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prowl¹ [prául] samostalnik
stikanje (za plenom), plazenje, preža; klatenje

on the prowl v lovu za plenom
to take a prowl klatiti se

pŕst¹ -a finger; (živali) toe, digit

mali pŕst little finger
nožni pŕst toe
srednji pŕst middle finger
blazinica pŕsta fingertip
po, na pŕstih on tiptoe
od kajenja rjavi pŕsti nicotine-stained fingers pl
umazani pŕsti dirty fingers
pŕst rokavice finger of a glove
dati jih komu po pŕstih to rap someone's fingers
imeti dolge pŕste (figurativno, krasti) to steal, to be one of the light-fingered gentry
imeti svoje pŕste zraven (pri kaki zadevi) to have a finger in the pie, to have a hand in something
za dva pŕsta je imela rdečila na licih she had a layer of rouge two fingers deep on her cheeks
on ima več pameti v malem pŕstu kot ti v glavi he has more wit in his little finger than you in your whole body
imeti v malem pŕstu (figurativno) to have at one's finger's end
daj, pomôli mu pŕst, pa bo zgrabil vso roko (figurativno) give him an inch, and he will take an ell!
daj pŕste proč od teh stvari! don't tamper with these things!
gledati komu na pŕste to keep a close eye upon someone, to watch someone closely
krcniti koga po pŕstih to tap someone's fingers
dati komu znak s pŕstom to beckon to someone
hoditi po pŕstih to tiptoe
s pŕstom ne migniti (komu v pomoč) not to stir a finger (to help someone), not to lift a finger, not to turn a hand (to help someone)
pŕste si oblizniti (figurativno) to lick one's fingers
opeči si pŕste (figurativno) to burn one's fingers, to singe one's feathers
pokazati s pŕstom na to point one's finger at
požugati s pŕstom to wag one's finger
okoli pŕstov oviti (figurativno) to twist (ali to wind, to wrap) someone round one's little finger
komu na pŕste stopiti to tread on someone's toes
iti po pŕstih po stopnicah navzgor to tiptoe upstairs
pogledati skozi pŕste ob... (figurativno) to connive at, to turn a blind eye to
pogledati komu skozi pŕste (figurativno) to condone someone's shortcomings
na pŕste šteti to count on one's fingers' ends (ali on the fingers)
urezati se v pŕst to cut one's finger
pŕsti me srbijo (da bi to storil) my fingers are itching (to do it)
temno je, da ne vidiš pŕsta pred nosom it is pitch-dark
znati svojo lekcijo iz malega pŕsta to have one's lesson at one's fingertips

pŕstan ring

pŕstan z diamantom diamond ring
pŕstan z dragulji ring fitted (ali mounted) in diamonds
poročni pŕstan wedding ring
zaročni pŕstan engagement ring
zlat pŕstan gold ring
etui za pŕstan ring-case
natakniti si pŕstan na prst to put a ring on
izmenjati pŕstane to exchange rings
nositi pŕstan to wear a ring

pŕvi (the) first; (vodilni) leading; foremost; (glavni) head, front; (najboljši) prime, top, topmost; (pri, sosednji) nearest, adjoining, next-door; (odličen) eminent

pŕvega marca on the first of March
pŕve dni v mesecu early in the month
pŕvi dan v mesecu the first of the month
na pŕvem mestu in the first place, first and foremost; at first
na pŕvi pogled at first sight
pŕva izvedba, predstava gledališče first night, première
pŕvi učenec (v šoli) top pupil, top boy
pŕvi govor poslanca v parlamentu an M.P.'s maiden speech
pŕva pomoč first aid
pŕvi prišlek the first comer
pŕvo potovanje ladje maiden voyage (ali trip)
pŕvi polet maiden flight
pŕvi (sadni) plodovi first fruits pl, firstlings pl
pŕva izdaja (knjige ipd.) first edition
pŕvi poskus first attempt
pŕvi človek the first man
pŕvi razred (v šoli) first form
pŕvi vzpon (na goro) first ascent, first climbing
Karl I Charles the First
pŕvih šest strani the first six pages
ob pŕvi priliki, priložnosti at the first opportunity
s pŕvo (obratno) pošto (odgovor) by return of post
v pŕvem nadstropju on the first floor
biti pŕvi (voditi) to have the lead
iti (kot) pŕvi to lead the way, to take the lead
kupiti iz pŕve roke to buy firsthand
potovati v pŕvem razredu to travel first
priti med pŕvimi to arrive among the first
kdor pŕvi pride, pŕvi melje (figurativno) first come, first served
imeti pŕvi govor (v parlamentu) to make one's maiden speech
nuditi pŕvo pomoč to render first aid

púliti to pull, to pluck

púliti se za kaj to care for something, to be concerned about something, to be keen on something
za to se ne pulim I don't care for it
kar pulijo se za to blago there is a great demand for these goods

pull¹ [pul] samostalnik
potegljaj, poteg, vlečenje, vlek
tehnično vlečna sila; privlačnost, sila privlačnosti; požirek, dušek; ročaj, držaj (zvonca); veslanje, zavesljaj
šport (golf, kriket) udarec, zamah (poševno, zlasti na levo); zadrževanje (konja z vajetmi); utrjujajoč vzpon, velik napor (long pull)
prednost (of, on, over pred)
sleng vpliv, zveze, protekcija (with)
tisk (poskusni) odtis

a long pull uphill težek vzpon
the long pull presežek, dodatek k plači
a heavy pull on s.o.'s purse draga stvar
to go for a pull iti veslat
it is a hard pull to je naporna stvar
to have the pull of s.o. imeti prednost pred kom
to have a pull with s.o. imeti vpliv na koga, imeti protekcijo pri kom
tisk to take a pull napraviti odtis
to take a pull at the bottle cukniti ga iz steklenice
to give a pull at povleči, potegniti kaj

pull² [pul]

1. prehodni glagol
vleči, povleči, potegniti; puliti, izpuliti (zob, rastlino), izvleči, privleči; trgati (jabolka cvetice); skubsti, skubiti, oskubsti (perjad, lan), populiti (dlako iz usnja); zagotoviti si, privleči (stranke, podporo); (golf, kriket) udariti žogo postrani na levo; namerno zadržati dirkalnega konja; veslati, imeti vesla
tisk napraviti odtis, odtisniti
ameriško, sleng potegniti (revolver, nož)
sleng izpeljati (delo)
ameriško, sleng proglasiti stavko, pozvati (podjetje) k stavki
sleng zapreti, napraviti racijo (v igralnici)

2. neprehodni glagol
vleči, puliti (at)
vleči (pipo; at)
povleči, piti (at iz)
vleči se, riniti se naprej
sleng privlačiti (reklama)

to pull apart raztrgati
to pull a boner napraviti veliko napako
to pull (ali draw) the long bow širokoustiti se
a case of pull devil, pull baker povleci, potegni; kdo je močnejši
to pull caps (ali wigs) pretepati se
to pull faces (ali a face) pačiti se, kremžiti se
to pull a long face nakremžiti obraz, narediti kisel obraz
to pull a fast one preslepiti, ukaniti
to pull a good heart zbrati pogum
to pull s.o.'s leg potegniti koga, norčevati se iz koga
to pull a thing on s.o. ogoljufati, prevariti
to pull a good oar dobro veslati
the boat pulls 4 oars čoln ima štiri vesla
to pull it odnesti pete, pobegniti
to pull to pieces raztrgati, figurativno ostro kritizirati
to pull one's punches figurativno krotiti se; (boks) zadržano udariti
to pull one's rank on s.o. pokazati, da si višji po činu
to pull by the sleeve pocukati za rokav
to pull into the station pripeljati na postajo (vlak)
to pull the strings (ali wires) neopazno voditi, vplivati na koga
to pull one's weight potruditi se pri delu, krepko veslati
to pull the wool over s.o.'s eyes preslepiti koga

purpose¹ [pə́:pəs] samostalnik
namen, cilj, nakana; učinek; vsebina, smisel

to answer (ali serve) the purpose služiti svojemu namenu
for what purpose? čemu?
for the purpose of zaradi
on purpose namenoma
to the purpose stvarno, o pravem času
to little purpose z malo uspeha
to no purpose zaman
a novel with a purpose tendenčni roman
to some purpose s precejšnjim uspehom
of set purpose (zlasti pravno) premišljeno, namerno
to suit one's purpose biti pogodu
to turn s.th. to good purpose dobro kaj uporabiti ali izkoristiti
weak (ali wanting) of purpose neodločen

purse-strings [pə́:sstriŋz] samostalnik
množina vrvica mošnje

to hold the purse-strings upravljati z denarjem, nadzirati uporabo denarja
to keep a tight hand on the purse-strings skopariti
to loosen the purse-strings biti radodaren, izdati denar
to tighten the purse-strings zmanjšati izdatke

push² [puš]

1. prehodni glagol
suniti, suvati, riniti, poriniti, porivati, potisniti, potiskati; priganjati, siliti (to k)
gnati, nagnati, pognati, poganjati, pospešiti, forsirati
figurativno pomagati, podpirati koga; delati reklamo za kaj
sleng prodajati, preprodajati (mamila)

2. neprehodni glagol
poriniti se, porivati se, prerivati se, preriniti se; pošteno se lotiti; prizadevati si, težiti za čem

to push open odpahniti, odpreti
to push one's way ahead (through) preriniti se naprej (skozi)
to be pushed for time (money) biti v časovni (denarni) stiski
to push s.th. on s.o. vsiliti komu kaj
to push s.th. too far gnati kaj predaleč
to push one's fortune izzivati svojo srečo
to push a friend s svojim vplivom pomagati prijatelju

pustíti (dopustiti) to allow, to permit, to suffer, to yield, not to mind, not to hinder; to let; (opustiti) to give up (ali over), to leave off; to desist from, to abstain from, to refrain from, to forbear; (zapustiti) to leave, to quit, to relinquish, to abandon, to forsake; (izpustiti, spustiti) to let go, to let fly, to let loose; (prenehati, nehati) to drop, to cease, to omit

pustíti delo (o delavcu) to strike, to go on strike, to come out (on strike)
ne pustíti not to allow, not to permit, not to suffer (ali tolerate), to prevent, to hinder
pustíti koga na cedilu to leave someone in the lurch, to forsake someone, to abandon someone
pusti to! leave it alone!, let it be!
pusti to meni! leave it to me!
pusti me pri miru! leave (ali let) me alone!
pusti, naj gre stvar svojo pot! let it take its course!
pusti to tu! leave that here!
pustite ga noter! let him come in!; let him in!
pustite mi, da premislim! let me think it over!
pusti vrata odprta! leave the door open!
pustimo to za prihodnjič! we will leave that for the next time!
pustite me samega! leave me alone!
pustimo to in govorimo o čem drugem! let's drop it and talk of something else!
mi lahko pustite te dokumente dan ali dva? can you let me have those documents for a day or two?
pustil se je oslepariti he let himself be taken in
pusti si časa za premislek! leave yourself time to think!
to me pusti hladnega it leaves me cold
pustil je, da so ga pretepli he let them beat him
pustíti za seboj to leave behind
moral sem pustíti denarnico doma I must have left my purse at home
pustil je vse druge tekmovalce daleč za seboj he has outdistanced (ali has outstripped) all the other competitors
pustíti si rasti brado to grow a beard
pustíti koga v negotovosti to keep (ali to hold) someone in suspense
pustíti iz vida to lose sight of
pustíti koga čakati (pol ure) to keep someone waiting (for half an hour)
pustíti komu proste roke glede... to let someone have a free hand as regards...
ne more pustíti pijače he cannot break himself of the habit of drinking
pustíti si svetovati to listen to advice
pustíti pri starem to stick to the old ways
to se mu mora pustíti you have to grant him that
pusti, da luč gorí leave the light on!
ne se pustíti videti to keep out of sight
živeti in pustíti živeti! live and let live!
ali pusti ali vzemi! take it or leave it!
pustite dve prazni vrsti! leave two lines blank (ali blank lines)!
je oče pustil kako sporočilo? has Father left a message?
računam nate, zato me ne puščaj na cedilu! I count on you, so don't let me down!
pusti, da kdo drug opravi to! (figurativno) ZDA let George do it!
pustíti stroje teči to let the engines rip
pusti te stvari, kakor so! leave these things as they are!
pustil sem, da je avto drvel s polno hitrostjo (pogovorno) I let her rip
pustíti vprašanje odprto to leave the question open

púšica

cerkvena púšica plate
dajati denar v púšico to put something on the plate
púšica za milodare poor box, alms box

put^*2 [put]

1. prehodni glagol
položiti, postaviti, dati kam, vtakniti (in one's pocket v žep; in prison v ječo)
spraviti (koga v posteljo, v neprijeten položaj, v red, v tek); izpostaviti, podvreči čemu (to put to death usmrtiti koga)
posaditi (into, under s čim; the land was put under potatoes)
poslati, dati, siliti, naganjati (to v, k; to put to school poslati v šolo, to put to trade dati koga v uk, to put the horse to the fence nagnati konja v skok čez ograjo)
napeljati, zvabiti (on, to k)
napisati (to put one's signature to a document)
prestaviti, prevesti (into French v francoščino)
izraziti, formulirati (I cannot put it into words ne znam tega z besedami izraziti; how shall I put it kako naj to formuliram?)
oceniti, preceniti (at; I put his income at £ 1000 a year po mojem zasluži 1000 funtov na leto)
uporabiti (to; to put s.th. to a good use dobro kaj uporabiti)
zastaviti, postaviti (vprašanje, predlog I put it to you apeliram na vas, obračam se na vas)
staviti (on denar na kaj)
vložiti, investirati (into v)
naložiti (npr. davek, to put a tax on obdavčiti kaj)
naprtiti, pripisati komu kaj (on; they put the blame on him krivdo valijo na njega)
šport metati, vreči (kroglo); poriniti (bodalo), streljati (in, into)

2. neprehodni glagol
podati se, napotiti se, iti, hiteti (for kam; to put to land podati se na kopno; to put to sea odpluti; to put for home napotiti se domov)
navtika jadrati, krmariti, pluti
ameriško izlivati se (into v)

to put s.o. above s.o. else postaviti koga pred drugega
to put one's brain to it koncentrirati se na kaj, lotiti se česa
to put a bullet through ustreliti, preluknjati koga
to put in black and white, to put in writing napisati
to be put to it biti prisiljen
to be hard put to it biti v zagati, v škripcih, biti prisiljen k čemu
to put the cow to the bull pripeljati kravo k biku
put the case that recimo, da
to put the cart before the horse nesmiselno ravnati
to put o.s. in (under) the care of s.o. postaviti se pod zaščito koga
to put out of action onesposobiti
to put s.o. out of countenance spraviti koga iz ravnotežja
to put down the drain vreči v vodo, neumno zapraviti
to put all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to put an end (ali stop, period) to napraviti konec s čim, končati
to put the good face on it mirno kaj prenesti
to put one's foot in it narediti napako, osramotiti se, blamirati se
to put in force uveljaviti
to put s.o. on his feet spraviti koga na noge
to put the finger on pokazati s prstom na, identificirati koga (kaj)
to put s.o. on guard opozoriti koga na previdnost
to put one's hands to lotiti se; pomagati
to put into the hands of s.o. prepustiti komu, dati komu v roke
to put out of one's head izbiti si iz glave, pozabiti
to put a horse to vpreči konja
to put s.o. in a hole spraviti koga v neugodon položaj
to put the hand to the plough prijeti za delo
to put one's hands in one's pocket globoko seči v žep
to put it to s.o. apelirati na koga, dati komu na voljo
to put a knife into zabosti
sleng to put the lid on presegati vse meje, biti višek česa
to put money on staviti na kaj
to put the money to a good use pametno porabiti denar
to put a matter right izgladiti (zadevo)
to put it mildly milo rečeno
to put in mind spomniti koga
to put s.o.'s nose out of joint spodriniti koga
to put in order urediti
to put s.o. on his oath zapriseči koga
to put in practice izvajati
to put o.s. in s.o.'s place vživeti se v položaj koga drugega
to put on paper napisati
not to put it past one pripisati komu kaj slabega
to put to ransom zahtevati odkupnino za
to put s.o. right popraviti koga
to put in shape spraviti v dobro kondicijo, oblikovati
to put one's shoulder to the wheel potruditi se
to put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel metati komu polena pod noge
to put to the sword prebosti z mečem
to stay put ostati na mestu
figurativno to put teeth into zagristi se v kaj
to put s.o. through it dajati koga na sito in rešeto
to put in use uporabiti
to put a veto on it uporabiti veto
to put into words izraziti z besedami, točno opisati
to put s.o. in the wrong postaviti koga na laž, dokazati, da nima prav
to put s.o. out of the way spraviti koga s poti
sleng to put s.o. wise odpreti komu oči
sleng to put the wind up s.o. prestrašiti koga, dati mu vetra
well put dobro povedano
to put the weight metati kroglo
to put everything wrong narediti vse narobe

put off

1. prehodni glagol
odložiti, odstaviti, postaviti stran; znebiti se, odložiti (sestanek, obleko), sleči, sezuti se; odpraviti koga (with ; npr. z izgovori)
potolažiti; ovirati, odvrniti koga (from od česa)
odsvetovati
pogovorno spraviti koga iz koncepta; odbijati (her face puts me off njen obraz me odbija)
zapreti (plin), ugasniti (luč, radio)

2. neprehodni glagol
kreniti, oditi (to put off on a long journey kreniti na dolgo pot)
navtika odpluti

to put s.th. off (up)on s.o. natvesti komu kaj

put over

1. prehodni glagol
sleng uspešno opraviti, dobro izpeljati; zagotoviti uspeh (filmu itd.)
(tudi pravno) odložiti, preložiti (zadevo)

2. neprehodni glagol
navtika prepeljati se čez

to put o.s. over uveljaviti se
to put it over pridobiti občinstvo
to put it over on naprtiti komu kaj, nasankati koga

quarter¹ [kwɔ́:tə] samostalnik
četrtina, četrt (a quarter of an hour četrt ure; for quarter the price, for a quarter of fhe price za četrtino cene)
četrtina funta (0,113 kg); četrtina milje, tek na četrt milje (he won the quarter zmagal je v teku na četrt milje)
mera za tkanine, četrtina jarda (22,8 cm); trgovska mera, četrtina stota (28 funtov, 12,7 kg, ameriško 25 funtov, 11,34 kg; britanska angleščina 2,91 hl)
ameriško, škotsko šolsko četrtletje; četrtletje, kvartal; četrtina zaklane živali, ena od štirih nog, hrbet konja
grboslovje eno od štirih polj grba
astronomija lunin krajec (first quarter prvi krajec, last quarter zadnji krajec)
ameriško četrt dolarja, novec za 25 centov; mestna četrt, kvart (residential quarter stanovanjska četrt)
stran neba, smer vetra (what quarter is the wind in? iz katere strani piha?, figurativno od kje piha veter?)
predel, kraj (in this quarter v teh krajih)
smer (in that quarter v ono smer)
stran (from another quarter z druge strani)
vir (from a good quarter iz dobrega vira)
družbeni krog (in government quarters v vladnih krogih)
usnje za peto (čevlja)
tehnično 4 palce širok kos lesa (v tesarstvu)
vojska, (tudi množina) stan, bivališče (to be confined to quarters biti v hišnem priporu)
(tudi vojska) milost, prizanašanje, pomilostitev (to find no quarter with ne najti milosti pri)
navtika bok krme (on the port quarter na levi strani krme)
navtika borbeni položaj posadke (to beat to quarters sklicati posadko na položaje)

to ask (ali call, cry) for quarter prositi za milost
to give quarter izkazati milost, pomilostiti
to give fair quarter prizanesti
a bad quarter of an hour neprijetni trenutki
at close quarters od blizu, v neposrednem stiku (spopadu)
to live in close quarters stanovati na tesnem
from every quarter; ali from all quarters od vseh strani
hind quarters stegna
high quarters višji krogi
it has gone the quarter ura je odbila četrt
the proper quarter pristojno mesto
to take up one's quarters nastaniti se
to beat up the quarters of pogosto obiskovati

quarter² [kwɔ́:tə]

1. prehodni glagol
razdeliti na štiri dele; razkosati, razčetveriti (izdajalca)
grboslovje razdeliti na štiri polja (grb); vzeti pod streho
vojska (prisilno) nastaniti (at, in a place; to be quartered at (in) stanovati kje)
pretakniti, preiskati teren (lovski psi)
navtika določiti borbeni položaj posadke

2. neprehodni glagol
stanovati, živeti (at pri)
tekati sem in tja (psi)

figurativno to quarter o.s. on s.o. vseliti se pri kom

queue² [kju:]

1. neprehodni glagol
britanska angleščina postaviti se v vrsto (on)
stati v vrsti (zlasti z up)

2. prehodni glagol
splesti lase v kito

quick¹ [kwik] pridevnik (quickly prislov)
hiter, uren, nagel; bister, okreten, znajdljiv, odrezav, živahen; nagle jeze, vzkipljiv; fin, oster (vid, sluh); živ (pesek itd.)
arhaično živ, živeč
ekonomija živahen, likviden, tekoč
mineralogija rudnat

be quick about it! podvizaj se s tem!
to be quick by s.o. zanositi s kom
quick with child noseča (v drugi polovici nosečnosti)
quick on the draw ki hitro reagira, odrezav
quick ear oster sluh
quick at hearing ki dobro sliši
quick in (at) working sums ki hitro računa
a quick one "kozarček" (na hitro)
quick hedge (ali fence) živa meja
quick of parts (ali understanding) bistroumen, ki hitro razume
quick sight oster vid
quick temper razdražijiva čud, vzkipljivost
quick in the uptake ki hitro razume, dojame
quick wit odrezavost
to have quick wits biti odrezav
ekonomija quick returns hiter donos, dobiček

quiet² [kwáiət] samostalnik
mir, tišina, spokojnost

sleng on the quiet (on the q.t.) na skrivaj, pod roko