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straighten [stréitn]

1. prehodni glagol
izravnati, napraviti ravno; razplesti, izgladiti; urediti; pojasniti; v red spraviti, urediti

2. neprehodni glagol
postati raven, izravnati se

to straighten one's affairs urediti svoje zadeve
to straighten one's face narediti resen obraz
to straighten out urediti; pojasniti
to straighten up neprehodni glagol ameriško zravnati se, postati zopet spodoben, začeti spodobno življenje

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

struggle² [strʌgl] neprehodni glagol
boriti se (with z, for za, against proti)
truditi se, napenjati se, mučiti se (with s.th. s čim)
trgati se (za kaj); upirati se (against čemu)
braniti se (česa), otepati se; s težavo si utirati pot, se prebijati; (redko) prepirati se
prehodni glagol
izbojevati, priboriti si

a struggling artist umetnik, ki se še ni uveljavil in se s težavo prebija (skozi življenje)
to struggle along prebi(ja)ti se
to struggle for breath s težavo loviti sapo
I struggled in my coat z muko sem oblekel plašč
to struggle up a cliff s težavo se vzpenjati po pečini
to struggle with death boriti se s smrtjo
to struggle to one's feet z muko se dvigniti, vstati na noge
he struggled to save his life boril se je za svoje življenje
to struggle against overwhelming forces boriti se proti veliki premoči
he has to struggle to earn his living z velikim trudom si služi svoj kruh
to struggle for power boriti se za oblast
to struggle through the crowd s težavo si utirati pot skozi množico

student [stjú:dənt]

1. samostalnik
študent(ka), dijak(inja); raziskovalec, proučevalec, učenjak; izobraženec; oseba, ki se znanstveno ukvarja s čim; marljiv bralec (časopisov)
britanska angleščina štipendist(ka)

a close (hard) student marljiv študent
law student študent prava
medical student študent medicine, medicinec
a student of nature naravoslovec
to be a student of law študirati pravo

2. pridevnik
študentovski

student life študentovsko življenje

sunny [sʌ́ni] pridevnik (sunnily prislov)
sončen; jasen kot sonce, svetel, sijoč
figurativno zlat
figurativno veder, vesel, srečen

sunny exposure sončna lega
a sunny disposition vedra narava (značaj)
sunny locks zlati kodri
a sunny room sončna soba
a sunny smile veder, vesel nasmeh
the sunny side (of life) sončna, lepa stran (življenja)
to be on the sunny side of 50 ne še biti 50 let star
to look on the sunny side of things videti (le) lepo stran življenja, vedro gledati na življenje

súženjski slavish; slave(-); like a slave; figurativno servile

súženjska podložnost slavish submission
súženjsko izpolnjevanje slavish execution
súženjsko posnemanje slavish imitation
súženjska mravlja slave ant
súženjski obroček slave's bangle
súženjsko življenje the life of a slave
biti súženjski komu to be subservient to someone
živeti súženjsko življenje to live the life of a slave

swear^*2 [swɛ́ə] prehodni glagol
prisegati (kaj), s prisego potrditi, priseči (na kaj); položiti prisego; zapriseči (koga)
neprehodni glagol
priseči, izjaviti pod prisego; zatrjevati; zakleti se; preklinjati, zmerjati (at koga)

sworn enemies zakleti sovražniki
sworn friends prijatelji na življenje in smrt, pobratimi
to swear a charge against s.o. s prisego koga obtožiti
to swear a crime against s.o. s prisego koga zločina obtožiti
to swear s.o. to (secrecy) s prisego koga obvezati k (tajnosti)
I can swear to the man lahko prisežem, da je to on
to swear falsely, to swear a false oath po krivem priseči
to swear friendship priseči prijateljslvo
I swear to God that... prisegam pri bogu, da...
to swear it s prisego to potrditi
to swear an oath priseči
to swear a solemn oath slovesno priseči, obljubiti
he swore at me for getting in his way ozmerjal me je, češ da sem mu napoti
to swear obedience (revenge) priseči pokorščino (maščevanje)
he swears by the quality of his goods prisega, da je njegovo blago dobro
to swear like a lord (like a trooper) preklinjati ko Turek
have you sworn the witness? ste zaprisegli pričo?

sworn [swɔ:n]

1. pretekli deležnik od to swear

2. pridevnik
pravno (sodno) zaprisežen

sworn declaration pod prisego dana izjava
sworn enemies zakleti, smrtni sovražniki
sworn friends prijatelji na življenje in smrt, pobratimi
I'll be sworn, I dare be sworn prisežem (da...)

študéntovski student(-)

študéntovsko življenje student life
študéntovski dom hall (of residence); VB hostel
študéntovska doba student years

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

têči to run; to flow, to stream; (čas) to go by (ali on), to pass by, to roll by; (stroj) to go, to work, to play; (promet) to circulate; (posoda) to leak, to run out

beseda mu teče gladko he speaks fluently (ali volubly, glibly)
stvar teče gladko things are running smoothly (ali like clockwork), things are going swimmingly (ali without a hitch), it's all plain sailing, VB žargon it's a doddle
kri teče blood is (being) shed (ali spilt)
kri je tekla there has been bloodshed
kri mu teče iz nosa he has a nose bleed, his nose is bleeding
têči v prazno (motor) to idle
zadeva še teče the affair is still continuing (ali is not over yet)
pusti stvari, da tečejo, kot hočejo! let things take their course!
voda teče iz pipe the tap is running
kri, ki mi teče po žilah the blood coursing through my veins
obresti tečejo od 1. maja the interest runs (ali accrues) from May 1st
teči, kot da bi šlo za življenje to run for dear life

tékma šport match, contest, competition; (tekmovanje) emulation, rivalry, contention

tékma v boksanju boxing contest
nogometna tékma football match
odločilna tékma decider
prvenstvena tékma championship match
smučarska tékma skiing contest
telovadna tékma gymnastics meeting
veslaška tékma boat race, rowing race
tékma v oboroževanju arms race
neodločen rezultat tékme all square
udeležiti se tékme to take part in (ali to enter) a competition
surova tékma, tékma na življenje in smrt cutthroat competition

thread¹ [ɵred] samostalnik
nit, nitka, sukanec, dreta, preja; vlakno; vlakno (v mesu, stročnicah); las, kocina, volna (ovce, koze, kamele); pajčevina
botanika prašnik
tehnično navoj (vijaka)
mineralogija tanka žila
figurativno nit (misli, govora), zveza, povezanost; življenjska nit

thread and thrum dobro in slabo
thread lace čipka iz platna, bombaža
the thread of life nit življenja
the thread of a screw navoj na vijaku
Lisle thread sukanec iz mesta Lille
my suit is worn to the last thread moja obleka je do kraja ponošena
to cut one's mortal thread figurativno napravili samomor, skrajšati si življenje
to gather up the threads figurativno sestaviti, povzeti
he had not a dry thread on him ene (same) suhe nitke ni bilo na njem
I haven't a thread fit to wear prav ničesar nimam, kar bi oblekel
his life hung by a thread njegovo življenje je viselo na nitki
to lose the thread of izgubiti nit (zvezo), zatakniti se, obtičati v (po)govoru
to take things thread and thrum figurativno vzeti dobro s slabim
to take up the thread of a narrative nadaljevati prekinjeno pripovedovanje

through [ɵru:]

1. predlog
skozi, preko, čez; v teku, za časa, v času; s pomočjo, po, z (s); zaradi, od

all through his life (skozi) vse svoje življenje
through the night preko noči
the bullet went through my leg krogla je šla skozi mojo nogo
I could never read through that book nikoli nisem mogel prebrati te knjige do kraja
I had to study the whole summer through vse poletje sem moral študirati
I saw through his hipocrisy spregledal sem njegovo hinavščino
it was through you that we missed the train zaradi tebe smo zamudili vlak
to get through one's work opraviti, končati svoje delo
to get through an examination napraviti izpit
to have been through s.th. doživeti kaj
to look through the window gledati skozi okno
they marched through the town korakali so skozi mesto
to roam (all) through the country obresti vso deželo
to run away through fear od strahu zbežati
to see through s.o. spregledati koga, spoznati njegove namene
to send a letter through the post poslati pismo po pošti

2. prislov
skoz(i), do kraja, do konca; povsem, popolnoma; od začetka do konca

through and through skoz in skoz, popolnoma
to be through dokončati, biti gotov; pogovorno imeti telefonično zvezo
is he through? je on gotov z delom?; je naredil izpit?
to be through with a job imeti neko delo za seboj
he is not yet through on še ni gotov
I am through with my work gotov sem s svojim delom
I am through with him figurativno z njim sem opravil, z njim sem čisto prekinil
to be wet through biti skoz in skoz premočen
this train goes through to Vienna ta vlak vozi (skoz) do Dunaja
to carry a matter through izvesti neko stvar
to fall through, to drop through ne uspeti, propasti
to run s.o. through prebosti koga
the bad weather lasted all through ves čas je bilo slabo vreme
to put s.o. through koga telefonsko zvezati
I read the book through prebral sem knjigo do kraja

3. pridevnik
prehoden, tranziten; direkten

through carriage (coach) direkten vagon
through passage prost prehod
through ticket vozovnica, ki velja za proge različnih železniških družb
through traffic prehoden, tranziten promet

throw away prehodni glagol
proč vreči, odvreči; tratiti, razsipati, zapravljati, pognati (denar); zamuditi

this is throwing time and money away to je zapravljanje časa in denarja
to throw away a good opportunity zamuditi priliko, ne izkoristiti prilike
to throw away one's life (nepremišljeno in brez potrebe) izpostavljati svoje življenje, igračkati se z življenjem
good advice is thrown away on him dajati mu dobre nasvete je izgubljen trud
she has thrown herself away on that man zavrgla se je zaradi tega človeka

tooth¹ [tu:ɵ, ti:ɵ] samostalnik (množina teeth)
zob; tech zob (žage, glavnika itd.); zob kolesa; konica; kavelj; parožek
figurativno nagnjenje, posebna ljubezen (do)

tooth and nail figurativno z vso močjo; neizprosno
by the skin of one's teeth figurativno za las, komaj še (uiti)
in the teeth of kljub, navzlic; proti
the tooth of time zob časa
armed to the teeth oborožen do zob
long in the tooth star
a good set of teeth dobro zobovje
from the teeth outward figurativno površno
artificial tooth, false tooth umeten zob
corner (dog, eye, laniary) tooth podočnik
decayed tooth gnil zob
incisor (incision, cutting) tooth sekalec (zob)
loose tooth majav zob
milk (shedding) tooth mlečnik
molar (grinding) tooth kočnik
to clean one's teeth (o)čistiti si zobe
to clench one's teeth stisniti zobe
to cast s.th. in s.o.'s teeth komu kaj v zobe (v obraz) vreči; očitati
to cut one's (first) teeth dobi(va)ti (prve) zobe
to cut one's eye-teeth figurativno začeti spoznavati življenje
to draw s.o.'s teeth figurativno pristriči komu krila, napraviti koga neškodljivega
to escape by the skin of one's teeth za las uiti
to fight (to struggle) tooth and nail boriti se z vsemi močmi (zagrizeno, nepopustljivo)
to get one's teeth into s.th. zagristi se v kaj; trmasto (nepopustljivo) se česa lotiti
to grind one's teeth škripati z zobmi
to have a great tooth for fruit zelo rad imeti sadje
to have a sweet tooth biti sladkosneden, rad imeti sladkarije
to lie in one's teeth v obraz lagati; nesramno, predrzno lagati
to sail in the teeth of the wind pluti proti vetru
to set one's teeth stisniti zobe
this set my teeth on edge zaskominalo me je ob tem; to me je razburilo (ozlovoljilo)
to show ons's teeth pokazati zobe
to take the bit between one's teeth figurativno postati trmoglav; upreti se; osamosvojiti se

town [táun] samostalnik
mesto

the town mesto, mestno življenje; mestna občina (uprava); mestno prebivalstvo; mestni volivci
to town v mesto, britanska angleščina zlasli v London
out of town zunaj mesta, ne v mestu, na deželi, na potovanju
town and gown prebivalci in študentje mest Oxforda in Cambridgea
town clerk mestni sekretar (najvišji mestni uradnik)
town council mestni (občinski) svet
town councillor mestni (občinski) svétnik
town crier mestni izklicevalec, oklicevalec
town hall mestna posvetovalnica
town house hiša v mestu (v nasprotju s hišo na deželi); britanska angleščina rotovž; ameriško, olepševalno mestna ubožnica
town planning mestno planiranje
town rates občinske (mestne) dajatve
town major britanska angleščina, vojska poveljnik mesta
county town glavno mesto grofije (pokrajine)
girl of town, woman of town prostitutka
man about town svetski človek, lahkoživec; eleganten brezdelnež
he is the talk of the town vse mesto govori o njem
to go up to town iti v mesto, (zlasti britanska angleščina) v London
to go to towns! imeti uspeh, uspešno (kaj) opraviti
to paint the townred vznemiriti mesto z velikim hrupom, z razgrajanjem
to take to town sleng zmesti, zmešati, zbegati

trájati to last, to continue; to take time; to be; to go on

to mi traja predolgo I can wait no longer
to ne more dolgo trájati that cannot last (ali go on for, continue for) long
to traja že nekaj let this has been going on for a few years
to bo dolgo trajalo it will take along time
to mi bo dolgo trajalo this will last me for a long time
to bo trajalo vsaj do jutri it will last out the night
prelepo, da bi trajalo too good to last
dokler bo trajalo lepo vreme, ostanemo na deželi as long as the fine weather continues we shall remain in the country
kratko, malo časa trájati to be of short duration
vihar je trajal vso noč the storm lasted all night long
potovanje bo trajalo 5 dni the journey will last 5 days
ta igra nam traja predolgo we find this play too long
trájati dalj (časa) kot (kaj) to outlast (something)
naše življenje traja le kratek čas our life is but a short span

tŕd hard; flinty, adamantine; solid; rigid, stiff; (odporen) resistant, resistent; (krut) hardhearted; (nepopustljiv) unyielding, inflexible, unbending

tŕd boj fierce fight
tŕdi časi hard times pl
tŕdo delo hard work
tŕde besede harsh words pl
tŕda glava thick (ali stupid, dense) head
tŕd les hardwood, firm wood
tŕd (neusmiljen) kot kamen as hard as the nether millstone
tŕd oreh (figurativno) a hard nut to crack
tŕde poteze (v obrazu) stern features pl
tŕd prepečenec, dvopek hard tack
tŕdega srca hard of heart
tŕd (hud) udarec a hard blow
tŕda usoda hard lot, cruel fate
tŕda voda hard water
tŕdo življenje hard life
biti tŕd od strahu to be scared stiff
za denar je trda (figurativno) money is tight
zanj je potrebna tŕd roka he needs a firm hand
trda mi prede za denar (figurativno) I am short of money
trda mu prede (figurativno) it will go hard with him
postati tŕd to harden, to grow hard

tremble² [trembl] neprehodni glagol
tresti se, drgetati, drhteti, trzati (at, from, with od)
figurativno trepetati; prhotati, frfotati
figurativno plašiti se, biti (nekoliko) v skrbeh, v strahu, v negotovosti; vznemiriti se

to tremble with anger tresti se od jeze
to tremble all over, to tremble in every limb tresti se po vseh udih
to tremble in the balance figurativno kolebati, biti v negotovosti
his life trembles in the balance njegovo življenje visi na nitki, je v skrajni nevarnosti
to tremble for s.o., for one's safety trepetati za koga, za svojo varnost
I tremble to think what might have happened groza me je pomisliti, kaj bi se bilo lahko zgodilo
prehodni glagol
stres(a)ti