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dolgočásen tedious, boring; tiresome, humdrum; dull; weary

dolgočásno je it is dull
skrajno dolgočásen as dull as ditchwater
dolgočásna pridiga a dull sermon
dolgočásno življenje a dull life

dolgočásnež bore

on je strašen dolgočásnež he is a dreadful bore

dolgotrájen of long duration; of long standing; lasting; lengthy; livelong; long-continued

dolgotrájna bolezen a protracted illness

dolgovátí to owe; to be indebted to

koliko Vam dolgujem? how much do I owe you?
svojemu krojaču dolgujem 10 funtov I owe my tailor ten pounds, I owe ten pounds to my tailor
dolguje mi svoje življenje he owes me his life
mnogo dolgovátí to owe a great debt (komu to someone)

dolgovézen long-winded; long-drawn-out, longdrawn; prolix

dolgovézna zgodba a long-winded story
biti dolgovézen to expatiate (o čem upon something)

dolžán indebted (to); owing; obliged; bound

biti dolžán to owe
koliko sem Vam? dolžán how much do I owe you?
dolžán sem mu 10 funtov I owe him ten pounds
to sem dolžán storiti I am obliged to do it
nikomur nisem nič dolžán I don't owe anyone anything
vsem je dolžán he's in debt all round
on ne ostane ničesar dolžán he gives as good as he gets
dolžán sem Vam zahvalo I owe a great debt of thanks to you

dolžíti to accuse (koga za kaj someone of something); to charge someone with something

dolžili so ga tatvine they accused him of theft
dolžíti koga zločina to charge someone with a crime, to accuse someone of a crime

dolžník -íca debtor

sem Vaš dolžník, -íca za... I am indebted to you for...
biti velik dolžník, -íca to owe a great debt (to)
za vedno bom Vaš dolžník, -íca I shall be for ever in your debt, I am eternally grateful

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

domá at home; in

je on domá? is he in?, is he at home?
je Vaš oče domá? is your father in, is your father at home?
ni ga domá he is not at home, he is away, he is away from home
domá narejen (kruh) home-made (bread)
držati se domá to keep to the house
on vedno tiči domá he never goes (ali gets) out, he is a stay-at-home
on je domá iz Ljubljane he is a native of Ljubljana
domá je najlepše there's no place like home
počutiti se kot domá to feel at home
bodite kot domá! make yourself at home!
biti domá v (figurativno) to be at home in (ali with), to be familiar with
nisem domá v tem predmetu (figurativno) I am not familiar with this subject
ljubo domá, kdo ga ima east, west, home's best; pesniško be it ever so humble, there's no place like home

domišljíja imagination; fancy; fantasy

v domišljíji in imagination
bujna domišljíj rich imagination
čista domišljíj pure imagination
vaša bolzen je le domišljíj your illness is only imaginary
treba je imeti precej domišljíje, da to verjameš it takes a stretch of imagination to believe that

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

done [dʌn] pretekli deležnik od do
opravljen, narejen, končan; ubit; izčrpan; kuhan, pečen
sleng opeharjen, prevaran

done! velja!
when all is (said and) done končno, na koncu koncev
done brown opeharjen
done for uničen, mrtev, ubit
this done nato
done to the wide (ali world) popolnoma poražen, v zadnjih vzdihljajih
it's not done, it's not a done thing to je nezaslišano
that's not done to se ne spodobi
done up izčrpan; obnovljen
what's done cannot be undone kar je, je
well done, done to a turn dobro pečen ali kuhan
well done! dobro!, odlično!

donkey [dʌ́ŋki] samostalnik
zoologija osel
figurativno bedak

to talk the hind leg of a donkey govoriti kot dež
donkey's years cela večnost
pogovorno to ride the black donkey biti trmast
the donkey means one thing, the driver another mnenja so različna
since (ali for) donkey's years že od nekdaj

doodah [dú:da:] samostalnik

sleng all of a doodah ves razburjen

door [dɔ:] samostalnik
vrata, vhod, dohod
tehnično zaklopnica, vratca

to answer the door iti odpret vrata
figurativno to close the door onemogočiti
next door v sosednji hiši
figurativno next door to blizu, skoraj
front door glavna, hišna vrata
to darken s.o.'s door priti komu v hišo
to show s.o. the door, to turn out of doors spoditi koga, pokazati mu vrata
door to door canvassing predvolilna agitacija od hiše do hiše
to force an open door skušati komu dopovedati že tako jasno stvar
to bang (ali slam) the door on s.th. onemogočiti kaj
at death's door na pragu smrti
to make door zapreti in zapahniti vrata
a creaking door bangs long bolehni in šibki dolgo živijo
in (ali within) doors doma
to lay a charge at the door of s.o. obdolžiti koga
it lies at his door on je kriv
out of (ali without) doors na prostem
to shut (ali slam) the door in s.o.'s face zapreti komu vrata pred nosom
packed to the doors nabito poln

door-nail [dɔ́:neil] samostalnik
(okrasni) žebelj na vratih

dead as a door-nail mrtev ko hlod
deaf as a door-nail gluh ko zemlja

dopadênje liking; fancy

imeti dopadênje nad kom to take a fancy to someone, to take a liking to someone

dopásti se ➞ ugajati; to please; to suit

pustiti si dopásti se (figurativno) to stomach (kaj something)
ti se ji dopadeš she's taken a fancy to you

dopísnik -ica; dopisovalec, -lka correspondent

biti slab dopísnik, -ica; dopisovalec, -lka (ne odgovarjati na pisma) to be a bad correspondent