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lóvski hunting; hunter's

lóvski bičevnik, bič hunting crop (ali whip)
lóvsko dovoljenje, dovolilnica gamelicence, shooting-licence, gun-licence
lóvska družba a hunting party
lóvski čuvaj gamekeeper
lóvski enosedežnik (letalo) single-seater fighter
lóvski konj hunter
lóvski izlet hunting trip
lóvski naboj sporting (ali shotgun) cartridge
lóvski nož hunting knife, hanger
lóvska obleka hunting suit
lóvska oprema hunting outfit
lóvski pes hound; sporting dog
lóvski plen booty; bag; (še ne ulovljen) quarry
lóvska puška sporting gun (ali rifle), shotgun, (za ptice) fowling piece
lóvski ples hunt ball
lóvski gradič, lóvska koča hunting lodge
lóvska sezona shooting season
lóvski rog hunting horn, bugle
lóvski stolček shooting stick
lóvska suknja, suknjič shooting coat, sports jacket, shooting jacket
lóvska torba gamebag, hunting bag
lóvski zakon pravo game law
lóvski zakupnik game-tenant
lóvska zgodba hunting story
lóvska latinščina fisherman's tale
lóvski krst blooding
imeti lóvsko srečo to make a good bag

máčka zoologija (female) cat, she-cat

divja máčka wild cat
máčka je trdoživa a cat has nine lives
máčka prede the cat purrs
razumeti se kot pes in máčka to get on (together) like cat and dog
živeti kot pes in máčka to live a cat-and-dog life
hoditi kot máčka okoli vrele kaše to beat about the bush
kadar máčkae ni doma, miši plešejo when the cat is away, the mice do play
poparjena máčka se še mrzle vode boji once bitten, twice shy
máčka pade vedno na noge a cat always lands on its feet

málo little; a little; few (pl)

po malem gradually; little by little
čisto málo a tiny bit
prav tako málo kot... no more than...
v málo dneh in a few days
počakaj málo! wait a moment!
jaz málo spim I don't sleep (ali I'm not sleeping) very much, I sleep little
še málo ne not a bit
on je málo znan he is little known
še málo ne slutiš, kaj te čaka you've no idea (ali arhaično you little dream) what is in store for you
málo vas je there aren't many of you, there are (only) a few of you, you are few
málo bolje mi je I am a little (a triffle) better
imam le málo prijateljev I've only a few friends, I have but few friends
málo je takih kot on there aren't many like him, there are few like him
málo ljudi misli tako few people think so
tistih málo ljudi, ki so bili navzoči the few people who were present
niti málo nisem zadovoljen I am far from being satisfied
málo, da tega nisem pozabil I had almost forgotten it
málo, da ni umrl he was likely to die
zelo málo next to nothing
málo za tem soon (ali shortly) after
málo prej a few moments ago, a short while ago; shortly before
za málo se mi zdi prositi za uslugo I scorn to ask a favour
málo (za las) je manjkalo it was a close shave, it was a near miss
málo je manjkalo, pa bi ga povozilo he was within an ace of being run over
málo je manjkalo, da se ni ubil he had a narrow escape (ali a close shave), he was within an ace of getting killed
bolje málo kot nič half a loaf is better than no bread

mánj less

vse mánj, vedno mánj less and less
več ali mánj more or less
mánj kot less than
še mnogo mánj still (ali much) less
še mánj still less, much less
nič mánj kot no less than, as much as, as many as
tem mánj, ker... all the less so since...
nič mánj (= vseeno, kljub temu) nevertheless, none the less
mánj znan avtor a less known author
tri dni mánj kot en mesec three days short of a month
mánj govoriti in več delati to speak less and to do more
moral bi piti mánj vina he should drink less wine
15 - 7 = 8 fifteen minus seven equals eight

mánjkati to lack, to be lacking, to be wanting (in); to want; to fail; to be missing

manjka nam 5 knjig we have 5 books missing, we are missing 5 books, we are 5 books short
nekaj manjka something is missing (ali wanting)
dosti mi manjka do cilja I am far from the mark
mánjkati v šoli (zaradi bolezni) to stay away from school (ali off school)
on je manjkal he was absent, he was not present
manjka samo še 5 minut do 10ih it's still five to ten, it won't be ten o'clock for five minutes
nihče ne manjka nobody is missing
manjka mi denarja I am short of money
manjka ti zaupanja váse you are wanting in self-confidence
nič ne manjka tu there's nothing missing here
en list manjka v knjigi there's a leaf missing in that book
nič mi ne manjka I want for nothing
manjka ji eno leto do polnoletnosti she is one year short of her majority
manjka nam delovne sile we are short of staff, we are undermanned, we are shorthanded
manjka mu prave vneme he is wanting in zeal
vode vam tu ne bo nikoli manjkalo water will never fail you here, you will never lack water (ali be short of water) here
naročil ne manjka there is no lack of orders
podrobnosti še manjkajo details are lacking
prav to nam je še manjkalo! that's all we needed!, that beats everything!
malo je manjkalo, pa bi bil počil od smeha pogovorno I laughed fit to burst

many¹ [méni] pridevnik
mnogi, številni, mnogo, veliko

as many prav toliko
as many as 20 ne manj od dvajset
as many again; ali twice as many še enkrat toliko
many times velikokrat, često
many a time pogosto
how many? koliko?
how many times? kolikokrat?
many a man marsikateri
to be one too many for biti premočen za, biti prekanjen
too many by half za polovico preveč
one too many odveč, nezaželjen, eden preveč
many's the time pogosto
for many a long day zelo dolgo
in so many words dobesedno, izrecno
his reasons are many and good ima mnogo dobrih razlogov
many's the mnogo jih je, ki

matter¹ [mǽtə] samostalnik
materija, snov, stvar; medgnoj
pravno zadeva, predmet
množina (brez člena) stvari, reči; povod, vzrok (for za)
predmet, tema, vsebina (knjige)
tisk rokopis, stavek; važnost (of)

organic matter organska snov
gaseous matter plinasto telo
pravno the matter in (ali at) hand pričujoča zadeva
pravno matter in controversy sporna zadeva
pravno matter in issue sporna zadeva; stvar, ki jo je treba še dokazati
a matter of taste stvar okusa
a matter of time vprašanje časa
printed matter tiskovina, tiskovine
postal matter vse stvari, ki se lahko pošiljajo po pošti
no matter ni važno
as near as no matter skoraj, za las
as a matter of course samo po sebi umevno
as a matter of fact v resnici, pravzaprav
for that matter; ali for the matter of kar se tega tiče
a hanging matter zločin, ki se kaznuje s smrtjo
in the matter of glede na kaj
no laughing matter ni šala, resna zadeva
in matter and manner formalno in resnično
to leave the matter open pustiti vprašanje odprto
to make much matter of pripisovati čemu veliko važnost
not to mince matters ne slepomišiti, povedati odkrito
to make matters worse poslabšati stvari
to carry matters too far iti predaleč
as matters stand kakor sedaj kaže
to take matters easy nalahko jemati, ne delati si skrbi
what matter? in kaj potem?
what's the matter? kaj pa je?
what's the matter with this? je kaj narobe s tem?

mile [máil] samostalnik
milja (1609 m)

nautical (ali sea) mile morska milja (1863 m)
miles easier (better, worse) mnogo lažje (boljše, slabše)
miles apart na milje oddaljen, figurativno neizmerno daleč
figurativno not to come within a mile of ne približati se niti za korak
give him an inch and he will take a mile če mu ponudiš prst, zagrabi celo roko
pogovorno that sticks out a mile to še slepec vidi
figurativno to miss s.th. by a mile popolnoma zgrešiti
navtika to make short miles hitro jadrati, pluti

miníti (poteči) to be over, to run out; to expire, to elapse, to lapse; (leta) roll by, to roll on; (iti mimo) to pass by, to go by

učna ura je minila the lesson is over
rok je minil the deadline has passed
skoraj ne mine teden, da ne bi deževalo hardly a week goes by without it raining
kako hitro mine čas! how (quickly) time flies (ali slips by)!
minilo me je to (= naveličal sem se tega) I got tired of it
ni ga še minila njegova norost he hasn't got over his folly yet

mísel thought; idea

v míslih in mind, in one's thoughts
bogat z míslimi rich (ali fertile) in ideas
istih mísli like-minded, of the same mind
zatopljen v mísli engrossed (ali sunk, lost in thought)
vodilna mísel chief (ali principal) idea
že sama mísel na to the mere thought of it, merely thinking of it
prenos mísli thought-transference
branje mísli thoughtreading
svoboda mísli freedom of thought, free thought
črne mísli mi rojé po glavi I am in the doldrums
njegovo ime mi ne pride na mísel his name has slipped my memory
često vas imam v míslih you are often in my thoughts
kako si prišel na to mísel? what put such an idea into your head?
njegova edina mísel je, kako priti do denarja his sole thought is to make money
priti komu na mísel to be remembered by someone, to come (back) to mind, to be in someone's thoughts
nikoli mi ni to prišlo na mísel it never entered my head (ali my mind)
na mísel mi pride it occurs to me, it comes into (ali it crosses) my mind, I discover (da... that)
imeti samó eno mísel to have but one thing in mind (ali one thought)
tolar bi dal, da bi (zdajle) vedel za tvoje mísli! (figurativno)a penny for your thoughts!, a penny for them!
v glavo mi je šinila mísel, da... it suddenly occurred to me, the thought struck me that...
ne morem slediti tvoji mísli I don't follow you, I don't get your drift, I don't see what you're driving at
v míslih te vidim I can see you in my mind (ali in my mind's eye)
ni mu prišlo na mísel, da bi plačal svoj dolg he had no thought of paying his debt
brati, uganiti mísli koga to read someone's thoughts
želja je rodila mísel the wish is father to the thought
zaupati komu svoje mísli to open one's mind to someone
ne morem se znebiti, (otresti) te mísli I cannot banish (dismiss) this thought from my mind, I cannot get rid of this idea
kolikor glav, toliko mísli many men, many minds
še na mísel mi ne pride, da bi to storil I would not dream of doing it

mísliti to think (na of, o about); to believe; (premišljevati) to cogitate (o upon) to reflect (o upon), to meditate

logično mísliti to reason (o about, on); (natančno, skrbno pretehtati) to deliberate; (meniti, domnevati) to mean, to suppose; ZDA to guess, to reckon; (biti mnenja) to be of the opinion; (predstavljati si) to imagine, to fancy, to conceive, to envisage, to realize; (upoštevati) to consider, to contemplate; (nameravati) to intend, ZDA to figure
mislim da I think so, I suppose so, I should think so
mislim da ne I don't think so
mislim, da imate prav I dare say you are right
ne morem si mísliti, da... I cannot imagine that...
na to ni mísliti it's not to be thought of; that is out of the question
to mi da mísliti this sets me thinking, this gives me food for thought, this makes me ponder
kaj misliš o tem? what is your opinion about it?, what's your idea?
povem, kar mislim I speak my mind
mislim si svoje I have my own idea (ali ideas)
mislili bomo na to we shall think of it, we shall not forget it
na kaj (na koga) misliš? what (whom) are you thinking of?
ni mísliti, da... it is not to be supposed that...
ona dobro misli (hoče, namerava) she means well, her intentions are good
ne misli več na to! don't give it another thought!, forget about it!
oni dobro mislijo o tebi they think well of you, they have a good opinion of you
nemogoče si je mísliti, da... it is unthinkable that...
kaj misliš storiti? what do you intend to do?
kaj pa misliš! what are you thinking of?
misli name! remember me!
to sem si mislil I thought so, I thought as much
tega si ne bi mislil od tebe I wouldn't have expected that from you, I am surprised at you
mísliti pri sebi to think to oneself
to si lahko mislim I can well imagine (that)
on misli le nase he only thinks of himself (ali pogovorno number one)
človek bi mislil, da... anyone (ali one) would think that...
mislim, da ne bo prišel I do not think he will come
jaz mislim drugače I don't agree, I beg to differ
kdo pa mislite, da sem jaz? who (ali arhaično whom) do you take me for?
mislite si, kar hočete! you may think what you like!
kdo bi si bil to mislil! who would have thought it!
o njem mislijo, da je bogat he is thought (ali supposed) to be rich
takó se splošno misli that is the current opinion
mislim, da je stara 30 let I imagine (ali I guess) she is (ali must be) thirty
mísliti s svojo glavo to do some indepenedent thinking
še v sanjah ne mislim nothing is further from my mind
javnost misli the public feeling is...
ne mislim nič hudega I mean no harm
menda ne misliš, da... you don't suppose that...?
ne bi si bil mislil, da so tako pošteni I would not have credited them with so much honesty
tega ne misliš zares (resno)? you don't mean it?, surely you can't be serious?
mislimo vse najbolje o tvojem prijatelju we hold your friend in the highest esteem
ona misli le na svojo zabavo she thinks of nothing but her own pleasure
takó jaz ne mislim that's not my way of thinking
glasno mísliti to think aloud, to think out loud

mlád young; youthful; adolescent, juvenile

od mládega, od mládih nog since one was a child, from childhood
v mojih mládih letih in my early years, in my youth
še mlád youngish
mládi in stari young and old
mláda kri youthful blood
mláda luna new moon
mlád krompir new potatoes pl
mládo vino new wine
Mladi Turki, mladoturki the young Turks
moj mlajši brat my younger brother
Grad mlajši Grad Junior (krajšava: Jr.)
ona ni več tako mláda she is no chicken
samó enkrat si mlád! you're only young once!
postati zopet mlád to grow young again
ko sem bil mlád in my early life, in my youth
mláda ljubezen young love, first love, early loveaffair
ona je bila njegova mláda ljubezen she was his old sweetheart
ostal je mlád od zadnjega he retained the spirit of youth to the last
videti je mlajša, kot je v resnici she does not look her age
tri leta je mlajši kot jaz he is three years younger than I, (ali pogovorno than me), he is my junior by three years
povreči, imeti, dobiti mláde (o živalih) to bring forth young, to litter, (o psici) to have pups, to whelp, (o medvedki) to cub

mléko milk; žargon cow-juice

osličje mléko ass's milk
cementno mléko cement wash
kislo mléko sour milk
kondenzirano mléko condensed milk
kokosovo mléko coconut milk
mandljevo mléko milk of almonds
mléko v prahu powdered milk, dried milk, evaporated milk
neposneto, polmastno mléko whole milk
pinjeno mléko buttermilk
posneto mléko skim (ali skimmed) milk
sesirjeno mléko curds pl, curdled milk
stepeno mléko buttermilk
sveže mléko fresh milk, new milk
mléko kanglica, vedro za mléko milk can, milk pail
lonec za mléko milk-pot
steklenica za mléko milk bottle
naša krava ne daje mléka our cow has come (ali has gone) dry
dajati mléko to give (ali to yield) milk
posneti mléko to skim the milk
mléko se skisa milk goes sour, milk curdles
mléko se mi upira, studi I loathe milk
méd in mléko (= izobilje) milk and honey
dežela, kjer se cedita méd in mléko a land flowing with milk and honey
mléko se ga še drži (figurativno) he's still wet behind the ears

mórati to have to, to be obliged (ali forced, compelled) to; to be bound

vlak mora priti ob petih the train is due at five
moram I must
to mora še priti that is still (ali yet) to come
tu mora biti kaka napaka there must be some mistake
to bi ti moral vedeti you ought to know that
to bi mi ti moral poprej povedati you ought to have told me that before
to bi moralo biti (do) sedaj že pripravljeno it ought to be ready by now
zdravniki so mu morali odrezati nogo the doctors had (ali have had) to amputate his leg
moral je oditi (= najbrž je odšel) he must have left, I suppose he is gone
on mora vedno prepozno priti he always has to be late
moram se smejati, ko (če) (vidim) I cannot help laughing when (I see)...
žal mi je, da moram reči... I am sorry to say...
mora biti bolan he must be ill, most likely he is ill, he is presumably ill
to mora biti it is unavoidable
on mora vedno imeti zadnjo besedo he always will have the last word
moral je umreti he was doomed to die
tudi če bi moral umreti, bi še vedno rekel... even though I were to die for it, I would still say...
to knjigo morate (nujno) brati this book is a must for you
mora biti (= gotovo je čez) 70 let star he must be over seventy

mordà perhaps; maybe; possibly; arhaično peradventure; likely; arhaično perchance

mordà, da ne perhaps not
on mordà pride jutri he may come tomorrow
on mordà še pride he might still (ali yet) come
mordà je mislil na to he might possibly have thought of it
mordà je še čas, da... there may still perhaps be time to...
mordà se zgodi it may happen

motíti to disturb; to inconvenience; to intrude (koga on someone); to trouble; (spanje) to interrupt; (radio) to jam; (posegati v) to interfere with; to violate; (nadlegovati) to inconvenience

motíti se to be mistaken (v kom in someone
v čem about something), to err
kaj vas moti? what is troubling you?, what is upsetting you?
vas moti, če kadim? do you mind if I smoke?
zelo se motiš you're badly mistaken
ne pustite, ne dajte se motíti! don't let me disturb you!
oprostite, da vas motim! excuse my disturbing (ali troubling) you!
upam, da ne motim? I hope I'm not disturbing (ali bothering) you, I hope I'm not in the way
obžalujem, toda moram vas še enkrat motíti I am sorry, but I shall have to trouble you again
nekoliko se motite you are slightly mistaken
če se ne motim if I am not mistaken, unless I am mistaken
ne daj se motíti! do not inconvenience yourself!
motíti se je človeško to err is human
motiš se! (si na napačni sledi!) you are barking up the wrong tree
ali motim? am I in the way?, am I intruding?

mrlič dead person, dead body, corpse; cadaver

bedenje, straža pri mrliču wake; deathwatch
on je samó še živ mrlič (figurativno) he is only a ghost of his former self

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

múja trouble; pains pl; effort

brez múje se še čevelj ne obuje you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs

nadlegováti to molest, (motiti) to trouble, to bother, to annoy, to worry, to pester; pogovorno to plague; to vex; (nehoté) to inconvenience, to disturb; (s prošnjami) to importune

nadlegováti koga z vprašanji to ply someone with questions
če vas ne nadlegujem if I'm not being a nuisance (ali a bore)
obžalujem, da vas toliko nadlegujem I'm sorry to give you so much trouble
oprostite, da vas še enkrat nadlegujem excuse my troubling (ali bothering) you once more
ne nadleguj me kar naprej! don't keep on bothering me!