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bájka tale; myth; fairy tale; story

prazna, gola, čista bájka a mere tale
pisec bájk mythographer
pisanje bájk mythography
pripovedovati bájke (o bogovih, junakih) to mythologize

číst clean; pure; neat; clear; (brez madeža) unstained, spotless; (opran) washed, cleansed; (tudi figurativno) unsullied, unblemished; (nepopisan) blank; (spolno) chaste, pure; (nemešan) unmixed; sheer; (neponarejen) genuine; (nedolžen) innocent, guileless

iz číste potrebe by sheer necessity
číst in čeden neat and dapper
čísti dobiček net (ali clear) profit
číst kot kristal as clear as crystal
po čístem, golem naključju by pure accident
čísta potrata sheer waste
čísta (sama, gola) skala sheer rock
číst prepis fair copy
číste (nedolžne) roke white hands
čísta resnica plain (ali naked) truth
to je čísti nesmisel it is sheer nonsense
čísta srajca a clean shirt
čísta voda pure water
čísta vest clear conscience
iz číste volne all-wool
čísto zlato pure gold
číst zrak pure air
povedati čísto resnico to tell the plain truth
prepisati kaj na čísto to copy out something, to make a fair copy of something

fantazíja fancy; imagination; imaginative faculty; glasba fantasia, fantasy

v fantazíji in imagination
čista, gola fantazíja pure imagination
svét fantazíje the land of dreams, dreamland, never-never land
imaš bujno fantazíjo your imagination is running away with you
dati krila svoji fantazíji (figurativno) to give one's fancy free rein

gól² šport goal

čuvar, vratar góla goalkeeper, pogovorno goalie
vratnica góla goalpost
gólova črta goal line
beležiti, zabiti, doseči gól to score (ali to get) a goal
voditi s tremi góli to lead by three goals, to have a three-goal lead
brez góla (zadetka) goalless (ali no-score) draw
igra, v kateri je premaganec brez góla pogovorno whitewash
rezultat je 2 (gola) proti nič the score is 2 nil

gòl¹ naked; nude; unclothed; in the nude; in the buff; (slečen) stripped; (teren, kraj) treeless, bleak, open; (glava) bare, uncovered; (brez perja) unfledged, callow; figurativno plain, udisguised; (meč) unsheathed, drawn

z gòlim očesom with the naked eye
z gòlimi rokami with one's bare hands
čisto gòl in one's bare skin, stark naked
do gòlega slečen stripped naked, stripped to the buff
gòla dejstva the naked facts
gòlo drevo a tree bare of leaves
gòl(i) meč a naked sword
gòla, čista potrata sheer waste
iz gòle (čiste) potrebe by sheer necessity
gòla (sama, čista) skala sheer rock
gòla pokrajina bare landscape
gòla resnica the naked truth
do gòlega sleči to strip someone naked (ali to the buff)
do gòlega so jih slekli they stripped them naked

láž lie; untruth, falsehood; (manjša) fib

debela láž a big lie, a gross untruth, a whacking lie, pogovorno a thumper, a tough one, ZDA pogovorno a whopper, a thumping lie, an outrageous lie
grda láž a foul lie
nedolžna láž a white lie
kosmata láž blatant lie
dokazana láž a lie unmasked (ali laid bare, exposed, arhaično nailed to the counter); (izmišljotina) pogovorno flam
pogostna láž widespread lie
same láži! a pack of lies!
to je debela láž this is a gross untruth
to je čista, gola láž this is a downright lie
izmisliti si láž to invent (ali to forge) a lie
z lážmi se izvleči iz... to lie oneself out of...
povedati láž to tell a lie
na láž postaviti koga to refute (ali to rebut, to belie) someone
bil je postavljen na láž he has been refuted (ali proved a liar); he has been flatly contradicted
ujeti koga na láži to catch someone out in a lie
láž ima kratke noge lies are short-lived (ali have short wings), a liar is soon exposed
aparat za odkrivanje láži lie detector
on ne okleva pred lážjo he does not scruple to lie

resníca truth; arhaično sooth

v resníci in truth, in fact; in (good) sooth
gola resníca naked truth
čista resníca the very truth
neolepšana resníca unvarnished truth
sveta (božja) resníca gospel truth, God's truth
nepotvorjena resníca unadulterated truth
resníci na ljubo out of regard for the truth
vsa, polna resníca the whole (ali full, plain) truth
povedati vso resníco (figurativno) to spill the beans
grenka, neugodna resníca home truth
dokaz resníce proof of truth
brez trohice resníce without a shred of truth
zaradi resníce for the sake of truth
resníca ni prijetna truth is unpalatable
to je sveta resníc! it's God's truth!
v tem ni niti besedice resníce there is not a word of truth about it
dokazati resníco to prove (ali to establish) the truth
imeti, vzeti kaj za sveto resníco to take something for gospel
ne lepšam resníce I call a spade a spade; I don't mince words, I speak frankly
postati resníca to become reality, to be realised; to come true
izkriviti, popačiti resníco to colour (ali to stretch, to heighten) the truth, to distort (ali to mispresent, to garble) the truth
potlačiti resníco to hush something up; to suppress the truth, to keep things (ali something) dark
povedati čisto resníco to tell the plain, unvarnished truth
povedal sem mu nekaj gorkih resníc I told him some home truths
da povem resníco... to tell the truth, truth to tell...
v obraz sem mu povedal resníco I told him bluntly (ali plainly)
v brk sem mu povedal resníco I told him point-blank
prikrojiti resníco po svoje to strain the truth
zabrusiti komu resníco v obraz to fling the truth in someone's teeth
to je pačenje resníce it is a distortion of the truth
resníca je počasi prišla na dan the truth has leaked out

skála rock; cliff; (lestvica) glasba scale, gamut

živa skála living rock, bedrock
razstreljevanje skál rock blasting
razpoka v skáli crevice
gola (čista, sama) skála sheer rock
trden kot skála firm as a rock
vaditi skále glasba to practise (ali to run over, to play, to sing) one's scales
zgrajen na skáli founded, built on a rock

tlà (sobna) floor; (zemlja) soil, ground

na tleh on the floor
na trdnih tleh on firm ground
gola tlà (deske) bare boards pl
na francoskih tleh on French soil
rodna tlà native soil
rodovitna tlà rich soil, (črnica) mould
nerodovitna tlà barren ground, barren (ali jejune) soil
peščena tlà sandy soil
parketna tlà parquet floor
tlà mu gorijo pod nogami (figurativno) the place is getting too hot for him
ta tlà so jim prevroča (figurativno) this place is too warm (ali hot) for them
napraviti komu tlà vroča pod nogami (figurativno) to make it hot for someone (ali too hot for someone)
izgubiti tlà pod nogami to lose one's foothold (ali footing), (v vodi) to be swept off one's feet, to go out of (ali beyond) one's depth
spodnesti, spodrezati komu tlà pod nogami to cut the ground from under someone's feet
vreči na tlà to knock to the ground
vreči koga na tlà to knock someone down, to floor