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prespáti

prespáti kaj to sleep something off; to sleep through
fant je dogodek prespal the boy slept through the incident
prespáti glavobol to sleep off one's headache
prespáti noč to spend the night sleeping
prespáti pijanost to sleep oneself sober, pogovorno to sleep it off
prespáti problem to sleep on a problem
prespáti zimo (živali) to hibernate
to bomo prespali (figurativno) we'll sleep on it

press² [pres]

1. prehodni glagol
stiskati, stisniti; pritisniti, pritiskati, tlačiti (tudi figurativno)
iztisniti, izžeti (sadje, sok); likati, polikati; stisniti skupaj, pritisniti naprej, stran; goniti, priganjati, ne dati miru, prisiliti, izsiliti, pritiskati na koga; vsiliti komu kaj; dati čemu poudarek, ostati, vztrajati (pri svojem mnenju); moledovati (for za)

2. neprehodni glagol
stiskati se, prerivati se, gnesti se, vsiljevati se, biti nujen

to press the button pritisniti na zvonec, dati znak za začetek dela; figurativno napraviti odločilen korak
to press an attack trdovratno napadati
to press home an argument trdovratno dokazovati
to press one's point trdovratno vztrajati pri svojem mnenju
to be pressed for money (time) biti v denarni (časovni) stiski
to press s.o. for money pritiskati na koga za denar
to press s.th. on s.o. vsiljevati komu kaj
to press into service zaposliti koga (zlasti proti volji)
hard pressed v stiski, v težkem položaju
time presses čas priganja

pressure [préšə] samostalnik
stiskanje, pritiskanje, pritisk
fizika, tehnično, vremenoslovje pritisk, tlak
figurativno nujnost, nadloga, sila, breme

medicina blood pressure krvni pritisk
low (high) pressure nizek (visok) pritisk
figurativno to work at high pressure delati s polno paro
to bring (ali put) pressure to bear on s.o. pritiskati na koga (da kaj stori)

prestláti

prestláti posteljo to change the bed linen (ali bedclothes), to put clean sheets on the bed

presume [prizjú:m]

1. prehodni glagol
domnevati, predpostavljati, sklepati (from iz)
dovoliti si kaj, predrzniti si, upati si (to do s.th. kaj narediti)

2. neprehodni glagol
biti predrzen; izkoristiti, zlorabiti (on, upon)

ignorance presumes where knowledge is timid nevednost je drzna, kjer se vednost obotavlja
to presume upon s.o. izkoristiti koga, preveč si dovoliti

presumption [prizʌ́m(p)šən] samostalnik
domneva, predpostavka, verjetnost
pravno presumpcija; drznost, predrznost, domišljavost

pravno presumption of fact sklep na podlagi dejstev
pravno presumption of law presumpcija, da je resnično dokler se ne dokaže nasprotno
there is a strong presumption against it malo je verjetno
on the presumption that predpostavimo, da

pretèk expiry, expiration, lapse; (preobilica) superabundance, plenty, profusion, exuberance, superfluity

po pretèku after the expiry (of)
po pretèku treh let after the lapse of three years
na pretèk more than enough, enough and to spare, in abundance
on ima denarja na pretèk he has plenty of money, he has money to spare
biti na pretèk to exist in abundance
imeti na pretèk (česa) to have more than enough, to have a surplus, to superabound (in, with)

pretékst (pretveza) pretext

s pretékstom on (ali under) the pretext of

pretext¹ [prí:tekst] samostalnik
pretveza, izgovor, pretekst

on (ali under) pretext of pod pretvezo, z izgovorom
to make a pretext of izgovarjati se s čim

pretípati to feel (all over); to examine by feeling; to touch

pretípati koga gledé to sound someone on (ali about)
pretípati se k, proti to grope one's way towards

pretvárjati se to pretend, to feign, to sham; to simulate; to dissimulate, to dissemble

on se le pretvarja he is only shamming

preudárek consideration; discretion

po zrelem preudárku on mature consideration, all things considered
ravnati po lastnem preudárku to use one's own discretion

prevail [privéil] neprehodni glagol
prevladovati, prevladati (over nad)
biti razširjen, obstajati; premagati (against koga, kaj)
razpasti se, razširiti se; uveljaviti se, obdržati se

to prevail (up)on s.o. pregovoriti koga, prepričati, pridobiti koga
I could not prevail (up)on myself srce mi ni dalo

prevalíti to overturn, to overthrow

prevalíti krivdo na koga to lay (ali to put, to throw, to shift) the blame on someone

prevára deception, cheat; fraud; fake; (sleparija) imposture, swindle, pogovorno jiggery-pokery; deceit; (zmota) delusion, fallacy; humbug, hoax; (trik) trick, trickery

optična prevára optical illusion
za tem mora biti kaka prevára pogovorno there's something funny going on here

prevéjan cunning, crafty, wily, sly

on je prevéjan he is a sly dog (ali a knowing one, a deep one)

prey² [préi] neprehodni glagol
prežati (upon na)
ropati, pleniti; pograbiti, požreti (plen)
figurativno prevariti, nasankati, opehariti
figurativno gristi, glodati, težiti, moriti

to prey on one's mind ležati na duši, težiti

prezímiti prezimováti to spend (ali to pass) the winter; to winter; (živali, v spanju) to hibernate

prezímiti, prezimováti koga to winter someone
prezímiti, prezimováti živino s krmo to winter one's stock on hay

préža lookout; watch

na préži on the lookout
na préži za... on the lookout for...
biti na préži to lurk, to be on the watch, to lie in wait (for someone)

preživljati to live; to survive

preživljati veliko družino to maintain a large family
preživljati starše to support one's parents
preživljati težke čase to have a hard time
preživljati se to make a living (kot as, z out of)
on se preživlja s prodajo knjig he makes a living by selling books
komaj se preživljati to make a bare living