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še still; yet, as yet

še ne not yet
še vedno still
še nikoli never yet
še enkrat once more
še več still more
še danes this very day
še do danes, še zdaj this very day, even now
še nocoj this very night
še do pred kratkim, do nedavnega until very recently
še isti dan on the very same day
še pred enim tednom sem govoril z njim it is only a week since I spoke to him
še dolgo pozneje for a long time after
še ta teden before this week is over
še oni teden sem jo videl I saw her only last week
še včeraj only yesterday
še zadnjega maja as late as last May
še letos bodo prišli they will still arrive this year
še leta 1960 as late as 1960
še lani only last year
še boljši better still
še močneje kot even stronger than...
še enkrat toliko twice as much, as much again
še enkrat tako velik twice as tall, as tall again
še mnogo much (oziroma many) more
samó še to pot (tokrat) just once more, only this once
komaj še kdo hardly anyone left
še dražji, še višji dearer still, higher still
(samo) še trenutek just a moment
še nikoli never yet
še kaj (drugega)? anything more (ali else)?
imaš še kaj papirja? have you (got) any paper left?
imaš še kaj denarja? have you any money left?
še eno skodelico čaja, prosim! another cup of tea, please!
daj mi še malo kruha! (could I have) another piece of bread, please
danes je vreme še slabše kot včeraj today the weather is even worse than yesterday
dokler je še čas while there is still time
on še ne more delati he is still unfit for work
tega še nikoli nisem videl I have never seen that before
počakaj še dva dni! wait another two days!
daj mu še en kozarec vode! give him another glass of water!
treba je še videti it is yet to be seen
to bomo še videli that remains to be seen
še vedno živijo v Ljubljani they are still living in Ljubljana
še to zimo bo prišel he will be here some time this winter
lahkó še pride he may still come, he may come yet
poskusi še enkrat! try again!, try once more!, pogovorno have another go!
kaj še hoče? what else does he want?
lahko počakaš še en teden? can you wait another week?
še tega je manjkalo! that's all we wanted!
ni bila še dolgo omožena, ko... she had not long been married when...
ostalo je še nekaj denarja there's still some money left, there's a bit of cash left over
naj bo še tako bogat, ne bo uspel no matter how rich he is, he will not succeed
še (= niti) pogledal me ni he did not so much as look at me
kaj še! (= kje pa, ni govora o tem!) what next!
še obesili ga bodo, še na vislicah bo končal! he'll come to a sticky end (one of these days)!
še (vedno) smo tu we are still here
dokler je še živel while he was still alive
nisem še končal I have not yet finished, I still haven't finished

štedílnik kitchen-range

moj novi štedílnik porabi malo premoga my new range uses little coal (ali pogovorno is a real coal-saver)

takó prislov so, like this, like that, thus, in this way, in such a manner

takó takó so-so, so so, fairly well, tolerably
takó ali takó in one way or other, this way or that (way)
prav takó likewise
točno takó! just so!, quite so!
zakaj takó? why so?
kaj takega! of all things!
ah, takó! oh, I see!, so that's it!
ne takó kot not so... as
takó da... so that...
takó velik kot... as big as...
takó malo? as little as that?
takó imenovan so-called
takó rekoč so to speak, so to say, as it were
kakor ti meni, takó jaz tebi pogovorno if you play ball with me, I'll play ball with you
in takó dalje and so on, etc (= et cetera, etcetera), and so forth
nikoli poprej takó koristen kot sedaj never before as (ali so) useful as now
takó bogat človek such a rich man, a man so rich
takó je! (popolnoma točno!) exactly!, quite so!, just so!
je to takó? (je to res?) is that so?
takó mi bog pomagaj! so help me God!
če je to takó if that be the case
takó je na svetu so goes it
bodite takó dobri in odprite okno! be so kind as to open the window!
takó mi delamo that is our way of doing things
stori takó kot jaz! do as I do!
takó ne bo šlo! that won't do!
takó se je končalo moje potovanje thus ended my journey
nisem takó mislil I didn't mean that, that's not what I meant
zadeva je takó rekoč urejena the matter is as good as settled
dolgočasil nas je takó, da ga nismo nikoli več povabili he annoyed us so much (that) we never asked him again
kakor si boš postlal, takó boš spal as you make your bed, so you must lie!

tangle [tæŋgl]

1. samostalnik
zamotanost; zavozlanje, zaplet, zapletenost; zmešnjava, zmeda

tangle of hair zamršeni lasje
his business is in a tangle njegovo poslovanje je v največjem neredu

2. prehodni glagol
zaplesti, zamešati, zmešati, zavozlati, zamršiti, zamotati; komplicirati; preplesti (with z)

a tangled business zamotana, komplicirana zadeva
neprehodni glagol ((tudi tangle up)
zamotati se, zaplesti se, z(a)mešati se, zavozlati se; komplicirati se; spustiti se (v boj)

only a few planes dared to tangle with the allied fleets le malo letal se je upalo zaplesti (spustiti se) v boj z zavezniškimi zračnimi flotiljami

thank² [ɵæŋk] prehodni glagol
zahvaliti se

to thank s.o. for s.th. zahvaliti se komu za kaj
(I) thank you! hvala!
no, thank you! ne, hvala!
(yes), thank you! (da), prosim!
thank you for nothing (ironično) se najlepše zahvaljujem; hvala vam tudi za to, bom že brez vas!
thanking you in anticipation (ali beforehand, ali in advance) zahvaljujoč se vam vnaprej
I'll thank you for some bread prosim (vas) malo kruha
I will thank you to leave that to me bil bi vam hvaležen, če bi to prepustili meni
he has only himself to thank for it samo sebi se mora za to zahvaliti (si to pripisati)
your tea, sir, thank you vaš čaj, gospod, prosim!

thick [ɵik]

1. pridevnik
debel; grob, neotesan, robat
britanska angleščina, sleng otekel; gost (gozd, lasje, tekočina); poln, bogat (with z)
pogosten; blaten, umazan; na debelo pokrit (z); meglen, temačen, oblačen (vreme); hripav (glas); moten, kalen (tekočina); neumen, omejen

thick with dust čez in čez pokrit s prahom
the air is thick with snow zrak je poln snega
a thick ear britanska angleščina, sleng klofuta
a thick head debeloglavec, topoglavec
a bit thick sleng nekoliko pretiran
as thick as peas kot peska ob morju (obilo)
they are as thick as thieves figurativno trdno držijo skupaj

2. samostalnik
najdebelejši, najgostejši del (česa)
figurativno najbolj nevaren, najtežji del; najgostejše mesto, gneča, metež
sleng tepec, bebec, bedak

the thick of the crowd najhujša gneča (ljudi)
in the thick of the crisis v polni krizi, sredi krize
in the thick of the fight(ing) sredi, v žarišču boja, sredi največjega bojnega vrveža
in the thick of the fray tam, kjer je najbolj vroče (v pretepu)
to go through thick and thin figurativno preiti vse zapreke (vse nevarnosti), iti skozi dobro in slabo

3. prislov
debelo; gosto; često; hitro; nerodno; nejasno

fast and thick pogosto, kot toča
the blows came fast and thick udarci so padali kot toča
that is a bit thick to je malo preveč
he lays it on thick on pretirava (v laskanju, s komplimenti)
the snow fell thick močnó je snežilo
to sow thick gosto sejati
to speak thick nejasno, nerazločno govoriti
the shots fell thick around him krogle so gosto (kot toča) padale okrog njega

4. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zgostiti (se) (o tekočini)

tile¹ [táil] samostalnik
(strešna) opeka; pečnica, ploščica iz emajla, kahlica; plošča iz opeke (za oblaganje poda itd.)
pogovorno cilinder (pokrivalo)

Dutch tiles pobarvana opeka
to be (out) (up)on the tiles sleng zanikrno, razuzdano živeti
he has a tile loose sleng on je malo trčen (prismojen), pri njem v glavi ni vse v redu

tin¹ [tin]

1. samostalnik
kemija kositer, cin; bela pločevina; pločevinka, konserva (škatla) iz pločevine
sleng kovanci, cvenk

tin and temper zlitina kositra in malo bakra
tin box škatla iz pločevine
tin can škatla, konserva; navtika, sleng rušilec
tin cry tehnično pokanje pločevine, kadar jo upogibamo
a tin of pineapple pločevinka ananasa
tin fish mornarica, sleng torpedo
tin god lažno božanstvo; malik; nadutež
tin hat šaljivo jeklena čelada
tin mine rudnik kositra
tin moulder kositrar
tin sheet plošča (bele) pločevine
tin soldier vojak iz kositra, pločevine (igrača)
tin wedding desetletnica poroke
little tin gods nizki, a naduti uradniki
petrol-tin ročka za bencin
sardine-tin konserva za sardine
that puts the tin hat on it! to je višek! to je res preveč!

2. pridevnik
kositren; pločevinast
britanska angleščina konserven, konserviran
figurativno manjvreden, nepristen, ponarejen

too [tu:] prislov
preveč, odveč, pre-
pogovorno zelo, skrajno; tudi, prav tako, poleg tega

too difficult pretežaven
too hot prevroč
too much preveč
he, too, is away tudi on je odsoten
quite too skrajno
none too pleasant še malo ne (nikakor ne) zabaven
too good to be true prelepo, da bi bilo resnično
too much (of a good thing) preveč (dobrega)
I am only too glad meni je le zelo drágo
it's not too easy to ni tako lahkó
this goes too far to gre predaleč
I mean to do it too to nameravam tudi napraviti

trace¹ [tréis] samostalnik
sled; stopinja; kolesnica, kolovoz, tirnica
figurativno sled, znak, (pre)ostanek
ameriško steza markirana pot; osnovni načrt, skica, tloris; malenkost, majhna količina

to be hot on the trace of s.o. biti komu za petami, preganjati koga
he has no trace of humour niti malo humorja ni v njem
his face bore traces of his grief njegov obraz je nosil (kazal) sledove žalosti

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

travel² [trævl] prehodni glagol
potovati (zlasti daleč, v tujino); voziti se; potovati poslovno
ekonomija potovati kot trgovski potnik
figurativno klatiti se, iti sem in tja; širiti se (o svetlobi); razprostirati se, raztezati se; hitro se gibati, teči, premikati se, drveti
prehodni glagol
prepotovati, prehoditi
ekonomija prepotovati (področje) kot trgovski potnik

to travel by boat (air, rail) potovati z ladjo (letalom, železnico)
to travel for one's health (pleasure) potovati zaradi zdravja (za zabavo)
to travel light potovati brez (ali z malo) prtljage
he travels in silks on je trgovski potnik za svilo
the crane travels along the rails tehnično žerjav se premika po tračnicah
sound travels faster in water than in air zvok se širi hitreje v vodi kot v zraku
to travel Europe from end to end prepotovati Evropo od enega konca do drugega

tŕčen

on je malo tŕčen (figurativno) (žargon) he has a screw loose

trúd trouble, effort; exertion; pains pl; hard work, labour, toil; endeavour

trúda poln painful, troublesome
s trúdom with an effort
brez trúda without trouble, easily, effortlessly
z velikim trúdom with great difficulty
z lahkim trúdom easily
izgubljen trúd a waste of effort
trúd brez haska wasted effort
ves trúd je zaman pogovorno it's all a waste of time, pesniško it is labour lost
ni mi žal trúda I don't mind hard work, I don't shrink from hard work
hvala za vaš trúd I thank you for the trouble you have taken
z malo trúda with a little trouble, by taking a little trouble
po velikem trúdu sem uspel I succeeded after a great deal of trouble
ni vredno trúda it isn't worth while, it is not worth the trouble
veliko trúda si da(ja)ti to take great trouble
dal si je mnogo trúda, da (bi naredil izpit) he was at great pains to (pass the examination)
nobenega trúda se ne bati, se ne ustrašiti to spare no effort, to grudge no pains
povzročil, dal ti bom veliko trúda I'm going to cause you a lot of trouble
prav nobenega trúda si ne vzeti, dajati to take no trouble at all
ne varčevati s trúdom to spare no effort (ali no pains)
naredil sem to, da bi ti prihranil trúd I did it to save you trouble
biti tepen v zahvalo za svoj trúd to get a thrashing for one's pains
tratiti, zapravljati (svoj) trúd (figurativno) to plough the sand
ni si vzel niti trúda, da bi odgovril he didn't even take the trouble to answer

ukvárjati se to occupy oneself (z with), to be occupied (z with); to be engaged (z in, on); to employ oneself, to be employed (in doing something); to be busy (in, at, with); to work (at); to go in for, to take up, to study; to take an interest (in); to be involved (in); to be concerned (z with)

ne ukvarja se kaj prida s svojimi otroki he takes little interest in his children
ukvárjati se malo z glasbo to be quite interested in music
ne ukvarjam se s politiko I do not concern myself with politics, pogovorno I don't get involved in politics
on se ukvarja s preveč stvarmi (figurativno) he has too many irons in the fire
s tem problemom sem se mnogo ukvarjal I have given a lot of thought to this question
ukvárjati se s problemi kriminala to take an interest in criminological problems
on se ukvarja izključno samó z nemščino he is fully occupied with his German
s takimi posli se ne ukvarjam I do not concern myself with such matters

úpanje hope; hopefulness; expectation; expectancy; anticipation; (bright) prospect

goljufivo, varljivo úpanje false hope(s)
prazno úpanje vain hope
zadnje (skoraj neuresničljivo) úpanje forlorn hope, figurativno (zanesljivo) sheet anchor
brez úpanja hopeless, past (all) hope
poln úpanja full of hope, hopeful
niti trohice úpanja not a glimmer of hope, (pogovorno) not the ghost of a chance, not a dog's (ali an earthly) chance
Rt Dobrega Upanja the Cape of Good Hope
žarek úpanja a ray (ali a gleam) of hope
úpanje, da bo prišel there is (some) hope that he will come, it is hoped he will come, hopefully he will come
zanj ni več úpanja he is past hope
nobenega úpanja ni bilo, da bi on prišel there was no prospect of his coming
on je moje zadnje úpanje he is my last hope, he is my only remaining hope
dajati komu úpanje to hold out hope to someone
dajati mnogo úpanja to promise well, to be very promising
gojiti úpanje to cherish (ali to entertain) a (ali the) hope
imeti malo úpanja, da... to hope against hope that...
imam le slabo, šibko úpanje I have only a faint hope
nobenega úpanja več ne imeti to be out of hope, to have no hope left
imeti úpanje to stand a chance
nikoli ne izgubljaj úpanja! (= ne obupaj!) never say die!
opustiti vsako úpanje to abandon hope, to give up every hope
oklepati se úpanja to cling to hope (ali one's hopes)
preseči úpanja to exceed hopes
prevarati koga v úpanju to frustrate someone's hopes
razočarati koga v úpanju to disappoint someone, to frustrate someone
moje úpanje se ni uresničilo my hopes have not been realized
upati brez úpanja zmage to hope against hope
vdajati se úpanju, da... to allow oneself the hope of..., to hope for..., to be in hopes that...
komu vsako úpanje vzeti to deprive someone of all hope
vzeti komu úpanje to dampen someone's hopes
zbujati úpanje to give (ali to inspire) hope, to raise expectations, to provide grounds for hope
zbujati komu úpanje to raise hopes in someone
zbujati prazno úpanje to raise false hopes
živeti v úpanju za, za... to live in hopes of (kaj something)
malo úpanja je ostalo (ostaja) there is little hope left

uspèh success (v in); film, gledališče hit, great hit, smash hit; good (ali favourable) result

brez uspèha without success
z uspèhom with success
kronan z uspèhom successful; crowned with success
beležiti uspèh to score a success
čestitem vam k uspèhu I congratulate you on your success
doseči uspèh to achieve success
vojaški uspèhi military successes
pesem je doživela velik uspèh the song was a hit
imeti uspèh to succeed; to prove successful, to be a success, to achieve (a) success, ZDA to make good
imeti uspèh pri čem to make a success of something, to make something a success
izkazati se kot uspèh to turn out a success
imeti malo uspèha to meet with little success
imeli smo zelo slab uspèh we didn't do at all well
gledališka igra, predstava je imela velik uspèh the play was a (great) hit, (pogovorno) the play went over big
film je imel velik uspèh the film was a great success
želim vam mnogo uspèha pri vašem prizadevanju I wish you much success in your efforts
skušali so zavzeti mesto, a brez uspèha they tried without any success to take the town
uspèh rodi uspèh, za enim uspèhom pride drugi nothing succeeds like success

V v (kje?) in, at; (kam?) into, to

v šoli (= v zgradbi) in the school, (pri pouku) at school
v šolo to school
v gledališču at the theatre
v 3. nadstopju on the third (3rd) floor, ZDA on the fourth (4th) floor
v Londonu (veliko mesto) in London
v Kamniku (malo mesto) at Kamnik
v London, v Francijo to London, to France
v mestu in town
v inozemstvu, v inozemstvo abroad
izgubljen v temi lost in the dark (ali darkness)
slab v angleščini weak in English
v torek on Tuesday
dvakrat v letu twice a year
v tistem času at that time
v starih časih in ancient times
v novejšem času in recent times
v mojih letih at my age
v pradobi in prehistoric times
v tem trenutku at this moment
v pravem času at the right moment, just in time
pozno v noč late into the night
v roku 10 dni within 10 days
v vojni in miru at war and at peace
v ta namen for this purpose
v imenu... in the name of...
v redu in order
biti v dobrih odnosih s kom to be on good terms with someone
hiša je bila v plamenih the house was on fire
biti v skrajni bedi to be in utter poverty
ste kdaj bili v Londonu? have you ever been to London?
biti v vojni to be at war
dospeti, prispeti v London to arrive in London
hoditi v šolo to go to school
pasti v vodo to fall into the water
ne morem mu tega vbiti v glavo I can't drive it into his head
vreči v koš za odpadke to throw into the wastepaper basket
vreči v zrak to throw into the air
zdrobiti v prah to pulverize, to reduce to dust
živeti v Sloveniji to live in Slovenia
to delo bom končal v roku treh mesecev (v treh mescih) I shall finish this job (ali work, task) within three months

verjétno prislov probably, likely, presumably

prav verjétno in all probability
zelo verjétno, najbolj verjétno most likely, very likely, as likely as not
komaj verjétno most unlikely, hardly likely
več kot verjétno more than likely
ni verjétno, da... it's unlikely that...
ne zdi se verjétno it seems unlikely
to je bolj verjétno that's more likely
zelo verjétno je, da bo deževalo the probability is that it will rain, pogovorno it's probably going to rain
verjétno bo doživel uspeh he will probably succeed
verjétno bom pozabil I may forget, I'm apt to forget
verjétno pojdem I may go
malo verjétno je, da bo prišel he is unlikely to come, pogovorno it's unlikely he'll come

vídeti to see; to get sight of; to notice; (opaziti) to become aware, to perceive

dobro (slabo) vídeti to have good (bad) sight, to have good (bad) eyes
bežno vídeti to get a fleeting glimpse of
nič ni vídeti there is nothing to be seen
na prvi pogled, mižé vídeti (žargon) to see with half an eye
vídeti je zdrav he looks well
vídeti je, da... it seems that...
vídeti v prihodnost to see into the future
vídeti vse zvezde (figurativno, od udarca) to see stars
če prav vidim if my eyes do not deceive me
iz tega se vidi hence it appears
jasno se vidi it is clear
na prvi pogled se vidi you can see at a glance, it is self-evident
vreden, da se vidi worth seeing
sam lahko vidiš you can see it for yourself
malo se vidiva we see little of each other
sam sem to videl I saw it myself
nič ga ni vídeti he is nowhere to be seen
konca vojne še ni vídeti the end of the war is not yet in sight
videl sem smrt od blizu I looked death in the face
mesto se vidi od daleč the town can be seen from far away
videl je že lepše čase he has seen better times
si že kdaj videl kaj takega? did you ever see the like of it?; pogovorno can you beat it?
naj vidim, da vidim! (naj pomislim) let me see!
naj te več ne vidim! don't let me see you again!
rajši vidim, da ne prideš you had better not come
ne vidiš péd pred nosom! you can see no further than the end of your nose
vaš prijatelj je, kot je vídeti (kot vidim) starejši od vas your friend, I find, is older than you
videl sem, kako je padel I saw him fall
bomo videli! we shall see!, wait and see!
bomo že videli we'll see, time will tell
to bomo še (šele) videli that remains to be seen
rad bi to videl! I'd like to see that!
videl bo, kdor bo živel live and learn