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tlà (sobna) floor; (zemlja) soil, ground

na tleh on the floor
na trdnih tleh on firm ground
gola tlà (deske) bare boards pl
na francoskih tleh on French soil
rodna tlà native soil
rodovitna tlà rich soil, (črnica) mould
nerodovitna tlà barren ground, barren (ali jejune) soil
peščena tlà sandy soil
parketna tlà parquet floor
tlà mu gorijo pod nogami (figurativno) the place is getting too hot for him
ta tlà so jim prevroča (figurativno) this place is too warm (ali hot) for them
napraviti komu tlà vroča pod nogami (figurativno) to make it hot for someone (ali too hot for someone)
izgubiti tlà pod nogami to lose one's foothold (ali footing), (v vodi) to be swept off one's feet, to go out of (ali beyond) one's depth
spodnesti, spodrezati komu tlà pod nogami to cut the ground from under someone's feet
vreči na tlà to knock to the ground
vreči koga na tlà to knock someone down, to floor

tláčiti to press; to compress; to squeeze; figurativno to oppress, to tyrannize, to domineer, to ride roughshod over

môra ga tlači he is having a nightmare

tlakováti to pave, (z okroglimi kamni) to cobble; (kuhinjo) to floor

pot v pekel je tlakovana z dobrimi nameni (figurativno) the road to hell is paved with good intentions

to¹ [tu:, tu, tə] predlog
(osnovni pomen k)

1.
(krajevno) k, proti, do, v, na, poleg, ob

to arms! k orožju!
to the right na desno
from Paris to London od Pariza do Londona
face to face iz obraza v obraz
to his eyes pred njegovimi očmi
next door to us sosedna vrata, tik poleg naših vrat (poleg nas)
shoulder to shoulder z ramo ob rami
come here to me pridi sem k meni
I have never been to Paris nikoli nisem bil v Parizu
to go to the post-office iti na pošto
I bought it to Baker's to sem kupil pri Bakerju
he jumped to his feet skočil je na noge
I told him to his face v obraz sem mu povedal
to take one's hat off to s.o. odkriti se komu

2.
(časovno) do

five minutes to two dve minuti do dveh
to time točno, pravočasno
to this day do danes
to the minute do minute (na minuto) točno
to the last do zadnjega
to live to a great age doživeti visoko starost

3.
(namera, cilj, posledica ipd.)

as to... kar se tiče...
to you pogovorno vam na uslugo
a friend to the poor prijatelj revežev
to what purpose? čemú?
to my delight (disappointment) na (veliko) moje veselje (razočaranje)
to this end v ta namen
to my grief sorrow na mojo veliko žalost
dead fallen to their hands mrtvi, ki so padli od njihove roke
to the rescue na pomoč
sentenced to death obsojen na smrt
that is nothing to me to se me ne tiče; to ni nič zame
what is that to you? kaj te to briga?
to come to hand priti v roke, v posest
here's to you! na tvoje (vaše) zdravje!
to drink to s.o.'s health piti na zdravje kake osebe, nazdraviti komu
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose
would to God (Heaven)! daj bog!

4.
(stopnja, mera, meja)

to the full do sitega, do mile voije
to a high degree v veliki meri
to a great extent v veliki meri, zelo
to the life točno po življenju
to a man do poslednjega moža
to perfection dovršeno
to a nicety na las
to a T do zadnje pičice
to drink to excess čezmerno piti
they were to the number of 400 bilo jih je 400

5.
(pripadnost, posest)

to my cost na moje stroške
to my credit v mojo korist (moj plus)
to the point k stvari (spadajoč)
heir to his father očetov dedič
preface to a book predgovor h knjigi
a victim to influenza žrlev gripe
designer to a firm risar pri neki firmi
he has a doctor to his son-in-law ima zdravnika za zeta
he took her to wife vzel jo je za ženo
that is all there is to it to je vse in nič več

6.
(odnos, razmerje)

aversion to s.th. odpor do česa
in comparison to v primeri z
nothing to... nič v primeri z...
to all appearance po vsem videzu, po vsej priliki
to my feeling po mojem občutku
to my knowledge kolikor jaz vem
to my taste po mojem okusu
to my mind po mojem mnenju
to my (your etc) heart's desire po moji (tvoji itd.) mili volji
the score is 5 to 4; šport rezultat je 5:4
5 is to 10 as 10 to 20 5 proti 10 je kot 10 proti 20
ten to one deset proti ena
three to dozen tri na ducat

7.
(rabi za tvorbo dajalnika)

he explained it to me razložil mi je to
it seems to me zdi se mi
she was a good mother to him bila mu je dobra mati

8.
(za oznako nedoločnika, pred nedoločnikom)

much work to do mnogo dela (ki naj se opravi)
the time to learn čas za učenje
to be or not to be biti ali ne biti
I want to go želim (hočem) iti
she came to see me obiskala me je
there is no one to see us nikogar ni, ki bi nas videl
what am I to do? kaj naj naredim?
he was seen to fall videli so ga, kako je padel
we expect her to come pričakujemo, da bo prišla
to be honest, I should decline če hočem biti pošten, moram odkloniti

9.
(kot nadomestilo za predhodni nedoločnik)

I don't go because I don't want to ne grem, ker nočem (iti)
I meant to ring you up but had no time to nameraval sem vam telefonirati, pa nisem imel časa (telefonirati)

to this; that; it

to je (krajšava: t.j.) that is, namely, (krajšava: i.e.)
o tem about this
v tem (medtem) (in the) meanwhile
skozi to through this, on account of this, by it
razen tega besides, moreover, as well
kako to? how so?
(pa) kaj za to? what of that?
to je vse that's all
to je možno that may be
to so oni they are the ones, pogovorno that's them
ne to ne ono (= nekaj vmesnega, srednjega) neither one thing nor the other, betwixt and between
pri vsem tem, kljub vsemu temu for all that
tega je 10 let ten years ago
jaz sem za to I am for it, I agree to it
ni mi do tega I don't care for it
samó še to bi (se) manjkalo! that would be all we need!, (pogovorno) that would put the tin lid on it!
pustimo to, kakor je! (pogovorno) let it go at that!
to mi boš plačal! you'll pay for this!, you'll smart for this!
koga misliš s tem? whom have you (ali pogovorno who've you got) in mind?
si to mislil, si to hotel reči? is that what you meant?
to se pravi that is to say
iz tega sledi... hence it follows...
vsi vedó to every one knows that
poleg vsega tega, (on) še pije apart from all that, he drinks, too

tóča hail, (zrno) hailstone; (sodra) sleet

tóča pada it is hailing (oziroma it hails)
nevihta s tóčo hailstorm
škoda po tóči damage done by hail
zavarovanje proti tóči insurance against (damage by) hail
udarci so padali kot tóča the blows fell (ali came) fast and thick
po tóči zvoniti (figurativno) to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
po tóči zvoniti je prepozno (nima smisla) there's no use crying over spilt milk, it's no use trying to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

tóčen precise, accurate, correct, punctual; exact

tóčen čas the correct (ali the right) time
tóčen kot ura as regular as clockwork
moj brat je tóčen plačnik my brother pays up promptly (ali is very prompt in his payments)
tóčen spomin exact memory
tóčno prislov precisely, punctually, exactly, in due time, in (ali on, to) time, at the right time
na sekundo tóčen to the second, on the dot
tóčen ob osmih at 8 o'clock sharp, on the stroke of eight
koncert se je začel tóčen ob 9. uri the concert began at 9 o'clock sharp

today, to-day [tədéi]

1. prislov
danes; dandanes; zdaj

today week danes teden
today a man, tomorrow a mouse danes bogatin, jutri siromak

2. samostalnik
današnji dan

the youth of today današnja, sodobna mladina
today's današnji
today's paper, today's course današnji časopis, tečaj (kurz)
today is ours, tomorrow is yours danes meni, jutri tebi
one today is worth two tomorrows boljši je vrabcc v roki kot golob na strehi; bolje drži ga kot lovi ga

tolážba consolation, comfort; solace

slaba tolážba poor (ali small) consolation, little or no consolation, cold comfort
to je slaba tolážba that is scant (ali poor) consolation
iskati tolážbo v pijači to seek solace in drink
našla je tolážbo v veri she found solace in religion
črpati tolážbo v to take comfort from
skušati najti tolážbo v... to try to find comfort in...
potreben tolážbe in need of consolation

tolerírati to tolerate; (vero, mnenje) to admit, to allow; (zlorabo, krivico) to suffer, to put up with, to endure; medicina (drogo) to tolerate

tu ga (pač) tolerirajo (trpé) he is here on sufferance

tólik tólikšen so large (oziroma big, great, high, tall); of such size (oziroma shape, height); in such numbers

tólik, tólikšen kot je sedaj such as he is now
še enkrat tólik, tólikšen as large (oziroma big, high, tall) again

tongue [tʌŋ]

1. samostalnik
jezik
figurativno človeški govor, jezik, veščina govora; način, spretnost izražanja
figurativno (zemeljski) rt; jezik plamena; jeziček (pri tehtnici); jezik pri čevlju; kembelj (zvona); ustnik (pihala)
tehnično tračnica, kretnica

furred (coated) tongue medicina obložen jezik
a fluent tongue, a sharp tongue dobro namazan, odrezav jezik
a long tongue, a sharp tongue dolg, oster jezik
tongue in cheek figurativno ironično
much tongue veliko govorjenja
slanderous tongue zlobni jeziki, obrekovalci
one's mother tongue materinski jezik
smoked tongue prekajen jezik
gift of tongues dar, talent za jezike
on the tip of one's tongue na konici jezika, na jeziku
he is all tongue on samo govoriči, njega je samo govorjenje, brbljanje
his tongue is too long for his teeth on je preveč jezikav, on preveč jezika
she is on the tongues of all men vsi jo vlačijo po zobeh
his tongue failed him jezik mu je odpovedal
to find one's tongue spregovoriti
he found his tongue jezik se mu je (spet) odvezal
to give tongue glasno govoriti, vpiti
to have a long tongue imeti dolg jezik, biti čenčav
to have a fluent (ready) tongue biti zgovoren
he has too much tongue kar ima na srcu, ima na jeziku
I have the word on the tip of my tongue besedo imam na jeziku
to hold one's tongue molčati
hold your tongue! drži jezik za zobmi! jezik za zobe!
to give (to lay) one's tongue to izraziti (izjaviti) se gledé
to keep a civil tongue in one's head ostati vljuden
I made a slip of the tongue zareklo se mi je
to put out one's tongue jezik pokazati
to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek govoriti ironično (posmehljivo, neiskreno, hinavsko)
to wag one's tongue neprestano brbljati, žlabudrati

2. prehodni glagol
dotakniti se, polizati z jezikom
pogovorno ozmerjati, ošteti
neprehodni glagol
klepetati, jezik vrteti

too [tu:] prislov
preveč, odveč, pre-
pogovorno zelo, skrajno; tudi, prav tako, poleg tega

too difficult pretežaven
too hot prevroč
too much preveč
he, too, is away tudi on je odsoten
quite too skrajno
none too pleasant še malo ne (nikakor ne) zabaven
too good to be true prelepo, da bi bilo resnično
too much (of a good thing) preveč (dobrega)
I am only too glad meni je le zelo drágo
it's not too easy to ni tako lahkó
this goes too far to gre predaleč
I mean to do it too to nameravam tudi napraviti

tool¹ [tu:l] samostalnik
orodje, priprava
tehnično strojno orodje
množina rokodelsko orodje
tehnično stružnica, veliko clleto; čopič (za lakiranje)
množina, vojska vojna oprema
navtika jedilni pribor
figurativno sredstvo, orodje

a poor tool in nespreten, neuporaben pri
burglar's tools vlomilsko orodje
he is a mere tool in their hands on je le orodje (sredstvo, lutka) v njihovih rokah
to make a tool of s.o. poslužiti se koga (za dosego svojih ciljev)

top¹ [tɔp]

1. samostalnik
vrh, vrhunec (gore); najvišja točka (česa); krona, vrh (drevesa); teme, glava; zgornji konec; začetek; pena (pri pivu); pokrov
navtika krov, paluba; šop, pramen (las, volne); površje; izbor, izbira
figurativno smetana; najvišja stopnja, prvo mesto, najvišji rang; cilj
figurativno višek, vrhunec; višina (glasu); nebo (pri postelji)
množina, sleng visoke osebnosti, visoke "živine"

at the top na vrhu
from top to toe od glave do pet
on (the) top nad, vrh, vrh tega
the top of the school najboljši učenec šole
the top of all creation krona ustvaritve
top of the milk figurativno najboljša točka programa
at the top of one's voice na ves glas
at the top of one's speed, on top z največjo hitrostjo
off one's top sleng prismojen
to the top of one's bent kolikor je le mogoče, do skrajnosti; v popolno zadovoljstvo
from top to bottom od zgoraj navzdol
the top of the water površje vode
the top of the morning to you! (irsko) lepo jutro vam (želim)!
to be (to become) top biti (postati) prvak; biti na čelu
to be on top biti močnejši, biti na površju
to be at the top of the tree figurativno biti na najvišjem položaju, pri krmilu
he is top of his class on je prvi v razredu
he is tops on je sijajen dečko
to blow one's top sleng razjeziti se, razburiti se
to come out on top iziti kot zmagovalec ali kot najboljši (npr. pri izpitu itd.)
to come to the top priti na površje (na čelo); uspeti, imeti uspeh
to go over the top vojska jurišati iz rova; figurativno, sleng tvegati skok, poročiti se
the car ran at the top of its speed avto je drvel z največjo hitrostjo
to shout at the top of one's voice na ves glas (na vse grlo) zakričati, zavpiti
to take the top of the table zavzeti mesto na gornjem koncu mize; figurativno predsedovati
to take the top off odpiti peno (piva)

2. pridevnik
najvišji, zgornji; glavni, prvi
pogovorno prvorazreden, izvrsten

top boy najboljši učenec
top dog figurativno prvak, zmagovalec
top line naslovna vrsta
top prices najvišje cene
top speed največja hitrost
to be in top form (shape) biti v najboljši formi

topíti to melt; (mast) to render (fat); to liquefy; to dissolve; to fuse, to found

topíti led to melt (ali to thaw) ice
topíti se to melt, to liquefy, to dissolve
sneg se topi the snow melts (oziroma is melting)
topíti se kot sneg na soncu to melt like snow in the sun
topíti se v solzah to melt into tears
topljeno maslo melted butter
ta hruška se topi v ustih this pear melts in the mouth
sladkor se topi v vodi sugar melts in water
topíti svinec to melt lead

torment¹ [tɔ́:mənt] samostalnik
muka, mučenje; (huda) bolečina, bol; trpljenje, stiska; nadloga
zgodovina natezalnica, mučenje

to be in torment prestajati muke
to suffer torments trpeti, prenašati muke
this child is a positive torment pogovorno ta otrok je prava nadloga (pokora)

torment² [tɔ:mént] prehodni glagol
mučiti; biti nadležen, nadlegovati (koga); vznemirjati; (redko) mučiti, maltretirati

he is tormented with suspense muči ga negotovost

toss-up [tɔ́sʌ́p] samostalnik
metanje novca v zrak
figurativno negotova stvar, slučaju prepuščena stvar

it was a toss-up bilo je odvisno od slučaja, ni bilo sigurno
it is a toss-up whether she comes or not je še vprašanje, če bo prišla ali ne

touch² [təč] prehodni glagol
dotakniti se, dotikati se; (o)tipati, potipati; spraviti v dotik (stik); udarjati, igrati (na klavir, na strune), ubirati (strune); lahno se dotakniti (kakega predmeta); ukvarjati se s čim, imeti opravka z; pokusiti; vzeti, dvigniti, prejeti (plačo)
sleng izvabiti (denar) od koga, prevarati, ukaniti, ogoljufati, oslepariti; priti v stik (s čim), mejiti na, naslanjati se na, segati do, raztezati se do; ganiti, užalostiti; užaliti, vznemiriti, pretresti, razburiti; (pri)zadeti, pustiti sledove na; vplivati na
pogovorno biti enak (komu), doseči (koga), meriti se (s kom); pogoditi, uganiti; skicirati; šatirati; modificirati; žigosati (žlahtno kovino)
neprehodni glagol
dotikati se, dotakniti se, priti v stik, mejiti; vplivati na, imeti posledice za
navtika pristati za kratek čas

the apples are touched with frost jabolka so pozebla
clouds are touched with red oblaki so rdeče obarvani
I was touched by his story njegova zgodba me je ganila
it touches none but him to zadeva (se tiče) le njega
to touch bottom dotikati se dna; figurativno doseči najnižjo ceno
his brain (ali he) is touched v njegovi glavi ni vse v redu
to touch the bell pozvoniti
it touched me to the heart to mi je šlo k srcu
I was touched to tears bil sem do solz ganjen
I do not touch cocktails koktajlov se ne dotaknem
no one can touch her for (ali in) beauty nihče se ne more meriti z njo po lepoti
he touches 5 feet visok je 5 čevljev
to touch glasses trčiti s čašami
to touch one's hat dotakniti se klobuka (v pozdrav)
how does this touch him? kakšno zvezo ima to z njim? kaj se to njega tiče?
to touch lucky imeti srečo
nobody can touch him nihče mu ni enak, se ne more meriti z njim
to touch s.o. for two pounds izvabiti iz (upiliti, navrtati) koga za 2 funta
to touch to the quick zadeti v živo, prizadeti (koga), užaliti
to touch on the raw razžaliti, razjeziti, razkačiti
the soap won't touch these spots milo ne doseže ničesar pri teh madežih
to touch the spot pravo pogoditi
to touch wood potrkati po lesu (da se ubranimo zlih sil usode)
touch wood! ne kličimo nesreče!
this touches on treason to meji na izdajo, to je že kot izdaja