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otrók child, pl children; (majhen) baby, babe, tot; (nedoleten) infant; (zaničljivo) brat

zakonski otrók legitimate child
nezakonski otrók illegitimate child, child born out of wedlock, bastard, natural child
otrók ljubezni love child
mrtvorojen otrók stillborn child
čudežen otrok infant prodigy
otrók brezdomec waif
brez otrok childless
ugrabitev otróka kidnapping
umor otróka, morilec, -lka otróka infanticide
varovalec, -lka baby-sitter
on je pravi otrók he is quite a child
ona pričakuje otróka she is with child (ali in the family way), she is an expectant mother
roditi otróka to give birth to a child
biti (krstni) boter otróku to stand sponsor to a child
varovati otróka (oziroma otroke) v odsotnosti staršev to baby-sit
ne biti več otrók to be no longer a child
on ni več otrók he is no longer a child
kot otrók se veseliti to be as pleased as Punch
dobiti (roditi) otróka to be delivered of a child
nobenega otróka ne več dobiti (roditi) to be past childbearing (ali childbearing age)
opekel otrók se boji ognja a burnt child dreads the fire

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

paráden parade(-); (slovesen) ceremonial, festal

parádni korak goose step
parádni marš march past
parádni konj parade horse
parádni prostor parade ground
parádna uniforma full-dress uniform, gala uniform

particíp gramatika participle

sedanji (pretekli) particíp present (past) participle

pogrévati to warm up

pogrévati stare stvari (figurativno) to rake up old stories; to repeat the same old thing again and again
pogrévati preteklost to rake up the past

poklícati to call

telefonično poklícati koga to call someone up, to ring someone up
poklícati po imenu to call someone by his name
poklícati na odgovor to call to account
poklícati za pričo to call to witness
poklícati k sebi (službeno) to summon, (prijateljsko) to invite, to ask someone to drop in
poklícati si preteklost v spomin to recall the past
mnogo je poklicanih, a malo izvoljenih many are called, but few are chosen

pól² (polovica) half

ob pól sedmih at half past six
ob sedmih ali pól osmih at seven or half past (seven)
na pól fifty-fifty
pól na pól on a fifty-fifty basis
razdeliti si na pól s kom to go fifty-fifty with someone
pól funta half a pound
pól ure half an hour
pól deleža a half share
za pól cene at half price
za pól več half as much (oziroma many) again
lopov in pól an utter scoundrel (ali rogue)
to (pa) je klobuk in pól! that's some hat!
biti na pól pota v Ameriko to be halfway to America
na pól kaj napraviti to do something by halves
na pól se odločiti za to have half a mind to...
le na pól narejen only half finished
srečal sem jih na pól pota I met them halfway

pomóč help, aid, assistance, (v sili) succour; (denarna) subvention, bounty, subsidy, support, standby; (olajšanje) relief; (lek) remedy, cure

brez pomóči helpless
na pomóč! help! help!
klic na pomóč cry for help
klic za hitro, nujno pomóč v sili emergency call
garnitura, oprema za prvo pomóč first aid kit
s pomóčjo by the help of, by means of, by dint of, by (ali with) the aid of, by the agency of
z božjo pomóčjo with God's help
temu ni pomóči there's nothing to be done about it, there's no help for it, it cannot be remedied (ali helped)
zanj ni več pomóči he is past help
klicati na pomóč to shout (ali to call) for help, to call for assistance
nuditi pomóč komu to offer help to someone
nuditi prvo pomóč na postaji prve pomóči to give first aid at the dressing station (ali first-aid post)
ponuditi svojo pomóč to offer one's aid
hoditi s pomóčjo palice to walk with the aid (ali help) of a stick
iti komu na pomóč to go to someone's help
to mi ni bilo v nobeno pomóč it was no help to me
poslati pomóč žrtvam potresa to send relief to the victims of an earthquake
priti komu na pomóč to come to someone's rescue (ali aid, assistance)
priskočil mi je na pomóč he ran (ali came) to my help (ali to my assistance)
prositi za pomóč to ask for help
napraviti kaj brez tuje pomóči to do something off one's own bat
obrniti se na koga za pomóč to turn for aid (ali help) to someone, to resort to someone
vsa zdravniška pomóč ga ni mogla rešiti all the resources of medical skill could not save him
ne vem si (več) pomóči I am at my wits' end, I am in a quandary (ali a dilemma, a rare fix), pogovorno I'm up the creek, I'm up a gum tree

popráviti to repair; (hišo) to do up; (čevlje, stroj itd.) to mend; to set right, to overhaul; (ladjo) to refit; (izboljšati) to improve; (napake) to correct, to put right, to rectify; to recondition; (sliko) to touch up; (zakrpati) to mend, to patch, to refit, to botch, to darn; (zdravje) to restore; (zakon) to amend; (figurativno, krivico itd.) to repair, to remedy, to redress, to make amends for, (povzročeno škodo) to make good, to compensate

popráviti napako, instrument to rectify an error, to repair an instrument
popráviti krivico to repair a wrong, to make good an injury
popráviti (nadomestiti) izgubo to repair a loss
vedno kaj popravlja pri svojem avtu he is always tinkering at his car
popravil je svoje mladostne napake he has atoned for his youthful misdeeds
popráviti se to improve, to better oneself, to grow better, to reform; (razmere) to take a turn for the better; (zdravstveno) to mend, to be on the mend, to recover, to come round, to be restored
to se ne da popráviti this is past mending
bolnik se je popravil the patient has improved (ali has recovered)
vreme se je popravilo the weather has improved
upam, da se bo popravil v bodoče I hope he will do better (ali will improve) for the future
popráviti posledice to redress the consequences

postáviti to raise, to erect (spomenik, stavbo a monument, a building); to set (up); to put (up), to place, to stand

postáviti za (imenovati) to nominate, to appoint
postáviti cene to fix (ali to quote) prices
postáviti komisijo to set up a commission
postáviti si hišo to build a house
postáviti mrežo to set (ali to spread) a net
postáviti past (zasedo) to set a trap (an ambush)
postáviti zanko to lay a snare
postáviti v vrsto to range, to draw up
postáviti šotor to pitch a tent
postáviti termin to fix a time (ali date), to appoint a day (ali time)
kam bomo postavili klavir? here shall we put the piano?
pred vrata so mu postavili miličnika they have posted a policeman at (ali in front of) his door
postavil ga je za svojega dediča he has appointed him his heir
postavili so ga za predsednika they nominated him president
postáviti ob stran (odložiti) to shelve
postavimo (recimo), da ne pride suppose he doesn't come
postáviti na preizkušnjo to put to the test
postáviti se (namestiti se) to place oneself, to take up one's post (ali position)
postáviti se v bran, po robu to make one's stand, to make a stand (against), to stand at bay, to show fight
postáviti se z (bahati se z) to pride oneself on, to boast of
postáviti se v špalir to form a line, to line up
postáviti se na glavo to stand on one's head
tudi če se na glavo postaviš (figurativno) in spite of anything you may do
postáviti vse na glavo to leave everything topsy-turvy, to turn everything upside down
postáviti se komu ob stran to side with someone

prèdpretêkli

prèdpretêkla noč the night before last
prèdpretêkli čas gramatika pluperfect (tense), past perfect (tense)

predsédniški presidential; chairman's

ki je že bil na predsédniškem položaju past chairman
ki še ni dosegel predsédniškega položaja not as yet appointed chairman

prejádrati to sail over; to sail across

prejádrati vsa svetovna morja to sail the seven seas
prejadral je vse jadrnice he sailed past all the (other) yachts

primerjáva comparison; (kolacioniranje) collation; pesniško compare

brez primerjáve beyond (ali past, without) compare

rekonstruírati to reconstruct

rekonstruírati preteklo dobo to reconstruct a past epoch

relíkt relic

relíkti preteklosti relics pl of the past

rešítev salvation, (na morju) salvage; lifesaving; rescue; preservation; deliverance; solution

rešítev enačbe solution of an equation
ni mu rešítve he is past help (ali recovery)
on je bil naša rešítev he was our salvation
to je bila moja rešítev that saved me
rešítev prošnje answer to a petition
dati rešítev za to propose (ali to put forward) a solution for

revíja (list) review, magazine, periodical

mesečna revíja monthly review (ali periodical)
trimesečna revíja a quarterly review
modna revíja fashion show
revíja čet (mimohod) march past, inspection of troops

smúkniti to slip (v into); to make a dash (čez across); to flit

smúkniti mimo to slip past
smúkniti proč to slip away

speljáti (proč) to lead away, to draw off

dati se speljáti (figurativno) to swallow the bait
ne se dati speljáti (ne iti v past) not to let oneself be taken in (ali cheated), pogovorno to be up to someone's little game
speljáti koga na led to take someone in, to lead someone up the garden path