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popustíti (ceno) to reduce, to rebate, to make an allowance for, to lower (a price), to deduct, to allow (ali to grant, to make) a reduction (ali concession), to lower one's figure; (bolečina, vročica) to pass off, to ease, to abate; (marljivost) to cool down, to relax, to abate, to fail, to flag; (sili) to yield, to knuckle under (ali down); (mraz) to abate; (napetost) to ease, arhaično to slake off; (veter) to abate, to subside, to calm; (struno, žico) to slacken (and lower the pitch of) a string

popustíti komu to indulge someone
ne popustíti (= odbiti) to persist in, to insist on, not to yield one iota, not to relent, not to remit a point
diciplina je popustila discipline has slackened (ali has weakened)
učenec je popustil v svoji marljivosti the pupil has been slacking
popustíti v ceni to make a reduction in the price
cene so popustile the prices have dropped (ali have come down)
nadzorstvo je popustilo control has been relaxed
nič ne popustíti v svojih zahtevah not to abate one iota of one's pretensions
od naših zahtev ne moremo popustíti we can abate none of our demands
popustíti strastem to give way to one's passions
popustíti vrv to slacken (ali to loosen) a rope

porást increase, growth, rise; accretion; augmentation; swelling

v porástu on the increase, (cene) rising; on the rise

poráz defeat; rout; reverse; overthrow; discomfiture; dispersal; pogovorno trouncing

prizadejati odločilen poráz komu to inflict a decisive defeat on someone
pretrpeti poráz (pogovorno) to take a trouncing

poráziti to defeat, to beat, to discomfit; vojska to rout, to put to rout, to put to flight; (duševno) to depress, to stagger, to overwhelm, to flabbergast

odločilno koga poráziti to inflict a decisive defeat on someone

porédčiti to thin

lasje so se mu poredčili his hair has thinned, pogovorno he's going thin on top

porédnost mischievousness; wantonness; roguery

sama porédnost ga je he is bent on mischief

poróčati to report, to relate (komu to someone); to make (ali to give) a report (to someone), to inform (someone), to give an account (o čem of something)

sproti poróčati komu to keep someone currently informed
poročajo o skupini sovražnikov na drugem bregu vojska a hostile party is reported on the other bank
podrobno poróčati to report in detail, to give full particulars

poročeválec reporter

on je poročeválec za (časopis) Times he reports for the "Times"

poróten

porótno sodišče Crown Court
biti član porótnega sodišča to sit on a jury

porótnik member of a jury, juryman, pl -men; juror

seznam porótnikov panel of jurors, jury list
zapriseženi porótnik juror
biti porótnik to sit on a jury
sodnik porótnik assessor, nonprofessional member of bench trying a case

posadíti² (namestiti) to put (to set, to place)

posadíti koga to assign someone a place (ali a seat), (na stol) to seat someone
posadíti koga na konja to seat (ali to mount) someone on a horse, to help someone to mount a horse
posadíti se to place oneself, to take a seat (ali a place, a position), to perch
posadíti se visoko to take a high perch

poségati ➞ poseči

poségati v to encroach on, upon; to interfere with

pôsel² (delo) work, (fizičen) manual labour; (izučèn) skilled work, (neizučen) unskilled labour; (priložnosten) job; (neprijeten, dolgočasen) drudgery; (površen) bungling, dabbling; (težak, mučen) toil, toiling and moiling, pains pl; (zaposlitev) employment, employ; (trgovina) business; (bančni, denarni) transaction, deal

donosen pôsel remunerative business, paying proposition
nedonosen pôsel losing proposition
brez pôsla out of work, unemployed
po pôslih on business
postranski pôsli minor occupation, sparetime work, moonlighting
tekoči pôsli current business
nujen pôsel urgent work
nadurni pôsel overtime work
nečisti pôsli foul dealing
pôsli so slabi business is slack
to je njegov pôsel, ne moj that's his job (ali lookout), not mine
to ni tvoj pôsel it's no business of yours
brigaj se za svoj pôsel! mind your own business!
pôsli mu cvetijo he is doing (ali carrying on) a roaring trade
dajati mnogo pôsla to give much trouble
da(ja)ti komu pôsla (dela) to keep someone busy, to employ someone
to mi je dalo mnogo pôsla it was a hard task
pôsel je pôsel business is business
imam drugega pôsla dovolj (figurativno) I have other fish to fry
imam pôsla čez glavo I am being overworked
imeti mnogo pôsla to be up to the eyes in work, to be fully occupied (ali engaged)
z njim ne maram imeti nobenega pôsla več I'll have no further dealings with him
večkrat sem imel pôsla z njim I have had several dealings with him
imaš pôsla z lopovom you are up against a scoundrel
če boš še enkrat to napravil, boš imel pôsla z menoj! if you do it again, you'll hear from me!
krepko se lotiti pôsla to tackle a job, to fall to, pogovorno to get stuck in
pôsli gredo slabo business is slack (ali depressed), there is a lull in business
pôsli gredo zelo dobro, so v polnem razmahu business is in full swing, (ali is doing fine)
iti za pôslom to follow a trade (ali profession)
ne moči obvladati pôslov, biti preobremenjen s pôsli to be overwhelmed with work, to be unable to cope (ali manage), pogovorno to be rushed off one's feet
ostati brez pôsla (dela) to be thrown out of work
sumiti nečist pôsel (figurativno) to smell a rat
ubijati se s pôsli (z delom) to overwork, to overdo it
on se vtika v tuje pôsle he meddles in other people's affairs, he is a meddler, he is a busybody (ali pogovorno a nosy parker)

poskočíti to jump, to leap, to skip, to bound, (na eni nogi) to hop; to caper; to jump up, to start (up), to spring to one's feet

na vsak tretji korak je poskočil na eni nogi at every third step he hopped on one leg
naglo poskočíti (o cenah) to rocket, to skyrocket

poskúšnja trial

na poskúšnji on trial
pošljite mi 5 steklenic za poskúšnjo send me five bottles on approval

posláti to send (off, away), to dispatch, to expedite, to transmit; to forward; (z ladjo) to ship; (denar) to remit

nazaj posláti to return, (z ladjo) to reship; to send back
posláti po pošti to send by post
posláti z obratno pošto to send by return (of post)
posláti darilo (sla v, prisrčen pozdrav, sporočilo) to send a present (a messenger to, one's love, a message)
posláti komu (po)vabilo to send someone an invitation
posláti komu paket to send a parcel to someone
posláti naprej, za kom (pismo itd.) to forward, to send on
prosimo posláti za naslovnikom! please forward; ZDA please redirect!
posláti po (zdravnika) to send for (the doctor)
treba je posláti po zdravnika a doctor must be sent for
posláti koga k vragu (figurativno) to tell someone to get lost (ali to drop dead, to go to the devil), to send someone packing

poslóven (of) business; businesslike

poslóvni človek man of business, business man
poslóvni partner active partner
on je poslóven človek he is a business man, he is in business
poslóvno potovati to travel on business

poslúh musical ear, ear for music

brez poslúha tone deaf
on ima dober poslúh za glasbo he has an ear for music
nima poslúha he has no musical ear
igrati, peti po poslúhu to play by ear, to sing by ear
poslúh! attention!

poslúžiti

poslúžiti (postreči) koga s čim to serve someone with something; (z jedjo) to help, to wait on someone, to serve
poslúžiti s hladnim narezkom to serve (someone with) cold meat
poslúžiti se to avail someone (of), to make use (of), (pri mizi) to help someone (s čim to something)
poslužite se! help yourself!, pogovorno dig in!

posnéti

posnéti mleko to skim the milk
posnéti smetano (tudi figurativno) to take off the cream, to skim the milk, to skim the cream (off); (posnemati) to imitate, to copy; (povzeti) to sum up
posnéti na gramofonsko ploščo to record
on vedno posname smetano (figurativno) he always takes the cream