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vája exercise; drill; practice; training; coaching

gledališka vája (skušnja) rehearsal
proste váje gymnastic exercises pl, Swedish drill
ritmične váje callisthenics pl
telesna vája physical exercise
telovadna vája gymnastic exercise
orožne váje military exercises pl
protiletalske váje air-raid drill
municija za vájo practice ammunition
biti iz váje to be out of practice
sem čisto iz váje I am quite out of practice
manjka mi váje I am short of practice
váj naredi mojstra, z vájo se doseže popolnost practice makes perfect

vdáhniti to inspire; to breathe (in, into)

vdáhniti zrak to breathe in air
vdáhniti komu zrak v pljuča to breathe air into someone's lungs

večéren evening(-)

večérni hlad cool of the evening
večérni list, časopis evening paper
večérna molitev religija evening prayer
večérno nebo evening sky
večérna obleka evening dress, evening clothes pl
večérni pouk evening classes pl
večérna predstava evening performance
večérno sonce setting sun
večérna šola night school
večérni vetrič evening breeze, west wind
večérna zarja sunset glow, the light of the setting sun
večérni zrak night air
večérna zvezda evening star, Hesperus
večérni zvon evening bell, angelus

ventíl valve; glasba (pri pihalih) piston

brez ventílov valveless
ventíl pri pnevmatiki bicikla the valve of a bicycle tyre
varnostni ventíl safety valve, emergency valve
zračni ventíl air valve
opremiti z ventíli to valve

via [váiə]

1. predlog
prek, čez, via
ameriško s pomočjo

from Paris to London via Dover iz Pariza v London prek Dovra
to travel via Suez potovati prek Sueza
via air mail po zračni pošti

2. samostalnik
(latinsko) pot

Via Lactea astronomija Rimska cesta
via media figurativno srednja, zmerna pot; zlata sredina (položaj anglikanske Cerkve, ki je med dvema ekstremoma, rimskokatoliško Cerkvijo in protestantsko)

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

vídez appearance; likeness; outward form

na vídez apparently, seemingly
po vsem vídezu to (ali by) all appearances, as far as appearances go
(le) na vídez for the sake of appearances, for appearance's sake
imeti vídez to seem to be, to have the air of
dajati si vídez to pretend to be, to pass for, to assume an a pearance
ohraniti vídez (normalnosti, uglednosti) to save appearances, to keep up appearances
biti lepega vídeza to make a fine sight
soditi po vídezu to judge by appearances
le na vídez je zdrav he merely seems healthy
proti vsemu vídezu, v nasprotju z vídezom contrary to all appearances, to all likelihood
vídez vara all is not gold that glitters, beauty is but skin deep
vídez (dostikrat) vara appearances pl are (often) deceptive

višínski (of) altitude

višínski rekord altitude (ali height) record, record height
višínska bolezen air sickness, altitude sickness, aeroembolism
višínsko letalo highaltitude plane
višínski polet aeronavtika high-altitude flight
višínska klima mountain climate
višínsko krmilo aeronavtika elevator
višínski (dihalni) kisikov aparat high-altitude oxygen apparatus
višínsko sonce Alpine (ali mountain) sun, (umetno) sunlamp, ultraviolet lamp, quartz lamp
višínska vrtoglavica height vertigo
višínska razlika difference in height
višínska razlika je manj kot 50 čevljev the difference in height is less than 50 feet
višínsko zdravilišče high-altitude health resort, mountain health resort
višínski zrak mountain air

vitiate [víšieit] prehodni glagol
(moralno) (po)kvariti, spriditi; spodkopati (zdravje); okužiti, onesnažiti, onečistiti (zrak)
pravno proglasiti za neveljavno, razveljaviti

vitiateed air, blood pokvarjen zrak, kri
that film vitiates public taste ta film kvari okus publike
fraud vitiates a contract sleparija razveljavi pogodbo

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

vróč hot, (kot krop) boiling hot; fervid; tropical; figurativno ardent, passionate; burning

vróča diskusija animated discussion
vróči pas torrid zone
vróč zrak hot air
vróča voda hot water
vróče mi je I am hot
vróče je kot v peklu it's as hot as hell
tam bo še vróče (figurativno) there will be hot work
vróče podnebje hot climate
vróče sonce hot sun
postajalo mi je vróče I was getting hot
imeti vróčo kri (figurativno) to be hot-tempered
napraviti komu tla vróča pod nogami to make it hot (ali warm) for someone, to make the place too hot for someone

vzmèt spring

vzmèti pri avtu motor-car springs pl
glavna vzmèt pri uri mainspring of a watch
jeklena vzmèt steel spring
pnevmatična vzmèt air spring
voz na vzmèti a spring carriage
žimnica na vzmèti spring mattress

walk² [wɔ:k]

1. neprehodni glagol
hoditi, iti, korakati, peš iti, pešačiti, počasi hoditi, sprehajati se; (konj) iti v koraku; (duhovi) strašiti
zastarelo majati se, premikati se (sem in tja)
figurativno, zastarelo živeti (po nekih načelih)
zastarelo klatiti se okoli

to walk along (ali up) the street iti po ulici
to walk home vrniti se peš domov
to walk on air figurativno biti v devetih nebesih
to walk in one's sleep hoditi v spanju
to walk in peace figurativno mirno živeti
to walk in procession hoditi v procesiji
he walked into the pie figurativno planil je po pašteti
to walk in golden (ali silver) slippers figurativno plavati v denarju, živeti v bogastvu
to walk over (the course) z lahkoto dobiti dirko, figurativno z lahkoto zmagati
to walk round s.o. ameriško, pogovorno opehariti, oslepariti koga
to walk through one's part gledališče brezizrazno (od)igrati (svojo) vlogo
to walk into s.o. pogovorno napasti koga; ozmerjati, pretepsti koga

2. prehodni glagol
prehoditi, prepotovati (peš); hoditi sem in tja po; pustiti (konja), da gre v koraku; voditi, peljati, spremljati na sprehod; odpeljati (kaj); (košarka) obdržati žogo več kot dva koraka (brez dribljanja); izučiti (mladega psa); tekmovati v hoji (s.o. s kom)

to walk one's beat vojska biti na straži
to walk the boards biti gledališki igralec
to walk the chalk (ali chalk mark, chalk line) figurativno dokazati svojo treznost (npr. na policiji) z ravno hojo med črtami, narisanimi s kredo
to walk one's chalks sleng pobrati jo, po francosko se posloviti
to walk the floor hoditi po sobi sem in tja
to walk a horse voditi, prepeljavati konja
to walk the hospital prakticirati na kliniki, hoditi po bolniških sobah (o študentu medicine)
to walk a puppy trenirati psička
to walk s.o. off his legs utruditi koga s hojo, s pešačenjem
I'll walk you 5 miles tekmoval bom s teboj v hoji na 5 milj
to walk the plank kot gusarski ujetnik iti z zavezanimi očmi po deski z ladje v morje
they walked me into the room peljali so me v sobo
to walk the streets hoditi po ulicah; figurativno baviti se s prostitucijo
to walk the tracks iti po sledovih

warden¹ [wɔ:dn] samostalnik
poetično čuvar; (lovski) čuvaj; čuvaj (of a park parka)
nadzornik
ameriško ječar; direktor (of a prison jetnišnice)
predsednik; guverner (of a town mesta)
rektor nekaterih kolidžev v Oxfordu
ameriško vratar
zastarelo kustos, cerkovnik; skrbnik, varuh

air-raid warden nadzornik uličnega bloka (pri letalskih napadih)

zadíhati to breathe (again); figurativno to feel at ease (again); to respire

zadíhati se to gasp for breath (ali for air); to become winded
bil je precéj zadihan, ko je dosegel vrh he was fairly winded on reaching the top

zadúšen choking; suffocating; asphyxiating; stifling

zadúšen zrak suffocating air, stifling air

zagáten (jed) heavy

zagáten zrak heavy (ali sultry, stuffy) air

zakloníšče shelter

protiletalsko zakloníšče air-raid shelter, dugout; (zavetišče) refuge

zamàn in vain, vainly; to no purpose, to no profit; ineffectually, unavailingly, fruitlessly

zamàn govoriti to waste words
vse je bilo zamàn it was all to no effect, it was all for nothing, it came to nothing, it achieved nothing
zamàn se mučiti to labour in vain
trud je bil zamàn the efforts proved abortive
zamàn trošiti to waste, to squander
zamàn se truditi (figurativno) to beat the air, to beat one's head against a brick wall

zastónj gratis, gratuitously; for nothing, free, free of charge; (zaman) in vain, to no purpose

skoraj zastónj sem to dobil I got it dirt cheap
to se lahko zastónj dobi it can be had for the asking
to sem kupil skoraj zastónj I bought it for a song
zastónj se mučiti to labour in vain, (figurativno) to beat the air
še zastónj tegá ne bi hotel imeti I would not have it as a gift
vse moje prizadevanje je bilo zastónj all my efforts were in vain
ta zdravnik zdravi reveže zastónj that doctor treats poor people free