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assort [əsɔ́:t]

1. prehodni glagol
razporediti, razporejati, razvrstiti, razvrščati (with)
urediti, urejati; opremiti; sortirati

2. neprehodni glagol (with)
občevati; ujemati se

an ill-assorted couple nesrečen zakon

atáka attack

silovita atáka attack in force
izvesti atáko na to carry out an attack upon

atakírati to attack; arhaično to assail

atakírati sovražnika, utrdbo to attack an enemy, a fort

atentát attempt on someone's life

atentát na predsednika an attempt (up)on the life of the president
izvesti atentát na koga to carry out an attempt on the life of someone

atom [ǽtəm] samostalnik
atom
figurativno drobec

atom pile reaktor
to break (ali smash) to atoms zdrobiti na drobne koščke
not an atom of niti senca česa

atraktíven attractive

atraktívno deklè an attractive girl

attitude [ǽtitju:d] samostalnik
drža, vedenje, zadržanje

attitude of mind razpoloženje
to strike an attitude nenaravno se obnašati, spakovati se

audience [ɔ́:djəns] samostalnik
poslušanje; zasliševanje; avdienca; poslušalci, občinstvo, publika

to give audience to poslušati koga
to have audience of, to have an audience with biti sprejet v avdienco
to receive in audience, to give (ali grant an) audience to sprejeti v avdienco

aváns trgovina (predujem) advance

dali so mu aváns they gave him an advance on account

avdícija glasba audition; trial hearing; ZDA pogovorno try-out; performance of a piece of music

biti na avdíciji, podvreči (se) avdíciji to have an audition, to audition

avdiénca audience; hearing; (formal) interview

prositi za avdiénco to request (ali to ask for) an audience
sprejeti v avdiénco to grant an audience to, to receive in audience
biti sprejet v avdiénco pri to be received in audience by, to be granted an audience by

avenue [ǽvinju:] samostalnik
dohod, privoz; drevored
ameriško široka cesta, avenija

an avenue to the fame pot do slave
to explore every avenue, to leave no avenue unexplored na vse kriplje se truditi

average¹ [ǽvəridž] samostalnik
popreček
matematika srednja vrednost
navtika havarija, škoda, nastala na ladji

to an average, on (ali at) an (ali the) average, ameriško on average poprečno
to make average izračunati srednjo vrednost
above average nadpoprečen, nadpoprečno
rough average približno poprečje
to strike an average določiti zlato sredino

ávto VB car, motor car; ZDA automobile, auto

vlečni ávto breakdown lorry
dvosedežni ávto two-seater
športni dvosedežni ávto sports car, ZDA tudi sport car, zastarelo roadster
star ávto pogovorno VB banger, ZDA jalopy
reševalni ávto ambulance
tovorni ávto lorry, ZDA truck, (zaprt, zlasti spediterski) van
zaprt ávto limousine, sedan, coupé
izlet z ávtom car trip, drive
voziti ávto to drive (a car), to motor, ZDA tudi to auto
ávto je odpovedal, je imel defekt the car broke down
nabaviti si že rabljen ávto to purchase a car (an automobile) secondhand, to buy a secondhand car
peljati se z ávtom to motor
peljal sem se z ávtom na Reko I motored down to Rijeka
vožnja v ávtou je prijetna v lepem vremenu motoring is pleasant in fine weather
vzeti koga v (na) ávto to give someone a lift in one's car

avtoritatíven authoritative

avtoritatívno mnenje an authoritative opinion
to je edino avtoritatívno delo o tem vprašanju it is the only authoritative work on the question
njegovo mnenje je avtoritatívno his opinion is regarded as conclusive
avtoritativno prislov masterfully, without paying heed to protests

avtoritéta authority; power; government; (oseba) authority, expert

on je avtoritéta v tej stvari, v tem predmetu he is an authority on that subject
izgubiti mnogo svoje avtoritéte pri to lose much of one's authority with
očetovska avtoritéta paternal authority

away [əwéi] prislov (from)
proč, stran; nenehno

away back pred davnim časom
to be away odpotovati
far away daleč proč
far and away the best daleč najboljši
fire away! prični!
to give away s.o. izdati koga
to make (ali do) away with s.th. odpraviti nekaj
to make away with o.s. narediti samomor
an away match tekma na tujem igrišču
to pine (ali waste) away hirati, hujšati
right away takoj
to pass away umreti
to throw away odvreči
to trifle away zapravljati
away for shame! sram te bodi!
I cannot away with ne prenesem
to work away nenehno delati
away with you! poberi se!
whither away? kam greš?

awkward [ɔ́:kwəd] pridevnik (awkwardly prislov)
okoren, neroden, nespreten
pogovorno nevljuden mučen; nevaren

the awkward age "telečja" leta
to feel awkward nelagodno se počutiti
an awkward situation mučen položaj
the awkward squad še nepreoblečeni novinci, rekruti; zelenci, novinci
an awkward question to answer vprašanje, na katero ni lahko odgovoriti

axe¹, ax [æks] samostalnik
sekira
figurativno obglavljenje

to have an axe to grind zasledovati zasebne cilje, imeti nekaj za bregom
to put (ali fit) the axe in the helve rešiti uganko, doseči cilj
to apply the axe znižati proračun
to get the axe biti odpuščen, zgubiti službo
to hang up the axe na klin obesiti
to set (ali lay) the axe to the root of lotiti se zatiranja česa

bald [bɔ:ld] pridevnik (baldly prislov)
plešast, gol
figurativno boren, reven; suhoparen; belolisast (konj); očiten, otipljiv

bald as a coot (ali billiard ball, an egg) popolnoma plešast