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trivial [triviəl] pridevnik (trivially prislov)
trivialen, banalen, navaden, vsakdanji, enoličen; obrabljen; neznaten, nepomemben; beden, ničeven, nič vreden; plehek, neduhovit, plitev, cenen
botanika & zoologija (o imenih) ljudski

the trivial round vsakdanjost, vsakdanje življenje, rutina življenja
trivial loss nepomembna izguba

turn over prehodni glagol
obrniti; prevrniti; odložiti, odgoditi; obrniti stran, prelistavati (knjigo); izročiti, predati, prenesti, prepustiti (komu kaj); premisliti, pretehtati, razmisliti
ekonomija doseči (blagovni, denarni) promet, iztržiti; spraviti v nered
neprehodni glagol
prevrniti se; obrniti se (na stran); obračati se, premetavati se (v postelji)
figurativno presedlati, preiti (k drugi stranki)

the car (was) turned over avto se je prevrnil
he has turn overed over the business to his partner prepustil je posle svojemu družabniku
he turns over 1000 per annum (a week) on ima 1000 funtov prometa na leto (na teden)
to turn over a new leaf figurativno poboljšati se, začeti novo življenje
to turn a matter over and over in one's mind dobro premozgati zadevo
I have turned the question over more than once pretehtal sem problem več kot enkrat
the thief was turned over to the police tata so izročili policiji

tvégati to risk, to run a risk (ali risks), to run the risk of, to take risks; to venture, to hazard, (žargon) to chance it, to chance one's luck; figurativno to take a leap in the dark

nič ne tvégati to take no risks, to take no chances
tvégati skok to chance (ali to risk) a jump, to risk jumping
tvégati svoje življenje to risk one's life
rad tvegam 50 SIT I am willing to risk 50 tolars
močno tvegaš, da izgubiš vse you are running a great risk of losing everthing
ko je to storil, je tvegal svoje življenje in doing that he took his life in his hands
kdor nič ne tvega, nič nima nothing venture, nothing win

úličen (of the) street, street(-)

úlično blato street mud
úlični govornik street orator, soapbox orator
úlični hrup street noise
úličen (kanalski) jarek, kanal (side) gutter, drain, sewer
úlični prodajalec street seller, street vendor, street trader
úlični prometni otok refuge, traffic island
úlični pevec street singer
úlični prehod street crossing
úlični podhod subway, underpass, tunnel
úlična razsvetljava street lighting
úlični promet street traffic
úlična svetilka street lamp
úlična tablica street-sign
úlični vogal street corner
na úličnem vogalu at the corner of the street
úlično življenje street life

uredíti to put in order, to settle; to regulate; to arrange; to dispose; to organize; to tidy, to make tidy

uredíti enkrat za vselej to dispose of once and for all
uredíti stvar to settle a matter
uredíti spor to settle a quarrel
uredíti si lase to tidy one's hair
uredíti si življenje to arrange one's life
uredíti sobo to tidy up a room
uredíti se to tidy oneself
stvari se bodo kmalu uredile things will soon settle down

utterance [ʌ́tərəns] samostalnik

1.
izrekanje, izražanje, izraz, način izražanja, izgovor; beseda, govor (često množina)

the utterances of the speaker govornikove besede
to deprive s.o. of utterance odvzeti komu besedo
to give utterance to one's rage dati izraza svoji jezi

2. poetično
skrajnost, smrt

to fight to the utterance boriti se na življenje in smrt, boriti se do konca

vacuous [vǽkjuəs] pridevnik (vacuously prislov)
prazen, nepopoln, nenapolnjen
figurativno brezizrazen, top (pogled); puhel, brez vsebine; bedast; brezdelen

a vacuous life brezdelno, prazno življenje
a vacuous stare, remark top pogled, bedasta (puhla) opazka

vagabond [vǽgəbənd]

1. samostalnik
potepuh, klatež, potepin
pogovorno pridanič

2. pridevnik
potepuški, klateški, vagabundski; potujoč; nomadski

vagabond habits vagabundske navade
to live a vagabond life živeti vagabundsko, nomadsko življenje

3. neprehodni glagol
potepati se, klatiti se, potikati se, vagabundirati

vagabúndski vagabondish; vagrant

živeti vagabúndsko življenje to live a vagabond life, to live a vagrant life

vagrant [véigrənt]

1. pridevnik (vagrantly prislov)
potepuški, vagabundski, ciganski, nomadski, klateški; potikajoč se, potepajoč se
botanika bujno rastoč, bohoten
figurativno nestalen, neurejen, kapricast, muhast

vagrant imagination blodna domišljija
a vagrant musician, minstrel potujoči muzikant, pevec
to lead a vagrant life živeti potepuško (vagabundsko) življenje

2. samostalnik
pravno potepuh, vagabund; berač; krošnjar; pocestnica, prostitutka

váren safe; secure

váren pred safe from
na várnem in safety
absolutno, popolnoma váren (pogovorno) as safe as houses
toliko bolj várno so much the safer
váren kraj a safe place
váren pred napadi secure from attacks
váren obstoj, eksistenca a secure existence
váren pred nevarnostjo secure from danger
várna investicija a safe investment
most ni váren the bridge is not safe
biti na várnem to be on the safe side
biti váren pred volkovi to be safe from the wolves
hraniti kaj na várnem to keep something safe
tu smo na várnem pred vetrom here we are sheltered from the wind
moje življenje ni več várno my life is no longer secure
ni várno dotakniti se tega psa it is not safe to touch this dog, beware of the dog!
zdaj se čutimo várne we feel safe now
várno sem ga spravil (spremil) domov I saw him safe home
spravil sem ga na várno I have taken him to (ali put him in) a safe place
peljati na várno to lead to safety
položiti na várno mesto to put in a safe place

variety [vəráiəti] samostalnik
raznolikost, raznoterost, mnogostranost, pisanost; sprememba; variacija, varianta; posebna vrsta, podvrsta, sorta; izbor, sortiment, niz, množica
gledališče varieté, zabavišče z raznovrstnimi nastopi

for a variety of reasons iz raznih razlogov
variety in food raznoterost v hrani
a life full of variety sprememb polno življenje
variety shop ameriško trgovina z mešanim blagom
a variety of silks sortiment svil
variety of shapes raznolične oblike
the variety of landscape raznolikost pokrajine
variety show varietejska predstava
there are a variety of objections to that je obilo ugovorov proti temu

váški (of a) village; rural

váška šola village school
váška skupnost village community
váški poštni urad village post-office
váško življenje rural life

véčen eternal; everlasting; perpetual; never-ending; permanent; endless; ceaseless, incessant

za véčno in (ali to, for) perpetuity, for ever and ever
véčno mesto (Rim) the Eternal City
véčni Žid the Wandering Jew
véčni sneg perpetual snow
véčno življenje eternal life, life everlasting
Večni Oče religija the Eternal (Father)
njegove véčne (neprestane) šale his everlasting jokes
véčno prislov eternally, endlessly, perpetually, everlastingly, incessantly, ceaselessly
za véčno for ever

vegetable [védžitəbl]

1. samostalnik
zel, rastlina
(tudi množina) rastlinje, (zelena) povrtnina, zelenjava, sočivje; rastlinska hrana, vegetabilije

early vegetables zgodnja povrtnina

2. pridevnik
rastlinski, vegetabilen; povrtni; rastlinskega izvora, sestavljen iz rastlin
figurativno enoličen

vegetable diet vegetarijanska hrana
vegetable garden zelenjavni vrt
vegetable-man branjevec, sadjar
vegetable marrow botanika buča
vegetable oil rastlinsko olje
vegetable soup zelenjavna juha
she leads a vegetable life ona živi enolično življenje

venture² [vénčə] prehodni glagol
upati si, drzniti se; odločiti se (on za)
drzniti se napraviti; izraziti, dovoliti si; tvegati, riskirati, staviti na kocko; (redko) zanesti se na, prepustiti slučaju; špekulirati
neprehodni glagol
upati si, prevzeti riziko

to venture one's life tvegati (svoje) življenje
to venture away upati si oditi (se oddaljiti, se umakniti) (from od)
to venture on the travel upati si na potovanje
I venture to say that... upam si reči, da...
may I venture to ask you? vas smem vprašati?
to venture a fortune at the tables tvegati (celo) imetje pri igranju
nothing venture, nothing have kdor nič ne tvega, nič nima
never venture to oppose him nikoli si ne dovolite, da bi mu ugovarjali

ves vsa, vse all; whole; entire; total; complete

mi vsi all of us
vse, razen... all but...
vsa Slovenija all Slovenia
vsa dežela the whole country
po vsej Angliji all over England
vsa Evropa all Europe, the whole of Europe
po vsem svetu all over the world
na vseh straneh on all sides
vsa družba the whole (ali all the) company
vsa moja družina je tu all my family are here
(skozi) ves dan all day long, the whole day long
vsi in vsak all and sundry
vse moje življenje all my life
v vseh ozirih in all respects
po vseh štirih on all fours
vse mogoče all sorts, all kinds (of)
za ves svet ne not for all the world
z vso (možno) hitrostjo with all speed
vse mesto je bilo tam the whole town was there
vse je zaman it is all in vain, it is all to no avail
to je vse, kar lahko storim zate that's all I can do for you
vsi trije so krivi they are all three guilty
delati vso noč to work all night
preživeli smo skoraj ves julij na deželi we spent nearly the whole of July in the country
biti ves iz sebe od jeze to be beside oneself with fury
on je vse prej kot pošten he is anything but honest
hiša je vsa iz kamna the house is entirely of stone
to je vse, kar lahko rečem that is all I can say
prebral sem vso knjigo I have read the book from cover to cover
pripravljeni smo storiti vse zanj we are ready to do anything for him
razpravljati o vsem mogočem, samo ne o politiki to discuss anything but politics
tresti se po vsem telesu to tremble all over
ne delaj si skrbi, vse se bo uredilo! don't worry, it'll be all right!

vicious [víšəs] pridevnik (viciously prislov)
pokvarjen, izprijen, pregrešen, nemoralen, hudoben, zloben, slab, zavržen, nespodoben; pogrešen, napačen; muhast, trmast; pomanjkljiv; škodljiv, nečist (zrak); prostaški, malopriden, ničvreden

vicious circle circulus vitiosus, začarani krog; figurativno položaj brez izhoda
a vicious horse uporen konj
vicious air slab, pokvarjen zrak
vicious attack zloben, strupen, zahrbten napad
a vicious headache hud, strašanski glavobol
a vicious look sovražen, preteč pogled
a vicious man izprijenec, pokvarjenec
vicious habit razvada, grda navada
vicious life nemoralno življenje
vicious manuscript (text) pomanjkljiv rokopis (tekst)
vicious mule trmasta mula
vicious remark nespodobna opazka
vicious style slab slog
vicious spiral nepretrgano dviganje (česa) (npr. cen), ki ga povzroča nepretrgano dviganje nečesa drugega (npr. plač)
a vicious temper hudoben značaj
vicious union medicina slaba zrast zlomljenih kosti

vodíti (iti prvi) to lead, to go first; to lead the way; to take the lead; to conduct; (upravljati) to manage, to direct, to be the manager; to control; to boss; to run; (ladjo) to pilot, to steer

vodíti v modi to set the fashion
vodíti ples to lead the dance
vodil nas je skozi pravi labirint ulic he guided us through an absolute labyrinth of streets
pes je vodil slepca the dog was leading the blind man
pustí se vodíti od žene he lets his wife manage him
vodíti s 3 goli šport to lead by 3 goals
človeka često vodijo njegove strasti a man is often swayed by his passions
vodíti koga za nos (figurativno) to lead someone up the garden path, to pull someone's leg
vodíti psa na vrvici to lead a dog on the leash
vodíti razpašno življenje to lead a life of debauchery
vodíti v skušnjavo to lead into temptation
vodíti vojno z... to make war on..., to wage war with...
cesta vodi v X. the road leads to X.
vodíti pogajanja to be in negotiation
vodíti v teku (preteči druge) to get ahead of, to outstrip
kdo vodi (v teku, šport) who is ahead?
vodíti posle to manage, to run a business
on vodi vse (pogovorno) he runs the whole show
kam to vodi? what are we coming to?
to ne vodi nikamor that gets us nowhere
to lahko daleč vodi that could take us a long way
vodíti knjige ekonomija to keep the books
vodíti sestanek (sejo, zborovanje) to be in the chair, to (take the) chair, to preside over a meeting
kdo je vodil sestanek? who presided over the meeting?, who was in the chair?
dejavnosti, zadeve to conduct activities, affairs
vodíti družbene odnose to manage a society's affairs
vsa pota vodijo v Rim all roads lead to Rome

vôjna war; warfare

v vôjni in the war, at war, in wartime
na robu vôjne on the brink of war
na koncu vôjne at the end of the war
v primeru vôjne in case of war, in the event of war
hujskanje k vôjni warmongering
napoved vôjne declaration of war
bog vôjne war god
izbruh vôjne outbreak of war
opustošen od vôjne ravaged by war, war-ravaged
besedna vôjna war of words, wordy warfare
bliskovita vôjna lightning war (= w.), blitzkrieg, blitz
državljanska vôjna civil w., intestine w.
ameriška državljanska vôjna American Civil War, War of Secession, War between the States
gospodarska vôjna economic w.
gverilska vôjna guerilla warfare
hladna vôjna cold w.
križarska vôjna crusade
tridesetletna vôjna Thirty Years' War
stoletna vôjna Hundred Years' War
napadalna vôjna war of aggression
narodnoosvobodilna vôjna war of (ali struggle for) national liberation
osvajalna vôjna war of conquest
obrambna vôjna defensive w.
osvobodilna vôjna war of liberation
podmorniška vôjna submarine warfare
papirnata vôjna paper w.
pomorska vôjna naval warfare, war at sea
pozicijska vôjna static warfare
popolna, splošna (nepopolna, omejena) vôjna allout (limited) warfare
preventivna vôjna preventive w.
psihološka vôjna psychological w.
vôjna do popolne izčrpanosti sovražnika war of attrition
nasledstvena vôjna war of succession
vôjna za neodvisnost war of independence
vôjna do uničenja, do iztrebljenja war of extermination
sveta vôjna holy war
ves svet zajemajoča vôjna global warfare
prva (druga) svetovna vôjna the first World War, World War I, the Great War (the second World War, World War II)
totalna vôjna total w.
verska vôjna religious w.
vôjna v zraku war in the air
živčna vôjna war of nerves
vôjna na življenje in smrt war to the death
to (takšna) je (pač) vôjna such is war
biti tik pred vôjno to be on the eve of war
biti v vôjni to be at war with, to make war upon
iti v vôjno, začeti vôjno, spustiti se v vôjno to go to war (z, proti against), to wage war (z upon, against)
napovedati vôjno to declare war (neki državi on a country)
izzvati vôjno to provoke a war
biti potegnjen v vôjno to drift into war
prenesti vôjno v sovražnikovo deželo to carry the war into the enemy's country
preprečiti vôjno to avert a war
pripravljati vôjno to prepare for war
sprožiti atomsko vôjno to unleash an atomic war
stopiti v vôjno to enter a war, to come into a war
ščuvati k vôjni to incite to war, to agitate for war
voditi vôjno to war, to wage war
v ljubezni in v vôjni je vse dovoljeno all is fair in love and war
vôjna prinese s seboj mnogo zla war brings many evils in its train