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otróci children pl; little ones pl; (potomstvo) issue, progeny, descendants pl, offspring

brez otrok childless, without issue
prijatelj otrok a friend of children
evakuacija otrok na deželo evacuation of children to the country
vzgoja otrok education of children
znižanje (voznine ipd.) za otroke reduction for children
otróci in norci govoré resnico children and fools tell the truth

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

otvóriti to open; (svečano) to inaugurate; (napraviti dostopno) to make accessible

otvóriti ples to lead off the dance
otvóriti za promet to open to traffic
otvóriti kredit komu to open a credit account in favour of someone
otvóriti razstavo to open an exhibition
otvarjam... I declare the... open

ovínek turn, turning; detour; corner; (dolg) roundabout way; (cestni) bend, twist, wind; (rečni) meander

brez ovínkov (figurativno) bluntly, straight
po ovínkih (figurativno) indirectly, in a devious way
oster ovínek a hairpin bend
nepregleden ovínek blind corner
velik ovínek a long way round, a roundabout way (ali route)
napraviti ovínek to make a detour
napraviti velik ovínek to go a long way round
morali smo napraviti ovínek we had to take a roundabout way
je le majhen ovínek it's only a short way round
povem brez ovínkov I don't mince my words
po ovínkih sem zvedel, da... I have learned by devious ways that...
izjaviti brez ovínkov to declare bluntly
govoriti brez ovínkov to speak straight out
rezati ovínek to cut a corner
zaviti na desno po ovínku to take a right turn round the bend, to take the right turn

ovíra impediment, obstacle, hindrance; (nanada) check, (nepričakovana) snag; (zapora) bar, barrier; obstruction

večja ovíra a major obstacle
tek čez ovíre šport obstacle race, hurdle race, pogovorno hurdles pl
zakonska ovíra legal impediment
žične ovíre vojska barbed wire, barbed-wire entanglement
ni poti brez ovír no road is without obstacles
konj je padel pri prvi ovíri the horse fell at the first jump (ali fence)
delati ovíro, biti ovíra čemu to be in the way, to be (ali to constitute) an obstacle to something
naleteti na ovíre to run into obstacles
odstraniti vse ovíre to remove all obstacles
staviti komu ovíre na pot to set impediments in someone's way
naleteti na nepričakovano ovíro to come up against a snag

ovít wrapped

ovít v veiled in, shrouded with (diskrecijo discretion)
ovít v skrivnost wrapped in mystery
ovít v kopreno skrivnosti wrapped in a shroud of mystery
ovít z bršljanom ivied; ivy-clad

ozádje background; back; rear

držati se v ozádju to stay (ali keep) in the background, (figurativno) to take a back seat
postaviti v ozádje to put (ali to place) in the rear
umakniti se v ozádje to recede into the background

ózek narrow; (tesen) tight; arhaično strait

ózki čevlji tight shoes pl
ózki samoglasniki close (ali narrow) vowels pl
v ožjem pomenu besede in the narrower sense of the word
ožji odbor a select committee
v ožjem smislu in a restricted sense, strictly speaking
ožja volitev second ballot

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

oznojèn sweating, evfemizem perspiring

biti ves oznojèn to be all of a sweat, to be in a sweat

pádec fall; tumble; (s konja) spill; (cen) drop, dropping, decrease, decline; (vrednosti) depreciation; (zrušenje) crash, collapse; (strmec) decline, descent, inclination, gradient, downgrade; (propad) ruin, downfal

pádec vlade downfall of a government
pádec cen fall in prices, (nenaden) slump

pámet (um) intellect, intelligence, sense, brains pl, wits pl; (duh) reason, mind; prudence; mother wit; (razumevanje) understanding; (spomin) memory; pogovorno gumption

na pámet by heart
zdrava pámet common sense, sanity
si ob pámet? are you out of your senses?, have you lost your wits?
ali si pri pámeti? are you in your right mind?
sem pri kraju s svojo pámetjo I am at my wit's end
bodi no pri pámeti! be sensible!, be reasonable!, have a bit of common sense!
on ni pri pravi pámeti he is not in his right mind, he is out of his mind
nisem bil pri pravi pámeti I had not my wits about me
on je počasne pámeti he is slow-witted, pogovorno he is slow on the uptake
ona je kratke pámeti she is rather slow (ali dull, slow on the uptake)
še (vedno) mi je na pámeti... it is still fresh in my mind...
nima toliko pámeti, da bi (u)videl... he has not the wits to see...
to se krega s pámetjo it is thoughtless (ali senseless)
si se s pámetjo skregal? have you taken leave of your senses?
padlo mi je na pámet it occurred to me, the idea struck me, the thought crossed my mind
na kraj pámeti mi ne pade, da bi (rekel) far be it from me to (say)
reči, kar človeku pade na pámet to say whatever comes to mind
imeti več sreče kot pámeti to have more luck than brains
izgubiti pámet to go out of one's mind (ali pogovorno off one's rocker); to lose one's mind (ali one's reason)
to presega mojo pámet this is beyond me, that's over my head, that passes my comprehension
priti k pámeti to come to one's senses
kdo, ki je pri pravi pámeti, bi šel...? who in his senses would go...?
moram ga spraviti k pámeti I must make him see reason (oziroma see sense)
spraviti koga ob pámet to drive someone out of his mind (ali pogovorno up the wall, round the bend)
sklicevati se na zdravo pámet to appeal to reason
(iz)računati na pámet to calculate mentally
učiti se na pámet to learn by heart, to commit to memory
znati na pámet to know by heart (ali from memory), (vlogo) to be word-perfect
ko te bo pámet srečala... when you see reason...

pámeten reasonable, sensible, wise, judicious, intelligent, prudent; clever, rational; pogovorno brainy

pámeten človek a man of sense
vsak pámeten človek any man in his right senses...
pámetna misel a sound (ali sensible) idea
pámetno gledišče (stališče, vidik) a sensible point of view
bodi no pámeten! use your brains (ali intelligence)!, be sensible!, be reasonable!
biti pámeten to be sensible (ali reasonable), to have one's wits about one
pámetno ravnati to act sensibly
imeti zelo pámetne nazore o življenju to have very sound ideas on life
kar govoriš, je pámetno what you say is sound
pámetno govoriti to speak wisely, to talk sense, to speak reasonably
mislim, da boš tako pámeten, da ne boš šel tja I suppose you will know better than go there
storil bom vse, kar se mi bo zdelo pámetno I will do anything in reason
pámetno je, kar praviš there is reason in what you say
poslušati pámeten nasvet to listen to reason
pametnejši popustí the wiser head gives in
lahkó je biti pámet, ko je že storjeno hindsight is easier than foresight, it's easy to be wise after the event

par (dvojica) pair, couple, two; (psov, divjadi) brace; set of two; (volov) a yoke (ali ZDA span) of oxen; (nekoliko) one or two, some, a few, several

po parih by twos, by pairs, two by two
par dni a couple of days, a day or two, (več kot dva dni) a day or so
v par dneh in a couple of (ali in a few) days, in a matter of days
par vrstic a line or two
par rokavic a pair of gloves
izgubil sem par te rokavice I have lost the companion to this glove
poročen par married couple, wedded couple
par zaročencev an engaged couple
vrsta šolark, ki hodijo v parih (pogovorno) a crocodile
ni mu ga para (ni mu enakega) there is no one to equal him, he has no equal; he is matchless; he is unrivalled

pás belt; girdle; (telesni, stas) waist; geografija zone

gol do pasu stripped to the waist
do pasu globoko v snegu waist-deep in snow
zaponka za pás buckle
mrzli (vroči) pás geografija frigid (torrid) zone
kilni pás medicina hernia truss; (prepasnica, ešarpa) sash
rešilni pás life belt, ZDA life preserver
pás z naboji cartridge belt
varnostni pás (avto, letalo) seat belt
pripnite si pasove, prosim! fasten your belts, please!
zadrgniti si pás (še za eno luknjo) to tighten one's belt, to pull in one's belt (another hole)
popustiti pás (po obilni jedi) (figurativno) to let out a reef
pás za nogavice, steznik ipd. suspender belt

pasívnost passivity, passiveness; inactivity

pasívnost kraja insufficiency of foodstuffs in a district

pásji dog's; doggish; doglike; dog(-); canine; hound (-); figurativno (beden) miserable, wretched, foul

pásji bič dog whip
pásji davek dog licence, dog tax
pásje dirke greyhound (ali dog) races (ali racing), pogovorno the dogs
pásji dnevi dog days (July 23 to August 23) pl
pásje delo (figurativno) hard work, drudgery
pásji lajež, pásje lajanje barking of dogs
pásji konopec, pásja vrvica dog's lead
pásji mraz bitter (ali sharp) frost (ali cold)
pásji ovratnik dog's collar, dog collar
pásja razstava dog show, ZDA bench show
pásja uta, hišica (dog) kennel, ZDA doghouse
pásja vijolica botanika dog violet
pásja steklina hydrophobia, rabies
pásji ugriz dog bite
pásje vreme dirty (ali foul, beastly) weather
pásje slabe volje in a foul mood
pásja znamka (markica) dog licence, identity disc, ZDA dog tag
živeti pásje življenje to live a dog's life (ali a wretched, miserable life)
on ima ob njej pásje življenje she leads him a dog's life

pást trap; (jama) pitfall; (zanka) snare

pást za podgane (miši) rat trap (mousetrap)
pást za tanke tank trap
nastaviti pást to lay (ali to set) a trap
pasti v pást to fall into a trap, to be waylaid
ujeti se v pást to fall (ali to walk) into a trap, to be caught in a trap
ujeti se v lastno pást (figurativno) to be hoist with one's own petard
v pást ujeti koga to trap (ali to entrap, to ensnare) someone
zapeljali so ga v pást they led him into a trap

pásti¹ (padem) to fall; to drop; to slump; to tumble; to decrease, to decline; (vpliv) to wane; to ebb; (cene) to go down, to depreciate; to sink

pásti s konja to fall off (ali from) a horse, to be spilled, to come a cropper; (z višine) to topple down
pásti v boju to fall in action; (strel) to be heard; (v šoli) to do badly, to come down; (pri izpitu) to fail, to be ploughed
padel je na bojnem polju, na bojišču he was killed on the battlefield
pásti komu v besedo to interrupt someone
pásti po dolgem in širokem na tla to fall spread-eagled on the floor
pásti komu na hrbet to attack someone from behind, to stab someone in the back
pásti v oči to catch the eye
padel je z drevesa he fell from a tree
pásti v nezavest to faint, to swoon
pásti na nos to fall on one's face
padel sem v nemilost pri njem I lost his favour
padel je na izpitu he failed his examination
kocka je padla (figurativno) the die is cast
pásti na noge (tudi figurativno) to land on one's feet
pásti na zemljo to fall on the ground
novoletni dan pade na četrtek New Year's Day falls on a Thursday
otrok je padel the baby has fallen over (ali has had a tumble)
nizko pásti, globoko pásti (figurativno) to come down in the world, to sink low
to mi je padlo v naročje (figurativno) I got it without effort (ali without exertion)
padlo mi je na pamet, na um it suddenly struck me, it mashed through my mind, the thought struck me
pásti v pozabo to fall into oblivion, to fall into disuse
padla mu je okoli vratu she embraced him, she threw her arms round his neck
pásti na kolena to kneel down
pásti na kolena pred... to fall on one's knees before..., to prostrate oneself before...
padel je sovražniku v roke he fell into the hands of the enemy
to mi je kot z neba padlo (figurativno) it came as a windfall to me, it came like a godsend to me
sekira mi je padla iz rok the axe dropped from my hand
sekira mu je padla v med (figurativno) he sees his most fervent desires fulfilled, he is favoured by luck
pásti v nemilost to fall into disfavour
pásti v zmoto to fall into error
pásti pod zakon to come under a law, to fall within the scope of a law
zastor je padel the curtain has dropped
vlada je padla the government has been overthrown
nisem na glavo padel (figurativno) I am no fool
jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa (figurativno) like father, like son
pazi, da ne padeš! mind you don't fall!

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