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premísliti to think, to think over, to reflect, to consider; to deliberate; to take thought; to ponder upon; to reconsider; to weigh the pros and cons; (figurativno) to chew the cud

naj malo premislim! let me see!
premislil bom o tem I'll think it (ali the matter) over
dajte, da premislim! give me time to think!
dobro kaj premísliti to think twice about something
še enkrat stvar premísliti to give the matter second thoughts
premisli preko noči! sleep on it!
premislil je, preden je odgovoril he took thought before replying
potem ko sem dobro premislil... on second thoughts...
ko sem znova premislil, sem uvidel, da nimam prav after further thought I saw I was wrong
premísliti si (se) to change one's mind, to alter one's mind, to think better of (it)

consider [kənsídə]

1. prehodni glagol
smatrati, imeti koga za kaj; ceniti, pretehtati, premisliti, preučiti; upoštevati; veljati, imeti se za kaj

2. neprehodni glagol
premišljevati, premišljati se

he is considered a clever man imajo ga za pametnega človeka
to consider s.th. on its merits ocenjevati vrednost česa
consider yourself at home počutite se kakor doma
all things considered če vse upoštevamo
a considered action dobro premišljeno dejanje

look about neprehodni glagol
razgledati se, ogledati si; premisliti

reason² [ri:zn]

1. neprehodni glagol
razmišljati (about, of, on o)
modrovati, rezonirati, umovati, razumno ali logično misliti; sklepati (from iz)
soditi, razsojati (on o)
diskutirati, debatirati (with z)

to reason about razmišljati o, diskutirati o
it is impossible to reason with him z njim ni mogoče diskutirati (debatirati)
to reason with oneself modrovati pri sebi

2. prehodni glagol
diskutirati, debatirati, razpravljati (o čem), pretresati, razlagati; utemeljiti, motivirati; (logično) premisliti (često up)
razumno, logično izraziti ali formulirati; sklepati, priti do sklepa; z argumenti koga odvrniti (out od)
z razlogi napeljati, pregovoriti koga (into k)

I reasoned him out of his resolution pregovoril sem ga, da je opustil svoj sklep
to reason oneself into sth. figurativno zapičiti, zagristi se v kaj
to reason s.o. into pregovoriti koga k (da kaj napravi)

reflect [riflékt]

1. prehodni glagol
odsevati, odbijati (svetlobo, zvok, toploto), reflektirati; (o zrcalu) odražati, zrcaliti; metati (npr. krivdo, dobro ali slabo luč, madež itd.) (on s.o. na koga)
biti v čast (sramoto); ukriviti, nazaj zviti, upogniti; premisliti, razmisliti, premišljevati (o čem)

to be reflected in zrcaliti se v
the book reflects the ideas of the century v knjigi se zrcaljo ideje stoletja
his grief is reflected in the music he wrote at that time njegova globoka žalost se zrcali, se odraža v glasbi, ki jo je tedaj komponiral
to shine with reflected light figurativno sijati v slavi koga drugega

2. neprehodni glagol
premišljevati, premisliti; odbijati se, odražati se; neugodno se izraziti, prezirljivo (škodljivo) govoriti (upon o)

to reflect credit on s.o. čast delati komu
to reflect on imeti slab učinek, slabe posledice za, metati slabo luč na, kopičiti očitke na
she reflected on my conduct grajala je (imela je pripombe za) moje vedenje
his failure would reflect on us njegov neuspeh bi imel posledice tudi za nas
their behaviour reflects on their upbringing njihovo vedenje meče slabo luč na njihovo vzgojo
this reflects none too favourably on them to jih ne kaže v dobri luči

scan [skæn] prehodni glagol
skandirati; pozorno, ostro, kritično motriti, gledati; skrbno raziskati; premisliti; preleteti, bežno pregledati; (televizija) snemati (slike) za prenos
neprehodni glagol
skandirati se

to scan the headlines preleteti naslovne vrste (v časopisu)
this line scans well ta stih se dobro skandira

think over prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
premisliti

I'll think it over bom premislil

think through prehodni glagol
premisliti (kaj)

traverse² [trǽvəs, trəvə́:s] prehodni glagol
prečkati, prepotovati, prehoditi, iti skozi (čez); teči skozi; hoditi sem in tja (the room po sobi)
prekrižati, položiti navzkriž
figurativno pretresti, premisliti, pregledati; biti razpet nad (o mostu); preprečiti (načrte)
pravno ugovarjati, zanikati, pobijati
vojska obrniti, nameriti v stran proti tarči (top)
tehnično počez strugati (skobljati, oblati)
neprehodni glagol
iti počez, iti čez, iti sem in tja (gor in dol)
tehnično obračati se; (mečevanje) napraviti izpad v stran

to traverse s.o.'s plan prekrižati komu načrt
a bridge traverses the river nad reko se vzpenja most
the country is traversed by canals deželo preprezajo prekopi

turn about prehodni glagol
vrteti, obračati
agronomija obračati (seno)
figurativno premisliti (kaj)
neprehodni glagol
obrniti se
vojska napraviti polobrat

about turn about! vojska na levo krog!

turn over prehodni glagol
obrniti; prevrniti; odložiti, odgoditi; obrniti stran, prelistavati (knjigo); izročiti, predati, prenesti, prepustiti (komu kaj); premisliti, pretehtati, razmisliti
ekonomija doseči (blagovni, denarni) promet, iztržiti; spraviti v nered
neprehodni glagol
prevrniti se; obrniti se (na stran); obračati se, premetavati se (v postelji)
figurativno presedlati, preiti (k drugi stranki)

the car (was) turned over avto se je prevrnil
he has turn overed over the business to his partner prepustil je posle svojemu družabniku
he turns over 1000 per annum (a week) on ima 1000 funtov prometa na leto (na teden)
to turn over a new leaf figurativno poboljšati se, začeti novo življenje
to turn a matter over and over in one's mind dobro premozgati zadevo
I have turned the question over more than once pretehtal sem problem več kot enkrat
the thief was turned over to the police tata so izročili policiji

come round neprehodni glagol
oglasiti se; oddahniti se; dati se pregovoriti; prepričati se; zavedeti se; premisliti se; skušati pridobiti
mornarica obrniti se (veter)

ponder [pɔ́ndə]

1. neprehodni glagol
premišljati, razmišljati, razglabljati, beliti si glavo (on, upon, over)

2. prehodni glagol
pretehtati, preudariti, premisliti kaj, poglobiti se v kaj

to ponder over s.th. premisliti, pretehtati kaj
to ponder one's words pretehtati svoje besede

premeditate [priméditeit] prehodni glagol
naprej premisliti; naklepati

see^*2 [si:]

1. prehodni glagol
videti, zagledati, opaziti, (po)gledati, ogledovati; razbrati, prečitati v časopisih; razumeti, uvideti, pojmiti, predstavljati si, smatrati; izslediti, doživeti, izkusiti; dopustiti, poskrbeti za; sprejeti (goste, obiske); obiskati, priti in pogovoriti se (on o)
govoriti z; iti (k zdravniku), konzultirati (zdravnika); spremiti

2. neprehodni glagol
videti, uvideti, razumeti; premisliti se; pogledati (za čem)

worth seeing vreden, da se vidi
I see! razumem!
see?, do you see? razumeš?, razumete?
as far as I can see kakor daleč mi seže oko; figurativno kolikor morem razbrati, po mojem mišljenju
let me see naj (malo) premislim
to see the back figurativno znebiti se obiskovalca, vsiljivca
to see s.o. to bed spraviti koga v posteljo
I cannot see anybody after five ne morem nikogar sprejeti po peti uri
he saw me on business obiskal me je poslovno
to see death pretrpeti smrt
I must see the doctor moram iti k zdravniku (na pregled)
he came to see me prišel me je obiskat
they have seen better days poznali so boljše čase
to see s.o. through a difficulty pomagati komu preko težave
to see eye to eye pogovorno strinjati se v mišljenju (with z)
to see with half an eye sleng jasno (na prvi pogled, mižé) videti
to see s.o. further sleng poslati koga k vragu
go and see him pojdi ga obiskat
to see good smatrati (kaj) za dobro, za primerno
to see s.o. home spremiti koga domov
I cannot see the joke ne vem, kaj je smešnega pri tem
we must see the judge moramo govoriti s sodnikom
to see life mnogo izkusiti v življenju, pogovorno veselo živeti
I shall not live to see it tega ne bom doživel
I don't see him kneeling at her feet ne morem si ga predstavljati, kako kleči pred njo
to see the light figurativno spreobrniti se; videti, kaj je treba narediti, da bo prav
to see the red light figurativno zavedati se neposredne nevarnosti ali nevšečnosti
to see how the land lies odkriti, kakšen je položaj
I don't see what he means ne razumem, kaj hoče reči (kaj misli)
you will not see me shot like a dog? ne boste dopustili, da me ustrelijo kot psa?
they see too many people preveč ljudi sprejemajo (v obiske), obiskujejo
to see a play ogledati si gledališko igro
to see red sleng pobesneti
to see service pogovorno udeležiti se vojnega pohoda
to see the sights ogledati si znamenitosti
he will never see sixty again figurativno je (že) nad 60 let star
we will see you to the station spremili vas bomo na postajo
to see stars vse zvezde videti (od udarca)
see that the door is locked prepričaj se, poglej, če so vrata zaklenjena!
see this done! poskrbi (glej), da bo to narejeno!
to see things figurativno imeti privide (halucinacije)
to see through a brickwall (a millstone) figurativno biti zelo bister, "slišati travo rasti"
to see snakes figurativno, sleng biti v deliriju ali na robu deliriuma tremensa
to see one's way videti, najti način (da se nekaj napravi)
he cannot see a yard before his nose figurativno (neumen je, da) ne vidi ped pred nosom

think out prehodni glagol
izmisliti, domisliti se, dobro premisliti; rešiti (problem)

turn round prehodni glagol
obrniti, obračati; (za)vrteti (v krogu)
neprehodni glagol
obrniti se (to k)
napraviti polobrat
figurativno spremeniti mišljenje, premisliti si, začeti novo politiko
navtika pristati, izkrcati in vkrcati tovor ter izpluti

alter [ɔ́:ltə] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
spremeniti, spreminjati (se); prekrojiti, prenarediti

to alter for the better poboljšati (se)
to alter for the worse poslabšati (se)
to alter one's mind premisliti se
that alters the case s tem se položaj spremeni
it does not alter the fact s tem se na stvari nič ne spremeni

beséda word; (izraz) expression, term; (izrek) saying; (obljuba) promise

z besédami in writing
z drugimi besédami in other words
z eno besédo in a (ali one) word
beséda ob (ne)pravem času a word in (out of) season
in, niti beséde o tem! Pst! and mum's the word!
in konec besédi! and that's that!
na dan z besédo! (govori!) spit it out!, out with it, man!, ZDA pogovorno talk turkey!
prav s temi besédami in so many words
častna beséda word of honour
častna beséd! word of honour!, upon ali on my honour!, honestly!
nobene beséde več! not another word!
beséda za besédo word for word, literally
ostre beséde harsh (ali angry) words
božja beséda gospel
grde beséde foul language
lepe beséde fair words
prazne beséde empty (ali idle) words
sladke beséde flattering words
izvedena beséda derivative
novo skovana beséda newly coined word
zložena beséda compound word
same beséde! mere words!
enozložna beséda monosyllable
težko izgovorljiva beséda tongue twister
strokovna beséda technical term
zelo zastarela beséda obsolete word
zastarela beséda archaic word, archaism
človek redkih besédi a man of few words
spojena beséda portmanteau word (npr. smog = smoke + fog)
izpeljava besed derivation of words; etymology
tvorba besed word-formation
števec besed telefonija word counter
beséda je o... the point is, the point in question is...
ne biti mož beséda not to keep one's word
on je mož beséda he is a man of his word, he is true to his word
vse to so same prazne beséde that's all idle chatter
pametnemu je ena beséda dovolj a word to the wise
beséda je dala besédo one word led to another
dati svojo (častno) besédo to pledge one's word, to give one's word
dati komu besédo to allow someone to speak
biti mož beséda to keep one's word, to be as good as one's word; to be true to one's word
njegova beséda je zakon (figurativno) what he says goes
držati svojo besédo to keep one's word
držal bom svojo besédo I will keep my word
ni držal svoje beséde he went back on his word
imam besédo na jeziku I have the word on the tip of my tongue
ti imaš besédo it is your turn to speak, (na sestanku) you have the floor, you may take the floor
ne dati drugim beséde to monopolize the conversation
imeti zadnjo besédo to have the last word
imeti odločilno (zadnjo) besédo pri to have the final say in
jaz imam zdaj besédo it's my turn now, now I'll have my say
imeti véliko besédo to talk big
on ima glavno besédo he is the spokesman
v tej stvari nimam nobene beséde več I no longer have any say in this matter
od lepih besed še nihče ni bil sit fine words butter no parnips
čim manj je besed, tem bolje je least said soonest mended
izbirati beséde to pick one's words
ni izgubljal, tratil besede o... he wasted no words on...
naglasiti, poudariti besédo to stress (ali to emphasize) a word
zaman izgubljati beséde to waste words
izraziti z besédo to word
niti beséde ni omenil o tem he did not breathe a word of it
odvzeti komu besédo to stop someone from speaking
pasti komu v besédo to interrupt someone, to cut short, pogovorno to chip in
prositi za besédo to beg permission to speak, to ask leave to speak
prosim za besédo! (ZDA) may I have the floor?
oprostite besedi! saving your presence!
prihranite si svoje beséde! save your breath
sploh me ne pusti do beséde he does not let me a word in edgeways
priti do beséde to get a word in edgeways
ne priti z besédo na dan (žargon) to beat about the bush
nisem mogel priti do beséde I couldn't get a word in
prijeti koga za besédo to take someone at his word
ne najdem (ne morem najti) besed I am at a loss for words
tudi beséde resnice ni v tem there is not a word of truth in it
prevračati beséde to quibble over words
lastne beséde človek ne more slišati v tem hrupu in this din you can't hear yourself speak
snesti svojo besédo not to keep one's word, to break one's word
reči dobro besédo za koga to intercede in someone's favour, to say a good word for someone, to plead for someone
premisliti beséde to ponder one's words
skovati besédo to coin a word
ne upati si z besédo na dan žargon to beat about the bush
pretehtati svoje beséde to mind one's p's and q's, to ponder one's words
vzeti komu besédo iz ust to take the words out of someone's mouth
zastaviti svojo besédo arhaično to pledge one's word (ali honour)
zastaviti dobro besédo za koga to put in a word for someone
umakniti svojo besédo to retract one's word, to go back on one's promise
verjeti na besédo to take on trust
ubogati na besédo to obey to the letter
lahko mi verjamete na besédo you may take my word for it; you can believe every word I say
vleči beséde to drawl
tudi beséde ni rekel he never said a word (ali žargon humoristično a dicky bird)
reči besédo o pravem času to drop a timely hint; arhaično to say a word in season
človek se lahkó zanese na njegovo besédo his word is as good as his bond
izvleči se z lepimi besédami to talk one's way out
dobiti besédo to have leave to speak, to be allowed to speak; parlament to catch the Speaker's eye
(takrat) ni znal beséde angleški he could not then speak a word of English
beséde ne ziniti to button up one's mouth
iskal sem to besédo pri več avtorjih I have looked that word up in several authors
beséda ni konj (figurativno) hard words break no bones

cap¹ [kæp] samostalnik
čepica, kapica, klobuk, avba, pokrivalo; vrh; pokrov; vžigalna kapica; lesena čaša

cap acquaintance površno poznanstvo
to assume the black cap na smrt obsoditi
a feather in one's cap nekaj, na kar smo lahko ponosni
the cap fits prilega se (npr. pripomba)
to get one's cap postati član kluba
cap in hand proseče
his cap is on one side slabe volje je
cap lamp rudarska svetilka (ki je na čelu)
night cap napitek pred spanjem
to pull caps prepirati se
to put on one's considering (ali thinking) cap stvar dobro premisliti
to send round the cap poslati nabiralno polo, nabirati prispevke
she sets (up) her cap at (ali for) him trudi se, da bi ga pridobila
cap of maintenance pokrivalo kot simbol položaja
fool's cap čepica dvornega norca; format pisarniškega papirja
steel cap čelada
cap and gown akademska noša