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neck¹ [nek] samostalnik
vrat, tilnik; izrez (obleke); vratina (meso)
anatomija vrat (maternice itd.); vrat pri violini, vrat steklenice
geografija ožina (morska, kopenska) soteska
tisk konus tiskarske črke

to break one's neck zlomiti si vrat; ameriško nečloveško se namučiti, ugonobiti se
to break the neck of a task izvršiti najtežji del naloge
to crane one's neck (at, for) stegovati vrat
Derbyshire neck golša
neck and neck division glasovanje, pri katerem dobita obe strani enako število glasov
sleng to get (ali catch) it in the neck biti hudo kaznovan, trpeti
he's got a neck predrzen je
to have a lot of neck biti zelo predrzen
neck and heel docela, trdno (vezati)
neck and neck bok ob boku (dirkalni konji), enako število glasov, enak
neck or nothing vse ali nič
on (ali in) the neck of neposredno po
to put one's neck in a noose izpostavljati se nevarnosti
to risk one's neck staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to save one's neck rešiti se, rešiti si glavo
to stick one's neck out for mnogo tvegati za
a stiff neck trdoglavost
stiff-necked trdoglav
to take s.o. by the neck zgrabiti koga za vrat
neck and crop popolnoma, kot dolg in širok
to throw s.o. out neck and crop na pete na glavo koga ven vreči
to tread on s.o.'s neck zaviti komu vrat
up to one's neck do grla
to win by a neck zmagati za dolžino vratu (konjske dirke), za las zmagati (glasovanje)
ameriško, pogovorno neck of the woods soseščina

news [nju:z] samostalnik
množina (edninska konstrukcija) novica, poročilo, vest; kar je novo, novost

at this news pri tej novici
a piece of news (ena) novica
to be in the news zbujati pozornost
to break the news to s.o. povedati komu slabo novico
ill news flies apace slaba novica se kaj hitro izve
no news is good news če ni novic, je vse v redu
that's news to me to mi je popolnoma novo
what is the news? kaj je novega?

níč nothing; not anything; nought; not a thing; arhaično, pesniško naught, ZDA nought

čisto níč nothing at all
prav níč, popolnoma níč nothing at all; nothing whatever
níč razen nothing but
níč več nothing more, no more, nothing further
za níč for nothing
za níč na svetu not for the world; not for love or money; not for anything
níč in zopet níč nothing-repeat-nothing, absolutely nothing
níč drugega nothing else
níč novega nothing new
níč takega nothing of the kind, none of that
níč koliko (= mnogo) very much, very many
toliko kot níč, skoraj níč next to nothing
za prazen níč for no reason
vse ali níč all or nothing, neck or nothing
meni níč, tebi níč quite coolly, bold as brass
níč manj kot... no less than, anything but...
prav níč slabši kot... no whit inferior to...
níč boljšega od no better than..., nothing like as good as...
to ti ni níč mar! none of your business!
to še ni níč that is nothing
to ni níč zame that is no use for me, that won't do for me
to ni níč vredno that is worthless
on ni níč boljši he isn't any better
iz tega ni bilo níč nothing came of it, it came to nothing
níč novega ni v časopisu there is nothing new in the paper
iz tebe ne bo nikoli níč you will never be anything, you are a worthless fellow (ali pogovorno a dead loss)
nisi prav níč prekmalu you are none too soon
če ni níč drugega! if that's all there is to it!
rezultat je 2 níč (2:0) šport the score is two nil
to ni níč v primeri s tem, kar sem nekoč videl that is nothing to what I once saw
iz níč ni níč nothing begets nothing, one cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs
ne morem níč za to I can't help it
níč ne dé, níč za to all right, there's no harm done, it doesn't matter, no matter, never mind
níč se ne da napraviti! there's nothing we can do (ali nothing to be done) about it!
(to ni važno) to níč ne pomeni this is of no consequence
níč ne marati, ne se meniti za níč not to care (ali pogovorno not to give a hoot) about anything
v níč devati to disparage, to belittle, to depreciate, to discredit, to attach no value (to)
níč več nimam povedati I have nothing more to say
s tem nimam níč opraviti I have nothing to do with it
to níč ne stane it is gratis, it is free, it may be had for the asking
na níč priti to be ruined, to come to grief
na níč spraviti koga to ruin someone
začel je z níč (v življenju) he started from nothing (ali from scratch)
kdor nič ne riskira, nič nima nothing venture, nothing gain

nôr (bolezen) mad, insane, deranged; (neumen) foolish, crazy, silly, out of one's mind, crackbrained; (ves iz sebe) wild, frantic, raving, delirious; (absurden) absurd, nonsensical, unreasonable, unwise, preposterous; (vratolomen) reckless, foolhardy

biti nôr (žargon) to be nuts (ali VB bonkers)
ne bodi nôr! don't be silly!
nôra leta years of indiscretion
kot nôr like mad
biti nôr na to be mad about (ali on), to be crazy about, to be nuts on, to be dead nuts on, to be infatuated with
nôr na glasbo mad on music
je ves nôr na ženske he is girl crazy (ali woman crazy)
vse ženske so nôre nanj all the women are wild about him
biti popolnoma, čisto nôr to be raving mad, to be (as) mad as a March hare (ali as a hatter)

nothing² [nʌ́ɵiŋ] samostalnik
nič
figurativno ničevost, malenkost, niče
množina nepomembnosti, prazno govoričenje

for nothing zaman, zastonj
not for nothing ne zastonj, ne brez razloga
good for nothing za nobeno rabo
next to nothing skoraj nič
nothing but samo
nothing at all sploh nič
sleng nothing doing od tega ne bo nič
nothing else than nič drugega razen
nothing if not courageous zelo hraber
that's nothing nič ne de, nič ne pomeni
that's nothing to you to se ne tiče
there's nothing to it to je čisto preprosto
there's nothing in it ni res, ni važno
there's nothing for it but to ni alternative, ne preostane nič drugega
to feel like nothing on earth počutiti se kot uboga para
nothing like nič boljšega od
nothing like leather vsak berač svojo malho hvali, zadostuje kar imaš
to make nothing of ne moči razumeti, ne imeti za važno, ne izkoristiti, omalovaževati
I can make nothing of čisto nič ne razumem
to make nothing of doing storiti brez obotavljanja
to say nothing of kaj šele, da ne rečem
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
to dance on nothing biti obešen, viseti
to fade away to nothing razbliniti se
to have nothing to do with it ne imeti nič opraviti s tem
a mere nothing malenkost
neck or nothing na kocki, vse ali nič
nothing short of popolnoma, popolno
no nothing čisto nič
nothing to speak of nevažno
soft nothings čebljanje zaljubljencev
the little nothings of life življenjske ničevosti
nothing venture nothing have kdor nič ne tvega, nič ne dobi
all to nothing popolnoma, v največji meri

obubóžan impoverished; made poor (ali needy, indigent), stricken with poverty

popolnoma obubóžan poor as a church mouse

obúpati to despair (nad of); to lose heart (ali hope)

popolnoma obúpati to be in despair, to fall into despair, to abandon all hope, to yield to despair, to give up all hope
človek bi (kar) obupal it is enough to drive one to despair

očíten obvious; plain; (self-) evident; palpable; patent; marked; manifest, visible; apparent

moje razočaranje je bilo očítno my disappointment was obvious
očítna laž blatant lie
popolnoma očíten (as) plain as the nose on one's face, as plain as plain can be

onesvéščen fainted, in a fainting fit; in a swoon

popolnoma onesvéščen in a dead swoon

open² [óupən] samostalnik

the open odprt prostor, svež zrak; odprto morje; javnost
to bring into the open razkriti
to come into the open (with s.th.) razkriti se, biti popolnoma odkritosrčen, razglasiti (kaj)
in the open na prostem, na zraku

opposite¹ [ɔ́pəzit] pridevnik (oppositely prislov)
nasproten (to)
različen

opposite number nasprotek, pendant
to be opposite to biti nasproti, biti popolnoma drugačen od, nasprotovati

osiromášen impoverished; become poor (ali indigent, needy, stricken with poverty oziroma pauperism), arhaično brought upon the parish

popolnoma osiromášen (as) poor as a church mouse

out² [áut] prislov

1.
ven, iz (tudi v zvezi z glagoli: to go out iti ven, to die out izumreti)

2.
zunaj, zdoma (he is out zunaj je, ni ga doma)

3.
ne na delu (a day out prost dan)

4. vojska
na (bojnem) polju
navtika na morju

5.
ne v zaporu (out on bail na svobodi proti kavciji)

6.
priobčen (knjiga the book came out in June)
predstavljen javnosti (dekle)

7.
odkrit (the secret is out tajna je prišla na dan)

8. šport
zunaj, ven, ne v igri, izven igrišča; (boks) knockoutiran

9. politika
ne v vladi (the democrats are out)

10.
ne v vaji (my fingers are out)

11.
porabljen, ne na zalogi (the potatoes are out)

12.
do kraja, čisto (to hear s.o. out koga do kraja poslušati, tired out čisto izčrpan)

13.
izpahnjen (roka), ki preplavlja (reka)

14.
napačen, zmoten (his calculations are out njegovi računi so napačni)

15.
dan v najem (zemlja), izposojen (knjiga)

16.
jasno, glasno (to laugh out glasno se zasmejati, speak out! govori glasneje!, povej že jasno in glasno!)

17. aeronavtika
končan (pogovor)

18.
razno

out and out popolnoma, docela
out and about (zopet) na nogah, pokonci
out and away daleč (najboljši itd.)
to be out miniti, ne biti v modi, biti na izgubi, biti zunaj, ne biti doma, ne priti v poštev, iziti (knjiga), ne goreti, biti ugašen
that is out! ne pride v poštev!
to be out in a thing motiti se
to be out for s.th. iskati kaj, zavzeti se za kaj
to be down and out na nič priti
to be out with s.o. ne biti več prijatelj, biti hud na koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
we had an evening out zvečer smo šli ven
out at heels reven
out at elbows revno oblečen
out on a limb izpostavljen
way out izbod
the workers are out delavci stavkajo
out with him! ven ga vrzi!
ekonomija to insure out and home zavarovati za pot tja in nazaj

over² [óuvə] prislov

1.
preko, pre- (z glagoli: to paint s.th. over preslikati kaj, he jumped over preskočil je)

2. figurativno
na drugo stran, k drugi stranki (they went over to the enemy prešli so k sovražniku)

3.
sem, semkaj (come over! pridi sem!)

4.
tam (preko), na drugi strani (over there tamle, ameriško pogovorno v Evropi)

5.
(prav) nad (the bird is directly over us ptič je prav nad nami)

6.
znova (ten times over desetkrat zapovrstjo)

7.
pretirano, čezmerno (over polite pretirano vljuden)

8.
mimo, gotovo, končano (the lesson is over šolska ura je končana)

9.

Razno:

over again še enkrat, znova
over and over again vedno znova
over against nasprotno (temu)
over and above vrhu tega, skrajno, preveč
all over povsod, popolnoma, končan
to be all over with biti na koncu s čim
it is all over with him z njim je konec
that is him all over to je čisto njemu podobno
sleng to be all over s.o. (s.th.) biti vzhičen nad kom (čim)
pogovorno to get s.th. over with končati kaj
the world over po vsem svetu
not over well precej slabo
that can stand over to lahko počaka
see over poglej naslednjo stran
ekonomija carried over prenos

owl [ául] samostalnik
zoologija sova
figurativno ponočnjak; človek komično dostojanstvenega izgleda

owl light mrak
owl train nočni vlak
figurativno to fly with the owl ponočevati
as blind (stupid) as an owl popolnoma slep (neumen)

pack² [pæk]

1. prehodni glagol
pakirati, zaviti, zavijati, omotati, zložiti, zlagati; natlačiti, nagnesti, stlačiti, stisniti, stiskati, zmašiti; konservirati; zbrati (porotnike, karte) v svojo korist
tehnično zatesniti zabrtviti; natovoriti (konja), nakladati
ameriško, pogovorno imeti pri sebi, vsebovati
medicina pripraviti zdravilni ovitek

2. neprehodni glagol
natlačiti se, nagnesti se, stisniti se, stiskati se; pripraviti se za pot; zbirati se v trope

packed like sardines stisnjeni kakor sardine v škatli
a packed house popolnoma zasedena hiša
packed with poln česa (npr. avto)
I am packed gotov sem s pakiranjem
ameriško, šport to pack a hard punch močno udariti (boks)
ameriško the book packs a wealth of information knjiga je zelo poučna
to pack s.o. back poslati koga nazaj
to send s.o. packing nagnati, spoditi koga
to pack one's traps odpraviti se na pot
navtika to pack (ali put) on all sails razpeti vsa jadra

pair¹ [pɛə] samostalnik

1.
par (stvari, ki spadajo skupaj: a pair of shoes par čevljev)

2.
dvodelen predmet (se ne prevaja: a pair of compasses, scissors šestilo, škarje)

3.
par (s slovenskimi množinskimi samostalniki: a pair of trousers par hlač)

4.
par, parček (mož in žena, samec in samica)

5. parlament
dva člana nasprotnih strank, ki se po dogovoru vzdržita glasovanja; tak dogovor; eden od teh partnerjev

6.
eden od predmetov, ki spadata skupaj (the other pair to this sock druga nogavica tega para)

that's quite another pair of boots (ali shoes, trousers) to je nekaj popolnoma drugega
in pairs paroma
a pair of lawn sleeves škof
a pair of bellows meh
a pair of stairs nadstropje
two pair front (stanovanje ali stanovalec) v drugem nadstropju v prednjem koncu

past⁴ [pa:st] predlog
(časovno) čez (half past seven pol osmih, she is past forty ima čez 40 let)
figurativno brez, izven (dosega, območja, področja)

past all belief neverjeten
past comparison brez primere
past cure neozdravljiv
past comprehension popolnoma nerazumljiv
past endurance neznosen, nevzdržen
past hope brezupcn
past all shame popolnoma brez sramu
to be past one's Latin ne vedeti ne kod ne kam
he is past praying for ni mu več pomoči
pogovorno I wouldn't put it past him to bi mu zlahka pripisal

pléšast bald, bald-headed; hairless

pléšasta glava bald head, bald pate
nekoliko pléšast balding, baldish
popolnoma pléšast as bald as an egg (ali a coot, a billiard ball)
posta(ja)ti pléšast to grow bald (ali hairless), to lose hair

point¹ [pɔ́int] samostalnik
konica, bodica, ost (igle, noža, svinčnika, jezika itd.)
arhaično bodalo, meč
tehnično koničasta priprava, dleto, šilo, črtalnik, graverska igla
lov cilj, postojanka (psov)
množina udje, okončine (zlasti konjeve), parožki (jelen)
slovnica pika (tudi full point)
tisk enota za velikost tiskarskih črk (0,376 mm), izbočena točka v Braillovi pisavi
matematika točka (point of intersection sečišče)
decimalna pika; točka na zemljevidu, cesti itd.
fizika stopinja (temperature na lestvici), stopnja
geografija rtič
geografija stran neba (cardinal points glavne strani neba)
točka, kraj, mesto, cilj, namen (point of destination namembni kraj; ekonomija point of entry vstopno pristanišče)
trenutek, moment (odločilni, kritični at the point of death umirajoč)
točka dnevnega reda (to differ on several points ne strinjati se v več točkah)
poanta, bistvo, odlika, svojstvo; cilj, namen, smisel (there is no point in doing it nima smisla to narediti)
poudarek (to give point to one's words dati poudarek svojim besedam)
(karakteristična) poteza, lastnost, odlika (his strong, weak point njegova močna, šibka točka; it has its points ima svoje dobre strani)
ekonomija točka pri racioniranju ali ocenjevanju blaga
šport točka (to lose on points izgubiti po točkah, points win zmaga po točkah)
šivana čipka
glasba znak za ponovitev, karakteristični motiv, tematičen vstavek
vojska predstraža, izvidnica
britanska angleščina kretnica

ekonomija to be on points biti racioniran (blago)
to be off points biti v svobodni prodaji
ekonomija to put on points racionirati
at all points temeljito, popolnoma, v vseh ozirih
at the point of na robu, blizu
at the point of the pistol z namerjeno pištolo
at the point of the sword z grožnjo, nasilno
at this point v tem hipu, na tem mestu (v govoru itd.)
to be on the point of pravkar nameravati
beside (ali off, away from) the point neprimeren, ne na mestu
to bursting point (sit) da bi počil
boiling-point vrelišče
freezing-point ledišče
melting-point tališče
to bring to a point dovršiti, končati
a case in point ustrezen primer
to carry (ali gain) one's point doseči svoj smoter
to come (ali get) to the point priti k stvari, priti do odločilnega trenutka
to give point to s.th. poudariti kaj
šport to give points to s.o. dati komu prednost v igri, figurativno biti močnejši
figurativno nine points skoraj vse, 90 procentov
possession is nine points of the law če kaj imaš, imaš vedno prav
to dine on potatoes and points jesti samo krompir
in point ustrezen, umesten
in point of glede na
in point of fact pravzaprav, resnično
point at issue sporna točka
a point of interest zanimiva podrobnost
the point of the jaw brada
a knotty point zamotana stvar
to keep to the point ostati pri stvari
to lack point ne biti prepričljiv
to make a point of vztrajati na čem, poudarjati
šport to make (ali score) a point doseči točko; dokazati resničnost trditve
to make s.th. a point of honour smatrati kaj za častno zadevo
a moot point dvomljiv dokaz
ameriško point of origin kraj porekla
not to put too fine a point on it brez ovinkov povedati, ne prikrivati
to press a point vztrajati pri čem, pritiskati na kaj
point of no return aeronavtika nevarna cona, figurativno od kjer ni vrnitve
to see the point razumeti poanto
to stand upon points paziti na vsako malenkost, biti prenatančen
to stick to the point ostati pri stvari
to stretch (ali strain) a point narediti izjemo, pogledati skozi prste
one's sore point boleča točka
there is no point in it nima smisla
to the point stvarno
up to a point do neke mere
turning-point preokret
point of view stališče, mnenje
that is the point to je vprašanje, to je poglavitna stvar
parlament point of order dnevni red