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violína glasba violin

prva violína first violin
lok za violíno violin bow, bow, pogovorno fiddle bow
Stradivarjeva violína Stradivarius, pogovorno Strad
etui za violíno violin case
izdelovalec violín violin maker
igrati na violíno to play the violin
igrati prvo (drugo) violíno to play first (second) violin, first (tudi figurativno second) fiddle

visóko prislov high; highly

biti visóko cenjen to be highly esteemed
visóko leteti (figurativno, biti častihlepen) to fly high, to aim high, to have high aspirations
visóko nositi glavo (figurativno) to hold (ali to carry) one's head high
sonce je visóko nad obzorjem the sun is high above the horizon
visóko igrati to play high
visóko meriti, ciljati to aim high
visóko péti to sing high

vlóga gledališče part, role, rôle; (v banko) deposit; (prošnja) application; petition; (v igri, vložek) stake

nehvaležna vlóga an ungrateful part
zasedba vlóg gledališče cast
néma vlóga gledališče nonspeaking role, walk-on part
hranilna vlóga savings-bank deposit
film X. v glavni vlógi Y. a film featuring Y.
igrati negativno vlógo gledališče, lopov, kriminalec to play a baddy (ali a heavy)
igrati vlógo v... gledališče to act a part in...
igrati glavno vlógo v igri ipd. to star in a play, to feature in a play, to play the main role, (figurativno) to play the key role, to be the kingpin
igrati važno vlógo v... to play an important part in...
igrati žalostno, klavrno vlógo to cut a poor figure
igral je klavrno vlógo v tej zadevi he cut a poor figure in that affair
igrati stransko vlógo (figurativno) to play second fiddle, to be of second-rate importance
to ne igra nobene vlóge (figurativno) that does not matter, that makes no difference
denar ne igra vlóge money is no object
napraviti pismeno vlógo to put in a written application
napraviti vlógo na... to make an application to...
péti vodilno vlógo v operi to sing the lead in an opera

voják soldier, serviceman, pl -men

navaden voják (prostak, borec) private (soldier), common soldier
odsluženi voják ex-serviceman, pl -men
odpuščeni voják demobilized (pogovorno demobbed) soldier, ZDA veteran
star voják veteran
najemniški voják mercenary
prostovoljni voják volunteer
Neznani voják (junak) the Unknown Soldier
voják od glave do pete every inch a soldier
voják pešak infantryman, foot soldier, VB (nekdanji vzdevek) Tommy, Tommy Atkins
voják iz cina (igrača) tin soldier
človek, ki mu vest ne dopušča, da bi služil vojáke conscientious objector (to service in the armed forces)
iti k vojákom to join up, to join the army
biti voják to soldier
igrati se vojáke to play at soldiers
služiti vojáke VB to wear the Queen's (oziroma the King's) uniform; to bear arms

zaplóskatí to clap one's hands

takó so mu zaploskali, da je moral še enkrat igrati they clapped him so enthusiastically that he had to play an encore

znáti to know

znáti na pamet to know by heart
dobro znáti kaj to be A1 at something
ne znam angleško I cannot speak English, I do not know English
znate francosko? do you know French?
znaš igrati šah? can you play chess?
on misli, da vse zna he thinks he knows everything
on zna brati grško he can read Greek
znaš dobro današnjo lekcijo? do you know your lesson for today well?
tega si ne znam razložiti I don't know what to make of it (ali of this)
zelo dobro znáti lekcijo to have the lesson at one's fingertips
ona zna vsaj (najmanj) 5 jezikov she knows at least five languages
znáti (spoznati se na) svoj posel to know one's own business, (žargon) to know one's onions, (pogovorno) to know the ropes, to know what's what

žandár gendarme; constable

igrati se roparje in žandárje to play cops and robbers

žóga ball, rubber ball

žóga za kriket cricket ball
žóga za tenis tennis ball
usnjena žóga leather ball, leather
biti žógo (nogomet) to play football
igrati se z žógo to play ball