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unprepared [ʌnpripɛ́əd] pridevnik
nepripravljen; improviziran

everything was unprepared nič ni bilo pripravljeno
an unprepared speech improviziran govor
he was unprepared to meet me ni bil pripravljen sprejeti me

úpanje hope; hopefulness; expectation; expectancy; anticipation; (bright) prospect

goljufivo, varljivo úpanje false hope(s)
prazno úpanje vain hope
zadnje (skoraj neuresničljivo) úpanje forlorn hope, figurativno (zanesljivo) sheet anchor
brez úpanja hopeless, past (all) hope
poln úpanja full of hope, hopeful
niti trohice úpanja not a glimmer of hope, (pogovorno) not the ghost of a chance, not a dog's (ali an earthly) chance
Rt Dobrega Upanja the Cape of Good Hope
žarek úpanja a ray (ali a gleam) of hope
úpanje, da bo prišel there is (some) hope that he will come, it is hoped he will come, hopefully he will come
zanj ni več úpanja he is past hope
nobenega úpanja ni bilo, da bi on prišel there was no prospect of his coming
on je moje zadnje úpanje he is my last hope, he is my only remaining hope
dajati komu úpanje to hold out hope to someone
dajati mnogo úpanja to promise well, to be very promising
gojiti úpanje to cherish (ali to entertain) a (ali the) hope
imeti malo úpanja, da... to hope against hope that...
imam le slabo, šibko úpanje I have only a faint hope
nobenega úpanja več ne imeti to be out of hope, to have no hope left
imeti úpanje to stand a chance
nikoli ne izgubljaj úpanja! (= ne obupaj!) never say die!
opustiti vsako úpanje to abandon hope, to give up every hope
oklepati se úpanja to cling to hope (ali one's hopes)
preseči úpanja to exceed hopes
prevarati koga v úpanju to frustrate someone's hopes
razočarati koga v úpanju to disappoint someone, to frustrate someone
moje úpanje se ni uresničilo my hopes have not been realized
upati brez úpanja zmage to hope against hope
vdajati se úpanju, da... to allow oneself the hope of..., to hope for..., to be in hopes that...
komu vsako úpanje vzeti to deprive someone of all hope
vzeti komu úpanje to dampen someone's hopes
zbujati úpanje to give (ali to inspire) hope, to raise expectations, to provide grounds for hope
zbujati komu úpanje to raise hopes in someone
zbujati prazno úpanje to raise false hopes
živeti v úpanju za, za... to live in hopes of (kaj something)
malo úpanja je ostalo (ostaja) there is little hope left

uproar [ʌ́prɔ:] samostalnik
hrup, hrušč, trušč, kraval, direndaj, razgrajanje; razburjenje

the whole town was in an uproar vse mesto je bilo v vrenju
to make an uproar povzročiti hrup (nemir)

use² [ju:z] prehodni glagol
rabiti, uporabljati, porabiti, izkoristiti, posluževati se; zateči se k; ravnati z; potrošiti, izdati; gojiti (šport itd.); prebiti (čas)
zastarelo navaditi (to na)

to use one's brains (ali wits) uporabiti pamet, napeti (svoje) možgane
use your eyes! odpri oči!
to use care skrbno (pazljivo) postopati
to use diligence da(ja)ti si truda
to use one's best efforts napraviti, kar se le da (kar je le možno)
to use exercises delati vaje
to use force uporabiti silo
this geyser uses a lot of gas ta plinska peč porabi mnogo plina
how did they use you? kako so ravnali z vami?
to use s.o. ill slabo ravnati s kom
I cannot use my left hand ne se posluževati svoje leve roke
to use one's legs peš iti, pešačiti
to use imprecations preklinjati
to use a right uživati (neko) pravico
may I use your name? se lahko sklicujem na vas?
to use tobacco kaditi
I have used all the paint porabil sem vso barvo
how does the world use you? pogovorno kako je z vami?, kako vam gre?
neprehodni glagol
zastarelo (razen v preteritu) biti vajen, imeti navado; (tudi za izražanje trajnega stanja v preteklosti)

the beggar used to come every day berač je imel navado prihajati (je prihajal) vsak dan
it used to be said navadno se je reklo (bila je navada reči)
he does not come as often as he used (to) ne prihaja več tako pogosto kot prej
they used to live here prej so stanovali tu
used you to know him? ste ga vi poznali?
there used to be a tree there tam je nekoč bilo drevo

usójen fated

usójena doba življenja (figurativno) the fatal thread
ni bilo (tako) usójeno it was not to be
usójeno nam je we are doomed (to), it is our fate
usójeno mu je bilo, da... it has fallen to his lot that..., it was reserved to him (to)

utegníti to have time

če bom utegnil, bom prišel if I have time, I shall come
to utegne biti res that might be true
utegnemo zamuditi vlak we may miss the train
kaj bi se mu bilo utegnilo zgoditi? what might have happened to him?
nisem ga utegnil obiskati I had no time to see him
ne utegnem (= nimam časa) I cannot afford the time

vacuity [vækjú:iti] samostalnik
praznost, praznina, praznota; vrzel, pomanjkljivost
figurativno duševna praznota, brezizraznost; (redko) prazen prostor, vakuum
množina, figurativno praznost, brezpomembnost, puhlost, neumnost

he filled up his speech with vacuities v njegovem govoru je bilo polno brezpomembnosti (bedastoč)

védno always; every time, at all times; ZDA all the time; ever; pesniško aye, ay

skoraj védno nine times out of ten, as often as not
še védno still; as yet
za védno for ever, for good, for good and all
enkrat za védno (vselej) once (and) for all
védno več more and more
védno hitreje faster and faster
védno večji bigger and bigger
še védno ne not yet
za védno zapustiti to leave for good
še védno ga ni he hasn't arrived yet
védno je bilo tako it was ever thus
poslovila sta se za védno they bade each other farewell for ever
védno in védno se vra-, čati to keep coming back
védno naravnost (naprej)! keep straight ahead!

ves vsa, vse all; whole; entire; total; complete

mi vsi all of us
vse, razen... all but...
vsa Slovenija all Slovenia
vsa dežela the whole country
po vsej Angliji all over England
vsa Evropa all Europe, the whole of Europe
po vsem svetu all over the world
na vseh straneh on all sides
vsa družba the whole (ali all the) company
vsa moja družina je tu all my family are here
(skozi) ves dan all day long, the whole day long
vsi in vsak all and sundry
vse moje življenje all my life
v vseh ozirih in all respects
po vseh štirih on all fours
vse mogoče all sorts, all kinds (of)
za ves svet ne not for all the world
z vso (možno) hitrostjo with all speed
vse mesto je bilo tam the whole town was there
vse je zaman it is all in vain, it is all to no avail
to je vse, kar lahko storim zate that's all I can do for you
vsi trije so krivi they are all three guilty
delati vso noč to work all night
preživeli smo skoraj ves julij na deželi we spent nearly the whole of July in the country
biti ves iz sebe od jeze to be beside oneself with fury
on je vse prej kot pošten he is anything but honest
hiša je vsa iz kamna the house is entirely of stone
to je vse, kar lahko rečem that is all I can say
prebral sem vso knjigo I have read the book from cover to cover
pripravljeni smo storiti vse zanj we are ready to do anything for him
razpravljati o vsem mogočem, samo ne o politiki to discuss anything but politics
tresti se po vsem telesu to tremble all over
ne delaj si skrbi, vse se bo uredilo! don't worry, it'll be all right!

víden visible; discernible; of vision

vídno polje field of vision
posta(ja)ti víden (na obzorju) to heave in (ali into) sight
njegovo razočaranje je bilo vídno (očitno) his disappointment was visible
vídno prislov visibly
vídno je bil prestrašen he was visibly scared

visible [vízibl] pridevnik (visiblely prislov)
vidljiv, viden; očiten, očividen, jasen; grafično predstavljen; pripravljen ali zmožen sprejeti obisk; (ki je) doma

visible horizon navtika naravno obzorje
visible speech jezikoslovje fonetski znaki (izumiteij A. M. Bell) za vse mogoče govorne glasove
he was visibly afraid vidno je bil prestrašen
my disappointment was visible moje razočaranje je bilo očitno
is he visible today? bi lahko govoril z njim danes?, je (on) doma danes?

water¹ [wɔ́:tə]

1. samostalnik
voda, vodna površina; reka, morje
množina vodé, vodovje, voda, morje; slatina, mineralna voda; plima in oseka
kemija vodna raztopina
tehnično vodni sijaj, blesk (na draguljih); spreminjanje barv (na tkanini)
medicina seč, urin; solze; slina; znoj

above water nad vodo, plavajoč; figurativno finančno trden
by water po vodi, po vodni poti
on the water v čolnu, na ladji; na morju
in Chinese waters v kitajskih vodah
as a fish out of water figurativno kot riba na suhem
in deep water(s) v težavah, v neprilikah, v škripcih
between wind and water figurativno na ranljivem mestu, v ranljivo mesto
in low water figurativno (biti) v slabih razmerah, na suhem
like water figurativno izdatno, potratno
of the first water (dragulj) prvega sijaja, najboljše vrste
water bewitched pogovorno zvodenela redka pijača (čaj, alkoholna pijača)
water on the brain figurativno vodenoglavec
blue water morska gladina
brandy and water z vodo mešano žganje
high water plima; figurativno vrhunec, kulminacija
lavender water sivkina (toaletna) voda
low water oseka; figurativno najnižji nivó, najslabši rezultat
mineral water slatina, mineralna voda
red water krvav urin, seč
strong water zastarelo žganje
table water slatina (zlasti v steklenicah)
thermal water termalna voda
written in water figurativno prehoden, kratkotrajen, na pesku zgrajen; ki se bo uresničil
to be on the water biti na ladji, na poti z ladjo
to be in hot water biti v nepriliki, v škripcih
to be in low water biti v stiski
to be in smooth water biti v ugodnih razmerah, uspevati
it brings the water to my mouth sline se mi pocede ob tem
to cast one's bread upon the waters izkazati dobroto, ne da bi pričakovali zahvalo
to cross the waters iti čez morje
the boat draws 10 feet of water ladja ima 10 čevljev ugreza
to fish in troubled waters figurativno v kalnem ribariti
to get into hot water for priti (zaiti) v neprilike (v stisko, v škripce)
to hold one's water zadrževati vodo
to keep one's head above water obdržati se na površini
to make (ali to pass) water urinirati
to make (ali to take) water puščati vodo (o ladji)
to make foul water navtika jadrati v plitvi vodi
to pour oil on the waters figurativno izgladiti, poravnati, odstraniti zapreke; umiriti
to spend money like water figurativno za prazen nič trošiti denar
to throw cold water on figurativno posmehovati se (čemu), ohladiti, politi z mrzlo vodo; zmanjšati veselje ali navdušenje za; spodnesti, preprečiti, onemogočiti
that threw cold water on my plans to je bilo kot hladna prha na moje načrte
to take the water (o ladji) biti splavljen, porinjen v vodo
to take (ali to drink) the waters piti mineralno vodo, zdraviti se s slatino (at Radenci v Radencih)
still waters run deep tiha voda globoko dere (bregove podira)

2. pridevnik
vodni

water balance tehnično libela
water buffalo vodni bufalo
water bus vodni avtobus, hidrobus
water heater bojler
water ski vodna smučka
neprehodni glagol
smučati se na vodi

water skier vodni(a) smučar(ka)
water skiing smučanje na vodi
water storage reservoir akumulacijski bazen

what [wɔt]

1. zaimek
(vprašalni zaimek) kaj; koliko!

what for? čemu?, zakaj?
what ever for? toda zakaj?
what next? in (kaj) potem?, in kaj še?, kaj sedaj?
and what all pogovorno in kaj še vse
what not kar si bodi, karkoli
my hat, my gloves, and what not moj klobuk, moje rokavice, in ne vem, kaj še vse
what if kaj če, (in) kaj se zgodi, če...
what of that? kaj za to?, nič za to
what though (I am poor) kaj zato, pa četudi (sem reven)
what about, what of kaj gledé, kaj praviš (misliš) o
what about a cup of tea? ali bi skodelico čaja?
what's it all about? za kaj (pa) gre?
so what?, what of it? prava reč!; nesmisel!
but what pogovorno ki ne (bi)
not a day comes but what makes a change ni ga dneva, ki ne bi prinesel kake spremembe (kaj novega)
what is the matter? kaj (pa) je?
what is he like? kakšen je on?
what he has suffered! kaj (koliko) je pretrpel!
well, what of it? no, in kaj za to?
what's up? kaj je?, kaj se dogaja?
to know what's what vedeti, za kaj gre, biti informiran, spoznati se
what is the news? kaj je novega?
you want a what? kaj (ponovi, kaj) hočeš?
he claims to a what? kaj hoče on biti?
what is he the better for it? kaj ima on od tega?
I'll tell you what nekaj ti povem
Mr. what-do-you-call-him, Mr. what's-his-name gospod Oné (kako mu je ime?)

2. zaimek
(relativni zaimek) kar

do what I may naj storim, kar hočem (karkoli)
happen what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče!
we know what he is busy with vemo, s čim se ukvarja
this is what we hoped for to je tisto, kar (prav to) smo upali
and what have you ameriško, sleng in kar imate podobnega, takega
but what razen (tega, teh)
he never had any money but what he absolutely needed imel je le najpotrebnejši denar
there was no one but what was excited nikogar ni bilo, ki ne bi bil razburjen

3. pridevnik
kakšen, kateri, kolikšen

what luck! kakšna sreča!
what a queer idea! kakšna čudna ideja!
what a fool I am! kako sem neumen!
he got what books he wanted dobil je vse knjige, ki jih je želel
take what books you need! vzemi toliko knjig, kot jih potrebuješ
what use is this dictionary to you? čemu ti rabi ta slovar?

4. prislov
kako

what happy boys they are kako srečni dečki so (oni)!; deloma
what with storms my return was delayed deloma zaradi viharjev se je moja vrnitev zakasnila
but what (pri nikalnici); pogovorno da ne
not a day but what it rains ni dneva, da ne bi deževalo
never fear but what we shall go! ne boj se, da ne bi šli (= že gremo)!

5. medmet
kaj!, kako!
britanska angleščina kaj ne?

what, do you really mean it? kaj, ti to resno misliš?
a good fellow, what? dober dečko, kaj ne?

6. veznik
pogovorno kolikor

he helped us what he could pomagal nam je, kolikor je mogel

whit¹ [wit] samostalnik
mrvica, trohica, košček, malenkost

no whit, not a whit, never a whit niti mrvice (ne); niti malo ne
we cared not a whit še mar nam ni bilo za to, požvižgali smo se na to
he is no whit the better for it zaradi tega mu ni prav nič bolje

will^*1 [wil, wəl]
nedoločnik in velelnik manjkata
1. in 3. os. ednina will
2. os. ednina (you) will
zastarelo (thou) wilt
množina will
preteklik would [wud, wəd]
2. os. preteklik, zastarelo (thou) wouldst
pretekli deležnik wold [wóuld] would

I. pomožni (s sledečim nedoločnikom brez to)

1. (za tvorbo prihodnjega časa za 2. in 3. os. ednine in množine, za izražanje obljube ali namena tudi za 1. os. ednine in množine)

he will see very soon bo kmalu videl
I will not come back ne bo me (več) nazaj

2.
hoteti, biti voljan ali pripravljen:

will (would) you pass me the bread, please mi hočete (bi mi hoteli) podati kruh, prosim?
the wound will not heal rana se noče (ne mara) zaceliti
boys will be boys dečki hočejo (pač) biti dečki, mladost se mora iznoreti

3.
(v pogojnih stavkih):

he would do it if he could on bi to naredil, ko bi mogel

4.
biti navajen, imeti navado:

he will sit here for hours ima navado ure in ure tu presedeti
she would take a short walk every day imela je navado iti vsak dan na kratek sprehod
it would appear kazno je

II. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
hoteti, želeti:

what will you? kaj hočeš (želiš)?
as you will kakor hočeš
I would it were otherwise! hotel (želel) bi, da bi bilo drugače!
(I) would I were a bird! hotel bi biti ptica!
I will to God! bog daj!
I could not do it even if I would ne bi mogel storiti tega, tudi če bi hotel

world [wə́:ld] samostalnik
svet, Zemlja; vsemirje, vesolje, univerzum; vse, kar je na Zemlji; življenje (na Zemlji), obstanek, eksistenca; ljudje, človeška družba; skupnost ljudi; javno življenje, javnost; miljé, okolje; posvetno življenje; velika množina, masa, množica, veliko število; prostranstvo

all over the world po vsem svetu
in the world na svetu
for all the world za vse na svetu, v vsakem pogledu, popolnoma, natanko
not for all the world za nobeno ceno
for all the world like natanko, kot
not for worlds, not for anything in the world za nič na svetu ne
out of the world odmaknjen od sveta
out of this world pogovorno fantastičen, osupljiv, izreden
worlds away from zelo oddaljen od
to the world sleng popolnoma
tired to the world sleng na smrt utrujen
on top of the world na vrhuncu sreče, v sedmih nebesih
a world of zelo mnogo, množica (of difficulties težav)
a world too big mnogo prevelik
the world of letters učeni svet
world without end od veka do veka
to the world's end do konca sveta
the beginning of the world začetek sveta
animal (vegetable) world živalski (rastlinski) svet
citizen of the world svetovljanski človek, kozmopolit
man of the world izkušen človek
the lower world podzemlje; pekel
the New World Novi svet, Amerika
the wise old world dobri stari običaji, dobre stare izkušnje
Prince of this world figurativno vrag
all the world and his wife were there vse, kar leze in gre, je bilo tam
to begin the world (v)stopiti v (začeti) življenje, začeti kariero; od kraja začeti, biti (stati) na začetku
she is all the world to me ona mi je (pomeni) vse na svetu
who in the world is that man? kdo vendar je oni človek?
to be brought into the world zagledati luč sveta
to carry the world before one imeti hiter in popoln uspeh; imeti srečo, uspeh v življenju
to come into the world priti na svet, roditi se
what in the world am I to do? kaj na svetu (vendar, za vraga) naj naredim?
it did me a world of good zelo dobro mi je délo (storilo)
to be drunk to the world pošteno pijan (nadelan) biti
I would not do it for all the world za vse na svetu ne bi tega naredil (hotel narediti)
to forsake the world odreči se svetu, opustiti posvetno rabo, posvetno življenje
as the world goes v našem, sedanjem času
to go out of the world umreti
I would give the world to learn it vse na svetu (ne vem kaj) bi dal, da bi to zvedel
how goes the world with you? kako je kaj z vami?
to have the world before one figurativno imeti življenje pred seboj
to let the world slide figurativno pustiti vse teči (potekati, iti), kot pride
to live out of the world živeti sam zase, odmaknjen od sveta, samotariti
to make a noise in the world figurativno postati slaven
what will the world say? kaj bodo rekli ljudje?

worse¹ [wə:s]

1. samostalnik
slabši, hujši; bolj bolan, slabšega zdravja
trgovina slabši, nižji

worse and worse vedno slabši (hujši)
the worse tem stabši
so much the worse toliko slabši
he went worse every day vsak dan je bilo slabše z njim
that only made matters worse to je stvari le poslabšalo
(not) to be the worse for (ne) biti na slabšem (na škodi, trpeti) zaradi
you would be none the worse for a walk sprehod ti ne bi škodil
to be (none) the worse for drink (ne) biti pijan
I like him none the worse for his gruffness zaradi njegove grobosti ga nimam nič manj rad
the worse for wear obrabljen, ponošen

2. prislov
slabše, hujše

he has lost his job and is worse off than ever izgubil je službo in je na slabšem kot kdajkoli prej
they do it worse than before hujše (slabše) počenjajo kot prej
none the worse nič slabše (hujše), nič manj
to grow worse and worse vse bolj se slabšati

wrong² [rɔŋ] pridevnik
zmoten, nepravi, pogrešen, napačen, naroben; ki ni v redu, ki je v neredu; neprimeren, nepripraven; nekoristen, neugoden

wrong act prekršek
a wrong answer napačen, nepravi odgovor
the wrong side narobna stran (of material blaga)
wrong one, sleng wrong'un (kriket) žoga, ki leti čisto drugače, kot je igralec pričakoval
(the) wrong side out na ven (narobe) obrnjena notranja stran (oblačila)
the wrong side of the blanket figurativno nezakonit
to be wrong ne imeti prav
the clock is wrong ura ne gre prav
you are wrong in believing that nimaš prav (motiš se), če to verjameš
not to be far wrong ne se zelo (z)motiti
I was not far wrong in guessing skoraj sem uganil
something is wrong with him nekaj je narobe z njim
what's wrong with you? kaj pa je (narobe) s teboj?
to be in the wrong box figurativno biti v škripcih (v nerodnem položaju, v zagati); ne biti na mestu; biti na zgubi
it is the wrong side out to je narobe, obrnjeno
to be on the wrong side of 50 biti nad 50 let star
what's wrong with a cup of tea? pogovorno kako bi bilo s skodelico čaja?
to do the wrong thing in the wrong place ravno narobe (napačno) kaj napraviti
what do you find wrong with it? kaj se ti zdi pri tem narobe (ti ni pri tem všeč)?
to get (to have) hold of the wrong end of the stick figurativno (popolnoma) napačno razumeti (imeti čisto napačno mnenje, vtis)
to get out of the bed (on) the wrong side figurativno, pogovorno z levo nogo vstati; biti slabe volje
he will laugh on the wrong side of his mouth figurativno smeh ga bo že minil
to prove s.o. wrong dokazati komu, da nima prav
to go wrong zaiti; spodleteti, ne iti (biti) v redu
he holds the book the wrong way narobe drži knjigo
he found himself in the wrong shop figurativno, pogovorno ni na pravega naletel
it is very wrong of you to support him zelo napak je od vas, da ga podpirate
to take the wrong train peljati se z napačnim vlakom
to take the wrong turning (ali path) figurativno zaiti na kriva pota

zahtévati to demand (od of, from); to make demands (upon); to claim; to require; (plačilo) to exact (from); to ask

pravila tega ne zahtevajo this is not required by the rules
kaj zahtevate od mene? what do you want from me?
zahtévati zdravniško nego to require medical care
to vprašanje zahteva našo takojšnjo pozornost this question demands our immediate attention
zahtévati nekaj nemogočega (figurativno) to cry for the moon
bi bilo preveč zahtevano od vas, (da bi prišli...)? would it be asking too much of you (to come...)?

zakáj

1.

zakáj? why?, for what reason?
zakáj ne? why not?
ne vedeti zakáj not to know why

2. (kajti) for

odločili so se ostati doma, zakáj bilo je grdo vreme they decided to stay at home, for the weather was vile