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snow² [snóu] neprehodni glagol
snežiti
figurativno padati kot sneg; pri(haja)ti v veliki množini
prehodni glagol
zasnežiti, pokriti s snegom (večinoma under)

it snows sneži
it snowed invitations deževalo je povabil
he tells me it snows figurativno pripoveduje mi nekaj čisto novega (ironično)
to be snowed in biti zasnežen, zasut s snegom
to be snowed under biti zasut s snegom; figurativno biti zasut (s čim) do glave; (o kandidatu na volitvah) biti premagan z veliko večino
the train was snowed under vlak je obtičal v snegu
to snow up prehodni glagol zasnežiti, zamesti, zasuti s snegom
the road is snowed up cesta je zasnežena, zametana s snegom

spálen sleeping(-)

spálna bolezen sleeping sickness
spálna soba bedroom, ZDA sleeping-room, (za veliko oseb) dormitory
spálna srajca nightdress, nightgown, pogovorno nightie, nighty
spálni voz (železniški) sleeping car, sleeper
spálna vreča sleeping bag
spálna zofa sofa, sofa bed, couch

speak^* [spi:k]

1. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, besediti; imeti govor; pogovarjati se (with, to z; about, of o)
izraziti se
glasba (o glasbilih) dati glas od sebe, slišati se, zadoneti; dati se čutiti; (o portretu) biti kot živ
navtika signalizirati, dati znak
britanska angleščina dati glas, oglasiti se (o psu)

2. prehodni glagol
(iz)reči, izgovoriti, povedati, govoriti (kaj); izražati, izjaviti, najaviti; dokazovati, pričati, potrditi, pokazati
navtika poklicati (ladjo)

generally (strictly) speaking splošno (točno, strogo) povedano (vzeto)
plainly speaking odkrito povedano
roughly speaking v grobem (približno, grosso modo) povedano
so to speak tako rekoč
not to speak of... da (niti) ne govorimo o...
nothing to speak of nič važnega, ni vredno niti omembe
to speak back (nazaj) odgovarjati (na očitke ipd.)
to speak by the book govoriti z rokopisa, čitati (govor), govoriti s točnim poznavanjem
to speak like a book govoriti kot knjiga
to speak without book navesti dejstva po spominu
to speak bluntly naravnost, brez ovinkov govoriti
to speak by the card z veliko natančnostjo govoriti, biti precizen
to speak in s.o.'s cast prekiniti koga
to speak comfort to... imeti tolažilne besede za...
his conduct speaks him generous njegovo vedenje (ravnanje) priča o njegovi plemenitosti
my dog speaks only when I order him moj pes zalaja le, če mu ukažem
to speak in s.o.'s ear komu (kaj) prišepniti na uho, skrivaj govoriti s kom
fame speaks him honest on je na dobrem glasu
to speak fair dostojno govoriti
to speak for s.o. govoriti komu v korist, reči dobro besedo za koga
that speaks for itself to govori samo za sebe, tega ni treba (še) pojasnjevati (priporočati)
to speak French govoriti francoski
I found nobody to speak to nikogar nisem našel, da bi z njim govoril
to speak by hearsay govoriti, kar smo od drugih slišali
this speaks a man of honour to kaže (izdaja) človeka, ki ni brez časti
this speaks a small mind to izdaja (dokazuje) duševno majhnost
to speak one's mind povedati svoje mnenje
I will speak to your objections in a minute takoj bom odgovoril na vaše ugovore
to speak to oneself sam s seboj (sebi) govoriti
this portrait speaks ta portret je kot živ
to your praise be it spoken... v vašo pohvalo bodi povedano...
to speak plain and to the purpose jasno govoriti
to speak sense pametno govoriti
you might as well speak to a stone figurativno prav tako bi lahko govoril steni
to speak to govoriti komu, potrditi kaj
these trumpets speak his presence trobente javljajo njegovo prisotnost
things speak for themselves dejstva govore sama (po sebi)
that speaks of self-will to govori (priča) o samovolji (trmi)
to speak the truth govoriti resnico
I cannot speak to the truth of that ne morem z gotovostjo reči (jamčiti), da je to res
to speak volumes for jasno (prepričljivo) govoriti za, pričati o, dokazovati (kaj)
this speaks volumes for his faith in you to jasno govori za njegovo zaupanje v vas
to speak well for govoriti (iti) (komu ali čemu) v korist
to speak well (badly) of dobro (slabo) govoriti o
that does not speak well for his intelligence to ne priča (govori) o njegovi inteligenci
to speak with tongues (redko) biti nadarjen za jezike
to speak words of praise izreči pohvalne besede
who is speaking? (pri telefonu) kdo je pri aparatu?, kdo govori (tam)?

speed¹ [spi:d] samostalnik
hitrost, brzina, naglica, hitrica; tek (motorja)
tehnično prestava (prva, druga itd.)
zastarelo uspeh, (dobra) sreča

at full speed, with all speed s polno brzino
good speed! veliko uspeha (sreče)!
speed limit največja dovoljena hitrost
a three-speed bicycle bicikel s tremi prestavami
to make speed hiteti
send me good speed! voščite mi dobro srečo!
more haste, less speed figurativno počasi se daleč pride; hiti počasi!

sport¹ [spɔ:t] samostalnik
šport, razvedrilo, zabava; šala; igra, športna prireditev, tekmovanje; lovski šport, ribolov; kratkočasje
figurativno igrač(k)a, žrtev
figurativno predmet norčevanja, roganja
pogovorno športnik, prijeten (dober, vesel, zabaven) človek, dobričina
pogovorno uživač, lahkoživec, gizdalin
zastarelo ljubimkanje; igračkanje
biologija žival ali rastlina, ki se razvija na kak nenavaden način, igra prirode, spaček

in sport v šali, za šalo
an innocent sport nedolžna igra
the sport of waves (of Fortune) igrač(k)a valov (usode)
athletic sport lahka atletika, lahkoatletsko tekmovanje
field sports šport na prostem (lov, ribolov, konjske dirke itd.)
what sport! kako zabavno! zelo zabavno!
it is but a sport for him to je le igrača (lahka stvar) zanj
to have good sport (zlasti) imeti dober ulov (rib), dober lov; prisostvovati lepim tekmovanjem, dirkam
have good sport! dober lov! veliko sreče pri lovu!
to make sport of s.o. rogati se, posmehovati se komu; zbijati šale s kom, (o)smešiti koga
to make sport for s.o. zabavati, spravljati v smeh koga
to say (to do) s.th. in sport reči (napraviti) kaj za šalo

sréča (notranja) happiness, felicity; (muhasta) fortune; (slučajna) (good) luck, good fortune, lucky chance

veliko sréče! good luck!
na sréčo, k sréči fortunately, luckily, by a lucky chance
na slepo sréčo at random, at haphazard, at a venture, in a happygo-lucky way
vso sréčo! may good luck go with you!
najboljšo sréčo! the best of luck (to you)!
kolo sréče Fortune's wheel, the ups and downs of life
v sréči ali nesreči in weal or woe, for good or ill, come weal or woe
opoteča sréča chequered fortune
sprememba sréče (na slabše) change for the worse, reversal of fortune
(še) sréča, da... it's a piece of luck that...
prava sréča, da ste slučajno bili tam it's a blessing you happened to be there
vojna sréča contingencies pl of war
to (pa) je sréča! that's what I call good luck!
bila bi velika sréča, če... it would be a great slice of luck if...
to je pač moja sréča! (imam pač tako sréčo!) that's just my luck!
lahko govorimo o sréči we can consider ourselves lucky
sréča je hotela, da... as luck would have it...
imam sréčo I am in luck, I am lucky
nimam sréče I have no luck, I am out of luck
to se pravi imeti sréčo! that's what I call good luck!
imeti veliko sréčo to have much good luck
imeti več sréče kot pameti to be more lucky than wise
marsikdo ima več sréče kot pameti fortune favours fools
imeti nepričakovano sréčo (pogovorno) to strike oil
imeti vražjo sréčo to be dead lucky
imeti vedno sréčo pri kartanju to be always lucky at cards
imel sem sréčo I had a stroke of luck
iskati sréčo to seek fortune
če bo šlo vse po sréči if everything goes well
poskusiti sréčo to try one's luck, to take one's chance, to chance one's luck, (žargon) to chance it
to ti bo prineslo sréčo it will bring you good luck
poskusiti kaj na slepo sréča to have a go
napraviti kaj na slepo sréčo (pogovorno) to chance one's arm
dal sem si prerokovati sréčo I had my fortune told
vedeževati komu sréčo to tell someone his fortune
vsakemu se sréča enkrat nasmeje every dog has his (ali its) day
skaliti sréčo to mar someone's happiness
voščiti, želeti komu sréčo pri... to wish someone joy of...
pot do sréče je trnova arhaično no joy without annoy
kadar sem imel največ sréče, sem zaslužil X SIT in my heyday I earned X tolars
sréča me zapušča my fortunes are at a low ebb
zibati se v sréči to walk (ali to tread) on air
bogastvo samo nam še ne more nuditi sréče wealth alone cannot procure us happiness
vse mu gre po sréči (se mu obrne v sréčo) everything in the garden's lovely, arhaično all things conspire to make him happy
vsak je svoje sréče kovač every man is the architect of his fortune

standard¹ [stǽndəd]

1. samostalnik
standard; norma, pravilo, merilo; enotna (uzakonjena, običajna) mera ali teža; vzorec, vzor, splošno veljaven tip; smernica; (minimalne) zahteve; denarna podlaga; veljava; nivó; (šolski) razred, stopnja; vrsta blaga določene, stalne kvalitete

code of standards smernice
standard of knowledge (learning) stopnja izobrazbe
standard of prices nivó cen
standard of living življenjski standard
gold standard zlata valuta
to be below standard ne zadostiti zahtevam
not to come up to the standard ne ustrezati zahtevam
to be of a high standard biti na visokem nivoju
to set a high standard figurativno veliko zahtevati

2. pridevnik
normalen, standarden; zgleden, klasičen

standard gauge normalna širina železniškega tira
standard German visoka nemščina
standard model standardni (serijski) model
a standard novel klasičen roman
standard sizes normalne velikosti
the standard work standardno delo (on o)
standard writer klasik

start¹ [sta:t] samostalnik
start, odhod
aeronavtika vzlet; startna točka; možnost za start; znak za start; začetek
šport prednost; trzaj, zdrznjenje, planitev kvišku; izbruh; presenečenje; začasen napor; naključje, slučaj

at the start v začetku, skraja, sprva
by fits and starts v presledkih
from the start od samega začetka
from start to finish od začetka do konca
start of fancy figurativno muha, domislek
false start šport, figurativno napačen start
fiying start leteči start
a good start in life dober začetek v življenju
a rum start pogovorno veliko presenečenje
to appear at the start šport pojaviti se na startu, iti na start
to awake with a start planiti iz spanja
to give the start dati znak za start
to give s.o. a start (in life) pomagati komu pri startu v življenje
to give s.o. a start prestrašiti koga
I can give him 10 yards start and beat him (in the race) lahko mu dam 10 jardov prednosti in ga premagam (v teku)
I gave the wheel a start pognal sem kolo
to get the start of one's rivals prehiteti svoje tekmece
to make a start začeti
to make a new start in life začeti novo življenje
to work by fits and starts delati s pogostnimi presledki (neredno, neenakomerno)

store¹ [stɔ:] samostalnik
skladišče; zaloga; shramba, kašča
množina trgovina, v kateri lahko kupujejo le njeni člani (npr. Army & Navy store)
vojno, pomorsko itd. skladišče, vojne zaloge, proviant; veleblagovnica, ki prodaja raznovrstno blago; množina, količina, obilje
figurativno zakladnica
ameriško prodajalna, trgovina; živina za rejo

in store v zalogi, v skladišču, v rezervi; pripravljen
a store of knowledge veliko znanje
book store knjigarna
co-operative stores zadruga
military stores vojni material
a sweet store slaščičarna
to have in store for imeti pripravljeno za
what does the future hold in store for us? kaj nam bo prinesla bodočnost?
a surprise is in store for you čaka vas presenečenje
my stores are getting low moje zaloge gredo h kraju, usihajo
to keep in store držati v rezervi
to set great (little) store by zelo (malo) ceniti, pripisovati veliko (majhno) vrednost (čemu)

storm¹ [stɔ:m] samostalnik
nevihta (tudi figurativno)
vihar, neurje, huda ura, močan veter; naliv, toča, snežni vihar
figurativno burja; hrup, hrušč, direndaj, vpitje, razbur jenje
vojska napad (na utrdbo), juriš

storm and stress literature Sturm und Drang, čas vrenja idej in nemirov
a storm of abuse ploha psovk, žalitev
a storm of applause vihar odobravanja
a storm of bullets toča krogel
a storm in a teacup vihar v kozarcu vode, figurativno mnogo vika, veliko razburjenje zaradi malenkosti, za nič
a time of storm and stress razburkana doba
to stir up a storm dvigniti vihar
to take by storm zavzeti z jurišem (tudi figurativno)
after storm comes a calm za dežjem pride sonce

strain¹ [stréin] samostalnik
pritisk, vlek, poteg, natezanje, napetost, moč; obremenjenost; (pre)napenjanje, prizadevanje, trud, teženje; obremenitev, breme, napor; izpah, izvin
tehnično deformacija, poklina, razpoka, lom; izbruh, ploha (besedi), tirada, ton, stil, način izražanja
(često množina) zvoki, melodije; stih, verz, odstavek; razpoloženje; (redko) višek, stopnja

on the strain v napetosti
under a strain zdelan, živčno uničen, pri kraju z živci
without strain brez truda
the strain of modern life napeto sodobno življenje
a humorous strain šaljiv ton
martial strains bojevite melodije, vojaška muzika
strains of obscenity ploha (izbruh) nespodobnih besed
the strain on the rope napetost, nategnjenost vrvi
the strain of my responsibility breme moje odgovornosti
to the strains of the national anthem ob zvokih narodne himne
to be in a philosophizing strain biti v razpoloženju za filozofiranje
it is a strain pogovorno to človeka zdela
she is a great strain on my resources ona je veliko breme za moje finance
all his senses were on the strain vsi čuti so mu bili skrajno napeti
he has a strain in his leg nogo ima izpahnjeno
she spoke of him in lofty strains govorila je o njem v samih superlativih
to impose a strain on a machine preobremeniti stroj, preveč zahtevati od stroja
he is suffering from strain bolan je od pretiranega dela

stréljati to shoot; to fire, to fire a gun

stréljati na... to fire at...
stréljati na koga to shoot at someone
stréljati čez cilj to overshoot the mark
stréljati (loviti) veliko divjad to shoot big game

strong [strɔŋ]

1. pridevnik
močan, krepak, čvrst, zdrav; žilav, odporen; energičen, odločen, neomajen; živ, živahen, prizadeven, vnet, podjeten; bister, pameten, prenikav, nadarjen. (za); izrazit; prepričljiv, tehten; vpliven; alkoholen, močan (pijača); ki ima šanse za uspeh (kandidat); hud (veter), smrdljiv, žaltav
slovnica krepak (glagol)
trgovina trajen, soliden, trpežen, stalen
vojska številen, močan po številu
agronomija rodoviten
zastarelo sramoten, škandalozen; ogorčen (boj)

the strong mogočne, vplivne osebe, na katerih strani je moč (oblast)
strong argument tehten, prepričljiv argument
strong as a horse močan kot konj
by the strong arm (hand) s silo
strong breath neprijeten duh iz ust
strong butter žarko, žaltavo maslo
strong cheese oster, močno dišeč sir
strong face energičen obraz
strong flavour oster, neprijeten okus
strong language robato govorjenje, psovke, kletvice
a strong market trgovina ustaljen trg (tržišče)
strong meat težka hrana; figurativno tisto, kar morejo razumeti le zelo pametni ljudje
strong memory dober spomin
strong measures ostre, drastične mere (ukrepi)
strong mind pametna glava, bister um
a strong nose markanten, izrazit nos
the stronger sex močnejši (moški) spol
a strong proof prepričljiv dokaz
to be strong on imeti (kaj) za važno, živahno sodelovati pri (čem)
he is as strong as a horse močan je kot konj (bik)
to be strong in the purse imeti mnogo denarja
he is strong in mathematics on je dober matematik
to have a strong hold upon (over) imeti veliko moč (oblast, vpliv) na
how strong were they? koliko jih je bilo (po številu)?
to take strong measures privzeti energične ukrepe
that is too strong! ta je pa prehuda!
to use strong language robato, grobo se izražati, preklinjati, psovati

2. prislov
močno, zelo energično; izrecno, silno

I am strong against further concessions sem odločno proti nadaljnjim koncesijam
to come (to go) it rather strong sleng iti v skrajnost, pretiravati
to be going strong sleng dobro uspevati (iti), biti v dobri formi
to come out strong figurativno pošteno se lotiti (česa)
he feels strong about it to mu je pri srcu; vznemirja se zaradi tega

studious [stjú:diəs] pridevnik (studiously prislov)
študijski, učenjaški, nagnjen k študiju, k študiranju; marljiv, skrben, pazljiv, prizadeven
zastarelo nameren, premišljen, kontemplativen

with studious care z veliko skrbnostjo
to be studious of paziti na, biti zaskrbljen za
to be studious to prizadevati si za
to be studious to please rad drugim ugajati
he has a studious turn rad ima učenje (študij, knjige)
to live (to lead) a studious life posvečati se študiju, pridno študirati

suggest [sədžést] prehodni glagol
predlagati, sugerirati; omeniti, predočiti, spodbuditi, napeljati na, navdahniti (misel); domnevati; (o ideji, zamisli) vsiljevati (itself se)
dati slutiti, spomniti na; namigniti, kazati na, napoved(ov)ati

I suggest dovoljujem si izraziti mnenje, po mojem mnenju, predlagam
I suggest that we should accept his offer predlagam, da sprejmemo njegovo ponudbo
I suggest that you were aware of the facts domnevam (suponiram), da ste poznali dejstva
he suggested that... dal je razumeti, da...
his words suggested great understanding njegove besede so dale sklepati (slutiti) veliko razumevanje
the idea suggested itself to me vsilila (porodila) se mi je misel

suppose [səpóuz] prehodni glagol
domnevati; dopustiti, sprejeti kot možno; smatrati, predpostavljati; imeti kot predpogoj (kaj)
neprehodni glagol
misliti, domnevati

always supposing s pogojem, da...
I suppose so verjetno, menda, tako mislim
Is he at home? -- I suppose so. Je on doma? -- Mislim, da je. Verjetno. Menda.
I suppose you've heard it menda (verjetno) ste to slišali
it is not to be supposed that... ni misliti, da...
I don't suppose he will come mislim, da ne bo prišel
you will come, I suppose? mislim (upam), da boste prišli?
suppose it rains vzemimo (recimo), da dežuje (bi deževalo)
suppose we went for a walk? kaj ko bi šli na sprehod?
suppose you meet me at 5 o'clock predlagam, da se dobiva ob petih
he is supposeed to be able to do it od njega se pričakuje, da bo mogel to napraviti
he was supposed to be dead mislili so (zanj), da je mrtev
you are not supposed to know everything ni ti treba vsega vedeti
why, that was to be supposed no, to se je moglo pričakovati
I suppose him to be an artist domnevam, da je umetnik; imam ga za umetnika
let us suppose that to be true domnevajmo (vzemimo, recimo), da je to res
his style of living supposes a big fortune njegov način življenja predpostavlja (da misliti na) veliko premoženje

surprise¹ [səpráiz]

1. samostalnik
presenečenje; začudenje, osuplost (at ob, nad)
ogorčenje
vojska nepričakovan napad

by surprise nepričakovano, nenadoma
full of surprise (zelo) presenečen
to my surprise na moje začudenje
taken by surprise osupel, presenečen
what a surprise! kakšno presenečenje!
to cause great surprise povzročiti veliko presenečenje
to give a child a surprise napraviti otroku presenečenje
to stare in surprise strmeti, debelo gledati od začudenja
to take s.o. by surprise presenetiti koga
to take a town by surprise vojska zavzeti mesto z nepričakovanim napadom

2. pridevnik
presenetljiv, nepričakovan

a surprise visit nepričakovan (nenajavljen) obisk
surprise packet nepričakovan paket

sweep^*2 [swi:p] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
pomesti, pometati, omesti, ometati, (po)čistiti; oplaziti, rahlo se dotakniti; (o vetru) mêsti, briti; odstraniti, s poti spraviti (zapreke itd.); z očmi, s pogledom preleteti; opazovati; (topništvo) gosto obsipavati z granatami; (o valu) preplaviti (čoln); iti (z roko) (on prek)
križariti (po morju); vleči se (po tleh) (o obleki); z mrežo iti (po rečnem dnu); stoje poganjati (čoln) z veslom; dobiti večino (skoraj vse glasove) (pri glasovanju)

at a sweeping reduction trgovina po zelo znižani ceni
sweep before your own door pometaj(te) pred lastnim pragom
to sweep all before one figurativno doseči popoln uspeh
to sweep a constituency z veliko večino dobiti poslansko mesto na volitvah
to sweep the board dobiti vse vložke pri kaki igri, figurativno pobrati vse nagrade
to sweep all obstacles from one's path odstraniti vse ovire na svoji poti
to sweep everything into one's net figurativno vse (zase) pobrati
to sweep the seas prepluti morja v vseh smereh, križariti po morjih
to sweep the strings iti, preleteti z roko po strunah glasbila, brenkati po strunah
the boat was swept out of sight čoln je odneslo iz vida
a new broom sweeps clean nova metla dobro pometa
the coast sweeps to the east obala zavije proti vzhodu
he swept his hand across his forehead z roko si je šel preko čela
his glance swept the room s pogledom je preletel sobo
the river sweeps over its bed reka se zliva čez bregove
the procession swept up the nave of the church procesija se je veličastno pomikala po cerkvi proti oltarju
they swept the river to find his body preiskali so rečno strugo, da bi našli njegovo truplo
to sweep the sea of enemy ships očistiti morje od sovražnih ladij
she swept from her room odšumela je (z dolgo obleko) iz sobe
the wind sweeps over the plain veter brije čez planjavo

take^*1 [téik] prehodni glagol

1.
vzeti, jemati; prijeti, zgrabiti; polastiti se, zavzeti; ujeti, zalotiti, zasačiti
vojska ujeti; vzeti mero, izmeriti; peljati se (z); (po)jesti, (po)piti

to take advice vprašati (prositi) za (na)svet, posvetovati se
he does not take alcohol on ne pije (alkohola)
to take one's bearings mornarica izmeriti (določiti) svoj položaj, figurativno ugotoviti, pri čem smo
take her through this book predelaj z njo to knjigo
to take the bull by the horns zgrabiti bika za rogove, figurativno spoprijeti se s kom (čim)
to take breakfast zajtrkovati
the car cannot take more than five v avto ne more več kot pet oseb
to take a cup of tea popiti skodelico čaja
shall we take our coffee in the garden? bi pili kavo na vrtu?
to take the chair figurativno prevzeti predsedstvo, voditi (sejo ipd.)
to take s.o.'s eye pritegniti pozornost kake osebe
to take a flat vzeti (v najem) stanovanje
to take in one's hands vzeti v roke
to be taken ill zboleti
to take the lead prevzeti vodstvo, iti (kot prvi) naprej
I took her in a lie ujel sem jo na laži
to take s.o.'s measurements vzeti komu mere (o krojaču)
I take the opportunity to tell you... izkoriščam priliko, da vam povem...
to take (holy) orders cerkev biti posvečen, ordiniran
to take a part prevzeti, igrati vlogo
to take in bad part zameriti, za zlo vzeti
to take poison vzeti strup, zastrupiti se
to take precedence over imeti prednost pred
to take s.o. prisoner (ali captive) vojska ujeti koga
to take 3000 prisoners vojska ujeti 3000 sovražnikov
to take a seat sesti (na stol)
to take s.o. for s.tiv. ameriško, sleng izvabiti, izmamiti, izlisičiti kaj iz koga
to take s.o. stealing zasačiti koga pri tatvini
I take his statement with a grain of salt njegove izjave ne jemljem dobesedno ("z zrnom soli", razsodno, s pametnim premislekom)
to take by storm (ali assault) zavzeti, osvojiti z jurišem
to take a bit between teeth figurativno odpovedati poslušnost
to take s.o.'s temperature (iz)meriti komu temperaturo
to take by the throat zgrabiti za vrat
to take a ticket vzeti, kupiti vozovnico
to take the train (a taxi, a tram) peljati se z vlakom (taksijem, tramvajem)
to take a thief in the act zasačiti tatu pri dejanju
to be taken in a trap ujeti se v past
the town was taken after a short siege mesto je bilo zavzeto po kratkem obleganju
to take s.o. unawares presenetiti koga
to take the waters piti zdravilno vodo (v zdravilišču)
to take the trouble of doing s.th. vzeti si trud in napraviti kaj
to take the veil religija iti v samostan, postati nuna
to take a wife oženiti se
to take the right way with s.o. lotiti se koga s prave strani, na pravi način
we must have taken the wrong way morali smo se zmotiti v poti
to take a poor view (ali a dim view) of ne odobravati (česa), imeti slabo mnenje o

2.
odvzeti, odšteti; odnesti, s seboj vzeti, (od)peljati, odvesti; iztrgati

children were taken from their mothers materam so odvzeli otroke
take three from ten odštej tri od deset
he tried to take her handbag from her skušal ji je iztrgati torbico
take this letter to the post-office odnesi to pismo na pošto
take your umbrella vzemi dežnik s seboj
the bus will take you there avtobus vas bo peljal tja
to take s.o. home odvesti koga domov
where will this road take us? kam nas pelje ta pot?
he was taken in the prime of life umrl je v najboljših letih
he was taken hence umrl je

3.
dobiti; izkoristiti; prejemati, biti naročen na; nakopati si, stakniti

to take cold dobiti (stakniti, nakopati si) nahod, prehlad
to take a cold prehladiti se
to take a fever dobiti mrzlico
to take an infection okužiti se, inficirati se
to take a game dobiti igro
to take s.th. as a reward dobiti kaj kot nagrado
to take the first prize in dobiti prvo nagrado v (pri)
to take a monthly salary prejemati mesečno plačo
to take a degree at the university diplomirati na univerzi
to take a newspaper biti naročen na časopis
to take a (mean) advantage of s.th. (grdo) izkoristiti kaj
to take s.th. under a will dobiti (podedovati) kaj po testamentu

4.
vzeti, zahtevati, potrebovati, biti potreben

it takes a good actor to play this role le dober igralec more igrati to vlogo
it takes time and courage za to je potreben čas in pogum
it took me (ali I took) 5 minutes to reach the station potreboval sem 5 minut, da sem prišel do postaje
it did not take more than 3 minutes to ni trajalo več kot 3 minute
it would take a strong man to move it potreben bi bil močan možakar, da bi to premaknil
which size in hats do you take? katero številko (velikost) klobuka potrebujete (nosite, imate)?
it takes two to make a quarrel za prepir sta potrebna dva

5.
občutiti, imeti; nositi, pretrpeti, prenašati, prestati, doživeti; napraviti

to take the consequences nositi, prevzeti posledice
to take an examination napraviti izpit
to take a fall ameriško, sleng nositi posledice
to take a loss (pre)trpeti, imeti izgubo
to take offense biti užaljen, zameriti
to take pains (po)truditi se
to take pity on s.o. občutiti (imeti) usmiljenje za koga
to take umbrage sumničiti, posumiti
to take great pleasure in s.th. imeti veliko veselje za kaj, uživati v čem
are we going to take it lying down? bomo to prenesli, ne da bi reagirali?
these troops had taken the brunt of the attack te čete so doživele glavni sunek napada

6.
očarati, prevzeti, privlačiti

to be taken with (by) biti očaran od
he takes readers with him on očara (potegne za seboj) svoje bralce
to take s.o.'s fancy ugajati, prikupiti se komu
his play did not take njegova drama ni imela uspeha
they soon took to each other kmalu sta se vzljubila
what took him most was the sweetness of her voice kar ga je najbolj prevzelo, je bila milina njenega glasu

7.
razumeti, razlagati (si), tolmačiti (si), sklepati; smatrati (za), imeti za, vzeti za, verjeti

I take it that... to razumem tako, da...
shall I take it that... naj to razumem (naj si to razlagam), da...?
then, I take it, you object to his coming torej, če prav razumem, vi nasprotujete temu, da bi on prišel
as I take it kot jaz to razumem, po mojem mnenju (mišljenju)
do not take it ill if I do not go ne zamerite mi, če ne grem
to take a hint (ali cue) razumeti namig
to take a joke well (ill) (ne) razumeti šalo
to take seriously resno vzeti
you may take it from me lahko mi to verjamete
whom do you take me for? za koga me (pa) imate?
to take s.o. for a fool imeti koga za norca
to take s.th. for granted vzeti (smatrati) kaj za dejstvo, za samoumevno
I take this to be fun to smatram za šalo
I take him to be (ali for) an honest man imam ga za poštenjaka
to take as read politika, pravno smatrati za prebrano (zapisnik itd.)
may I take the minutes as read? smem smatrati, da je zapisnik odobren?

8.
zateči se (k, v); iti (k, v); vreči se v, pognati se v; preskočiti

to take earth lov zbežati v luknjo (o lisici), figurativno umakniti se, skriti se
to take a header skočiti (na glavo) v vodo
to take (to) the water iti v vodo
he took the bush zatekel se je (pobegnil je, šel je) v hosto
they took to the woods zbežali so (zatekli so se) v gozdove
to take refuge (ali shelter) zateči se (with k)
to take to the stage iti h gledališču
take the corner slowly počasi zavijte okoli vogala
the horse took the hedge with the greatest ease konj je preskočil živo mejo z največjo lahkoto

9.
fotografirati; skrbeti (za)

he took me while I was not looking fotografiral me je, ko sem gledal(a) drugam
he insisted on being taken with his hat on na vsak način je hotel biti fotografiran s klobukom na glavi
to take views delati (fotografske) posnetke, fotografirati
to have one's photograph taken dati se fotografirati
to take a photo fotografirati
she took her mother in her old age skrbela je za mater v njeni starosti

10. neprehodni glagol
uspeti, imeti uspeh, naleteti na odziv
botanika prijeti se, uspevati, ukoreniniti se
tehnično prijeti; prijeti se (o barvi)
medicina učinkovati, delovati (zdravilo, cepivo ipd.); (o ribi) prijeti, ugrizniti
fotografija fotografirati se, biti fotografiran; (redko) vneti se, vžgati se
pogovorno biti prizadet

the book did not take knjiga ni imela uspeha
the dye takes well on this cloth barva se dobro prime (drži) na tem blagu
some people take better than others nekateri ljudje so videti boljši na fotografiji kot drugi
he did not take well this time to pot on ni dober (ni dobro uspel) na fotografiji
to take well biti fotogeničen
he takes well (badly) on je (ni) dober na fotografiji
to take sick zboleti
to take as heir prevzeti dediščino, nastopiti kot dedič

Posebne zveze:

to take into account (ali consideration), to take account for vzeti v poštev (v račun), upoštevati, računati z, ozirati se na, vračunati
to take aim at vojska meriti, ciljati na
to take the air iti na zrak (na prosto, ven); (o pticah) zleteti v zrak; aeronavtika dvigniti se
to take alarm vznemiriti se
to take breath zajeti sapo, oddahniti si
to take the bun (ali cake; ali biscuit) sleng, figurativno vse prekositi
this takes the cake! sleng to je pa že višek!
to take care biti oprezen, paziti
to take charge of prevzeti vodstvo (upravljanje, odgovornost) za; vzeti v svoje varstvo
to take one's chance tvegati, upati se
to take s.o. into one's confidence zaupati se komu, zaupno povedati komu kaj
to take under consideration vzeti v pretres, v presojo
to take comfort potolažiti se
to take a dare pustiti (dati) se izzvati ali razdražiti
deuce take it! vrag vzemi to! k vragu s tem!
to take effect učinkovati, imeti učinek, uspeh; pravno stopiti v veljavo
to take exception to (ali at, against) grajati, oporekati, biti užaljen, zameriti, delati očitke
to take evasive action sleng izmuzniti se (pred nevarnostjo, dolžnostjo, plačanjem)
to take one's ease udobno se namestiti
to take s.o.'s evidence pravno zaslišati koga
to take one's farewell vzeti slovo, posloviti se
to take to heart vzeti si k srcu, biti prizadet, užalostiti se
to take holiday vzeti si dopust
to take hold of prijeti, zgrabiti
to take it into one's head vbiti si (to) v glavo
to take an interest in zanimati se za
to take issue with ugovarjati, nasprotovati, biti proti
to take it (on the chin) sleng požreti (žalitev), mirno sprejeti (kazen)
take it or leave it! vzemi ali pa pusti! reci da ali pa ne! napravi, kar hočeš!
to take a journey potovati, iti na potovanje
to take kindly to s.o. čutiti nagnjenje do koga, marati koga
to take a leap poskočiti
to take leave of vzeti slovo od, posloviti se od
to take liberties preveč si dovoliti, biti predrzen
to take lessons jemati učne ure (lekcije)
to take one's life in one's hand tvegati (svoje) življenje, staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to take the measure of s.o.'s foot vzeti mero za obutev, figurativno premeriti sposobnosti, moči kake osebe
to take the minutes pisati, voditi zapisnik (seje itd.)
to take no dobiti odklonitev
to take possession of vzeti v posest
to take notice pogovorno opaziti
to take notice of vzeti na znanje, upoštevati
to take no notice of ne upoštevati, ne se meniti za, ignorirati
to take in (ali to) pieces narazen (se) dati, razstaviti (se)
to take part in udeležiti se, sodelovati v
to take a ride pojezditi; peljati se (z vozilom)
to take a river iti čez reko
to take rise izvirati, nasta(ja)ti
to take root ukoreniniti se
to take shape dobiti obliko, (iz)oblikovati se
to take the rough with the smooth figurativno vzeti življenje takšno, kakršno je
the son took after his father sin se je vrgel po očetu
to take by surprise presenetiti
to take short presenetiti, zalotiti
to take to singing a tune začeti peti melodijo
to take to bad habits vdati se slabim navadam
to take to s.th. like ducks to water takoj se vneti (ogreti) za kaj
to take to task poklicati na odgovornost, grajati, ošteti
to take the time from s.o. figurativno točno se ravnati po kom
to take one's turn priti na vrsto
to take turns menjavati se (za)
to take a turn for the worse obrniti se na slabše
to take things easy lagodno delati
take it easy! ne razburjaj se!
I am not taking any pogovorno hvala, tega ne bom (vzel), tega ne maram
to take the water mornarica izpluti
to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno preprečiti komu kaj, prekrižati komu načrte
to take wine with s.o. nazdraviti komu
to take upon o.s. an office prevzeti (neko) službo (dolžnost, opravilo)
that walk did take it out of us! ta sprehod nas je zares zdelal
to take one's time vzeti si čas
to take s.o. at his word koga za besedo prijeti

talk¹ [tɔ:k] samostalnik
pogovor, razgovor, govorjenje, govor, govoričenje, govorica, (prazno) besedičenje, čenče; predmet pogovora; (radio) predavanje, kramljanje; način govorjenja, izražanje, jezik

the talk of the town figurativno stvar, o kateri vsi govore
full of talk brbljav, žlobudrav
idle talk prazno besedičenje, govoričenje
he is all talk on samo govori (ne naredi pa nič)
she is the talk of the town vse mesto govori o njej
there is much talk and no work veliko je govorjenja, storjenega pa nič
those people are nothing but talk teh ljudi so samo besede, ti ljudje samo frazarijo
it will all end in talk iz tega ne bo nič, ostalo bo le pri besedah
to make talk govoriti zaradi govorjenja
there is talk of his being bankrupt govori se, da.je (on) v bankrotu
I want to have a talk with him rad bi govoril (se pogovoril) z njim