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pránje washing, wash; (rane) bathing

pránje glave shampoo
v pránju in the wash
perilo v pránju (the) washing, (the) wash
korito za pránje washing trough
imela je veliko pránje pretekli teden she had a lot of washing last week
pošljite to v pránj! send this to the wash!
biti potreben pránja to need washing

predpredzádnji

predpredzádnja hiša the last house but two

prèdpretêkli

prèdpretêkla noč the night before last
prèdpretêkli čas gramatika pluperfect (tense), past perfect (tense)

preostál letf, left over; remaining

preostála hrana, živež leftover food, leftovers
preostálo (v zalogi) left on hand; last of its kind; (nadštevilen) odd

presumptive [prizʌ́m(p)tiv] pridevnik (presumptively prislov)
domneven, verjeten

heir presumptive verjeten dedič (če se ne rodi bližji sorodnik)
pravno presumptive evidence dokaz, ki temelji na indicijah
pravno presumptive title presumptivna last

pretékel past; bygone

pretékli teden last week
pretékli deležnik gramatika past participle
pretékli čas gramatika past tense; preterite, ZDA preterit
v pretéklih letih in time gone by, in bygone years pl

pretólči to break through; to pierce

pretólči koga to give someone a good hiding ali thrashing, to beat someone black and blue; (preživeti) to last out, to survive
pretólči se to force one's way through, to break through; figurativno to make both ends meet

preživéti to live; to survive; (prebiti) to spend; to spend one's life

ne bo preživel tega dne he will not survive this day
preživéti precéj stoletij to last many a century
preživéti koga to survive someone, to outlive someone
preživéti teden dni v Parizu to spend a week in Paris
to se je preživelo this has fallen into disuse (ali out of use)
preživéti svoje otroke to survive one's children
preživéti katastrofo to survive a disaster
če me bo preživel if he survives me
preživel je očeta za sedem let he survived his father by seven years

pripetíti se to happen; to chance; to occur (komu to someone), to come to pass, to come about; to befall (komu someone)

naj se pripeti, kar hoče whatever may befall
slučajno se je pripetilo, da... it happened that...
to se je pripetilo sinoči it happened last night
često se pripeti... it often happens (that)...
isti dogodek seje pripetil pretekli teden the same incident occurred last week

public¹ [pʌ́blik] pridevnik (publicly prislov)
javen, občen; povsod znan, vsem poznan; državen, ljudski, naroden

public administration javna uprava
public affairs javne zadeve
public appointment državna siužba
public address system sistem razglasnih naprav (zvočnikov)
public bidding (ali sale) javna dražba
public bath javno kopališče
public charge prejemnik oskrbovalnine
at public charge na državne stroške
public convenience javno stranišče
ekonomija public corporation ljudska zadruga
public debt državni dolg
public dinner banket
ameriško, pravno public defender branilec po dolžnosti (za reveže)
public enemy sovražnik ljudstva, kriminalec
to be in the public eye biti v središču javnega življenja
public economy politična ekonomija
public figure prominentna osebnost
ekonomija public funds državni vrednostni papirji; britanska angleščina utemeljen državni dolg
public good spložna blaginja
public health service javna zdravstvena služha
public house krčma, gostilna, točilnica
John Public dnevni tisk
public kitchen javna kuhinja za brezposelne
public law javno pravo, mednarodno pravo
public library javna knjižnica
public man javni delavec
to make public objaviti, razglasiti
public notice javen razglas
public opinion javno mnenje
public opinion poll predvolilna anketa
public order javni red
ekonomija public ownership skupna last
pravno public prosecutor državni tožilec
public relations stik z javnostjo
public revenue državni dohodki
public school britanska angleščina zasebna šola z internatom; ameriško občinska šola
public servant državni uradnik
public service državna (javna) služba; komunalna služba
public spirit patriotizem
public utility komunalna usluga; množina, ekonomija akcije javnih služb
public works javna dela

push¹ [puš] samostalnik
poriv, porivanje; sunek, udarec, zbodljaj
arhitektura, geologija, tehnično horizontalen pritisk
figurativno pobuda, pogon, podjetnost, energija; trud, napor; sila, nuja, kritičen moment
vojska prodor, prodiranje, napredovanje, ofenziva; reklamna kampanja; protekcija
ameriško množica ljudi
sleng družba, druščina (tatinska, zločinska)

at a push v sili, v kritičnem momentu
at the first push na prvi mah
at one push naenkrat
to bring to the last push gnati do skrajnosti, pognati v skrajnost
when it comes to the push ko pride do skrajnosti
sleng to get the push dobiti brco, biti odpuščen iz službe
to get a job by push dobiti službo po protekciji
to give s.o. a push poriniti koga
sleng to give s.o. the push odpustiti koga iz službe
to have a push together pretepati se
to make a push potruditi se, vojska z vso silo napasti
to have another push for it še enkrat poskusiti

quarter¹ [kwɔ́:tə] samostalnik
četrtina, četrt (a quarter of an hour četrt ure; for quarter the price, for a quarter of fhe price za četrtino cene)
četrtina funta (0,113 kg); četrtina milje, tek na četrt milje (he won the quarter zmagal je v teku na četrt milje)
mera za tkanine, četrtina jarda (22,8 cm); trgovska mera, četrtina stota (28 funtov, 12,7 kg, ameriško 25 funtov, 11,34 kg; britanska angleščina 2,91 hl)
ameriško, škotsko šolsko četrtletje; četrtletje, kvartal; četrtina zaklane živali, ena od štirih nog, hrbet konja
grboslovje eno od štirih polj grba
astronomija lunin krajec (first quarter prvi krajec, last quarter zadnji krajec)
ameriško četrt dolarja, novec za 25 centov; mestna četrt, kvart (residential quarter stanovanjska četrt)
stran neba, smer vetra (what quarter is the wind in? iz katere strani piha?, figurativno od kje piha veter?)
predel, kraj (in this quarter v teh krajih)
smer (in that quarter v ono smer)
stran (from another quarter z druge strani)
vir (from a good quarter iz dobrega vira)
družbeni krog (in government quarters v vladnih krogih)
usnje za peto (čevlja)
tehnično 4 palce širok kos lesa (v tesarstvu)
vojska, (tudi množina) stan, bivališče (to be confined to quarters biti v hišnem priporu)
(tudi vojska) milost, prizanašanje, pomilostitev (to find no quarter with ne najti milosti pri)
navtika bok krme (on the port quarter na levi strani krme)
navtika borbeni položaj posadke (to beat to quarters sklicati posadko na položaje)

to ask (ali call, cry) for quarter prositi za milost
to give quarter izkazati milost, pomilostiti
to give fair quarter prizanesti
a bad quarter of an hour neprijetni trenutki
at close quarters od blizu, v neposrednem stiku (spopadu)
to live in close quarters stanovati na tesnem
from every quarter; ali from all quarters od vseh strani
hind quarters stegna
high quarters višji krogi
it has gone the quarter ura je odbila četrt
the proper quarter pristojno mesto
to take up one's quarters nastaniti se
to beat up the quarters of pogosto obiskovati

rêči to say; to tell; to utter; (izraziti se) to express in words; (izjaviti) to declare; (kot priča) to depose

rêči "da" to say yes, to agree
rêči "ne" to say no (ali nay), to refuse
zopet, ponovno rêči to repeat
rêči bobu bob to call a spade a spade
rêči zbogom to say (ali to bid) goodbye (ali farewell)
na uho komu rêči to whisper in someone's ear
rêči komu svoje mnenje to give someone a piece of one's mind
rêči enkrat "da", enkrat "ne" to say and unsay
tako rekoč so to speak; as it were; as one might say; so to say
recimo, da... granted that...
recimo, da bi to bilo res... supposing (that) it were true...
kot se reče (ljudje rečejo) as the saying goes
dal mi je, reci in piši, 8 tolarjev he gave me precisely 8 tolars
rečeno, storjeno no sooner said than done, quick as thought
kratko rečeno... the long and the short of it is...
mimogrede rečeno... by the way, by the by (ali bye)
kot že rečeno as I have said already, as I said before
med nama rečeno between you and me
laže rečeno kot storjeno easier said than done
recimo let us say, say, suppose
reci odkrito! speak up (ali out)!
reci brez okolišenja! don't beat about the bush!
recimo, da je tako admitting that it is so (ali it to be so)
recimo, da je to res, kaj potem? say it were true, what then?
če lahko tako rečemo if one might put it this way
to je lepo rečeno that is nicely put
kaj naj rečem k temu? it is incredible!
ni kaj rêči o njegovi poštenosti his honesty cannot be called in question
nimam več kaj rêči I have nothing more to say
proti temu se ne da nič rêči there is nothing to be said against that
to se samó tako reče that's merely a way of putting it
on si ne da nič rêči he is deaf to all advice, he will not listen to reason
kar on reče, mora biti what he says goes
kako bi se to reklo v angleščini? how would you put that in English?
težko je rêči... it is hard to say...
ne more se rêči kdaj there is no saying when
rekli so mi, da je doma I was told that he was at home
kolikokrat sem to rekel? how often have I said (ali told you) that?
rekel sem svoje I had (ali I've had) my say, (kaj mislim) I spoke my mind
kar sem rekel, nisem oporekel I kept my word, I did not go back on my word
upravičeno lahko to rečem I could well say so
kaj bodo pa ljudje rekli (figurativno) what will people (ali they) say?
to je težavno, ali bolje rečeno, to je nemogoče it is difficult, or rather (ali knjižno nay), it is impossible
to je težavno, da ne rečem nemogoče! it is difficult, not to say impossible!
Je to res? Če ti pa rečem! Is it true? You can take my word for it!
ne vem, kaj hočeš rêči I don't follow you
kaj hočeš rêči s tem? what do you mean by that?
ravno sem hotel to rêči you have taken the words out of my mouth, it was on the tip of my tongue, I was going to say
preden sem sploh mogel kaj reči... before I could get a word out
vse še ni bilo rečeno o tem we haven't yet heard the last of it, we haven't yet got to the bottom of it

resort¹ [rizɔ́:t] samostalnik
(splošno) obiskovan kraj; zatočišče, pribežališče, zavetje; zatekanje (k); sredstvo v sili, poslednje sredstvo; možnost; zbiranje (ljudi); sestajanje

in the last resort kot zadnje sredstvo, ko ni nič drugega uspelo, ko je vse odpovedalo
resort clothing obleka za letovanje
a resort of thieves gnezdo, brlog tatov
health resort (klimatsko) zdravilišče, okrevališče
seaside resort morsko zdravilišče, kopališče
summer resort letovišče
winter resort zimsko športno središče
without resort to force brez uporabe sile; brez zatekanja k sili
to have resort to force zateči se k sili, uporabiti silo
to make resort to s.o. obrniti se na koga
this was my last resort to je bilo, kar mi je še edino ostalo napraviti

resource [risɔ́:s] samostalnik
vir (sredstev); pripomoček, pomožno sredstvo; zatočišče, izhod
množina denarna sredstva, dohodki; bogastvo
ekonomija, ameriško aktiva; oddih, razvedrilo, zabava; spretnost; okretnost, talent, dar, sposobnost, iznajdljivost, trik, umetnija

without resource brezizhoden, brezupen, brez rešitve
a man of resources človek, ki si zna pomagati, iznajdljiv človek
natural resources naravna bogastva
I find reading a great resource branje mi je v veliko razvedrilo
flight was my only resource beg je bil moja edina rešitev
he was thrown on (was left to) his own resource bil je prepuščen samemu sebi
it is our last resource to je naše zadnje zatočišče
my last resource was... ni mi preostalo nič drugega, kot da...

resting place [réstiŋpleis] samostalnik
počivališče; stopniški presledek

the (last) resting place zadnje počivališče, grob

rid^*1 [rid] prehodni glagol
osvoboditi, oprostiti, rešiti (of česa)
očistiti, otrebiti (of od)
arhaično ukiniti, odstraniti, osvoboditi se; (redko) komu pomagati (from, out of iz)

rid me of that man rešite me tega človeka
to rid oneself of a debt osvoboditi (znebiti, rešiti) se dolga
to rid a tree of caterpillars očistiti drevo gosenic
to get, to be rid of znebiti se, otresti se koga ali česa
we are rid of him at last končno smo se ga otresli (znebili, rešili)

right⁴ [ráit] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
znova postaviti; vzravnati (se); popraviti (se); urediti (se); uravnati (se), spraviti (se) v ravnotežje; poravnati, popraviti (krivico, škodo); pomagati (komu) do njegove pravice, rehabilitirati (koga)
navtika priti v pravi položaj

to right the helm uravnati krmilo
to right oneself popraviti se
this fault will right itself ta napaka se bo sama popravila
the ship righted herself at last ladja se je končno zopet vzravnala

rite [ráit] samostalnik
obred
cerkev obred, ritus; ceremonija, liturgija; običaj

rites; množina of hospitality gostoljubnost
baptismal rite cerkev krstni obred
burial (funeral) rites pogrebni obred, pogrebne ceremonije
conjugal rites, nuptial rites zakonsko, poročno (spolno) občevanje
last rites religija poslednji zakramenti
Greek rite grški pravoslavni obred
Roman rite, Latin rite rimskokatoliški obred

s (pred zvenečimi glasovi z) with; by, from

s pošto by post
s 50 leti at the age of 50 years
s časom with time, in the course of time
s svinčnikom in pencil
s tega stališča, vidika from this point of view, standpoint
z zgodovinskega stališča from the historical standpoint
s pismom (pismeno) by letter
s silo by force
s pomočjo... by means of...
kaj (pa) je s teboj? what is the matter with you?
govoriti s kom to speak with (ali to) someone
jesti s krožnika to eat off a plate
pasti s konja to fall off one's horse
hoditi s palico to walk with a stick
potovati s parnikom (z letalom, z vlakom) to travel by steamer (by air plane, by train)
kaj misliš reči s temi besedami? what do you mean by these words?
prepirati se s kom to quarrel with someone
primerjati koga s kom drugim to compare someone with someone else
boriti se s smrtjo to be in one's last agony, to be at one's last gasp
vsta(ja)ti s soncem to rise with the sun
tekmovati s kom to rival someone, to vie with someone
udariti s palico to strike with a stick
vzemite me s seboj! take me along with you!
s solzami v očeh... with tears in one's eyes