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  • verjéti to believe (komu someone); (zaupati) to trust

    lahko mi to verjamete you can take it from me
    verjamem samo, kar vidim seeing is believing
    ali lahko verjamemo njegovi besedi? can his word be trusted?
    tega pa ne verjamem (pogovorno) I don't fall for that one
    ne verjéti to disbelieve
    sveto verjéti to cling to (ali to cherish) a belief
    to naj ti drugi verjamejo! see if others believe that!
    bi verjeli kaj takega! would you believe it!
    če verjameš ali ne believe it or not
    verjéti nekaj neverjetnega (figurativno) to swallow a camel
    rad ti verjamem I willingly believe you
    nisem tako neumen, da bi to verjel I am not so foolish as to believe it
    komaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes, I can hardly trust my own eyes
  • believe [bilí:v]

    1. prehodni glagol
    verjeti, zaupati (komu)

    2. neprehodni glagol (in v)
    verjeti; misliti, domnevati

    to make believe hliniti, pretvarjati se, delati se
    to believe in smatrati za dobro, koristno
    I believe so zdi se, da je tako
    I believe not mislim, da ne
    ameriško, pogovorno you'd better believe it lahko mi verjamete
  • credit2 [krédit] prehodni glagol
    verjeti, zaupati; posoditi, kreditirati (with)
    pripisovati, smatrati

    to credit s.o. with honesty imeti koga za poštenega
  • swallow2 [swɔ́lou]

    1. samostalnik
    žrelo, grlo; požiranje, požirek
    geologija (kraški) požiralnik
    figurativno apetit, požrešnost, pohlep, poželenje

    a swallow of water požirek vode
    to drink s.th. at one swallow izpiti kaj na dušek

    2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
    požirati, požreti, goltati, pogoltniti (tudi figurativno)
    zadušiti, potlačiti (jezo); preklicati; verjeti (kaj), biti lahkoveren; pohlepno čitati; mirno trpeti, prenesti (žalitev); priključiti si (tuje ozemlje)

    to swallow the anchor navtika, sleng obesiti mornarski poklic na klin
    to swallow the bait pogoltniti vabo (trnek), figurativno vgrizniti v vabo, dati se speljati, iti na limanice
    to swallow a camel figurativno verjeti nekaj neverjetnega; mirno trpeti, prenesti (kaj)
    to swallow an insult pogoltniti žalitev
    to swallow a story verjeti neresnično zgodbo
    to swallow a tavern token figurativno opi(ja)niti se
    to swallow one's words figurativno preklicati, nazaj vzeti svoje besede
    he swallowed the wrong way zaletelo se mu je
  • take*1 [téik] prehodni glagol

    1.
    vzeti, jemati; prijeti, zgrabiti; polastiti se, zavzeti; ujeti, zalotiti, zasačiti
    vojska ujeti; vzeti mero, izmeriti; peljati se (z); (po)jesti, (po)piti

    to take advice vprašati (prositi) za (na)svet, posvetovati se
    he does not take alcohol on ne pije (alkohola)
    to take one's bearings mornarica izmeriti (določiti) svoj položaj, figurativno ugotoviti, pri čem smo
    take her through this book predelaj z njo to knjigo
    to take the bull by the horns zgrabiti bika za rogove, figurativno spoprijeti se s kom (čim)
    to take breakfast zajtrkovati
    the car cannot take more than five v avto ne more več kot pet oseb
    to take a cup of tea popiti skodelico čaja
    shall we take our coffee in the garden? bi pili kavo na vrtu?
    to take the chair figurativno prevzeti predsedstvo, voditi (sejo ipd.)
    to take s.o.'s eye pritegniti pozornost kake osebe
    to take a flat vzeti (v najem) stanovanje
    to take in one's hands vzeti v roke
    to be taken ill zboleti
    to take the lead prevzeti vodstvo, iti (kot prvi) naprej
    I took her in a lie ujel sem jo na laži
    to take s.o.'s measurements vzeti komu mere (o krojaču)
    I take the opportunity to tell you... izkoriščam priliko, da vam povem...
    to take (holy) orders cerkev biti posvečen, ordiniran
    to take a part prevzeti, igrati vlogo
    to take in bad part zameriti, za zlo vzeti
    to take poison vzeti strup, zastrupiti se
    to take precedence over imeti prednost pred
    to take s.o. prisoner (ali captive) vojska ujeti koga
    to take 3000 prisoners vojska ujeti 3000 sovražnikov
    to take a seat sesti (na stol)
    to take s.o. for s.tiv. ameriško, sleng izvabiti, izmamiti, izlisičiti kaj iz koga
    to take s.o. stealing zasačiti koga pri tatvini
    I take his statement with a grain of salt njegove izjave ne jemljem dobesedno ("z zrnom soli", razsodno, s pametnim premislekom)
    to take by storm (ali assault) zavzeti, osvojiti z jurišem
    to take a bit between teeth figurativno odpovedati poslušnost
    to take s.o.'s temperature (iz)meriti komu temperaturo
    to take by the throat zgrabiti za vrat
    to take a ticket vzeti, kupiti vozovnico
    to take the train (a taxi, a tram) peljati se z vlakom (taksijem, tramvajem)
    to take a thief in the act zasačiti tatu pri dejanju
    to be taken in a trap ujeti se v past
    the town was taken after a short siege mesto je bilo zavzeto po kratkem obleganju
    to take s.o. unawares presenetiti koga
    to take the waters piti zdravilno vodo (v zdravilišču)
    to take the trouble of doing s.th. vzeti si trud in napraviti kaj
    to take the veil religija iti v samostan, postati nuna
    to take a wife oženiti se
    to take the right way with s.o. lotiti se koga s prave strani, na pravi način
    we must have taken the wrong way morali smo se zmotiti v poti
    to take a poor view (ali a dim view) of ne odobravati (česa), imeti slabo mnenje o

    2.
    odvzeti, odšteti; odnesti, s seboj vzeti, (od)peljati, odvesti; iztrgati

    children were taken from their mothers materam so odvzeli otroke
    take three from ten odštej tri od deset
    he tried to take her handbag from her skušal ji je iztrgati torbico
    take this letter to the post-office odnesi to pismo na pošto
    take your umbrella vzemi dežnik s seboj
    the bus will take you there avtobus vas bo peljal tja
    to take s.o. home odvesti koga domov
    where will this road take us? kam nas pelje ta pot?
    he was taken in the prime of life umrl je v najboljših letih
    he was taken hence umrl je

    3.
    dobiti; izkoristiti; prejemati, biti naročen na; nakopati si, stakniti

    to take cold dobiti (stakniti, nakopati si) nahod, prehlad
    to take a cold prehladiti se
    to take a fever dobiti mrzlico
    to take an infection okužiti se, inficirati se
    to take a game dobiti igro
    to take s.th. as a reward dobiti kaj kot nagrado
    to take the first prize in dobiti prvo nagrado v (pri)
    to take a monthly salary prejemati mesečno plačo
    to take a degree at the university diplomirati na univerzi
    to take a newspaper biti naročen na časopis
    to take a (mean) advantage of s.th. (grdo) izkoristiti kaj
    to take s.th. under a will dobiti (podedovati) kaj po testamentu

    4.
    vzeti, zahtevati, potrebovati, biti potreben

    it takes a good actor to play this role le dober igralec more igrati to vlogo
    it takes time and courage za to je potreben čas in pogum
    it took me (ali I took) 5 minutes to reach the station potreboval sem 5 minut, da sem prišel do postaje
    it did not take more than 3 minutes to ni trajalo več kot 3 minute
    it would take a strong man to move it potreben bi bil močan možakar, da bi to premaknil
    which size in hats do you take? katero številko (velikost) klobuka potrebujete (nosite, imate)?
    it takes two to make a quarrel za prepir sta potrebna dva

    5.
    občutiti, imeti; nositi, pretrpeti, prenašati, prestati, doživeti; napraviti

    to take the consequences nositi, prevzeti posledice
    to take an examination napraviti izpit
    to take a fall ameriško, sleng nositi posledice
    to take a loss (pre)trpeti, imeti izgubo
    to take offense biti užaljen, zameriti
    to take pains (po)truditi se
    to take pity on s.o. občutiti (imeti) usmiljenje za koga
    to take umbrage sumničiti, posumiti
    to take great pleasure in s.th. imeti veliko veselje za kaj, uživati v čem
    are we going to take it lying down? bomo to prenesli, ne da bi reagirali?
    these troops had taken the brunt of the attack te čete so doživele glavni sunek napada

    6.
    očarati, prevzeti, privlačiti

    to be taken with (by) biti očaran od
    he takes readers with him on očara (potegne za seboj) svoje bralce
    to take s.o.'s fancy ugajati, prikupiti se komu
    his play did not take njegova drama ni imela uspeha
    they soon took to each other kmalu sta se vzljubila
    what took him most was the sweetness of her voice kar ga je najbolj prevzelo, je bila milina njenega glasu

    7.
    razumeti, razlagati (si), tolmačiti (si), sklepati; smatrati (za), imeti za, vzeti za, verjeti

    I take it that... to razumem tako, da...
    shall I take it that... naj to razumem (naj si to razlagam), da...?
    then, I take it, you object to his coming torej, če prav razumem, vi nasprotujete temu, da bi on prišel
    as I take it kot jaz to razumem, po mojem mnenju (mišljenju)
    do not take it ill if I do not go ne zamerite mi, če ne grem
    to take a hint (ali cue) razumeti namig
    to take a joke well (ill) (ne) razumeti šalo
    to take seriously resno vzeti
    you may take it from me lahko mi to verjamete
    whom do you take me for? za koga me (pa) imate?
    to take s.o. for a fool imeti koga za norca
    to take s.th. for granted vzeti (smatrati) kaj za dejstvo, za samoumevno
    I take this to be fun to smatram za šalo
    I take him to be (ali for) an honest man imam ga za poštenjaka
    to take as read politika, pravno smatrati za prebrano (zapisnik itd.)
    may I take the minutes as read? smem smatrati, da je zapisnik odobren?

    8.
    zateči se (k, v); iti (k, v); vreči se v, pognati se v; preskočiti

    to take earth lov zbežati v luknjo (o lisici), figurativno umakniti se, skriti se
    to take a header skočiti (na glavo) v vodo
    to take (to) the water iti v vodo
    he took the bush zatekel se je (pobegnil je, šel je) v hosto
    they took to the woods zbežali so (zatekli so se) v gozdove
    to take refuge (ali shelter) zateči se (with k)
    to take to the stage iti h gledališču
    take the corner slowly počasi zavijte okoli vogala
    the horse took the hedge with the greatest ease konj je preskočil živo mejo z največjo lahkoto

    9.
    fotografirati; skrbeti (za)

    he took me while I was not looking fotografiral me je, ko sem gledal(a) drugam
    he insisted on being taken with his hat on na vsak način je hotel biti fotografiran s klobukom na glavi
    to take views delati (fotografske) posnetke, fotografirati
    to have one's photograph taken dati se fotografirati
    to take a photo fotografirati
    she took her mother in her old age skrbela je za mater v njeni starosti

    10. neprehodni glagol
    uspeti, imeti uspeh, naleteti na odziv
    botanika prijeti se, uspevati, ukoreniniti se
    tehnično prijeti; prijeti se (o barvi)
    medicina učinkovati, delovati (zdravilo, cepivo ipd.); (o ribi) prijeti, ugrizniti
    fotografija fotografirati se, biti fotografiran; (redko) vneti se, vžgati se
    pogovorno biti prizadet

    the book did not take knjiga ni imela uspeha
    the dye takes well on this cloth barva se dobro prime (drži) na tem blagu
    some people take better than others nekateri ljudje so videti boljši na fotografiji kot drugi
    he did not take well this time to pot on ni dober (ni dobro uspel) na fotografiji
    to take well biti fotogeničen
    he takes well (badly) on je (ni) dober na fotografiji
    to take sick zboleti
    to take as heir prevzeti dediščino, nastopiti kot dedič

    Posebne zveze:

    to take into account (ali consideration), to take account for vzeti v poštev (v račun), upoštevati, računati z, ozirati se na, vračunati
    to take aim at vojska meriti, ciljati na
    to take the air iti na zrak (na prosto, ven); (o pticah) zleteti v zrak; aeronavtika dvigniti se
    to take alarm vznemiriti se
    to take breath zajeti sapo, oddahniti si
    to take the bun (ali cake; ali biscuit) sleng, figurativno vse prekositi
    this takes the cake! sleng to je pa že višek!
    to take care biti oprezen, paziti
    to take charge of prevzeti vodstvo (upravljanje, odgovornost) za; vzeti v svoje varstvo
    to take one's chance tvegati, upati se
    to take s.o. into one's confidence zaupati se komu, zaupno povedati komu kaj
    to take under consideration vzeti v pretres, v presojo
    to take comfort potolažiti se
    to take a dare pustiti (dati) se izzvati ali razdražiti
    deuce take it! vrag vzemi to! k vragu s tem!
    to take effect učinkovati, imeti učinek, uspeh; pravno stopiti v veljavo
    to take exception to (ali at, against) grajati, oporekati, biti užaljen, zameriti, delati očitke
    to take evasive action sleng izmuzniti se (pred nevarnostjo, dolžnostjo, plačanjem)
    to take one's ease udobno se namestiti
    to take s.o.'s evidence pravno zaslišati koga
    to take one's farewell vzeti slovo, posloviti se
    to take to heart vzeti si k srcu, biti prizadet, užalostiti se
    to take holiday vzeti si dopust
    to take hold of prijeti, zgrabiti
    to take it into one's head vbiti si (to) v glavo
    to take an interest in zanimati se za
    to take issue with ugovarjati, nasprotovati, biti proti
    to take it (on the chin) sleng požreti (žalitev), mirno sprejeti (kazen)
    take it or leave it! vzemi ali pa pusti! reci da ali pa ne! napravi, kar hočeš!
    to take a journey potovati, iti na potovanje
    to take kindly to s.o. čutiti nagnjenje do koga, marati koga
    to take a leap poskočiti
    to take leave of vzeti slovo od, posloviti se od
    to take liberties preveč si dovoliti, biti predrzen
    to take lessons jemati učne ure (lekcije)
    to take one's life in one's hand tvegati (svoje) življenje, staviti svoje življenje na kocko
    to take the measure of s.o.'s foot vzeti mero za obutev, figurativno premeriti sposobnosti, moči kake osebe
    to take the minutes pisati, voditi zapisnik (seje itd.)
    to take no dobiti odklonitev
    to take possession of vzeti v posest
    to take notice pogovorno opaziti
    to take notice of vzeti na znanje, upoštevati
    to take no notice of ne upoštevati, ne se meniti za, ignorirati
    to take in (ali to) pieces narazen (se) dati, razstaviti (se)
    to take part in udeležiti se, sodelovati v
    to take a ride pojezditi; peljati se (z vozilom)
    to take a river iti čez reko
    to take rise izvirati, nasta(ja)ti
    to take root ukoreniniti se
    to take shape dobiti obliko, (iz)oblikovati se
    to take the rough with the smooth figurativno vzeti življenje takšno, kakršno je
    the son took after his father sin se je vrgel po očetu
    to take by surprise presenetiti
    to take short presenetiti, zalotiti
    to take to singing a tune začeti peti melodijo
    to take to bad habits vdati se slabim navadam
    to take to s.th. like ducks to water takoj se vneti (ogreti) za kaj
    to take to task poklicati na odgovornost, grajati, ošteti
    to take the time from s.o. figurativno točno se ravnati po kom
    to take one's turn priti na vrsto
    to take turns menjavati se (za)
    to take a turn for the worse obrniti se na slabše
    to take things easy lagodno delati
    take it easy! ne razburjaj se!
    I am not taking any pogovorno hvala, tega ne bom (vzel), tega ne maram
    to take the water mornarica izpluti
    to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno preprečiti komu kaj, prekrižati komu načrte
    to take wine with s.o. nazdraviti komu
    to take upon o.s. an office prevzeti (neko) službo (dolžnost, opravilo)
    that walk did take it out of us! ta sprehod nas je zares zdelal
    to take one's time vzeti si čas
    to take s.o. at his word koga za besedo prijeti
  • take in prehodni glagol
    sprejeti, vzeti (najemnike, goste itd.); popeljati (k mizi); delati (kaj) za koga; vključiti; zmanjšati, zožiti (obleko); zviti (jadro)
    figurativno motriti, opaziti, spoznati
    pogovorno prevarati, oslepariti, ogoljufati; biti naročen, aboniran (na časopis itd.); zavze(ma)ti, okupirati
    avtomobilizem vzeti (bencin)
    trgovina kupovati (blago); izkupiti, prejeti (denar); (vse) verjeti, za resnico vzeti

    she takes in washing ona pere za druge
    to take in gas (E petrol) vzeti bencin (na črpalki)
    to take in a lady in to dinner peljati damo v jedilnico k večerji
  • think* [ɵiŋk]

    1. prehodni glagol
    misliti (kaj); premišljati; izmisliti; predstavljati si, zamisliti si (kaj); snovati, naklepati, nameravati, kaniti; pomisliti; smatrati, soditi, ceniti, pretehtati, verjeti; imeti za; imeti pred očmi

    2. neprehodni glagol
    misliti, umovati, razmišljati, premišljevati, mozgati; pomisliti, predstavljati si; verjeti, biti mišljenja, biti mnenja; priti do zaključkov, soditi

    I think so mislim, da (odgovor na vprašanje)
    I think it best to go now smatram, da je najbolje, če (da) grem zdaj
    I should think so mislim, da; rekel bi (da je) tako; vsekakor, (to je) jasno
    I could not bear to think what might happen misel, kaj bi se moglo zgoditi, mi je bila neznosna
    I think him (he is thought) to be a poet imam ga (imajo ga) za pesnika
    he thinks the lecture interesting predavanje smatra za zanimivo
    he talks and thinks airplanes samó letala mu gredo (rojé) po glavi
    he will think himself silly od samega premišljevanja se mu bo zmešalo
    only think! samo pomisli! samo predstavljaj si!
    you are a model of tact, I don't think! sleng (ironično) ti si pa res vzor obzirnosti!
    to think aloud, to think out loud glasno misliti
    to think to o.s. misliti pri sebi
    to think better of premisliti si; imeti ugodnejše mnenje o
    to think o.s. clever imeti se za pametnega
    to think fit (good) to smatrati za primerno (ustrezno), dobro za
    to think littie of ne mnogo ceniti, ne spoštovati
    to think much of zelo ceniti, spoštovati
    to think no harm nič hudega ne misliti, ne imeti slabih namenov
    to think no small beer of zelo ceniti, imeti zelo visoko (ugodno) mnenje o
    to think nothing of podcenjevati, prezirati
    to think scorn of prezirati
    to think twice dvakrat (dobro prej) premisliti
    to think of his not guessing that! komaj bi človek verjel, da on tega ni slutil!
    think away prehodni glagol odmisliti
  • trow [tróu, tráu] britanska angleščina, zastarelo prehodni glagol
    verjeti, misliti, meniti

    what ails him, (I) trow! kaj mu je (kaj mu manjka), bi rad vedel!
  • trust2 [trʌst] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
    verjeti (komu, čemu), zanesti se (in na); zaupati (komu), imeti zaupanje v; dati komu kredit; zaupati, poveriti (komu) (with s.th. kaj)
    trdno upati, pričakovati, verjeti (that da)
    biti prepričan; upati si, tvegati

    do not trust him with your watch! ne zaupaj mu svoje ure!
    trust him to say that! to je tipično zanj!
    trust to luck zaupaj sreči!
    a man not to be trusted človek, ki se nanj ne moreš zanesti
    I trust he is not hurt upam, da se ni poškodoval
    to trust o.s. to s.o. zaupati se komu, zaupno se obrniti na koga
    can his word be trusted? ali lahko zaupamo njegovi besedi?
    I can trust my children with her lahko ji zaupam svoje otroke
    you cannot trust a child in the streets after dark ne morete brez skrbi pustiti otroka na ulici, ko se začne nočiti
    she was trusted with child dali so ji otroka v skrbstvo (varstvo)
    I cannot trust you out of my sight niti za hip vas ne morem izgubiti iz vida (iz bojazni, da ne napravite kake neumnosti)
    you can trust him for any amount lahko mu kreditirate katerokoli vsoto
    to trust to luck zaupati v (zanašati se na) srečo
  • disbelieve [dísbilí:v] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
    ne verjeti, dvomiti, biti skeptičen
  • discount2 [diskáunt] prehodni glagol
    trgovina odračunati, odbiti, popustiti
    figurativno zmanjšati; ne čisto verjeti, dvomiti
  • 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
  • credence [krí:dəns] samostalnik
    vera, zaupanje
    cerkev mizica za hostije ob oltarju
    zastarelo poverilnica

    to give credence to a story verjeti, da je zgodba resnična
    letter of credence pismeno priporočilo, poverilnica
  • credit1 [krédit] samostalnik
    dobro ime, zaupanje; kredit, up; ugled, čast; zasluga; vpliv; pomembnost, spoštovanje; spričevalo opravljenem izpitu
    ameriško reklama (v oddajah)

    to give credit to verjeti čemu, zaupati komu
    he is credit to his family je v čast svoji družini
    it does you credit čast vam dela
    to give credit for pripisovati (komu) kaj
    to add to s.o.'s credit povečati komu ugled
    to take credit for lastiti si zasluge za
    letter of credit kreditno pismo
    ameriško credit line navedba, od kod je vzet citat
    to place (ali enter, put, pass, carry) credit to v dobro zapisati
    with credit častno, odlično
  • give*1 [giv]

    1. prehodni glagol
    da(ja)ti, darovati; izročiti, poda(ja)ti; dodeliti, podeliti
    medicina okužiti, inficirati; plačati, povrniti; proizvajati; povzročiti, povzročati, zbuditi, zbujati; dovoliti, dopustiti; opisati, naslikati; posvetiti, posvečati se; sporočiti, povedati; žrtvovati; odreči se, opustiti; izreči sodbo (against)
    donašati
    pogovorno izdati

    2. neprehodni glagol
    dati; popustiti, popuščati, vdati se; (o cesti) peljati, voditi (into, on, on to)
    (o oknu) gledati (on, on to, upon na)
    biti prožen

    to give o.s. airs dajati si videz, šopiriti se
    to give it against s.o. odločiti se na škodo drugega
    to give attention to paziti na
    to give a bird izžvižgati
    to give birth to roditi; figurativno povzročiti
    to give chase zasledovati, loviti
    to give a cry vzklikniti
    to give credit zaupati, verjeti
    to give into custody izročiti policiji
    to give a damn for prav nič ne marati
    to give a decision odločiti zadevo
    to give s.o. his due dati komu, kar mu gre
    to give ear to poslušati, uslišati
    to give evidence pričati
    to give the gate odpustiti iz službe
    to give the go-by ne upoštevati, prezirati
    to give a good account of o.s. dobro se izkazati
    ameriško to give as good as one gets poplačati enako z enakim
    to give ground umakniti se
    to give a guess ugibati
    to give it to s.o. grajati, dati komu popra
    to give judgement (ali sentence) izreči sodbo
    to give a jump poskočiti
    to give to know sporočiti
    to give a laugh zasmejati se
    figurativno to give a lift pomagati; ameriško vzeti s seboj (v vozilo)
    to give one's love (ali regards) dati koga pozdraviti
    to give a look pogledati
    it's a matter of give and take roka roko umiva
    to give o.s. (ali one's mind) to s.th. posvetiti se čemu
    to give notice sporočiti; dati odpoved (iz službe)
    to give place umakniti se
    to give one's respects to s.o. priporočiti se komu
    to give a ring poklicati po telefonu
    to give rise to povzročiti; zbuditi željo
    to give a Roland for an Oliver vrniti milo za drago
    to give the sack to s.o. odpustiti koga
    pogovorno to give the show away izdati skrivnost
    to give the slip izmuzniti se
    to give a start planiti
    to give it straight to s.o. naravnost komu povedati
    to give thanks zahvaliti se
    to give the sack (ali boot, mitten) odpustiti iz službe
    to give tit for tat enako z enakim poplačati
    to give tongue (ali voice) oglasiti se; zalajati
    to give trouble povzročati sitnosti
    to give o.s. trouble potruditi se
    to give s.o. to understand dati komu razumeti
    to give vent dati si duška
  • hug2 [hʌg] prehodni glagol
    objeti, priviti k sebi, držati se česa; laskati komu

    to hug a belief sveto verjeti
    to hug o.s. on (ali for) čestitati si za kaj, k čemu; biti zadovoljen s seboj zaradi
    to hug the shore (bank, wall) držati se ob obali (pri bregu, ob zidu)
    figurativno to hug one's chains dobro se počutiti v hlapčevstvu
    the car hugs the road well avto se dobro drži ceste
  • môči (morem) to be able, to be capable, to be in a position (to do something); to be enabled; (biti sposoben) to have the faculty, to have the capacity

    ni môči (ni moč) it is impossible
    morem I can
    ne morem I cannot, I can't, I am unable, I am incapable
    morem samó pohvaliti... I can't help praising, I can only praise, I have nothing but praise for...
    ne morem ga trpeti I cannot bear (ali stand) him
    če le morem if I can help it
    ne morem si kaj, da se ne bi smejal I can't help (ali resist) laughing
    on me ne more (figurativno) he can't stand me
    ne morejo se (figurativno) they cannot agree
    ne morem več (od utrujenosti) I am dog-tired, I am dead with fatigue, I am knocked-up
    ne morem si tega privoščiti I cannot afford it
    nič ne morem za to it is not my fault
    morem samo (reči)... I simply must (say)...
    storil bom, kar bom največ mogel I'll do my best, I'll do all I can, I'll do my utmost, I'll do my very (ali level) best
    ne bom mogel plačati I shall not be able to pay
    obžalujem, da ne morem I regret my inability
    ne morem biti brez I cannot go (ali do) without
    denar more vse money talks
    njemu ne moreš verjeti he is not to be believed
    nanj se ne moreš zanesti he is not to be relied upon
    moglo bi biti takó it might possibly be so, pogovorno could be
  • na on, upon; at; in; up, upward; to; over

    na cesti on the road
    na ulici in the street, ZDA on the street
    na deželi in the country
    na dvorišču in the courtyard
    na desni, na levi on the right, on the left
    na desno, na levo to the right, to the left
    na kredit, na up on credit
    na mojo čast on my honour, honestly
    na primer for instance, for example
    na morju at sea
    na nebu in the sky
    na sliki in the picture
    na soncu in the sun
    na polju in the field
    na travniku in the meadow
    na (živilskem) trgu at the market-place
    na postaji at the station
    na mizi on (ali upon) the table
    na svetu in the world
    na razstavi at the exposition
    na minuto a minute, to the minute
    na mestu (takoj) on the spot, at once
    na moji strani on my side
    na obeh straneh on both sides
    na ta način in this manner
    na najlepši način in the finest manner
    na povelje to order
    na zemljevidu on the map
    na moje priporočilo on (ali upon) my recommendation
    na moje presenečenje to my surprise (ali astonishment)
    na moj račun at my expense
    na moje veliko obžalovanje to my deep regret
    na svojo škodo to one's detriment (ali cost ali disadvantage)
    na mojo škodo to my cost
    na temelju on the grounds of, by virtue of
    na mojo sramoto to my disgrace
    na srečo fortunately
    na slepo blindly, at random, gropingly
    na vsak način at any rate, by all means
    na noben način on no account
    na vrat na nos head over heels, headlong
    na svidenje! goodbye!, ZDA goodby!, au revoir!, so long!, see you again!
    na prvi pogled at first sight, at first glance
    na mojo prošnjo at my request
    na vaše priporočilo on the strength of your recommendation
    na potovanju in travelling
    na stotine by hundreds
    dvakrat na dan twice a day
    X tolarjev na dan X tolars a day
    en četrt na pet a quarter past four
    tri četrt na pet a quarter to five
    na moje stroške at my expense
    vpliv na... influence over (ali on)...
    X SIT na uro X tolars per hour
    biti na lovu to be out hunting
    na tebi je, da rečeš... it is up to you (to say)...
    biti na obisku pri kom to stay with someone
    biti hud na koga to have a grudge against someone
    biti gluh na obe ušesi to be deaf in both ears
    na luči mi je (stoji) he is (stands) in my light
    kdo je zdaj na vrsti? whose turn is it now?
    jaz sem na vrsti it is my turn
    ljubosumen je na svojo ženo he is jealous of his wife
    slep je na eno oko he is blind in one eye
    hrom je na eno nogo he is lame in one leg
    moje okno gleda na dvorišče my window looks out on to the backyard
    igrati na flavto to play the flute
    imeti kaj črno na belem to have something in black and white
    imaš velik vpliv nanj you have a great influence over (ali on) him
    biti ves dan na nogah to be busy (ali pogovorno on the go) all day long
    iti na pošto to go to the post office
    iti komu na roko (figurativno) to oblige someone, to help someone, to lend someone a helping hand
    osvojiti na juriš trdnjavo to take a fortress by storm
    (s)plezati na drevo to climb (up) a tree
    motiti se na vsej črti to be mistaken all along the line
    verjeti komu na besedo to take someone's word for it
    zidati na pesek to build on sand
    želim sobo na ulico I want a room overlooking the street
    iti na lov to go out hunting
    iti na potovanje to go abroad
  • positive1 [pɔ́zitiv] pridevnik (positively prislov)
    določen, izrecen (ukaz), jasen, nedvoumen, trden (ponudba, obljuba itd.); brezpogojen, dokončen; resničen, stvaren, konkreten, dejanski; pritrdilen, privolilen; siguren, gotov; samozavesten, trdovraten, svojeglav
    filozofija pozitivističen, neskeptičen, empiričen, ki sloni na izkušnjah; pozitiven, ki ima pozitivne lastnosti
    pogovorno popoln, pravi (a positive fool pravi norec)
    matematika pozitiven (positive sign znak plus)
    fizika, elektrika, fotografija pozitiven
    medicina pozitiven

    filozofija positive philosophy pozitivizem, pozitivistična filozofija
    slovnica positive degree pozitiv, prva stopnja pridevnika
    pogovorno a positive nuisance prava nadloga
    proof positive neovrgljiv dokaz
    to be positive about s.th. biti gotov česa, trdno verjeti v kaj
  • refuse1 [rifjú:z] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
    odkloniti, odbiti, zavrniti, odreči; ne hoteti uporabiti; odvreči; odbiti (snubca, ženitno ponudbo), dati "košarico"; upirati se, braniti se, reči ne; (o konju) ne hoteti preskočiti ovire; (o kartah) ne odgovoriti na barvo, ne prinesti izigrane barve
    arhaično zatajiti (svoje ime)

    to refuse a candidate (help, an invitation, an offer) odkloniti kandidata (pomoč, povabilo, ponudbo)
    to refuse a chance ne izrabiti priložnosti
    to refuse a request odbiti prošnjo
    I refuse to believe ne maram verjeti, preprosto ne verjamem
    he refused to stay branil se je, ni hotel ostati
    tho horse refused the fence konj ni hotel preskočiti zapreke
    we have been refused odklonili so nas