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oštéti to scold; to rebuke; to blame; to reprove; to give someone a dressing-down, to dress down; (žargon) to bullyrag

pošteno oštéti to blame loudly and violently
hudó koga oštéti (brati mu levite) to send someone away with a flea in his ear

levíti pl

brati levítve komu (ošteti koga) to preach a sermon to someone, to reprove someone at length, to sermonize; to lecture someone; to send someone away with a flea in his ear; (ošteti moža) to deliver a curtain lecture

prijéti to take (ali to catch, to get) hold of, to seize; to grasp; to take, to handle

prijéti se za... to clutch at
prijéti za orožje to take up arms
prijéti za nož to seize a knife; (aretirati) to apprehend, to arrest, to take
prijéti za roko to take by the hand
trdo koga prijéti (ošteti) to rebuke someone, to lecture someone, to reprimand someone (za napako for a mistake ali blunder)
prijéti (zgrabiti) bika za rogove (tudi figurativno) to take the bull by the horns
prijéti se to cling, (to), to stick, to adhere (to); (rastlina) to take root
ime se ga je prijelo the name stuck (ali adhered) to him
vsake bilke se prijéti to clutch (ali to grasp) at a straw
prijéti (zasačiti) koga pri tatvini to catch someone stealing
prijéti tata pri dejanju to apprehend (ali catch) a thief in the act
prijéti (zgrabiti) koga za vrat to take someone by the throat
prijéti koga za besedo to take someone at his word
pod pazduho koga prijéti to take someone's arm