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hrbét back

za mojim hrbétom behind my back
za hrbétom (figurativno) in the rear
hrbét roke (stola) back of a hand (of a chair)
hrbét knjige spine of a book
cestni hrbét camber
gorski hrbét ridge, spine, arête
imeti koga na hrbétu (figurativno) to have someone on one's back
imeti sovražnika za hrbétom to have the enemy in the rear
volkovi so mu bili za hrbétom the wolves were at his back
ležati na hrbétu to lie on one's back, to lie supine
naložiti komu breme na hrbét to lay a burden on someone's back
obrniti se na hrbét to turn over on one's back
obrniti komu hrbét (figurativno) to turn one's back on someone, to give someone the cold shoulder, to cut someone
pasti na hrbét to fall on one's back
pisati na hrbét lista, dopisnice to write on the back (ali on the other side) of a leaf, of a postcard
obrekovati, opravljati koga za hrbétom to backbite
pokazati hrbét (zbežati) to turn tail; to run away (sovražniku from the enemy)
storil je to za mojim hrbétom he did it behind my back
(u)kriviti, upogniti hrbét (od starosti) to stoop (from old age), figurativno (klečeplaziti) to cringe, to fawn
zasaditi komu meč v hrbét to stab someone in the back
zavarovati si hrbét vojska to secure one's rear
bogu za hrbétom figurativno (daleč od sveta) at the back of beyond

húd bad; evil; (čas, doba) hard; (rana) bad, (občutljiva) sore; (jezen) angry; ZDA sore, mad

húda bolezen serious illness
húda bolečina great pain
húdi časi hard times pl
húd kašelj a bad cough
húd mraz a very severe frost
húd veter sharp wind
húda vročica (mrzlica) a virulent fever
húda vročina intense heat
húda ura thunderstorm
nič húdega sluteč unsuspecting
ta je pa že prehuda! this is outrageous!
delati húdo kri figurativno to create ill-feeling
nič húdega ti ne delam I do you no harm
nič húdega ne mislim (nočem) I don't mean any harm
nič húdega ni v tem there is no harm in it
ne bom ti naredil nič húdega I shall not hurt you
ona ima húd jezik she has a wicked (ali spiteful, malevolent) tongue
nič húdega ne nameravati (misliti) to mean no harm
nič húdega ne vidim v tem I don't see anything bad in it
biti húd na koga to be angry with someone, to be cross with someone, to be furious (ali mad) with someone
húd je name ZDA he is mad with me, VB he is angry with me
v najhujšem primeru at the worst; in the worst case
če pride do najhujšega if the worst comes to the worst
če bi se zgodilo najhujše if it comes to the worst
najhujše še pride the worst is yet to come
húdo (prislov) badly
toliko hujše! all the worse!; so much the worse
vedno hujše worse and worse
bodi pripravljen na najhujše! be prepared for the worst!
húdo se motiš there you are greatly mistaken
húdo mi je, da (ker) ne morem priti I feel sorry that I cannot come
ni tako húdo, kot je videti (figurativno) his bark is worse than his bite
húdo je z njim he is badly off, he is in a bad way, he is unwell
húdo (trda) je za denar money is scarce
saj ni tako húdo! it is not so bad (as you think)
mnogo húdega prestati (figurativno) to go through hell, to have a rough time

húje worse

kar je še húje what is even worse
tem húje zame so much the worse for me

hújši worse

hújša napaka a worse error
nedavna naftna kriza nas je prizadela toliko hújše the recent oil crisis struck us so much the harder

if¹ [if] veznik
ako, če; čeprav, dasi, četudi; če, ali (v odvisnem vprašanju); v vzklikih:

if that is not a shame! če to ni sramota!
as if kakor da
even if čeravno, čeprav
if any če sploh kateri
if so če je tako, v tem primeru
if not drugače, v nasprotnem primeru
he is 50 if he is a day (ali an hour) star je najmanj 50 let
it is interesting, if a little long je zanimivo, čeprav malo dolgo
if he be ever so rich naj bo še tako bogat

ill-advised [ílədváizd] pridevnik
slabo svetovan, nepremišljen, nepreviden, zapeljan

you would be ill-advised to do so bilo bi nepremišljeno, če bi to storil

imenovati to name; to call by name

imenovati koga po... to name someone after; (označiti) to denominate, to designate, to style, to term; (v službi) to nominate, to appoint (to office); (odrediti) to fix, to appoint (the day)
napačno imenovati to misname, pogovorno to get someone's name wrong
podrobno imenovati to specify
oseba, ki je nočem imenovati a person who shall be nameless
imenoval me je za svojega dediča he has named me his heir
imenovali so me po očetu I was named after my father
bil je imenovan za župana he was appointed mayor
imenovali so ga za predsednika they appointed him president
kako imenujete to stvar v angleščini? what do you call this thing in English?
imenovati se to be called, to be named
kako se imenuje ta vas? what is the name of this village?, what is this village called?

in¹ [in] predlog

1.
v, na (na vprašanje kje?)

in England v Angliji
in the country na deželi
in here (there) tu (tam) notri
in town v mestu (o katerem govorimo)
in the sky na nebu
in the street na ulici
in the territory na ozemlju

2. figurativno
v, pri, na

in the army v vojski
in the university na univerzi
in Shakespeare pri Shakespearju
blind in one eye na eno oko slep

3.
v (v posameznih primerih namesto into na vprašanje kam?)

put it in your pocket daj to v žep

4.
(stanje, način, okoliščina)

in arms oborožen
a cow in calf breja krava
in any case v vsakem primeru
in cash v gotovini; pri denarju (biti)
in despair obupano, v obupu
in doubt v dvomu
in dozens na ducate
in English v angleščini
in good health pri dobrem zdravju, zelo zdrav
in groups v skupinah
in E major v E duru
in liquor pijan
in this manner na ta način
in ruins v razvalinah
in short na kratko (povedano)
in tears v solzah
in a word z eno besedo
in other words z drugimi besedami
in writing pismeno

5.
v, pri, na (udeležba)

to be in it biti udeležen, udeležiti se
he isn't in it on ne spada zraven
there is nothing in it ničesar (resničnega, dobrega) ni v tem, ne splača se, je čisto enostavno; je še neodločeno (dirka)

6.
(dejavnost, opravilo) pri, v

in an accident pri nesreči, v nesreči
in crossing the river pri prehodu čez reko
in search of pri iskanju česa

7.
(moč, sposobnost)

it is not in her to tega ona ne zmore
he has (not) got it in him to je (ni) pravi mož za to

8.
(časovno)

in the beginning v začetku
in the day, in daytime podnevi
in the evening zvečer
in his flight na begu
in two hours v dveh urah, čez dve uri
in March marca
in one istočasno
in the reign of za vlade, za časa vladanja
in my sleep v spanju, ko sem spal
in time pravočasno, sčasoma, kdaj
in winter pozimi
in (the year) 1940 leta 1940

9.
(namen, smoter)

in answer to kot odgovor na
in my defence v mojo obrambo

10.
(vzrok, nagib)

in contempt s prezirom
in his honour njemu na čast
in sport za šalo
in remembrance v spomin

11.
(razmerje, odnos, zveza)

in as (ali so) far as do take mere
in that ker, kolikor
well in body, but ill in mind telesno zdrav, a duševno bolan
in itself samo po sebi
in number številčno
in size po velikosti
equal in strength enak po moči
the latest thing in s.th. najnovejše na nekem področju
ten feet in width 10 čevljev širok (po širini)

12.
po

in my opinion po mojem mnenju
in all probability po vsej verjetnosti

13.
(sredstvo, material)

in boots v škornjih
a statue in bronze bronast kip
written in pencil napisano s svinčnikom
a picture in oils oljnata slika
dressed in white oblečen v belo

14.
(število, znesek)

seven in all v celem sedem
five in the hundred pet od sto, 5%
one in ten eden od desetih
in twos po dva, paroma
not one in a hundred niti eden od stotih
a place in a million najbolj primeren kraj

in and

in...in both... and
on in njegov brat both he and his brother
podnevi in ponoči both by day and by night
in tako dalje (itd.) and so on, etc (= etcetera)

inficírati medicina to infect (z with)

inficírati se to become (ali to get) infected; to catch an infection
te ideje so inficirale vso mladino figurativno these ideas poisoned (ali infected) all the young people's minds

infiltrírati (se) to percolate; figurativno to infiltrate, to trickle in, to creep in

špijoni so se infiltrirali (vtihotapili) skozi naše linije spies infiltrated our lines

inn [in] samostalnik
gostilna, gostišče

britanska angleščina Inns of Court advokatske zbornice v Londonu, ki so nekoč šolale študente prava
britanska angleščina Inns of Chancery nekdanje stanovalske zgradbe za študente prava v Londonu

inokulírati to inoculate

inokulirali so jih zoper koze they were vaccinated (ali inoculated) against smallpox
inokulírati komu bolezen to inoculate someone with a disease

inside³ [ínsáid] samostalnik
notranjost, notranja stran, notranji del
figurativno bistvo, srž
pogovorno notranjščina, želodec, drob
pogovorno potnik v poštni kočiji
pogovorno sredina
ameriško, sleng zaupno obvestilo
matematika ploščina

from the inside od znotraj
inside out notranja stran navzven, obrnjen
to turn s.th. inside out narobe obrniti, postaviti na glavo
to know s.th. inside out znati kaj na pamet, dobro kaj poznati
ameriško, sleng on the inside poučen o čem, (so)udeležen
to look into the inside of s.th. natančno kaj preiskati
the inside of a week sredina tedna

instalírati to install; (elektriko, plin itd.) to put in, to lay on; (stroj) to put up, to set up; (tovarno) to equip; (hišo) to fit out, to furnish

instalírati radijski aparat to install a radio (ali wireless, wireless set)
instalírati se to install oneself, to establish oneself, to settle (oneself) in
instaliral se je v kot kupeja he settled himself in a corner of the compartment
instalírati se v hotelu za kratko bivanje to put up at a hotel for a short stay
instalírati se kot odvetnik to set up as a lawyer
instalirali so se na deželi they went to live in the country
špecerist se je instaliral na uličnem vogalu a grocer has opened a shop (ali has set up shop) at te corner of the street

interés interest; (korist) advantage, profit; (zanimanje, radovednost) curiosity, concern (in)

v interésu svoje družine in the interest of one's family
v njihovem interésu on (ali in) their behalf
za splošni interés for the common (ali public) weal, for the general welfare (ali good of all)
splošnega interésa of general interest
nezdružljivi interési conflicting interests pl
v interésu vašega zdravja in the interests of your health
interési obrambe države defence interests of the country
interési varnosti države security interests pl of the country
skupni interési common interests pl
zastopanje, zastopstvo interésov representation of interests
splošnega interésa of general interest
konfliktni interési conflicting interests pl
to je v mojem interésu it is in my interest
je v interésu... it is in the interest of...
to je bilo storjeno v tvojem interésu that was done for your sake
v tvojem interésu je, da rečeš tako it is in your interest to say so
ima interés za vse, kar vidi he takes an interest in everything he sees
izgubiti interés to lose interest
koristiti javnim interésom to benefit the public interest
škodovati interésom to impair the interests of
služiti svojim osebnim interésom to serve one's private (ali one's own) interests
ščititi interése kake osebe to protect (ali to uphold) someone's interests
ne imeti interésa za... to have no interest in...
ne vidim interésa, da bi sodeloval z njim I don't find it advantageous (ali in my interest) to collaborate with him
vem, kje so moji interési I know which side my bread is buttered on
zastopati interése kake osebe to look after someone's interests

intervenírati to intervene (v in); to intercede (pri with), to plead (with); pogovorno to step in, (vmešati se) to interfere

interveniral sem pri ministru I made a personal appeal to the minister (, da preuči primer to get him to examine (ali look into) the case)
poklicali so policijo, da je intervenirala the police were called in
intervenírati (vmešati se) v zadeve tuje države to intervene in the affairs of a foreign country
moral sem intervenírati, da se nista stepla I had to step in to keep them from fighting

intímen intimate; inward; internal; close; near

intímen prijatelj an intimate (ali a close) friend, a bosom friend; intimate
najbolj intímni kotički duše the inmost recesses of the soul
to so preveč intímne stvari, da bi o njih govorili those things are too near one's heart to be spoken of
biti intímen s kom to be familiar (ali intimate) with someone
to so preintimne zadeve, da bi o njih tu razpravljali these are matters too intimate to be discussed here
moj (najbolj) intímni prijatelj my second self

invade [invéid] prehodni glagol
vdreti, napasti, navaliti; prevzeti, zavzeti; prisvojiti si
figurativno kratiti; prekršiti; samovoljno posegati v kaj

fear invaded him ves je bil v strahu
the village was invaded by tourists turisti so napolnili vas
to invade s.o.'s rights kratiti komu njegove pravice

involved [invɔ́lvd] pridevnik
zapleten, vpleten, vključen (in s.th. v kaj, with s.o. s kom)
vštet, prizadet, ki se tiče koga ali česa; udeležen, zavzet pri

involved in debt do vratu v dolgovih
the persons involved ljudje, ki so vpleteni v
to be involved iti za kaj, biti prizadet
his prestige is involved gre za njegov ugled