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meánder meander

delati meándre to meander

mehúr bladder; blister

sečni mehúr urinary bladder
vnetje mehúrja inflammation of the bladder, cystitis
delati mehúrje to blister
dobiti mehúrje to blister

mŕtev dead; (umrli, rajni) deceased, late

mŕtvi pl the dead; (brez življenja) lifeless, inanimate, inert; (brezčuten) insensible, benumbed, hardened (za against); (ugasel) extinct; past; (neproduktiven) idle
na pol mŕtev half-dead
mŕtev kot hlod stone dead, as dead as a doornail, dead as mutton
bolj mŕtev kot živ more dead than alive; more than half-dead
ves mŕtev na kaj dead keen on something, crazy about something, pogovorno into something
že davno mŕtev dead and gone
stoj, ali pa si mŕtev! stop, or you're a dead man!
mŕtev jezik dead language
mŕtva barva dull (ali lifeless) colour
mŕtev kapital unemployed (ali frozen) capital
mŕtva kopriva dead nettle
Mrtvo morje the Dead Sea
mŕtva sezona dead (ali off) season
mŕtva tišina dead silence
mŕtva oseba the deceased, dead person; vojska casualty
mŕtev tir dead-end siding
mŕtev kót dead ground, shielded angle, blind spot
mŕtva veja dead branch
mŕtva teža dead weight
mŕtva straža vojska forlorn hope
mŕtev prostor dead area
mŕtva točka tehnika dead centre, dead point, (figurativno) deadlock, standstill
mŕtev tek tehnika lost motion, šport dead heat
kraljestvo mrtvih kingdom (ali realm) of the dead
sežig(anje) mrtvih cremation, incineration
smo na mŕtvi točki (figurativno) we are at a standstill
stvar je prišla na mŕtvo točko it came to a deadlock
pogajanja so prišla na mŕtvo točko the negotiations have come to a deadlock (ali to a dead end, to a standstill)
denar mu leži mŕtev v blagajni his money lies dead in a safe
biti ves mŕtev na kaj to be mad (ali crazy) about something, to be dead (ali mad) keen on something
delati se mrtvega to feign death, to sham dead
pretepsti do mŕtvega to beat black and blue
proglasiti za mŕtvega to declare someone dead, to officially pronounce someone dead
zbuditi (vstati) od mrtvih to raise (to rise) from the dead
zgruditi se mŕtev to drop dead, to die in one's boots, ZDA to die in one's tracks

mŕzličen feverish; feverous

z mŕzlično naglico with feverish haste
delati z mŕzlično naglico to work at white heat

načŕt plan; project; scheme; design; (osnutek) draft, draught

brez načŕta without a fixed plan
po načŕtu according to plan
načŕt pogodbe draft of a contract
učni načŕt syllabus, curriculum
zakonski načŕt bill
načŕt namakanja irrigation scheme
to je šele v stadiju (fazi) načŕta it is not yet out of the planning stage, it is still on the drawing board
delati načŕte to make plans, to plan
izmisliti načŕt to think out a plan
napraviti, zasnovati načŕt to make a plan
izvesti načŕt to carry (ali to follow) out a plan
ne gre mi v načŕt it does not suit my plan
kovati nove načŕte to devise (ali to form) new plans
prekrižati, zmešati komu načŕte to upset someone's plans, pogovorno to upset someone's apple-cart
opustiti načŕt to drop a plan
moj načŕt je padel v vodo my scheme has come to grief (ali arhaično to nought)
vztrajati pri svojem načŕtu to stand by one's plan
odkriti svoje načŕte to disclose one's plans
izdelati načŕt to work out a plan
zmesti načŕte to disarrange (ali pogovorno to mess up) someone's plans
ne doseči načŕta to fail to achieve one's target

nàdúre overtime; extra hours pl

delati nàdúre to work overtime

napáčen wrong; false; incorrect

napáčno prislov wrong, wrongly
napáčno ime false (ali fictitious) name
ni napáčno! not bad!
napraviti napáčen korak to take a false step
ura gre napáčno the clock is (ali goes, is going) wrong
napáčno uganiti (nepravo zadeti) to guess wrong
napáčno razumeti to misunderstand
napáčno me razumete you misunderstand me, you mistake me
kaj se ti zdi napáčno pri tem? what do you find wrong with it?
na napáčnega je naletel (figurativno) he had come to the wrong shop
peljati se z napáčnim vlakom to take the wrong train
napáčno je držal knjigo he was holding the book the wrong way up
napáčno delati, narediti to act wrong, to do wrong
napáčno izgovoriti (obvestiti, pisati) to mispronounce (to misinform, to misspell)
napáčno peti to sing out of tune
napáčno (pre) soditi to misjudge
zelo napáčno je od tebe, da ga podpiraš it is very wrong of you to support him
zaiti na napáčna pota (figurativno) to take the wrong path (ali turning)
ne bi bilo napáčno, če bi to poskusili it wouldn't be a bad idea to try it, we see no harm in trying it
obrnil si se na napáč naslov (osebo) pogovorno you've come to the wrong shop
napáčna ideja a false idea
napáčen pojem a mistaken notion
napáčen odgovor a wrong answer
napáčen podatek, napáčna navedba false statement, misrepresentation
napáčna (telefonska) številka, napáčna zveza! sorry, wrong number!

nápak wrong, wrongly, bad, badly; amiss

ni nápak! not bad!
nápak delati to do something wrong
nápak priti (biti nezaželen) to come amiss
nápak razumeti to misunderstand, to mistake
nápak uganiti, ugibati to guess wrong
ne bi bilo nápak zate (ne bi ti škodovalo) it would not be a bad thing for you
nekaj je nápak z njim there's something amiss with him
nápak stópiti (spotakniti se) to trip (čez, nad over)

napáka mistake; fault; blunder; defect; error; (groba, zlasti pri izpitu) žargon howler

brez napáke faultless, free from fault; correct
govorna napáka medicina speech impediment, speech handicap, speech defect
lepotna napáka blemish, flaw, disfigurement
računska napáka arithmetical error, mistake, miscalculation
slušna napáka defective hearing
telesna napáka physical defect, infirmity, affliction
podedovana napáka hereditary defect (ali fault)
napáka v materialu flaw (ali defect, fault) in material, poor quality of goods
pravopisna napáka misspelling
tipkarska napáka typing mistake (ali error)
tiskovna napáka misprint, erratum, pl errata, typographic error, printer's error, literal
napáka v pisanju clerical error
za napáke ne odgovarjamo! trgovina errors (and omissions) excepted!
delam slovnične napáke I make mistakes in (ali with) my grammar, pogovorno I get my grammar wrong
delati napáke to make mistakes; to commit errors, to blunder
popraviti svojo napáko to make good one's mistake
napáke se rade vrinejo errors will slip in
najti napáke pri kom to find fault with someone
padati v staro napáko to backslide, to be a backslider
mnogo napák je bilo storjenih z naše strani many mistakes have been committed on our side
imeti iste napáke (v značaju) to be tarred with the same brush
na napákah se učimo one learns by one's mistakes
nihče ni brez napák (figurativno) no one's perfect

napórno prislov hard, laboriously, arduously

napórno delati to work hard, to toil, to toil and moil, to drudge, to labour, to slave, to fag

napótje impediment; obstacle

biti v napótje to be in someone's way
delati napótje to get (ali to be) in the way
ni mi v napótje it is not in my way

nasípati to pour; to strew

nasípati grah v lonec to pour peas into a pot
nasípati s peskom to sand
nasípati s prodom to gravel; (cesto z gramozom) to metal, to macadamize; (delati nasip) to build a dyke (ali dam); (obalo) to build (ali raise) an embankment

naváda habit; habitude, wont; (šega) custom; use, usage, practice

iz naváde by habit
po svoji stari navádi according to one's usual practice
po njegovi navádi according to his habit (ali wont)
naváda je... it is customary...
ukoreninjena naváda deep-rooted (ali inveterate) habit
šege in naváde manners and customs
moč naváde the force of habit
življenjske naváde habits of life
po navádi in the usual way, usually, as a rule, as usual
naváda je železna srajca habit (ali custom, use) is second nature
kakor je bila moja naváda as my custom was
delati kaj iz naváde to do something from force of habit
imeti navádo to be in the habit (of), (samo v preteklem času) to use
imel je navádo priti k meni vsak dan he used to come to me every day
navzeti se slabih navád to pick up bad habits
opustiti navádo to give up (ali to drop) a habit
postati naváda to grow into a habit
to prehaja v navádo it is growing into a habit
vdajati se navádi to give way to a habit
to je stvar naváde it is a matter of habit
ki je suženj naváde habit-ridden

navodílo instruction; directive; direction; guideline, guidance

po navodílu delati to act upon instruction
navodílo za uporabo directions pl for use
po navodílih according to directions (ali instructions)
vam v navodílo for your guidance
dobesedno se držati navodíl to follow the instructions to the letter
obvezno navodílo binding directive

nepretŕgoma prislov uninterruptedly; without interruption

nepretŕgoma skozi več dni for several days running
delati 8 ur nepretŕgoma to work eight hours at a stretch

neprílika (neprijetnost, težava) difficulty, trouble, distress, vexation, disagreeableness, predicament; (škripci) scrape, mess, pickle, dilemma, straits pl

biti v hudi nepríliki to be in an awkward predicament
izvleči se iz neprílike to go scot-free, to escape from a predicamert
delati komu neprílike (figurativno) to put a spoke in someone's wheel
spraviti v nepríliko koga to put someone in an awkward situation, žargon to land someone in the cart
biti v nepríliki to be abashed, to be embarrassed, to be disconcerted

nevéden ignorant

delati se nevédnega to feign ignorance

nóč night; night-time, nightfall; (tema) darkness, dark

do nóči till dark
pozno v nóč far into the night, till late at night
pred nóčjo before nightfall
vsako nóč every night, nightly
nóč za nóčjo night after night
sredi trde nóči in the dead of the night, at dead of night
preko nóči, čez nóč overnight
pod nóč in the dusk
vso, celo nóč all night (long)
neke nóči one (certain) night
preteklo nóč last night
cele nóči for whole nights
neke temne nóči on a dark night
lahko nóč! good night!
trajajoč vso nóč nightlong, all-night
nóč na dan (24 ur brez prekinitve) around the clock
mesečna nóč moonlit (ali moonlight) night
kresna nóč Midsummer Night
božična, sveta nóč religija Christmas Eve
novoletna nóč New Year's Eve
velika nóč religija Easter
poročna nóč wedding night, nuptial night
šentjernejska nóč zgodovina the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve
polarna nóč the polar night
viharna nóč a dirty night
nóč brez spanja a sleepless night, a restless night
1001 noč Arabian Nights' Entertainments pl, the Arabian Nights pl
nóč se dela it is getting dark; it is growing dark
biti različen kot nóč pa dan to be as different as chalk and cheese
prebiti dobro (slabo) nóč to have (ali to pass) a good (a bad) night
nóč in dan mislim na to I keep thinking of it night and day
vso nóč sem spal I slept the whole night (through)
prebil sem nóč brez spanja I had (ali passed) a sleepless night, I did not sleep a wink all night
vso nóč nisem niti za hip zatisnil očesa I could not get a wink of sleep all night
prekrokati nóč to make a night of it
prebdeti, prečuti nóč to sit up all night
on bdí dolgo v nóč he sits up late, he keeps late hours
delati nóč in dan to work night and day
ostati čez nóč (prenočiti) to stay the night
nóč ga je vzela he slipped away under cover of night

nós nose; figurativno, pogovorno snout, žargon nozzle, ZDA schnozzle; humoristično proboscis; (ladje) head; (voh) scent; (vrča) beak, spout; figurativno (graja) rebuke; (vonj) scent, smell

prav pred nósom, izpred nósa under the very nose (of)
na vrat na nós head over heels, in a great hurry, precipitately, helter-skelter
orlovski nós aquiline nose, Roman nose
ploščat nós flat nose
potlačen nós pug nose
velik nós big nose
zakrivljen nós hawk nose, beak, hook nose, hooked nose
zavihan nós turned-up nose
pijančev nós grog-nose
govorjenje skozi nós nasal twang
dobiti jo po nósu (figurativno) to be reproved (ali rebuked, reprimanded, snubbed)
dobil jo je po nósu he went away with a flea in his ear
govoriti skozi nós to speak through one's nose, to speak with a nasal twang
imeti kaj (prav) pred nósom to have something under one's (very) nose (ali in plain view)
imeti dober nós to be keen-scented, (za kaj) to have a good (ali sharp) nose (for something), to have a keen scent (for something)
povsod ima svoj nós (figurativno) he is a busybody
imeti zamašen nós (od nahoda) to have a stuffy (ali stuffed up) nose
iti, hoditi za nósom (delati po nagonu) to follow one's nose
oditi z dolgim nósom to go away with a long face, to go off with a flea in one's ear
obrisati se pod nósom (figurativno) to go away empty-handed, to have one's trouble for nothing, to be left out in the cold
lahko se pod nósom obrišeš za to! (figurativno) you may whistle for it!, pogovorno you'll be lucky!
čistiti si nós (usekniti se) to blow one's nose
krvaveti iz nósa to have a nose bleed
iz nósa mi teče my nose is running
komu kaj pod nós dati to bring something home to someone, to rub it in
visoko nós nositi (figurativno) to turn up one's nose; to be self-conceited
kri mi teče iz nósa my nose is bleeding
premagati koga za dolžino nósú šport to win (ali to beat someone) by a nose
potegniti koga za nós to lead someone by the nose, to dupe someone, to fool someone
vlak mi je pred nósom ušel (odpeljal) I missed the train by a hair
ne videti dalj od nósa to see no farther than the end of one's nose
nikoli ne vildiš niti ped pred nósom! you never see an inch before your nose!
ne vidiš ped pred nósom! you can't see beyond the end of your nose!
vihati nós nad to turn up one's nose at, to look down one's nose at, to look disdainfully at (someone)
zaničljivo vihati nós nad to turn up one's nose in disdain at; to sneer at
voditi, vleči koga za nós (figurativno) to lead someone by the nose, to dupe someone, to fool someone, to make a fool of someone, to hoax someone
vtikati svoj nós v to pry (ali to nose) into, to poke one's nose into
vtikati svoj nós v tuje zadeve to stick one's nose into other people's business
v vse vtika svoj nós he pokes his nose into everything
zapreti komu vrata pred nósom to shut the door in someone's face, (zaloputniti) to slam the door in someone's face
on ima dober nós za ceneno blago he has a nose for bargains
dati se voditi za nós to be a dupe (of someone)

obísk visit; call; (prisotnost) attendance; (oseba) visitor, company

dan obiskov visiting day
ure obiskov visiting hours pl, at home
zelo kratek obísk a flying visit
državni obísk state visit
nastopni obísk first visit
vljudnostni obísk duty call
službeni obísk formal call
poslovilni obísk farewell visit
prijateljski obísk informal call; goodwill visit
obísk bolnikov visit to (ali visiting of) patients
letni poprečni obísk average annual attendance
biti na obísku to be on a visit
biti pri kom na obísku to be calling on someone
delati obíske (o zdravniku) to make (ali to do, to go) one's rounds (z avtom by car)
sem le na obísku tu I am only a visitor here
sestra je na obísku pri teti my sister is on a visit to her aunt('s)
imeti obísk to have visitors
imamo vedno mnogo obískov we always have a lot of visitors
danes sem imel mnogo obískov today I have had many calls (ali many callers)
napraviti kratek obísk to pay a call, to drop in, (pri kom) to pay someone a flying visit
vrniti obísk komu to return someone's visit (ali someone's call)
priti na obísk to pay a visit (h komu to someone), to call (up)on someone, to come to see someone