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gostíti² (narediti gosto) to condense; to thicken

gostíti se (postatati gost) to thicken, to become thick (ali dense), to condense
množica se gosti (veča) it is getting more (and more) crowded (ali packed)

gostoljúben hospitable

gostoljúbno (prislov) hospitably
biti gostoljúben to keep open house (ali open door)

gotóvost certainty; sureness; arhaično surety; (zanesljiva stvar) VB žargon cert, dead cert, ZDA žargon cinch; (pripravljenost) readiness

ne morem trditi z gotóvostjo I cannot state with certainty (ali positively), pogovorno I can't say for sure
ugotoviti gotóvost dejstva to establish the certainty of a fact

gôvor speech; (javen) address; (slovesen) oration; (jezik) language, idiom, tongue; (napitnica, zdravica) toast

gôvor brez priprave extemporaneous speech, spech delivered extempore (ali ad lib)
nagrobni gôvor funeral oration, graveside eulogy
dar gôvora gift of speech
prvi gôvor (poslanca v parlamentu) maiden speech
obrambni gôvor pravo speech for the defence
poslovilni gôvor valedictory (speech)
prestolni gôvor speech from the throne
premi gôvor gramatika direct speech
zavisni gôvor gramatika indirect speech
vezani gôvor metrical language (of poetry, verse)
nevezani gôvor nonmetrical language (prose)
imeti dolgovezen gôvor to make a longwinded speech
izguba gôvora loss of speech
gôvor je o... the subject under discussion (ali in question) is...
o tem ni gôvora, ne more biti gôvora that is out of the question
imeti gôvor to make (ali to deliver) a speech (o on)
o čem je gôvor? what are you talking about?; what's it all about?
ni gôvora vredno it is not worth mentioning
svoboda gôvora freedom of speech
oseba, ki piše gôvore za druge ghost writer, speech writer

govoríca rumour; talk(ing); language; report; (čenče) gossip, tattle, pogovorno blabber; (narečje) dialect

prazne govoríce nonsense, pogovorno poppycock, bosh
govoríca se je izkazala kot lažniva the rumour has proved false
širijo se govoríce rumours have got abroad
govoríca gre the rumour goes, rumour has it, it is rumoured
govoríca se širi it is widely rumoured (da that)
širiti govoríco to spread a rumour
to je samó govoríca this is only a rumour
te govoríce se širijo z namenom, da... these rumours (ali reports) are spread only with the object of...
bile so govoríce o njegovem odstopu (demisiji) there have been rumours (ali reports) of his resigning

govoríti to speak (o of, about, z to, with); to tell; (pogovarjati se) to talk (z with, to, o about, of, over); to converse; (kramljati) to chat

glasno govoríti to talk loud, to speak in a loud voice
tiho govoríti to speak softly (ali in a soft voice)
govoríti angleški to speak English
slabo govoríti angleški to speak poor (ali broken) English
slabo govoríti o kom to speak ill of someone
kar naprej govoríti to keep (on) talking
odkrito, brez ovinkov govoríti to speak freely
govoríti o tem in onem, o raznem to talk nineteen to the dozen
uglajeno govoríti to be well-spoken
govoríti stenam (figurativno) to talk (ali to be talking) to a brick wall
govoríti o politiki to talk politics
tekoče govoríti to speak fluently
govoríti o čem drugem to change the subject
govoríti resnico to speak the truth, to tell the truth
govoríti brez priprave to speak extempore
govoríti v veter (figurativno) to waste one's breath
govoríti v imenu koga to be the spokesman of, to be the mouthpiece of
govoríti v korist koga to speak on (ali ZDA in) someone's behalf
govoríti polomljeno angleščino to speak broken English, to murder the English language
govoríti neumnosti to talk nonsense
šepetaje govoríti to speak in an undertone, to speak in a whisper
govoríti skozi nos to speak with a nasal twang
govoríti laži to tell lies (ali untruths)
govoríti sam s seboj to soliloquize
govoríti med štirimi očmi s kom to talk with someone in private
govoríti na pamet to speak from memory, to say something by heart (ali by rote)
obširno govoríti o to speak at length about (ali on), to descant, to expatiate on (ali upon)
otročje govoríti to drivel
govoríti kot papiga to parrot
govoríti preučeno za koga to speak above someone's head
govoríti tja v tri dni pogovorno to waffle, žargon to rabbit on
tu se govori angleški (napis) English spoken here
ko (ker) ravno govorimo o... since we are on the subject, since we happen to be talking about...
da niti ne govorimo o... to say nothing of...
ne govorimo več o tem!, nehajmo govoríti o tem! let us change (ali drop) the subject!
mi ne »govorimo« (smo sprti ipd.) we are not on speaking terms
o tem ni vredno govoríti it isn't worth speaking of
ona ne govorita več med seboj (sta sprta) they are no longer on speaking terms
govori! speak up!, speak out, out with it!
on ne more (ne zna) nehati govoríti he can never stop talking, he could talk the hind leg off a donkey
(on) govori, kot da bi ga navil he has the gift of the gab, he talks nineteen to the dozen
on malo govori he is a man of few words, (je boječ) he is tongue-tied
z njim se da govoríti he is someone you can talk to
z njim se ne da govoríti (figurativno) he will not listen to reason
po vsem mestu se govori o njih they are the talk of the town
govorilo se je o njegovi demisiji there have been rumours of his resignation
vse mesto govori o tem it is the talk of the town
govori se, da je zelo bogata she is said to be very rich
o njem se mnogo govori he is much talked about
to dejstvo govori zanj this fact tells in his favour
dejstva govoré sama the facts speak for themselves
to govori za in proti that cuts both ways
dejanja govore glasneje kot besede actions speak louder than words
vse govori za to, da... there is every reason to believe that...
to govori proti that tells against it
ne govorite z nikomer o tem! not a word to anyone about this!, keep this to yourself!
začeti govoríti o nekem predmetu to broach a subject
bi lahko govoril z Vami? could I have a word with you?
bi lahko govoril z g. X? could I see Mr. X
govorimo odkrito! let's speak frankly, let's lay (ali put) our cards on the table
kjer se veliko govori, se malo naredi least said, soonest mended
govoríti je srebro, molčati pa zlato the less said, the better
prav tako bi lahko govoril stenam figurativno I might as well speak to a brick wall
ti to meni govoriš! (= kot da jaz tega ne vem) you're telling me!

govorjênje speaking, talking, speech; talk

grdo, umazano govorjênje foul language
prostaško govorjênje bad (ali strong ali abusive) talk
spreten v govorjênju glib
to je pravo govorjênje! (= tako je prav, sedaj se bomo lahko sporazumeli!) now you are talking!

gòzd wood, (večji) forest

bukov gòzd beech forest (ali wood)
jelov (smrekov) gòzd fir (pine) wood
hrastov oak forest
topolov gòzd poplar forest (ali wood)
cedrov gòzd cedar forest (ali wood)
gòzd jamborov (figurativno) a trest of masts
neprehoden gòzd, gòzd brez poti an impenetrable forest
reven z gòzdovi poor in forests, poorly forested
iglasti gòzd coniferous trees
poraščen z gòzdom, -ovi wooded, afforested, timbered
zaščiten mlad gòzd young forest plantation
gost gòzd dense forest
sekati gòzd to fell trees, to deforest
krčiti, redčiti gòzd to clear land
zopet (za)saditi gòzd (pogozditi) to re-afforest
pragozd virgin forest, primeval forest
od samih dreves ne vidiš gozda you can't see the wood for the trees

gózden forest, wood; silvan

gózdni čuvaj forest-keeper, ZDA ranger
gózdni delavec forestry worker; timberman, ZDA lumberman
gózdno gospodarstvo forestry, forest culture
gózdna jasa clearing, glade
gózdna jagoda wild strawberry
gózdna pot, steza forest road, path
gózdna poseka clearing
gózdna preseka forest track, forest lane, forest path, ride, firebreak
gózdni rob edge (ali margin) of a forest
gózdna žaga long twohanded saw
gózdni rezervat (za divjad) (game) preserve
gózdna uprava forest management
gózdni požar forest fire
boj proti gózdnim požarom forest fire fighting

gózdnat woody; wooded

gosto gózdnat densely wooded
gózdnato gorovje wooded (ali woody) mountains pl
gózdnata pokrajina woodland

grád (fevdalen, utrjen) castle; (kraljev, knežji) palace; castle; (graščina) manor; (podeželski) country seat

grádovi na reki Loire Loire-valley chateaus (ali chateaux), chateaus on the Loire
Versajski grád the palace of Versailles
zidanje grádov v oblake (figurativno) wishful thinking; building (of) castles in the air
obljubljati komu zlate grádove to promise someone the earth
sesuti se kot grád iz kart to collapse like a house of cards
zidati grádove v oblake to build castles in the air (ali in Spain)
ne zidaj grádov v oblake! don't count your chickens before they're hatched!, arhaično sell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear

gráfičen graphic; printing

gráfična predstavitev graphic (ali diagrammatic) representation
gráfična risba diagrammatic drawing; graph; diagram
gráfične umetnosti the graphic arts pl
črno predstaviti to represent graphically

grájati to blame, to rebuke, to reprehend, to reprimand, to reprove, to censure, to chide; to find fault with; to scold, to snob; (ne odobravati) to disapprove, to deprecate

tebe je treba grájati (ti si kriv) you are to blame
grájati vojno to deprecate war
grájati nepravo (napačno) osebo ali stvar (figurativno) pogovorno to bark up the wrong tree

gratulírati to congratulate (za on, upon), arhaično to gratulate

gratulirati si (drug drugemu) to congratulate one another
gratuliral sem si, da sem to naredil I congratulated myself (ali pogovorno I gave my self a pat on the back) for doing this

grdó badly, nastily, foully, basely, meanly; hideously; in an ugly manner

grdó se gledajo (figurativno) they are at daggers drawn
grdó jo komu zaigrati (figurativno) to play a dirty trick on someone
stvari se grdó obračajo, razvijajo things are looking ugly
grdó je (neprimerno je nekaj delati) it's wrong (ali bad, nasty) to...

gréda gredíca

1. bed; patch of ground

cvetlična, vrtna gréda, gredíca flower bed, (garden) bed
ozka cvetlična gréda, gredíca flower border, (s trajnicami) herbaceous border
topla gréda, gredíca hotbed
gréda, gredíca z beluši (za kumare, za solato, s tulipani) asparagus (cucumber, lettuce, tulip) bed
zelenjavna gréda, gredíca vegetable patch (ali pot)

2. (gred, tram) beam

gréh sin (zoper, proti, do against), (majhen) peccadillo; offence; offence

brez gréha sinless
Adamov gréh Adam's sin, the Fall
izvirni gréh original sin
mali gréh venial sin
smrtni gréh mortal sin
sedem smrtnih gréhov the seven deadly sins
mladostni gréh youthful sin
mutasti gréh sodomy
storiti gréh to commit a sin
trpeti za tuje gréhe to be a scapegoat
to je gréh in sramota it is a sin and a shame
izpoved gréhov confession of sins
odpuščanje gréhov forgiveness (ali remission) of sins, absolution
odkrivati stare gréhe kake osebe to rake up someone's past
padati v isti gréh to relapse into sin, to backslide
odpustiti gréhe to remit someone's sins
zabresti v gréh to slide into sin
zakriviti gréh to commit a sin
grd kot smrten gréh ugly as sin

grenák bitter; (bolečina itd.) bitter, keen, sharp, poignant

grenka izguba a bitter loss
do grenkega konca to the bitter end
grenka sol Epsom salts
grenke solze salt tears
to je grenka pilula (figurativno) it's a bitter pill
pogoltniti grenko pilulo to swallow a bitter pill
imeti gren okus v ustih to have a bitter taste in the mouth
točiti grenke solze to weep (ali to shed) bitter tears, to weep bitterly

gríža medicina dysentery

amebna gríža amoebic dysentery
krvava gríža arhaično bloody flux; veterina scour pl (s konstr. v sg ali pl); geologija talus

gŕlo anatomija throat; (steklenice) neck; gorge, gullet

vnetje gŕla tonsillitis, quinsy
kronično vnetje gŕla arhaično clergyman's throat
gŕlo me boli I have a sore throat
imeti suho gŕlo (figurativno) to have a cobweb in one's throat
ozko gŕlo (figurativno, pogovorno) bottleneck
kričati, vpiti na vse gŕlo to shout (knjižno to cry, to cry out) at the top of one's voice, pogovorno to cry blue murder
nastaviti komu nož na gŕlo to put a knife to someone' throat
pognati po gŕlu (izpiti) to knock it back
glas mi je zastal v gŕlu I had a lump in my throat
besede so mi obtičale v gŕlu the words stuck in my throat
peti na vse gŕlo to sing at the top of one's voice
prerezati gŕlo komu to cut someone's throat
na vse gŕlo se smejati to roar with laughter
sit sem tega do gŕla I am sick and tired of that, I am bored to death (ali to tears) with that, I'm fed up to the back teeth with that, ZDA pogovorno it's coming out of my ears, it bores the pants off me
do gŕla sem vsega sit I've had a bellyful, žargon I'm absolutely cheesed off