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rézati to cut; (pečenko, meso) to carve; (na režnje) to slice; (žagati) to saw; (o mrazu) to pinch, to nip; (skopiti) to castrate, to geld

rézati na kose to cut to pieces
ladja reže morske valove the ship cleaves (ali cuts through) the waves
ta nož ne reže this knife does not cut; medicina (operirati) to operate (koga on someone); (pečat ipd.) to sink, to engrave, arhaično to grave
rézati zavoje (tekač itd.) to cut corners

kócka matematika cube; hexahedron; (igralna) dice sg in pl; arhaično die, pl dice

igralne kócke (pogovorno) bones, ivories
posodica za metanje kóck dice-box
sleparska kócka cogged dice, (obtežena) loaded dice
igranje s kócko, kockanje game of dice
briket v kóckah cubeshaped briquet(te)
premog v kóckah cobbles pl
sladkor v kóckah sugar cubes (ali lump sugar)
tlakovalna kócka paving stone
kócka je padla the die is cast
biti na kócki (figurativno) to be at stake
njegovo življenje je na kócki his life is at stake
staviti na kócko to stake
staviti (svoje) življenje na kócko to take one's life in one's hands, to stake (ali to risk) one's life on a throw of the dice, to dice with death
vse na kócko staviti to risk all; to go neck or nothing
igrati s kóckami, kockati to play dice
rezati v kócke to dice, to cut into small cubes

ovínek turn, turning; detour; corner; (dolg) roundabout way; (cestni) bend, twist, wind; (rečni) meander

brez ovínkov (figurativno) bluntly, straight
po ovínkih (figurativno) indirectly, in a devious way
oster ovínek a hairpin bend
nepregleden ovínek blind corner
velik ovínek a long way round, a roundabout way (ali route)
napraviti ovínek to make a detour
napraviti velik ovínek to go a long way round
morali smo napraviti ovínek we had to take a roundabout way
je le majhen ovínek it's only a short way round
povem brez ovínkov I don't mince my words
po ovínkih sem zvedel, da... I have learned by devious ways that...
izjaviti brez ovínkov to declare bluntly
govoriti brez ovínkov to speak straight out
rezati ovínek to cut a corner
zaviti na desno po ovínku to take a right turn round the bend, to take the right turn

počéz across; athwart; aslant; transversely; (brez izbiranja) indiscriminately

počéz rezati to cut on the bias

šôta peat; turf

rezati šôto to cut (ali to dig) peat

trák ribbon, (narrow) band, (dolg in ozek) strip, tape, slip; (znak časti) stripe

trák na cilju šport tape
izolirni trák insulating tape
lepilni trák adhesive tape
pisan, vzorčast trák fancy ribbon, figured ribbon
trák za čevlje shoelace, shoestring
trák za pisalni stroj typewriter ribbon
merilni trák tape measure; (kovinski) steel tape
prozoren lepilni trák Sellotape, Scotch tape
magnetofonski trák recording tape
trák za klobuk hatband, (znojilni) sweatband
modri trák (najhitrejše ladje) the Blue Riband
tekoči trák conveyor belt, assembly line
proizvodnja na tekočem tráku assembly-line production
proizvajati na tekočem tráku to produce on the (assembly) line
(pre)rezati trák (na cilju, šport) to breast the tape
posneti na trák to record on tape, to make a tape recording