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prebráti to select, to pick out, to sort out; (knjigo) to read (all) over (ali through)

bežno prebráti to skip through
prebráti v presledkih to read in snatches
skrbno prebráti to peruse
prebráti knjigo od začetka do konca to read a book from cover to cover
z muko prebráti knjigo to wade through a book

prečítati to read (something to the end); to read through; to peruse; to read all over; (razvozlati) to decipher, to unravel

prečítati časopis to peruse a newspaper
bežno, na hitro prečítati časopis to skim the daily paper
prečítati knjigo to finish a book
prečítati od začetka do konca to read through from cover to cover
on je mnogo prečital (je zelo načitan) he is widely (ali deeply) read, he has been a great reader, he is a walking (ali living) dictionary

préden before

to moram napraviti, preden se ona vrne I must do it before she comes back

predŕzen bold, daring, presumptuous, audacious; (nesramen) saucy, impudent, pert, insolent, impertinent; pogovorno cheeky

biti predŕzen s kom, do koga to take liberties with someone, pogovorno to get fresh with someone
kar se da predŕzen as bold as brass

pregovoríti to persuade

(koga) to talk someone into, to prevail upon someone, pogovorno to get someone to do something
z dobrikanjem koga pregovoríti, da kaj naredi to coax someone into doing something
niso ga mogli pregovoríti he could not be prevailed upon
skušal me je pregovoríti, da bi kupil knjigo he tried to talk me into buying the book
pregovoríti koga, da opusti svoj namen to talk someone out of his purpose
hotel je zapustiti svojo domovino, pa so ga pregovorili he wanted to leave his country, but they talked him out of it

preklíc recall; (pogodbe) cancellation; (žalitve) withdrawal; repeal; (javen) recantation; (naročila) countermand; (odloka) withdrawal; (v časopisu) denial, retraction, démenti; cancellation

do preklíca until cancelled, until recalled
brez preklíca (nepreklicno) without recall
ki se da preklícati recallable, repealable, revocable
uraden preklíc official denial
preklíc odloka (naročil, izjave) withdrawal of a decree (of orders, of a statement)

prelòm break, breaking, breach, rupture; medicina fracture; geologija joint

prelòm obljube zakona pravo breach of promise
kostni prelòm uda fracture of a limb
prišlo je do prelòma med njimi it came to a breakup between them, they eventually broke up

premériti to measure

premériti koga z očmi to measure someone with one's eye
premériti koga od nog do glave to measure someone from top to toe
zaničljivo premériti koga to look someone up and down (ali from top to toe) scornfully
premeril me je od nog do glave he looked me over (ali eyed me, weighed me up) from head to foot

premóčen² (moker) wet through; wet all over

do kože premóčen soaked to the skin
premóčen od dežja soaked, drenched
popolnoma premóčen soaking wet
biti do kosti premóčen to be soaked through
premóčen sem od dežja (znoja) I am drenched with rain (with sweat)
steza je bila premóčena od nedavnih nalivov the path was waterlogged after the recent downpour

prenasíčenost kemija supersaturation; figurativno surfeit, satiety, satiation

do prenasíčenosti to satiety
prenasíčenost z surfeit of

prenéhati to stop (s čim sth, doing something); to cease, to finish; to desist (s, z from, from doing)

prenéhati s kajenjem to stop smoking
prenéhati z ognjem vojska to cease fire
prenéhati z naročnino časopisa to stop taking (ali to discontinue) a newspaper
prenéhati s plačevanjem to stop (ali to cease) payment
prenéhati z delom (ustaviti delo) to stop (ali to cease) work
prenéhati s čim (napraviti konec čemu) to bring something to a stop, to put a stop to something
prenehaj vendar s tem ropotom! do stop that noise!

preoráti to plough up (down, over); to turn over with a plough; (znova orati) to plough over again (ali once again)

do konca tedna bodo vse preorali by the end of the week they will have finished ploughing
avtomobili so preorali cesto the cars have ploughed up (ali churned up) the road
ladja je preorala morske valove the ship ploughed through the waves

prepíh draught; current of air

prepíh je there is a draught here
ne stoj na prepíhu! do not stand in the draught!

prerékanje quarrelling; wrangle, wrangling; dispute; (high) words pl; bickering

prišlo je do ostrega prerékanja there was a bitter altercation, pogovorno there was a right old argy-bargy

presedéti to spend time sitting, to sit for some time; (hlače ipd.) to wear out by sitting

presedéti kazen to serve a sentence, to serve time, to do one's time

preskrbéti preskrbováti to procure; to provide; to supply; to furnish (with)

preskrbéti, preskrbováti komu kaj to procure something for someone
preskrbi mi... get me...
preskrbéti, preskrbováti kritje, plačilo to provide payment
preskrbéti, preskrbováti sredstva za... to provide the means for...
preskrbéti, preskrbováti mesto z elektriko to supply electricity to a town
preskrbéti, preskrbováti vojsko to supply the army
on je dobro preskrbljen he is well provided for
biti preskrbljen do smrti to have one's bread buttered for life
biti preskrbljen z to be provided with

presúnjen (ganjen) moved (ob at, by)

biti do solz presúnjen to be moved to tears

pretéklost past, past time; past history; former (ali past) times pl; (davna) ancient times pl, past ages pl, bygone years pl, time of yore, hoary antiquity

v pretéklosti in the past
dobra, neoporečna (slaba) osebna pretéklost good, irreproachable (bad) record
burna (osebna) pretéklost chequered career
osebna pretéklost (življenje) past, career, antecedents pl
pogled, gledanje v pretéklost retrospection
imeti burno pretéklost to have a turbulent (ali chequered) past
čisto, neoporečno pretéklost (figurativno) to have a clean slate
ne poznam njegove pretéklosti I do not know his past

pretèp fight(ing); scuffle, tussle, brawl, pogovorno punchup

priti do pretèpa to come to blows, to exchange blows

pretépati pretêpsti to beat (ali to thrash) thoroughly (ali all over), to beat someone black and blue; to maul; pogovorno to whop; to hide; to tan someone's hide; to give someone a good hiding

pretépati, pretêpsti s palico to belabour with a stick
pretépati, pretêpsti do mrtvega to thrash someone within an inch of his life
te bom pretepel, da boš črn I'll beat you black and blue