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  • pobrisati jo to take to one's heels, to make off, to bolt
    izkupiti jo to come off badly
  • jo jo jojó (igračka) yo-yo
  • skupíti jo to come off badly; (figurativno) to catch a tartar; to get a good lesson; to suffer disaster, death

    ubogi Jurij jo je skupil (= je padel) pri Dunkerque-u poor George bought it at Dunkirk
  • ucvréti jo (pobegniti) to take to one's heels; to take (ali to go, to flee) to the hills (ali to the fields, arhaično to the bent)
  • dobríkanje flattery; coaxing; wheedling

    z dobríkanjem so jo pripravili do tega she has been cajoled (ali pogovorno conned) into it
    z dobríkanjem je to dobil he got it with his sweet talk (ali pogovorno blarney, flannel, soft soap)
    z dobríkanjem koga pripraviti, da nekaj naredi to coax someone into doing something
  • glás (zvok) voice, sound, noise; (novica, vest) news, tidings pl, message; (sloves) fame, reputation, repute, renown; (pri volitvah) vote; (volilna pravica) franchise, suffrage, right to vote

    na ves glás at the top of one's voice
    s preroškim glásom with the voice of a prophet, in a prophetic voice
    glás ljudstva public opinion, vox populi
    glás vesti the voice of conscience, pesniško the still (ali small) voice
    glás vpijočega v puščavi the voice of one crying in the wilderness
    glásovi za in proti the ayes and the noes
    s 400 glásovi proti 0 by 400 votes to nil
    dober glás (sloves) reputation, good fame, repute, renown
    na dobrem glásu well reputed, reputable
    slab glás (sloves) ill repute, bad name, bad reputation, notoriety
    na slabem glásu in bad odour, regarded unfavourably, notorious
    nabiranje glásov pred volitvami canvassing
    odločilni glás casting vote
    srebrni glás zvona the silver voice of the bell
    svetovnega glásu world-famous
    socialistični glási (pri volitvah) the Socialist vote
    večina 50 glásov a majority of 50 votes
    višina glásu pitch
    biti na dobrem glásu to be well regarded, to have a good reputation
    dati svoj (volilni) glás za to vote for
    dal vam bom svoj glás I will give you my vote
    predlog je dobil malo glásov the proposal was poorly supported
    dobiti večino glásov to win a majority, to top the poll
    govoriti na glás to speak in a loud voice
    ni na najboljšem glásu he has a rather poor reputation
    dobil, dosegel je večino 30 glásov he gained a majority of 30 votes
    ona ima lep glás she has a fine voice
    nimam glásu (vesti) od njega I have not heard from him
    imeti posvetovalen glás to have a consultative voice; to have a merely advisory capacity
    poslušati glás prijatelja to listen to the voice of a friend
    prešteti (volilne) glásove to count the votes
    povzdigniti svoj glás to raise one's voice; to make oneself heard
    pridobiti si dober glás to earn (ali to win) a good reputation
    spoznal sem jo po glásu I knew her by her voice
    slišijo se glásovi, da..., glás gre, da... it is rumoured that...
    biti poražen z 10 glásovi proti 8 (z 10 proti 0) to be defeated by 10 votes to 8 (by 10 votes to nil)
    ubogati glás svojega vodje to obey the orders of one's leader
    njegov glás je utonil v hrušču his voice was drowned by the noise
    uživati dober glás to enjoy a first-rate (ali a good) reputation
    zakričati, zavpiti na ves glás to shout at the top of one's voice
  • grdó badly, nastily, foully, basely, meanly; hideously; in an ugly manner

    grdó se gledajo (figurativno) they are at daggers drawn
    grdó jo komu zaigrati (figurativno) to play a dirty trick on someone
    stvari se grdó obračajo, razvijajo things are looking ugly
    grdó je (neprimerno je nekaj delati) it's wrong (ali bad, nasty) to...
  • izbráti to choose; to select; to pick out; to elect; to make one's choice

    izbráti med, izmed... to choose between...
    izbral je (iz kupa) vrtnico in ji jo ponudil he picked out a rose and offered it to her
    sam si izbráti to make one's own selection
  • izkúpiti to take in; to get money for goods sold; to realize

    izkúpiti jo (figurativno) to come off badly, to catch it
  • iztakníti (oko) to put out; (najti) to find out; (divjačino) to rouse, to hunt

    iztakníti jo (figurativno) to meet with failure; to catch it
  • izvozíti to export

    dobro jo izvozíti (figurativno) to get through all right
  • káša groats pl; pap; gruel; grits pl; mash

    prosena káša porridge made from boiled millet
    ovsena káša VB porridge; (papirna) pulp
    celulozna káša cellulose pulp
    naj si sami pojejo kášo, ki so si jo skuhali let them stew in their own juice (ali grease)
    biti v lepi káši (figurativno) to be in a pretty predicament
    hoditi kot mačka okoli vrele káše to beat about the bush
    lepo kášo (si) si skuhal a fine mess you've made of it
    lepa káša! (figurativno) a pretty kettle of fish!
  • lékcija lesson

    dajati (jemati) učne lékcije to give (to take) lessons
    jemati francoske lékcije pri X-u to take lessons in French from X
    dati komu lékcijo (figurativno) to teach someone a lesson
    začeti z lékcijami to start lessons
    dobil sem svojo lékcijo (figurativno) I've learnt (ali had) my lesson
    to je bila dobra lékcija zame this was a good lesson for me
    dobil je lékcijo, ki jo bo dobro pomnil he's had a lesson he won't forget in a hurry
  • máhati

    máhati z roko (z rokami) to wave one's hand (one's arms), to gesticulate
    máhati z robcem to wave a handkerchief
    máhati z mečem to brandish (ali to wave, to flourish) a sword
    máhati z repom to wag one's tail; (s pahljačo) to fan; (klicati) to call by waving, to signal, to beckon
    máhati komu za dobrodošlico to wave welcome to someone
    máhati jo (iti) to walk with a swing
  • máhniti to strike, to give a blow

    máhniti koga po obrazu to strike someone in the face
    mimo máhniti to miss, figurativno to fail, to come to nothing
    máhniti jo (v) to go, to set out (for)
    máhniti jo čez polja to strike out across the fields
    máhniti jo na desno to strike to the right
  • mladíti to restore to youth, to rejuvenate, to make young

    mladíti se to make oneself young, to become young
    to nas ne mladí! that makes us no younger!
    njena nova pričeska jo mladi za 10 let her new hairdo has taken (ali knocked) 10 years off her age
  • 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
  • múčiti to torture; to torment; to rack; to inflict pain on, to martyr; to maltreat; (bolečina) to hurt, to ail; (v šoli) to bully, to intimidate; (dražiti z varljivimi upi) to tantalize; (nadlegovati, jeziti) to bother, to worry, to vex, to plague, to tease, to grieve, to harass

    skrbi jo mučijo she is tormented with worry
    muči ga protin he is a martyr to gout
    muči me misel na... I am uneasy (ali anxious) about...
    do smrti múčiti to martyr
    múčiti se (z delom) to labour, to slave, to toil, to moil, to toil and moil; to be at pains; to take pains, to make efforts, to strive hard, to struggle; to trouble oneself
    múčiti se navkreber, v hrib to toil up the hill
    múčiti se kot črna živina to drudge
    muči se na žive in mrtve he is working himself to death
  • 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)
  • oblíti2 (oblijem)

    oblívati to pour (ali to souse, to drench) all over; to run (ali flow) all over
    solze so jo oblile she burst into ears, tears fell down her cheeks, she had a tearstained face
    znoj me je oblil I was dripping with sweat, I was all in (ali of) a sweat
    kurja polt me obliva ob tem it makes my flesh creep
    obalo obliva Jadransko morje the coast is washed by the Adriatic (Sea)