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usmériti to direct (k to, proti towards); to aim; to orient, to orientate; (pozornost) to point (at), to aim (at); (žogo pri golfu) to address

usmériti svoj polet proti severu to turn one's flight northwards
usmériti svoje korake proti domu to turn one's steps homewards
usmériti vlak proti X. to send a train in the direction of X.
topništvo je usmerilo svoj ogenj na greben (gore, vzpetine) the artillery directed (ali turned) their fire upon the ridge
usmériti se proti to head for, to turn towards, to make for
usmériti svoje delovanje glede na nove okoliščine to redirect (ali to rechannel) one's activities in the new circumstances (ali conditions)

usmodíti (se) to singe; to scorch

usmodíti (se) si krila to singe one's wings

usmradíti to make a stench

usmradíti se to stink, to become stinking, to rot; (meso) to become tainted; to go off; to begin to stink (oziroma to decay, to decompose, to rot)

usmrtítev execution; killing, putting to death

usmrtíti to execute; to put to death; to kill; to do away with (someone)

usmrtíti se to commit suicide, to do away with oneself

usodíti si usójati si (se) (drzniti se) to take the liberty (kaj napraviti of doing something)

kako si usojate? how dare you?

usôpsti se to get out of breath; to lose one's breath, to be out of breath, to be panting, to pant for breath; to gasp for breath

uspávati to lull, to lull to sleep; (s petjem) to sing to sleep; to put (ali to send) to sleep; to hypnotize; to rock (a baby) to sleep

uspávati koga, da se čuti varnega to lull someone into a false sense of security
ne dajte se uspávati od njegovih lepih besed, obljub! don't let yourself be taken in by his fine words!

uspéti to succeed (v in); to be successful; to prove successful, to meet with success; to gain one's ends; to manage, to achieve, to contrive

ne uspéti to fail
uspéti v življenju to make one's way in the world
uspelo mi je priti tja I contrived to get there
načrt ni uspel the plan did not succeed
pri svojem zadnjem izpitu ni uspel he failed in his last examination
ni nam uspelo, da bi jih videli we did not succeed in seeing them
pri svojem poskusu nisem uspel I was not successful in my attempt
njegova gledališka igra ni uspela his play failed (ali pogovorno was a flop, flopped)

uspévati to thrive; to do well; to prosper (v in); to be on the up-and-up

ustalíti to stabilize; to fix; to establish firmly

fronta se je ustalila the front has been stabilized

ustanovíti to found; to establish; to create; to set up

ustanovíti organe, sklade to set up bodies, funds

ustáviti to stop, to put a stop to; to bring to a standstill, to stay; to arrest, to cease; to bring to a halt; to suspend; to check; to hold up

ustáviti se to stop, to halt; to come to a standstill (ali hold-up)
ustáviti delo to stop (ali to suspend, to cease) work, to strike; (pogovorno) to knock off work
ustáviti kri to staunch blood
ustáviti krvavitev rane to stop a wound
ustáviti plačo to withold someone's salary, to stop someone's pay
ustáviti plačila to stop payments
ustáviti (štopati) avto to stop a car
ustáviti sovražnosti to suspend hostilities
ustavil me je na ulici he stopped me in the street
ustavili so mu pokojnino his pension (ali allowance) has been stopped
ustáviti napredovanje sovražnika to halt an enemy advance
ustavili so ga sredi njegovega govora he was interrupted right in the middle of his speech
ustáviti vlak, stroj to stop a train, a machine
zdravnik je ustavil krvavenje the doctor staunched the flow of blood
ves promet je bil ustavljen all traffic was stopped, (začasno was suspended)
biti ustavljen (ne moči naprej) to be at a stop
nenadoma se ustáviti to stop short, to stop dead
popolnoma se ustáviti to come to a full (ali dead) stop
on se ne bo pred ničemer ustavil he'll stop at nothing
ura se mi je ustavila my watch has stopped
se ta vlak ustavi v Kranju? does this train stop at Kranj?
za nekaj dni se bom ustavil v Parizu I am going to stay a few days in paris

ustekleníčiti (vino itd.) to bottle

ústiti se to talk big; to boast; to brag

ustolíčiti to throne, to enthrone; to inaugurate; to invest; to install; to place in office

ustrahováti to intimidate; to terrify; to terrorize; to overawe

ustrášiti to frighten; to scare, pogovorno to scare the pants off someone; to intimidate; to alarm

na smrt ustrášiti to frighten to death
ustrášiti se to be frightened (ali appalled, scared)

ustréči to comply (with); to meet; to satisfy; to humour (komu someone)

ustréči prošnji, želji, zahtevi to comply with a request
ustregel sem njegovim željam I complied with his wishes
ustréči okusom koga to satisfy someone's tastes
ustréči svoji radovednosti to satisfy one's curiosity
njemu je težko ustréči he is hard to please (ali satisfy)

ustrelíti to shoot (dead), to kill by shooting

ustrelíti na to shoot at
bil je ustreljen kot špijon he was shot as a spy
ustrelite ga, če bo skušal pobegniti! shoot him if he tries to escape!
dezerterji so bili ustreljeni the deserters were shot
ustrelil se je he has shot himself
ustrelíti se v glavo to blow one's brains out