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diskrecíja discretion

lahko računate z mojo diskrecíjo you may count on me to keep it to myself

disponírati to dispose (z of); to have at one's disposal; to arrange, to do

disponirajte z menoj, kakor hočete if I can be of any service I am completely at your disposal
biti dobro disponiran to be in good humour
prosto disponírati s svojo lastnino to be free to dispose of one's property

distance¹ [dístəns] samostalnik
daljava, razdalja (from)
oddaljenost, razmik; interval, obdobje; nepodobnost
figurativno opreznost, zadržanost, hladnokrvnost

to keep one's distance ne se vsiljevati
to keep s.o. at a distance ne želeti si stikov s kom
I know my distance vem, koliko si smem dovoliti
from a distance od daleč
in the distance v ozadju
a good distance off precej daleč
within driving distance z avtom dosegljiv
within easy distance nedaleč

district¹ [dístrikt] samostalnik
pokrajina, okoliš, predel, okraj, okrožje, področje

ameriško district attorney javni tožilec
ameriško District of Columbia samostojno ozemlje z glavnim mestom Washingtonom
manufacturing district industrijsko področje
district heating centralno ogrevanje za celo mestno četrt
district visitor župnikov pomočnik

dnéven daily

dnévni izkupiček daily sales pl
dnévna količina daily quantity
dnévna poraba daily consumption
dnévno poročilo daily report
dnévna prodaja six-day sale
dnévna proizvodnja daily output
dnévni red agenda; order of the day
dati na dnévni red to place on the agenda
vzeti z dnévnega reda to take off the agenda
dnévna svetloba (luč) daylight
dnévna telovadba pogovorno daily dozen
dnévna soba living room
dnévna cena price of the day; current price
dnévni (borzni) tečaj current rate of exchange
dnévno delo day work
dnévna izmena (posada) day shift, pogovorno days
dnévni zaslužek daily wages pl, a day's pay

dnó bottom; ground

brez dna bottomless
iz dna mojega srca moje duše from the bottom of my heart
dnó ladje bilge, bilges pl
škatla z dvojnim dnom a box with a false bottom
izpij do dnna! bottoms up!, no heeltaps!
iti na dnó (potopiti se, o ladji ipd.) to go to the bottom
iti (stvari) do dna to get down to rock bottom
priti na dnó zadeve, stvari to get to the root of the matter
dotakniti se dna, priti do dna to touch the bottom
priti čemu do dna (figurativno) to get to the bottom of something
izbiti dnó to knock the bottom out of
to izbije sodu dnó (figurativno) that tops everything
kakšno dnó je tu, pesek ali blato? what is the bottom here, sand or mud?

do^*1 [du:]

1. prehodni glagol
napraviti, storiti, početi, delati, (iz)vršiti, narediti; končati, urediti, prirediti; pospraviti; uspe(va)ti; zadostovati; (s)kuhati, (s)peči; popiti; povzročiti; trgovati
sleng varati
gledališče igrati; prehoditi; ogled(ov)ati si; prevesti
domačno pogostiti; odsedeti (kazen)

2. neprehodni glagol
delati, ravnati; postopati; ukvarjati se; počutiti se; zadovoljiti; uspevati, napredovati

to do battle bojevati se
to do better poboljšati se
to do one's best na vso moč se truditi
to do s.o.'s bidding izpolniti ukaz koga
to do one's bit storiti svojo dolžnost
to do brown oslepariti
to do business trgovati
to do credit biti v čast
to do one's damnedest na vso moč se truditi
I have done my best potrudil sem se, kar se da
to do a drink piti
to do a favour izkazati ljubeznivost
to do good prijati, dobro (komu) storiti
to do a guy popihati jo, zbežati
to do one's hair počesati se
to do harm škodovati
to do one's heart good prijati komu
to do the heavy ošabno se vesti
to do the honours poskrbeti za goste
to do s.o. an ill turn zagosti jo komu
to do s.o. injustice storiti komu krivico
to do justice odkrito priznati; pogovorno s slastjo pojesti
how do you do dober dan, pozdravljeni
to do like for like vrniti milo za drago
to do the messages iti po opravkih
to do a mean thing podlo ravnati
to make do prebijati se, shajati s svojimi sredstvi
pogovorno nothing doing s tem ne bo nič
to do a part imeti vlogo
to do pictures iti v kino
to do a place ogledati si kak kraj
to do s.th. on the Q. T. delati kaj na skrivaj
to do sums reševati (računske) naloge, delati račune
pogovorno to do the talking imeti glavno besedo
to do things by halves delati stvari na pol
sleng to do time sedeti v ječi
to do s.o. a good turn narediti komu uslugo
to do the trick doseči namen
to do o.s. well privoščiti si
to do well dobro igrati; imeti uspeh, dobro se počutiti
well-to-do premožen, bogat
to do a room pospraviti sobo
do well and have well kdor si dobro postelje, dobro spi
that will do to zadostuje
that won't do to ne gre, to ni dovolj
one must do at Rome as the Romans do kdor se z volkovi druži, mora z njimi tuliti
it was do or die with him šlo mu je za življenje ali smrt
what can I do for you? s čim vam lahko postrežem?

dobíček profit; gain; (marža) margin

čisti dobíček clear (ali net) profit; net balance
izredni dobíček, višek dobíčka excess profit
mastni, veliki dobíčki substantial profits
vojni dobíček war profit
delitev dobíčka profit sharing
delež pri dobíčku share in the profits
prinesti dobíček to leave (ali to bring ali to yield) a profit
prodati z dobíčkom to sell at a profit
izkazati dobíček to show a profit
potegniti dobíček iz česa to make a profit on something
film je prinesel 100.000 dolarjev čistega dobíčka the film netted 100,000 dollars

dobríkanje flattery; coaxing; wheedling

z dobríkanjem so jo pripravili do tega she has been cajoled (ali pogovorno conned) into it
z dobríkanjem je to dobil he got it with his sweet talk (ali pogovorno blarney, flannel, soft soap)
z dobríkanjem koga pripraviti, da nekaj naredi to coax someone into doing something

dobro² prislov well

doslej vse dobro so far, so good
(že) dobro! all right!, okay!, fine!
dobro mišljen well-meant, well-intentioned
dobro vzgojen well-mannered, well-bred
dobro znan well-known
dobro, da je... a good thing there's...
dobro bi bilo, da... it would be a good thing if...
ni mi dobro I feel unwell, I feel poorly
dobro govoriti o to speak well of
dobro mi gre I am getting on well (ali nicely); I am doing well
z njim se ne bo dobro končalo he will come to no good
dobro izgledati to have good looks
dobro spati to have a good night
dobro se zabavati to have a good time, to enjoy someone
stvar se obrača na dobro the affair is shaping well (ali things are looking up)

dodáten additional; extra; supplementary

dodátno k in addition to
preživljati se z dodátnim delom poleg rednega to eke out one's livelihood, to eke out one's salary with odd jobs, pogovorno to moonlight

dog¹ [dɔg] samostalnik
zoologija pes, volk, lisjak
množina kovinski podstavek za polena v kaminu
domačno ničvrednež
sleng zagovednež, cepec, tepec
množina, sleng noge; rudniški voziček

dog's age cela večnost
dirty dog nravno slab človek
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give a dog a bad (ali an ill) name and hang him zvaliti vso krivdo na človeka na slabem glasu
barking dogs never bite pes, ki laja, ne grize
to have a dog in one's belly biti čemeren
between dog and wolf v mraku
dog in a blanket vrsta sadnega kolača
to blush like a dog ne poznati sramu
a dog's chance nobeno upanje
a dead dog neuporaben človek ali reč
to die a dog's death, to die like a dog bedno poginiti
dog eat dog brezobzirno tekmovanje
like a dog's dinner po zadnji modi (oblečen)
dogs don't eat dogs vrana vrani oči ne izkljuje
ameriško, vojska, sleng dog's face navadni vojak, infanterist
a gay (ali jolly) dog veseljak
to go to the dogs propasti, priti na psa, obubožati, priti k nič
to help a lame dog over a stile pomagati komu v stiski
ameriško, sleng hot dog vroča hrenovka v žemlji
to lead a cat and dog life vedno se prepirati, živeti ko pes in mačka
a dog in the manger nevoščljivec
need to see a dog potreba po izpraznitvi črevesa
dog on it! prekleto!
sleng to put on dog šopiriti se
it rains cats and dogs lije ko iz škafa
to send s.th. to the dogs potratiti, zapraviti, pognati
let sleeping dogs lie kar je bilo, naj bo pozabljeno
dog tag pasja znamka
to take a hair of the dog that bit one "mačka" z vinom preganjati
to throw to the dogs zavreči, na klin obesiti; figurativno žrtvovati
top dog najvišja oseba, visoka živina
under dog podrejeni
whose dog is dead? kaj se dogaja?, kdo je umrl?

dóga² (pri sodu) stave

opremiti (sod) z dógami to stave

dólgčas boredom; dullness; tediousness, tedium; (enoličnost) monotony

zelo mi je dólgčas I am bored, I'm bored stiff, pogovorno I'm browned-off
v mestu je dólgčas there's no life (ali pogovorno it's dead boring) in town
dólgčas mi je z njim I feel dull with him
dólgčas mi je po njem I miss him, I long to see him again
dólgčas preganjati to dispel (ali to fight off, to stave off) one's boredom; to beguile the weary hours (z branjem with reading)
umirati od dólgčasa to be bored to extinction

dolgočásiti to bore; to tire; to weary

te dolgočasim? am I boring you?
vse ga dolgočasi everything palls on him, he finds no enjoyment in anything
silno, na smrt dolgočásiti to bore to distraction, to bore someone stiff
dolgočásiti se to feel dull, to be bored, to feel bored (ali pogovorno browned-off)
dolgočasim se I'm getting bored; I am bored
na smrt se dolgočásiti to be bored to extinction (ali to tears), to die of boredom, to be bored stiff
z njim se človek ne dolgočasi one cannot feel dull with him, he keeps you alive

dolóčen fixed; defined; appointed; gramatika definite

dolóčni člen definite article
dolóčni naklon gramatika indicative mood, indicative
dolóčni rok fixed time limit
dolóčen z zakonom (ustavo) statutorily (constitutionally) defined

določíti to define; to establish; to determine; to fix

določíti za to destine, to earmark for
sredstva za to se določijo v poračunu funds for that purpose are earmarked (ali set aside) in the budget; pravo (pravila) to lay down, to provide
(z zakonom, z ustavo) by law, by the constitution

dóm home; (hiša) house; (zavod) home, hall

brez dóma homeless; houseless; unsettled
z dóma away, away from home
proti dómu homeward(s)
dečji dóm children's home
študentovski dóm hall (ali hostel) of residence (for students)
dóm za stare ljudi old people's home
dóm upokojencev home for the aged; home for old-age pensioners
dóm za slepe home for the blind
ustvariti si dóm to set up a home

domeníti se to arrange (s kom o čem with someone about something); to agree; to concert (o čem something)

domenil sem se z njim I made an arrangement (ali an appointment) with him

domnéva surmise; supposition; assumption; presumption; conjecture; hypothesis; pl -ses

z domnévo, da... supposing (ali assuming) that... the supposition (ali assumption) that...
biti osnovan, bazirati na domnévi to be based on surmise
napačna domnéva (ugibanje) a poor guess, pogovorno a bad shot