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stay² [stéi]

1. prehodni glagol
(za)ustaviti, zadržati, preprečiti, ovirati (napredek, razvoj)
pravno ustaviti, odgoditi (postopek); poravnati (prepir); (trenutno) potešiti, ublažiti (glad, nestrpnost); zadovoljiti (željo)
pogovorno ostati (vse) do, ostati za

2. neprehodni glagol
ostati; stati, mirovati; pričakovati, čakati (for koga, kaj, da)
začasno se zadrževati, muditi se, prebivati (at, in v, with pri)
obstati, ustaviti se, oklevati (v gibanju, v govoru itd.); biti na obisku (with pri)
šport vzdržati do konca, vztrajati; (redko) počivati, nehati; (redko) trdno stati

to stay at a hotel ložirati v hotelu
to stay at home ostati doma
he is staying in London sedaj se mudi v Londonu
to stay the execution odgoditi prisilno izvršbo (rubežen)
to come to stay pogovorno priti z namenom za popolno nastanitev (naselitev); ustaliti se
to stay a judg(e)ment odložiti izvršitev sodbe
the horse stays 3 miles konj vzdrži tri milje
will you stay dinner? boste ostali pri večerji?
he stayed with me for a month bil je moj gost mesec dni
to stay the night ostati čez noč, prenočiti
money won't stay in his hand denar nima obstanka v njegovih rokah, vedno je brez denarja
to stay put ameriško ostati na mestu, ostati nespremenjen
to stay the progress of an epidemic ustaviti napredovanje epidemije
this snow has come to stay ta sneg se bo držal, bo dolgo ostal
to stay s.o.'s stomach (začasno) potešiti komu glad, figurativno komu pokvariti tek (apetit)
to stay with it vzdržati to
the word has come to stay beseda je ostala, je prešla v vsakdanji jezik
stay! you forget one thing! stoj! nekaj pozabljaš!

stick-in-the mud [stíkinðəmʌ́d]

1. pridevnik
počasen
figurativno nenapreden, konservativen

2. samostalnik
počasnè, lenuh; nenaprednež, zakrknjen konservativec

Mrs. Stick pogovorno gospa Ta-in-ta

stickler [stíklə] samostalnik
oseba, ki vztraja (zahteva, veliko da) na čem; malenkostnež, nergač, pedant; težaven problem

a great stickler for etiquette oseba, ki ji je mnogo do etikete
stickler over trifles dlakocepec; pedant
that officer is a stickler for obedience ta častnik zahteva brezpogojno pokorščino

stíh line; verse

v stíhih in verse
klen stíh pithy line
katalektičen (nepopoln) stíh catalectic verse
stopica stíha metrical unit, foot
delati, kovati stíhe to versify
ta stíh šepa this is a halting verse

strange [stréindž]

1. pridevnik (strangely prislov)
čuden, nenavaden, redek, presenetljiv, nepričakovan; tuj, nepoznan, neznan, nov (to s.o. komu)
neseznanjen (to s.th. s čim)
nevešč, nevajen (to s.th. česa)
rezerviran, hladen, zadržan, boječ
zastarelo inozemski

a strange face tuj, neznan obraz
a strange remark čudna, nenavadna opazka
strange to say presenetljivo, čudno, za čuda
I am strange here ne poznam tega kraja
to be strange to s.th. ne poznati česa, ne biti vajen česa
he is a strange fellow on je čuden (čuden patron)
he is strange to this kind of work ni vajen tega dela
to feel strange in a place ne se počutiti doma(čega) v kakem kraju
to feel strange čudno, slabo se počutiti (zlasti imeti vrtoglavico, omotico ipd.)
strange that you should not have heard it čudno, da tega niste slišali
I don't like driving a strange car ne šofiram (vozim) rad tujega avtomobila
truth is often stranger than fiction resnica je često bolj presenetljiva kot fikcija
this writing is strange to me ta pisava mi je nepoznana

2. prislov
čudno, nenavadno, svojevrstno

stŕgati to scrape; to grate; (raztrgati) to tear, to rend

stŕgati na dvoje to tear in two
stŕgati na kose to tear to pieces; to tear apart (ali in pieces, arhaično asunder)
stŕgati si obleko na žeblju to tear one's dress on a nail
stŕgati si srajco to tear one's shirt
ta nit se ne bo strgala this thread will not break
stŕgati dol objavo (z deske ipd.) to tear down a notice
stŕgati komu krinko z obraza to unmask someone

strong [strɔŋ]

1. pridevnik
močan, krepak, čvrst, zdrav; žilav, odporen; energičen, odločen, neomajen; živ, živahen, prizadeven, vnet, podjeten; bister, pameten, prenikav, nadarjen. (za); izrazit; prepričljiv, tehten; vpliven; alkoholen, močan (pijača); ki ima šanse za uspeh (kandidat); hud (veter), smrdljiv, žaltav
slovnica krepak (glagol)
trgovina trajen, soliden, trpežen, stalen
vojska številen, močan po številu
agronomija rodoviten
zastarelo sramoten, škandalozen; ogorčen (boj)

the strong mogočne, vplivne osebe, na katerih strani je moč (oblast)
strong argument tehten, prepričljiv argument
strong as a horse močan kot konj
by the strong arm (hand) s silo
strong breath neprijeten duh iz ust
strong butter žarko, žaltavo maslo
strong cheese oster, močno dišeč sir
strong face energičen obraz
strong flavour oster, neprijeten okus
strong language robato govorjenje, psovke, kletvice
a strong market trgovina ustaljen trg (tržišče)
strong meat težka hrana; figurativno tisto, kar morejo razumeti le zelo pametni ljudje
strong memory dober spomin
strong measures ostre, drastične mere (ukrepi)
strong mind pametna glava, bister um
a strong nose markanten, izrazit nos
the stronger sex močnejši (moški) spol
a strong proof prepričljiv dokaz
to be strong on imeti (kaj) za važno, živahno sodelovati pri (čem)
he is as strong as a horse močan je kot konj (bik)
to be strong in the purse imeti mnogo denarja
he is strong in mathematics on je dober matematik
to have a strong hold upon (over) imeti veliko moč (oblast, vpliv) na
how strong were they? koliko jih je bilo (po številu)?
to take strong measures privzeti energične ukrepe
that is too strong! ta je pa prehuda!
to use strong language robato, grobo se izražati, preklinjati, psovati

2. prislov
močno, zelo energično; izrecno, silno

I am strong against further concessions sem odločno proti nadaljnjim koncesijam
to come (to go) it rather strong sleng iti v skrajnost, pretiravati
to be going strong sleng dobro uspevati (iti), biti v dobri formi
to come out strong figurativno pošteno se lotiti (česa)
he feels strong about it to mu je pri srcu; vznemirja se zaradi tega

strúžiti to turn; to plane

ta les se dobro struži this wood turns well

stuff¹ [stʌf] samostalnik
snov; material, masa; surovina; predmet, stvar; gradivo, snov; hrana, pijača; (volneno) blago, sukno, tkanina; roba
domačno lek, zdravilo, zdravila; nič vredna stvar, izmeček; stavbni les; nadev (za pečenko); (časnikarstvo) rokopis, (časopisni) članek
figurativno sposobnost, zmožnost, (dobra) lastnost
figurativno nesmisel, neumnost, bedastoča

the stuff pogovorno gotovina; tisto, kar je pravo
stuff and nonsense! kakšen nesmisel!
doctor's stuff zdravilo
food stuff živila, proviant
garden stuff, green stuff zelenjava, povrtnina
household stuff zastarelo hišna posoda, pohištvo
inch stuff eno colo debele deske
thick stuff nad štiri cole debele deske
hot stuff sleng duhovit (energičen, spreten, pripraven) človek; opolzka knjiga ali gledališka igra
none of your stuff! nehaj že s svojimi neumnostmi!
silk stuff svilena tkanina
this book is sorry stuff ta knjiga ni počenega groša vredna (je za v koš)
don't talk such a stuff! ne govori takih bedastoč!
to know one's stuff pogovorno spoznati se (na svoje stvari)
do your stuff! pokaži, kaj znaš!
he has written some first-rate stuff napisal je nekaj prvovrstnih stvari
that is the stuff to give him figurativno tako je treba z njim govoriti (ravnati)

such [sʌč]

1. pridevnik
takšen, tak; (pred pridevnikom) takó; podoben; (za samostalnikom v množini) kot (as na primer)
tako velik, zelo velik, izreden
pravno zgoraj navedeni, omenjeni

such a takšen
such as takšen kot, tak kot
such a(n) one zastarelo tak in tak, nekdo, neki
Mr. such and such g. Ta in Ta
such being the case ker je stvar tako, ker je takó
such a day! kakšen dan!
such another disaster še ena takšna nesreča
in such or such a place na tem ali onem mestu
no such thing nič takega, ni govora o tem
such was not my idea tega nisem mislil
there are such things take stvari se dogajajo
they gave us such a fright tako so nas prestrašili
we had such sport imenitno smo se zabavali
he said he had lost his way, or some such thing rekel je, da je bil zašel, ali nekaj takega
no such thing as a room was to be had in the whole town v celem mestu ni bilo mogoče najti eno samo sobo
do you think she will believe you? no such thing! mislite, da vam bo verjela? Kje pa! (Kaj še! Ni govora o tem!)
such master, such servant kakršen gospodar, takšen sluga

2. prislov
takó

such a nice day tako lep dan

3. zaimek
takšen, neki takšen
pogovorno isti
trgovina & vulgarno zgoraj omenjeni

arhaično & poetično such as tisti, ki; kdor; vsi
as such kot tak(šen)
all such vsi takšni
and such (like) in takšni, podobni
such or such of ta ali oni od
such as believe that are mistaken tisti, ki to verjamejo, se varajo (motijo)
he is a fool, but I am not such on je bedak, jaz pa nisem
I have a car I can lend you, such as it is imam avto, ki vam ga lahko posodim, kaj prida pa ni

suit² [sju:t] prehodni glagol
obleči, oblačiti, krasiti, opremiti; prilagoditi (to čemu)
pristajati, prilegati se, ustrezati, biti v skladu z, biti primeren; prijati, goditi, biti po volji; zadovoljiti

to suit o.s. napraviti po svoje
neprehodni glagol
pristajati, podati se, ustrezati (with čemu)
zadovoljiti, prijati

I am suited našel sem, kar mi je po volji
suit yourself napravi, kar hočeš
this book is not suited to (ali for) children ta knjiga ni primerna za otroke
to suit one's action to one's words uskladiti svoje početje s svojimi besedami, takoj izvršiti grožnjo itd.
that suits my book figurativno to mi ustreza, mi je prav
it suits my book that... prav mi pride, da...
does it suit you to come tomorrow? vam je prav, če pridete jutri?
this dress suits you well ta obleka se ti lepo poda
he is hard to suit njemu je težko ustreči
the frame does not suit with the picture okvir se ne sklada s sliko
he is not suited for (ali to be) a teacher on ni primeren za učiteljski poklic
this will suit my requirements to bo ustrezalo mojim zahtevam, to bo (kot nalašč) zame
to suit one's style of living to one's means prilagoditi svoj način življenja svojim sredstvom
wine does not suit me vino mi ne prija, vina ne prenesem

summon [sʌ́mən] prehodni glagol
pozvati; pozvati (mesto) k predaji; poslati po (koga), poklicati k sebi, citirati (koga); sklicevati (konferenco)
pravno pozvati pred sodišče
figurativno zbrati (moči)

to summon Parliament sklicati parlament
he summoned all his strength zbral je vse svoje moči
in the midst of his work he was summoned figurativno sredi svojega dela je umrl
this sight summoned the blood to my face ta pogled mi je pognal kri v obraz

suplírati to be on supply, to deputize (for); to act as substitute; to take the place of

ta učitelj suplira drugega this teacher is on supply

surpass [sə:pá:s] prehodni glagol
prekašati, prekositi, nadkriliti, presegati, biti nad (kom, čem)

he surpasses everybody in skill on prekaša vse v spretnosti (pripravnosti)
misery that surpasses description beda, ki se ne da popisati
this task surpassed his power ta naloga je presegala njegove moči

susceptible [səséptibl] pridevnik (susceptibly prislov)
občutljiv, hitro užaljen, dovzeten, sprejemljiv, nagnjen (to, of k)
podvržen; (predikativno) dovoljujoč, ki dovoljuje

susceptible to flatteries dovzeten za laskanje
susceptible to infections občutljiv, nagnjen k infekcijam
susceptible of improvements ki se da izboljšati
to be susceptible of (to) dopuščati
this is not susceptible of proof to se ne da dokazati
this sentence is susceptible of another interpretation ta stavek dopušča tudi drugačno razlago

sweet¹ [swi:t]

1. pridevnik (sweetly prislov)
sladek; (mleko, maslo) svež, nepokvarjen; (vonj) prijeten, blag, dišeč; (zvok) melodiozen, skladen, miloglasen, prijeten; (spanje itd.) sladek, osvežilen, krepilen; prijazen, ljubezniv (to do)
pogovorno mil, dražesten, ljubek, sladek
pogovorno gladek, miren, brez truda

at one's own sweet will po svoji mili volji, po svoji glavi
a sweet one sleng krepak udarec
sweet breath svež, prijeten duh (iz ust)
a sweet tooth figurativno sladkosnednost
a sweet going gladka vožnja (na dobri cesti)
sweet and twenty "očarljiva dvajsetletnica"
my sweet one! moj ljubi!
to be sweet on s.o. pogovorno biti zaljubljen v koga, nor za kom
to be sweet with dišati po
this fish is not quite sweet ta riba ni čisto sveža
to have a sweet taste imeti sladek okus
to have a sweet tooth figurativno biti sladkosneden
to keep s.o. sweet dobro se razumeti (shajati) s kom

2. prislov

to smell sweet blago dišati
to taste sweet imeti sladek okus

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

škóda damage; harm, detriment, prejudice; injury; arhaično scathe; (izguba) loss

v mojo škódo to my detriment
v škódo, na škódo koga to the prejudice of someone; to the detriment of someone
na škódo zdravja to the detriment of (one's) health
kakšna škóda! what a pity!
tisočkrat škóda it is a thousand pities!
velika (majhna) škóda heavy (light) damage
delna škóda partial damage
popolna škóda total damage
zanemarljiva škóda negligible damage
več škóde kot koristi more harm than good
ocenitev škóde assessment of damage
vojna škóda war damage
zavarovanje proti škódi insurance against damages
povračilo škóde indemnification, indemnity
škóda (je) zanj (= da smo ga izgubili) it is a pity that we have lost him, he is greatly missed
škóda je it is a pity
zelo škóda je it is a thousand pities
prav škóda je, da... it is much to be regretted that...
kako škóda, da tega niste rekli prej! what a pity you did not say so beforehand!
škóda je je za to she is too good for that
škóda, da niste mogli priti too bad (that) you couldn't come
nobene škóde ni bilo there is no harm done
biti obsojen na povrnitev škóde to have damages awarded against one
ta škóda se mora popraviti this damage must be repaired
popraviti škódo to make good a loss, to repair a loss
povzročiti škódo to cause a loss
jamčiti za škódo to guarantee against loss
kriti škódo to cover a loss
ugotoviti škódo to ascertain the damage
prizadeti komu škódo to inflict damage on someone
oceniti škódo to estimate the damage
prodajati v svojo škódo to sell under prime cost, to sell at a loss
utrpeti škódo, biti na škódi to suffer damage (ali injury, loss), to lose, to be a loser, to come off a loser
zaradi malenkostne koristi utrpeti škódo to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
oceniti (poprečno) škódo pri prometni nesreči to adjust an average
škóda človeka izmodri you learn from your mistakes

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

tear^*3 [tɛ́ə] prehodni glagol
(raz)trgati; razkosati; pretrgati, prekiniti; iztrgati, izpuliti; vleči, natezati; odtrgati (from od)

to tear one's finger raniti si prst
to tear one's dress on a nail strgati si obleko na žeblju
to tear in two raztrgati na dvoje
to tear a page out of the book iztrgati list iz knjige
to tear open odpreti z raztrganjem, raztrgati
to tear s.th. from s.o. iztrgati komu kaj
to tear one's hair (iz)puliti si lase
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose, razkosati
to tear one's shirt raztrgati si srajco
to be torn between hope and despair biti razdvojen (kolebati) med upanjem in obupom
neprehodni glagol
(po)vleči (at za)
močno potegniti (at za)
(raz)trgati se; pretrgati se; prekiniti se, pokati
pogovorno drveti, dirjati, divje hiteti, leteti (through skozi)
pogovorno divjati, besneti

this thread will not tear ta nit se ne bo strgala
the children were tearing about the road otroci so se podili sem in tja po cesti
he tore down the hill zdrvel je po hribu navzdol