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wind up

1. neprehodni glagol
zaključiti
pogovorno končati

he wound up by saying zaključil je (svoj govor) z besedami
he'll wind up in prison on bo končal v ječi; ekonomija napraviti bankrot, bankrotirati, likvidirati se
he wound up by shooting himself nazadnje se je ustrelil

2. prehodni glagol
spraviti v tek, pognati

to be wound up to fury razjeziti se; končati, zaključiti (govor); ekonomija opraviti (affairs posle, zadeve); likvidirati (a company družbo)

work^(*)2 [wə:k]

1. prehodni glagol
delati (na čem), izdel(ov)ati, obdelati; narediti, proizvesti, proizvajati
poetično umetniško izdelati; plesti, tkati, izdelati na statvah; šivati; vesti; oblikovati, (iz)kovati; tiskati; mesiti; kopati (rudo), obdelovati (zemljo)
trgovina poslovati, poslovno potovati (po nekem področju)
sleng prodati; plačati (potovanje) z delom; preiskati, raziskati
matematika izračunati, rešiti (nalogo); vplivati na (koga), nagovarjati (koga)
sleng prevarati, oslepariti; izvesti, uresničiti, izvršiti, povzročiti; streči (topu, stroju); uporabljati (žival) za delo, vpreči; izkoriščati (rudnik); pustiti koga, da težko dela; premikati, poganjati, gnati, goniti

to work o.s. to death ubi(ja)ti se z delom, garati
to work o.s. into s.o.'s favour pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebe
to work o.s. into a rage pobesneti
to work the bellows goniti meh
to work a farm voditi farmo (kmetijo)
to work a change izvršiti, povzročiti spremembo
to work wonders delati čuda (čudeže)
to work one's will uresničiti svojo voljo
can you work the screw loose? lahko zrahljate vijak?
to work (one's way) through college sam se vzdrževati med študijem
my partner works the Liverpool district moj družabnik potuje (poslovno) na področju Liverpoola
to work a slave to death do smrti priganjati sužnja k delu, ubiti ga z delom
servants are not worked now as they were formerly od služinčadi se danes ne zahteva več toliko dela kot nekoč
to work a crane upravljati z žerjavom
to work a coal seam izkoriščati plast premoga
to work a ship upravljati ladjo
to work one's way pot si utreti (napraviti)
these machines are worked by steam te stroje poganja para
it is a good scheme, but can you work it? to je dober načrt, toda, ali ga lahko izvedete?
this belief has worked much evil to verovanje je povzročilo mnogo zla
the candidate works the district kandidat opravlja volilno kampanjo v okrožju
to work one's passage navtika zaslužiti svoj prevoz z delom
to work one's horses priganjati konje k delu
to work one's social relations in business izkoriščati svoje družabne zveze poslovno

2. neprehodni glagol
delati, delovati, biti zaposlen (s čim); baviti se (s čim); truditi se; funkcionirati, posrečiti se, uspeti; razviti se, dozoreti; vreti; biti v pogonu, delati (stroj), prijemati eden v drugega (zobata kolesa); šivati, vesti (vezem); prebijati se (z delom); razvleči se; trzati (se) (obraz); mahati (s čim); težko, z muko se premikati, gibati
navtika križariti; besneti, biti razburkan (morje)
figurativno krčevito delati

to work against time delati v tekmi s časom
to work like a dog (ali horse; ali nigger) delati kot črna živina
my stove works well moja peč dobro dela
your method won't work z vašo metodo ne boste uspeli
I tried but it did not work poskušal sem, a ni se mi posrečilo
the poison began to work strup je začel delovati
to work into a crowd vriniti se v množico
to work loose zrahljati se (vijak itd.)
waves work to and fro valovi so razburkani
to work double tides delati podnevi in ponoči
that won't work with me to ne bo vplivalo name (vžgalo pri meni)

worth² [wə:ɵ] samostalnik
(denarna) vrednost, cena; pomembnost, važnost; notranja vrednost, dobrota, krepost, zaslužnost; ugled, čast, dostojanstvo; (redko) posest, bogastvo

of great worth drag, zelo dragocen
of no worth brez vrednosti
men of worth zaslužni ljudje
penny worth vrednost enega penija
in good worth zastarelo zlepa, brez jeze
three shillings' worth of stamps znamke v vrednosti 3 šilingov
to get the worth of one's money za svoj denar dobiti nekaj enakovrednega
I did not get my money's worth preplačal sem
to have one's money's worth ne preplačati

wrest [rest]

1. samostalnik
povlek, poteg, sunek, hiter obrat; iztrganje, izvitje
glasba kladivce za uglaševanje (harfe)
tehnično razperilo, razvodka

2. prehodni glagol
(s silo) trgati, vleči, z naporom dobiti ali izsiliti
figurativno odvrniti, speljati v stran; skriviti, popačiti (besedilo itd.)

to wrest a living from barren land iz neplodne zemlje z velikim trudom izsiliti svoj vsakdanji kruh (življenjski obstanek)

yank¹ [jæŋk] samostalnik
ameriško, pogovorno nagel, močan poteg, trzaj
škotsko nenaden močan udarec ali sunek
prehodni glagol
hitro ali sunkovito potegniti, iztrgati

the car will yank you home in a jiffy avto vas bo v hipu potegnil domov
he yanked out his knife naglo je izvlekel, potegnil svoj nož
to yank up kvišku potegniti
neprehodni glagol
pogovorno urno se premikati, skakati sem in tja

yes [jes]

1. prislov
da; pač

yes, indeed da, resnično, v resnici
oh, yes o, pač; (vprašalno) res?
Can't you hear me? -- Yes, I can. Me ne morete slišati? -- Pač, morem.
to say yes to s.th. potrditi kaj

2. samostalnik (množina yeses)
(beseda) da

Yes and No vrsta uganke
with a loud yes z glasnim da
to confine oneself to yes and no omejiti se na da in ne
to say yes privoliti, dati svoj da

zakljúčiti to conclude (iz, da... from, that...); to draw a conclusion, to deduce, to infer (iz from); (dokončati) to bring to an end

zakljúčiti se to close
razstava se je zaključila the exhibition has closed
svoj govor je zaključil s temi besedami he concluded his speech with these words
zaključil je sejo he declared the sitting to be at an end
seja je zaključena the sitting is concluded

zakrókati (krokar) (to begin) to croak

zakrókati ves svoj denar (figurativno) to squander all one's money on a life of dissipation, žargon to blue the lot

zapítek shot; (gostilniški račun) bill, score, reckoning

plačati svoj zapítek to pay one's shot
plačati zapítek to stand treat, to pay for all
plačati zapítek za koga to stand someone a drink

zapráviti to waste, (denar) to squander; to fritter away; (razpisano) to spend lavishly, to lavish, to be prodigal with; to dissipate; to throw away (svoj denar one's money)

zapravil je veliko premoženje he squandered a large fortune
zapráviti (svoj) čas to waste one's time
ne zapravljaj časa! don't waste your time!

zapustíti zapúščati to leave; (v oporoki) to will, to bequeath; (pustiti na cedilu) to abandon, to forsake, to desert

zapustíti, zapúščati neizbrisen vtis to leave one's mark (na upon, on)
sluh in vid sta ga zapustila he lost both sight and hearing
zapustila mi je ves svoj denar she bequeathed all her money to me
svoj denar je zapustil neki bolnišnici he left his money to a hospital
delavci so zapustili delo (the) workmen have struck work, (ali are on strike)
zapustíti, zapúščati ljubimca (ljubico) to jilt (ali to reject, to throw over, pogovorno to drop, to ditch) one's lover (one's girl, one's sweetheart)
stražar ne sme zapustíti, zapúščati svojega mesta a sentinel must not desert his post
moči ga zapuščajo he is sinking, his health is failing
moči so ga zapustile his strength failed him
zapustíti, zapúščati se (figurativno) to neglect oneself, to grow careless and slovenly

zatrátiti to squander, to waste

zatrátiti svoj čas to waste one's time

zdélati

1. (utruditi) to tire, to fatigue, to wear out

to človeka zdela (pogovorno) it is a strain
ta sprehod nas je res zdelal! that walk did take it out of us!

2. (pri izpitu ipd.) to pass

zdelal je svoj zadnji izpit he has passed his finals
zdélati razred to be promoted (to a higher class), to pass, to get through

znáti to know

znáti na pamet to know by heart
dobro znáti kaj to be A1 at something
ne znam angleško I cannot speak English, I do not know English
znate francosko? do you know French?
znaš igrati šah? can you play chess?
on misli, da vse zna he thinks he knows everything
on zna brati grško he can read Greek
znaš dobro današnjo lekcijo? do you know your lesson for today well?
tega si ne znam razložiti I don't know what to make of it (ali of this)
zelo dobro znáti lekcijo to have the lesson at one's fingertips
ona zna vsaj (najmanj) 5 jezikov she knows at least five languages
znáti (spoznati se na) svoj posel to know one's own business, (žargon) to know one's onions, (pogovorno) to know the ropes, to know what's what

zrcálo mirror; looking glass; glass; medicina speculum, pl -s, -la

ogledovati se v zrcálou to look at oneself in the glass
od blizu gledati, strmeti v zrcálo to peer into the glass
videti svoj odsev v zrcálou to see one's repection in the glass
zrcálo med dvema oknoma pier glass
beneško zrcálo Venetian mirror
trojno zrcálo triple mirror
omara z zrcálom wardrobe with a mirror

zvíšati to raise, to increase; (hišo, zid) to raise, to heighten

zvíšati poslopje za eno nadstropje to raise a building by a storey (ZDA story)
zvíšati cene to raise prices
zvíšati (svoj) glas to raise one's voice
zvíšati kazen pravo to increase a sentence
zvíšati temperaturo to raise the temperature
zvíšati (svojo) hitrost to increase one's speed
desetkrat zvíšati to increase tenfold

zvíti to fold, to roll; to furl; (skriviti) to curve, to bend, to crook, to contort

zvíti odejo (preprogo) to roll up a blanket (a carpet)
zvíti si cigareto to roll a cigarette
zvíti (svoj) dežnik to fold one's umbrella
zvíti jadra to furl the sails
nogo si je zvil he wrenched his foot, he twisted his foot
zvíti si gleženj to wrench (ali to twist) one's ankle
zvíti se od bolečine to writhe in pain
zvíti se skozi goščavo to wriggle one's way through a thicket
vročina je zvila knjigi platnice the heat has warped the cover of the book
jež se je zvil v klobčič the hedgehog rolled itself into a ball

želéti to desire, to want; to wish; to be desirous (of), to long for

zelo želéti to long, to yearn, to thirst, to crave, to hunger (after), to be dying for
želéti lahko noč (zbogom) to bid good night (goodbye)
kaj želite od mene? what do you want from me?
ali želiš, da on pride? do you want him to come?
on želi dobiti to mesto he wants to get that post
želite, gospod? (v trgovini) what can I do for you, sir?
želéti komu dobro (slabo) to be well (ill) disposed to someone
želéti si to long for, to yearn for
zelo si želéti domov to long for one's home
želel si je vesti od svoje družine he longed for news of his family
vsi želimo, da bi se kmalu vzpostavil mir we all wish that peace may soon be restored
želéti komu srečo to wish someone luck, to wish someone, well
kakor želite as you please, just as you wish
tega ne bi še psu želel! (ZDA) it shouldn't happen to a dog!
želim van srečno novo leto! I wish you a happy New Year!
želim ti vse najboljše k rojstnemu dnevu! many happy returns of the day!
kaj si želiš za svoj rojstni dan? what would you like for your birthday?
hoteti in želéti je dvoje, ni isto willing and wishing are not the same thing

žèp pocket; (za uro) fob

našit žèp patch pocket
poln žèp pocketful
zračni žèp aeronavtika air pocket
imeti prazen žèp (figurativno) to have pockets to let
ki se lahko spravi v žèp pocketable
žèp za revolver hip pocket
bočni žèp side pocket
hlačni žèp trouser pocket
žèp pri krilu placket
prsni žèp breast pocket
žèp pri telovniku waistcoat pocket
notranji žèp (suknjiča) inside breast-pocket
plačati iz lastnega žèpa to pay out of one's own pocket
poznam ga kot svoj lastni žèp I know him through and through
seči globoko v žèp to dig deep in one's pocket
vtakniti koga v svoj mali žèp (figurativno) to run rings round someone
on bi te v mali žèp spravil (figurativno, ti nisi nič proti njemu) he would run rings round you