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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

precious¹ [préšəs] pridevnik (preciously prislov)
dragocen, drag (kamen); plemenit, žlahten (kovina); ljub, drag
figurativno nenaraven, afektiran
pogovorno lep, popoln

a precious rascal popoln lopov
a precious lot better than daleč boljši od
a precious sight more veliko več
my precious! ljubezen moja!
a precious mess lepa godlja
precious style nenaraven stil

preglasováti to vote down; to outvote

biti z veliko večino preglasovan to be snowed down

prenêsti to transport, to transmit; to carry over; to transfer (z... na from... to), to turn over to; (pretrpeti) to bear, to stand

prenesèn pomen figurative sense
prenesel je posle na svojega družabnika he has turned the business over to his partner
veliko prenêsti (figurativno) to have a strong back

presenéčenje surprise; astonishment; amazement

kakšno presenéčenje! what a surprise!
na veliko moje presenéčenje much to my surprise
napraviti otroku presenéčenje to give a child a surprise
povzročiti veliko presenéčenje to cause great surprise

prestáti prestajáti to stand; to endure, to suffer, to undergo, to experience

mnogo prestáti, prestajáti to go through a great deal
prestáti, prestajáti preizkušnjo to stand a test, to undergo a trial
prestáti, prestajáti muke to be in torment, to suffer torments
mnogo sem prestal I have been through much trouble
veliko je prestal he had a rough time, he had it rough
revica je mnogo prestala the poor woman was sorely tried
prestáti, prestajáti (hude) bolečine to suffer (great) pain

preživljati to live; to survive

preživljati veliko družino to maintain a large family
preživljati starše to support one's parents
preživljati težke čase to have a hard time
preživljati se to make a living (kot as, z out of)
on se preživlja s prodajo knjig he makes a living by selling books
komaj se preživljati to make a bare living

price¹ [práis] samostalnik
cena, stroški, izdatki; (borza) tečajna vrednost, borzni kurz; plačilo, nagrada
figurativno cena, žrtev

fixed price stalna cena
price fixed zadnja, najvišja cena
ekonomija long price bruto cena (vključno s carino)
cost price lastni stroški
ekonomija adjustable (ali graduated) price gibljiva cena
ekonomija asked price zahtevana cena
ekonomija bid (ali offered) price ponujena cena
ekonomija share (ameriško stock) price borzni kurz
ekonomija price of issue; ali issue price emisijski kurz
ekonomija price per unit cena za kos
ekonomija to get (ali secure) a good price doseči dobro ceno
figurativno every man has his price vsakega človeka je moč kupiti
beyond (ali above, without) price neprecenljiv, nedosegljiv
to set a price on s.o.'s head razpisati nagrado na koga
at a heavy price za visoko ceno, za veliko žrtev
at any price za vsako ceno
not at any price za nobeno ceno
to bear too high (ali stiff) a price preveč veljati
sleng what price? kako kaže z...?, kakšne šanse ima...?

prihódnost future

v prihódnosti in future
v bližnji prihódnosti in the near future
načrti za prihódnost plans pl for the future
imeti veliko prihódnost to have a great future
napovedati prihódnost to predict (ali to foretell, to prophesy) the future
videti v prihódnost to look into the future

prijáteljstvo friendship; amity, amicableness, amicability, friendly intercourse, familiarity

v prijáteljstvu in amity
veliko prijáteljstvo a bosom (ali close) friendship
skleniti prijáteljstvo to strike up a friendship, to make friends with
gojiti prijáteljstvo to cultivate a friendship
dolgo prijáteljstvo a friendship of long standing
živeti v največjem prijáteljstvu to live in the closest amity
čisti računi, dolgo prijáteljstvo arhaično short reckonings make long (ali lasting) friends

proizvajálec producer; maker; manufacturer

proizvajálec na veliko mass producer
svèt proizvajálcev council of producers

prolific [prəlífik] pridevnik (prolifically prislov)
ploden, rodoviten; poln česa, bogat (of, in s čim)

a measure prolific of much misery ukrep, ki ima za posledico veliko bridkost
a prolific writer ploden pisatelj

protékcija (prednost) favouritism, discrimination in favour (of), partiality (for, to); backstairs influence, pull

ne želim (ne potrebujem) protékcije I want no favours
on mora uživati veliko protékcijo he must have a friend at court

pull² [pul]

1. prehodni glagol
vleči, povleči, potegniti; puliti, izpuliti (zob, rastlino), izvleči, privleči; trgati (jabolka cvetice); skubsti, skubiti, oskubsti (perjad, lan), populiti (dlako iz usnja); zagotoviti si, privleči (stranke, podporo); (golf, kriket) udariti žogo postrani na levo; namerno zadržati dirkalnega konja; veslati, imeti vesla
tisk napraviti odtis, odtisniti
ameriško, sleng potegniti (revolver, nož)
sleng izpeljati (delo)
ameriško, sleng proglasiti stavko, pozvati (podjetje) k stavki
sleng zapreti, napraviti racijo (v igralnici)

2. neprehodni glagol
vleči, puliti (at)
vleči (pipo; at)
povleči, piti (at iz)
vleči se, riniti se naprej
sleng privlačiti (reklama)

to pull apart raztrgati
to pull a boner napraviti veliko napako
to pull (ali draw) the long bow širokoustiti se
a case of pull devil, pull baker povleci, potegni; kdo je močnejši
to pull caps (ali wigs) pretepati se
to pull faces (ali a face) pačiti se, kremžiti se
to pull a long face nakremžiti obraz, narediti kisel obraz
to pull a fast one preslepiti, ukaniti
to pull a good heart zbrati pogum
to pull s.o.'s leg potegniti koga, norčevati se iz koga
to pull a thing on s.o. ogoljufati, prevariti
to pull a good oar dobro veslati
the boat pulls 4 oars čoln ima štiri vesla
to pull it odnesti pete, pobegniti
to pull to pieces raztrgati, figurativno ostro kritizirati
to pull one's punches figurativno krotiti se; (boks) zadržano udariti
to pull one's rank on s.o. pokazati, da si višji po činu
to pull by the sleeve pocukati za rokav
to pull into the station pripeljati na postajo (vlak)
to pull the strings (ali wires) neopazno voditi, vplivati na koga
to pull one's weight potruditi se pri delu, krepko veslati
to pull the wool over s.o.'s eyes preslepiti koga

quite [kwáit] prislov
popolnoma, čisto, docela; resnično, zares (quite a gentleman)
precej, ravno, prav, zelo

quite a precej, zares
quite a few veliko, mnogo
quite other čisto drugačen
quite the thing prava stvar, kot je treba, primeren
not quite proper ne ravno primeren
Oh quite!; ali quite so! res je, se strinjam
she (he) isn't quite ni prava dama (ni pravi gospod)

račúnati to calculate, to reckon, to figure; to cipher; to compute

račúnati na kaj to reckon (ali to rely) upon something (na pomoč upon help)
račúnati za kaj to charge for something (za sobo for the room)
ne račúnati to leave out of account
račúnati z to reckon with
račúnati na pamet to do mental airthmetic
napačno račúnati to miscalculate
on veliko računa (zaračuna) his charges are very high, he charges a lot
račúnati z dejstvi to take the facts into account
računajoč vse v vsem taking an all-round view
račúnati brez krčmarja (figurativno) to reckon without one's host

railway¹ [réilwei] samostalnik
britanska angleščina železniška proga, železnica

at railway speed s hitrostjo železnice, figurativno z veliko hitrostjo, bliskovito, hitro
railway accident železniška nesreča
cable-railway, electric street railway, elevated railway, narrow-gauge railway, rack-railway, suspended railway, underground railway žična, električna cestna, nadzemeljska, ozkotirna, zobata, viseča, podzemeljska železnica

razpénjati se to span

čez Temzo se razpenja veliko mostov the Thames is spanned by a large number of bridges

regret¹ [rigrét] samostalnik
obžalovanje, kesanje, kes; skrb (for za)
opravičevanje; žalost, bolečina, bolest; razočaranje

with regret z obžalovanjem, nerad
to my regret na moje obžalovanje
it is a regret to me žal mi je, obžalujem
to express one's regret izraziti svoje obžalovanje
I expressed (I sent) my regret for refusing opravičil sem se, ker sem odklonil
I declined with much regret (with many regrets) odklonil sem z največjim obžalovanjem
I have to refuse with much regret na svojo veliko žalost (obžalovanje) moram odkloniti
to have no regret ne obžalovati
to hear with regret z obžalovanjem slišati (zvedeti)

release¹ [rilí:s] samostalnik
osvoboditev, izpustitev na svobodo (from iz)
(od)rešitev (from od česa)
razbremenitev, olajšanje, oprostitev, spregled
pravno razrešitev dolžnosti, odstop; prenos pravice (premoženja) na drugega, odstop(itev); odreka (pravicam); dokument (o odstopu); potrdilo pobotnica; odobritev filma za predvajanje
tehnično mehanizem za sprožitev ali ustavitev, izklop stroja

release from a debt (mortgage) oprostitev (brisanje) dolga (hipoteke)
happy release figurativno smrt
it was to me a great release to mi je bilo v veliko olajšanje