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stick^*3 [stik]

1. prehodni glagol
prebosti, zabosti, zabadati; zaklati; nabosti, nasaditi, zadreti; zatakniti; iztegniti, pomoliti (out of iz)
natakniti (čepico) (on, to na)
naježiti; nalepiti, prilepiti (on, to na)
zamazati, pomazati; podpreti (rastlino) s kolcem
pogovorno vreči pri izpitu
figurativno spraviti (koga) v zadrego; zmesti; zaustaviti; podtakniti (s.th. on s.o. kaj komu)
sleng prevarati, oslepariti
sleng prenesti, vzdržati

2. neprehodni glagol
tičati; biti poln (česa); sršati, štrleti, moleti (out of iz)
(pri)lepiti se (on, to na, za)
zalepiti se, oprijeti se, prijemati se (to česa)
obtičati, ne se premikati, zatakniti se (tudi figurativno)
zagaziti; čvrsto sedeti (na konju)
pogovorno osta(ja)ti, vztrajati (at to pri)
držati se (to česa)
ostati zvest (by komu, čemu)
ne se pustiti odvrniti; biti zmeden, oklevati ustrašiti se (at ob, pred)

stuck to ameriško, sleng zaljubljen, zateleban v
stuck up sleng zmeden, zbegan
to stick at ustaviti se ob, oklevati, ustrašiti se ob
he sticks at nothing on se ničesar ne ustraši, njega nobena stvar ne zadrži
to stick bills lepiti lepake, plakate, plakatirati
stick no bills! plakatiranje prepovedano!
the boat stuck on a shoal čoln je nasedel na plitvino
she sticks to me like a bur ona se me drži (prime) kot klòp
to stick butterflies nabadati (nabosti) metulje
the door has stuck vrata so se zaskočila
to stick a flower in one's buttonhole zatakniti si cvetlico v gumbnico
to stick to a friend ostati zvest prijatelju
to stick to one's guns figurativno ostati zvest čemu, ne prelomiti besede
to stick one's head out of the window pomoliti glavo iz okna
they stuck to his heels prilepili (obesili) so se mu na pete
to stick one's hands in one's pockets vtakniti roke v žep
he sticks indoors on vedno tiči doma
to stick it sleng vzdržati, vztrajati
to stick to it oprijeti se, ne popustiti
to stick a knife into s.o.'s back zasaditi komu nož v hrbet
a man who will stick at nothing figurativno človek brez pomislekov, ki se pred ničemer ne ustavi
some money stuck to his fingers figurativno poneveril je nekaj denarja
to stick in the mud obtičati v blatu
stick my name down on the list zapišite moje ime v seznam!
the nickname stuck to him vzdevek se ga je prijel
he is always sticking his nose into my business vedno vtika svoj nos v moje posle (zadeve)
to stick a pig zaklati prašiča
to stick to the point ostati pri stvari, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he stuck me with a puzzle spravil me je v zadrego z (neko) uganko
I stuck him with that question s tem vprašanjem sem ga vrgel na izpitu
to stick to one's promise držati svojo obljubo
to stick a stamp on a letter nalepiti znamko na pismo
it sticks in my throat obtičalo mi je v grlu, ne morem pogoltniti; figurativno ne morem zaupati
if you throw mud enough, some of it will stick če zelo obrekuješ koga, bodo ljudje nekaterim teh klevet verjeli; tudi nedolžnost ni varna pred obrekovanjem
to stick to his word držati (svojo) besedo

still¹ [stil]

1. samostalnik
miren, nepremičen, negiben; tih, nem, molčeč; nemoten; nepeneč se (pijača)

still champagne naravni (nešampanizirani) šampanjec
still as the grave molčeč kot grob
a still lake mirno jezero
still life tihožitje
the still small voice figurativno glas vesti
still water mirujoča voda
be still! molči!
keep still! bodi miren
to keep still about s.th. molčati o čcm
to lie (to sit) still nepremično ležati (sedeti)
to stand still mirno, nepremično stati, ustaviti se, ne se več premakniti
still waters run deep tiha voda bregove podira

2. samostalnik
poetično mir, tišina, molk
fotografija posamična fotografija, kamera za posamične posnetke
film fotografija, reklamna fotografija (nepremična) za film
pogovorno tihožitje
ameriško tih alarm ob požaru

in the still of night v nočni tišini, sredi noči

3. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
umiriti, pripraviti k molku, utišati; utihniti, umiriti se

to still one's fears pomiriti svoj strah
when the storm stills ko se bo vihar polegel

stint¹ [stint] samostalnik
meja, omejitev; določen, dodeljen del dela (posla); predpisana mera; delež, določena vsota

without stint, with no stint brez omejevanja, brez varčevanja truda ali denarja
to do one's daily stint opraviti svoj dnevni obrok dela
to exceed one's stint prekoračiti svoj delež
he laboured without stint nobenega truda se ni bal pri delu

strain² [stréin]

1. prehodni glagol
nategniti, napeti; (pre)napenjati, pretegniti, (i)zviniti, izpahniti

to strain a rope nategniti vrv
to strain every nerve napeti vse živce, vse od sebe dati
to strain one's eyes prenapenjati si oči
to strain a muscle nategniti si mišico
to strain one's wrist izviniti si zapestje; tehnično upogniti, zverižiti, (preveč) raztegniti, deformirati, preoblikovati; forsirati, silo delati; prekoračiti, preveč zahtevati, precenjevati, previsoko oceniti
to strain the law silo delati zakonu (pravici)
to strain the meaning of a word forsirati, silo delati pomenu besede
to strain a point predaleč iti
to strain the truth po svoje resnico prikrojiti
to strain one's credit (one's powers, one's rights) prekoračiti svoj kredit (svoja pooblastila, svoje pravice)
to strain one's strength precenjevati svojo moč; precediti, filtrirati, pasirati (tudi out)
to strain out coffee grounds (pre)filtrirati kavino goščo; (močno) stisniti (to k), objeti; zastarelo (pri)siliti, primorati, priganjati

2. neprehodni glagol
vleči, trgati; (do skrajnosti) se napenjati, si prizadevati, se truditi (for, after za)
stremeti (for, after po)
upogniti se, (s)kriviti se, zviti se; teči, curljati skozi, pronicati (o tekočini); ustrašiti se (at pred)
osupniti, ostrmeti, ustaviti se (at ob)
imeti preveč pomislekov

the dog strains at the leash pes vleče (za) vrv
he strains too much after effect on preveč stremi, se lovi za efekti
the ship strained in the heavy sea ladja se je krivila v razburkanem morju
to strain at a gnat pri malenkostih se obotavijati (se obirati)
he is straining under the load šibi se pod bremenom

stróšek expense, cost; expenditure; outlay, outgoings pl

na stróške at the expense of
na državne stróške at public expense
z majhnimi stróški at little cost
k vragu s stróški! (= naj stane, kar hoče!) blow the expense!
zvezan s stróški expense(-)
na moj stróšek at my expense
drobni stróški sundries pl
manjši stróški pocket money, minor expenses pl
potni stróški travelling expenses pl
proizvodni stróšek prime cost
režijski stróški overhead expenses, overheads pl
pravdni stróšek legal costs pl
sodni stróški court costs pl
življenjski stróški cost of living
tekoči stróški current expenses pl
po odbitju vseh stróškov all expenses paid
povrnitev stróškov reimbursement
ne gledam na stróške (figurativno) I don't mind the expense
kriti stróške to cover (the) expenses
pokriti stróške (= izravnati se) to break even
povrniti komu stróške to reimburse someone; to refund someone's expenses
poravnati stróške to meet (ali pogovorno to stand) the cost
stróški požró ves dobiček (the) expenses eat up all the profits
prispevati k stróškom to share the cost
ne varčevati s stróški not to grudge the expenditure, to spare no expense
plačati (»nositi«) stróške to pay (ali to cover, to defray) (the) expenses
biti povezan s stróški to involve expense
plačati, kriti stróške za koga to defray (ali to cover) someone's expenses
(o)ceniti stróške to appraise the cost
(po)kriti svoje stróške (priti na svoj račun) to recover expenses, to break even, (figurativno) to get one's money's worth
vreči se, zagnati se v stróške to go to great expense

struggle² [strʌgl] neprehodni glagol
boriti se (with z, for za, against proti)
truditi se, napenjati se, mučiti se (with s.th. s čim)
trgati se (za kaj); upirati se (against čemu)
braniti se (česa), otepati se; s težavo si utirati pot, se prebijati; (redko) prepirati se
prehodni glagol
izbojevati, priboriti si

a struggling artist umetnik, ki se še ni uveljavil in se s težavo prebija (skozi življenje)
to struggle along prebi(ja)ti se
to struggle for breath s težavo loviti sapo
I struggled in my coat z muko sem oblekel plašč
to struggle up a cliff s težavo se vzpenjati po pečini
to struggle with death boriti se s smrtjo
to struggle to one's feet z muko se dvigniti, vstati na noge
he struggled to save his life boril se je za svoje življenje
to struggle against overwhelming forces boriti se proti veliki premoči
he has to struggle to earn his living z velikim trudom si služi svoj kruh
to struggle for power boriti se za oblast
to struggle through the crowd s težavo si utirati pot skozi množico

suit² [sju:t] prehodni glagol
obleči, oblačiti, krasiti, opremiti; prilagoditi (to čemu)
pristajati, prilegati se, ustrezati, biti v skladu z, biti primeren; prijati, goditi, biti po volji; zadovoljiti

to suit o.s. napraviti po svoje
neprehodni glagol
pristajati, podati se, ustrezati (with čemu)
zadovoljiti, prijati

I am suited našel sem, kar mi je po volji
suit yourself napravi, kar hočeš
this book is not suited to (ali for) children ta knjiga ni primerna za otroke
to suit one's action to one's words uskladiti svoje početje s svojimi besedami, takoj izvršiti grožnjo itd.
that suits my book figurativno to mi ustreza, mi je prav
it suits my book that... prav mi pride, da...
does it suit you to come tomorrow? vam je prav, če pridete jutri?
this dress suits you well ta obleka se ti lepo poda
he is hard to suit njemu je težko ustreči
the frame does not suit with the picture okvir se ne sklada s sliko
he is not suited for (ali to be) a teacher on ni primeren za učiteljski poklic
this will suit my requirements to bo ustrezalo mojim zahtevam, to bo (kot nalašč) zame
to suit one's style of living to one's means prilagoditi svoj način življenja svojim sredstvom
wine does not suit me vino mi ne prija, vina ne prenesem

sway¹ [swéi] prehodni glagol
zibati, gugati, majati; vihteti; zvijati, pripogibati
navtika dvigati
figurativno vplivati, delovati na; rokovati; upravljati, voditi, vladati (komu, čemu); odvrniti (od naklepa)
neprehodni glagol
gugati se, zibati se, nihati, majati se, zvijati se, nagibati se, pripogibati se (towards k, proti)
kreniti, zaviti; opotekati se, omahovati; vladati

to sway home kreniti, zaviti proti domu
man is often swayed by his passions človeka često vladajo njegove strasti
opinion sways to his side javno mnenje se nagiblje njemu v prid
he swayed his sword vihtel je svoj meč
to sway the sceptre držati žezlo, vladati
to sway the world vladati svetu
to be swayed by a dream dati si vplivati od sanj
the trees sway in the wind drevesa se pozibavajo v vetru
the wind sways the trees veter pozibava drevesa
the wall sways to the right zid (stena) se nagiblje na desno

sweet² [swi:t] samostalnik
kar je sladko; sladek okus, sladkost; slaščica, bonbon; sladek poobedek, sladke jedi; sladkano vino
figurativno sladkosti; prijeten vonj, parfum, dišava; prijetnost, slast; ljubi, ljubček, ljubica, dragica

no sweet without sweat ni jela brez dela
the sweets of power slast oblasti
the sweets and bitters of life sladkosti in bridkosti življenja
the flowers diffuse their balmy sweets cvetlice širijo svoj balzamov vonj
to taste the sweets of success okusiti slast uspeha

swell^*2 [swel]

1. neprehodni glagol (tudi swell up, swell out)
oteči, otekati, nabrekniti; napihniti se, napeti se, nabuhniti, napenjati se; (voda) narasti; (jadro) napeti se, napihniti se; rasti, prerasti (into v)
narasti, povečati se; izbruhniti (izvirek, solze)
arhitektura izbočiti se
figurativno kipeti (čustva); (srce) napenjati se, (hoteti) počiti (with od)
biti poln (with česa)
figurativno napihovati se, hvalisati se, bahati se

2. prehodni glagol (tudi swell up, swell out)
napihniti, napeti; razširiti, povečati (into do)
zvišati, pomnožiti

swelled head sleng nadutost, domišljavost
swollen legs otekle noge
swelled with success domišljav na svoj uspeh
to be swelled with pride napihovati se od ošabnosti
my cheek is swelling lice mi oteka
to swell out one's chest (iz)prsiti se
the cost of war has swollen our debt stroški za vojno so povečali naš dolg
my heart is swelling with happiness srce mi je prepolno sreče
to swell like a turkey cock šopiriti se kot pav
to swell note glasba peti (igrati) noto izmenoma crescendo in diminuendo
rains have swollen the river zaradi deževja je reka narasla
the rivers are swelling reke naraščajo
the sails swelled in the wind jadra so se napela v vetru
to suffer from swelled head figurativno biti nadut, domišljav

tail¹ [téil]

1. samostalnik
rep; trtica; spodnji del; konec (sprevoda itd.); zadnji del pluga; stran kovanca z napisom; spremstvo; najslabši igralci kakega moštva, odpadki; stranka, privrženci; žaket, frak, škric, vlečka (obleke)
množina, pogovorno družabna obleka

tail of a letter konec pisma
tail of the trenches vojska najbolj sprednji jarki
tail of gale konec nevihte
tail of a stream tih, miren tok reke
tail margin spodnji beli rob strani (knjige)
tails up figurativno dobre volje, vesel
tail of a musical note del note pod črto
close on s.o. 's tail komu tik za petami
cow's tail figurativno razcefran konec vrvi
the dirty end of the cow's tail figurativno spolzko govorjenje (pogovor)
heads or tail? glava ali napis? (vprašamo, če mečemo kovanec v zrak za odločitev v kaki stvari)
with his tail between his legs figurativno ves preplašen, kot polit cucek
to be unable to make head or tail of s.th. ne se spoznati, ne se moči znajti v čem
to drop a pinch of salt on the tail of a bird (a hare) šaljivo natresti ptiču (zajcu) soli na rep (da bi ga ujeli)
to go into tails figurativno hitro rasti
my son has gone into tails moj sin je oblekel svoj prvi žaket
to follow the tail of a plough držati plug za ročaj, biti kmetovalec
he had the enemy on his tail sovražnik mu je bil tik za petami
she looked at me out of the tail of her eye skrivaj, s koncem očesa me je pogledala
to put one's tail between one's legs stisniti rep med noge, zbežati
to turn tail obrniti hrbet, planiti v beg, pete pokazati, popihati jo
to twist s.o.'s tail figurativno nadlegovati ali dolgočasiti koga
to twist the lion's tail mučiti, izzivati leva (aluzija na tuje časnikarje ali govornike, ki izzivalno žalijo Anglijo)
to walk at the tail of a cart hoditi za vozom
the tail wags the dog rep miga s psom, figurativno najneumnejši (najmanj pomembni) komandira, vlada

2. pridevnik
najbolj zadajšnji, zadnji, končni, repni

tail on prehodni glagol
dodati, nanizati, pripojiti, priključiti (zadaj), privezati

the boy tail oned his sister's doll's pram on to his scooter deček je privezal sestrin voziček s punčko (lutko) na svoj skiro

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

take² [téik] samostalnik
vzetje, odvzem; ulov (rib)
lov plen, uplenitev; prejemek, iztržek, izkupiček, inkaso (v gledališču, na koncertu itd.); film, televizija, posnetek scene, scena
britanska angleščina zakup, zemlja v zakupu; šah odvzem (figure)

a great take of fish velik ulov rib
he is very proud ot his take zelo je ponosen na svoj plen, na to, kar je ujel (ulovil)

talk out prehodni glagol
utruditi z neprestanim govorjenjem
parlament, britanska angleščina preprečiti sprejem (zakonskega predloga itd.) s podaljševanjem debate v nedogled; zavlačevati razpravljanje

to talk o.s. out nagovoriti se do mile volje, napripovedovati se
to talk out s.o. out of a purpose pregovoriti koga, da opusti svoj načrt
to talk it out figurativno odkriti svoje srce

task² [ta:sk] prehodni glagol
dati nalogo (s.o. komu), naložiti težko delo (komu); biti zahteven za; obremeniti, zaposliti; napeti (um, moči); preskusiti, dati na preskušnjo

to task one's memory napenjati svoj spomin
mathematics tasks this boy's brain matematika je težko breme (je zahtevna) za možgane tega dečka

taste¹ [téist] samostalnik
okus (čut, lastnost); pokušanje (jedi); pokušnja; košček (of česa)
zalogaj; požirek, kapljica; priokus; umetniški okus; takt; smer okusa, moda; nagnjenje, posebna ljubezen (for za)
zastarelo užitek

a taste malce, nekoliko
out of taste, in bad taste neokusen
not to my taste ne po mojem okusu
bad taste netaktnost
a remark in bad taste netaktna opazka
a taste of garlic okus po česnu
a man of taste človek dobrega okusa
tastes differ okusi so različni
it is the taste now to je zdaj moda
there is no accounting for tastes vsakdo ima svoj okus
it is a matter of taste (to) je stvar okusa
there was a taste of sadness in his remark v njegovi opazki je bil priokus (sled) žalosti
to leave a bad taste in the mouth (zlasti figurativno) pustiti slab okus
to take a taste of s.th. poskusiti grižljaj česa

tell^* [tel]

1. prehodni glagol
povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti
parlament šteti (glasove)

all told (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj
tell me another! sleng tega mi ne boš natvezel!
I was told (so) rekli so mi (tako)
I'll tell you what nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)
I'll tell you the world ameriško o tem sem prepričan
I can tell you zagotavljam vam
I cannot tell him from his brother ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata
to tell s.th. abroad pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj
to tell fortunes from cards vedeževati iz kart
to tell one's money ameriško šteti svoj denar
to tell one's beads religija moliti rožni venec
to tell one's name povedati svoje ime
to tell the news naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico
to tell a lie (ali lies) lagati
to tell the reason navesti razlog
to tell the tale pogovorno pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)
to tell tales zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti
to tell the truth povedati resnico
to tell the votes politika šteti glasove
he told him to go rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre
he can be told by his hat lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku
never tell me! ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!
the clock tells the time ura kaže čas
this tells its own tale to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno
we were told to get up rekli so nam, naj vstanemo
you're telling me! sleng tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!

2. neprehodni glagol
pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati (about o)
spoznati, vedeti (by po)
imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati
pogovorno izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

for all we can tell kolikor mi vemo
who can tell kdo ve
how can you tell? kako morete to vedeti?
you never can tell človek nikoli ne ve
every shot tells vsak strel pogodi
her tears tell of her grief njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino
to tell on (ali of) s.o. izdati, zatožiti koga
don't tell on me ne izdaj(te) me!
the hard work began to tell on her težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej
that tells against you to govori proti tebi

tender¹ [téndə]

1. pridevnik (tenderly prislov)
nežen; mehak (meso itd.); krhek, drobljiv; dobro kuhan (pečen); topljiv, topen; občutljiv, hitro užaljen; delikaten, subtilen; kočljiv; blag, mil, dobrega srca, ljubezniv, prisrčen; skrben (of za)
obziren, pozoren (do), zaskrbljen (of, over za)

of tender age v nežni starosti, mlad
tender passion ljubezen
tender porcelain stekleni porcelan
a tender spot občutljivo mesto
a tender red nežna rdeča barva
a tender subject kočljiv predmet (razgovora)
tender annual botanika poletna rastlina
he is tender of his reputation občutljiv je za svoj ugled (sloves)
to have a tender conscience biti tankovesten
to be tender of s.th. ozirati se na, skrbeti za kaj
to be tender of irritating s.o. paziti, da koga ne razjezimo (razdražimo)

2. prehodni glagol
napraviti mehko, občutljivo
neprehodni glagol
postati mehak

thought¹ [ɵɔ:t] samostalnik
misel, ideja, mišljenje, umovanje, premišljanje; (skrbno) razmišljanje; premislek; pazljivost; namera, nakana, načrt
množina mnenje; umsko delo; svet misli, miselni svet; spominjanje; sposobnost predstavljanja; skrb, nemir; obzir
figurativno minimalna količina, nekoliko, malce, kanček

a beauty beyond thought lepota, ki si je ni moč predstavljati
engaged in thought zamišljen, zatopljen v misli
the leading thought vodilna misel
a penny for your thoughts! figurativno rad bi vedel, kaj (sedaj) mislite! kaj bi dal, da bi vedel za vaše misli!; na kaj mislite?
(up)on second thought(s) po (zrelem) premisleku
quick as thought bliskovit
after further thought I saw I was wrong ko sem znova premislil, sem uvidel, da nimam prav
you are often in my thoughts često mislim na vas
I had (some) thoughts of coming nekako sem nameraval priti
he had no thought of paying his debt prav nobenega namena ni imel, da bi plačal svoj dolg
he did not give a thought to his doings niti hip ni pomislil, kaj dela
he is a thought smaller than you on je nekoliko manjši kot vi
his sole thought is to make money njegova edina misel je, kako priti do denarja
it never entered my thoughts nikoli mi ni (to) prišlo na misel
to read s.o.'s thoughts brati misli kake osebe
a thought struck me v glavo mi je šinila misel
second thoughts are best figurativno ni se treba prenagliti
to speak one's thoughts povedati svoje mnenje
she takes no thought for her appearance ona ne pazi na svojo zunanjost
to take no thought for the morrow ne misliti na jutrišnji dan
to take thought zamisliti se, premisliti
he took thought before replying premislil je, preden je odgovoril
thank you for your kind thought of me hvala vam za vašo ljubeznivo pažnjo do mene
the wish is father to the thought (ta) misel izhaja iz želje (je težko uresničljiva)