knew no peace till...
kaliti kršiti mír to break the peace
ne si privoščiti mírú to take no rest
pusti me pri míru! leave (ali let) me alone!, stop bothering me!
skleniti mír to make peace, to conclude peace
ohraniti mír to keep peace
naj počiva v míru! may he rest in peace!, peace to his ashes!
prositi za mír to sue for peace
vzdrževati mír to maintain peace
vzpostaviti mír to restore peace (red order)
zagotoviti, zavarovati mír to ensure peace
želimo si samó mírú all we want is to be left in peace
živeti v míru to live in peace, to be at peace (s kom with someone)
boriti se za mír, čuvati mír to strive for peace, to wage peace

mísel thought; idea

v míslih in mind, in one's thoughts
bogat z míslimi rich (ali fertile) in ideas
istih mísli like-minded, of the same mind
zatopljen v mísli engrossed (ali sunk, lost in thought)
vodilna mísel chief (ali principal) idea
že sama mísel na to the mere thought of it, merely thinking of it
prenos mísli thought-transference
branje mísli thoughtreading
svoboda mísli freedom of thought, free thought
črne mísli mi rojé po glavi I am in the doldrums
njegovo ime mi ne pride na mísel his name has slipped my memory
često vas imam v míslih you are often in my thoughts
kako si prišel na to mísel? what put such an idea into your head?
njegova edina mísel je, kako priti do denarja his sole thought is to make money
priti komu na mísel to be remembered by someone, to come (back) to mind, to be in someone's thoughts
nikoli mi ni to prišlo na mísel it never entered my head (ali my mind)
na mísel mi pride it occurs to me, it comes into (ali it crosses) my mind, I discover (da... that)
imeti samó eno mísel to have but one thing in mind (ali one thought)
tolar bi dal, da bi (zdajle) vedel za tvoje mísli! (figurativno)a penny for your thoughts!, a penny for them!
v glavo mi je šinila mísel, da... it suddenly occurred to me, the thought struck me that...
ne morem slediti tvoji mísli I don't follow you, I don't get your drift, I don't see what you're driving at
v míslih te vidim I can see you in my mind (ali in my mind's eye)
ni mu prišlo na mísel, da bi plačal svoj dolg he had no thought of paying his debt
brati, uganiti mísli koga to read someone's thoughts
želja je rodila mísel the wish is father to the thought
zaupati komu svoje mísli to open one's mind to someone
ne morem se znebiti, (otresti) te mísli I cannot banish (dismiss) this thought from my mind, I cannot get rid of this idea
kolikor glav, toliko mísli many men, many minds
še na mísel mi ne pride, da bi to storil I would not dream of doing it

mlád young; youthful; adolescent, juvenile

od mládega, od mládih nog since one was a child, from childhood
v mojih mládih letih in my early years, in my youth
še mlád youngish
mládi in stari young and old
mláda kri youthful blood
mláda luna new moon
mlád krompir new potatoes pl
mládo vino new wine
Mladi Turki, mladoturki the young Turks
moj mlajši brat my younger brother
Grad mlajši Grad Junior (krajšava: Jr.)
ona ni več tako mláda she is no chicken
samó enkrat si mlád! you're only young once!
postati zopet mlád to grow young again
ko sem bil mlád in my early life, in my youth
mláda ljubezen young love, first love, early loveaffair
ona je bila njegova mláda ljubezen she was his old sweetheart
ostal je mlád od zadnjega he retained the spirit of youth to the last
videti je mlajša, kot je v resnici she does not look her age
tri leta je mlajši kot jaz he is three years younger than I, (ali pogovorno than me), he is my junior by three years
povreči, imeti, dobiti mláde (o živalih) to bring forth young, to litter, (o psici) to have pups, to whelp, (o medvedki) to cub

môči (morem) to be able, to be capable, to be in a position (to do something); to be enabled; (biti sposoben) to have the faculty, to have the capacity

ni môči (ni moč) it is impossible
morem I can
ne morem I cannot, I can't, I am unable, I am incapable
morem samó pohvaliti... I can't help praising, I can only praise, I have nothing but praise for...
ne morem ga trpeti I cannot bear (ali stand) him
če le morem if I can help it
ne morem si kaj, da se ne bi smejal I can't help (ali resist) laughing
on me ne more (figurativno) he can't stand me
ne morejo se (figurativno) they cannot agree
ne morem več (od utrujenosti) I am dog-tired, I am dead with fatigue, I am knocked-up
ne morem si tega privoščiti I cannot afford it
nič ne morem za to it is not my fault
morem samo (reči)... I simply must (say)...
storil bom, kar bom največ mogel I'll do my best, I'll do all I can, I'll do my utmost, I'll do my very (ali level) best
ne bom mogel plačati I shall not be able to pay
obžalujem, da ne morem I regret my inability
ne morem biti brez I cannot go (ali do) without
denar more vse money talks
njemu ne moreš verjeti he is not to be believed
nanj se ne moreš zanesti he is not to be relied upon
moglo bi biti takó it might possibly be so, pogovorno could be

mrlič dead person, dead body, corpse; cadaver

bedenje, straža pri mrliču wake; deathwatch
on je samó še živ mrlič (figurativno) he is only a ghost of his former self

naváda habit; habitude, wont; (šega) custom; use, usage, practice

iz naváde by habit
po svoji stari navádi according to one's usual practice
po njegovi navádi according to his habit (ali wont)
naváda je... it is customary...
ukoreninjena naváda deep-rooted (ali inveterate) habit
šege in naváde manners and customs
moč naváde the force of habit
življenjske naváde habits of life
po navádi in the usual way, usually, as a rule, as usual
naváda je železna srajca habit (ali custom, use) is second nature
kakor je bila moja naváda as my custom was
delati kaj iz naváde to do something from force of habit
imeti navádo to be in the habit (of), (samo v preteklem času) to use
imel je navádo priti k meni vsak dan he used to come to me every day
navzeti se slabih navád to pick up bad habits
opustiti navádo to give up (ali to drop) a habit
postati naváda to grow into a habit
to prehaja v navádo it is growing into a habit
vdajati se navádi to give way to a habit
to je stvar naváde it is a matter of habit
ki je suženj naváde habit-ridden

ne (kot samostoina nikalnica) no; nay; (navadno pri glagolu) not (npr. nisem I am not)

ne malo not a little
nikakor ne not at all, by no means
gotovo ne! certainly not
še ne not yet
ne več no more, (časovno) no longer
jaz tudi ne (strinjajoč se z nikalnim stavkom) (that goes for) me too!
ne manj kot... no less than...
ne samó... temveč tudi... not only... but also...
kaj ne? isn't it?
mislim, da ne I think not
ne... ne... neither... nor...
če ne if not, unless
če ne vidim pisma, ne verjamem unless I see (ali if I don't see) the letter I shall not believe it
ne da bi jaz vedel not that I know of
odgovoriti da ali ne to answer yea or nay
ne, kaj takega! well I never
reči, odgovoriti ne to answer in the negative, to decline, to refuse
ne morem, da ne bi (rekel) I must (say), I can't help (saying)
Je oče bolan? - Upam, da ne. I Father ill? - I hope not.
on ne govori angleško, jaz tudi ne he does not speak English, nor do I

ob at; by, along, on

ob treh at 3 o'clock
sestati se ob šestih to meet at six (o'clock)
ob sobotah on Saturdays
ob prvi priliki at the first opportunity
ob letu in a year, in a year's time, a year from today, a year today
ob takih okoliščinah under such circumstances
ob ves (svoj) denar sem I have lost all my money
ob vse so ga spravili he has lost everything (ali his all)
pri tem sem ob mojih 10 funtov I am ten pounds out of pocket over it
on je ob pamet he is out of his mind, he is not in his senses
si ob pamet? are you out of your senses?
hoditi gor in dol ob hiši to walk up and down by (ali outside) the house
to se samo ob sebi razume this is a matter of course
živeti ob kruhu in vodi to live on bread and water

omeníti to mention, to make mention of; to refer to

mimogrede omeníti to mention in passing
samó omeníti barely to mention
ni nam treba (niti) omeníti we need scarcely mention (da... that...)
omenili smo že... mention has already been made of...
kot smo zgoraj omenili as mentioned above, as we have already said

ôsel ass; (sivec) donkey; he-ass, jackass, jack; VB žargon moke, narečno cuddy; ZDA burro; figurativno (bedak) ass, jackass; duffer, dunce, ZDA mutt

ôsle komu pokazati (figurativno) to put one's fingers to one's nose at someone, to thumb one's nose at someone, to make a long nose at someone
ne bodi tak ôsel! don't be an ass!
ôsel gre samo enkrat na led even a fool learns by bitter experience
priti s konja na ôsla (figurativno) to come down in the world