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dovršíti to accomplish, to complete; to bring to completion (ali to a successful conclusion); to finish; to achieve

dovršíl je veliko delo he accomplished a great task, pogovorno he did a great job

dovtíp joke; jest; pleasantry; pun; witticism; ZDA žargon wisecrack; gag

alogičen dovtíp (figurativno) an Irish bull
poln dovtípov waggish, jocular, full of fun
slab dovtíp bad joke, pogovorno corny joke
ta dovtíp je slab that's a weak (ali poor) effort
star dovtíp chestnut, stale (ali threadbare, old, ancient) joke, hoary old joke
ta dovtíp ima že brado pogovorno I fell out of my cradle laughing at that one
ost dovtípa the point of the joke
ne delaj dovtípov quit joking!
dovtípe zbijati to crack jokes

down⁶ [daun] samostalnik
smola, neuspeh

the ups and downs sreča in nesreča
pogovorno to have a down on s.o. imeti koga na piki

downy² [dáuni] pridevnik (downily prislov)
puhast
sleng zvit, premeten, prebrisan

a downy old bird zvitorepec, premetenec, lisjak

dóza

1. medicina dose; figurativno instalment

močna dóza a stiff dose
premočna dóza an overdose
prešibka dóza an underdose
dóza kinina a dose of quinine
v majhnih dózah (figurativno) in small doses (ali instalments)

2. (tobačnica) cigarette case

dozdéven apparent; seeming; supposed; presumptive; would-be

dozdévni filozof a would-be philosopher
dozdevno (prislov) apparently, seemingly

dozen [dʌ́zn] samostalnik
ducat, dvanajst (kosov)

by the dozen na ducate
baker's (ali devil's, long, printer's) dozen 13 kosov
to talk nineteen to the dozen preveč in prehitro govoriti
dozens of na ducate, na kupe
six of one and half a-dozen of the other eno in isto
three, several dozen tri, več ducatov
a round dozen celi ducat
pogovorno to do daily dozen dnevno telovaditi

dozídati

dozídati stavbo to complete (ali to finish) a building; to add to a building; to build an annex(e)

doživljáj experience (in life); (dogodivščina) adventure

ljubzenski doživljáj love affair
zelo neprijeten doživljáj a very unpleasant experience
povedal ti bom svoje doživljáje I will tell you my experiences

draft¹ [dra:ft] samostalnik
načrt, koncept, osnutek, skica; zakonski osnutek; denarno nakazilo, menica; popust na primanjkljaj na teži
vojska četa, odred; nabor
ameriško obvezna vojaška služba; vgrez ladje

rough draft skica
to make a draft on a fund črpati iz fonda
draft animal vprežna žival

drag¹ [dræg]

1. prehodni glagol
vleči, (po)vlačiti; pretegniti
navtika orati (o sidru); branati; preiskovati dno, bagrati

2. neprehodni glagol
vleči se; biti dolgočasen, dolgočasiti

ameriško, pogovorno to drag one's feet namerno zavlačevati (delo)
to drag at oars naporno veslati
to drag a wretched life životariti
to drag a river preiskati rečno dno

drag² [dræg] samostalnik
vlaka; vrsta kočije; vlačnica, vlača (sani)
figurativno tovor, breme; cokla, zavora, ovira; zaviranje, oviranje; bager
figurativno mučno opravilo; dolgočasno mesto (v knjigi); lov z umetno sledjo
ameriško, sleng protekcija; potegljaj; privlačnost

to be a drag on s.o. biti komu v breme
to put a drag upon s.th. zavreti, zaustaviti kaj

drág dear; (necenén) expensive; dear; costly

drág kamen a precious stone
drága večerja an expensive dinner
dráge volje willingly, readily; with a good grace
knjiga je drága the book is expensive (ali dear)
moj drági! my dear!
drági moj prijatelj! my dear friend!
vino je tu zelo drágo wine is very dear here
drágo mi je I am glad (ali pleased)
napravite, kot Vam je drágo do as you like, do just as you please
če ti je življenje drágo if you value your life
karkoli ti je drágo anything you like
to mi je predrago this is too expensive for me
to je eden najdražjih hotelov v Parizu it is one of the most expensive hotels in paris
vrnil sem mu milo za drágo I paid him in his own coin, I gave him tit for tat; I got even with him
to je tisto, kar mi je najdražje na svetu that is what I hold dearest on earth
drágó prodajati to sell dear
to te bo drágó stalo it will cost you dear
drágó je to plačal he paid dear for it
to mi bo drágo plačal I'll take it out of him, I'll make him pay dearly (ali dear) for it

dragínja inflation; dearness; costliness; high cost of living; famine prices pl; increasing cost of living; high level of prices

val dragínje a wave of inflation
dragínja je, dragínja vlada prices are soaring, inflation is raging

dragocén precious; costly; valuable; expensive

dragocén kamen precious stone, gem
dragocéne informacije valuable information
dragocéno odkritje a valuable discovery
dragocéne slike valuable pictures
moj čas je dragocén my time is of value
nuditi dragocéno pomoč to give valuable assistance

drag up prehodni glagol

pogovorno drag up a child otroka surovo vzgajati

drain² [drein] samostalnik
osuševalni jarek, odvodni kanal
medicina drenažna cevka; odvajanje, drenaža
figurativno napor, izčrpavanje
pogovorno požirek, napitek

sleng to go down the drain propadati
a drain on one's purse prevelik izdatek

dram [dræm] samostalnik
utež 1/16 unče (avoirdupois); 1/8 tekočinske unče
figurativno malenkost; požirek žganja

to be fond of a dram rad ga srkati
not a dram niti trohice

dráma drama; play; stage play; (dramatic) piece

pisec drám playwright, dramatist
pisanje drám playwriting
majhna dráma v družini a little drama in the family
poezija in dráma (= gledališče v 16. stoletju) poetry and the drama in the 16th century
spremeniti se, pretvoriti v drámo to dramatize
narediti drámo iz to dramatize (kaj something)

draw^*1 [drɔ:]

1. prehodni glagol
vleči, vlačiti, potegniti; pritegniti, nategniti, napeti, nategovati; dvigniti; raztegniti; privlačiti; izvabiti; populiti, izdreti; (na)risati, upodobiti, opisati, prikazati; zasnovati, načrtati; točiti, črpati, sesati; dobiti, dobivati; (s)pačiti
trgovina izdati, trasirati (menico); preiskati (lovci grmovje) (from)
sklepati; vdihniti (to, into)
pregovoriti (from)
odvrniti, odvračati (od česa)
šport neodločeno igrati
mornarica gaziti

2. neprehodni glagol
vleči (se); bližati se, prihajati; žrebati; dihati; ugrezniti, ugrezati, pogrezati se; skrčiti, krajšati se
šport neodločeno igrati

to draw attention opozoriti
to draw a bead on s.o. nameriti na koga puško ali samokres
to draw cloth pospraviti mizo (po jedi)
to draw first blood prvi napasti
to draw blood preliti kri, raniti
to draw blank ne zaslediti plena; figurativno razočarati se
to draw the long bow pretiravati, izmišljati si
to draw breath vdihniti, zajeti sapo
to draw a chicken otrebiti piščanca
to draw the curtain potegniti zastor; figurativno zaključiti pogovor, narediti konec
draw to a close (ali an end) bližati se koncu
to draw it fine natanko odmeriti
to draw a deep breath globoko vdihniti
to draw battle neodločeno končati bitko
to draw game neodločeno končati (igro)
to draw the line at zarisati ostro mejo
to draw lots žrebati
draw it mild! ne izmišljaj si, ne pretiravaj!
to draw one's sword against s.o. napasti koga
to draw a veil over s.th. prikriti, zastreti kaj
to draw stumps končati igro (cricket)
to draw rein ukrotiti
figurativno to draw the teeth of onesposobiti
to draw interest obrestovati se
to draw a conclusion from s.th. sklepati iz česa
to draw a sigh vzdihniti