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premišljevánje meditation; deliberation, reflection, reflexion, consideration; cogitation; rumination; weighing in one's mind; pogovorno chewing it over

biti v globokem premišljevánju to be deep in thought, to be in a brown study

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

priprávljenost preparedness, readiness; state of preparation; alert; willingness, obligingness

v priprávljenosti in readiness
priprávljenost za pomoč drugim readiness to help other
biti v priprávljenosti za vojno to be in readiness for war
čete so v priprávljenosti troops are on the alert
držati v priprávljenosti to keep in readiness

prodája sale

v prodáji on sale
biti v prodáji to be on sale
kruh je v prosti prodáji bread is off ration (ali unrationed, on open sale)
komisijska prodája sale by commission
prodája za denar, za gotovino sale for money, for cash
letna prodája annual sale
prodája odvečnega blaga clearance sale
prodája na podlagi vzorcev sale by sample
počasna prodája slow sale
prodája na dražbi auction
prodája na drobno retail
prodája na debelo wholesale

promèt traffic; circulation; ekonomija, iztržek turnover; (poslovanje) trade, business, operations pl, financial transactions pl; communication

cestni, ulični promèt street traffic
blagovni promèt goods traffic
osebni, potniški promèt passenger traffic
mestni promèt urban transport
zračni promèt air traffic
odprt za promèt open to traffic
krožni promèt ZDA traffic circle
tujski promèt tourist trade, tourist business, tourism
enosmerni (dvosmerni) promèt one-way (two-way) traffic
ulica z enosmernim promètom one-way street
prekinitev promèta interruption (ali obstruction) of traffic
ustavitev promèta traffic hold-up
zamašitev promèta traffic congestion, traffic jam
preusmeritev promèta (obvoz) diversion, by-pass, detour
zamašen promèt bottleneck, traffic jam
odvijanje promèta easing the flow of traffic
čas močnega promèta rush hour
biti v promètu (krožiti) to circulate, to be in circulation, (denar) to be current
izročiti promètu, dati v promèt to open to traffic, (denar) to issue
vzeti iz promèta to withdraw from circulation, to call in
preusmeriti promèt to redirect, to divert (the) traffic
promèt je bil (začasno) prekinjen, ustavljen traffic was suspended
usmerjati promèt to direct (ali to regulate) the traffic
v tej ulici je mnogo promèta there is a lot of traffic in this street
promèt je bil ustavljen dve uri (the) traffic was held up for two hours
spraviti artikel v promèt to put an article on the market

public¹ [pʌ́blik] pridevnik (publicly prislov)
javen, občen; povsod znan, vsem poznan; državen, ljudski, naroden

public administration javna uprava
public affairs javne zadeve
public appointment državna siužba
public address system sistem razglasnih naprav (zvočnikov)
public bidding (ali sale) javna dražba
public bath javno kopališče
public charge prejemnik oskrbovalnine
at public charge na državne stroške
public convenience javno stranišče
ekonomija public corporation ljudska zadruga
public debt državni dolg
public dinner banket
ameriško, pravno public defender branilec po dolžnosti (za reveže)
public enemy sovražnik ljudstva, kriminalec
to be in the public eye biti v središču javnega življenja
public economy politična ekonomija
public figure prominentna osebnost
ekonomija public funds državni vrednostni papirji; britanska angleščina utemeljen državni dolg
public good spložna blaginja
public health service javna zdravstvena služha
public house krčma, gostilna, točilnica
John Public dnevni tisk
public kitchen javna kuhinja za brezposelne
public law javno pravo, mednarodno pravo
public library javna knjižnica
public man javni delavec
to make public objaviti, razglasiti
public notice javen razglas
public opinion javno mnenje
public opinion poll predvolilna anketa
public order javni red
ekonomija public ownership skupna last
pravno public prosecutor državni tožilec
public relations stik z javnostjo
public revenue državni dohodki
public school britanska angleščina zasebna šola z internatom; ameriško občinska šola
public servant državni uradnik
public service državna (javna) služba; komunalna služba
public spirit patriotizem
public utility komunalna usluga; množina, ekonomija akcije javnih služb
public works javna dela

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

push up prehodni glagol
potisniti navzgor, zvišati (cene)

to push up daisies biti v grobu, hraniti črve

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

quagmire [kwǽgmaiə] samostalnik
močvirje, barje
figurativno stiska, škripec

to be caught in a quagmire biti v škripcih

quandary [kwɔndɛ́əri, kwɔ́ndə-] samostalnik
dvom, zadrega, stiska, težava, negotovost; kočljiv položaj

to be in a quandary biti v kočljivem položaju, biti v zadregi

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

queer¹ [kwíə] pridevnik (queerly prislov)
čuden, nenavaden, svojevrsten, čudaški, komičen
pogovorno dvomljiv, sumljiv, na slabem glasu (posel)
pogovorno bolehen, slab, omotičen
sleng pijan, homoseksualen
sleng ponarejen
ameriško, sleng ves mrtev na kaj (for, about)

a queer fellow (ali fish) čudak
to feel queer slabo se počutiti
as queer as Dick's hatband slabe volje
to be in Queer Street biti v (denarni) stiski, zadolžen
queer in the head prismójen

rába use; usage

v rábi in use
v splošni rábi in common use
ne v rábi out of use, disused
s trajno rábo with use
(dober) za rábo (uporaben) fit for use
govorna rába (colloquial) usage
navodila za (upo)rabo directions pl, instructions pl for use
za nobeno rábo good for nothing
on ni za nobeno rábo he is good for nothing, he is no good (at anything)
ne biti v rábi to be out of use, to be disused
biti vsak dan v rábi to be in daily use
to ni za nobeno rábo this is of no use
priti v splošno rábo to come into general use
priti iz rábe to fall (ali to pass) out of use, to fall into disuse

rank¹ [ræŋk] samostalnik
red, niz, vrsta (vojakov); čin, rang, čast; plast, sloj; stopnja, razred; družbeni položaj, mesto; veliko število ("vojska"); (šah) poprečna polja

the ranks vojska navadni vojaki (v nasprotju s častniki)
the rank and file ljudstvo, preprosti, navadni ljudje
of the first rank prvovrsten, prvorazreden
rank of cabs vrsta kočij, taksijev
rank of general generalski čin
rank and fashion imenitna družba
the rank of workers masa, "vojska" delavcev
a cab-rank, taxi rank parkirni prostor za taksije
people of all ranks ljudje vseh slojev, razredov
persons of high rank plemiči, plemstvo; ugledne osebe
pride of rank stanovska zavest (čut)
to break the enemy's ranks and files predreti sovražnikove vrste
to join the ranks stopiti v vojsko
to keep rank ostati v vrsti
to pull one's rank on izkoriščati svoj položaj in čezmerno ukazovati (podrejenim)
to quit the ranks stopiti iz vrste; dezertirati
to reduce to the ranks vojska vzeti (komu) čin, degradirati (podčastnika) v navadnega vojaka
to rise from the ranks iz navadnega vojaka postati (pod)častnik; z nizkega (družbenega) položaja se visoko povzpeti
to take rank with the best spadati k najboljšim
to take rank with s.o. biti v isti vrsti s kom, biti enakovreden komu

rapport [ræpɔ́:(t)] samostalnik
odnos, razmerje, zveza, stik (with z)

to be in rapport with biti v ozkih stikih z, biti tesno povezan z
to come in rapport with s.o. priti v zvezo, v stik s kom

ratio [réišiou] samostalnik
matematika razmerje
matematika kvocient
ekonomija razmerje vrednosti med zlatom in srebrom

in the ratio of 2 to 5 v razmerju 2 proti 5
to be in the inverse ratio to biti v obratnem razmerju z

ravnotéžje balance; poise; counterbalance, equilibrium

politično ravnotéžje balance of power
ravnotéžje sil balance of power
držati v ravnotéžju to balance, to poise
spraviti iz ravnotéžja koga to knock someone off his balance, to throw someone off his balance, to put someone out of countenance, to upset someone
ohraniti ravnotéžje to keep one's poise (ali balance)
biti v ravnotéžju to be poised
izgubiti ravnotéžje to lose one's poise (ali one's balance), to overbalance
najti ravnotéžje to strike a balance

razcvét bloom, blossoming, flowering; efflorescence; figurativno prime, prosperity, heyday; (umetnosti) golden age

biti v polnem razcvétu to be in full bloom

razdòr discord, dissension, division, disunion; disagreement; difference; rupture; variance; split

biti v razdòru z to be at variance, to be at odds with
sejati razdòr to sow dissension, to stir up discontent (ali strife)
denarne zadeve so napravile razdòr med člani družine money matters have caused a rift between the members of the family