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četnikováti to fight as a guerrilla

čétništvo guerrilla warfare, guerrilla fighting; fighting as a guerrilla četovódja company commander; squad leader; (stotnik) captain

četrtína a quarter, the fourth part, one fourth

četrtlétje a quarter of a year; three months

četverovpréga a four-horse carriage; four-in-hand

peljati se s četverovprégo to ride (ali to drive) a four-in-hand (ali in a carriage and four)

čŕpati to pump; to work a pump

čŕpati vodo iz čolna z lopatico to scoop a boat dry

čudák a queer (ali eccentric) person; an odd fellow (ali character); a queer fish; an original; oddity; fog(e)y; žargon a queer (ali rum) customer

star čudák an old codger
biti čudák to have a bee in one's bonnet, to be a queer fish (ali a queer bird)
ti si čudák! you are a one!

čvekáti to babble, to blab, to prattle, to prate, to tittle-tattle; to talk nonsense; to talk rot; to tell a long rigmarole

kaj čvekaš! what rubbish you are talking!

dáhniti to breathe; to draw a short breath; to expire; to exhale

globoko dáhniti to draw a deep breath

dáleč far (away, off); a long way off; widely, remotely, distantly

dáleč od tu far from here
dáleč naokoli far and wide
dáleč narazen wide apart
od dáleč from the distance, from afar
kako dáleč how far, to what extent
tako dáleč in ne dlje! thus far and no further ali farther
bil sem dáleč od doma I was far from home
kako dáleč je (to)? how far is it?
stanuje dáleč od tu he lives far away from here
dáleč boljši, dáleč najboljši better by far, by far the best
dáleč proč (še dolgo ne) far from it, not by a long way (ali chalk)
dáleč od tega far from it
še dáleč ne tako zanimiv not nearly so interesting
dáleč najboljša splošna zgodovina far and away the best general history
kakor dáleč seže oko as far as the eye can reach
lahkó tečeš tako dáleč? can you run as far as that?
držati se dáleč (stran) od to keep (ali to stand) clear of
kako dáleč si z angleščino? how far have you got with your English?
počasi se dáleč pride he that goes softly, goes safely

darováti to give, to donate, to present; to make a present of, to give as a present; to immolate; religija to sacrifice, to offer up

darujte peni za...! spare a penny for...!
darováti v dobrodelne namene to subscribe to a charity

dávno long ago, a long time ago, ages ago

dávno je že, kar sem odšel od doma it's a long time since I left home
to vem že dávno I've known that for ages
dávno minuli časi times long past

debelúh(ar) a corpulent (ali stout) man; a potbellied person; pogovorno fatty, potbelly, ZDA žargon fatso

déčji children's; a child's

déčji dom children's home

degradírati to degrade; to abase, to lower; (častniška) to degrade, to break, to cashier, to reduce to a lower rank (an officer)

degradiran degraded

deificírati to deify; to make a god of

dejánsko actually; as a matter of fact; in point of fact; in fact; sure enough

deklíški of a girl, a girl's; girlish; maiden, maidenly, maidenlike, maidenish

deklíška doba girlhood
deklíško ime maiden name, girl's name
deklíška šola school for girls; girls' school
kakšno je bilo deklíško ime gospe X? what was Mrs. X's maiden name?

dekoltírati (obleko) to make a low-necked dress, to cut a low neckline

dekoltírati se to wear low-necked dresses ali dresses with a low neckline

delíti to divide (tudi matematika); to part, to form a barrier between; to share (s kom with someone); (ločiti) to separate; (razdeliti) to distribute

delíti v to divide in, into
delíti med to divide between, among
delíti od to divide from
Sena deli Pariz na dva dela the Seine cuts Paris into two parts
delíti delo to share out the work
Ren deli Francijo od Nemčije the Rhine divides France from Germany
delíti si stroške to share the costs
oni bi morali z nami delíti stroške they ought to share with us in the expenses
delil sem z vami nevarnosti I have shared your dangers
on bi delil zadnjo skorjico svojega kruha he would share his last crust
enako (si) delíti (dobiti enake deleže) to share alike, to share and share alike
zdaj nas le še ta točka deli there is now but that one point that keeps us apart
»deli in vladaj!« "divide and rule"
delíti s kom stanovanje, kabino ipd. to double up