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zavzéti (osvojiti) to conquer; to capture, to occupy

zavzéti trdnjavo z naskokom to take (ali to carry) a fortress by storm
zavzéti se za koga pri kom to intercede on (ZDA in) behalf of (ali for) someone with someone, to side (ali to take sides) with someone, to take someone's side, to espouse someone's cause, to exert one's influence for someone (pri kom with someone), pogovorno to pull strings

drúg(i) -a, -o second; other, another

drúgi dan v mesecu the second
drúgi (naslednji) dan next day
drúgi najboljši second best
2. november 2nd November (beri: the second of November), November 2nd (beri: November the second)
drúgi razred second class
Karl II Charles II (beri: Charles the Second)
nihče drúg (kot on) nobody else (but he, pogovorno him)
vsak drúgi one in two
vsak drúgi dan every second (ali other) day
eden za drúgim one by one, one after the other, one after another
drúga dva the other two, the two others
na drúgi strani (figurativno) on the other hand
drúgi pot (drugič enkrat) some other time
drúgi po velikosti second biggest, second largest
eden drúgega one another, each other, mutually
eden in drugi both (of them)
bratranec (sestrična) v 2. kolenu second cousin
drugi (ostali) the other
kabina 2. razreda second-class cabin
nihče drúg kot no (ali none) other than, nobody else but
eno z drúgim one with the other
nič drúgega nothing else
biti drúgi, zavzeti drúgo mesto to take second place
to je nekaj čisto drúgega that is an entirely different matter, it makes all the difference, žargon that's another kettle of fish; this is quite another thing
imeti informacije iz drúge (posredne) roke to have second-hand information
za sedaj se ne da napraviti nič drúgega for the present nothing else can be done
biti drúgega mnenja to differ in opinion, to dissent
to pero je slabo, vzemi drúgo! this is a poor pen, take another!
vzeto eno z drúgim (= poprek) taken both together
napila sta si eden drúgemu they drank each other's health
pomagala sta si eden drúgemu they helped each other
igrati drúgo violino to play second fiddle
on je drúgi Cezar he is another (ali a second) Caesar
eden ali drúgi od nas bo to gotovo naredil one or other of us is sure to do it
postati drúgega mnenja to change one's mind
potovati v 2. razredu to travel second-class
stanovati v 2. nadstropju to live on the second floor (ZDA third floor)
med drúgim (= zlasti pa), ne moreš mu zaupati for one thing, he is not to be trusted
nad vsem drúgim želim... above all else (ali pogovorno more than anything else) I want...
ne delaj drúgim tega, česar ne maraš, da bi to oni delali tebi never do to others what you would not have them do to you
spoznal sem, da niso nič drúgega kot tatovi I realised they were nothing but a bunch of crooks

júriš storm; charge; attack; rush; assault; onslaught, onset

zopet iti v júriš to return to the charge
osvojiti, zavzeti v júrišu to rush, to storm, to take by storm, to carry by storm
v júrišu so zavzeli sovražnikovo postojanko they took the enemy position by storm

naskòk assault, storm, attack; onset, charge

dati znak za naskòk to sound the charge
zavzeti v naskòku to take by storm (tudi figurativno)

navál (gneča) throng, press; crowd; (v trgovine, božični) (Christmas) rush; (napad) attack, assault; (jeze, strasti) fit

biti kos naválu to cope with the rush
navál na banko run on a bank
navál na blago rush on an article
zavzeti v naválu (jurišu) to take by storm
navál odjemalcev crowd of customers

stalíšče point of view, viewpoint, view; standpoint; stand; position

z našega stalíšča from our point of view
z zgodovinskega stalíšča from the historical standpoint
kakšno je tvoje stalíšče v tej zadevi? what is your standpoint in this matter?
postaviti se na stalíšče do vprašanja to take up a position on a question
zavzeti stalíšče to take (up) a point of view
pojasniti svoje stalíšč to define one's position
zavzeti drugačno stalíšč o... to take a different view of...
zavzeti stalíšč v debati to take a stand in a debate, to adopt a standpoint in a debate

uspèh success (v in); film, gledališče hit, great hit, smash hit; good (ali favourable) result

brez uspèha without success
z uspèhom with success
kronan z uspèhom successful; crowned with success
beležiti uspèh to score a success
čestitem vam k uspèhu I congratulate you on your success
doseči uspèh to achieve success
vojaški uspèhi military successes
pesem je doživela velik uspèh the song was a hit
imeti uspèh to succeed; to prove successful, to be a success, to achieve (a) success, ZDA to make good
imeti uspèh pri čem to make a success of something, to make something a success
izkazati se kot uspèh to turn out a success
imeti malo uspèha to meet with little success
imeli smo zelo slab uspèh we didn't do at all well
gledališka igra, predstava je imela velik uspèh the play was a (great) hit, (pogovorno) the play went over big
film je imel velik uspèh the film was a great success
želim vam mnogo uspèha pri vašem prizadevanju I wish you much success in your efforts
skušali so zavzeti mesto, a brez uspèha they tried without any success to take the town
uspèh rodi uspèh, za enim uspèhom pride drugi nothing succeeds like success

zavzémati (prostor) to occupy

zavzémati se za to strive (za uspeh for success) ➞ zavzeti se