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diacritical [daiəkrítikəl] pridevnik (diacritically prislov)
razločevalen, diakritičen

diacritical marks (ali signs) diakritični znaki

diakrítičen diacritical

diakrítični znaki diacritical marks (ali signs), diacritics

dial¹ [dáiəl] samostalnik
sončna ura; številčnica; kazalo; rudarski kompas
sleng okrogel obraz

dial tone (ali note) telefonija znak, da je linija prosta

diamánt diamond

surov diamánt rough (ali uncut) diamond
steklarjev diamánt glazier's (ali cutting) diamond
vsebujoč diamánte diamantiferous, diamondiferous
okrasiti z diamánti to diamond
brušen diamánt cut diamond

dictionary [díkšənri] samostalnik
besednjak, slovar

figurativno living (ali walking) dictionary vseved

die¹ [dai] neprehodni glagol (of od, zaradi)
umreti, izdihniti, poginiti; ugasniti, ugašati; umiriti se; (o)veneti
pogovorno hrepeneti

to die in one's boots, to die with the boots (ali shoes) on umreti nasilne smrti
to die in the last ditch vzdržati do konca
to die game hrabro umreti; ostati zvest
to die hard biti trdoživ
to die in harness umreti sredi dela
to die in one's bed umreti naravne smrti
never say die nikoli ne obupuj
to be dying for s.th. hrepeneti po čem
to die by one's hand narediti samomor
to die of laughing počiti od smeha
a die wish zadnja želja (pred smrtjo)
were I to die for it četudi bi moral z življenjem poplačati

die³ množina dice [dai, dais] samostalnik
igralna kocka

the die is cast kocka je padla, nazaj ni poti
as straight as a die čisto raven; velik poštenjak
upon the die na kocki, v nevarnosti
to risk all on a turn (ali the throw) of a die vse staviti, vse prepustiti naključju
the dice are loaded against him nima sreče, usoda mu ni naklonjena

diferénca difference

ne delam diferénce med njimi I don't distinguish (ali I see no difference) between them
diferénco je treba plačati there is still something to pay

difficulty [dífikəlti] samostalnik
težava, težavnost; zadrega
ameriško, množina nesoglasje

to make (ali raise) difficulties povzročati težave, ugovarjati
with difficulty težko, komaj
to be in difficulties for money biti v denarni stiski
to throw difficulties in s.o.'s way delati komu težave
to come up (ali experience) a difficulty naleteti na težavo

dig² [dig] samostalnik
kopanje; arheološko izkopavanje
ameriško, sleng garanje, guljenje; sunek
figurativno zbadanje, posmeh
ameriško, sleng gulež

to have a dig at nekaj poskusiti; zbadljivo o kom pisati ali govoriti

díhati to breathe; to respire; to take (ali draw) breath

globoko díhati to draw (ali to fetch) a deep breath
moči zopet díhati to recover one's breath
težkó díhati to breathe hard, to gasp (for breath), to pant, to puff
zrak, ki ga dihamo the air that we breathe

dijáški (študentovski)

dijáški dom hostel (ali hall of residence) for students
dijáškko društvo, klub students' union (ali association, society); students' club
dijáškka četrt students' quarter
dijáški žargon students' slang
dijáškka doba college days, time spent at the university
dijáško življenje student (ali students') life, college (ali university) life

diktát dictation; (ukaz) dictate

pisati po diktátu to write from (ali at) dictation
pisati, delati po diktátu koga to write, to act at someone's dictation

diléma dilemma

v veliki dilémi on the horns of a dilemma
biti v dilémi to be in a dilemma, to be on the horns of a dilemma
biti v dilémi ali... ali... to be in two minds whether... or...
priti v dilémo to be thrown into a dilemma
spraviti koga v dilémo to put someone in(to) a dilemma
postaviti koga v resno dilémo to place someone in a serious dilemma

dìm smoke; fume; reek

maska proti dìmu smokehelmet
oblak (steber) dìma a cloud (a column) of smoke
ta riž diši po dìmu this rice tastes (ali smells) of smoke
soba je bila polna dìma od tobaka the room reeked of tobacco smoke
uničiti listno uš z dìmom to fumigate greenfly
kjer je dìm, je tudi ogenj there is no smoke without fire

dímeljski anatomija groin; inguinal

dímeljska kila groin (ali inguinal) rupture, inguinal hernia

dinner [dínə] samostalnik
obed, kosilo, večerja

dinner plate plitvi krožnik
public dinner banket
to have (ali take) dinner kositi, večerjati
dinner without grace spolni odnosi pred poroko
early dinner kosilo
late dinner večerja
dinner is ready jed je na mizi

dip² [dip] samostalnik
potopitev, potapljanje; kratka kopel; jamica; nagnjenost, pobočje, padec; sveča; bežen pogled; omaka
sleng žepar

to have (ali take) a dip okopati se
the dip of the compass inklinacija magnetnice
the dip of the horizon depresija horizonta
a dip in price padec cen

díplar glasba bagpiper

díple glasba bagpipes pl (s konstr. v sg ali pl), bagpipe

diplóma diploma; degree; official certificate; college certificate

doktorska diplóma doctor's diploma (ali degree)
učiteljska diplóma schoolteacher's training certificate
imeti zdravniško diplóma to hold a medical degree
podeliti komu diplómo to award a diploma to someone