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  • prilóžnost occasion; opportunity; chance

    ob tej prilóžnosti on this occasion
    izkoristiti vsako prilóžnost to take every opportunity
    ne bom izgubil (zamudil) te prilóžnosti I shall not lose (ali miss) this opportunity
    zamujena prilóžnost se ne vrne time and tide wait for no man ➞ prilika
    dobra prilóžnost (figurativno) break
  • čákati to wait (for); to await; to expect

    čákati v vrsti (»repu«) to queue (up)
    čákati na odločitev to await the decision
    čákati na (svojo) priložnost to watch one's opportunity
    čakal sem te do šestih I waited for you till six
    čakali so nanj they were waiting for him ali someone was waiting for him ali pogovorno he was waited for
    na to lahko še dolgo čakaš figurativno you may whistle for it
    pustiti koga čákati to keep someone waiting
    to lahkó (po)čaka that can wait
    ne čakajte me z večerjo! start supper without me!
    dolgo, potrpežljivo čákati figurativno to kick one's heels, to cool one's heels
    nismo čakali, da bi on odgovoril we did not wait for him to reply
    nima smisla čákati there's no use waiting, it's no use waiting
    čákati v zasedi to lie in ambush
    čákati (oklevati) to linger, to hesitate, to tarry
    čákati (biti usojeno) to be in store for
    kdor čaka, dočaka everything comes to those who wait
    človek nikoli ne ve, kaj ga čaka you never know what to expect
  • izrábiti izrábljati to use; to turn to account; (okoristiti se) to take advantage of, to profit by, to make the best (ali most) of

    dobro izrábiti, izrábljati to put something to (a) good use
    izrábiti, izrábljati rudnik to exploit a mine
    dobro izrábiti, izrábljati čas pesniško to improve the shining hour
    izrábiti, izrábljati priliko to take the opportunity, arhaično to improve the occasion (ali opportunity)
    izrábiti, izrábljati lahkovernost to play upon someone's credulity
    izrabil bom prvo dano mi priložnost I shall take advantage of the first opportunity, I shall profit by the first opportunity offered
    izrabljati delovno silo, delavce to exploit the workers (ali the workforce), to employ sweated labour
    izrábiti, izrábljati položaj, priložnost (figurativno) to strike while the iron's hot, to make hay while the sun shines
  • lép -a, -o beautiful, fine; pretty, nice, handsome; sweet; (obraz) good-looking; pesniško beauteous; (vreme) fair, fine, favourable; (rast, stas) wellmade, well-proportioned, well-formed, wellshaped, shapely; (ljubek) lovely, graceful, charming

    lép, -a, -o kot slika as pretty as a picture
    lép, -a, -oo darilo (premoženje, kompliment) a handsome present (fortune, compliment)
    lép, -a, -oa godlja, zmeda a nice mess
    lép, -a, -oa pot good road
    lép, -a, -oi spol the fair sex
    lép, -a, -oa priložnost (znesek) a fair chance (amount)
    lép, -a, -oa vsota a round (ali respectable) sum
    lép, -a, -oe goré beautiful mountains pl
    lép, -a, -oo vreme fine weather
    lép, -a, -oe umetnosti fine (ali liberal) arts pl
    lép, -a, -o začetek a nice beginning
    lép, -a, -oe pozdrave tvoji sestri! best regards to your sister!
    lép, -a, -oega dne one fine day
    lép, -a, -oa pisava a fair hand
    imeti lép, -a, -oo pisavo to write a fair hand
    od lép, -a, -oih besed se ne da živeti fine words butter no parsnips
    lép, -a, -oo mnenje boste imeli o meni you will have a fine opinion of me, what are you going to think of me?
    barometer kaže "lepo" the barometer stands at fair
    to ni lepó od tebe that's not nice of you
    ta je pa lép, -a, -oa! a fine (ali story), this is!
    to je vse lép, -a, -oo, toda... that's all very well (ali fine), but...
    kar praviš, je vse prav lép, -a, -oo, toda... what you say is all very fine, but...
    to bi bilo še lepše! that would beat everything!, that would cap it all!
  • núditi to offer; (na dražbi) to bid; to tender

    več núditi (na dražbi) to bid up, to outbid
    prilika se nudi opportunity offers
    brž ko se bo nudila priložnost as soon as an opportunity appears
    núditi svoje usluge to tender one's services
  • počákati to wait

    počakaj malo! wait a bit!, wait a while!
    ta zadeva lahko počaka this matter can wait! (ali can be left pending)
    kar (ali le) počakaj! (bomo videli, kaj bo) wait and see!
    počákati na priložnost to bide one's time
    počákati na izid to await the outcome
    počakal te bom I'll wait for you
    počakaj, da pridem nazaj! wait till (ali until) I come back
    počákati koga na postaji to meet someone at the station
  • pograbíti to seize; to grasp; to take (ali to get, to catch, to lay) hold of

    pograbíti priliko, priložnost to seize upon a chance, to seize an opportunity
    hlastno pograbíti ponudbo to snap up an offer
    (službeno) mesto je bilo takoj pograbljeno the job was snapped up at once
    pograbíti koga za vrat to seize someone by the neck
  • prihraníti to save (up); to spare; to reserve; to economize; to put by; to make economies

    prihraníti za hude čase to put by (ali to lay by) money for a rainy day
    prihrani si denar za kako drugo priložnost! save your money for another occasion!
    prihrani (si) svoje besede! (molči!) save your breath!
    lahko si prihraniš svoj trud! you may save your pains!
    prihranjen peni je pridobljen peni a penny saved is a penny gained
  • zagrabíti to grasp; to seize

    zagrabíti priliko, priložnost to seize an opportunity
    zagrabíti koga za vrat to seize someone by the neck
    zagrabíti (zasačiti) koga pri dejanju to catch someone in the act, to catch someone red-handed
  • zamudíti to be late (for); to miss; to come late; to be behind time

    zamudíti šolo to be late for school
    zamudíti vlak to miss the train
    zamudíti priložnost, priliko to miss (ali to lose, to neglect, to omit, to let slip) an opportunity
    zamudil sem 1. dejanje I missed the first act
    pohiti, sicer boš zamudil vlak! hurry up or you'll miss the train!
    zamudila boš vlak you are going to miss the train
    zamudíti se to make too long a stay, to stay too long
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