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dívji wild; rageful; ferocious; savage; (razposajen) boisterous

dívji lovec poacher
dívje pleme savage tribe
dívja pokrajina savage scenery
dívji zakon concubinage
dívje živali wild beasts, (neukročene) savage beasts
živeti v dívjem zakonu to live in sin, to live together (as man and wife) without benefit of clergy

bég² flight; escape; run; getaway; (poražene vojske) rout; (z ljubimcem) elopement; (iz ječe) breakout

divji, brezglav bég stampede
bég kapitala flight of capital
bég možganov (figurativno) brain drain
bég z dežele (v mesto) drift from the land
pognati, zapoditi v bég to put to flight, vojska to put to rout
pognati se v bég to take (to) flight, to flee
spustiti se v bég to take to one's heels
naš napad je pognal sovražnika v bég our attack put the enemy to flight

kôstanj botanika chestnut; (drevo) chestnut tree

divji kôstanj horse chestnut
užitni kôstanj (sweet, Spanish) chestnut
iti za koga po kôstanj v žerjavico to pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire, to be someone's cat's-paw
poslati koga po kôstanj v žerjavico to make someone pull one's chestnuts out of the fire

lóv -a hunt, hunting; chase; (s puško) shooting

na lóv, -au za... out hunting for...
divji lóv, -a poaching
lóv, -a na jelenjad deer-stalking
lóv, -a na veliko divjad big-game hunting
lóv, -a na jerebice partridge-shooting
lóv, -a na lisico foxhunting
lóv, -a na merjasca boarhunting, (s kopjem) pigsticking
lóv, -a s sokolom hawking
lóv, -a za efekti (figurativno) staginess
dovolilnica za lóv, -a shooting licence
začetek lóv, -aa the first day of the shooting season
iti na lóv, -a to go out shooting, (na konju) hunting, to hunt, (s psi) to ride to hounds
ste imeli dober lóv, -a? have you had good sport?
lóv, -a se je začel the hunt is up
živel je od lóv, -aa he lived on the game he killed
biti na lóv, -au za avtograme to be hunting for autographs
čas, doba prepovedi lóv, -aa close season

lóvec hunter, huntsman, pl -men; sportsman; rifleman

divji lóvec poacher; (avion) fighter (plane), interceptor
lóvec na podmornice submarine chaser
nočni lóvec aeronavtika night-fighter
lóvec na doto fortune hunter
lóvec na službo place hunter

mak botanika poppy

divji mak corn (ali field) poppy
vrtni mak opium poppy
glavica maka poppy-head
rdeča barva maka poppy red

méd -ú honey

gozdni, divji méd, -ú wild honey
turški méd, -ú Turkish delight
méd, -ú v satovju honey in the comb
tekoč méd, -ú liquid honey, pure honey
trcan méd, -ú strained honey
sladek kot méd, -ú sweet as honey, honey-sweet
méd, -ú in mleko milk and honey
iti, prodajati se za méd, -ú (figurativno) to sell like hot cakes
to gre za méd, -ú (figurativno) it's going like hot cakes
nabirati méd, -ú to gather honey
dežela, kjer se cedita méd, -ú in mleko a land flowing with milk and honey

merjásec zoologija boar

divji merjásec wild boar
merjaščeva glava boar's head

móž man, pl men

velik (visok) móž a tall man, (figurativno) a great man; (soprog) husband
kot en móž (enoglasno) as one man
móž proti móžu (bližinski) hand-tohand
borba móža proti móžu hand-to-hand struggle
slamnati móž (figura, statist) man of straw, dummy
divji móž wild man of the woods
povodni móž water sprite
do zadnjega móža (= vsi) to the last man, (all) to a man
padli so (v boju) do zadnjega móža they perished to a man
pravi móž na pravem mestu the right man in the right job (ali place)
vsi možje brez izjeme every man jack
priti, naleteti na pravega móža to come to the right man
biti le pol móža (figurativno) to be only a half man
izkazati se za móža to play the man, (ne se ustrašiti) to stand up to it like a man
dvigniti se kot en móž to rise like one man
pokaži, da si móž! show yourself a man!, show us what you're made of!
govorita kot móž móžu! let us have a man-to-man talk!
biti móž beseda to keep one's word, to be a man of one's word
on je móž beseda he is a man of his word
ladja se je potopila z vsemi móžmí na krovu the ship went down (ali sank) with all hands
móž jo tepe, kadar je pijan her husband (ali man) beats her when he is drunk

netrèsk botanika

divji netrèsk wall pepper

petêlin cock; ZDA rooster; (na puški) cock

divji petêlin capercaillie, capercailzie
domači petêlin cock
petêlin za dvobojevanje gamecock
petêlin na strehi (vetrnica) weather vane, vane, weathercock
napeti petêlina pištole to cock pistol
priklicati komu rdečega petêlina na streho (zažgati mu hišo) to set someone's house on fire

prášič pig, (ZDA večinoma) hog

divji prášič boar
morski prášič porpoise
hrana za prášiče food for pigs, pig swill, figurativno filthy grub; slops, swill
to še za prášiče ni! this is not fit for pigs to eat!
jesti kot prášič to make a pig of oneself

zákon

1. (postava, zaveza) law; act (of parliament); tehnika principle

pisani zákon statute
božji zákon divine law
Grimmov zákon gramatika Grimm's law
duh zákona the spirit of the law
po angleškem zákonu under English law
na temelju zákona by virtue of a law, under a law
zbirka zákonov digest (of laws)
zákon ponudbe in povpraševanja the law of supply and demand
zákoni perspektive the laws pl of perspective
kršilec zákona lawbreaker, transgressor, offender
kršitev zákona transgression (ali violation) of a law, offence, ZDA offense
oseba zunaj zákona outlaw
oseba, ki se pokorava zákonu law-abiding person
tolmačenje zákona interpretation of the law, law interpretation
luknja v zákonu loophole in the law
zaščiten z zákonom protected by law
novi (stari) zákon religija New (Old) Testament
z zákonom pooblaščen organ statutorily empowered authority
izdati zákon to pass (ali to promulgate) a law
izvrševati zákone to administer the law
odobriti zákon to ratify (ali to approve) a law
obiti zákon to circumvent (ali to evade) to get round the law
kršiti zákon to infringe (ali to violate, to transgress, to contravene) a law
pasti, priti pod zákon to come under a law
postati zákon to become law, to pass into law
postaviti koga izven zákona to outlaw someone
zákon je prevladal the law prevailed
sprejeti zákon parlament to pass a bill
izboljšati, spremeniti zákon to amend a law
razveljaviti, ukiniti zákon to abrogate (ali to repeal) a law
zákon velja the law is in force, the law is valid (ali binding)
zákon bo stopil v veljavo dne 1. januarja the law will come into force (ali will come into effect) on the 1st of January
temeljiti na zákonu to be based on statutory authority
urejati z zákonom to regulate by statute and constitution
uvajati z zákonom to introduce by statute
uveljaviti zákon to enforce a law, to put a law into force

2. (zakonska zveza) marriage, matrimony, wedlock

civilni zákon civil marriage
divji zákon cohabitation, concubinage
ločitev zákona divorce
nesrečen zákon an ill-assorted couple
poskusni zákon ZDA companionate marriage
njun zákon je bil srečen their marriage was a happy one
zákon je bil ločen the marriage was dissolved
ima sina iz prvega zákona she has a son by her first marriage
živela sta v srečnem zákonu they lived in connubial bliss
živeti v divjem zákonu (figurativno) to cohabit, to live together (as man and wife)