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pót¹ -í way, (steza) path, footpath, trail; (cesta) road, street; (utrta) track, walk; (planeta) orbit, course; (smer) route, course; (potovanje) (splošno) travel, (peš) march, (po kopnem) journey, trip, (po morju) voyage, crossing, passage

prepovedana pót! no thoroughfare!, (čez tuje zemljišče) trespassers will be prosecuted!, no trespassing!, keep out, private!
srečno pót! a pleasant journey!, arhaično God speed you!, (ironično, neprijetnemu gostu) good riddance
to pót (tokrat) this time
vsaki pót each time
božja pót (romanje) pilgrimage
pót nazaj return journey, pogovorno the way back
pót domov homeward journey, journey home, pogovorno the way home
pót po morju voyage
javna pót public road
jahalna, jezdna pót bridle path
gozdna pót forest road
križev pót religija Way of the Cross, figurativno via dolorosa
prečna pót crossroad
neravna pót bumpy road
neutrjena pót gravel road
shojena pót beaten track
trnova pót thorny path
vodna pót waterway
vozna pót carttrack, cart-road
uporabna pót serviceable road, thoroughfare
zaprta pót closed path (ali way)
ob póti by the roadside
preko póti over the way, across the road
na pol póta halfway, midway
po mirni, prijateljski póti in a friendly manner, amicably
na vsej póti od... all the way from...
biti na napačni póti to be on the wrong road ali track, to lose one's way
biti na slabi póti (figurativno) to lead a wicked life
biti na póti (potovanju) to travel, to journey, (poslovno) to be on te road
biti na dobri póti (do uspeha) to be well on the road (to success), (o stvari) to be working out well
ta pót je neprehodna, nemogoča this road is impassable, there is no through road
biti sredi póti to be halfway on one's journey
biti na najlepši póti, da... to be well on the way to...
utreti pót za... to pave the way for...
otrok je na póti (figurativno) there is a baby on the way
njen je na póti (= noseča je) she is expecting (a child), she is with child, pogovorno she is in the family way
biti komu na póti to be in someone's way, to stand in someone's light
on mi je na póti he is in my way
pót je prosta the way is clear (za koga for someone)
on je na póti v X. he is on his way to X.
biti na pravi póti to be on the right track, pogovorno to be on the ball
iti po (isti) póti nazaj to turn back
iti komu s póti to get out of someone's way (ali to shun someone, avoid someone)
iti rakovo pót to go backward
iti svojo pót to go one's own way
iti na pót to set out (ali forth, off) (on one's way), to embark upon a journey, to start out, (v tujino) to go abroad; to be bound for
iti po najkrajši póti v... to make a bee-line...
šli so vsak svojo pót they went their respective ways
krčiti si, utirati si pót to cut (ali to carve) one's way, to plough one's way through, to remove obstacles
napraviti pót komu to make way for someone
narediti, utreti pót (figurativno) to pave the way, to blaze a trail, to be a pioneer ali trailblazer
s silo si napraviti pót to force (ali to fight) one's way
kazati, voditi pót to lead the way
polena komu na pót metati (figurativno) to place difficulties in someone's way
našel bom sredstva in póti I shall find ways and means
izgubiti (najti) pót to lose (to find) one's way
pót si prihraniti (figurativno) to save shoe leather
napravite prosto pót! make way!
moramo pustiti, da gre stvar svojo pót we must let matters take their course
dobro poznati pót to know every bump (ali twist and turn) in the road
priti pol póti komu naproti to meet someone halfway
spraviti koga s póti (figurativno, na oni svet) to kill, (žargon) to bump someone off
utreti si pót skozi... to force one's way through (robidje the brambles)
ustaviti se na pol póta to stop halfway
vprašati za pót to ask one's way
vrniti se po isti póti nazaj (obrniti se) to retrace one's steps
pošteno (krepko) vzeti pót pod noge to put one's best foot forward
zaiti na krivo pót to take the wrong road ali path ali turning

potato [pətéitou] samostalnik
krompir
ameriško, sleng "tikva", glava
ameriško, sleng dolar

French fried potatoes pommes frittes
ameriško, pogovorno small potatoes malenkost, nepomembni ljudje
he thinks himself no small potato zelo je nadut
sleng quite the potato v redu stvar
not quite the clean potato ne čisto neoporečen človek
to drop s.th. like a hot potato odvreči kaj, od strahu spustiti kaj na tla

potêči (miniti, rok) to expire, to run out, to elapse, to lapse

kako je stvar potekla? how did things turn out?
nesrečno potêči to take an unfortunate turn
rok je že potekel time has already run out, pogovorno time's up

povòj bandage; (plenica) swaddling clothes pl; swathe

povòji ZDA swaddles pl
filozofija je bila takrat še v povòjih philosophy was then still in its infancy
stvar je še v povòjih the business is still in its early stages

pravíčen just (do to); righteous; equitable; rightful; impartial

pravíčen (korekten) postopek just dealings pl
pravíčna stvar a rightful cause

premíslek reflection, reflexion

po premísleku upon reflection, on second thoughts
po zrelem, resnem premísleku after due reflection, upon serious reflection
po novem premísleku odločiti to decide after second thoughts
čas za premíslek time to think things over
ta stvar, zadeva je potrebna premísleka this matter needs reflection
dati komu čas za premíslek to give someone time to think it over

premísliti to think, to think over, to reflect, to consider; to deliberate; to take thought; to ponder upon; to reconsider; to weigh the pros and cons; (figurativno) to chew the cud

naj malo premislim! let me see!
premislil bom o tem I'll think it (ali the matter) over
dajte, da premislim! give me time to think!
dobro kaj premísliti to think twice about something
še enkrat stvar premísliti to give the matter second thoughts
premisli preko noči! sleep on it!
premislil je, preden je odgovoril he took thought before replying
potem ko sem dobro premislil... on second thoughts...
ko sem znova premislil, sem uvidel, da nimam prav after further thought I saw I was wrong
premísliti si (se) to change one's mind, to alter one's mind, to think better of (it)

premléti to grind (up)

premléta fraza a hackneyed phrase
premléta stvar an old story

pričéti pričénjati to begin; to commence; to start

pričéti, pričénjati se to begin
narobe pričéti, pričénjati to make a bad start
pričéti, pričénjati peti to start singing, to burst into song
pričéti, pričénjati pogajanja to enter into negotiations
pričéti, pričénjati pri sebi to begin at home
pričéti, pričénjati neko stvar to start on a thing
da (najprej) pričnemo... to begin with... ➞ začeti

propásti to decay, to disintegrate, to fall in ruins, to go to rack and ruin; (trgovec) to go bankrupt; (ne uspeti) to fall through, to prove a failure, to fail, to prove abortive, to miscarry; (pri volitvah) to be unsuccessful, to be rejected

propásti s svojo prošnjo to meet with a refusal
predlog je propadel the motion was rejected
načrt je propadel the project fell through (ali came to naught)
stvar je propadla the thing has fallen through
sedaj smo propadli now we are sunk

pull¹ [pul] samostalnik
potegljaj, poteg, vlečenje, vlek
tehnično vlečna sila; privlačnost, sila privlačnosti; požirek, dušek; ročaj, držaj (zvonca); veslanje, zavesljaj
šport (golf, kriket) udarec, zamah (poševno, zlasti na levo); zadrževanje (konja z vajetmi); utrjujajoč vzpon, velik napor (long pull)
prednost (of, on, over pred)
sleng vpliv, zveze, protekcija (with)
tisk (poskusni) odtis

a long pull uphill težek vzpon
the long pull presežek, dodatek k plači
a heavy pull on s.o.'s purse draga stvar
to go for a pull iti veslat
it is a hard pull to je naporna stvar
to have the pull of s.o. imeti prednost pred kom
to have a pull with s.o. imeti vpliv na koga, imeti protekcijo pri kom
tisk to take a pull napraviti odtis
to take a pull at the bottle cukniti ga iz steklenice
to give a pull at povleči, potegniti kaj

pustíti (dopustiti) to allow, to permit, to suffer, to yield, not to mind, not to hinder; to let; (opustiti) to give up (ali over), to leave off; to desist from, to abstain from, to refrain from, to forbear; (zapustiti) to leave, to quit, to relinquish, to abandon, to forsake; (izpustiti, spustiti) to let go, to let fly, to let loose; (prenehati, nehati) to drop, to cease, to omit

pustíti delo (o delavcu) to strike, to go on strike, to come out (on strike)
ne pustíti not to allow, not to permit, not to suffer (ali tolerate), to prevent, to hinder
pustíti koga na cedilu to leave someone in the lurch, to forsake someone, to abandon someone
pusti to! leave it alone!, let it be!
pusti to meni! leave it to me!
pusti me pri miru! leave (ali let) me alone!
pusti, naj gre stvar svojo pot! let it take its course!
pusti to tu! leave that here!
pustite ga noter! let him come in!; let him in!
pustite mi, da premislim! let me think it over!
pusti vrata odprta! leave the door open!
pustimo to za prihodnjič! we will leave that for the next time!
pustite me samega! leave me alone!
pustimo to in govorimo o čem drugem! let's drop it and talk of something else!
mi lahko pustite te dokumente dan ali dva? can you let me have those documents for a day or two?
pustil se je oslepariti he let himself be taken in
pusti si časa za premislek! leave yourself time to think!
to me pusti hladnega it leaves me cold
pustil je, da so ga pretepli he let them beat him
pustíti za seboj to leave behind
moral sem pustíti denarnico doma I must have left my purse at home
pustil je vse druge tekmovalce daleč za seboj he has outdistanced (ali has outstripped) all the other competitors
pustíti si rasti brado to grow a beard
pustíti koga v negotovosti to keep (ali to hold) someone in suspense
pustíti iz vida to lose sight of
pustíti koga čakati (pol ure) to keep someone waiting (for half an hour)
pustíti komu proste roke glede... to let someone have a free hand as regards...
ne more pustíti pijače he cannot break himself of the habit of drinking
pustíti si svetovati to listen to advice
pustíti pri starem to stick to the old ways
to se mu mora pustíti you have to grant him that
pusti, da luč gorí leave the light on!
ne se pustíti videti to keep out of sight
živeti in pustíti živeti! live and let live!
ali pusti ali vzemi! take it or leave it!
pustite dve prazni vrsti! leave two lines blank (ali blank lines)!
je oče pustil kako sporočilo? has Father left a message?
računam nate, zato me ne puščaj na cedilu! I count on you, so don't let me down!
pusti, da kdo drug opravi to! (figurativno) ZDA let George do it!
pustíti stroje teči to let the engines rip
pusti te stvari, kakor so! leave these things as they are!
pustil sem, da je avto drvel s polno hitrostjo (pogovorno) I let her rip
pustíti vprašanje odprto to leave the question open

put up

1. prehodni glagol
dvigniti (roko, zastavo, jadra itd.); obesiti (sliko, zastor); nalepiti (plakat); razpeti (dežnik); postaviti (šotor)
pogovorno fingirati, izmisliti (a put up job naprej domenjena stvar, prevara)
pomoliti se, zahvaliti se (bogu); sprejeti gosta, vzeti pod streho, prenočiti; shraniti, spraviti; zaviti, zložiti, paketirati (in v)
vtakniti (meč) v nožnico; konservirati, vkuhati, vložiti (sadje); pripraviti zdravilo (v lekarni)
gledališče uprizoriti (igro); postaviti, predlagati (kandidata); ponuditi, dati v prodajo; zvišati (ceno); spoditi, splašiti, pregnati iz brloga (divjad); dati na oklice; plačati; staviti, zastaviti (na stavi); napeljati, nagovoriti, naščuvati (to k)

2. neprehodni glagol
nastaniti se, ustaviti se pri kom (at)
kandidirati, potegovati se (for za)
plačati (for za)
sprijazniti se s čim, prenašati, mirno sprejeti (with)

sleng to put s.o.'s back up užaliti, zjeziti koga
to put up a fight dobro se upirati, dobro se boriti
to put up a front pretvarjati se
to put up for sale dati v prodajo
to put up the shutters zapreti trgovino
to put s.o. up to nagovoriti koga k čemu, poučiti koga
to put up to s.o. prepustiti komu odločitev
to put up with prenašati, potrpeti, zadovoljiti se s čim

quantity [kwɔ́ntiti] samostalnik
kvantiteta, kolikost, množina, število, velikost
glasba, slovnica relativna dolžina glasov, zlogov

unknown quantity uganka (človek, stvar)
negligible quantity nepomembna oseba (stvar)
in large quantities v velikih množinah, količinah
bill of quantities proračun gradbenih stroškov
ekonomija quantity discount popust na količino
ekonomija quantity production množična, serijska produkcija

queen¹ [kwi:n] samostalnik
kraljica, vladarica (tudi figurativno)
kraljica (šah), dama (karta)
zoologija matica (pri čebelah)

queen consort kraljeva žena
queen dowager kraljica vdova
queen mother kraljica mati
queen of the Adriatic Benetke
queen of hearts lepotica
Queen Anne is dead! to je že stara stvar
in the reign of queen Dick nikoli
Queen's English pravilna, čista angleščina
britanska angleščina queen's weather sončen dan

quite [kwáit] prislov
popolnoma, čisto, docela; resnično, zares (quite a gentleman)
precej, ravno, prav, zelo

quite a precej, zares
quite a few veliko, mnogo
quite other čisto drugačen
quite the thing prava stvar, kot je treba, primeren
not quite proper ne ravno primeren
Oh quite!; ali quite so! res je, se strinjam
she (he) isn't quite ni prava dama (ni pravi gospod)

rare [rɛ́ə] pridevnik
redek, nepogosten; sporadičen; izjemen, izreden, nenavaden; slab, tanek, razredčen
pogovorno odličen, izvrsten, sijajen, dragocen
pogovorno silno, strašno
sleng ne dovolj pečen, še krvav

rare and hungry strašno, zelo lačen
a rare book redka knjiga
rare fun nadvse smešna stvar
a rare good sign zelo dobro znamenje
it is rare(ly) that he comes on redko(kdaj) pride

razčístiti to clarify; figurativno to clear up, to disentangle, to solve, to elucidate

razčístiti nesporazum to clear up a misunderstanding
razčístiti se to become clear
razčístiti situacijo to clarify the situation
razčístiti stvar s kom to have it out with someone

raznésti ➞ raznašati; (eksplozija) to explode, to burst, to blow up

vročina je raznesla steklenico the heat burst the bottle
stvar se je raznesla the thing has got out (ali is being noised abroad)

razvédeti se to be learned; to come to light; to leak out; to become known

skrivnost se je razvedela the secret leaked out
včeraj se je razvedelo it was learned yesterday
stvar se je razvedela (news of) the matter got (ali leaked) out