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práviti to tell; to say

to se pravi, da... that is to say that...
to se mnogo (nekaj) pravi! that is saying much!
kot se pravi (reče) as the saying goes
no, saj pravim! well, I declare!
kaj pravi (on)? what is he saying?
pravijo they say, one says, people say
nekdo mi je pravil somebody told me, I was told
pravijo, da je bogata she is said to be rich, people say she is rich
kaj se to pravi? what do you mean by that?

právkar just, just now, just this moment

právkar (ravno) nameravati kaj napraviti to be about to do something
právkar prihaja he is coming, pogovorno he's on his way
právkar sem ga videl I have just seen him
knjiga se právkar tiska the book is being printed
knjiga je právkar izšla the book is just out
právkar izšlo (knjiga) just published, just out, pogovorno hot off the press

pray [préi]

1. prehodni glagol
prositi, rotiti koga (for za)

2. neprehodni glagol
religija moliti (to k)
prositi (for za)
pravno predlagati (that da)

pray, consider! prosim te, premisli!
pray be seated sedi prosim

prázničen festive; festival; holiday(-)

práznična obleka best clothes pl, Sunday best, pogovorno glad rags
práznično (slavnostno) razpoloženje festivity; holiday mood
biti v práznični obleki, práznično oblečen to be dressed in one's Sunday best
biti práznično razpoložen to be in holiday mood

pre- too

predrag too expensive
pretežaven too difficult
prevroč too hot
prelepó, da bi bilo resnično too good to be true
to gre predaleč that's going too far

prebudíti prebújati to wake (up), to awaken, to awake; to arouse, to rouse (tudi figurativno)

prebudíti, prebújati se to wake (up), to awake, to be awakened (ali roused), to rouse
hrup me je prebudil the noise woke me up
vso hišo boš prebudil you'll wake the whole house
hrup, ki bi prebudil mrtvece a noise to waken the dead
žal mi je, da sem vas prebudil I am sorry I woke you up
prebudíti, prebújati iz letargije (apatije) to arouse from lethargy (apathy), to shake someone out of his lethargy
narava se prebudi spomladi nature wakes in spring

precede [pri:sí:d] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
iti pred kom (čim), biti pred kom (čim), zgoditi se pred čim; imeti prednost

to be preceded by (ali with) slediti komu (čemu), iti za kom (čim)
repentance must precede pardon najprej kes, potem odpuščanje

precèp cleft; fissure; figurativno (primež) vice; dilemma; scrape

biti v precèpu figurativno to be on the horns of dilemma, to be in a cleft stick
dobiti koga v precèp to drive someone into a corner, to get someone into a corner
imeti koga v precèp to have someone over a barrel

preclusive [priklú:sív] pridevnik (preclusively prislov)
izključevalen; preprečevalen, ki zadržuje

to be preclusive of preprečiti kaj

préd² (krajevno) before, in front of; ahead of; (časovno) previous to, up to, prior to; ago, since, back

préd hišo before (ali in front of) the house
préd pričami (notarjem) in the presence of witnesses (of a Notary Public)
dve uri préd časom two hours before time (ZDA ahead of time)
préd Kristom before Christ (krajšava: B.C.)
préd polnočjo before midnight
10 minut préd 9. uro 10 minutes to (ZDA of) nine
préd poldnevom in the morning, in the forenoon
préd pol ure (14 dnevi, enim mesecem, dvema letoma) half an hour (a fortnight, a month, two years) ago
préd kratkim recently, of late, lately
préd vsem first of all, above all
(prav) préd mojimi očmi before my very eyes
ne préd 10. uro not till ten o'clock
dan préd mojim odhodom the day before (ali previous to) my departure
préd nekaj urami a few hours back
delo je bilo gotovo šest mesecev préd planom the work was completed six months ahead of schedule
on je prav (tik) préd nami he is just ahead of us
šel je préd menoj he preceded me, he went in front, he led the way
tekla je préd nami she ran ahead of us
vlak ne bo odpeljal préd osmo uro the train will not leave till (ali before) 8 o'clock
imeti kaj préd seboj (figurativno) to have something coming to one, to be in for something
nimava (nimamo) nobenih skrivnosti drug préd drugim we have no secrets from each other (from one another)
imeti prednost préd kom to have the advantage of someone
imeti kaj préd očmi (figurativno) to have (ali to keep) something in mind (ali in view, in sight)
ne pride mi več préd oči he shuns me
od teme se ne vidi prst préd očmi it is pitch-dark
ne bom odpotoval préd enim tednom I shan't start for a week (ali for a week yet)

predávanje lecture

urnik predávanj timetable
imeti predávanje to give (ali to read, to hold, to deliver) a lecture (o on, komu to someone), to lecture (on a subject)
obiskovati predávanja to attend lectures (ali a course of lectures)
poslušati predávanje to attend a lecture
prisostvovati predávanju to attend (ali to be present at) a lecture
namenoma ne iti na (»špricati«) predávanje to skip, to cut a lecture
z risbami na tabli spremljano predávanje chalktalk

predicament [pridíkəmənt] samostalnik
filozofija predikament, trditev, kategorija logične trditve, vrsta, red, kategorija; težaven položaj, zadrega

to be in a pretty predicament biti v lepi kaši

predicate² [prédikeit] prehodni glagol
trditi, izjaviti (tudi filozofija)
ameriško, pogovorno utemeljiti, temeljiti (on na)

to be predicateed on temeljiti na

predóčiti to show, to demonstrate; to produce; to submit; to explain; to give a clear idea of; to point out, to exhibit; (simbolično) to symbolize

predóčiti si to realize, to conceive, to form an idea, to figure to oneself, to picture to oneself; to imagine, to fancy
treba si je jasno predóčiti it should be clearly realized

predpostáviti (domnevati) to suppose; to presuppose; to presume

predpostavimo, da (bi to bilo res) supposing that (it were true), let us suppose (that to be true)

predsédnik president; (zborovanja ipd.) chairman, figurativno chair

ministrski predsédnik Prime Minister (krajšava: P.M.)
predsédnik odbora chairman of the board
biti izvoljen za predsédnika (zborovanja ipd.) to be elected chairman (ali to the chair); the chair
predsédnik spodnjega (poslanskega) doma VB Speaker
predsédnik gornjega doma VB Lord Chancellor

predsódek prejudice, forejudgement

brez predsódkov without prejudice
predsódkov poln prejudiced, prejudicial
ne poznati predsódkov, biti vzvišena nad predsódki to be beyond prejudice
imeti predsódke to be prejudiced (proti against, za in favour of)
znebiti se vseh predsódkov to cast away all prejudices
on ima predsódke proti... he is biased against

predstáva (pojem) idea, notion, conception, image, imagination; gledališče performance, show, play, representation

kino predstáva cinema performance, film show
prva predstáva (premjera) first performance
dopoldanska predstáva matinée, ZDA matinee, afternoon performance
večerna predstáva evening performance
danes ne bo predstáve there will be no performance to-day

predstáviti to present (to)

predstáviti koga komu to introduce someone to someone, to make someone acquainted with someone
naj vas predstavim! let me introduce you!
dovolite, da vam predstavim svojega prijatelja! allow me to introduce my friend to you
kdaj se lahko osebno predstavim? when may I present myself personally?
predstáviti vlado parlamentu to present the Government to Parliament
se smem predstáviti? may I be introduced?

predstávljati gledališče to play a part, to act, to perform, to represent (osebo a character)

predstávljati si to imagine, to picture to oneself, to form a picture of something; to fancy
živo si predstávljati to realize
kar predstavljaj si to! just imagine, fancy that!
tega si ni mogoče predstávljati it is not to be imagined
predstavljaj si to! just fancy!, fancy that!
tega si ni mogoče predstávljati it is not to be imagined
predstavljajte si moje veselje! imagine how happy I was!
živo si je lahko predstavljal tisti prizor he could well picture that scene
ni si težko predstávljati, kaj se bo zgodilo it is not hard to imagine what will happen
predstavljajte si moje začudenje! imagine my astonishment