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razuméti to understand; to comprehend, to get, to make out; to grasp, to apprehend, to take in

napačno razuméti to misunderstand, to mistake
ne razumem vas čisto I don't quite follow you
dobro se razumem z njim I get on well with him
tega ne razumem this is beyond me, this is beyond my comprehension, I cannot make head or tail of it
ali naj razumem, da...? am I to take it that...?
me razumeš? do you get me?
(že) razumem I see, I understand
razuméti! radio roger!
ne razumem se na konje I have no experience with horses
nisem mogel prav razuméti njegovega imena I could not catch his name
me razumeš?, si me razumel? do you understand me?, pogovorno got the idea?, pogovorno O.K.?
to se razume that's understood, of course!, I quite see!
slabo ste razumeli you have got hold of the wrong end of the stick
ne razumite me napačno don't get me wrong
to se samo po sebi razume that is a matter of course, that stands to reason, that goes without saying
on se razume na to he is clever at it, he is well versed in it, he is at home in it, he is well experienced (ali skilled) in it
naj me vrag vzame, če razumem! I'll eat my hat if I understand that!
z njim se ni možno razuméti there is no dealing with him
napačno me razumete you mistake me
ona hitro razumeva she is quick-witted
on počasi razumeva he is dull-witted
on ne razume šale he can't take a joke
dobro se razuméti na posle to know one's business
brez nadaljnjega se razume, da... it is an understood thing that...
dobro se razuméti s kom to stand well with someone
dobro se razumejo they get on well together, they get on (ali along) with one another, they are on good terms
ne razumejo se med seboj they are at odds (ali at variance)
ne razumejo se preveč they don't take to one another much
razuméti se kot pes in mačka (figurativno) to get on like cat and dog
dali smo jim razuméti we gave them to understand
dali so mi razuméti, da... I was given to understand that...
tega nisem prav nič razumel (figurativno) I could not make head or tail of it
da, razumel sem! aeronavtika roger!

razvalína ruin

človeška razvalína figurativno wreck
on je samo še razvalína he is a complete wreck
biti v razvalínah to lie in ruins
razpasti v razvalíne to collapse in ruins

rdèč red; (lica) ruddy

rdèč nos (pijančka) coppernose, grog-nose
Rdeči križ Red Cross
Rdeča armija Red Army
Rdeča Kapica Little Red Riding Hood
Rdeče morje Red Sea
rdèčih lic redcheeked
rdèča detelja red clover
rdèča barva red colour
rdèče krvno telesce red corpuscle, red blood cell
rdèč kot kri blood-red
rdèč kot vrtnica (as) red as a rose
rdèč kot puran (as) red as a turkey cock
rdèč kot pesa (as) red as a beetroot
rdèče oblečen dressed in red
slep za rdèčo barvo red-blind
od joka rdèče oči eyes red with tears
rdèč kot rak (as) red as a boiled lobster, (as) red as a peony
temno rdèč dark red
biti rdèč od jeze to be red with anger
postati rdèč to turn red
ves rdèč je od sramú he is blushing to the very roots of his hair
postati rdèč kot kuhan rak to turn (ali to flush) scarlet
to ga razdraži kot rdèča krpa bika it is a red rag to him

reading [rí:diŋ]

1. samostalnik
branje, čitanje; pregledovanje; čtivo, lektira; način branja; načitanost; predavanje; recitiranje; dobeseden tekst; tolmačenje, interpretacija, razlaga, pojasnilo; korektura; razumevanje, dojemanje, doumevanje (of česa)
odčitek; stanje (barometra)

various reading varianta
a man of vast (extensive) reading zelo načitan človek
this book is poor reading ta knjiga se slabo bere, ni zanimiva
this passage offers several readings to mesto se lahko razlaga (razume) na več načinov
I took a reading from the barometer odčital sem stanje barometra

2. pridevnik
ki (mnogo, rad) bere ali študira; bralen, za branje

he is a reading man britanska angleščina on mnogo bere (študira)
reading machine bralna naprava (aparat) (za čitanje mikrokopij)

red¹ [red] pridevnik (redly prislov)
rdeč; rus; pordečen (with od)
okrvavljen, krvav; rdeče razžarjen ali razbeljen
politika rdeč, komunističen, sovjetski; anarhističen, revolucionaren; marksističen

as red as a rose rdeč kot vrtnica
red admiral (metulj) admiral
Red Army Rdeča armija
a red battle krvava bitka
red cap britanska angleščina vojaški policist, ameriško postrešček, nosač na postaji
red cent bakren novčič
red chalk krvavec (kamen)
red coats sleng vojaki
red deer jelen
red eye ameriško, sleng cenen viski
red eyes with tears od jokanja rdeče oči
red flag rdeča zastava
red flannel sleng jezik
red hat kardinalski klobuk, kardinal(ska čast); britanska angleščina, sleng štabni častnik
red herring prekajen slanik, figurativno nekaj, kar odvrača pozornost od neprijetnega, nevarnega predmeta
red handed krvavih rok, hudodelski, ki je pri hudodelskem dejanju
red light rdeča luč
red light district mestni predel s številnimi javnimi hišami
red meat govedina, bravina
a red radical politika hud, zagrizen radikal
red rag (to a bull) rdeča krpa (ki razdraži bika), figurativno nekaj, kar človeka razdraži
red vengeance krvavo maščevanje
red weed mak
red, white and blue sleng mrzla soljena govedina
neither fish, flesh nor good red herring ne ptič ne miš, nekaj nedoločljivega
to be red with anger biti rdeč od jeze
it is a red rag to him to ga razdraži kot rdeča krpa bika
to draw a red herring across the track (the path) s kako stransko stvarjo odvrniti pozornost od glavne stvari; z veščim manevrom odvrniti pozornost, zabrisati sled
to have red hands imeti krvave roke, zakriviti smrt kake osebe
to make red pordečiti
to paint the town red hrupno veseljačiti, razgrajati, delati kraval po mestu
to see red figurativno pobesneti
to see the red light figurativno videti, spoznati pretečo nevarnost
to turn red postati rdeč, zardeti

rédek (neobičajen) rare, scarce, out of the ordinary; (nepogosten) infrequent; (izjemen) exceptional, unusual, curious; (izreden) extraordinary; (po vrednosti) precious, exquisite; (dogodek) ocurring (ali happening) seldom; (vodén) watery, diluted; (kri) serous

rédka juha thin soup, thin broth
rédko obljuden thinly populated, sparsely populated
to je nekaj rédkega pri nas it is a rare thing with us

red-rag [rédræg] samostalnik
rdeča krpa
figurativno nekaj, kar razdraži, spravlja v besnost; vrsta sneti v žitu

it is a red-rag to him to ga spravi v besnost

refreshment [rifréšmənt] samostalnik
osvežilo, okrepčilo, prigrizek

(navadno množina) refreshments pijača ali hrana, ki osveži, okrepča; odpočitek, svežina
this sight is a refreshment ta pogled (človeku) dobro dé

regret¹ [rigrét] samostalnik
obžalovanje, kesanje, kes; skrb (for za)
opravičevanje; žalost, bolečina, bolest; razočaranje

with regret z obžalovanjem, nerad
to my regret na moje obžalovanje
it is a regret to me žal mi je, obžalujem
to express one's regret izraziti svoje obžalovanje
I expressed (I sent) my regret for refusing opravičil sem se, ker sem odklonil
I declined with much regret (with many regrets) odklonil sem z največjim obžalovanjem
I have to refuse with much regret na svojo veliko žalost (obžalovanje) moram odkloniti
to have no regret ne obžalovati
to hear with regret z obžalovanjem slišati (zvedeti)

regular¹ [régjulə]

1. pridevnik
pravilen, regularen, reden; urejen, običajen, normalen, vsakdanji; predpisan, točen; zakonit; izučen; simetričen
ameriško, pogovorno popoln, pravi pravcati, skoz in skoz

as regular as clockwork točen kot ura
at regular intervals v rednih presledkih
a regular cook pravi pravcati kuhar
the regular army redna vojska
the regular course of events normalni potek dogodkov
a regular customer stalni odjemalec
a regular hero pravi (pravcati) junak
regular people ljudje z urejenim življenjem
regular pulse normalen pulz
regular session redno zasedanje
regular soldier reden, poklicni vojak
regular troops redne čete
regular year (judovsko) navadno leto (354 dni)
he is a regular swell on je pravi elegan
it was a regular siege bilo je (to) pravo obleganje
he is a regular bear figurativno on je pravi (pravcati) medved
to be regular in one's diet strogo se držati diete
he has no regular profession nima nobenega pravega poklica
to keep regular hours točno se držati ure v svojem delu
to lead a regular life živeti redno, urejeno življenje

2. prislov
redno; zares

he is regular angry on je zares (pošteno) jezen

rehash [rí:hæš]

1. samostalnik
ponovno izražanje (starih idej itd.), ponavljanje, pogrevanje
figurativno pogreta reč

his second book is a rehash of his first njegova druga knjiga je ponavljanje njegove prve

2. prehodni glagol [ri:hǽš]
ponovno izražati, ponavljati, pogrevati, žvečiti (stare ideje itd.)

rekláma publicity, press publicity; advertising, advertisement

kričeča rekláma pogovorno hype, media hype, ballyhoo
rekláma na nebu (ki jo napiše letalo) sky advertising, skywriting
svetlobna rekláma illuminated advertisements pl, neon signs pl
pretirana rekláma hype, puffery, puffing
to je slaba rekláma zanj that will send his stock down
delati reklámo to advertise, to publicise
delati bučno reklámo ZDA to ballyhoo
delati pretirano reklámo to puff
on zna delati reklámo zase he is a master of self-advertisement, he knows how to manipulate the media (ali how to keep himself in the public eye, how to seek publicity)

relative¹ [rélətiv] samostalnik
sorodnik, -ica
slovnica oziralni zaimek

a poor relative reven sorodnik
he is a relative of mine on je (neki) moj sorodnik, v sorodstvu sem z njim

reproach¹ [ripróuč] samostalnik
očitek, očitanje, graja, kritiziranje; graje vredna stvar; sramota, ponižanje (to za)

reproaches množina, cerkev litanije na veliki petek (zlasti v rimskokatoliški Cerkvi)
a term of reproach zmerljivka, psovka, grda beseda
to abstain from reproach vzdržati se graje (očitkov)
I am free from reproach sem brez graje; nimam si, nimajo mi kaj očitati
he is a reproach to... on je sramota za...
this is a reproach to town to je sramota za mesto
to bring reproach upon s.o. delati sramoto komu, diskreditirati koga
to heap reproaches on s.o. obsuti koga z očitki
to incur reproachs nakopati si očitke
to live in reproach and ignorance živeti v veliki sramoti

repute¹ [ripjú:t] samostalnik
ugled, sloves, glas, slava

by repute po (slabem ali dobrem) glasu
in high repute zelo ugleden
of repute ugleden, na glasu, renomiran
of good (bad) repute na dobrem (slabem) glasu
a man held in good (bad) repute človek na dobrem (slabem) glasu
a scientist of repute ugleden znanstvenik
of ill repute na slabem glasu, razvpit
he is a good doctor by repute on velja za dobrega zdravnika
to be held in high repute uživati velik ugled
I know him by repute poznam ga po njegovem slovesu

résen serious; grave; earnest; austere; (svečan) solemn; (nevaren) critical

to je résna stvar, zadeva this is a serious matter
résni simptomi grave symptoms pl
z résnim pogledom with a grave look
položaj postaja résen the situation is getting serious
résna bolezen serious illness
résna glasba serious music
résno čtivo serious reading
zakaj si videti tako résen? why do you look so serious? ➞ rešeno

resníca truth; arhaično sooth

v resníci in truth, in fact; in (good) sooth
gola resníca naked truth
čista resníca the very truth
neolepšana resníca unvarnished truth
sveta (božja) resníca gospel truth, God's truth
nepotvorjena resníca unadulterated truth
resníci na ljubo out of regard for the truth
vsa, polna resníca the whole (ali full, plain) truth
povedati vso resníco (figurativno) to spill the beans
grenka, neugodna resníca home truth
dokaz resníce proof of truth
brez trohice resníce without a shred of truth
zaradi resníce for the sake of truth
resníca ni prijetna truth is unpalatable
to je sveta resníc! it's God's truth!
v tem ni niti besedice resníce there is not a word of truth about it
dokazati resníco to prove (ali to establish) the truth
imeti, vzeti kaj za sveto resníco to take something for gospel
ne lepšam resníce I call a spade a spade; I don't mince words, I speak frankly
postati resníca to become reality, to be realised; to come true
izkriviti, popačiti resníco to colour (ali to stretch, to heighten) the truth, to distort (ali to mispresent, to garble) the truth
potlačiti resníco to hush something up; to suppress the truth, to keep things (ali something) dark
povedati čisto resníco to tell the plain, unvarnished truth
povedal sem mu nekaj gorkih resníc I told him some home truths
da povem resníco... to tell the truth, truth to tell...
v obraz sem mu povedal resníco I told him bluntly (ali plainly)
v brk sem mu povedal resníco I told him point-blank
prikrojiti resníco po svoje to strain the truth
zabrusiti komu resníco v obraz to fling the truth in someone's teeth
to je pačenje resníce it is a distortion of the truth
resníca je počasi prišla na dan the truth has leaked out

restraint [ristréint] samostalnik
omejevanje, omejitev, oviranje, preprečevanje; prisiljenost, prisila, spona, ovira, zadrževanje, zadržanost, rezerviranost; interniranje, nadzor (umobolnega)
figurativno disciplina, brzdanje, obvladanje samega sebe; omejitev svobode, zapor, ječa

under restraint v zaporu
without restraint prosto, neovirano
restraint of trade omejitev trgovine
it is a great restraint on us to nam dela (je v) veliko oviro
to be under restraint biti postavljen pod skrbstvo
to lay restraint on s.o. naložiti komu omejitve
to place s.o. under restraint postaviti koga pod nadzorstvo (skrbstvo)

ride¹ [ráid] samostalnik
jahanje, ježa; vožnja na biciklu, na javnih prometnih sredstvih (avto itd.); jezdna, jahalna pot
vojska skupina jezdecev rekrutov

it is a penny ride to X. vožnja do X. stane en peni
she was just back from a ride on her bicycle ravno se je vrnila s sprehoda na kolesu
to go for a ride iti na jezdenje (jahanje)
to take a ride (od)peljati se z avtom
to take s.o. for a ride peljati koga z avtom, vzeti ga na vožnjo z avtom; ameriško, sleng (od)peljati koga z avtom z namero, da ga ubijemo; speljati na led koga, potegniti koga

riskánten risky; riskful; perilous; hazardous

(to) je riskántno za... it's risky for...
to bo zelo riskántno it will be touch-and-go
tako početje je riskántno acting like that is a risky business