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mozaík mosaic; mosaic work; tessellation

okrasiti z mozaíkom to mosaic
izdelovalec mozaíkov mosaicist

móž man, pl men

velik (visok) móž a tall man, (figurativno) a great man; (soprog) husband
kot en móž (enoglasno) as one man
móž proti móžu (bližinski) hand-tohand
borba móža proti móžu hand-to-hand struggle
slamnati móž (figura, statist) man of straw, dummy
divji móž wild man of the woods
povodni móž water sprite
do zadnjega móža (= vsi) to the last man, (all) to a man
padli so (v boju) do zadnjega móža they perished to a man
pravi móž na pravem mestu the right man in the right job (ali place)
vsi možje brez izjeme every man jack
priti, naleteti na pravega móža to come to the right man
biti le pol móža (figurativno) to be only a half man
izkazati se za móža to play the man, (ne se ustrašiti) to stand up to it like a man
dvigniti se kot en móž to rise like one man
pokaži, da si móž! show yourself a man!, show us what you're made of!
govorita kot móž móžu! let us have a man-to-man talk!
biti móž beseda to keep one's word, to be a man of one's word
on je móž beseda he is a man of his word
ladja se je potopila z vsemi móžmí na krovu the ship went down (ali sank) with all hands
móž jo tepe, kadar je pijan her husband (ali man) beats her when he is drunk

možgáni brain, brains pl; intelligence

mali možgáni little (ali hinder) brain, cerebellum
beg možgánov (figurativno) brain drain
pretres možgánov concussion of the brain
mehčanje možgánov softening of the brain
vnetje možgánov brain fever
telečji možgáni z jajcem calf's brains with egg
on je brez možgánov (figurativno) he is addlebrained, addlepated
on ima glavo brez možgánov he is a brainless (ali a hare-brained) fellow
napenjati možgáne to rack (ali to busy, to cudgel) one's brain
prati komu možgáne (figurativno) to brainwash someone
elektronski možgáni electronic brain
pranje možgánov brainwashing

móžnar (topič; posoda) mortar

obstreljevati z móžnarjem to mortar

mŕdati (se) to grimace; to pull faces; to make grimaces

mŕdati z nosom to turn up one's nose (nad čim at something)

mréna¹ membrane; thin skin

mréna na očeh medicina cataract
možganska mréna membrane of the brain, meninges
trebušna mréna peritoneum
prsna mréna pleura
rebrna mréna (costal) pleura
vnetje prsne mréne pleuritis, pleurisy
mréna mi je padla z oči (figurativno) the veil has dropped from my eyes, I see it all now, (razočaranje) disillusioned (ali disenchanted)

mŕzličen feverish; feverous

z mŕzlično naglico with feverish haste
delati z mŕzlično naglico to work at white heat

muck² [mʌk] prehodni glagol
gnojiti
vulgarno zamazati
britanska angleščina, sleng pokvariti posel

to muck about britanska angleščina, sleng postopati, lenariti; ameriško, sleng slabo voditi (vojsko)
to muck in with deliti s kom
to muck up pokvariti, z nerodnostjo uničiti
to muck out izkidati gnoj

múčiti to torture; to torment; to rack; to inflict pain on, to martyr; to maltreat; (bolečina) to hurt, to ail; (v šoli) to bully, to intimidate; (dražiti z varljivimi upi) to tantalize; (nadlegovati, jeziti) to bother, to worry, to vex, to plague, to tease, to grieve, to harass

skrbi jo mučijo she is tormented with worry
muči ga protin he is a martyr to gout
muči me misel na... I am uneasy (ali anxious) about...
do smrti múčiti to martyr
múčiti se (z delom) to labour, to slave, to toil, to moil, to toil and moil; to be at pains; to take pains, to make efforts, to strive hard, to struggle; to trouble oneself
múčiti se navkreber, v hrib to toil up the hill
múčiti se kot črna živina to drudge
muči se na žive in mrtve he is working himself to death

múha zoologija fly; figurativno (muhavost) caprice, whim, freak, fancy, vagary, crotchet, bee in one's bonnet

cece múha tseste, tsetse fly
domača múha common housefly
konjska múha horsefly
mesarska múha flesh fly, blowfly, bluebottle
španska múha Spanish fly, cantharis, pl cantharides
umetna múha (kot vaba) fly, (za ribolov) dry fly, hackle fly, hackle, grey-drake, ZDA tail fly
múha na strelnem orožju sight, bead
opikan od múh fly-bitten
onesnažen od múh flyblown
biti od múh (biti nič vreden) to be of no use, to be good for nothing, to be a dead loss
na múho vzeti (figurativno) to take aim (kaj at something)
iz múhe slona narediti (figurativno) to make a mountain out of a molehill, to make mountains out of molehills
s kolom múhe pobijati (figurativno) to break a fly on the wheel
čudne múhe mu rojijo po glavi he's got bats in the belfry
lahkó bi bili slišali múho leteti (taka tišina je bila) you could have heard a pin drop
ubiti dve múhi z enim udarcem to kill two birds with one stone
v sili hudič múhe žre (figurativno) beggars can't be choosers, half a loaf is better than no bread

múla zoologija mule; figurativno sulks pl, sulk, sulking

majhna múla hinny
trmast kot múla (as) obstinate as a mule
jezditi na múli to go on (ali by) muleback
múlo kuhati (figurativno) to sulk
z múlo ne boš nič dosegel you'll get nowhere with your sulking
kdor múlo kuha sulker

múlj slime; silt

zamašiti (se) z múljem to silt

mullion [mʌ́liən] samostalnik
arhitektura oknjak

mullioned window okno z oknjakom

multiple¹ [mʌ́ltipl] pridevnik (multiply prislov)
mnogovrsten, mnogodelen, mnogokraten

agronomija multiple cropping večkratno obdelovanje njive v enem letu
tehnično multiple die mnogovrstno orodje
multiple dwelling večdružinska hiša
multiple firm podjetje z več podružnicami
multiple mark znak množenja (x)
ekonomija multiple production serijska proizvodnja
medicina multiple sclerosis skleroza multipleks
multiple shop trgovina z več podruinicami

multiply [mʌ́ltiplai] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
množiti (se), pomnožiti (by s, z)
pomnožiti se

muscle¹ [məsl] samostalnik
anatomija mišica; mišičevje
figurativno moč

muscle fiber (fibre) mišično vlakno
figurativno not to move a muscle niti z očesom ne treniti

nabásati to stuff; to cram

nabásati s perjem to stuff with feathers
nabásati ljudi v avtobus to cram the bus with people
nabásati učenca z datumi to cram a pupil with dates
nabasani kot sardine (figurativno) packed like sardines

nabósti to spit, to pierce, to spear; to pin, to prick, to thrust

nabósti na kol to impale
z vilicami to fork
nabósti z rogovi to gore
nabósti se to prick oneself, to get pricked (ali pierced, pinned)

načêlo principle; rule of conduct; maxim; axiom

brez načêl unprincipled, without settled principles
v načêlu in principle
načêlo poprečne vrednosti principle of averages
v načêlu soglašam I agree in principle
biti v nasprotju z načêlom to run counter to the principle
poštenost je najboljše načêlo honesty is the best policy
načêlo enakopravnosti (javnosti, solidarnosti, vzajemnosti) principle of equality (of publicity, of solidarity, of reciprocity)

nadlegováti to molest, (motiti) to trouble, to bother, to annoy, to worry, to pester; pogovorno to plague; to vex; (nehoté) to inconvenience, to disturb; (s prošnjami) to importune

nadlegováti koga z vprašanji to ply someone with questions
če vas ne nadlegujem if I'm not being a nuisance (ali a bore)
obžalujem, da vas toliko nadlegujem I'm sorry to give you so much trouble
oprostite, da vas še enkrat nadlegujem excuse my troubling (ali bothering) you once more
ne nadleguj me kar naprej! don't keep on bothering me!